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Thank you for the free book, Kirk. The Top Five Hate List Once again I've found five people to hate this time around. MC usually finds some interesting folks to hate on, I generally try to pick who ever he left out. Anyway, here are my top five. 5 Khloe Kardashian : You know her. She's the least attractive Kardashian out of the litter. So she got married to some B-ball player. Other than the reality show, what has she done other than be a sister to the hotter girl that has a sex tape? Oh, she had that DUI and ended up in jail. There was a time when only real stars made headlines when they got hitched. Why does this smell like a Reality Show stunt? Can someone fall in love in a matter of weeks and then get married? I'm giving this less than a year. 4 EVERYONE involved in this brutal fight : The kid that was f'ed up ( he died ) in the video was an honor student. As far as I can tell, wasn't a member of any gang. Fellow black people, it is ti...

Jimmy: No one ever remembers The Tommyknockers A couple of bits ~I've watched the entire third season of Dexter on DVD in a matter of days. While certainly not as good as the second season, it was still a pretty good season. Jimmy Smits is freaking great in this season. I have to say I was really impressed with his character arc. Debra Morgan finds another guy to bang. The only weak stuff was the marriage and children subplots. ~Fox actually deals with the Gay Issues fairly well on the show Glee. This is Fox and they handled the a gay character coming out to his father rather decently. Then they threw in a teen pregnancy. Well done, Fox.

The New A Nightmare on Elm (remake) trailer Make sure to watch it here (higher version) http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/09/nightmare-on-elm-street-trailer/ I have to say the trailer looks pretty good. Jackie Earle Haley (Rorschach) looks creepy. I do like the reveal of the new Freddy Krueger makeup too. Also, it looks like this movie will have a serious tone like the first movie. My only grip with this remake is the group of teenagers seems a bit too bland like the other recent slasher films. Can we have interesting characters in these horror movies?

Guy on a bicycle in New York gives people hailing cabs 'high fives' Their reactions are freaking priceless. You have to see one guy get pissed and chase after the biker. The woman saying, WTF was funny too. The ones were the people were pleased after the unannounced high five made my day. Some of them have the biggest smiles on their faces after that. I'm tempted to try this in Louisville. But most people only hail cabs on Friday and Saturday nights here. I'm not sure the drunk hot girl or the drugged frat boy will take it that lightly. And, I'm a big guy and I could dislocated someone's arm or knock their heads off. BTW, his mountain/hybrid bike is very nice. (Hybrid means a cross between a mountain bike and a road bike) Does anyone have anymore info on this dude?

Roman Polanski: Coming to America? ((Polanski, 76, was taken into custody trying to enter Switzerland on Saturday, Zurich police said. A spokesman for the Swiss Justice Ministry said Polanski was arrested upon arrival at the airport. )) I was riding my bike near River Road and looked at my cell phone for news. The CNN site read; Roman Polanski Arrested. My first thought was, “Holy Cow they got him”. Sure did take them long enough. I at first didn't know much about the history involved in incident and a 13 year old girl. I thought maybe there was more to the story. Maybe Polanski was railroaded? Then, I started reading about the rape incident . In my mind, he became a major creep to me. He not only took advantage of a 13 year old girl, he pleaded guilty and then ran away to France. What happened to personal responsibility? Did I mention he was 44 at the time of the incident? Part of me is happy to see him arrested. Every bad deed doesn't go unpunished. ...

J ohn Travolta admits that his son had autism This is big news for people that keep up with Scientology and their beliefs. From the LA Times, (("He was autistic," Travolta told the court during the extortion trial. "He suffered from a seizure disorder." Travolta said Jett suffered seizures every five to 10 days and that each seizure lasted around 45 seconds. Jett would often sleep for 12 hours after an episode. Earlier today, the actor described the events on Jan. 2, the day of his son’s death.)) It has been stated that Scientology doesn't believe in autism . Keep in mind that the Travolta family kept saying that Jett was suffering from the Kawasaki Syndrome. Now, they freely admit it was autism. Why hide that fact from people? Wouldn't it have helped out millions of families suffering from the same issues if they came out with it from the get go? Did Travolta's belief in the space church do harm to his child? I think it might be a go...

