(In)Security 2006

A recent foiled terrorist attack has now led airport security to forbid passengers from bringing any liquids or gels onto a plane. Apparently, the attack involved mixing or using liquid explosives–so no juice for you! One exception to this rule is baby bottles–people can bring this onto a plane provided they sample the liquid first.

So let me get this straight–if a terrorist were to board a plane with every intention of mixing an explosive device and blowing away the entire jet, do we really think they would hesitate to sample the mixture for our security staff. “I know I’m going to explode into a billion bits of red, but I won’t drink this explosive mixture–it could kill me!”

Man, remember the good old days when the only security risk to public transportation was Dennis Hopper putting a bomb on a bus?

The Benchwarmers

Grade: F

One of those movies that you wonder how it ever got made.

This movie is horrible. And not in a good way. The fact that this was the best available option on a flight from Dallas to Tokyo made it even worse. The old joke about the movie being so bad you walked out on it–even though it was being shown on a plane–went through my head many a time while watching.

So why did I watch it? Because it was so bad I kept staring at the screen, wondering how people got involved in the project. Wondering what morons wrote the script. Wondering what idiot executives approved the script. Wondering how the actors thought they were making anything resembling a decent movie. These are honest ruminations, not just idle speculation. They all must have known the movie was horrible. So I’m perplexed.

If you can avoid one movie this year, make that movie The Benchwarmers.