CrabAppleLane Sunday and AVPR - February 8, 2009

2007's AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem was last night's entertainment. This is the sequel to 2004's AVP: Alien vs. Predator. Going by the titles, you'd think these films take themselves way too seriously but that's usually a good thing when you're looking for CME and I find myself looking for it a lot these days. The first one was fun CME. It was set in Antarctica with just a small human crew and a handful of Aliens and Predators. That was a blast. The sequel-makers, as they so often do, figured they'd just multiply everything. I can't think of a single time when that strategy has ever worked. They set this one in a small town instead of a remote location. It just wasn't very good.

I'd like to thank the BOTD for informing me that the first Alien we see in AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem was actually a ½ Alien-½ Predator cross breed. Even in HD, the action was so fast and so dark that I didn't notice the dreadlocks. When I learned that, I immediately jumped to the same thought she did. I wonder why that only works with Predators. Aliens spawned by human hosts aren't ½ human.

I offer some images taken this morning on a gorgeous CrabAppleLane Sunday.

Clouds - CrabAppleLane Sunday - February 8, 2009 - What I thought of when I saw these clouds

Buffy the nectar slayer - CrabAppleLane - February 8, 2009 Blame my wife, Patsy, for that name. Buffy is a buff-bellied hummingbird that has been hanging around CrabAppleLane since late October. He/she has endured snow and freezing temps. Normally, I'm done with hummingbirds, almost all ruby-throats, in early October. This development has been a pleasant and very welcome surprise. Buffy is quite the charmer. Just chatters up a storm. More pictures of Buffy below the jump.

Quote of the Day

Who would be a turtle who could help it?
A barely mobile hard roll, a four-oared helmet,
She can ill afford the chances she must take
In rowing toward the grasses that she eats.

Poet Laureate Kay Ryan, Turtle

Blog of the day here.

Quote from said blog: "I'm not sure why the sequel to the first AVP has the added subtitle "Requiem." Sure there are a lot of dead but no one mourns or pays tribute to any of the deceased humans or aliens."

Man, is that ever true. The way to respond to the father/husband being viciously attacked by an Alien is not to help but to run. -Rob