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Elliot Rodger My thoughts... I've been sitting on this story until most of the facts have been floating to the surface. The things this kid did were horrible, and he's a monster. He had no right to cause so much terror in the name of being a lonely guy. However, I went through similar things growing up. I didn't have a normal family structure (divorce) and had a stuttering/learning problems in my really younger years. These things set me aside as being normal, thus not having many friends. In middle and high school, it became apparent to me that women either found me very unattractive or didn’t know I existed. I just wasn’t considered an alpha male and I didn’t have the family money.  And, that’s what’s confusing about this Elliot guy; he had the money for even the most shallow of chicks to give him a double take.  I drove around in a 76 brown piece of shit car that had smelly leather seats.  Nobody was going to talk to me in that thing.  Oh, and I w...

Taylor Swift gets You Tube Poop “You're on the phone”: song ends. I've turned the tide on Taylor Swift. I find her annoying. I kind of felt bad for her when she got Kanye West -ed by Mr. West himself. After that, the public started to turn against her when they discovered she was king of an ass. Looking at this video, she seems to be okay with “playing” teenagers. Was this done during her teen years. By the way, how about texting the boy across the way?

Facebook Blues (blu) The whole point is avoid these people.  I signed into FB and there sitting on my main feed was something I didn't anticipate or want. A 9/11 conspiracy link to a story staring at me. One of my friends posted this on his feed thus having it show up on the main feed. I sighed and thought, really? You really believe this shit? While I won't cuss someone out for posting such garbage, it does amuse me that he posted it as if he's sharing the truth. I actually respect this guy a lot because he's worked with some famous people in Hollywood.  (I remember when he was a confused young guy.) I would feel the same way if someone posted a “birther” post in their feed. I would hope people they consider themselves my friends would at least not fall into these cliche camps. I get pissed every time a conservative friend posts that Bill Cosby “I am sick and tired” link. Do just a little research before posting that shit. When I call them out for i...

20 th Century Fox X-Men music variant I always like seeing and hearing movie logo variants. For Singer's X2 and X-Men Future's Past Fox logo music, he had Ottman add the X-Men theme to the end of the track. I had a big smile on my face when I heard this variant in theater Friday. By the way, the rest of the logo music is the updated version of the 20 th Century music rewritten by John Williams. Alfred Newman wrote the original version back in the 30s. By the way, the “X” in Fox now fades last after the screen fades again. Alien 3 did a similar thing. Here it is.

X-Men: Days of Future Past (Part 1 of 2) Somehow, Singer gives us a streamline storyline that takes everything into account. Every X-Men movie does play into the storyline, but the story is just so damn good too. There are enough nods to the continuity to keep smiling. The movie not only has a good story, but a some great performances from both the old and new cast members. I always say that character and story develop should take importance over style. All this sums up to a great X-Men movie that feels like a true sequel to X2 and all around a great summer movie. In the future, the mutants are rounded up and killed. Humans that side with them are also captured. The ones doing the capturing are the powerful Sentinels . Professor X and what is left of the X-Men send Wolverine back to the 70s to stop a branching point in history. Since hearing that Bryan Singer would be taking over the directing duties, I was really looking forward to seeing Singer take on ...

Pharrell's Happy will get you arrested... You can't make people happy I guess. Yes, this video is really harmless. It is just some people dancing around to the Happy song. Yet, this pissed some people off and six people from this video got arrested. From Billboard.com, (( According to CNN , Tehran Police Chief police chief Hossein Sajedinia ordered the arrests of the dancers over an "obscene video clip that offended the public morals and was released in cyberspace." Sajedinia said the "vulgar clip" had "hurt public chastity." )) Let me be the first to tell you to f' off, Hossein. And, you're showing your age by calling the Internet “cyberspace”. Next, you'll be talking about a “series of tubes”. Have you been to X-hamster or YouPorn? Your head will explode, actually both heads. Well, cooler heads released the people in the video. They had to make a public statement though. From The Wire, (( The six pe...

Godzilla (Part 2 of 2)  The origin of Godzilla has changed a great deal in this movie. There are hints to the origins of old Godzilla here there with it showing up in the 1950s. I liked all the nods to the previous continuities in the Godzilla mythology. A lot of this is given to us through an impressive opening credits scene. At one point, they're building up these monsters, which is an amazing scene, in Hawaii. Then, you get this build up with hundreds of people running away from the raising ocean. Then, Godzilla appears being a total badass. Then, they cut away to news footage! We get this huge intro and buildup and no payoff. We only get to witness this supposedly epic fight through a TV screen via news footage. How can you mess that up? They do that a few times when there are incredible fights happening off screen. I understand buildup, we shouldn't have the payoff in the last act. Let's see some fights in the second act. The other glaring pro...

