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A side note to my Music and Lyrics review (Doing research into the movie) Earlier this year, Hugh Grant was in Amsterdam promoting the movie Music and Lyrics at the red carpet. Suddenly, a female Dutch newscaster handcuffed herself to him. Watch the video for the rest. E News reported on the incident, but I have no clue why she did it. ((Grant was attached to the woman, identified as Cielke Sijben, for about 10 minutes, reports said. During his enslavement, the leading man kept his on-screen cool, and, per the Daily Express , continued down the red carpet, hanger-on and all.)) For about ten minutes, he walked around the red carpet with this crazy lady cuffed to him. He signed autographs and greeted people with her on his arm! Hmm, sounds like another movie in the works. What happened to Cielke Sijben after she was arrested? I’ve looked everywhere but haven’t discovered anything else about her. What was she going to do with Grant after she cuffed him? Put...

Music and Lyrics I wanted to really rip this movie to shreds, but I really can’t hate the film that much. Yeah, it is certainly a chick-flick, so it has all the trappings of a chick-flick. Unusual girl meets unlikely popular guy and they learn things about themselves when they’re with each other. They fall madly in love, knocking countless boots in the process. They break up and fall in love again just as the movie ends. Hey, J-Lo has been doing this shit for years and making tons of money. So, what makes this movie any different from the rest of the chick-flicks? Nothing, nothing at all… However, I didn’t hate this movie for recycling the formula. I sort of liked it in a strange way. (Please don’t question my manhood.) Hugh Grant is a washed up pop star from the 80s, trying to become famous again through songwriting. He performs at malls and hotels to crowds of ladies in their early to mid-forties, which I found funny. (Hey, I dig the MiLFs too.) Drew Barry...

As I've stated before, there are many theories involving the actual plot of Cloverfield. Here is a deeper look into some of the Cloverfield trailer clues Part 1 Part 2 There is more evidence leaning toward the theory that there are smaller monsters involved in the plot. You can check out the other pics here . And here Also, there are many viral spinoffs from the movie involving the characters. Some characters have video-blogs and others own myspace pages. (There are also company websites too.) Most of the viral story progression is happening in 'real time', meaning the movie's release date will mean many of these blogs and videos won't be updated. (because the freaking city will be destroyed) Jamie (from the movie) has her video blogs and there seems to be some connections to the smaller monster subplot. Yeah, Jamie is annoying but what else was on that tape recorder? Make sure to watch the last few seconds of this video . Someone behind the sheet ...

26. Megatron / Galvatron : I loved the scene where a broken down Megatron meets up with the all powerful Unicron . Megatron is even defiant when he’s near death. I liked the way they changed Megatron into Galvatron, and with many of his troops turning into different characters as well. I knew I was going to really like this character. 27. Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron: Yep, Mr. Spock lent his voice to the movie. Being a Trek fan, I was thrilled when I saw his name in the opening credits. I heard Nimoy doesn’t like to talk about his role in the movie. I mean he never really promoted the movie either. I wonder why? 28. The Death of Starscream : Finally after 2 seasons and 20 years in the TF continuity, the newly reconstructed Galvatron puts an end to Starscream. I loved how Starscream’s body turns to dust. This was another shocking moment, because Starscream was one of the central characters to the show. (He would return for two more episodes in season thr...

Freaks and Geeks crew Most of these cast members have gone on to do bigger things Random Bits ~Boh3m3 has some good points about cell phones . I finally caved in and got a cell phone and I still hate them. He also discusses the stupid idea about spinning rims on cars. ~I've been watching season 1 Heroes on DVD recently. I am really enjoying the series. Sure, the series is moving slow, but I like that about the show. Not sure which person is my favorite character yet. ~I also been watching Freaks and Geeks . This show is very well written and I could see this storyline working as a movie. Superbad does share some striking similarities to the show. (they are both produced by the same people). ~Here are a few deleted scenes from RoboCop 2 : I can see why first few were deleted, but I like the last two scenes. Side Note: there are a few shots of a woman taking a shower in police locker room. Does this mean men and women can take showers in unisex bathrooms? I need to...

