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Random Stuff ~Energy regaining: I've lost a lot of energy from being sick for a week and not eating that much during that time. I'm slowly started to regain it day by day. Riding the bicycle is not easy, but I am able to do it now. ~ How about getting fined for cheering during your son's Graduation ?: Some parents in South Carolina had that very thing happen to them. They cheered when their child went on stage. By the way, the ticket is $265. Come on, I'm glad we're fining taxpayers that usually follow the law. Again, it is easier to ticket good people instead of finding and preventing real crime. ~ Gordy the other talking pig movie : The Nostalgia Critic did a review on this strange movie. The movie came out in the same year as Babe. However, Babe was a hit, and this talking pig movie was ignored. The kicker is Gordy came out first. I hope dad is using Priceline... ~ $#*! My Dad Says turns to shit : Finally, CBS does something right and cancels ...

Rapping in Alphabetical Order Damn, De-Strom did it countless times during the song.   This man has some major skills.   

Will Smith has a big trailer... I remember all the talk about Will Smith's huge trailer he uses on the set of MIB 3. From The Scoop (Today), (( The trailer, nicknamed "The Heat," as the New York Post reports , "includes a lounge, a movie room with a 100-inch screen, marble floors throughout, offices for his assistants and writing staff, a large bedroom and all-granite bathroom. It measures about 53 feet long, has 22 wheels and weighs in at around 30 tons." )) Yeah, but the kicker is his actual apartment is only a mile away. How about getting him a shuttle to and from that apartment he's renting instead of bringing a big freaking truck near the set. The other problem I have with the trailer is why does an actor need countless assistants? Why does he need a writing staff? Is he a writer on the movie? One has to wonder if the old humble Will Smith from the Fresh Prince day would laugh at the Will Smith of today.  

WOW: Creepy Children (Demonic?) As I was reading Cracked.com, they had a post about creepy things throws into videogames. They mentioned “ The Children of Goldshire ”. The children will gather in a house and take certain positions in the room and stand there...The lighthearted music shifts to a dark tone and sometimes you will hear things. Some people hear banshee screams, while others will hear a voice say, “You will die.” I guess the developers wanted to mess with players by adding this little gem.

Short Circuit: a look back I re-watched this 1986 comedy recently and had some thoughts about the movie as of today.   I remember watching this movie numerous times as a child.   ~ Number 5 is alive.  ~It is interesting that this movie is about robots being built for military purposes such as fighting in the combat field.   We now have robots that do just that.   Here, the robots seem a bit clunkier than the ones we use now.   ~ Ally Sheedy is not that good in movie.   Her acting is terrible and I didn’t notice it when I was younger.   She is certainly pleasing to look at.   She is very cute, but her acting is brutal here to point of being…robotic.   ~ “Where see shit?”: Best line ever.   ~ Steve Guttenberg pretty much plays the same character he played in the Police Academy movies, except he’s more of a nerd.   He’s good here, just not original. ~The ending credit scenes are made up of deleted scenes.   One has Johnny ...

So Long, Jeff Conaway I remember him from his Babylon 5 days playing fan favorite Zack Allen. I always liked the way he played that character on that show. His character had a past with drug abuse and the B5 crew gave him a second chance to set his life right on the right track. In real life, it was only much later did I realize how intense of a drug user Conaway really was. Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew really showed how mean and downright damaged he turned out to be after being dependent on the drugs. It seems after trying to get help through normal methods, he got talked into seeking treatment through Scientology, and that didn't help either. I personally think he was wasting his time with the damn space church. Anyway, he will be missed.   

Thor Thor isn’t the best Marvel movie of the bunch, but it knows exactly what it is and enjoys playing in this bright playground of Gods.   Director Kenneth Branagh is having a good time with the fantasy aspects as well as the Shakespeare stuff involving the royal family of Asgard.   Thor is a bright and sometimes witty movie that also furthers the overall Marvel Movie storyline.   When Thor gets it right, the movie is very entertaining.   The Gods (or Aliens) from Asgard have been the gatekeepers of the universe to protect all the worlds from an invasion from the Frost Giants of Jotunheim .   The powerful Odin keeps the Frost Giants at bay with his mighty power.   However, Odin is losing power as he grows older.   The arrogant Thor, one of Odin’s sons, is about to take his father’s place as ruler of the kingdom, when an attack happens within the depths of the Kingdom.   After a series of events, Thor finds himself banished from the Kingdom and...

