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Patrick Stewart vs. James Corden Wow, that was awkward.   Who pooped in Picard’s tea?   Stewart was supposed to present an award to Zoe Saldana, but decided to take the time to attack Corden.   Nothing Stewart said was funny or amusing.   (Jonas Brothers?) I have to say that Zoe Saldana was the one that came out of the incident looking good (she always looks good).   I liked her belly remark to Corden.   I also liked Corden remark say, “One old man is going home”. Stewart explained why he behaved in such a dickish manner.   From Trek Today , (( Stewart regrets the incident now, saying that he was “out of control.” “My part of the evening came late,” he said, “and it was alcohol [that prompted the remark], I’m afraid. I went too far, I was somewhat out of control. I have nothing but admiration for Mr. Corden. I still blush in remembrance of it.” )) I personally like Sir Stewart, but damn he was being a total jerk during the video.   If he’s rema...

Fresh Hell Episode 3 and 4 I am loving these short episodes.     Brent Spiner confronts a heckler.   I’m sure he had a few encounters with hardcore trekkers that want him to act like Data.   I love the fact Brent is cool enough to take parody himself.   Brent deals with an  agent… Penis cam? I like that episodes never reveals what happened to put him on the Hollywood blacklist like Mel Gibson.   I hope some of his TNG buddies make some cameos in the series too.                 

Immortals trailer (300 much?) Well, it looks like a supped up version of Clash of the Titans.   Okay, portions of this trailer are pretty cool.   I liked the concept of a magical bow that shoots cool arrows.   And, I like the CGI armies in the trailer, but some of the cheesy slow motion is a bit too much for me to handle.   I know that it is the same producers from 300, but did they need to bring over the slow motion as well?   Henry Cavill plays the main star Theseus.   He will be playing Superman in the upcoming film.   There are some big names in the movie too.   Mickey Rourke, John Hurt and Stephen Dorff are also in the movie as well.   I do like that this seems to be set in the mystical world, so the mystical aspects seem to fit, unlike 300 which had real history behind it.     

The Morning After… Yeah, I’ve probably hoped for this in a few fantasies.   I love the ending with a certain band that everyone claims they hate except a few people.   To me, I might not talk to a female fan of Nickelback and Creed.  When I was watching the video, I kept thinking, “Where have I seen this girl before?”   At first I thought she was Barbie Cummings, you know the girl that had an encounter with a state trooper, but it wasn’t her.   It was Jenna Marbles, the girl that made the makeup video.   

Here's that Chris Rock bit I talked about in my review below. I actually do this bit from time to time. “Five Dollars, GD that's a lot of money.” Why do I get sense of his character from New Jack City?

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka This parody of the blaxploitation movies doesn’t hold up today as it did when I was a little kid.   I remember fondly liking this movie.   Like most Keenen Ivory Wayans - based comedies, it doesn’t hold up on recent viewings.   While there are some good things about the movie, most of the stuff focusing on Wayans just doesn’t seem that funny.   The scenes that directly relate to and parody the blaxploitation aspects of those older movies are still funny.   Those scenes are the stronger portions of the film.   It is fun to see Jim Brown , Bernie Casey , Isaac Hayes and Antonio Fargas playing up many of the characters they played during that time period.   Even some of the Breaking Fourth Wall jokes are funny.   But some of Wayans bits are just downright stupid and unfunny.   Black Dynamite would certainly do it better by actually going all the way with the spoof.   Here in this movie it seems Wayans’ ego sort o...

Kung Fu Fighting song gets someone arrested... Uh, yeah, this has probably gone too far. From Post Chronicle : (( Ledger, 34, and his band were performing " Kung Fu  Fighting" at the Driftwood Beach Bar in Sandown, England. During his performance, he noticed a Chinese man and his mother gesturing toward him and taking cellphone photos. This reportedly prompted them to call the police on Ledger. )) Yep, a guy named Simon Ledger found himself arrested over singing the song “Fung Fu Fighting”. Basically, a Chinese man in the UK overheard the song being sung by Simon Ledger. The Chinese guy made a gesture to the singer and walked on. Later on, the police found him and arrested him. That's right, he got arrested for a stupid pop song. You can watch the full interview with Ledger in this video . I'm all against hateful speech, but this is taking it a bit too far. The producers of Kung Fu Panda remade the song for the movie.