Rob has a Myspace ... Cloverfield spoilers (real or fake?) I’ve heard the Cloverfield PR machine rolling and most people want to know what hell is Cloverfield. Well there are people claiming to have seen previews viewing of the film in question. Some seem really fake, while others seem real. One gives us really detailed information. Here is a detailed report on the movie. (Could be fake or real) http://www.1-18-08news.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4478 Key Things from the review, 1. Most of the movie is shown from a handheld camera: I really like this and the five-minute preview was really interesting, proving this also. HUD is the ‘main’ cameraman. 2. Read the portion about the people who drink the Slusho: There could be a connection, though it’s never spelled out in the movie. 3. Watch what gets smashed when the Statue of Liberty head lands on the street: Could this be true? There is a Taxi getting smashed, but is there someone inside it? 4. ...

Pirates of the Caribbean : At World's End This movie is a mess, but what a wonderfully pretty mess. Following directly after Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest , the crew of the Black Pearl have to save Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones’ Locker. There are twists and turns in this movie to fill 20 movies. People are making backhanded deals and backstabbing each other throughout the story. You almost need a chart to keep up with these plot points. Who is on who’s side? And, that’s the problem with the film. It’s overly complex and needlessly confusing. I mean I didn’t want the movie to be mindlessly stupid, but it just feels like they were making it up as they were going along. And, by many reports, they were writing the script while filming the movie. Plotlines and subplots from the second movie are done away with very little payoff. Remember that Elizabeth Swann betrayal? Well, don’t expect much from it. This kind of stuff makes watching the fi...

Public Enemy: Burn Hollywood Burn http://youtube.com/watch?v=k6MlwT1lBk0 Ah, yes, I remember this music video. This was back when Public Enemy was a political rap group, and they seemed to always cause controversy. From the 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet , the main theme of the video and song is the use of ‘blackface’ and the stereotypical roles. The video uses clips from some of the old Hollywood films. Take notice of the buggy eyes. It should also be noted that Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane make appearances in the song and video. Here’s a song talking about breaking the negative stereotypes in Hollywood, but yet now in 2007 two people from the video are basically doing that very thing. 1. Flavor Flav : This guy’s ‘reality’ shows and spin offs are some of the worst shows on TV currently. I have never seen a show that’s made black women look this bad, and some white women. Not even all those booty-shaking videos have done the amount of harm these shows ha...

Here’s a clip of Brian Tyler’s central themes from Aliens Vs Predator – Requiem’s score http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Lj_ZNbzGs I like it. Here’s why, he uses James Horner’s creepy Aliens percussion themes and portions of Alan Silvestri Predator themes. Does this mean this will be a good movie? Nope, but at least they got the music right.

21. The final battle between Prime and Megatron : This is probably one of the epic battles of the 80s. “Megatron must be stopped no matter the cost.” I loved the part where Prime runs over some of the Decepticons and takes out most of them with his gun, which follows the battle between him and Megatron. The only problem I had with this scene was when Hot Rod gets in the way and ends up being the one responsible for getting Prime killed. 22. Astrotrain is huge inside : Uh, how big is this guy? I ask this because Devastator is formed inside his cabin. Btw, I had this toy. 23. Arcee the female Autobot : It was established in the second season that there were female Transformers on their homeworld. Though never implied, she was probably a member of that colony. Even though I hated her pink color, I thought she was tough and interesting character. She was voiced by Susan Blu and Blu is now a voice director for many big time cartoon shows. She will be ...

A Chicago News Station had a Van crashing into its studio live and on air . ((Chicago police were questioning the driver of a minivan that crashed into a television news studio Sunday, moments after the station went on-air for its 10 p.m. Newscast. )) Was this a soccer mom getting pissed off at the news by ramming her useless minivan into the studio? What happened to all the rear window Garfield dolls when she crashed into the window? What about all those soccer balls? It's funny when the ones reporting the news become the news. Here's the reaction to the aftermath and here's the live reaction to the crash from the newscaster. This guy's reaction still has me laughing. I hope someone makes a techno beat to his yelp/whoa. The Newscaster guy in the video is Ravi Baichwal, and he has a Wiki page , which currently has a picture of him reacting to the crash and information on the incident. Man, Wiki is fast. If vans were to crash into locals news station...

Picture from here What the hell is a hipster? http://www.hipsterhandbook.com/ There’s this creepy skinny pale guy at work and I just realized that he is a hipster. At first, I thought he was an emo. However doing some research, I know he isn’t emo. He wears truck driver hats and old Post Office sweaters (but he works at UPS, figure that out.) He always seems stoned and out of it. Looking at the Urban Dictionary, I get a better idea what the hell these people are. From one of the post… ((The modern Bohemians. A mid-twenties person who works at a low paying job, is interested in "Artsy things" Hipsters tend to swarm around the determined "Hipster" part of town, ex. Wicker Park in Chicago. Hipster Ladies should have short hair and wear thrift shop clothes and Male Hipsters should be anemically skinny to let people know that they are poor and cant afford enough food.)) Okay, I sometimes get these people confused with Emos, but they seem to be in h...