I could make a lame ass Punked joke, but I won't. One of the first “fails” of this fall TV lands on the heels of Mischa Barton . The Beautiful Life dies a short death. The CW, which is barely a network, shot and killed the series after only two episodes. Wow, that is very FOX of you, CW. From E!, ((This marks the first (and, assuredly, not the last by far) cancellation of the just-begun 2009-10 television season. )) Congratulations I guess? Is there an award for that. Can Barton put that on her shelf somewhere? ((The Ashton Kutcher -produced show, about the trials and tribulations of the modeling world (which, on TV at least, involves a lot of sex and catfighting), was plagued with production problems from the start, starting with Barton's hospitalization for emotional exhaustion and post-op pain in July. )) The Trails and Tribulations of Models doesn't sound like something people can identify with. Actually, I'm still trying to figure out why w...

Obama and Ash take on the Army of Darkness ? I heard this one on a review from Earth-2.net . I had to go looking for this one on the Internet. How does one mix Ash with President Obama? I'm not even sure, but there is a limited series coming out this fall. The story deals with Obama visiting a Comic Con and the Army of Darkness attacking. What is strange is that Obama has shown up in a few comic books from various companies. He had his own comic book along with John McCain. I'm not making this up. Why does his suit look like a superhero outfit. ______________________________________________ Spider-man and Obama team up. Was Obama a fan of SpiderMan III? __________________________________________ I guess green guys are a nice endorsement. _______________________________________________

Meet Dave I guess little kids will find the scene with Eddie Murphy, a robot, pooping out twenty dollars bills and change. It was probably at this point Murphy started to reconsider his career in Hollywood. You don’t go from being in 48hrs to pooping out dollars bills in a dressing room and consider what happened to your career. With really awful GCI and green screen, Meet Dave becomes one of Murphy’s worst movies since Pluto Nash. Actually, Meet Dave bears a lot of similarities to Pluto Nash. It should be noted that the same hack director was behind the shitty movie Norbit . Despite being a Fox movie, it is more in tune with a Disney movie made for the Disney channel. The green screens are laughable and I’ve seen better work on Star Trek TNG. Watching a CGIed Murphy and Gabrielle Union is just embarrassing. The CGI is really bad. Murphy plays two roles in the movie, neither one being of him in a fat suit thankfully. Murphy plays a robot/space ship named ...

Two Drunk Girls (Lions Fans?) get themselves arrested. This is priceless When the entire crowd turns on you, you know you have had too many drinks. From the description in the YouTube link , ((this video's originator will remain anonymous. "The two girls in front of us were drunk before the game started. They grabbed one of our signs and trashed it (real classy) because were Vikings fans, and then spent most of the first half mocking us instead of watching the game because the Lions were ahead. They left their seats and we thought they were gone for good but somehow they managed to buy even more beer and get back to their seats. They were spilling beer on themselves, the seats, and some of the other fans. After they spilled quite a bit of beer on the guys in the row below them, they turned around and told them to SIT DOWN. One girl didnt like that so she poured the rest of her beer on his head. Then I knew it was time to start the camera :)" )) I general...

M egan Fox and her body Everyone's been talking about the 'failure' of Megan Fox's new movie Jennifer's Body . Something tells me it will break even, and might receive more play on DVD. Like others, I also get the feeling Megan Fox is partially to blame for this. I think people are just sick of her. Since the first Transformers movie, she’s made some strange remarks about everything. And, to me it smells of PR people feeding her lines to keep her in the Google searches. S uch as this one from GQ (("Look, I'm not a lesbian -- I just think that all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes. I mean, I could see myself in a relationship with a girl -- Olivia Wilde is so sexy she makes me want to strangle a mountain ox with my bare hands. She's mesmerizing. And lately I've been obsessed with Jenna Jameson, but...Oh boy.")) She wants to strangle an ox? Being obsessed with Jenna Jameson doesn’t score you any point...

T est shot for Nicolas Cage as Superman from Superman Lives ? Something tells me it isn't. But you better believe there are some test photos out there. Remember when Tim Burton took over the Superman Lives project back in the 90s? At one point, Nicolas Cage was set to take over the role of the new Superman. I remember this was a huge story at the time. Everyone reported on it. I didn't like the idea, and I got the feeling Burton cast Cage to get people talking about Superman Lives and to piss off comic book fanboys. You have to remember that Burton did the same thing with Michael Keaton in the Batman series. Was Cage the right choice? Nope, not by a long shot. Anyway, here's the story behind Nic Cage's involvement in Superman . This was also when Tim Burton bumped Kevin Smith and his script off the production. The only thing I liked from Burton's world of Superman was the Brainiac sketches. More info . Even more reading . Here is the script...