Zorro Reborn: In the future... From Movie Line , (( Unlike many of the previous Zorros (real name: Don Diego de la Vega) brandishing whips and swords, the hero of the new installment will live in the future — specifically a desolate and post-apocalyptic one, according to a person familiar with the film who asked not to be identified. A Fox spokeswoman declined to comment. In this version, Zorro will be less a caped crusader for justice than a one-man vigilante force bent on revenge, in a western story that has echoes of both Sergio Leone and  No Country for Old Men . )) Uh, I think someone in Hollywood has really lost his mind.  Someone wants the restart the Zorro story…in the future.  Really, you're going to go the Post-apocalyptic route? Why not give Zorro a new coat of paint by setting him in the time period the other movies were in. Heck, they could tie the new movie into the recent ones with the new Zorro being the son of the recent movie of Zorro.  (Sherloc...

The problem with Gaga... I was going to write a post about the story that blew up about Lady Gaga and Weird Al, but Electronic Cerebrectomy did a great job conveying the same feelings I had on the subject . It seems Madonna II (Gaga) didn't like songs that made fun of her and her music, so she disapproved Weird Al's cover of the Madonna “cover” “Born This Way”. I guess after the negative heat she was feeling for rejecting the song, she turned “face” and blamed it on her manager. That's right, she blamed the people that work for her in order to make it look like she was uninformed. I'm calling it BS, wholesale. Now, she claims she really likes the song and approves it. Even her “retarded” remark seems staged to m e. She now receives more press for apologizing for her “retarded” remark. I'm starting to hope her staunch fanbase realizes that she is such a phoney. It does seem some inside her fanbase is starting to see this. I just get the feeling she heard...

Bottle Top: (AKA Can Top) This has to be almost as bad as the E-Cracker and Tiddy-Bear.   Who needs to preserve a can of coke of beer?   The whole point of having a can is to have a quick drink and toss the can away.   I always like when they turn the screen to black and white for the bad portion of   “not having the product”.   Basically, you screw on this top and it turns the can into a bottle, except now it is has a can bottom.   Brilliant! ~Who puts a half-filled can in the door of a refrigerator?    ~Boy, I love that “cola” brand drinks.   You can’t even make up a fake cool brand there?   ~Why is there a random woman pouring out a can of soda in the grass?   ~I love the part where they show ants walk into a can of cola in one clip. The words “Gross” flash on screen, that’s just brilliant.   YouTube Poop versions

Fight at Denny’s…again? I have no idea how this girl rumble started.   But it gets out of hand pretty quickly.  It has to be something they put in the food to make people want to fight all the time.  Denny's and Ihop seem to be the havens for stupid ghetto folks and rednecks. -Were they arguing over the meals?   -Who throws a saltshaker, really? -Why is the white woman dressed as a stripper?   She has an arm on her.   -Someone give these woman folding-chairs like the WWE?     -These are all the nicest cops ever.  

Erik Estrada (The King of Crap) I have no idea why this video is happening, or why, but this is just strange.  He seems to be selling land or towns when he’s not busy driving with female elephants.  I’ll give Estrada credit for riding the Chips thing out to the fullest.  He’s never run away from his Poncherello character.  (Today, Ponch means something completely different) Speaking of Chips, I remember reading about the feud between Larry Wilcox and Estrada.  They hated each other with Wilcox not being happy with the attention Estrada was getting by everyone.  Wilcox even made it public that he didn’t invite Erik to his wedding.  From People Archive , (("I gave it a lot of thought and decided not to invite him," says Wilcox of the feud that has made the CHiPs set at times more drama-laden than the program. "There's no point going around telling people Erik is my best chum," he confides, "because he's not and never will be.)) Wilcox hated the fact...

Mad about cancel ________________________________ Poor Paul Reiser:  The Paul Reiser Show is lowered (Canceled) I guess his best years are behind him.  NBC canceled the show after two episode.  I’ve watched a few clips from the show, and I can see why the show was canned.  The Pilot clips I saw were brutal to watch.  It looks like a watered down version of those Hollywood based comedies on HBO and Showtime, but without the cussing and boobies.  Heck, even Larry David showed up in the Pilot .  He had this to say about the show before it got the boot.  From Reuters , (("The ability for people to weigh in and talk about and Twitter has changed," he told THR. "But the actual act of making a show hasn't changed. You've got to get great people and great scripts and you have to see it through. So I kind of like to shut everything else out and just work on the show." )) I guess he’ll have to focus on the something else.  He’s had a successfully c...

