Look, we all have things that piss us off to no end. It’s just some of us, like me, have more to complain about.
5. That guy that plays techno music too loud in his ‘ride’: It’s one thing to play hip-hop and rock thumping in your ride, but techno will just get you strange looks.People will question your manhood. I like techno as much as the next guy, but come on.
4. Loud radio advertising: Advertising people, please stop having announcers shout out your products on the radio. If I have to turn down the volume once more to save my speakers, I’m coming over to your houses and to shout in your ears about my products. Enough is enough.
3. Speaking of radios, radio companies telling us every five minutes their calling letters and the which station we’re listening to: If I found your station, it’s probably correct to assume that I know which channel I’m listening to as well.
2. The Shadow Farter: The Shadow Farter is the guy (or girl) who cuts one and pretends he didn’t do. Be proud of your creation. It’s not everyday everyone can admire your ass-gas. Raise your hand and shout, “It was me. That’s all me, smell it MF’ers.
1. Car Door Handles: Okay, I love my nearly ten-year old Toyota. However, I went outside to thaw my frozen call. I unlocked the door and I pulled the door handle and it snapped off in my hand. Damn it…
According to Wiki, This movie was in development since 1999.Despite it being an animation movie, it took them from 99 to 08 to get the movie out.Because it took forever for this movie to come out that one of the actresses died before the release.Anne Bancroft died in 2005.
Plus, I’m sure this was the reason Freddie Prinze Jr. decided to give the WWE a change, because he was only getting crap roles like this.He’ll be doing infomercials in the coming year with his co-star Chris Kattan.
Another funny point is the studio submitted their film to the Academy Awards.What?Have they even bothered to look at their own animation?
You may not know it, but this is Wolverine trying to drop a pound in the bathroom. Honest...
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The new Wolverine movie Trailer is out (Check it out)
The trailer is fairly good, despite that early word on the street is that the movie isn't very good. Remember, we got three Punisher movies from Marvel...
What I do like is that they use certain flashback scenes from X-Men II as a basis for some aspects of this movie. Plus, you have William Stryker heading up the team of special mutants for the army, with a bit of foreshadowing to X-Men II.
At first, I was a bit weary of Liev Schreiber as Sabretooth, but I'm liking what I'm seeing here from the guy.
With word of a younger X-Men spin-off in the works, I have to wonder why FOX doesn't bother with making an actual direct sequel to the first three X-Men movies? From a business stand point, it would make sense.
Plus, announcing it near the Avengers release date will boast both movies.
Actually, this song is a complete departure to some of their songs on their album Spice.The music dates back to 70’s disco and 80s pop music, which has a nice dance beat.Plus, the harmonica solo is very Michael Jackson/80’s like and suits the song very well.
The video is stylized like many of those campy 70s films and the Girls actually seem to be having a lot of fun sweating in the middle of the Mojave Desert.And they look very sexy and cute in their outfits.The introduction of each Spice Girl has a retro feel to it.
The editing is fast and cuts perfectly with the music.What does not age well are the CGI effects.Where’s George Lucas to Special Edition this video?
I’m not sure how tying down a shirtless male model in the desert and leaving him for dead is a good message, but hey it’s in the video.Is that Girl Power?It would also seem that the Spice Girls have the power to shoot ‘freaking’ laser beams out of their hands.That should make defending yourself easier.
I do have a few questions though
Why is Sporty Spice using Night Vision goggles in the daytime in the middle of the desert?
Why did they kidnap the Mexican dude in the beat up pickup truck and tie him to the top of their car?
Are we going to see what happens to him when they take him home?That would make that Paris Hilton sex video look like chomp change.
It's like an twisted version of that happy-goofy song. It feels like something from Silent Hill. There are lyrics to the song at around 3 min mark. I don't know why the artist felt this had some relation to the Spice Girls song, with the exception of a few lines from the first song.
While I kind of like it, it still feels like a bunch of trash cans banging together.
But the 'artist' goes by µ-Ziq as his name and he has some strange songs everywhere. I can't say I've ever heard of this dude.
For some reason, I'll be writing three post today all , in some manner, pertaining to the Spice Girls. Think of this as a Spice Girls Monday of sorts.
