Bio-Dome

Bio-Dome

Yes, the Nostalgic Critic takes on this horrid movie Bio-Dome, and I pretty much agree with him.

Bio-Dome might just be one of the worst Pauly Shore movies ever created. Like Tom Green, there was a point when people loved Pauly Shore and eat his movies up. Yet, I think it was when Bio-Dome was released that even some of his hardcore fans started turning on him.

To be fair, he was still playing the slower-than-normal character of Encino Man, Son in Law, and In the Army Now, just with different names.

Here are a few random thoughts about Bio Dome.

-There is only one joke that I found funny from the movie, and that's the Iron Man song.

-When Kylie Minogue places this movie as the worst movie of her career over Street Fighter: The Movie , you know it is a shitty movie.

-Joey Lauren Adams is extremely cute in the movie.

-I blame this movie for Stephen Baldwin downward slide into D-bag levels. It seems Baldwin started getting into these religious skater videos and other strange things after his career flat lined.

-There really isn’t anything really funny about the movie, and even Shore makes fun of this movie.

I hate Comment Spam

I hate Comment Spam

A while back, I was forced to do something I thought I’d never do. I had to turn on the “Word Confirmation” on my blog, because the spamming had gotten so out of hand that it was becoming a full time job deleting comment Spam. I really hated doing that, but it needed to be done. It is a real shame that Spammers make it a little less easy to leave comments.

When I put on the confirmation thingy on my site, it reduced my Comment Spam down to 5%.

Well, tonight I noticed an IP address belonging to Taiwan had left a comment on my site. I clicked my main page and noticed there were at least 20 posts littered with spamming Chinese Characters on it. That meant that someone actually had to type in the Word Confirmations into each post, and let the spambot do its thing.

I found this devotion to spamming my site both amazing and annoying. Someone actually took the time to type in the words. That usually means someone is getting paid to spam the blog instead of letting a bot do all the work.

I just deleted all of them, but it does piss me off that I have to still delete 20 spams because of this guy’s devotion to his spamming job. It only took me five minutes to get rid of the spam, so I’m not sure how effective his Spam Bomb really was.

This Blog from yelvington.com pretty much sums up why there might be a reason behind some of the Human-backed spambots.

Random Thoughts

Random Thoughts

~It is scary to know that there are a lot of young people that have no idea who Carey Haim is. “Who's dis corey haim who died,” one twitter asked. And, that pretty much sums up all those younger crowds. How about looking up his name on Google? Wiki?

~ A new Battlestar Galactica spin off?: Sci-fi uh, the Syfy channel is really considering another spin off from the new BSG franchise . This time they're aiming for another Space Opera type of show. I'm not sure if I'm 100% on board with this decision. But it will be interesting to see where they can go with the show considering the new BSG seemed pretty final to me.

~Game Shows and old people: What is with old people and game shows? It seems the older you get the more judge and game shows you watch. Since Double Dare, I think haven't seen one in a long time. I've never under why it seems all old people enjoy game shows. That and mothballs.

~Senator John Edwards and his damn sex tape: Everything about this scandal is bad. Rielle Hunter seems to be getting some fame out of getting knocked up by a Senator. Now, there is a sex tape floating around. Where are all these famous sex tapes coming from? Is there a Sex Tape Fairy flying around? You're a Senator, but you're acting like a stupid 18 year old. What was he thinking?

~Speaking of sex scandal sluts, Ashley DuPree made the news again for catching her hair on fire...during a Playboy shoot. Playboy, talk about getting low hanging fruit. Usually, Playboy goes after those women that aren't as likely to take off their clothes, not ones that get paid to take them off.

Kirstie Alley’s Organic Liaison ("It's Bull@#$%)

Scientology: Organic Liaison

http://gawker.com/5494552/

Kirstie Alley calls the OL connections to the Space Church “Bullshit”. Well, that sums up the actual church, but not the connections. Just because someone calls it Bullshit doesn't mean the accusations magically go away.

From Gawker, ((Alley scoffed at claims that the "top executives" of Organic Liaison are associated with Scientology: "Top executives? I'm the top executive!" Indeed you are, Alley, and you are a Scientologist. So is your accountant. So are at least two of the five members of Organic Liaison's advisory board. So is virtually everyone who lives or works within a 500 meter radius of Organic Liaison's headquarters in Clearwater, Fla., a town that your cult essentially commandeered on the orders of L. Ron Hubbard.))

I’ll give credit to Lt. Saavik for discussing the controversy, but she is seems to be lying through her teeth. It has been discussed in great length over here about the connections.

More reading.

Here's the A&E promo for her “reality show”.

The seems to be cast with wacky people, but it is certainly no Dog the Bounty Hunter. I felt annoyed just watching 2:40 of it, so I could imagine sitting through an hour of this thing.

The Informant!

The Informant!

Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant is a strange comedic take on a guy that is or isn’t completely crazy. Based loosely on a true story, the movie never takes itself too seriously. The movie is based also on the book of the same name that details the whistle blower Mark Whitacre. The movie certainly has a Coen brothers feel to it, and Soderbergh does a masterful job with that style.

