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Note: The woman on the right is too skinny. You can see her bones protruding from her hips, yuck. Random Bits ~Something tells me this Sex in the City movie might suck. However, I still think Kristin Davis is the sexiest lady on that show. Besides, we know that she likes to take pictures of herself having sex, bless her heart. You can check them out here. What a way to 'viral' market a movie called Sex in the city. ~I’m a huge fan of the series Venture Bros. So when a preview of the third season came onto the web, I’m was more than a little giddy about it . Go Team Venture! If you liked the show The Tick (both the cartoon and the live action one), then you’ll enjoy this riff on the Johnny Quest series, which is created by the same people. ~Is Gary Coleman really getting a divorce? Why are he and his wife putting it all on the stupid a reality show called D ivorce Court? I know he’s starving for attention because his acting career sucks now, but c...

The flash-forward in this one also answers the question as to why Sayid works for Ben in the future. I still don’t buy that Widmore’s people killed Sayid’s wife. I think Ben’s been playing games with Sayid and had her killed. I still don’t think Ben is the hero he claims to be. I also like the hero status of Sawyer. Ever since end of last season, Sawyer is a changed man. He’s actually friends with Hurley and very protective of him. I like this Sawyer 2.0, even though I miss the name-calling that he was famous for. Why does Locke need Hurley to find the Jacob house? I thought the encounter between Locke and Sawyer was a nice little standoff. The acting from everyone was spot on, despite the faster pace of the episode. And some people might have a problem with the speed of the show this season. Things are happening so fast that there are times when normal character development isn’t possible. The episode never really takes a breather. However, that’s w...

Holy crap, Ashlee Simpson needs to stop Somehow, Ashlee made the bad reality show Dancing with the Stars even worst. http://youtube.com/watch?v=4-s_5LySHmY Someone needs to tell her that she can’t sing. Her music is horrible, and it feels like she’s not even trying to sing. You have to have talent and not just use your family name to sell tickets, Ashlee. Do you remember the Orange Bowl incident ? Hey, I liked you better when you disrupted a McDonald’s restaurant . Please stop making ‘music’.

Uwe responds to Michael Bay's attack Boll against Bay Uwe Boll challenges Bay to a boxing match. Whoever wins, we lose. Listen, Boll knows how to market himself. Sure he knows his movies are crap, but he builds up this character of himself as villain. I'd like to correct something that Boll said in his video response. ((So it’s my message to Michael Bay, Michael, in between your pool parties in LA or your casting sessions with the strippers you should start training now. And I’m sure you look good, you look thin. )) I wouldn't say he has casting sessions with strippers, but pornstars. Look at his hair and Douche Bag (Bay) style. He'd only demand pornstars because he knows that they will put out after the session. Love this bit ((Michael Bay responded to my note about him in a very insulting way for me. He said that he doesn’t care about me and this was very insulting because I care about him and I think that with the money he has for his movies, he s...

88 Minutes This movie is a piece of crap, but not as bad as the critic community says it is. Jack Gramm ( Al Pacino ) is a forensic psychiatrist that ends up being caught up in a strange frame job with a copycat killer. And, he receives a call from a voice that says he has 88 minutes to live. There are so many problems that I don’t even know where to begin. I can forgive the some of the lazy plot points, but some are just unforgivable. The story doesn’t seem to know what it wants to be, a Scream movie or a simple thriller. So, instead we get an unfocused movie that pretty much doesn’t go anywhere. However, what’s even worst about the movie is the direction. Director Jon Avnet simply doesn’t care about the movie. He films some scenes like Michael Bay, short and choppy, and then shows us long boring scenes with little editing. He throws in some rap music at weird times during certain scenes that make no sense. The direction is just plain bad, and it hurts th...

Lost: The Shape of Things to Come (spoilers) Part 1 of 2 review Wow, now this is a way to welcome back the show after reruns. After killing off two major guests stars in the last episode, we get even more death and destruction in this episode. We even get some answers in the process of the mayhem. This is Michael Emerson’s episode with a bit of Naveen Andrews thrown in. Emerson goes through so many emotions in the single episode that it may overload some folks. For a brief moment, we actually care about this ultimate villain. The moment involves the death of his daughter. It is such a brutal death that we almost forget all the problems he put our heroes through during the early seasons. Watch Emerson’s face when he hears the gunshot. The scene was shocking and well played. Emerson then plays Ben in the future in the middle the Sahara Desert. He encounters two Arab men and kills one, knocking out the other one. Why did he simply appear in the middle of ...