Disturbia This recent film is a remake of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window . It is an update of that older film. Shia LaBeouf stars in this version. There are two basic differences to Rear Window . One, the main character is under house arrest and two, he’s young and can walk. While it can never live up to the classic Rear Window film, it has some good things going for it, if a little flawed. After losing his father in a car crash, Shia’s characters ends up being a troublemaker. (He punches his Spanish teacher). The law forced him under house arrest. Being stuck at home by himself, he begins to watch everything that goes on around his block. Because of this, he gets involved with a very hot chick that just moved in next door. Well, he discovers that someone may be a serial killer might live right across from his house. So, he spies on him and sees some disturbing things going on over there. I have to admit that I liked this movie. I en...

Is Regis sleeping on the job? Kelly Ripa rips a new one in Rosie http://youtube.com/watch?v=13p-95DTgSA&feature=related Yeah, this is old, but I enjoyed this video. Rosie attempts to put her homophobic spin on that Kelly Ripa and Clay Aiken thing. Listen, I don’t want anyone touching my mouth unless it’s a hot naked lady. Plus, I personally don’t know where Aiken’s been. While I think Ripa needs to eat some food, I have to agree with her on this one, and I loved that Ripa put Rosie in her place. Man, when did Rosie become such a bitter angry person?

Random Bits ~I ended up with a 3.4 this semester and an overall 3.0 GPA. Now, this doesn’t mean much to many of you, but I lived my whole life being a C student, barely getting by in school. ~Here are the 7 most embarrassing Celebrity Business failures : I found the Kim Basinger one pretty amusing. She purchased a freaking town. WTF? ~While Marina Sirtis has pissed me off over the years for her little negative comments about DS9, this interview with her is very cool . While she is still an attractive woman, her age is starting to catch up to her, which is fine by me. I'd still love to be known as the guy banging Deanna Troi. (BTW, Are trek fans that crazy? Do they really come to her home?) ~Is this MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice in a Breakdance Battle ? ~Here’s a strange comparison between Drug Dealers and Geeks . Who knew harden drug dealers had some much in common with geeks? What if you’re a drug dealing geek? Does that make you an Super Geek? ~ I just love th...

Hancock The Trailer Well, it is just a teaser. The trailer and the development behind the movie has me a little confused. As far as I can tell, the movie was supposed to be a drama about a superhero that has to deal with real life issues. However, this trailer has none of that in it. Here’s a bit of information about the movie . I heard they had to lighten up the story when Will Smith was attached to the film. However, I do like what I’ve seen in the trailer. I am not sure what to think. I like seeing a hero that doesn't get the whole rescue thing down right.

16. The Attack on Autobot City : I really enjoyed the complex battle going on during the first half of the movie. There are a few second season cameos throughout the scene. It was a nice touch to see the damage to city over the night too. There are a few first season characters that end up dying here too. (Note: Second season character Red Alert was storyboarded to die here, but never showed up in the movie.) This is also the scene where they introduce most of the new Autobot characters. 17. The run of Kup and Hot Rod : I love that Kup saves Hot Rod’s life and they both use the Insecticons to jump over the gap to Autobot City, crushing one of the Insecticons’ heads in the process. 18. Starscream shooting his own foot : What a great moment! He gets trapped and decides to damage his own foot to get himself free. I always liked Starscream, and Chris Latta as the man behind the voice. 19. The Dinobots to the rescue : This was a great scene seeing...

Stardust Before you read this review, make sure to check out Blayde's review of the movie as well. Stardust, the movie, is based on Neil Gaiman's comic book/novella of the same name. What is the best way to describe Stardust? It’s an adult fairytale with a charming and sometimes comical storyline. It tells a tale of a place in England where there’s a portal to another world from our own world. A guy from the English town sneaks into the other world and ends up getting it on with some hot chick. He later receives a baby from her, after he returns to his world. This baby ends up becoming our hero. The story centers on a fallen star that crashed into the magical land of Stormhold. Everyone wants to get to the star for varying reasons. However there is a catch, the star is actually a rather attractive lady. Even though she is very old, she has a very child-like way of looking at the world, because this is her first time being human. I found Stardust ...