First off, Matt Damon brings it as the delusional VP of a company involved in a global price-fixing scam. Damon is so into the character that I had a hard time liking the character of Mark Whitacre. Since most of the movie pretty has Damon in every scene, he has to take shine at every moment. It should also be noted that Damon gained a lot of weight for the role.

Whitacre may or may not be crazy, but the movie will make you really hate this guy. His inter-monologues almost never have anything to do with the scene at hand. And, most of the monologues are based on false information. Even the film’s score, by Marvin Hamlisch, is in on the joke. At one point, Whitacre talks about something Mexican and the music, in mid note, changes to a Mexican song. The music even has a James Bond feel to, because Whitacre thinks that he is 014.

The FBI agents, Joel McHale and Scott Bakula, also have a rather large part in the story. Their reactions to Whitacre’s antics are also amusing. At times, the movie does enter a little too far into the absurd. And, the story does feel a bit too long toward the end. I can only take so much of Whitacre’s craziness.

Overall, it is a good movie that does have some good laughs thrown in for good measure. Matt Damon is the reason to watch this movie. Damon seems to be having fun making this character look like a complete ass.

Grade: B

"Kirk to Enterprise, beam me up."

Jimmy Johnson doing ExtenZe?

Jimmy Johnson doing ExtenZe? Uh, really?

While I'm not a huge Sports Fan, I am fully aware who Jimmy Johnson is. He's the famous NFL Coach that took the Dallas Cowboys to the Superbowl a few times. With all the sports history behind him, where does he go from there? He becomes a spokesman for ExtenZe.

ExtenZe is supposed to be a male enhancing drug that helps uh-extend your length. Yet, there is no evidence that this magical potion even works. You're better off trying a Phoenix Down. So, basically Jimmy Johnson is following Ron Jeremy. That's right; the legendary Football coach Mr. Johnson is following in Mr. Hedgehog's footsteps in supporting an unconfirmed product. Does anyone want to follow Ron Jeremy?

Is Jimmy Johnson really that hard up for money to peddle some snake-oil on national TV? Just remember that he has a nice paying gig on FOX, and there shouldn't be any reason to for him to be making a fool of himself selling this bullshit.

There seems to be a promotion where you can have a dinner with Jimmy Johnson. What are we going to talk about, Extenze? That just seems awkward to me.

I remember retired sports guys merely did shoe/underwear/hot dog ads. Now, this? I don't feel right that Mr. Johnson is talking about my “Johnson”. What's next Charles Barkley selling condoms?

Some are calling the campaign exploitative.

FFVIII (Blue Field update)

FFVIII (Blue Field update)

Like a minute after posting my Blue Fields post below, I came across this amazing piano cover of the song. Here’s the kicker, he’s actually covering the videogame version and not the Piano Collection version that everyone else covers. I can’t believe how close he matches the song. Wow, I subscribed to his channel just because of this.

Check out some of his other work. http://www.youtube.com/user/pianoinspiration#p/u

Final Fantasy 8: Blue Fields

Final Fantasy 8: Blue Fields

One of my favorite tracks from the FFVIII soundtrack has to be “Blue Fields”. It is a very gentle/laid back song. It plays during the overview map in the game. Unlike FF7's overworld map, this one is shorter and not as epic.

Each version of the song has that gentle rhythmic beat that connects them together.

The Original

The Orchestra version

Dissidia FF version

Facebook? Me is Confused.

Major Facebook screw up

From Hugh ((Hey stupid people, it's called facebook.com ))

I love it when a herd of people mistakenly do something over and over again. I read an entry over at Encyclopaedia Dramatica involving a story about a bunch of Facebook users confusing an actual news article as the damn Login for Facebook. That's right they did a Google search and tried logging into Facebook on a Website that isn't connected to Facebook. The funniest part about this story is comments from the confused users left in the comment section. Many of them tried logging into facebook not realizing this was just a web site talking about Facebook.

I've noticed many of them are over 45. This probably proves that they only know how to use Facebook and nothing else. I can see MySpace users doing this, but Facebook users are supposed to be smarter and certainly more Internet savvy. I guess I was wrong.

Make sure to read the comments on the actual page here. There are about 40 pages of good content there for you to read. Here are a few of my favorite ones.

((I am going to delete my account (IF I CAN EVER LOG IN) as this SUCKS BIG TIME ! If this does not get back to NORMAL you are going to lose a lot of folks who hate this and as you can see from all the comments they think it sucks too !!! facebook was great for connecting with old friends ...now, NOT SO MUCH. SO HOW DO I LOG IN ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ))

((sucks ))

((This is a waste of everyone's time!!! Fix this fast!! ))

((this is a bunch of bullsh--! am i loged in? ))

((hello i want in now whats goin on,jus wen i wasstartin 2 ike it ))

Then someone came to the comment section and enlightened the confused bunch. This brave and smart woman was Kate.