Random Points ~ Wesley Snipes is going to prison for three years. I guess he won't finish up any of his direct to video projects. I really should write a post about what the hell happened to Snipes movie career. Three years...damn. Nino Brown is finally in jail (random New Jack City thing). ~Well, it's official, Guillertmo del Toro will direct the Hobbit and the Hobbit II . I’ve grown to really enjoy Blade II and I thought Hell Boy was fun. I think his dark humor fits with the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings world. There’s no way this story could have been told 15 years ago with the technology we had. ~ Listen to Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew get into it . I must have missed this one. ~I felt good about myself a few days ago. I walked along Baxter Ave and a bum tried to get my attention by asking for money. I just simply ignored him flat out. I’m tired of people asking for money from me, a person that doesn’t have that much myself. I'm all about helping the poo...

Random Pictures and having fun The Samuria Frog does these pictured rants very well, and I used to go through these pictures comments way back in my early blogging days. So, I decided to throw some in for the sheer heck of it. A face made for radio... ________________________________________ Can we please stop this Emo movement? I know down in Mexico they’re having Emo riots. While I’m not saying we should have a riot here in the US, can we at least have a peaceful protest over these crybabies? I’m going to have to side with Mexico with this one. The world is becoming a strange place. Men are wearing makeup and tight pants and women are becoming men. (Such as asking men out and paying for the dinners). I’m not the manliest man out there, but these Emos are annoying with their makeup and dyed two-toned hair. _____________________________________________________ Three words: Fanboy wet dream _________________________________________________ Kelly Osbo...

D avid O. Russell strikes again Cool MoFo James Caan quits the movie Nailed after cookie incident. You heard it right. It seems Caan and hot-headed Russell got into it when Caan asked if he should be coughing while choking on a cookie. ((The two couldn't come to an agreement and Caan left the set never to return. The film's producer got to work on the damage control and was quoted as saying the disagreement was "part of an ongoing creative conversation between the actor and director", and that Russell had been nothing but professional throughout the shoot. )) I am a fan of Russell's work. Three Kings and I heart Huckabees were good films. But will people continue to work with him knowing that he has these massive blow outs on the sets ? Anyway, here's the plot of the movie “Nailed” and I'm not making this up either. ((An original political satire about a naive small town waitress who accidentally gets a nail buried in her head, causing erra...

Peter Falk going crazy… As I stated before, my mom was a huge mystery/court drama fan. One of the shows I watched were the Columbo specials and episodes. I liked the crumpled character and the way he tricked people into thinking he was an idiot, but he ended up being a smart detective. So, it’s a little disturbing to see Mr. Columbo roaming around the streets looking a little uneven in the pictures above. Here’s hoping the 80-year-old actor can get it together. Where’s Mrs. Columbo when you need her?

The Forbidden Kingdom It’s a light-hearted fairytale. And like Mayren says in her review , it’s a great little story. In this period of stupid talking chipmunks and PG-13 horror movies, it’s refreshing to see a movie that just wants to be a fun little story. Just go into the movie knowing that fact. What you get is a Chinese fairytale mixed with a bit of time travel and kung fu. Some people will hate the fish out of water storyline, but for me it worked. Michael Angarano is fair in the role of the young American kid lost in ancient China, and he has one great part at the end of the film. But, he doesn’t really stand out in most of the film. I guess his point is not to stand out, because people want to see two of Hong Kong’s greats interact. And, interact they do. Probably one of the best scenes in the film involves the meeting and fighting between Jackie Chan and Jet Li . The fight scene is long but outstandingly preformed by these two. They have very diffe...

20 Dates Myles Berkowitz is a dork and a douche bag. 20 Dates is a documentary/comedy about a lame guy filming himself on 20 dates and trying to find true love. He’s also trying to launch his dead film-making/acting career in the process. Not everything goes as planned during the filming. And, that’s part of the fun of the movie. He finds himself in strange situations mostly because of his own doing. At one point, Myles hits it off with one lady, and they really seem to get along very well. However, he reveals that he’s been filming the entire date from a hidden camera. That’s when all things go to crap. The lady has a meltdown and ends up suing him. Another running gag are the scenes with the producer and money provider Elie Samaha . Elie tells Myles that his movie is shit, and he needs to add sex and boobs into the film. He also threatens to break Myles’ legs if he doesn’t make his money back. (Elie also tries to shove the lovely Tia Carrere into...

