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Sarah Palin makes up a new word: “Squirmish” I am not a political blogger, but this is too funny not to pass up.   Man, Palin just created a new or did she?   I love that Palin just comes up with the best new words.   I also love when her supporters come in and try to defend her new words. So, does that mean congress has to approve a Squirmish?   Wait a second, Did Fox News remove and change Palin's word? She doesn't say it in this version , Was this re-edited? Why would they edit out her new word? Palin, stay on script or let Fox re-edit your words.  

Old version new version below Wonder Woman TV costume revamped   http://www.gotceleb.com/adrianne-palicki/adrianne-palicki-on-the-set-of-wonder-woman-in-la/ After millions of fanboys cried BS on the TV Wonder Woman outfit for the upcoming TV show, it looks like the designers made some changes to the outfit.  I didn’t like the blue boots, but kind of dug the upper suit.  Plus, I’m more for the slightly slimmer WW, because of the Bruce Timm version from JLU.  And, I have to say I am pleased with the new upgrades to the outfit.  I f’ing love the red boot and the stars on the side of the pants.  This is certainly more of a blend of Golden Age and the newest costume from the updated series in the DCU.   I still don’t like what I am hearing about the show, but I think they made some good choices with the redesign.  Now, if they can get Power Girl to show up on the show, I’ll be happy… Who would you have play Power Girl?

Superman 64: Worst Game Ever? (The Rings) You have to check out these “Let's Play” videos of probably the work game ever. The game was based on the character models of the amazingly cool Superman: The Animated Series.   They even used some of the same voice actors for the game, considering it is a cart-based N64 game.  That being said, this game has to be worst game I’ve seen since that Alf game I bought years ago.  The glitches are so bad that the actively tries to defeat you when you play on the real mission (via inside buildings). At one point in the “Let's Play video”, during the boss battle the main boss falls through the floor and you can't defeat her. You have to reset your game. Plus, there are numerous times when you can walk through walls and into voids with water. Why is the area within the level surrounded by water? Why would they put so many rings in the game? Playstation Superman? After watching the Let’s Play videos, Proton Jon revea...

Theodore Bagwell Crosses over to Breakout Kings! I got into a discussion with one of my professors about characters crossing over from different shows with me mentioning Detective Munch.   And, now I got a kick out of the fact another one of my favorite characters is added on that list.   I’m currently watching Breakout Kings On Demand and was surprised to see T-Bag show up in the opening.   He was one of the best things about Prison Break and it is extremely cool that he’s back in true form in this episode.   While he was a terrible person, you kind of liked the guy for his true badness.   I like the fact that Breakout Kings and Prison Break share the same universe.   Both shows share the same creators, so it wasn’t a huge shock.   However, the show is produced by A&E while Fox produces Prison Break. Robert Knepper is great reprising his role again.   It is hard to see him as anyone else, but T-Bag.   -Some character has to explain wh...

Crash Bandicoot outtakes Those were really funny.   I have no idea where these outtakes came from. I always enjoyed the Crash ads because they seem to have a sarcastic attitude to them.   Crash was the unofficial mascot for the Sony Playstation years ago.   The series was at its strongest when Naughty Dog held the development rights.   It all came crashing down when Universal Interactive took full control over the series from Naughty Dog.   To be fair, Crash was very much a product of the 90s.   His attitude was a huge part of the Extreme movement of that period.   But, I liked what they were doing with Crash at the time as far as gameplay and environments were concerned.   Everyone remembers the ad where Crash shows up to “crash” Nintendo at their American HQ.   Who was the actor that played Crash in the ads?

Abercrombie is selling Push-Bikinis to 8 year-old market ? As you know, I hate Abercrombie. I hate the thumping techno music and the awful cologne being pumped into the air system. I hate the pre-ripped and dirty jeans that you pay full, overprice for. I hate the annoying D-bags that work at the store. And, this is another reason. Now, the world’s most annoying company is at it again.  The company is giving little girls an early eating disorder over their body at age 8.  They planned on selling these push-Bikinis to children. Did I also mention the bikini top is padded too?  I have a problem with the parents that think that it is a good idea to buy these things to their kids.  Let Abercrombie sell their shitty products; just don’t give your little girl even more problems to deal with at that age.  Let girls behave as girls and not have to worry about body image issues...yet. Now, Abercrombie is feeling the heat and upped the age to 12. From The C...

