~Family
Guy-guy MacFarlane will be guest starring in an episode of rival show
The Simpsons. I remember the rivalry got a little bit too personal
back in the mid-2000s. While it is news that Seth is showing up for
The Simpsons, but actually Seth sung a song for one of the Futurama
movies. (Futurama:
Into the Wild Green Yonder ) Things seems to subside between the
two franchises after that. BTW, there
will be a Family Guy movie, make that what you may.
~Angus
Jones gets reported on Taiwanese CGI news channel: WTF?
Why
is Charlie Sheen drinking a flaming bottle and getting run over by a
subway? They literally took to the brain washing in the video...wow.
Why is there a guy with a Jewish symbol?
Wow, that escalated rather quickly.This video also proves why the Russians are
tough people.Some are saying this
might be an insurance scam, but it is more than likely a drunken woman starting
shit with the driver.I also like the
Russian music playing during the fight, and I also like that the other cars
just drive around them.
Two and Half Men
actor talks shit about the show...a different actor (Angus T Jones)
What is with all
these actors from the same show talking shit about their own show?
First off, Who
names their kid Angus? It sounds too much like anus or it makes me
think about beef.
Second, it is
Two and Half Men. It is meaningless.
Third, he's 19
so he's not going to make any sense.
While I can't
sit through an entire episode without shooting myself, I am aware
that he was that fat kid on the show, but now he's that creepy skinny
religious kid. I also know that the show is a hit despite the fact
it is pure shit. And, the actors get paid a lot of money per episode.
From
Washington Post, ((This, one day after Jones — at one point
the highest-paid child star on television — denounced the show as
“filth” and urged people to stop watching. ))
I
loved the fact he is currently filming episodes of the show that he
is urging the entire world to not watch. And, he's getting paid a
lot of money for the very show he is condemning. What kind of stupid/righteous
logic is this? Is he taking notes from Charlie Sheen? Is he proud that he might actually Out-Sheen Charlie Sheen? This means you're talking your way out of getting paid if people follow your suggestion.
This
kid got caught up with a religious group and made the video.
Of
course, he felt the pressure and sent out an apology letter. Sadly,
this will probably make the show even more popular. Do you remember
the boost the show received when Sheen left?
I'm
guessing we'll be seeing him in a Left Behind reboot movie or
something. And, he won't be on the show much longer. So, we'll just call it Two Men. Heck let's just name it Two Guys and a Girl...wait.
The
guy can sing, and the best part is seeing him keep a straight face
when singing such a dirty song. Someone, please get this guy a record deal.
Also, I love the non-reactions from the hipsters in the room with their,
“We're too cool to react.”
I
still sing this song for shits and giggles. And, I have to admit
that they really got into crunking things up with this hit. It is sad that I'm
wishing for the crunk songs from the early 2000s given the direction
that hip-hop has taken now. Now, it is more Euro with dance beats.
While digging
through Mr. Bean's stuff, I came across some funny things about the
Character Actress Michelle Rodriguez. I
love the Cracked.com story about MR and her less than varied roles
throughout her career. She pretty much plays the same set of
roles in all of her movies. From this post I came away with a few
facts;
1 She doesn't
smile that much.
2 She loves
playing a cop
3 Always plays
a tomboy. And, I like that. To be fair, most of her characters
would be Tomboys anyways because of the male-dominated jobs they're
in. (Marine, Cop, or Car Theft)
4 Tends to die
in her
movies (In Resident Evil, she dies over and over again.)
Now, it seems
her character in the Fast & Furious series is alive and well
after being killed fourth movie. And, she was brought back for the
RE series only to be killed again...again.
Someone actually
asked her why her characters keep dying in movies, and she had this
amusing answer to say. From
io9.com,((Because I don't take my clothes off, and I'm
nobody's girlfriend. The writers are new to the whole tough girl
thing, and they don't know what to do with [me]. We've got the dude
who's strong, so what do we do with the chick who's strong? We kill
her. Eventually they'll get used to it, and maybe Salt
will change a thing or two. ))
Wow,
that's a loaded answer, ME. Actually, you're completely wrong about
the writers not knowing how to write tough girls. First, all those
videogames you play have a lot of strong female characters in them.