Here's the first post below...
In 1998 something bad happened, Spice World was released. And, a great evil was released on this world that day.
The Nostalgia Chick talks about the horrid movie Spice World.
(I like the Spice Girls, I really do. When you look at the state of music today, this was much better.)
I’m one of those people that will watch this movie every time it comes on TV. It is a bad movie, but it’s so bad that you have to watch and laugh. There isn’t even a plot, but who cares?
Here’s the kicker, the movie made 75 million worldwide. For a ‘comedy’ that’s a nice amount of coin.
Spice World II: The Return
I’d loved to see a sequel. We can follow up with a story about the Spice Girls all hating each other in real life and becoming divas in their own right.
They all have their own subplots.
Posh Spice: Marries a big time soccer player and becomes annoying and useless. Was she not in that Highlander movie?
Scary Spice: Dates Eddie Murphy and pops out a baby,and Eddie leaves her. She shows up in a few reality shows.
Baby Spice: Well, she blogs...and she's my favorite Spice Girl. That has to count for something right?
Sporty Spice: Has a somewhat successful away from the group.
Ginger Spice: Well, uh I don't know what the hell happened to her. Uh, I don't know what else to say. Hey, what's that over there? (James disappears after distracting them.)
They must all come together, on a mission from God, and do another tour. Then break up again at the end after destroying the demon that was released because of their first movie.
I read through the ED page on that “how can she slap?” story and it appears it isn't over.
Ravi, the dude that slapped the woman and got bum-rushed, is planning on suing the show. Talk about being wimpy.
From the site…
((Reality shows may have their fixed scripts and sensational turn of events, but Ravi is in no mood to take things lying down.))
I’m sure this has more to do with being embarrassed than anything else. It doesn’t matter who was right or wrong, but you’re playing into their hands by making this lawsuit. It’s just more free press for another awful reality show.
Enjoy this clip from the show where the contestants have to dip their faces in mud to answers question. Kind of Fear Factor-ish. It's really hard to watch this clip. And, what's up with gay guy with make-up? What's even crazier is we, in the States, have shows just as bad.
I missed the boat on this one.This video became a viral video back in September.The line “How can she slap?” is being spoken around the world.Being a pop-culture dude, I can’t believe I missed this crap.I haven’t stopped laughing yet because the whole thing is funny.
Well, at some point she gets mad and slaps one of the guys.The guy doesn’t seem to enjoy getting slapped by a rather attractive lady and slaps her back even harder.The slap by the guy is almost a punch.
Best moments…
-After getting slapped hard by the guy, the woman fixes her hair.
-The entire crew comes out and crowds around him, as a few guys beat the crap out of him.
-The guy starts to cry.
Anyway, I truly can’t stand reality shows and sometimes forget that every country has these shitty reality shows.(Are they as bad as The Hills?)
I don’t think anyone has the right to slap anyone else, but he should have known that this was the way the show was before appearing on it.
There are a lot videos that have come out of this clip.
A disappointing, sometimes entertaining yet middling movie that will never live up to the show or the first movie.After watching the film, many people might ask themselves “What was the point?”And, I don’t have an answer for them.
I wish I could write that this follow up X-Files movie is a pleasant surprise, but sadly it isn’t.At times there are some well-directed atmospheric scenes, and other times scenes and characters go nowhere.The return of Mulder and Scully is bitter sweet.It is good to see the two characters return, but it is a shame it has to be with a mundane script.
Like many reviewers have written before, the script has some major problems.The story, in many respects, feels incomplete.It does feel like a few more re-writes could have solved many of its structural issues.
I enjoyed the interaction between Mulder and Scully and I felt the movie seemed to work with these two.Their romantic relationship and friendship keep the movie from becoming entirely boring.
And, that’s the main problem.The movie starts out good, but it ends up becoming boring and to a certain degree pointless.The biggest flaw is this: The story isn’t big enough to warrant a motion picture.Now, I can see why they distanced the story away from the Big UFO arc, in order to get newer viewers I suppose, but the story still needs to be special.This story isn’t it.
It feels more like a Special TV movie version of the series.Sadly, this is more apparent when you watch the first X-files movie before this one. The first movie felt and looked like an event, I want to believe doesn’t.