Britt Rutter: Without Your Love Well, Ark Music Factory, I kind of like this song. I don't love it, but it isn't shitty. The song isn't terrible, in a “Friday”way, and dare I say the tune is rather catchy in a Sonic the Hedgehog from the 90s kind of way. I mean the song actually sounds like something off a Sonic the Hedgehog tune. The Auto-tune is a bit too much, but goes with the digital feel the video attempts to convey. If she laid-off the auto-tune, I think she might have a chance to really make as an artist. You can check out two of her other songs on her myspace page (not facespace). I think her voice lends itself to techno songs and dance tracks. And, she seems to be better than Rebecca Black in the voice department. I think the song needs another minute or at least a remix by some European DJ or a rap by Lil Wayne. (Because all songs are required to have a cameo by Lil Wayne, right?) Not too bad, Ark. The music video Basically, Britt's boyfriend...

Veena Malik: This is one strong woman. This woman is tough. She takes on a cleric and uses his twisted logic against him. She crushes him old school style. We need more woman like this in the world. While I hate reality shows like this Bigg Boss   show is discussing, it should be noted that she is correct that the show is a mixture of stars. They even had a WWE star on the show. ( Khali the big guy from The Longest Yard) I look at a smart woman like this and think, “And we interview stupid blank slates like Paris Hilton.” 

Quantum Leap (the rest of season one) I just wrapped up the shortened season one on Netflix.   Here are a few notes on the episodes. -Al is no longer the asshole he was in the opening episode.   I mentioned that Al seemed like more of jerk in the early portions of the premiere.   As the season progressed, you can clearly see the good friendship.   There is a nice moment where the two of them sing a song on a radio together.   -We get some of the early hints that people can actually see or hear Al.   During one episode, Al is screaming directly at an old woman in a car while she is driving toward her death.   She listens to him and saves her life.   She actually hears him and says, “You didn’t have to curse at me.”   She even looks in his direction.   That was a nice little moment.   This would be hinted at throughout the series.   Animals and certain children can see Al.   -A young Michael Jackson makes a cameo appearance...

Mythbusters: That Knight Rider truck ramp/KITT ride Wow, it worked. I remember watching KITT roll up the Knight Truck in each episode.    I loved it.   I also thought it was cool that they had a moving base inside the truck full of computers and a support team.   I remember I wanted to get the truck as a toy.   I’m not sure if I had it or not, I know I had KITT.   I got these photos from here.  Check out the res t.

 Kirstie Alley vs. George Lopez I'm not a huge fan of Lopez, but I have hand it to him on his attack against former actress current tweeter. Then he took it back after he took some heat from his “pig” comment. It is fine and good to come in and defend Alley until you realize all the nasty things she's done because of her “fair game” comments. She's had a few feuds over the years via her twitter account. She was a serious actress that turned heads with her performance in Star Trek II and her amazing chemistry with Ted Danson in Cheers. Cheers was actually a better show with Alley starring more so than Shelly Long. She used to be a hard working actress, who was stunningly pretty, but now she's known for her reality shows and twitter battles. That is sad. She needs to stop using Twitter and reality shows and get back to acting. Anyway, this is what Lopez said about her , (( "Lopez Tonight" on Tuesday, March 22. "She did a nice job, her li...

 Too Much Hi-C ? At work, someone brought in a pack of Hi-C. It got me in the mood to try this boxed juice drink out again. It is one of those childhood memories of getting a box of it in my Transformers lunch box a few days a week. So, I went to the store and got a ten-pack of the Flashing Fruit Punch. I ended up giving one to my professor during a meeting. Hi-C is one of those drinks you can drink cold or warm. I drank most of them all day and got kind of sick. I don't remember this happening when I was young. But, the flavor did bring back the nostalgia of those days in the cafeteria. While I didn't have many friends to sit with, I still enjoyed spending time in the cafeteria. I noticed that Hi-C is produced by Coca-Cola from its Minute Maid division of the company. I had no idea. By the way, Capri Sun was the rival drink for Hi-C among children. In the US, Kraft Foods distributes it. But, Coca-Cola distributes it in the UK.    This was the Transfo...