Starting from the old Nintendo days. What about the strong
characters in the MGS or ME series? The “Writers are new to the
tough girl thing” doesn't hold water. (Did I mention Ripley from
the Alien franchise?) Things started to shift after the Ripley
thing. Lost, a show you were killed off on, had a few strong female
characters too.
Now,
technically, she hasn't fully taken off her clothes in
her movies as far as Mr. Skin tells me. So, she at least is
correct there, but she still shows a lot of skin, thanks to her many
tank-tops. Bu, she might have a point there.
And,
the whole “Nobody's girlfriend” statement seems a bit out of
place too. In F&F, Letty
is the girlfriend of Vin Diesel's character. (Put
your name on it)
I
like that she has found a niche and stayed in it, but don't be
ashamed of it and blame it on others.
I think only
Michelle Rodriguez dies as much as Mr. Bean (not that Mr. Bean, “Oh,
noo”). Doug Benson even has a category in his trivia game about
Sean Bean dying in many roles. Does the man enjoy dying in these
roles? Even Sean
knows about this Meme.
Bean is to dying as Nic Cage is to shitty acting.
Not only has he
been killed by James Bond in Goldeneye, but by his competitor Jack
Ryan in Patriot Games. Boromir
gets “arrowed”. Lord Eddard
Stark gets his head chopped off. Hell, he even died in a
videogame. And, the man gets killed by cows...cows!
People over at
TV
Tropes call this trope “Chronically Killed Actors”. As
stated, not only is Bean listed, but Michelle Rodriguez as well. From TV Trope, ((This is when an actor or actress appears in any number of movies, and
there's a substantial number in which their character doesn't live to
see the end of the film. Of course, it doesn't have to be that; there
can be a few Disney Deaths
thrown in the mix, but the idea stands that these performers have an
unlucky habit of dying in a good chunk of the movies they appear in.))
Sean Bean
actually had a brush with death over a piece of ass in London.
He was chilling with his girlfriend (Playmate) outside a pub when
some jack-hole started to make rude comments to his “old lady”
and he stepped in like Ned Stark and got all medieval on his
ass...literally. Bean, he didn't end up with a bunch of arrows in
his body, received a knife wound in his arm. He patched himself up
and continued to drink in the pub. I guess dying in at least 20
movies will make you tough.
Well, I just finished watching the Let’s Play of ME2 and I
have to say I really enjoyed this story more so than part 1.It is certainly more of a character-based
story than the plot driven story in the first one.
-Darker Characters:The characters in this game are more edgy than in the first one.They all have shades of gray.Kasumi is a theft and Zaeed is completely a
cold-blooded killer.Thane
Krios is an professional killer.
-Shifting gears:Instead of completing the story of the first game, they jump ahead two
years with Shepard being dead and his ship being destroyed.They take the story in a different direction
with Shep working for a dark organization.
-Paragon Ending (Perfect): The guy playing it in this Let’s
Play was shockingly able to get a perfect ending to the game where everyone
from your crew came out of the game living.He actually made the correct choices and no one was killed.I guess these characters will make cameo
appearances in the third game.I
actually liked the Paragon Ending much better than the Renegade.
-Jack: I really like the character of Jack.She’s always pissed off and ready to fight
someone.I like her because she isn’t a
mass killer as say Zaeed.
-Samara was killed off and replaced with her daughter:The guy that “Let’s Played” screwed up and
let Samara get killed by her daughter.Morinth will replace her mother as a crewmember.Morinth will actually try to kill Shep if
you let him make love to her.You’re
better off with Samara.
-Dark Matter/energy:They keep talking about dark energy/matter
in the game.This is interesting
because this was going to be the original ending to Mass Effect 3.Characters will keep mentioning something
about these elements, but it is never paid off in part two.It was
revealed by a former writer of these series.The Reapers were
supposed to stop the expansion of the Dark Energy around the universe. Do
you remember all the mentions of stars losing power, and that was the dark
energy subplot. It is interesting to see the elements from that concept spread
around the second game.The dropped
storyline also gave a different meaning to the Reapers’ Human Reaper.
-While I like the faster paced
combat, the RPG elements are missed.
-The Collectors are clearly
another take on the Shadows physically from Babylon 5.They really look like the aliens from that
show.They even have organic material
connected to their technology.There
are a lot of connections to B5 and Star Trek throughout the series.