Here are a few tracks from the Star Trek V The Final Frontier score that weren't on the released album Raid on Paradise The thing about this track is you can clearly hear Jerry Goldsmith's early influences into his very cool Mulan score. A lot of the action cues are very similar.

i-Loo:   Text and surf the web while you crap… From the Wiki page (( The iLoo was designed to be a  Wi-Fi   Internet -enabled  portable toilet  that would allow users to surf the internet while using the loo. [2]  Internally, the facility would have a broadband connection via wireless  802.11b , a wireless waterproof keyboard, a swivel  plasma screen  running  Windows XP Professional , a 6-channel surround-sound system beneath the sink, toilet paper embossed with popular urls, and a suction toilet. [2] [3]  Externally, the facility would feature an MSN logo and have a "hotmail station" with an additional plasma screen and keyboard for waiting consumers. [3]  A security guard was to be stationed near the unit to ensure that it was being properly used and to prevent the unit from being stolen. [3]  The iLoo was to debut "at a majority of the summer season festivals". [2]  The iLoo was to be deployed only in Britain. [...

This has to be the best misdirection I’ve seen in a long time.   Just check out the trailer… I totally thought it was going to be another one of those goofy rom-comedies that plague the BO, but there is a twist in the end.   I am hoping the movie turns out pretty good.   I grew up watching The Muppet Show and watching the first Muppet Movie over and over again.   By the way, I love the “Green With Envy” title for the fake movie.   This one was clever by Disney, and I’ll give them credit for pulling it off.   They even had a fake poster thrown in for good measure.  

Lady Gaga: Judas First off, Judas is a very bad song even by Gaga’s standards, but the music video might just be okay.   To be far, Gaga can say the song is certainly original and not really copied or influenced by any other pop songs.   Being original doesn’t make it good.   I couldn’t even bother listening to the liyrics because they were delivered poorly. The first minute of the (Not) Sons of Anarchy driving is actually done fairly nicely.   I love the color contrast of the muted bike colors and the bright purple color of Gaga’s shirt.   Nicely done. Again, the religious visuals aren’t here for being profound or artistic, but to pushing buttons with the religious right.   So, we get a biker Jesus with gold crowns shacking up with Gaga.   Didn’t Madonna already do this with “Like a Prayer”?   Okay, I said I wasn’t going to make a comparison to Madonna in this review, but I can’t help it. The music is grading to the point that it makes me wish f...

WWF Aggression CD I remember getting this CD back in the day when WWE/WWF was at its height of popularity throughout all of the various media. Given the hype of WWF at the time, it only seemed right to release an hip-hop album. Here are a few tracks worth noting. DX: Run-DMC (Kings) I actually think this one should have been used for all of the remaining D-Generation X intros. I like how they pretty much kept the same feel as the old DX song, but made it more hip-hop-ish. I also think Run-DMC fit into the DX attitude.

The Adventures of Tintin Now, I remember watching the cartoon show that came on TV here in the states. I was impressed with the seriousness the story lines took in each episode. HBO broadcast the episodes on their channel. Now, this new movie/trailer looks to capture that feel and style for the movie. My only problem with the new teaser is there isn't much to see. We don't even get to see anyone's lips move. And, that might be problem with some GCI models. Though these might be early character models. Steven Spielberg has been trying to make this movie since 1983. It seems both Sony and Paramount both co-produced the film. It seems producer Peter Jackson had a lot of pull in the development of the film from what I can tell. Jackson and Spielberg to share decision-making power for this film. This seems to be a different relationship from the one that Spielberg had with George Lucas in the last Indiana Jones film. So, yeah, I am looking forward to the movie, w...

Bullets spin on Ice? It certainly looks that way. I think it is kind of cool in a Loony Toons sort of way.

