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A John Ottman interview about scoring Superman Returns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pYJL3sWJ6I and here is the review to his score… http://www.soundtrack.net/features/article/?id=196 all this was taken from here http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23470

This is going to be strange, but I currently know a killer, a murderer. Here’s how… ((A 23-year-old Louisville man was fatally shot outside a McDonald’s restaurant on La Grange Road near the Snyder Freeway Saturday night, and a co-worker has been charged with his death.)) ((Larry Johnson, 23, of 3108 Church Way, near Hikes Point, died at University Hospital at 11:29 p.m. Saturday, said R.D. Jones, a Jefferson County deputy coroner. He had been shot once. The shooting occurred about 10:30 p.m. Saturday after Johnson got into a fight with Raymal L. Rivers , 26, of Louisville in the parking lot, said Alicia Smiley, a spokeswoman for Louisville Metro Police.)) You see this guy named Raymal Rivers (Ray) used to work in the same work area as me at UPS. He was a creepy guy that started to get paranoid with everyone, thinking they were talking about him. He would wait out in the parking lot for people and shout out threatens to them. He would creep women out; he would follow t...

Pat Robertson doing Leg presses http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2730623 Comment Watch as Pat does leg presses. For some reason, this has something to do with his crappy health shakes that he’s selling. http://www.cbn.com/communitypublic/shake.asp Why is he selling super shakes? I couldn’t tell you. Isn’t taking money from old Middle-Americans enough for him?

Bathroom blues Saturday night, I went to see X-men 3, before we went into the theater I went into the restroom and took a pee. Now, this was one of those new bathrooms that have sensors on everything. It will flush the toilet and wipe your ass for you (I made the second part up, but it will happen someday.). I noticed the lights were dimmed to a warm brown that gave the restroom a strange vibe. (What were they going for here? A Romantic mood while taking a pee?) There was strange 80s music that was piped in from an unseen speaker. I guess they wanted you to feel at ease when you took a dump in a public bathroom. I certainly didn’t feel that way…er, I didn’t take a dump in there. I went to the sinks, and they were sensor activated as well. I filled my hands up with the liquid soap and placed my hands under the sink. Nothing happened. No water. Now, I started getting pissed. (Uh, I just took a piss.) I thumped the little black sensor with my soapy ...

Bad News I have a friend who is in the Army National Guard that I work with at UPS. He told me last week that he’s going to Iraq. Given my distain of President Bush, I wasn’t too happy about this news at all. I just hope he comes back in a year in one piece, because too many young people are dying in a stupid war. I’d hate to lose him. BTW, he will be a front line medic, so he’s going to see some serious sh*t over there. God, I hate this war. See ya in a year , Mr. F (his first name starts with an F)

Box Office Report 1. X-Men: The Last Stand : This movie has broke records and had made 120 million, so it doesn’t matter what critics say. This means they’ll start making the two spin off movies, Wolverine and Magneto . I’m looking forward to the Wolverine movie. 2. The Da Vinci Code : I guess all the stupid protesting didn’t hurt this so-so movie at all. Remember, IT IS ONLY FICTION. If you looked hard enough, you’d find out most people thought the movie was okay, but all the protesting has made the box Office bigger with 146 Million. I’m going to protest protesters. 3. Over the Hedge : I haven’t seen this one, but I love the SUV joke in the previews, so I gave it a heads up. 84 million. 4. Mission: Impossible III : This movie is excellent, but I think Tom’s craziness hurt the box office. Coming in at 116 million. 5. Poseidon : Why is this turd still floating in the box office with 46 million. When the trailers look this bad, stay away. Yes...

X-Men 3 Well, it wasn’t a total drag. Unlike the first two X-men movies, a completely different creative team did X3. Bryan Singer and his team left for greener pastures, Superman Returns . This left a creative void with the now troubled project. With another director dropping out besides Singer, FOX brought in Brett Ratner . Ratner’s name sent waves of anger through the X-men fanboy message boards. (He was one of their early choices for X1, BTW) There are many problems with the movie and not all of them came from Ratner. I believe FOX had a hand in making this one not as good as X2. While the movie wasn’t a total disaster, there are some things that rubbed me the wrong way. For one, the dialogue, in many places, was terrible. The music was down right dreadful, the only theme worth anything was the Grey/Dark Phoenix theme, which was a natural progression from John Ottman ’s masterful Jean Grey theme in X2. The story felt rushed in many places and needed t...

