Nonsensor.

I'll admit, that quote from Futurama is totally unrelated to anything, excepting what I had for lunch. But it does not have to to with the two things this post is about:

1. I went to see Grindhouse.
2. Matt redesigned TV Squad.

In both cases, mostly awesome. As far as Grindhouse goes, it's pretty long and has no intermission. Technically both of the films comprising this double-feature are full length, with fake movie trailers (by Tarantino/Rodriguez buddies Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, and Rob Zombie) between. The trailers, I have to say, might be the best part. But Rodriguez's flick, "Planet Terror," was a hoot and a half. Rose McGowan, Michael Biehn, Lost's Naveen Andrews, and some unadvertised guest stars (usual suspects for the territory) in a gross-out zombie extravaganza. Hard to beat. Tarantino went for a 70s chick-revenge flick pastiche that was cool mostly for Kurt Russell. Great car chase too, if you're willing to sit through days of useless Tarantino "I'm so awesome because I saw movie X" dialog to get there. The overall story is, if you feel that your love of 70s shlock horror is sacred and these guys are jerks for mainstreaming it, you probably won't feel any better when you see it. But if you just want to enjoy a true tribute, you'll have plenty of fun.

And as for TV Squad, well I don't have a whole lot to say. The design should speak for itself. TV Squad was one of the earliest sites to have a design at all (by Brian), which in those days meant taking the standard green WIN design (The CSS weblog is an example) and attaching colors and a logo to it. Nowadays, establishing individual blog branding is more on the forefront than before, when every site layout was part of the Weblogs, Inc. branding. So it's an exciting time, and you're going to see a few more very individual-looking sites out of us very soon.