SuperWatch

Joel Osteen is the only pastor I follow these days.  That's not to say that I blindly accept everything he says.  I have noticed that he colorfully quotes scriptures sometimes, and he also occasionally takes some out of context.  But such imaginative interpretations is necessary if you want to be a well-liked megapastor, because in reality  the Bible is a pretty uncomfortable book. Below is a screenshot from a sermon Pastor Joel dropped about a week ago titled "Freedom in the Fire" .  During the presentation, he uses a pine cone as a visual aid and while doing so makes this gesture: I found that peculiar for two reasons.  One is that, in the 20 or so videos by Osteen that I've thus far watched, I can't say that I ever remember him using a visual aid.  Secondly, the way his fingers are fashioned is of course reminiscent of the increasingly-ubiquitous 666 hand sign. I just googled "Joel Osteen 666", and there is an article published on Medium which ha...

Even though there was a time when weed culture intrigued me, I was never particularly interested in Half Baked (1998).  It wasn't until a lot more recently, upon becoming a Dave Chappelle fan, that I decided to give it a try. One of the reasons I wanted to watch it was to study Chappelle's cinema history, as he has this tendency to imply that he's not a sellout and furthermore, as an outspoken standup comedian, is a champion of free speech.  He and some of his peers like to argue or insinuate that standup comedy is the last genre in American mainstream entertainment whereas artists can freely express themselves, as in openly make politically-incorrect statements.  That's sorta true, and it's also sorta not true. For instance, Chappelle is considered controversial and cutting edge in large part due to his tendency to make fun of homosexuals.  This is at a time in the history of Western civilization when criticizing the gay community can get a person in a lot of tro...

Expend4bles (2023) is a much better ride than many critics have given it credit for.  I would venture to say that it's even one of the better Jason Statham -led movies out there.  I think what may have turned a lot of viewers off is a film of this magnitude, co-starring an even bigger Hollywood legend in Sylvester Stallone , sporting cheap, 1980s-looking special effects during certain key scenes. The above pic is from a scene featuring both Statham and Stallone, in which the former is conversing with the latter while concurrently holding up the 666 hand sign.  Given how popular Jason has become and the timing in which he entered the movie industry, it's totally unsurprising to see him doing this.  In fact, I think it's safe to presume that there's a number of other movies out there in which he does likewise.  But I just wanted to document this one for future reference.