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/6844.html Well, it looks like K-Fed’s ticket to the big bucks is about to end. (( A confidant of the 24-year-old singer confirmed that Spears wasn't exactly happy with her married life. “Britney is clearly in emotional turmoil over her life with Kevin,” the friend said, adding that Spears wanted the two to be together at least till the second child was delivered in October. But the hubby has increasingly been staying away from home, spending the last three nights with his friends in Sherman Oaks in California. Though Spears' publicist refused to confirm or deny she was considering a divorce, the couple seems headed for one. Spears, who is estimated to be worth over £65 million, might have to split the Malibu home with Federline and shell out £190,000 according to the prenuptial agreement they signed when they married. “Things have suddenly turned very sour. It looks bad,” a friend said. )) _______________________________________...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDJSQNlIn4k Here is a completely different Superman trailer from the one earlier. I like the Teaser and the other Trailer better than this one. But, this one does give us a bit of insight into the plot, maybe too much for me. I just want to be teased and not given a run down of the plot. I noticed that the trailer was part of the X3 movie. Does this mean that Singer and FOX made up?

FF7 on Robot Chicken http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQrHNwnfMRU&search=Robot%20Chicken it's not that great, but enjoy

One of the best themes ever! __________________________________________ Calling all nerds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mI3bl8eUG0&search = Just because, here’s a little boy singing the Imperial March . I’ll give you a little insight into me, I still sing this song now. Here's more info

Random Thoughts ~Fat Dude update: The extremely overweight dude that works in my area had some heart problems. He said he had pains in his chest and had to be taken away for tests. Here’s the kicker, he doesn’t do anything, but sit and wait for his boxes to come to him. He can’t stand up for too long, so he’s allowed to sit. How can he have chest pains, if he doesn’t do anything? ~Well, everything is going well, besides the crap at work. ~Glitch posted a short review of X-Men 3 in his blog, http://glitch1988.blogspot.com/2006/05/x-men-3-last-stand.html ~I’m really enjoying Kingdom Hearts 2 , what a great story! Christopher Lee just kicks butt in this game with his commanding voice I can hear the intro theme with the scenes all day. ~For some reason, I rented the musical The Producers that is a Remake of the 70s film, so this makes it a remake of a remake, sort of.

Kingdom Hearts II (Hollow Bastion) ~Now, this area was very important to KH1 and it is actually the Home-world of most of the Final Fantasy Characters, (I stress most, not all). ~Cid, Yuffie Kisaragi , Squall Leonhart (Leon) , Aerith Gainsborough , show up on this world. It’s their home. ~I encountered Cloud at this point in the game, and he has the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children design this time around, so he looks more realistic. There are hints of FFVII: AC in this game, because he mentions that he’s like his enemy Sephiroth . Aerith shows up to talk to Cloud too. ~I also encountered YRP, Yuna, Rikku, and Paine. They’re like fairies, and it was strange. Plus, the same actresses from FFX2 reprise their roles for the three characters. ~ Tifa Lockhart shows up looking for Cloud. This is the Advent Children version of Tifa. So, she has smaller boobs and wears black. This also gives her a more realistic look, than the Fanboy dream version of...

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2722966 William Shatner sings again. Somehow, Paramount agreed to give this guy the Directing chair in Star Trek V. Got to love the Toupee

Newswoman gets Pwned really bad http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2728985 Wow, this is pretty harsh. Always look up when in a studio, because falling lights will get you. I liked how the light simply takes over for the broadcast, when she disappears.

Fake move http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2729116 A baseball player fakes a hit on his arm and gets ejected for pointing a bat at an official. What a fart-knocker

http://media.tv.ign.com/media/821/821880/vids_1.html I haven’t been watching the new episodes of LOST because I don’t like watching too much Prime Time TV, but these two clips are a shocker. Walt’s father kills two women in a cold blood and there seems to be a boat coming the island in the second clip. ____________________________ BTW, I haven't watched much of 24 either, but I like both shows, got to wait for the DVD sets, I guess.

