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Huzzah!

In celebration of sitting at my own desk, using my own computer, for the first time in many days, I bring you tons of useless links and miscellany. Huzzah!

First off, “What goes bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud, bang, thud?” To find out, you’ll have to check out the “Tom tells jokes” section of Tom Baker Says. Someone got the brilliant idea to have Tom Baker read the dictionary and let people make him say stuff via text messages. (via Sarcasmo)

I have my computer. So, I can finally run the iTunes Signature Maker. See if you can guess what any of the songs are in My iTunes Signature

Finally, it’s almost Oscar time. So, I thought I’d give you the list of films that would make my Oscar Do-Overs for 2005, if I ever got past 1957…

Real Nominees (IMDb rating)
Brokeback Mountain (8.0)
Still haven’t seen it. ::hangs head in shame::
Capote (8.1)
Awesomely excellent.
Crash (8.4)
Haven’t seen it. Technically it belongs in 2004 under my scheme.
Good Night, and Good Luck (8.0)
Excellent film. Needed to be a little more of a history lesson than it was (believe it or not).
Munich (7.7)
Haven’t seen it.

IMDb Top 250
Sin City (#65)
Fantastic film. A visual masterpiece.
Batman Begins (#104)
Best. Batman. Ever.
Cinderella Man (#207)
This got nominated as a 2004 Best Picture. Great movie.
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (#235)
Lucas (almost) redeemed.
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (#249)
Cheeeeeeese!

Box Office Top 10
Movies in the top 10 for 2005 that had at least as good a rating by IMDb users as the worst Academy nominee (“Munich” at 7.7)
Star Wars is #1
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (#2)
King Kong (#5)
Batman is #8

Top 10 IMDb Vote-Getters
Top 10 in IMDb total votes with at least as good an average rating as the worst Academy nominee (min. 1000 votes)
Star Wars #1, Batman #2, Sin City #3, King Kong #5
Serenity (#6)
Harry Potter #7, Brokeback #10