At da movies The movieblog did a post about rude moviegoers and I wrote one a few weeks back. And, we’ve brought up a few things as well. ( You can read their post here. ) Since I probably can’t sell this article to any newspaper or magazine, I’m going to go ahead and post it. My teacher told me that it was very funny, but the story has been done to death. So enjoy this story. ___________________________________________ Chris Merfield, an avid horror fan, says that he almost never goes the theater anymore because of the complete lack of respect from some of the younger moviegoers these days. At one point, he almost lost it. A cell phone went off behind him, and the girl answered it during the movie. “I turned around and looked at her. I said, ‘Are you fucking serious?’ I was so angry that my girlfriend had to calm me down.” Sadly, these things tend to happen more frequently these days. People just don’t care about basic movie theater manners. The normal peop...

Random Bunch ~The only thing the aftershocks effected were some of the streetlights. The quake reset them and they just blinked red. Some people blew right through not knowing that you’re supposed to stop. ~I’m almost done this semester; I just have to do a rewrite and create a web site using HTML and CSS. Btw, I love CSS. ~ Chocolate Rain 8Bit Remix : I can see this being in a Mega Man game. Plus, there’s a Rick Rolled version too . ~ Anyway, here’s a Jay-Z VS Super Mario remix. You have to hear this remix. It’s good. Check out the Yoshi drums toward the middle of the song. You want more: Here’s Daft Punk with 50 Cent and Timberlake remix . It works, strangely enough. ~ Here's a cool mash-up of children songs all done in Aceppella : I like it, and it brings back memories. ~I know the GI Joe movie will suck big time, but I like the picture of Scarlet and the rest of the crew , with the exception of Marlon Wayans . And, I know that Marlon want...

Earthquake Time! http://www.wlky.com/news/15920133/detail.html It was 5:30AM. After coming home from work, I decided to watch some videos before I went to bed. I started to watch that Scientology episode of South Park when I noticed the windows started to shake. My first thought was that there was someone trying to break in, but then I thought it was heavy winds. It was after the shaking stopped that I realized it was an earthquake. It ended up being a 5.2. I really didn’t feel it, and I am a little disappointed that I didn’t feel it like you see in the movies. (Maybe it is Xenu trying to stop me from watching that episode.) The aftershock! While sitting in a class room, a fellow student read his paper on the earlier earthquake. He read aloud his paper and that was when the room started to shake and rumble. Yep, he was discussing the Earthquake and an aftershock happened just as he started. Actually, the aftershock felt stronger than the earthquake. It ende...

Random Bits ~Man, I am busy this week. I can’t seem to get through a day without having to deal with school crap. But, I’m trying to squeeze in walking every other day. Luckily, school this semester is nearly over. ~I attempted to watch John Tucker Must Die, but I can’t sit through it. I had to turn off the TV. The movie is brain dead. ~ I still can't get over the time Adam Carolla hung up on Anne Coulter. She just comes across as snappy and I'm glad Adam hung up on her. ~ Farm Boy from FF7: I always like this track. It's pretty good on piano. Listen to t he original here Here's a pretty good snyth one here Here's a quiet version

The weirdos from the view interview Robin Quivers http://tv.popcrunch.com/howard-stern-sidekick-robin-quivers-on-april-14-the-view-video/ The View is so annoying, but she barely mentions the Artie Lange thing. But, Robin looks great.

Roger Rabbit (deleted scene) the Pig Head (Update) http://youtube.com/watch?v=QIjU8v--kjY Here’s the scene (actually a collection of scenes) that were deleted from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. That gorilla from the club in the earlier scene catches Eddie and Judge Doom sends Eddie to Toon Town with the weasels. They paint a living cartoon pig face over his head and Eddie freaks out. Notes: ~That famous Witch from the loony toons cartoons with the hair-pens makes an appearance here. Look closely… ~Jessica Rabbit appears to be working for Doom, or we’re supposed to believe that in this scene. She would later try to convince Eddie that she’s a good person...er cartoon ~The FX shots of Eddie washing the ‘pig head’ off are nicely done here. ~It would appear that these scenes were deleted very late in the post-production process. Side post: Here’s a “making of” special that’s a little creepy . Yeah, the guy that did the voice was on set reading the lines in a roger ...

