Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hit movie theaters today as the first official summer blockbuster a) because it's officially summer and b) where as some of the other 2009 blockbusters failed due to being too apocalyptically depressing or too prehistorically goofy, Transformers hits a sweet spot between excitement, action, nostalgia and nerdicity. And the long lines at the midnight showing this morning seem to indicate that Transformers will dominate the box office.
It's interesting that a movie about aliens is released today since it's a busy day for alien lore. It's Flying Saucer Day which commemorates UFO sightings in the Washington's Cascade Mountains 62 years ago today. It's also interesting that it could have been one of these UFOs that crashed at Roswell just a few days later in 1947. The government recanted the original flying saucer crash story back then saying it was a downed weather balloon. It was also this day in 1997 that the U.S. Air Force released their report on Roswell, 50 years later, refuting all UFO claims.
Today Is...
- The 175th day of 2009
- Flying Saucer Day
- Bannockburn Day
Today Was ...
the day in 1901 when a 19-year-old Pablo Picasso had his first exhibition of his works; it was at a Paris gallery and featured 75 works ... the day in 1928 when the first test of the Opel RAK 3 rocket ran its first test piloted by a cat ... the day in 1949 when Hopalong Cassidy, the first TV Western, airs on uh, television ... the day in 1957 when the Supreme Court ruled obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment ... the day in 1971 when Robert Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller starring Warren Beatty was released ... the day in 1997 when the Air Force released so-called documentation refuting the story of aliens crashing at Roswell interestingly enough on the 50th anniversary of exact day flying saucers were spotted over the Cascade Mountains and a few days before the incident at Roswell occurred .... | More June 24th events
Word of the Day
blues - n. an alien race similar to the more popular Greys with almond-shaped eyes, differentiated by translucent skin and less hostility
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