I Want to Believe has its heart in the right place, but it can’t seem to follow through with a fascinating or well-constructed story.Chris Carter, I want to believe, but this just isn’t the movie to do it.
Grade:C-
~I did like the grizzled Mulder that is in hiding in a remote area with pictures plastered all over his room and pencils stuck to the ceiling.
~The subplot with Scully trying to save a dying child is poorly done and shoehorned into the movie.I understand they want to connect Scully’s plight with main storyline of faith, but it just does not fit.
~There are some creepy moments throughout the film.Such as when a ‘reformed’ sex offender gives Scully the strangest look as he walks down the stairs.
~Amanda Peet and Xzibit, both are introduced in this movie as new characters, and they are completely wasted.Xzibit’s character is the non-believer, but we never get a payoff to that character and why he hates Mulder so much.Peet’s character simply gets the crap-end of the stick.There is nothing to payoff her character, nothing…
~There is a two-headed dog in the movie.Now given the nature of the show and the first movie, that’s not too strange.I’d just like to point that out.
~The first movie had a budget of 60 million; this movie was probably around 20-30 million.It shows too.
____________________Scully and the FBI agents discover a mass-grave of Paulie Shore's films buried in the middle of nowhere. Now, they just have to look for where they buried his career.
The entire saga opens up with two people talking, a witness and a detective.
The scene is simple, it is a great way to open.
Chess discussion
One of the drug dealers discusses chess and the rules. As he's talking he realizes he's talking about the drug/street life. And, it turns out the guy talking about the rules ends up getting killed in the second season like these chess pieces.
Two teenagers end up killing their friend.
It's hard to see this young kid get killed. It is a sad moment. Btw, notice the 2Pac poster behind him.
Bodie's last moment...
This is the young kid that killed the child in the above clip and he even references the Chess pieces from the first clip on this post, three seasons later. He realizes he's just a pawn. He ends up getting killed just like the kid he killed in the first season.
The Stringer Bell and Avon gang crumbles
This is a great moment where Stringer reveals that he ordered the murder of the guy in the first clip that explained the chess game.
The final scene between Stringer and Avon
These two drug kings discusses their childhood and how their lives have turned out. Here's the kicker, they've both betrayed each other, now watch the scene over again to see it with that information. This is probably one of the best written and acted moments on the show. On the surface, it looks like a normal conversation between two friends, but it's actually a final conversation and they both know it.
Stringer Bell's final moments alive
I've posted this before, but here it is again.
This is an amazing scene. Because Avon, his best friend, betrayed him Stringer finds himself cornered by his biggest enemies. When Omar reveals that Avon betrayed him, Stringer Bell starts to tear up and a sense of defeat washes over his face. It's a sad moment, because you can tell he's given up on everything.
Here's the kicker, Stringer dies, but he gave Avon up to the cops before his end. So, Avon ends up back in jail.
Simply brilliant. It's crazy the host of the show actually goes to the very locations from the film. Somehow, Daniel's apartment complex is still around! I was shocked no one that lived there has no clue they live in the very location Daniel lived.
John over at the Movie Blog said someone made the comparison to Battlefield Earth.
That's not good, but if they said “A mixture between Battlefield Earth and The Phantom,” then we'd be in even more trouble.
The good news is that Frank Miller, smartly so, removed the down right racist character of Ebony White from the movie. It should be noted that Will Eisner would later change the character from it's Minstrel Show type.
I'm still going to hold hope this will be an okay movie though.
I can’t believe someone didn’t put a stop to this movie.Of course, there were rumors that studio was going to release this mess straight to video, but when the news leaked out they changed their minds.
I still don’t know why they felt they could translate the cartoon to the big screen.Here are things that are in the cartoon show.
1. There are talking animals that act like humans in this universe.
2. There are street sweepers in heaven, and I’m not making this up.
3. There’s a magical bean that can heal your wounds when you eat it.
4.People can destroy entire planets with power from a single finger.
5.Gathering all the Dragon Balls will force a huge dragon to appear, which grants wishes.
Could any of that really translate to a broader American Audience?Nope, so you better believe they’ll leave it out.Besides, why does the plot sound like a damn Mortal Kombat movie?
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