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Ventrilo Harassment: Young People are annoying Hey, Daralon I don't understand why the second kid did just mute him. Btw, Everquest II does suck.  What is up with the racist remark?  

Leslie Nielsen passed away at 84 I still laugh at the Naked Gun series of movies. And, the movies have aged fairly well. Nielsen started out as a serious actor. From the 50s to the mid-70s, he played mostly serious roles in features. It was Airplane that boosted his popularity and that was when he made the decision to “flip the script” and turn into a comedic actor. Most people from my generation and younger mostly remember him from his comedic roles. Everyone knows about his Naked Gun movies. Nielsen will be missed.

Irvin Kershner (Director of Empire Strikes Back) died at 87 http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/11/29/obit.irvin.kershner/ From CNN , (( Filmmaker Irvin Kershner, who directed the 1980 Star Wars sequel "The Empire Strikes Back," died Saturday in his home in Los Angeles, California, after a three-and-a-half-year battle with lung cancer. He was 87. )) The sci-fi community lost one of its great directors on Saturday. George Lucas entrusted his franchise into the hands of this guy way back in the 80s with Empire Strikes Back. And, most non-super fans have no idea Lucas DID NOT direct the second the third films in the first trilogy. Kershner with the late Leigh Brackett and the still living Lawrence Kasdan were the ones responsible for the added maturity in Empire Strikes Back. Where as Lucas wanted to just keep the series in its old serial roots with campy-ness, Kershner turned the series into a character/action movie with real problems. Many SW fans still c...

Edge of Darkness We get to see Mel Gibson run around behaving badly, punching people and yelling in this movie…just like in real life.   Except, in this movie he has a reason to act like an asshole, because someone brutally murdered his daughter right in front of him.   His character, a police detective, goes after the answers behind his daughter’s murder.   And, we don’t have to hear minutes of him breathing heavily on the phone.   Edge of Darkness is a brutally violent and dark film that will make you uncomfortable with of the death scenes.   EOD is a remake of a British miniseries from the 80s.   Martin Campbell directed both the miniseries and the American remake.   Campbell’s directing is sharp and his editing is fairly quick for a conspiracy driven movie.   Spoiler:   It should be noted that many of the people that reveal secrets to Gibson’s character end up in bad places.   One person has something really awful happen to them ot...

Four Loko:  Way too extreme!   width="640" height="360"   allowScriptAccess="always"> See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor . The alcohol energy drink Four Loko is often discussed in the news as a menace to society.  People in the media are acting like this whole energy drink alcohol mixture is a new thing.  People have been mixing Red Bull with alcohol for years.  I guess this Four Loko is more like suicide in a can, which is fine for me because I don’t drink alcohol.  Perhaps, people desire death in a can.  There seems to be a running count of the states that have or are going to ban the drink with a map here .  While I don’t think the drink is good for you, I don’t believe it is right for the government to bring the ban hammer down on the damn thing.  Some people aren’t capable of handling such an “extreme” drink, and should know that.  Now, the makers of this Extreme drink will remove the caffeine portion...

This is your hero for Uncharted the movie, enjoy.  ___________________________________________ Uncharted movie receives it main star…Marky Mark Wahlberg… From MSNBC , (( The actor and star of movies like "The Departed," "Boogie Nights" and "Date Night"  confirmed to MTV Multiplayer  that he will be starring in a forthcoming movie based on the "Uncharted" games for the PS3. He will play Drake, the swashbuckling treasure hunter from both "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" and " Uncharted 2: Among Thieves ." )) Any hope of this movie based on the popular videogame series just went out the window with the clock and the baby with the bathwater. Attaching the former underwear model/rapper to this upcoming movie will certainly help doom the project, simply because Mark (good vibrations) Wahlberg has a problem with acting. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune will be the name of the 2013 movie, but it should be renamed Max Payne II : Goin...