A message to all X-men Fans. http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/709/709574p1.html ((We don't want to spoil anything for you, but we want you to know that the scene that follows isn't your typical post-credits tack-on. It's a coda for one of the main characters. The scene is maybe 30 seconds in length, but it's enough. And it will surely be one of the more talked moments in the fan community . ))

Blue Crush Actress can’t seem to keep out of jail. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5007716.stm Michelle Rodriguez is cute, but she just can’t stay out of jail. Too bad her character was killed off on LOST, eh? There’s always Blue Crush 2 or 4 Fast 4 Furious . ((Rodriguez was arrested in Honolulu last December on the drink-driving charge and pleaded guilty to it last month. This violated the three-year probation term she had been given after pleading no contest to charges of hit-and-run, driving while suspended and driving while under the influence of alcohol. Her probation on those offences has now been extended until 2009. ))

Kingdom Hearts II (The Mulan world) ~I really enjoyed seeing this world a lot, mainly because I enjoyed the movie. I thought it was well made and had a kickass score by the late Jerry Goldsmith. (Goldsmith’s Score is not used in KH2, though.) ~One of the funniest things in the stage is the fact that Goofy is the only one that knows that Mulan is a girl acting like a guy. He blurts it out and the rest of them are shocked, yes Goofy. ~ Harvey Fierstein reprises his role, yet it’s smaller here. Sadly, this was Pat Morita ’s last role before he died; he reprised his role as the Emperor. Ming-Na is Mulan once again. Jerry Tondo and Gedde Watanabe also reprise their roles. This was very impressive. However, Mushu is voiced by a guy that almost sounds like Eddie Murphy, Mark Moseley . He does roles that Murphy turns down, such as the Shirk 2 videogame. I personally would have liked Charley Murphy to fill in the role, because he does a dead on impression o...

Kingdom Hearts II (First Impressions) ~There is an interesting shocker about the game: You don’t play as Sora for almost 3 hrs. The game opens up with a new kid named Roxas. He has his own friends and his own adventures. ~Once you get Sora back, the game gets into full swing. It is interesting to see Pete, Mickey Mouse’s enemy in the game. Note: He’s also an enemy in Ducktales and a friend, sort of, in Goof Troop. Sora has a deeper voice now. Same actor, though. ~Another interesting thing is that most of the cast of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children reprises their FFVI I roles in this game. George Newbern also plays Superman on the Justice League show. ~Here’s the entire story to Kingdom Hearts game on GBA Chapter 1 is toward the bottom http://www.youtube.com/results?search=Skies+of+memories&search_type=search_videos&search=Search Next up: my thoughts on the Mulan Stage

Captain Will Decker leaning, uh, I mean Commander Decker. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060519/ENT03/60519003/1038/ENT Here’s the new Schedule of the combined CW (UPN/WB) network. As expected, it basically sucks, but surprisingly, not as much as the reality heavy FOX schedule. You will notice that 7 th Heaven is back on the schedule. We can’t kill that stupid show. (Yes, I tried watching this show, but I had to turn it after ten minutes.) Why is Smackdown still on?

Someone at Ain’t it Cool News actually likes X3 http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23392 Despite Harry already making up his mind about the movie, his friend has a completely different view of the film. It’s actually positive.

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2728560 You know I always found the whole concept of Booth Babes interesting. Someone in marketing thought, Let’s combine half naked chicks with smelly overweight fanboys. In a lot of ways, Booth Babes have to do the same act as strippers: Act like they’re interested in you . You have to give these girls credit, because they have to deal with hundreds of Geeks that they obviously don’t find attractive. Taking picture after picture with Fanboys, plus they have to wear goofy outfits that even the women on Star Trek wouldn’t wear. ___________________________________ Highlights of the video ~There’s a very nice-looking Amazon chick with a Call of Duty uniform on that is funny, because she lies through her teeth. She says she enjoys being at E3 to meet all the good looking guys. ~Like any videogame convention, you have to have an Asian booth babe with blue hair. It’s like a law or something. ~Toward the end of the vid, there’...