 Vin: “I smell what you're cooking. It smells like White Castles.” The Rock: “Actually, it's Krystal burgers.” _____________________________ Five Fast trailer (5 Fast 5 Furious) (The Fast and Furious 5) I like this second trailer. I just hope the movie recaptures the fun of the first two movies and not the dreary mood of the 4 th movie. I think Vin and Paul wanted to move away from the franchise, but neither of them really became huge stars. I did like Vin's character from Riddick movies though. The Rock looks very good in the film. He looks like he's back to his size when he was in WWE.  Uh, wasn't the Rock in a movie called Faster?  Trailer 1 Paul: “We should have gotten Geico or progressive insurance”

I don't remember this being on Dora (YouTube Poop) What in the hell? I love that Dora leaves him to die. 

James Horner on his work on Star Trek II He reveals a lot about his amazing work on the second trek film. I knew he was close friends with Trek composer Jerry Goldsmith, but I had no idea he actually sit in some of the recording sessions for Star Trek The Motion Picture . Some of he best can be heard in this score. The only problem I have with Horner is that he keeps re-using the cues from this score in many of his action films. He worked on the sequel right after Goldsmith in the same manner that he did for Aliens behind Goldsmith's Alien score. He's also wrong about it not having any relation to the first film. He used the blaster beam in the same manner as Goldsmith did in first movie. He even uses it in nebula scenes, thus recalling the feel of V'ger. His interview about Aliens score Horner didn't have a good time scoring this film and had a breaking off with Cameron. He never fully finished the score the way he wanted to. Cameron and the producer didn...

Tommy:  Oh, hi, Football.  ____________________________________  Random Stuff ~ Lady Gaga defends Rebecca Black : Right, this is the one “artist” you want defending you. Gaga is still being accused of stealing songs from Madonna and that Korean group. Doesn't that make Rebecca Black's career legit? Nope, sorry, Gaga. ~ Red Dawn being reviewed through crayon pictures : I loved it. I still remember watching RD as a child and wanted to hide out in the woods fighting Russians. The movie really isn't that inspirational because most of the teens die horrible deaths. I like this girl's swagger. I need to pick up RD. ~ Speaking of Red Dawn, the remake is going through some major re-writes involving the villains. The film has been completed, but the villains were a Chinese invasion force. Now, probably realizing how big the movie market is in China, the producers might be changing the villains to North Koreans. Keep in mind this will be done in post-production....

 Leonard Nimoy hawking “Laser-disc” Demo ( Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision ) ( Source ) Wow, Spock has a strange talking space rock that explains the advantages of the Magnavision video disc player. I remember hearing that Nimoy doesn't like talking about his role in the animated Transformers movie from the 80s. Actually, he says he doesn't remember anything about the movie. I have to wonder if he's more embarrassed by this promotion. How much did they pay Nimoy? What is crazy about this machine is that this was the precursor to DVDs back in 1978. That's right, 1978 . It is interesting to see that this technology has been around for ages. And, having Spock promote your product is just cool. One thing that is worth noting is how big the damn thing was. However, it looks just about the same size as the First Xbox system.

Cop takes it a bit too far Okay, they had every right to stop the first guy the way they did, because he was going batshit insane.   But, the way the cop handled the chick was a bit too harsh.   He beat her with his nightstick and then pepper-strayed her.   And, the cop grabbed her by pants and pulled her back.   And slammed her to the street.   She certainly needed to be arrested, because she was involved in the beat-down before the cops showed up.   Here’s the full version of the fight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kykuLXTbKY0

Predators (Part 1 of 2) Predators works as direct sequel to the first two films and fits into the groove and vibe of the first film.   Story wise, it also hints at the same structure as the first movie.   There are so many callbacks that I probably missed them all.   Most of the movie is fine and very entertaining, but it is the middle of the film that falls apart.   I felt the movie needed another 15-20 minutes to flesh out all the story points laid out in the film.   A group comprised of mercs, soldiers, and killers all find themselves stranded in the middle of a strange jungle.   They soon discover that they are no longer on Earth, but a different planet.   And, they also discover that the Predators are hunting them down for sport.   The first 30 minutes where the characters walk around and attempt to figure out what, where and why they’re there is very entertaining.   One character even notes that the sun hasn’t moved in a few hours and...

Poker Face (Eric Cartman Version)...on Rock Band I at first thought someone just edited the TV version of the South Park version of the song to the game, but this is clearly a different version from the one sung in that SP episode. It looks like the South Park guys re-recorded the song and added a new beat to it for this game. Plus, all the references to Whales aren't in this version of the song. I love that they even did a different version Kotaku is stating that it comes with the Lady Gaga Pack being released on Rock Band . Here's the TV version of the song.