Macho-Man Randy Savage From LA Times Blog , (( Macho Man Randy Savage  died Friday morning in Florida after reportedly suffering a heart attack at the wheel, crossing the median and crashing his Jeep Wrangler into a tree. The former pro wrestling star was 58. )) Man, I loved this guy when I was younger.  I used watch the pre-post interviews with him.  He was a very energetic and crazy guy when it came to interviews.  Plus, his introductions to the rings were always fun.  He was right up there with Hulk Hogan as one of the famous “good guys” from the WWF era, before the WWF Attitude Era. I remember his side partner Miss Elisabeth. She ended up dying from a drug overdose in 2003. She actually married Randy in 84 and divorced him 92 . Plus, everyone remembers his great appearances as the Slim-Jim ads and his appearance in the first Spiderman movie. (Aka Bone Saw McGraw)

Well, I am sort of back. I’m recovering.  I am starting to really feel better.  Yet, I’ve learned a few things.  -It takes me an entire week to grow a 5-0-clock shadow.  While I was out, it took me like an entire week to get that much fuzz on my face.  -You lose a lot of weight when you are sick.  Since I didn’t eat, I probably lost about 10 pounds and some muscle mass too.  As you already know, a lot has happened in pop culture in a week and it needs to be commented on. (Arnold, cough, cough)  

I am very sick, once I get over this thing I'll update again.  But I will keep deleting spam

Wonder Woman TV show dead...for now NBC had this to say about the canceled show. From EW , (( “ We did what was best for the schedule,” Greenblatt continued. “It does give one pause. You’re almost damned if you and damned if you don’t. It’s tricky.” )) That's just spin. More or less something happened behind the scenes after the show was shown to test audiences. For me, David E. Kelly was not the man for the job. While I liked the new version of the costume, the concept they were going for as a series just didn't seem right to me. Now, an animated TV show could work...if they based it on the old school WW, and not the strange reboot that is currently in the comic books. Dealine.com dug a little deeper into the reason NBC didn't pick up the series. Hopefully, WB can get the actual WW movie back on track instead of this.  

Mac Tonight: That Creepy Moon Face Guy hoovering over the planet... While listening to the DVD Podblast mp3 , one of the guys mentioned the Mac Tonight guy. I had completely forgotten about this odd character. And, now I realize that Bristol Palin looks like that Mac Tonight guy with that fake chin . Anyway, Doug Jones (the fish guy from Hellboy) played Mac Tonight in most of the ads. If you're lucky, your McDonald's might still have some Mac Tonight signs up . Heck, there are still stores that have the full creepy statue of Mac Tonight . Why did McDonald's think selling food through an evil talking moon was a good idea. Then again, they have a damn creepy-ass clown selling food as their mascot. When I think of fries, I think of a floating moon with sunglasses at night. Mac Tonight made a comeback as a CGI model in some of the Asian countries.

Donald Duck Applecore episode Man, this episode makes me want to eat some apples now. Wow, I actually had this cartoon on videotape and watched it all the time with my brother.   It is certainly in the same style as Loony Tune episodes, except the animation seems a bit better in these Disney shorts. While this episode is in the same style as the Loony Tunes ones, it doesn’t have the same meanness as those shows, but there is a bit of it there.   Donald tries to kill them using gas.   Talk about chemical warfare.    I’ve grown to really enjoy the interaction between Chip and Dale.   But, Donald Duck has always been my favorite character from Disney (with his uncle Scrooge).   Donald pulls all the cartoon gags    This short was directed by Jack Hannah and, he directed a lot of cartoon shorts in his day.   While most of his stuff came from Disney, he did work on the Woody Woodpecker Show.   You can see a bit of that in this short too...

He looks like a broken down Luigi hooked on too many mushrooms and fire plants...40 years later.  ________________________________________________________ Daddy Slaughter Done Goofed If you remember, Jessi Slaughter (not related to Sargent Slaughter) made a few crappy video s that drew the attention of the Internet and ended up making a rather funny video with her very translucent trashy father, who looks like a drugged out Luigi. Well, the man who personally threatened to destroy the Internet with his bare hands decided to punch his daughter around. If you look at the information , Jessi's father allegedly slapped/punched her in the mouth, and she ran out of the house to a woman outside. Oh, it gets dumber too. Mr. Slaughter claimed that his daughter was merely faking it with “theatrical blood”. Riiiiiight. Well, the “ cyberpolice” arrested him and I guessed “back-traced” him. You can clearly see why she acts like a complete a-hole because her parents are a-holes too.   When...