-Michael Dorn as a Krogan!:That’s just plain
cool.
I
guess we've forgotten the holiday spirit. You have to love the
crowds and sounds of joyful screams when people are buying things
they don't need, as they camp out waiting for the big stores to open.
All this just to get that crappy iPhone or iPad that they will
replace in about six months. Then, next year let's repeat it.
The
companies should be ashamed, the people going in like cattle should
be too. It is times like this that I hate humanity. Why are you
rushing and fighting over things you really don't need? It simply
amazes me how stupid it all seems.
Here
are a few of my favorite moments from “Black” Friday
Before
Rebecca Black, there was Final Placement. Back in 2010, it stunk up the place.
This
is probably the worst song ever written and created. And, I’ve seen a lot of shitty videos over the years. Final Placement is Christian “rock
band”. FP is the afterbirth of Creed
and DC Talk with those Arc Music songs.
Somewhere
all these guys listened to the entire finished product and thought, “Now, this
sounds good! The whole world needs to listen to this."
And the
best part is the guitar solo. It is in
a different key, so it makes it sound strange and out of place. Here it is in all its glory. I like that the guitar guy really gets into
the solo and is owning its shitty nature.
I mean look at his face. He is proud.
The
story gets even funnier.After the
Internet caught wind of this shitty song and it a meme, the band realized they
were the joke.So, they got all butt
hurt and went out and tried to remove all videos posted about and on their
infamous song.It is really hard to
find much on this band via videos because they keep removing anything about
them.
Yes,
it started out badly, and got worst as the “performance” went on.
Plus, she isn't that good of a Ventriloquist
to begin with. But, even I felt bad for her, and I am an evil
person. And, it gets worst and worst as
she falls apart. It is painful to watch, and I'll give her credit
for trying to do it on stage.
BTW,
why were they cheering after she bombed? Even though she was bombing
hard, I think she should have finished the set. At that point, screw
it go for it. Part of being funny is not giving a shit and trying it out despite failing. At one point, you have to say, "f' it".
I
also liked the George Lucas camera wipe.
Where's
the sandman when you need him?
I
want to know what happened to her after this incident? Did she stop
with the puppet gig? Did she make a standup with her leaving the
stage awkwardly as her act?
I
was a huge fan of the adult performer Eva. I always liked her look;
Nerdy, cute, and sexy with dark hair. She had the nerdy look with a
great smile and that made her a fave of mine. However, she went with
an upgrade recently. And, I don't really know why. I guess it is a growing trend with women going for a more "punk" expression.
After
Well, I can live with it.
While
doing some “research” I came across a video with her new look. I
think it worked for Belladonna, but it doesn't work for Miss
Angelina. Now, I am not saying I would pass her up now that she
doesn't have hair, but it seems a little shocking to me. Her look
reminds me of Jack from Mass Effect 2. I half expect her to scream
and fire beams of light from her hands.
She
probably got the idea from Skin Diamond.
Anyway,
who I am I to talk? When you consider I cut my hair off too.
It is
going to take me some time to get use to this, Eva. I'm willing to talk about it over dinner some time...
Reddit
posted a couple of pictures of Former President Hopeful Romney
sadly pumping gas at some gas station. I guess then none-47% pumps
their own gas too. He looks like he's had a bad day. To me, this is the
saddest thing I've ever seen. He's being blamed for this loss, but
there is much blame to go around. But, don't feel too bad for him,
he's still rolling in the money. But, this picture give me pause...then a smile.
I went to sleep
and this story has been blowing up everywhere online. It is interesting how much information we have at our fingertips. We would have never seen a picture like this of a presidential hopeful after a loss in the past. We live in an age where every little gesture and appearance can be posted and archived.
What's next,
pictures of Romney going to McDonald's?
This one looks creepy. It's like he's waiting to pounce. He'll add you to his binders of women.
Well, a loss of 300+ electoral college votes will change a man.
Star Wars
Kinect: Is this the reason Lucas sold his shares of Lucasfilm and
arts?
I've never
understood the attraction to Kinect anyway. Making the connection to
the SW Kid is brilliant. And yes, the dance off was and is a stupid
idea. But, damn it is funny to watch.