Yet, another project that I knew nothing about: Justice League: The New Frontier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Hb_d5Qnts It’s coming out on Feb 26, 08, and it appears to be completely unrelated to the Justice League continuity from the TV show or The Batman. Lucy Lawless will be playing Wonder Woman in this film, which I find cool because she’s very Wonder Woman like in real life. The design of the movie appears very retro. And, it appears the movie will carry a PG-13, like the Superman Doomsday movie. Well, he's messing someone up. So, that's not a bad sign. ____________________________________________ I'm not sure about this Hal Jordan design.

WTF, Britney Spears’ 16 year old sister is Pregnant. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20167059,00.html So, how did Jamie Lynn Spears break the news to her parents? ((She told her parents just before Thanksgiving.)) That’s certainly an interesting holiday gift to give your parents. ((Spears, a high school junior who is 10 years younger than Britney, had until now escaped much of the attention about her personal life that has surrounded her sister.)) A high school Junior, wow… I still think she’ll end up being a better parent than her older sister, whom doesn’t seem all that concern about losing her children. Hell, give them to Jamie Lynn Spears, because she’ll need the practice. Give her more? (Side Note: I can see Britney Spears getting knocked up and saying, “look ya’ll, we be twins”) More sites http://www.nme.com/news/tabloid-hell/33295 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2004081593_eye19.html

11. Kup: He’s like the Dr. McCoy of the movie. He’s old and grumpy. I also enjoyed the acting by Lionel Stander in this role. I think Hot Rod and Kup made a great pair. It’s too bad they didn’t bother to carry this relationship over to the third and fourth seasons of the show. BTW, you have to love the futuristic pickup truck he transformers into. (Stander passed away in 1994.) 12. Orson Welles playing Unicron: Yep, Welles at this point in his life was washed up and broke, so he took this role without even knowing what the heck the movie was even about. He later told someone that he played a ‘planet that ate other planets’. He passed away soon after completing his work for the film. He was very sick when he recorded his voice work for the movie and the producers had to use enhancements to make his voice sound good. Yeah, he was only cast because they needed some big names to market the movie, but it was still cool. 13. Scatman Crothers ’ last role: I al...

I like Wesley Snipes, but it appears that he may very well end up in jail. However, watch him run away from the papparzzi. I think it's funny that he acts like a little kid. Too bad other stars can't have this type of fun. While I don't think he should claim it is racism behind this whole thing, but he seems to be getting the brunt of the controversy. Just don't do one of those annoying Run OJ ads. BTW, has anyone seen those info-commercials with him in it?

Comic Relief/Next Generation crossover I love the way Data says T-Shirt and the joke about the Comic Relief shirts being a bad blend. The joke about Whoopi Goldberg/Guinan was really funny. I have never seen this before.

Save Pluto! http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/when-i-was-your.html Even when I was a child, I remembered all the debates as to whether to call Pluto a planet or a moon, or something else. Some of my science teachers refused to call it a planet, but it has come under great debate recently. On digg.com, I came across this post about Pluto-huggers and found it amusing. (Paul mentioned this on his former blog). I guess I can throw my support to the Pluto-hugger party. (It's like the Ron Paul thing, Right?) Some define a planet with their circular orbits and large masses, however Pluto has none of those. Pluto is like that little nerdy kid that no one wanted in the baseball game, but they were forced to pick him up to fill in their ranks. You can check out more about this mistreated planet/rogue moon below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto I feel bad for little Pluto.

Ironhide: "Hey, kids, in the next 20 years, I am going to die a horrible death." 6. Bye, Ironhide : Yep, everyone’s favorite robot gets killed in the first ten minutes of the film. Not only does he get killed, he survives the first attack, only to get blown to bits by Megatron ’s freaking cannon at close range. That is cold blooded. One of the people on the DVD commentary noted that it was that point many of the parents took their children from the theater. For me, I was shocked because Ironhide played such a big role in the first two seasons. 7. Cliffjumper doing the countdown : When the shuttle launches, Casey Kasem does the countdown. He does the countdown of the top songs on his national radio show. Even though Cliffjumper survives the movie, it would be the last time he would appear in the transformers continuity. Kasem is of Palestinian/Lebanese heritage and there was an episode in development for the third season, which put Arabs in a stereo...