No Holds Barred: Dukey (Dookie) I was listening to We Hate Movies Podcast and laughed out loud when one of the guys mentioned something very funny. He stated that the guy that shits his pants, the driver, is actually named Dukey in the credits. In this No Holds universe, you're saying the guy that shits his pants is actually named the same as the action ? Were his parents lazy when they named him?  Hulk realizes he will be known for shitty reality shows and a lame sex tape in the future.  I also like that Hulk Hogan acts like a complete animal leading up to the Dookie speech. And, did we really need to see the stain on his ass as he tries to wipe it away? Oh, and it's liquid. Eww So, who is the guy behind the award winning Dookie (Dukey) scene? Geoff McKnight. I certainly hope he has that scene preserved somewhere in a shrine in his house. It just plays on a continuous loop. Unlike Hogan, McKnight still works today as an actor . And, the only post...

Google Doodle Rubic's Cube 40 years, pretty soon Rubic's Cube with be wearing his pants higher and yelling at kids for playing on his grass.  It is the 40 th anniversary of this mind-f' puzzle. I remember the nerdy kids at school showing off their skills by solving these damn cubes. I believe I had a few of these back in the day and being too stupid to solve these things. These were for the super nerds and not people like me. This was the non-electronic version of Simon. So, yeah I tried playing this thing on Google and got no where . BTW, I still play the Google Pac-Man doodle from time to time. Note: I kind of think the cube from Hellraiser is based on this thing.   Someone already made one. Also remembered the Pyraminx? The Pyramid version? I always thought the Pyraminx was just a copy of the Cube and made by the same people. However, I was wrong. From the Pyraminx wiki , (( It was invented and patented by  Uwe Mèffert before the ...

 Godzilla 2014 (Major Spoilers) Part 1 of 2 Okay, this remake/reboot of the Godzilla franchise is both well made and frustrating. This is a disaster movie that turns into a complete monster movie in the third act and the payoff is totally bad ass. I get what Gareth Edwards is trying to do here. He wants to make a kick ass monster movie with a lot human emotions tied to the story. It doesn't always work. Going for little is more approach sometimes harms this movie. Unlike the 1998 version, this is the Godzilla we wanted to see on the screen despite some major flaws. This isn't the stupid Godzilla from the 90s with cartoon characters in the human roles. Godzilla 2014 isn't perfect, but it is certainly fun. Of the bat, the best aspect and character in the movie is by far Godzilla. He is huge and hulking, but total bad ass when it comes to fighting the other monsters. He isn't a good guy, but he totally an anti-hero. He probably kills hundreds of people ...

Rihanna, that wasn't nice... Rihanna has shown her stupidity over the years by continuing to mess around with known woman beater Chris Brown. He beat the living shit out of her and she went right back with him. Now, she makes fun of her own fan by re-tweeting a trending series of photos.    This 16 teen year old foolishly wore the same dress style as Rih a number of years ago. Is the prom dress stupid? Yes. Should people make fun of the picture? Yes. However, the very person that wore the damn dress years ago has no room to talk or mock her own fan. You're not going to see me dress like my favorite artists. However, it is kind of an unwritten rule to not mock the people that buy your product. Okay, okay, I did do a Google Search on Prom Bat and there are some amusing photos up, but take bench on this one, Rih. Let people like me make fun of stupid styles...like the one you wore years ago. And, for the teen that decided to wore the flying suit, yo...

Do taze me, bro? I want to know what happened before and afterward. This is so strange, because neither one seems to want to leave the scene. Clearly Yellow Shirt Guy and Tall Guy know each other. The cameraman is right, run away from him. This video has everything you ever wanted in a viral video. -You have a few people yelling out “World Star”. Thank, you for that shit. -Someone trying to run over another person with a truck. -Someone proclaiming they're crazy. If you have to shout it out, you're not that crazy. Crazy people think they're the only ones that are sane in the world of crazy people. -The yellow shirt guy is out of breathe. Dude, you're not out of shape. -Yellow Shirt Guy turns Cameraman into a friend! “You ain't going to touch my friend.” - “Police, help!” So, we no longer have to call 911. Just yellow out police will bring them to you. Now, here's the best part of the video. The police s...