It will probably get taken down,
but I actually found this mash up pretty good. It works better than
the Madonna one. The best part is watching some of the lamest people
in the crowd attempt to dance and failing.
This event happened at the
American Music Awards, which I didn't bother to see.
T-Mobile Employee stabs customer
and gets arrested
From
Huffington Post, ((An
argument over a billing issue escalated into a stabbing this week
when a clerk at a T-Mobile store allegedly attacked a customer as he
was leaving the Pennsylvania store.
))
Something tells me stabbing your
customers isn't the best way to keep them coming back. I might be wrong. Maybe it's in their
customer handbook. Is stabbing your customers a new policy?
Yeah, the guy that got stab is
alive and will make it. But, what I found amusing is that Darnell
Schoolfield (The stabber) came to work with a knife, meaning he was
prepared to stab someone at the store. What the hell? So, does the
Employee of the Year go to Schoolfield?
And, by the way, shouldn't the
victim receive free minutes for a lifetime?
By the way, I am a T-Mobile user. I use their pre-pay plan. I've used it and the same phone since 2005.
She may be cute, but she'll stab you in the back... Literally.
~The
Onion makes fun of Lost: This is very funny. Yes, the guy is in
on a world of hurt. I was just letdown by the cheat that the
Alt-world was heaven instead of a real world. And, the last season
was jammed up with stories that some things were never paid off. We
never figured out who was on that other Outrigger did we?
Full of death? I'll have two then.
~5-Hour
Energy Drinks cause death?: Well, you better believe somehow
this product will find its way of being banned by the government.
Will they go after normal energy drinks too? There is a bit of
personal responsibility that needs to be enforced as well. How about
moderating your consumption? While I am not a Tea Party guy, we
don't need the government banning everything that might cause harm.
Remember the banning of booze?
~Worst
Gangnam Style "flash mob":
Everyone
involved in this sorry mess you hold their heads down in shame. Why
would you even record it? Unless, you wanted people to see how badly
you can screw up a flash mob. By the way, the video has 84 likes and
1,230 dislikes. I didn't even bother adding my own dislike to the
video.
This song just proves that I’m too old for this shit.
I have a friend that has completely different taste in music
from me. She likes some really bad
songs from some really bad artists. She
tends to lend toward the 2000sdance stuff, which I tend to loathe a lot. This song is no different. She posted this on her Facebook page and I
almost cut my ears off with a PS2 controller.
Pitbull has certainly kept his losing streak of bad songs with
this piece of shit. This might very
well be his worst song ever, and that is saying a lot. Somehow, he took a classic and turned it
into a beeping and blooping dance mix that sounds like a distance cousin to the
Hot Problems and Friday. I mean who the
hell can dance to this mess?
This is almost unlistenable. This sounds like something on demo from
those old MTV videogames.
Oh, let’s makes it worst by adding T-Pain and Sean Paul and
you get a cornucopia of shitty dance music from the 2000s era. Nothing on this song is redeemable.
Best lines from the track…“My girl got a big ole booty. Your girl got a little ole booty.”
Thanks, Pitbull for comparing another man’s old lady’s ass
with your lady’s ass. That’s mighty
d-bag of you.
I dare you to listen to the entire song all the way
through. Thank you, Pitbull for making me feel that much older.
Wow, this is all kinds of badass-ness. They really capture the Sega vibe and sound
with this remix. And, they threw in
some of that Sonic 3 voice samples (which was partly written by MJ himself)
While the movie has a few flaws, Skyfall is
miles ahead of Quantum of
Solace as far as story and style go. It feels more like Casino Royale
than Quantum. However, the movie also
has a true link to being a James Bond film especially from the 60s. Director Sam Mendes does an outstanding job
bringing the series back to its roots while keeping it fresh with the reboot of
the series.
The opening chase/fight scene is amazing and
fun to watch. Bond chases a villain in
Turkey. It keeps building on itself with each minute. The opening Bond credits are very interesting and the Skyfall
Adele song is very old school. It is
clearly homage to the 60s opening songs.
Adele does a wonderful job with the song.