K-Fed is fat and gets a reality show gig because of it. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20307512,00.html From People.com ((The father of four, who was married to Britney Spears , is joining the cast of Celebrity Fit Club , a rep for VH1 confirms to PEOPLE)) Well, we all knew this was coming. We knew he was going to get either his own reality show or show up on someone else’s stupid show. I have to wonder if he got fat in order to stay famous. Hey, stranger things have happened. Keep in mind he was a professional dancer before he started banging Britney Spears. For a man that has four children, he hasn’t done much in lifting other than marrying someone rich. ((Also appearing on the seventh season of the show will be Federline's ex-girlfriend (and the mother of two of his kids) Shar Jackson, according to a source.)) Oh, yeah, this was the woman he left for Spears. He had two kids with Shar Jackson and left her and his children for greener fie...

(The poster) Knight Rider 2000 ( Everything you ever wanted to know about the movie is in this link ) Do remember this TV movie? NBC broadcasted this sequel to the canceled Knight Rider show on May 19, 1991. Because they filmed it in 91, they could push the continuity 2000. Because of this jump ahead, the world of Knight Rider is completely different and somewhat bleak. From the IMDB page, ((In the future, guns are banned and criminals are frozen for the duration of their sentences. A recent spate of killings involving handguns brings Michael Knight back to fight for justice, but he insists of the help of KITT, his artificially-intelligent car from decades ago. The only problem is that KITT has been deactivated.)) I remember watching this movie and thinking how interesting this world would be if they explored it further. You see the plan was for this TV movie to serve as a pilot for a new Knight Rider series and probably called Knight Rider 2000. For reasons unknown, th...

Shreds: Making bad music even worst (Creed) Someone told me about this Internet trend called Shreds. I went home and checked it out. I couldn’t stop laughing at how strange and silly it is. Basically, someone replaces the real music with strange grumbling lyrics and distorted music. The “shredding” has to fit in with the actual playing in the video. It seems the shittier the band the better the shreds sound . Nickelback and Creed seem to fit that category. N ickelback Shred s AC DC Shreds Metallica Shreds Jake E Lee Shreds You probably won't get through most of them, but they are entertaining.

Why So Serious? (By Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard) Probably one of Zimmer's most memorable tracks from the Dark Knight is the experimental “Why so serious?”. Keep in mind, WB released this track onto the Internet early. When I first heard the opening chords, which were buzzing sounds, I wasn't sure what the hell I was listening to. “Is this a Batman score?” I thought to myself. It took me a while to get use to it. I later discovered that the track was to be the Joker's theme song. It is an organized mess, and I mean that in a positive way. The track jumps all over the place revealing the various aspects of the Joker theme. And like the character there are many themes conflicting with each other. When you compare this complicated theme to the Dark Knight theme, a two note theme, they are different sides of the same coin. Batman's theme is very traditional while the Joker theme is experimental. I personally like the out of tune piano. The buzzin...

Jen Kwok: Date an Asian Going into this video, I thought it was going to be something completely different. It ended up being a total surprise what the song and video is really about.

Crank: High Voltage What in the hell did I just watch? Great, the movie literally flipped me off at the end. Was the movie trying to tell people that paid to see it to f’off? Again, Jason Statham drives fast and kills people. Crank 2 is a louder and cartoon-er than its predecessor. In some ways, the more ‘balls to the wall’ approach to the material makes some scenes fun to watch. Mostly, the film is frantic and messy. So, you might just shrug and wonder if the movie is worth it. And it is mostly not. I am aware this is a movie for the post-MTV and X-Box Generation crowd, but at least make the movie somewhat cohesive. It takes the basic concept of Crank 1 and turns it up to number 11. Just because it is louder and bigger doesn’t maker it better. Look no further than Transformers II. They handled Jason Statham ‘resurrection’ very well I thought. Given this is a cartoon/videogame world, Chev Chelios’ (Statham) new life is just like the gamer pressing continue. I thought...