Black Friday: Stampede at Target Store (this is the Christmas Spirit?) Black Friday is dumb, and this is why.   I know parents want to get that popular toy that children want and will discard in 4 months, but is waiting outside for five hours in a cold parking lot really worth it?   How about the sheer insane violence that happens once the doors open, is that worth it?   You have to love the people that still make a dash for the “savings” after they clear the doors of the injured.   You will never see me stand in line for anything related to Black Friday or any of those videogame releases.   We as a society have all become obsessed fanboys.   People call in sick to work to buy and play the latest Medal of Honor game or the next installment of the Call of Duty series first.   People push and shove people aside so they can separate the hard earn money from their hands on something they really don’t need.   This type of behavior was only seen in the ...

 It’s Complicated Well, yeah it is kind of complicated. This rom-com is basically an older version of all those teenage comedies about romance and awkward situations. It is neither bad nor that great, but is certainly better than many of the other bland romantic comedies that plagued the box office this year. The movie is about two divorced people that were formerly married having an affair behind their loved ones and family members’ backs. All heck breaks loose when they try to cover it up. Meryl Streep is actually very good as the woman who falls back into the arms of a remarried Alec Baldwin . Baldwin’s character is remarried to a young woman with a child. Baldwin actually is a step away from the characters he’s been playing for the last seven years, so that is kind of refreshing. However, there is one thing I could have lived without... Seeing Baldwin nude and shirtless throughout the entire movie. We get numerous shots of Baldwin shirtless or nude throughout...

Random Thoughts ~Date a Bank Teller? There is a rather cute female bank teller at one of the local banks I go to every Friday. I always talk to her and thought about asking her out. (Without the Boyfriend Card being played from the bottom of the deck), however there is a problem with that notion. She knows exactly how much money I have in my bank account. That is a dangerous thing. I talked to her today for a while and that popped in my head. ~ Grand Theft Booty Workout : Wow this woman has an amazing body and she is cute too. This could be my future wife. Her name is Charlie James. Keep in mind that Miss James is not the same woman that you will find in the Google Searches. That woman is a pornstar, this Charlie James is not. ~ Willie Nelson has been caught with 6 ounces of marijuana by the US Border Patrol. Nelson has probably smoked more weed than most people in the most of the US combined. At this point, Nelson should be grandfathered into the law. (Everyone ca...

DuckTales Theme! This is full version of the song. Most people had no idea the song ran over 3 minutes long. Mark Mueller wrote the theme song and J eff Pescetto actually sung the song . Here's an interview with Pescetto talking about exactly how he got the gig for singing the popular theme song. They start talking about Ducktales at the 6:16 mark. D uckTale Movie ending them e videogame version

Congo movie score (Spirit of Africa) Jerry Goldsmith was known for scoring music to awful movies and actually elevating the stupid movie to another level. This is favorite track from the Congo score. It brings back some of the Africa themes that Goldsmith introduced throughout the film. By the way, the Africa voice you hear in song doing the call and response is Lebo M. He was famous for helping Han Zimmer in writing the Lion King score and Tears of the Sun. Lebo M has an interesting voice that adds to the richness of the song. Ghost and the Darkness came out around the same time and Goldsmith did the score to that African themed movie as well. It has a similar sound to Congo. However, I like both scores. Listen to the 2:50 mark to find the similarities. Bonus video Congo “Bail Out”

Sarah Palin strikes back at Barbara Bush I'm usually not a political blogger, but this story caught my attention. Yes, Palin thought it was necessary to strike back at a little snipping comment that Barbara Bush made about her. Barbara kind of hopes Palin would stay in Alaska. So, Palin decided to mildly attack the former First Lady. Instead of letting it go and ignoring it, Palin goes after an 85 year old woman. That sounds honorable. I've always liked Barbara because she's been outspoken about issues and usually makes slightly unpolitical statements. It would be interesting to find out why Barbara doesn't like Palin. So, what was Palin's comeback to Barbara's insult? From Politics Daily , (( "I don't think the majority of Americans want to put up with the blue-bloods," Palin -- who is considering a run for president in 2012 – said. "With all due respect, because I love the Bushes, the blue-bloods who want to pick and choose thei...