Kate said, ((ummm guys? Everyone realizes this page is not Facebook right? To login to Facebook, go to Facebook, and use the login option. This is a blog post about Facebook which references logging in.))

Then another woman tries to give people a way of getting into their old facebook, but she is giving bad directions because there is nothing wrong with their Facebook. ((for those of you that want to get in face book now just go to Bing..put in face book and search (or it will pop up) hit on face book login and it takes you to your password page...i did it....
if this ever gets back to normal I will use the address bar from now on..... ))

Brilliant.

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy are done...wait they were dating?

Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy are done...wait they were dating?

I'm not a hardcore gossip blogger, but this little story caught my attention. Super-d-bag Jamie was actually dating the very lovely Jennifer Love Hewitt (“What are you waiting for?”). I’ve had a huge crush on JLH for a long time...Heck, since her days on “I Know What You Did Last Summer” when she wore that tight t-shirt. She’s always been “that” cute girl. Now, I’ve discovered that she was dating the talent-less toll named Jamie Kennedy.

This guy is so talent-less that he draws talent out of the people that come close to him.

I had no idea he was dating her until after the announcement of their split. Now, I can’t get the image of this little ugly troll making love to JLH. First it was The Son of the Mask, and now this, damn you, Kennedy! If I knew she was into “hard luck cases”, I would have hollered at her. I can be a slight step up from Kennedy.

However, going for Jamie Kennedy is really slumming it, JLH.

Since JLH is single, she can come over to my crib and whisper to my ghost...it is her “True Calling”.

I'm your rebound guy, JLH.
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I guess we know what Jamie Kennedy was doing last Summer. Damn you, Son of the Mask.

Telephone - Lady GaGa ft Beyonce

Lady Gaga: Telephone

-The actual song is okay, but a little too techno for my taste. I’m sure her demo will eat this song up. I don’t like the heavy use of pumping techno beat. The song gets a little better with Beyonce.

-Did you notice the multiple shots of Gaga’s crotch? I guess she had something to prove about her not having a penis. Count how many times they cut to her crotch in the first half of the video.

-The music is closely related to the super long music videos/short movies that Michael Jackson used to make in the 80s and early 90s. That is the portion of the video I enjoyed the most.

-What is up with the stupid blue Telephone hat that Gaga is wearing?

-The Wiki page states that this song was originally written for Britney Spears. And, if you listen closely to the song, it does have a Spears sound to it. At one point, Spears was considered to join Gaga in the song, but Beyonce was chosen instead. Beyonce is the better choice anyway, because she can actually sing unlike Spears.

-Did Lady Gaga just kill an entire diner full of people? And, the creepy part is they start dancing around the diner with the dead bodies displayed all round. WTF? While the video is interesting, what was the point of the mass-murder? I can see them killing (Always Coco-Cola dude) Transformer dude, but murdering the entire diner seems like overkill.

As far as the whole product is concerned, I enjoyed this little short film. It had some nice stylistic moments here and there, but I was little disturbed with the mass-murder portion of the video. Plus, when she isn’t wearing all those really stupid outfits, she isn’t that bad to look at body-wise (Gaga). But, Beyonce blows her out of the water in the looks department.

Not bad, Lady Gaga. I wish more artists would make these long-form music videos.

Grade: B-

Album version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiJ4DdOZrRU

Just One of the Guys

Just One of the Guys

I just finished watching this movie on Hulu.com.

This movie from the 80s isn’t really a classic, but most boys growing up probably remember the scene where Joyce Hyser rips open her shirt to show that she is completely woman. And, this was a PG-13 movie.

Here are a few thoughts about the movie.

~The script has a very uncanny resemblance to Soul Man. Soul Man came out a year after Just One of the Guys. Instead of a woman turning into a dude, Soul Man is just a white dude turning himself black in order to get a scholarship.

~Joyce Hyser is probably the hottest girl in the movie, even with the boyish haircut. But, her acting isn’t exactly that good. It is funny to hear her do her boy voice. Btw, you can check out her “topless” picture from the movie here (NSFW).

~She looks like a shorter version of Ralph Macchio when she is dressed as a boy. They even mention that in the movie. She even sounds like Macchio.

~ William Zabka plays the same type of (evil) school bully that he played in Karate Kid. Just make him the same damn character.

~ Billy Jayne is the horny little brother. You will remember him from the show Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. He was Parker’s friend. Jayne has aged very well and seems to have a better career than some of the other actors in the film.

~The whole concept behind the movie is very flawed. I don't think no one in their right mind would believe Joyce Hyser was a boy in the movie. Maybe a lesbian trying to dress as a boy. Hyser had too many feminine features. Perhaps that was part of the joke.

I'm confused. Am I supposed to be turned on by this picture or repulsed? Both?

Jon Stewart takes on Chatroulette (with funny results)

Jon Stewart takes on Chatroulette (with funny results)

There are some great appearances in this clip. I would stop and holler-back to Katie Couric. I love me some Katie Couric. I also dug the Keith Olbermann appearance.