Do you remember that punk rocker on the public bus in Star Trek IV? Yeah, it was a funny moment; especially when Spock knocks him out with that Vulcan nerve pinch. The best part is when he flips off Admiral Kirk just as the song says, “Screw You!” But the story behind this scene and the person playing the punk is just as entertaining. His name is Kirk Thatcher. ( Check out his interview here ) Thatcher has worked on both Star Trek and Star Wars over the years. He also wrote the song “I Hate You”, in which he’s playing punk in the scene above. Thatcher and The Edge of Etiquette preformed the song. The band was comprised of people working on the set and this is their only song. ( Go here for the history behind the song ) Here are some points worth mentioning. ~The song showed up in the movie Back to the Beach as well ~Thatcher was paid more for the song in Back to the Beach. ~Thatcher was the voice of the computer that tested Spock at the beginning of t...

Random Bunch ~ Who knew Wilford Brimley could rap ?: This is beyond creepy. As I stated before, this guy creeps me out. ~ A very special Bibleman : If you remember, I used ragged on this stupid show countless times, and this clip is really bad. I can't believe this show was even made. ~ A “V” remake? Really? Do we need to remake this 80's miniseries. Btw, there was a remake to V, and it was called ID4. There was talks of them doing some TV movies, but it appears they might just be revamping it and changing it into a remake theater movie. You have to remember that V had two miniseries and one network weekly TV show, which was canceled. ~ Transformers go Hollywood : What happens when the two leaders of the transformers meet up with the leader of the GO-Bots? Btw, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker did the voices on the Go-bots. ~ A hot Korean Girl dances and I like it a lot : I'm guessing she from the southern side of Korea. Just a hunch. ~Speaking ...

I need some help with a paper. I am writing a trend story for Flash Animation. It involves me having three sources (interviews). If anyone reading this post minds answering a few questions about your Flash Animation viewing experiences, feel free to e-mail me back here ( jbjr27@aol.com ). I just need your name (it will only be used for my assignment) and the country/state you live in. (my teacher might e-mail you back to confirm the story) Here are the questions, What flash cartoons do you watch? Why do you find yourself drawn to those series? Why do you think Internet flash animation has gotten so big lately? What do you get out of flash animation compared to normal TV animation? (Btw, I just interviewed one of the most important people involved in flash animation today. And he was really cool.) The project is due on Monday, but I can take e-mails up to 9AM on Monday.

Both Eli Roth and Bay have responded to Boll's comments I think Roth gets the joke that is Uwe Boll and responded accordingly. On the other hand, Bay is a bit more serious and seems to take it to heart. (Well, Boll did call him a retard.) Here's more info the whole Boll thing . Does anyone really think Boll will stop making crappy movies?

A rtie Lange goes off… At some point Artie went after his assistant outside the studio and then brought it onto the air live. Artie tried to attack his assistance live on the air. If you listen to the entire thing, you can hear Artie slowly lose it over time. Artie Lange Quits Pt. 1 Artie Lange Quits Pt. 2 Artie Lange Quits Pt. 3 (He blows up around 4:12, and then Robin totally loses it.) Artie Lange is out of control. Earlier in the week, Artie showed up on the Adam Carolla show, and he came across angry and slightly out of it and it sort of comes to a head on the Howard Stern Show. Artie has some major drug and drinking issues and he’s loosing it. He needs to check himself into rehab or he’ll end up dead like Chris Farley. Listen to the way he blames Howard for the attack. He then walks off the show on the air. Plus, Howard almost never talks to Robin the way he does in this incident. He's a mess. I used to like Artie, but he's out of ...

Battlestar Galactica: What the Frak is Going On? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UtpFDHDfcQ Everything you wanted to know about the new Battlestar Galactica in 8-minutes. It’s pretty entertaining.

Listen, any man that can wear a wimpy sweater around the neck, but is a skilled boxer that flips people off is all right with me. Uwe Boll kicks ass ( follow up on a MC post on Mr. Boll) http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/04/uwe-boll-responds-to-online-petition Check out the video in the link above and listen to Boll call out Bay and Clooney. I have a whole new respect for a guy for saying, “Look, I'm not like a f'ing retard like Micheal Bay or other people.” Now, I want to hear Bay's response. Sure, his movies are total shit, but I love his angry German accent. The man is funny as hell when he's pissed off. I'd watch a movie with him going around the world cussing people out.

DOA: Dead or Alive When you think DOA, you think Bouncing Boobs, a fighting game that has bouncing boobs. You see, most fighting game fans have better games on their list, like Street Fighter, Tekken, Soul Caliber and Mortal Kombat, but there seems to be a younger crowd that likes seeing polygon breasts over a good fighting game. They’re usually the guys that don’t have any means to see real breasts. Don’t get me wrong, I like the games, but I think the publishers are trying to milk the series for every cent. Remember that volleyball spin off game? For some reason, someone thought it would be a good idea to make a movie out of this over hyped game series. So, how do you translate the game to a movie-going audience? Well, not very well. With very poor acting and bad dialogue, there’s only one thing going for this movie. That’s right, good-looking people and tons of ass shots. The story is dumb and not worth mentioning. Devon Aoki as Kasumi just proves th...