My favorite hate comments...Part One While I don't get a lot of comments on my blog, I do receive a lot readers from Google, mostly from people looking for naked pictures and looking for Sarah Palin quotes.   But, what I do lack in number of comments, I get back ten fold in just hate comments from people that dislike what I have to say on a subject or person.   I always find it amusing that people are willing to take time to leave comments on a blog that isn't that good or well written to begin with.   Every time I receive one of these comments, I get a huge kick out them.   Here are a few of my favorite ones below.   1.   Comment by   AndrAIaSprite :   ((I'm disgusted by self-appointed critics like you, who think only the Hollywood machine can make a satisfying movie. The Squeakquel, like everything featuring the Chipmunks, is powered by the Bagdasarian family's love for their late patriarch (played by Jason Lee in these most recent movies). If ...

Axl Rose is one bitter man: He sues Activision over Guitar Hero. From Reuters , (( The Guns N' Roses frontman has just filed a $20 million lawsuit against "Guitar Hero" maker Activision claiming its use of the GNR song "Welcome to the Jungle" violated a deal not to include any imagery of ex-guitarist Saul Hudson (aka Slash) in the popular game. )) First off, Axl doesn't deserve 20 million for anything these days since he's been milking off the Guns and Roses' (GNR) lifeforce for ages now. Second, what is this deep hate for former band-mate Slash? I know that the entire band helped create what GNR was back then. Does Axl want to rewrite history? From Reuters , (( In an amusing lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, Rose and his Black Frog Music claim Activision Blizzard fraudulently induced Rose into authorizing "Jungle" for use in "Guitar Hero III" by telling him during negotiations that it wouldn't fea...

“4 Strength 4 Stam Leather Belt” This is probably one of my favorite Ventrillo Harassment video.  The amount of nerd rage and pure strangeness of the sound effects coming for this kid was enough to make me laugh.  Why would someone get so excited over a 4 Strength 4 Stam forest leather belt…level 18?   Then I looked at the full stats of the belt and it is pretty sweet .  I wished they had these in real life.  Anyway, the clip from above got so famous that there is a Know Your Meme page of the 4 Str 4 Stam belt guy .  The WOW player is called Joe and the best part is when he gets upset with the constant harassment.  I have to wonder how Joe feels about his Internet fame?  There have been parodies and remixes from the video source.  Follow up video Here

Top Five Comedians that are Currently Unfunny While listening to some podcasts, this very list popped in my head after a discussion I had a few months ago on a fellow blogger’s blog.  This list formed out of that discussion.   ______________________________________________________ 5.  Janeane Garofalo :  She was never fully my type of comedian to watch, but I found her pop culture filled standup routines from the 90s very entertaining.  She was laid back and very funny with her ironic humor.  If you don’t believe me, take a look at this clip of her standup .  At some point in the 2000s, she grew bitter and unfunny.  Everything became a political statement with her followed by a frown.  She became a female version of Sean Penn.  I’m all for people standing up for their political views, but all credibility is thrown out when you side with a Scientology front group on your on radio show.  Garofalo kept mentioning the Detoxifica...

Back to the Future: Enchantment Under the Sea Dance (Reenactment) Damn, that was sweet.  They actually got Harry Waters Jr. from the movie to reprise his role as the lead singer from the first movie.  Side Note:  They actually brought back Waters for Back to the Future Part II to do extra shots with Enchantment Under the Sea scenes.  Make sure to check out the Jonny B Good MJF version with the actor that’s playing him in the upcoming videogame.  His name is AJ LoCascio and he’s doing the voice of Marty.  Here is AJ’s Demo reel Yeah, he also does the voice of Ewan McGregor.  I’m guessing Lucasfilm will probably want to talk to him now.  By the way, the game is set six months after the last movie.  So, it should be interesting to see where they take this.  I’m onboard because the Ghostbusters videogame was well received.  Now, can we get Lea Thompson and Elisabeth Shue in the game?   Dr. Emmett Brown : If my calculatio...