This or that http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2727838 Back in 1994, Black Sheep was a rap group that came out with a cool song called The Choice is Yours . Man, this brings back memories.

Oh, no Random Thoughts ~I hopped into my car today and pulled out. That was when I noticed a noise. And, a shake. I had a flat tire. I pulled my car back in and went to work on my tire, bringing out a Jack and Spare tire. It only took me like 10 minutes to Get-R-Done. ~I stuck my head out of disconnection-ville and noticed we had a new guy on our belt at work. This guy is at least 450 pounds. I don’t want to sound rude, but this guy is huge, like small planet huge. He has like his own orbit and a couple of moons. This guy really looks just like Harry Knowles for real. For some reason, he’s decided to work in one of the most physical jobs in part time, UPS. Did I mention he can barely walk and has to sit down after a few minutes? He wears glasses and has scruffy chin-hair. And the smell, oh, boy. The guy stinks like a gym locker room. I mean the guy smells really bad. I don’t know exactly why. I could never figure that out either. I’m hoping h...

When Ads go wrong… http://www.snopes.com/photos/risque/yellowpages.asp This is one of those ads where you flip it and it shows a dirty picture. I want to know why someone was reading the Yellow Pages upside down? Go to the page to see what it really means.

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/trek1.htm One of the things people don’t know about Star Trek: TOS is that the Main Theme has lyrics. Gene Roddenberry wrote lyrics to Courage’s theme without his permission. Alexander Courage was pissed that he even wrote letters complaining about the underhanded move by Gene. Gene used to do this all the time to writers too during the TOS days. Here's more info (( Once the Star Trek pilot was sold to NBC , Courage was in an enviable position: he would receive royalties every time an episode of Star Trek was run (or re-run), and even more royalties if the show lasted long enough to be sold into syndication after its network run was finished. Courage's windfall lasted only a year, until Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry suddenly laid claim to half the royalties. How? Pressured by Roddenberry, Courage had made a "handshake deal" a couple of years earlier that gave Roddenberry the option of composing lyrics for Courag...

Stephen Colbert kicks butt http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1783 Comment: If you’re a fan of Pres Bush, don’t watch it. Love the remark “The No Fact Zone.”

Behold, the Superman Returns Poster While, I’m not too impressed with it, it does have a classic 80s superman feel to it. Below are some covers that could have been better for the poster. Yes, I really have a thing for the new Supergirl. She’s cute. ____________________________________________ Yo, the Joker all pimped out and Sh*t ____________________________________ This would have been a better poster, I think. _________________________________________ Yes, another picture of the new Supergirl. I can’t help it

Here’s a fan made version of a CGI Optimus Prime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOg4wut3p9I Someone made this up, and this is not an ILM version. They’re not even close having it look like this. It is very impressive though. have a look

“Are you sure you don’t want to borrow it?” (( Step Three: Don't Forget the Best Friend )) Yeah, this best friend is usually a little wacky and usually doesn’t have a date of her own. She lives her life through Megan Chambers’ life. She can be any race. Megan has to reveal things to her best friend whenever possible. Want to make the friend funnier? Have her always mention her vibrator(s). Funny stuff… The best friend has to say this, “If you don’t get him in bed, I will. He’s so fine.” (Don’t forget to throw in a vibrator joke.) When Megan has her doubts about life, this annoying chick will cheer her up. “You’ll make it. You’re poetry is too good not to be read. Oh, by the way, want to borrow my vibrator?” Oy,

Yet, there’s more Britney Spears baby news. http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Entertainment/story?id=1971687&page=1 Comment: (( May 17, 2006 — In the latest Britney Spears brouhaha, her 8-month-old son, Sean Preston, was spotted in the back of her convertible. The problem: The car seat was facing front and, although she was apparently in compliance with California law, federal safety guidelines say that small babies should be placed in seats that face rear. Now new allegations of bad parenting are again haunting the pop diva. )) She won’t be satisfied until she kills this baby. Where’s that other baby, K’Fed? She must be stopped