Rebecca Black (Friday):   The horror? I’ve been sitting on the whole Rebecca Black story after learning about the recent p odcast of Fat Guys at the Movies where they mentioned Rebecca Black’s music video and song.   They talked about how bad the video was.   That was when I knew I had to see it for myself.   So, I watched it and I have to say, “Well, that was bad, really bad.” I am not going to attack her as a person because she’s a 13-year-old girl.   Because of the heavy auto-tune enhancements, the song sounds like a sober version of a Kesha song.   It is bland and sounds like something The Borg would listen to, but the sheer crappy nature of the video makes it appealing.   Why brother with all the auto-tune? The rapper in the video is one of the people behind the “music video packing” company that provides a platform for teens to make music videos…for a fee.   The company is called Ark Music Factory, and factory is the right name for the com...

Alexandra Wallace  is one of the dumbest people in the world.  I really hate this woman.  She did a rant about “Asians in the library” and it came across as downright racist and bitchy.  Was she looking for trolling or is she that stupid?  She’s like the female Gilbert Gottfried.  Hell, can we fix her up with Gilbert?  I just can’t believe how stupid her remarks were.  Of course, like Gottfried, she got the full shot of Internet hate on her butt.  We shouldn’t take away her right to spew shit speech; people have to make sure to have alt-views against her own.  This is something certain people don’t understand about free speech.  With the good, there’s going to be bad, such as the Westboro Baptist Church idiots or Scientology.  They have to right to spew their twisted views, they just can’t clamp down on other opposing views.  Now, I’m all for self-censorship.  If you feel a stupid, racist rant coming on, feel free t...

Darren Aronofsky off The Wolverine (Wolverine II) From Movie Line , (( “ As I talked more about the film with my collaborators at Fox, it became clear that the production of  The Wolverine  would keep me out of the country for almost a year,”  Aronofsky said in a statement . “I was not comfortable being away from my family for that length of time. I am sad that I won’t be able to see the project through, as it is a terrific script and I was very much looking forward to working with my friend, Hugh Jackman, again.” )) Well, that didn't take long. Darren has walked away from other projects before. Did he want to a Robocop Reboot, but walked away from that. Is this statement just a cover for something else going on? Something about “being away from his family” I don't buy. If you remember, Fox interfered with Gavin Hood when he directed the first Wolverine movie. I kind of knew this would happen, but I had hoped that he would follow through. Now, Fox will proba...

RIP Nate Dogg I had no idea he passed away a few days ago.   I still listen to Warren G’s Regulate, which featured Nate Dogg.   ( Video Here ) He was also on Dr. Dre's track Xxplosive . I always liked his smooth hooks in hip-hop songs.   His style pretty much gave a new sound to gangsta rap in the 90s, moving it away from New Jack Swing.   He will be missed “Next stop is the Eastside Motel.” M ore info her e

As I was rolling through reddit, I found this little gem of videos. CathyMay15 is her name.  I like this girl’s swagger.  This has to be an act right.  No one would do this without looking for trolls and hate right?  The reason I say this is because she seems to turn off her cam the same way…right into her crotch.   And, there is a bit of self aware to her terrible-ness.  However, I did discover that her YouTube channel is no longer around, thus giving reason that perhaps this is real.  Usually when a video reaches a certain fame level, that owner of the video deletes their account. More of her wonderful songs below

Vent Harassment: Do a Barrel Roll I was in a bad mood all day, and this vid made my day.   It reminds me of this one.  

The Howie Scream Not to be confused with the Wilhelm Scream, this scream is a lower scream that sound producers use in movies and videogames too. Heck, it was used in an old Buttonfly Jean commercial. I like the Wilhelm Scream better, but this one is catchy too. More after the jump

Damn you, Adobe, and Youtube.: YouTube has stopped working on Firefox and Chrome I guess I updated my adobe flash and now Google Chrome and Firefox will not play YouTube videos. Everything from Hulu to other videos sites work just as they did before, but YouTube is completely unusable. I've installed and uninstalled Adobe, and nothing happened. I just keep getting the black box of death from YT. This started yesterday. The only browser that works with YouTube now is Internet Explorer. That's right I have to watch YT videos on the shitty IE system. That is total bullshit. W ell, it looks like YT has made a statement about it . (( Hi everyone, If you're experiencing one of the following problems: The video player is replaced by a black or white boxColors are splotchyThere’s a green line splitting the player in twoThe seek/navigation bar is missing or displaying incorrectlyThe video stops playing when you change the resolution ...you may be running into a known pr...