GI Joe, Phils

Last night I had zero desire to play WoW for whatever reason.  Instead I decided to catch one of my Netflix streaming entries, GI Joe.  My TV time would be better served catching up on the growing huge backlog of tivo content.  Unfortunately the only night of the week I see Alison anymore before 8pm is Friday and since the shows are stuff we both watch, the list continues to grow. Even worse, Alison is going to be gone on Friday this week as well.  Yep during the week I am practically a bachelor.

Anyway I fired up GI Joe last night.  I knew the movie flopped at the box office but I was more than happy to give it a shot as an instant streaming option.  I was pleasantly surprised.  The movie had a huge budget and you can tell by the fantastic special effects.  Sure the plot is something we have all seen before but with a movie like this plot is pretty secondary, it’s non-stop action from start to finish.  They even set up the storyline for GI Joe 2. If you want a nearly perfect, brainless man-movie, this is it. B+ (edit – I checked the numbers, the flick actually made 300 million worldwide, not a flop!)

I forgot  to give props to the Phillies for once again winning the NL East.  Earlier in the season the Phillies seemed rudderless.  I remember when there was talk of dumping Jason Werth since the team wasn’t going anywhere.  Instead they turned things around and got red hot at the perfect time.

Halladay pitched another fantastic game last night in the 8-0 clincher.  He now has 21 wins.  21 wins for a pitcher nowadays is HUGE!  Back in the 70’s and 80’s you had a number of 20 game winners each and every season.  Back then starting pitchers were allowed to go much deeper into games.  Middle relievers had a much smaller role than they do today.

I am crossing my fingers the team can keep things rolling right through the playoffs.  Right now this is feeling very much like 2008.