Random Bits ~On Sunday, I was in a hospital visiting a family member. I had only 2 hours of sleep. I roamed around the place like a zombie. I got strange looks from the Doctors and nurses. I guess they were wondering if I was on something. Anyway, I ended up sleeping in one of the lobbies like a homeless man. This was at 2 PM. BTW, there are certainly a lot of Unisex bathrooms in that place. ~At this point, why would anyone even want to marry Pam Anderson? I never found her that attractive. She's everything that is wrong with the misguided notion of female beauty. Her choice in men seems very flawed to me. Kid Rock: Trailers and beer seem to keep this dirty hillbilly alive. What did she find special about him? Tommy Lee: Dirty, but in an emo sort of way. There were reports that she was thinking about divorcing sex tape man Rich Salomon. Again, why would you marry her? They've only been married since October. Is the divorce off? Did she force him to wa...

Parappa the Rapper ( Cheap Cheap song ) Some people took it upon themselves to do live version of that chick song from Parappa game. Here’s the original Parappa The Rappa - Cooking With Cheap Cheep : Who knew that rapping about cooking could be so cool? Here are two parodies of this stage PaRappa The Rapper (In Real Game) : I love the live band playing and two people on a stage rapping all the lines. Chop Chop Master Onion's Rap Showdown Entry : This one is really good and done in a cappella. I really like this one.

Final Fantasy VII Battle Music on Piano http://youtube.com/watch?v=xQLahvuvJT8 Comment: This guy is very good. I wish, if they make a remake, consider using real instrument for the score. While the guy’s piano is little out of tune, his playing is extremely good. World of Warcraft (rap game) music video http://youtube.com/watch?v=vH2uOy7sJ9w&feature=related Another video http://youtube.com/watch?v=xJExt2XSgHc The second one is pretty funny

50 Things I love about The Transformers: The Movie (part 1) (1-5) Since many people enjoyed my 50 things I loved about Return of the Jedi , I figured I’d give the same treatment to a movie I’ve really enjoyed from my childhood. I’ve already reviewed the movie, but this will give me a chance to dig further into what makes this movie important to most children growing up in the 80s. I am going to go through these with more detail than my Jedi one. So, I will only post 5 at a time. Enjoy… 1. Optimus Prime dying : Yes, this was the point when most boys (some girls) were shocked to discover that their favorite childhood hero died near the beginning of the movie. It took a lot of balls to kill him off and then introduce a whole new group of heroes, then replace him with an Emo Autobot. Yes, I cried when Prime died in the movie. It still shocks me today! (They would later bring Prime back in the show.) 2. It is the year 2005 : This nearly shocked me as much as ...

Clash of the Titans : Blade director Stephen Norrington returns to filmmaking? It appears so. Blade put this guy on the map, but he was attacked for his work in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LXG). It was at this point that he pretty much turned his back on Hollywood. However, there were reports he wanted to direct Ghost Rider . He’s lucky he didn’t because that was worst than LXG. Actually, I rather liked LXG. It wasn’t a good movie, but still enjoyable. However, the crap that went on behind the scenes would make me reconsider my career choices as well. I think Clash of the Titans is definitely a movie in need of a remake in my eyes. Please, no robotic owls this time around, Norrington. If he can keep the movie under his control, we might get an entertaining movie. More info about this announcement . (Side Note: One of the negative stories I heard about LXG was that Sean Connery was in the editing room making his own edits to the film. ...

Well, everyone knew this movie was going to be crap. We just weren’t sure how crap-ful though. Now we know. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1184827-alvin_and_the_chipmunks/ This movie smells of those Garfield movies. If the kids eat this movie up, we’ll see quick sequels just like Scooby-Doo and Garfield. Maybe this movie could have been somewhat interesting if Earl from My Name is Earl interacted with the Chipmunks. You have to wonder if Jason Lee did any promotion for this film. Can he keep a straight face way doing an interview about this crap? Right now, the movie is hovering around 27% rotten. Could this movie actually win the weekend?

The Lost World Deleted Scenes http://youtube.com/watch?v=IauEY2XoMR8 Here are two scenes combined into one clip. Both these scenes are pretty much useless and boring. However, they were edited into the TV Network version of the film. A montage of the extended Blues Brothers scenes added to the DVD cut http://youtube.com/watch?v=HlQCFSYfvtQ Note: These aren’t all the clips added to the DVD version, because all the songs are extended and there a few other clips too. Around the 2:00 mark, one scene explains why Elwood has all those chemicals on him. Check out the prison riot the Blues Brothers cause at the end of the clip. That should have ended up in the movie. Goonies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG84th6emGQ I actually like some of these scenes. It would appear these scenes were pretty far along in quality before they were cut. Yes, the octopus scene is in here. There is a lot of mystery involving that scene. There was talk of some a...