Family Guy Movie Update

Well it will be out in less than one week on DVD.. and it's actually got a lot of extras. Here's the scoop from amazon.com's sales list:

This item will be released on September 27, 2005.

Product Details
Director: Peter Shin, Pete Michels
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Format: Animated, Color, Closed-captioned
Rated: NR
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video
DVD Release Date: September 27, 2005
Run Time: 88
DVD Features:
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Commentary by creator Seth Macfarlane, cast members, and writers
Bonus uncensored audio track
Animatic comparison
From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia

Description
In this exclusive 88 minute DVD premiere, featuring brand new, never before seen content, Stewie, the maniacal baby genius, is distracted from his plans for world domination when he sees a man who looks just like him on television. Convinced that this man must be his real father (after all, how could he possibly share genetic material with the dimwitted Peter?), Stewie sets off on a cross-country road trip to find him. But his incredible journey leads him to discoveries far more vile and shocking that anything found in his diaper.

Hawaiian Dictionary!

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Now you can actually understand the meaning of all those unpronouncable road names!

The Manchurian Candidate

I have watched this movie three times with various people here at Tripler... and I have to say it's one of the most engrossing movies I have seen in a while. I watched the 2004 edition with Denzel, but apparently the 1962 edition with Frank Sinatra is supposed to be excellent as well. Of course, what made the movie more interesting to us was all the army involvement as well as the information about the Medal of Honor. Fascinating stuff, watch it if you get a chance. Hell.. netflix is only like $7.99 right now. And I am hearing stuff about peerflix.com - trading DVDs for .99 cent online. I am not sure how much it would be to mail them though. It seems like the company may give you free mailers, but I don't see how it could be making any money if it does that. On the same account though, I don't even see how netflix can be making any money with their rates. Also, movieflix.com seems interesting for downloading movies legally. This website has some info on the legal movie download sites: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kimkomando/2004-09-27-komando_x.htm

USS Crommelin

So two days ago I got to take a tour of one of the Navy frigates, top down. It was really neat... we went all over the ship including the engine rooms, med holds, operations, command center, xo and the captain's quarters, bridge, and on deck to look at the attack and defensive systems. It's good to be an officer in the Navy.. but I can see how much it would suck to be an enlisted. The person showing us around was an E6, the ship Doc/corpsman. He's pretty much the top ranking personnel after the captain and XO. He takes care of everyone on the ship by himself.. minor surgeries to dental work. Since this trip was organized through the department of Psychiatry at Tripler, the doc was trying to show us exactly what psych capabilities he had. Which was pretty much nothing. They had pain medication but very little even in terms of antipsychotics and SSRIs. Somewhat confusing - considering that they would have no way to get more while on a mission in the middle of the ocean.. but I guess they manage somehow. The ships latest missions have been busting drug runners... they destroyed the last ship they captured in front of the apprehended crew members... took them two hours of pummeling it with their cannon. I took pictures including their R2D2 type phalanx defense system. I will try to post them when I get a chance.