I was just trying the mplayer plugin for mozilla/firefox on the apple.com trailer site and noticed this trend. People talk about how there are no new ideas in Hollywood anymore, but I never really paid attention until now. This list is from a quick 2 minute scan of apple.com/trailers.

The DaVinci Code - based on the book Yours, Mine, & Ours - a remake of the Henry Fonda/Lucille Ball movie V for Vendetta - based on the comic book X3 - Sequel #3 Poseidon - based on the original Poseidon Adventure movie, which was also remade for TV recently Ice Age 2 - sequel Superman Returns - Sequel number, what…. 5? The Pink Panther - remake of the classic Peter Sellers movie Aeon Flux - remake of the animated MTV series King Kong - remake of a remake Final Destination 3 - sequel Mission: Impossible III - sequel Miami Vice - remake of the TV series Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - sequel Chronicles of Narnia - based on the book

Ridiculous, if you ask me. Oh sure, as a card-carrying geek I’ll probably see Superman Returns, X3, and Pirates 2. But damn, a third Poseidon Adventure? Let it die already.

However, this one I really like.

Which Office Moron Are You?
Rum and Monkey: jamming your photocopier one tray at a time.

To everyone within the sound of this blog; Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Oh, and an xmas screenshot:

Yep, STUPID MEME TIME!

Our first entry today - “What Superhero Are You?”
Your results:
You are Iron Man

Iron Man 80% Green Lantern 60% Robin 52% Spider-Man 50% Catwoman 50% Supergirl 45% Hulk 45% Superman 40% Wonder Woman 30% The Flash 25% Batman 20%

Inventor. Businessman. Genius.

Our next entry: “Which Serenity Character Are You?”
Your results:
You are Wash (Ship Pilot)

Wash (Ship Pilot) 100% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 55% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 40% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 40% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 40% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 35% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 35% Alliance 35% A Reaver (Cannibal) 25% Inara Serra (Companion) 15% River (Stowaway) 15%

You are a pilot with a good if not silly sense of humor. You take pride in your collection of toys. You love your significant other.

This concludes our stupid meme for the day. Thank you for playing.

• Laptop-mode isn’t enabled by default in Breezy. Edit /etc/default/acpi-support – change the last line (ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE) from “false” to “true” to turn it on.
• The GNOME CPU Frequency Monitor applet also has the ability to change Intel SpeedStep governors and frequencies. chmod a+s /usr/bin/cpufreq-selector (yeah, suid stuff is bad, blah blah) and then left-click on the applet, and you’ll be able to change the CPU SpeedStep governors, or set it to a fixed frequency.
• Have I mentioned that the FujiP 7k is a hell of a computer? Sucker’s practically MADE to run linux. :)