Best Interview ever Why does this interview remind me of a pre-match interview on WWE or WCW?   These guys are the Epic Meal Time guys.   I’ve watch a few of their videos too, and they’re way too extreme for me.   

Mars vs. Gladiator I wrote a few years back that Hans Zimmer got into a little trouble with the family of Gustav Holst.  The Holst estate claimed that Zimmer ripped off the “Mars” track on The Planet soundtrack. Since I found this video, I figured I had more to talk about on the subject. Yes, there are movements taken straight from “Mars”, but like I’ve stated before; every composer has sampled or used portions of Holst's The Planets for years. Pretty much modern film scores are deeply connected to Holst's masterpiece. John Williams' score for “Star Wars: A New Hope” has so much of Holst's music in it, that I am surprised they didn't go after him. Then, Director Nicholas Meyer wanted to use actual music from Holst music from The Planets, but realized he'd have to pay a lot of money to the Holst Foundation and decided to come up with a score that sounded closely related The Planets with Cliff Eidelman . Because Gladiator is set during the time of the R...

Blond Girl wants to fight everyone at McDonald's  This girl wants to fight everyone in the damn restaurant.   I’m sorry, but I wouldn’t throw those fries at someone, because those are McDonald fries.   How would you like to date her?  

Four Lions What do you have when you cross terrorists with comedic situations?   You get a rather funny movie with some dark humor.   Four Lions is about a group of Islamic terrorists that’s seem to not get anything right in their plans to strike terror in England.   Every attempt to be badass terrorists, they screw up every attempt.   The movie is set in the real world with the bumbling terrorist being nearly slapstick.   It is an interesting take on the serious subject of terrorism.   I like the way the movie handles the serious stuff with the comedic stuff.   It is balanced between a drama and comedy.   The 2/3 of the movie is clearly a darker take on The Three Stooges and some of the more modern British comedies.   There is clearly a lot of riffing and off the cuff moments throughout the film.   Yet, there is a central theme of these terrorists trying to One of the more serious aspects of the film has to do with leader of the Fou...

Dan Hartman “I Can Dream About You” Yes, I still sing this corny song. The late Dan Hartman sung this song back in the 80s. Hartman’s hair has a life of its own. I half expected his half-mullet to sing a verse.

Real Life Paul Blart? Maybe this security guard wanted to lose some weight by using a skateboard?   I got to give this guy credit for really being dedicated to his stupid job.   The best part is he crashes his little buggy thingy.   Don’t mess with a rent a cop’s buggy or flashlight.   Does anyone have any information on this guy?   Did he lose his job?   Did he get another donut? 

Slow driver gets owned by cop car I hate when there is a slow driver hogging the road and slowing everyone else down.   This kind of driver simply doesn’t give a crap about the rest of the driver and just drives 40-50 in a 65 mph highway.   This cop deserves a medal for what he does here.   He tricks the car into thinking that he’s pulling them over and then leaves.   The cop was in a hurry, but he could have given her a ticket for that.   

Green Lantern (Extra footage) Okay, this footage is much better than most of the trailer footage that was released earlier.   The movie really seems to dig very deep into the roots of GL history.   I have to say I am really impressed with what I’ve seen so far.   However, it should be noted that the Tron Legacy footage was impressive too and a lot of people felt let down with the movie.   The footage from above is an edited down version of footage released at WonderCon in San Francisco.   WB was so impressed with the reaction that they released this version online.   ~I love the scene with Hal trying to figure out how to used the recharging lamp.   And, that the ring gets into the brain.   ~The alien CGI is pretty neat. ~The CGI suit looks much better here.    I still think people are going to have a problem with the suit if it doesn’t look convincing enough.   ~ Michael Clarke Duncan : He’s playing Kilowog (voice).   That rea...