Valkyrie delayed again, this time 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080407/film_nm/valkyrie_dc This Tom Cruise Nazi flick seems to be pushed back every few months. ((The MGM release has been moved from October 3 to February 13, coinciding with the U.S. Presidents Day holiday weekend. Last December, it was pulled from its original July 4 holiday weekend berth where it would have competed with the Angelina Jolie thriller "Wanted.")) There are a few real possibilities here as to why it’s being pushed back. The bad press: You have to remember that Scientology is under a lot of heat across the world right now, and the major protests have hurt the group. Tom is closely connected to the group in the public’s eye. Plus, the leaked footage of Tom hasn’t helped his image. People are sick of Scientology and crazy Tom. They will not go out to see his movies anymore. The movie just sucks: The movie just might be ba...

Brand new sequel: Horton hears a fart... Box Office Jam There really hasn’t been anything that has caught my eye since Cloverfield, but here are the Box Office numbers. 21 (2008) $15.1M $45.5M: Maybe it’s me, but I don’t see anything that’s appealing to me. I was hoping this was a flux sequel to the show 24 , but I guess not. I don’t see a connection between Jack Bauer and a bunch of snotty nosed hipsters. Leatherheads (2008) $13.5M $13.5M: George Clooney seems to be pissed off at the WGA, but who cares. I might check this one out on DVD. Please, Clooney, enough with the nodding and grinning bit. Nim's Island (2008) $13.3M $13.3M: What the heck? This movie came out of nowhere. I’ve never heard of this movie. I probably will skip this one. Horton Hears a Who! (2008) $9.1M $131M: This movie has become a huge hit. I’m sure it beats the movie Cat in the Hat. Cat in the Hat has something ...

Battlefield Earth (Top 5 questions.) Ah, yes, this is probably one of the worst Sci-fi movies I’ve ever witnessed. The guys over at Agony Booth have successfully ripped the movie a new one. It’s one of those movies that most people haven’t seen, but should because it is so bad. You’ll laugh aloud from the sheer cheese of each scene. Travolta is way over the top as the main bad guy. 1. Why are there so many Dutch angles in this movie? Did the camera man fall asleep when he started filming? I mean this is just plain stupid. Was the camera broken and no one bothered to fix it? Xenu will be pissed. 2. Why is the vast Psychlos Empire in need of gold? At this point, a space-traveling race wouldn’t be too concerned with just merely gold. Wouldn’t other resources be just as important, even more so? 3. Why are the Psychlos so stupid ? For a race that took over our planet in nine minutes, they’ve certainly slacked off a bit haven’t they? They’re some of...

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Colon Movie Film for Theaters Uh, wow, I really can’t say how I feel about this movie, because I don’t know what to say about this movie. I am a huge fan of the series and have been for years. But, this movie goes way beyond the strangeness of the show. So much so, that I don’t know if I should be angry or confused with the ending. I get some of the jokes, but the movie is so stupid that I surly can’t give it a favorable grade. The story is about the ATHF constructing a workout device in order to get babes. Carl ends up trying the device first. While Carl is in the workout device, it transforms into a giant killer robot that dances to an annoyingly loud techno song with Carl attached to it. (I’m not making this up.) The whole workout/techno bit is very funny, but the movie completely drops that storyline from the movie for an origin story. This origin story makes no sense either, none. I can take the random humor of the TV show because ...

McPherson’s own site . Internet Justice saves some of the tech items that were stolen from a guy's house . Some kids broke into Jesse McPherson's house and stole his Xbox, labtop, and TV. They made off with these items and never thought they'd be caught. The story says that one of his roommates was in the house when it happened, but hid upstairs. (Yeah, if you have no way to defend yourself, don’t confront the thieves.) Of course the police didn't do anything and pretty much didn't care about the crime. (Hey, they're too busy stopping people for speeding and making illegal turns. It should be noted that there are a few cops that do care.) Well, McPherson did some of his own detective work and discovered the identity of one of the thieves. But it doesn’t end there, some douche bag called him out on Xbox live bragging about the fact that he stole his videogame system. Being the clever guy that he was, McPherson recorded the message. That was ...