Darth Vader gets interrupted by Kanye West The best part is Vader continues to watch, in a kneeling position, while Kanye speaks. Is Kanye the new Rick Rolled? Hitler Finds out about Kanye’s interruption

The Turtle Man A guy named Justin showed me this little gem. After work today, my fellow co-work mentioned the Turtle Man. I asked, “Did he look like a turtle?” He answered nope. He was a guy with no front teeth and dug into muddy waters (not the singer) searching for snapping turtles. Basically, he jumps into ponds and lakes, shirtless, fishing for snapping turtles. Of course, he’s from KY. When he catches one, he yells out a Rebel Yell. At first, I wanted to make fun of him, but I changed my mind. For one, he’s one brave man. He swims about in dirty water and finds turtles. Second, he’s having the time of his life. I’m not brave enough to do what he does. I used to hunt for crawdads, but not snapping turtles. These turtles are mean. I guess I would be too if a shirtless dude scooped me up while yelling out the rebel call. I did a little digging and found out he is a blogger. ( http://www.turtle-man.com/blog/ ) You can watch other video...

Tyler Perry highest rated film to date? (Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself) As I listened to a podcast with a black guy, I remember him saying that many educated black men and women don’t like Tyler Perry and his movies. I’m not completely sure about that, but there is a divide. But, the rest of the black church-going population loves his movies. Hell, my mother loves his movies and she is educated. (I liked his limited part in Star Trek 2009) For me, I find his movies very strange. Even though I’m a black guy, I always get a response, “You just don’t get it” from fans of his movies. I can’t deny that his movies are hits. Plus, there has been a divide between reviewers and the moviegoers. Perry’s movies have always become huge hits while critics ripped his movies apart. Given that his latest movie is number one and his highest rated movie he’s ever directed, I wanted to list his ratings on the Rotten Tomato-meter . Keep in mind all his Madea ...

Random Stuff ~I'm working on my Dannie Darko review, and getting into starting my Crank 2 review. I am not sure when I'll have either one of those done. ~ Stormtroopers 9/11 : Man, this is so funny. Somehow, this Star Wars spoof makes fun of everything from the design of the Death Star to the crazy 9/11 conspiracy theories. I also like that they mention that the Death Star II will be bigger and stronger. ~What is wrong with Megan Fox? She keeps attacking Michael Bay in nearly every interview she does now. Well, some behind the scenes folks from Bay's crew had some not so nice things to say about Fox . I think some of their points are a little below the belt, but it does give you some insight into her mood.

Another Porter Remix starring Olivia Munn What in the hell is this? All I have to say is Olivia Munn looks really hot in that strange Star Trek outfit. The video also involves Munn and that other guy bouncing on giant blue balls. (Make your own sexual jokes)

Lil Mama pulls a mini-Kanye West herself From Mtv.com ((Her intent was to root Jay-Z on, not disrupt the production, the Brooklyn native said. "I'm sitting in my seat two rows away from the stage, and Jay-Z is walking through this tunnel and just, like, this adrenaline rush is pumping [through me],")) Great another person I had no idea existed before the damn VMAs. Think of her crashing Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' performance as a alt-Soy Bomb. So, is it okay for any average Joe to jump on a stage and help the performance by joining their favorite singer? To me, it looked more like a dis than anything else. The lovely Alicia Keys said it the best . (("We can appreciate her being overwhelmed and inspired," Keys said, "but we would have appreciated it if she would have did it from her seat.")) Simple and to the point. I'm sure Alicia is just taking the diplomatic approach here. Is there something in the water that's making...

Where the hell are his pants? Did Warrior ripoff Lobo in this cover? _____________________________________________ Ultimate Warrior Comic Book Do you remember the Ultimate Warrior from the WWF? He was the sub-par wrestler that was supposed to replace Hulk Hogan at the time. After his rather lackluster career as a painted wrestler, he become somewhat known as a conservative joke. (He legally changed his name to Warrior.) But to be fair to “Warrior”, WWF did screw him multiple times over his career. When he was not trying to take legal action over a website , he was making a terrible comic book series. I came across an ad for the Warrior comic book in an old August 1996 Fan magazine. For some reason, the ad has Warrior on an alien planet (Two moons). And, he hanging from a tree attempting to save a airplane pilot from green water. He looks even more juiced than his normal self. While looking at us the reader, he says this, “Live in the system...die by the system...here...