Clerks: The Animated Series Part 2 Part 3 Wow, this show really holds up well after all these years.   I remember watching this show years ago on TV back in the day.   The flashback episode is one of the better ones.   The flashback happened in the second episode!   The point of the episode is to make fun of all the stupid flashback episodes from sitcoms and dramas.   -They actually brought in Richard Dreyfuss’s brother to do the Stand By Me bit.   He sounds just like his brother.   -I like that Silent Bob tries to have a flashback, but ends up flashing back to the same scene from the first episode.   And the flashback doesn’t even have the Silent Bob in it. -I also liked the Star Wars reference.   

Star Trek Motion Picture: Blaster Beam revisited This is the film version with the Blaster Beam in it.   One thing I’ve noticed is the Blaster Beam has a different sound from CD to movie.   I’m guessing the instrument can’t play the notes exactly the same, which is the reason this track sounds different from CD to Film.   Some of the Blaster Beam notes from toward end of the track are different too. Here are few other tracks…

 Fast Five (5 Fast 5 Furious) (Part 1 of 2) Sure it’s dumb and loud, but Fast Five is actually a fun movie.   It is certainly light years ahead of the dreary 4 th film where Vin spent the whole time being emo.   You could drive a hundred cars through the plotholes, but that’s not what the movie is about.   Fast Five is just plain dumb fun and a clear departure from the humdrum of the last film.   Director Justin Lin did a good job with this one.   So, yeah I enjoyed 5 Fast 5 Furious probably the most out of the series.   Fast Five begins literally where the last film left off.   The crew decides to break Dominic Toretto out of prison bus.   It is a fast opening, but it shows you that the movie is going to be quicker than the last movie.   The Toretto crew find themselves involved in a battle with a drug lord in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.   Like the last movie, it gets personal.   However, this time they have the US governm...

Who wants to be a Millionaire Blooper Well, you knew that was going to happen... Yes, it is an old joke, but damn it is still funny. Kind of like the who is on first joke.  

Dude pushes suicidal guy off a bridge What do you do when a suicidal guy causes a problem on a bridge? You throw him off it of course. This guy actually climbs the bridge and throws the suicidal guy right into the safety balloon. The guy with the ninja skills is a 66 year old ex-soldier named Lai Jiansheng . Of course, the police arrested Lai. It looks like some people are pissed Lai got arrested. I kind of like this Lai guy. Here's best part of the story, from Beer Steak.com ((After Lai Jiansheng pushed him off the bridge, Chen Fuchao fell 8 meters and landed on a partially inflated air cushion surviving the fall. He’s recovering in the hospital and claims that debt worries were the reason behind his suicide tendencies. While still on the Haizhu bridge, Lai Jiansheng waved at other by passers (that’s when photo above was captured – copyright AP) and climbed down. He was taken to police custody and said that he was fed up with Chen Fuchao’s selfish activity. )) If you l...

Bristol Palin has a Jay Leno Chin now. Why? I personally didn't think there was anything wrong with her rounder face. While I don't like Bristol as a person, I am personally into the rounder faces on women. That's just me though. She would have grown out of the rounder face anyway. Should she have gotten the work done? She's trying to get a stupid reality show going. But, given the money she has, I'm sure she could have taken some time off and gone on some intense workouts to slim herself down a bit other than getting surgery. She's still young, and she's already had work done. So much for keeping real and connecting with everyday people. I've never understood how people with normal looks feel the need to mess with their bodies with plastic surgery. I'm sorry, but that chin looks creepy now.

I mentioned the spam yesterday, and low and behold they leave four comment Spams in a day on various older post.   Basically, all those post are being generated by one location in Oak Brook, Illinois via an hpp index.   And, each one is connected to Viagra.   The kicker is that the spammers actually read the post and reply to them.   It is frustrating that I have to still deal with this crap today with the password code on the post.   I have to say these guys are certainly more devoted than the ones I was getting back in 2005, but it is a shame I have to keep getting Looking at the picture of the spammer.   It looks like they use Ecomdevel LLC as the ISP.   I’m tempted to e-mail this company and tell them about this spamming.   Maybe they are the ones behind the spamming?