The Return of Optimus Prime Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 I remember watching these two episodes at the conclusion of Season 3 of the TF show.  I remember being very happy with notion of them returning one of my favorite characters.  They promoted the heck out of his return to the show.  While this two-part episode picks up directly where Dark Awakening left off, there are some problems with the timeline and the fact in that episode we saw Prime die again.  Half his face was blown off.  The reason they brought Optimus back is because the outcry from kids everywhere.  Plus, Rodimus/Hot Rod was such an emo robot after he got the matrix.  The entire season he wines about not being as good as Optimus Prime.  I’m glad he became Hot Rod again. It seems the creators of the show wanted to take the show in a different direction after the end of season and into season 4 with Optimus Prime as the new/old leader.  The animation for this episode ...

There's an app for that?  Exodus International app gets an exodus from Apple The Are You Serious podcast guys discussed the notion of an Anti-Gay app for smart phones. Basically, a group calling themselves Exodus International. I have never understood the feverish nature that many religions have for going after the gay community.  (I’m looking at you too, Scientology too.)  Now, the minds behind Exodus International created an app that shows them that their “Gay Ways” are wrong.  Why would anyone want to download this app?  Why does this sound like those goofy E-Meters?  Now, I’ve attacked the gay community for attacking the wrong causes and groups, but they got their focus right this time.    It seems the community did just that and went after Apple for having the app in their store.  Apple responded and removed the app.  But, there is another side to this story.  (( "The folks behind Exodus are perfectly aware of the c...

Verizon Guy is no more…with a twist (Can you hear me now?  Nope) I’ve always kind of hated this guy, but he was like the Energizer Bunny, because he kept going and going.  Paul Marcarelli played the character for about 9 years.  Maybe it was his Weezer glasses and his goofy phrase that annoyed me.   I remember each phone company had their own human mascot.  I loved me some Catherine Zeta Jones T-Mobile ads.  As long as Jones comes with the phone, I’m hooked.  Now, that his contract with Verizon is up and the annoying character dumped, we can’t shut this guy up.  Because he wasn’t allowed to be public about himself during his run as the V-Guy, he couldn’t say that he was gay.  Would he have kept his job if he "came out" during his time with the company?  He was interviewed for a story in The Atlantic, and this rather amusing story came out (pun not intended) about his so-called unwanted fame . (( A few months ago, he attended h...

  Aim For the Bushes (The Other Guys) This is probably the funniest scene in the movie, in my option. I just love the sheer goofiness of the scene and wished the rest of the movie had this type of humor.  It is a direct parody of all those extreme cops from the mid 80s and 90s.  They could jump off of roofs and find a way to survive. I like this little picture meme .

Star Trek: The Next Generation: A XXX Parody Well, you knew this was going to happen... Okay, this one seems very interesting, because there seems to be a plot to it.   I actually liked the original ST version too.   (But that probably had to do with Aurora Snow being in it)   They’ve even gotten the Bajoran makeup right on the woman.   -Can I say I like this version of Troi?   She’s pretty, but a bit too skinny.   -It seems this movie is loosely based on “Yesterday’s Enterprise” and “Redemption II”.    Yar seems to be the central character.   -Why is there a version of Dr.   Leah Brahms in this parody?   I guess they had to increase the number of females in the cast for…certain reasons.   -I know this is a low blow (pun intended), but they could have probably gotten Denise Crosby to at least show up for a nude scene, about 15 years back.   She had no problems taking her clothes off on a few shows and movies.   -It...

Brent Spiner’s “Fresh Hell” Brent Spiner is brilliant as he reads a porn script.   I love that the female performer doesn’t recognize him.   I wouldn’t have kicked her out, because she was really cute.   I had no idea he was doing an online series.   People have to remember Spiner was more of a comedic actor.   Remember him from Night Court?

The Other Guys The Other Guys is probably one of the most uneven Will Ferrell films I’ve seen in a while.   I found myself rewriting the movie as it went along.   Now, there are some really funny moments, but most of it just seems like the writers were throwing things at the wall and seeing what would stick.   Two desk cops stumble into an important crime that is taking place under the noses of the city and attempt to discover the truth about what is going on behind the scenes.   I’ll come out and say this; Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson are the best things about the movie, and I wished the entire movie were about them instead of Marky-Mark and Ferrell.   Jackson and Johnson’s characters are complete parodies of the action stars from the 90s and 2000s, and every scene they’re in, if brief, is funny.   “Aim for the bushes.”   The scene where they exit the movie is probably one of the best scenes ever created.   I haven’t laughed that hard ...