Fun With Terms From the Internet: I haven't done these posts in a long time and I figured I bring this back because I had a lot of fun. And, people seem to really like them. Usually, I post a term from Urban Dictionary and leave my comments about it. So, here we go. 0 Harassenger : A passenger who is constantly on your ass about your driving skills. He/she constantly cautions you to keep a safe distance from the car in front of you, checks that you're obeying the speed limit, and is always quick to point out your navigational errors. Comment: Sadly, I am one of these “assholes”. I can't stand being a passenger in another person's car. I want to drive my own way. I get nervous because my life isn't in my own hands. I will even stomp my foot down to try to stop the driver from getting too close to another car. I am also calculating “outs” if someone pulls out in front of us. I usually don't get into other people's cars of late. f...

Alec Baldwin arrested...he can't get a break Is this a 30 Rock deleted scene? I certainly hope so, because it was funny. Or should I say that The Shadow got himself arrested?  What kind of place do we live in when a freaking superhero can't get a break? From CNN, ((The "30 Rock" star allegedly became angry and started yelling at police after they asked him for identification to give him a summons, police said. The other summons was for riding a bike against the flow of traffic. Baldwin is to appear in court July 24. )) So, they basically asked, “What's in your wallet?” People and cops know that Alec has a short fuse, so they were hoping he blow up. And, given that cops love issuing tickets for revenue purposes, they are going to be quick to write those up. Remember, solving crimes doesn't bring in extra revenue, issuing tickets does. Now, Baldwin probably should have known better because you can't go against the flow of traffic on...

Batman Suit via Ben Affleck Okay, okay, I like this version of this suit. When isn't getting banned from blackjack tables, he's fighting crime in this suit. I really like how it models The Dark Knight Returns suit. Since Ben is older, they're going for a more seasoned Batman. Batmobile looks great though. It looks like a cross between the Nolan's and Tim Burton's versions of the Batmobile. Zack tweeted this out today.

Random Things  ~Agents of Shield: Did they have to kill the dog? Man, I hate seeing dogs die in movies and shows. Okay, it makes Ward look a little more interesting than just a bad guy. It seems to really bother him that he has to do these bad things. I am really liking where they're going with his character. I just hope they don't turn him into a good guy again. He can change, but make him an anti-hero. The turn they've made on the show has really made the show interesting and less of a monster of the week.  ~ Casey Kasem in bad health?: I read a story about his daughter gaining conservator-ship over his health. So, the man I heard on TV's cartoon shows might not be long for this Earth. Allegedly, his wife has taken him into hiding in order to keep control of him. When a judge rules in favor of the children instead of the wife, something is gravely wrong. It is just creepy that no one knows where he's located at this moment . Looking at his...

Pacific Rim After watching the movie, I came to the conclusion that it was a fair movie, but not a great movie. Pacific Rim was one of those movies where I wanted less of the “comedic” elements and more of the giant robots wrecking shit up against giant monsters. Then, there is that glaring plot hole that bothers me to no end. The movie needed another pass through with the script. It has that “Almost there” feeling to the overall project. The movie is about Earth getting constantly attacked by giant monsters called Kaijus. These Kaijus appear through a space and time portal at the bottom of the Pacific (thus the name). After a while, the humans construct and defend Earth from these attacks with giant robots called Jaegers. Two-manned crews control the robots. These tactics were working until the Kaijus started getting smarter and stronger each time through the portal. Truth be told, there is a lot of eye candy to marvel at. The fights aren’t shaky-cam like current ...

Strange Fake CIA guy Well, that was very creepy … The whole interaction was very creepy .  Red Alert signs should have went up when you saw the fake CIA hate and the very high pitched voice.  These are signs of something isn’t right with this driver. Also, clearly the girlfriend filming the CIA guy scared him.  He was probably going to jump out and attack the boyfriend.  I think the girlfriend saved their lives.  And, the “good driving though,” seems to indicate that something is really wrong with the CIA guy.  Why do I get the feeling that the CIA guy is no stranger to this sort of thing?  And, who the hell wears a fake CIA hat? 

Family Matters: Re-focusing of a show Not funny... I remember watching this show in the first season (early in the season). The show was about just an Afican American blue collar family and their adventures. It is a nice sitcom-based concept right? By the way, most people aren't aware this was a spinoff from Prefect Strangers. Think of it in the same relationship as Different Strokes and Facts of Life. Then halfway into the first season, they introduced a new character. From TV Tropes, ((Midway through the first season, the annoying neighbor and Hollywood Nerd Steve Urkel was introduced, intended as a one-shot character revolving around Carl finding a tame guy to take his daughter Laura to a dance. )) Yes, they intended for Urkel to be just a throwaway character for one episode and never to be brought back. I remember my friends talking about how cool Urkel was in that episode. One friend let me barrow his tape of the episode and I watched it. I re...