There are some dark elements in this movie,
but there seems to be a sense of fun to the franchise again. The moments between M and Bond are nice and
heartwarming. There is a neat bond
between the two. This movie will show
you why Bond respects her and she respects him. That’s just one of the better aspects that are stronger in this
movie. I should also mention that the
story is as much about Bond as it is M.
The movie has totally one of the strangest
and interesting villains in the Bond franchise. Javier Bardem
completely steals the movie away from Daniel Craig. Bardem has one of the best entrances into
the film with a very chilling speech.
Bardem has a great presence in each scene. He’s a smarter version of his Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men. And, you get the idea this villain has smart
plan and might actually win. I also
found it amusing that he doesn’t show up until deep within the second act.
The score by Thomas Newman isn’t the
strongest in the series. Newman’s music
isn’t as solid as David Arnold’s recent scores, and it is one of the weaker
aspects. It is a bit too action
Zimmer-ish for me, and I’ve grown to love Zimmer. They went a bit too far with the “modern” tracks in this
movie. However, the very old school
James Bond themes do come back toward the end of the movie, and they are a
welcome return.
The other negative is there are a few pacing
issues in the third act. However, it is
interesting to actually see Bond’s origins.
Some of the preparing scenes drag on a bit too long, yet the actual
final battle is an interesting diversion from the other Bond third acts. The ending is very heart wrenching, which I
won’t give away.
Skyfall almost feels like an apology for the
mess that was Quantum of
Solace, the script is better balanced and sharper. The movie is very pretty to look at with the
strange locations, and the action scenes are sharp and not too shaky
thankful. You get the sense where
things are the whole time, especially that opening chase/fight scene. Daniel Craig
and Judi Dench are at their
top game. In this movie, you can
clearly tell that Dench’s M truly cares for Bond almost like a
Grandmother. Javier Bardem is a strange
take on a Bond villain and somewhat creepy.
I found myself really enjoying the movie and desiring to see another one
hopefully with Sam Mendes
at the helm.
Check out the dude on the left. You couldn't have captured a dumber expression. His friend/brother isn't doing up better. He has an expression of a guy that just smelled the worst fart ever.
Why does it look like she was taken to this location again her will?
Look,
they're both adults, but still. It seems a little...creepy mainly
because the Olsen twins were always viewed as children even when they
were teenagers. These
photos came from the Huffington Post.
By
the way, this old dude is the half-brother of former France President
Nicolas
Sarkozy.
Most
of the Hobbit themes from the Fellowship of the Ring show up here.
However, there are some nice new themes I'm currently hearing right
now. Yes, I am listening to this track as I type this. It sounds
very cool.
From the ashes of Rebecca Black, we have
a new horrible song to burn. This time
we get a 12-year-old girl singing a stupid song about Thanksgiving. And, we can thank former/not former Arc
Music Factory guy Patrice and his new site for this mess.
It seems strange to center a song around
one of the more mundane holidays because I don’t see people pumping this up in
a club in the middle of July. It has a
short shelf life, where Friday can be played any time.
You also have to love how Patrice (the
rapper dude) sort of pops his head into frame being all creepy and shit. Why is he hanging out with a bunch of
pre-teens? And, it gets worst when he
shows up with a damn turkey suit on.
Did I mention he has the turkey suit on during the 4th of
July too? What?
Throw in bland lyrics with the poorly
constructed techno beat and you have another bad music video and song. I am just perplexed about Thanksgiving and
her attachment to the holiday.
This song is like serving a freshly
squeezed turd for dinner at Thanksgiving. Thank
you.
Notes
-First thing, where are her
parents? Isn’t Thanksgiving about
spending time with your actual family?
The music video implies that she made all the dishes. Why is she living alone when she’s only 12? Why is she spending it with a bunch of her
friends and a grown black man in a turkey suit? Does any of this make sense?
-Can’t
be hateful, gotta be grateful: Shut the
F’ up.
-She’s marking the days till
Thanksgiving. She must really be into
this holiday about a bunch of people wearing belt buckles on their shoes and had to have the Native Americans bail them out. I always say to never trust anyone that wears belt buckles on their shoes.
-Patrice Wilson, thank you for telling
me what month each holiday is on. I had
totally forgotten about that. And,
thank you for the really bad green screen fireworks.
-I love the reaction from the black girl
when Nicole starts rapping.
Oppa, Turkey Style!
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