uh, for research, I have been seeing more and more anagrams of the letters PAWG in titles and not sure what it means. So, I looked it up on the trusty urban dictionary.
God bless you, Internet. Now I know and knowing is half the battle. Given that I am a black man, I should have already known the term by heart. However, my ghetto card was revoked.
BTW, don't look up the term at work on Google image...damn.
Rockstar being sued by the folks that own the likeness of Miss Cleo
I had no idea Miss Cleo died recently. Anyway, Rockstar games is being sued by a group of psychic.
From Screengeek.ne ((Psychic Readers Network, who hold the rights to ‘Miss Cleo’, just filed a lawsuit against Rockstar Games and others who helped make a distribute Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – for allegedly taking her image and Jamacian accent and slapping it on the character known as ‘Auntie Poulet’. ))
There is a huge problem with this lawsuit though. Miss Cleo is actually in the game playing the parody character of herself! Auntie Poulet is supposed to be modeled after Cleo. You can't sue the company if she was willing to bring her likeness and voice to a project. Plus, this falls under parody as well.
This suit will be thrown out rather quickly I think.
BTW, this character is from GTA Vice City that came out in 2002!
Holmes wrote this article in such a bias manner that I got very angry over it. It was posted on the Destructoid main page. If you can remember, I mention that I found it odd that the mainstream gaming sites haven't talked about it. Now, we got a side to it.
Despite leaving key facts out of the story, this is where the shitstorm started.
From Destructoid, ((Unfortunately, not everyone has been so empathetic. Since word got out that Ms. Mauer had issued the DMCA orders against the two games, a sadistic feeding frenzy has formed in certain pockets of the internet, leading to Ms. Mauer receiving multiple online death threats, and opportunistic video game pundits demonizing her in long winded, fruitless YouTube rants. ))
Why would you go out of your way to not mention the harassment Alex has done against everyone else?
Why not mention the false copyright strikes against nearly a 100 plus group of YouTubers?
He wrote some other things in his original post attacking YT'ers, but that has since been deleted.
Okay, he wanted to protect Alex despite the fact she has attacked a bunch of indie devs. Generally, these game “reporters” are very protective of indie devs, so it makes no sense for him to reshape the story into Alex being the victim. It is a shame when more research goes into the comment section than the actual story. Heck, I did more research than this guy did on the story and I am just a shitty blogger. Granted, I have been doing this for about ten plus years.
What makes it even crazier is that it is clearly stated in the court documents that she is legally not allowed to put up false copyright claims against Starr Mazer streamers. Yet, he refused to put this in his story. Omitting facts in a real news story can shape the way people view an issue. That is what I have a huge problem with in this whole thing.
It seems protecting a trans-person is more important than telling the truth.
When you are a journalist, report the facts and let the people decide how they view the issue. (or let us blogger share our thoughts on it). His clearly has a bias against vloggers and wanted to white knight the issue.
I know that Destructoid is cleaning house and reshaping the company. So, they went above and beyond trying to work out this problem. The editor moved the story from the main page to the writers' community blog on the site. There have been updates put to the story as well.
From the update, ((I've gotten a lot of people telling me that the line about "ambulance chasing Youtube pundits" in the original post was personally insulting to them, so I want to apologize. Specifically, I apologize to SidAlphaand Musical Anti Hero. I heard from Twitter user Fury283that you were insulted by that statement. I was not referring to you directly when I said that, so I'm sorry that it came off that way. ))
Webster and that Star Trek The Next Generation "Crossover"
I wrote about this years upon years ago in another Trek post. I think it was a Reading Rainbow crossover with the TNG BTS crew. I talked to the founder of the Agony Booth and we talked about this often overlooked episode. He said he wanted to go over the episode. Even though I haven't seen it in years (20+), I still remember it. It kind of falls under that whole missing canon rule like the Ewok TV movies.
From Memory Beta, ((This episode has Webster transported into the future and aboard the USS Enterprise-D, where he has a conversation with lieutenant Worfand relates some of his experiences to him. Webster is ultimately returned to his own time, where he questions if the experience was a dream - only to discover he still has his souvenir from his visit to the Enterprise. ))
I remember when this episode came out. My brother still watched Webster and recorded the episode. I couldn't believe it that Webster showed up on my fave show at the time. Now, it just seems strange. It was a Webster clip show under the veil of a crossover with TNG. TNG and Webster shared the studio lot at the time.
This crossover happened during the second season of TNG due to Worf having his S2 Klingon head and gold uniform. Plus, the bridge has been redesigned for its S2 appearance. Plus, all the background crew members were extras on the TNG show at the time. That included Ensign Youngblood. Yes, that was his name on the show.
Since this was filmed during S2, there was a lot major shakeups going on during the filming of this crossover. Gene was getting sicker and more hooked on meds. Another producer had just fired Gates McFadden and brought in Dr. Pulaski and the actress didn't get along with the rest of the cast.
I love the fact that none of the rest of the TNG cast shows up for this shitty crossover. They probably went out to lunch and left Dorn there to film this mess. It should be noted that the folks in Trek almost never talk about this crossover and Dorn seems to never talk about it at all given he stars in the episode. It has been almost forgotten it seems other than those Trek fans like myself and a few others like the writers of various sites.
Like the story has said, this was the last episode of Webster. I find it strange given this is a clip show. Generally, these are done to save cost, but not as a finale episode.
Anyway, make sure to read the rest of the post at the Agony Booth.
I liked seeing this world where a huge cooperation has taken over space travel. This new style of space travel is now considered the wild west and a fresh start for people on new worlds/colonies. Everyone one is just trying to start anew for different reasons. However, it still takes a very long time to travel between planets, so everyone has to sleep in pods. That plays a huge factor into the overall plot. Pratt's character will be stuck alone on a huge starship. Will he go crazy?
It is a nice touch to see that there is a tier system to the luxuries on board the ship. Only the rich get certain varies of foods and drinks and access to certain areas is restricted to those that can't afford. Lawrence has the money to get certain items, whereas Pratt has to break into things. That was a nice touch.
Michael Sheenplays an android that is a bartender. Sheen is great in the role, but he is in a limited role. Was the Android activated when Pratt's character was awakened? Or was he “always online”? Does he have real AI feelings? This isn't really explored that much and only hinted at. It should be noted he is programmed to listen to human problems and give advice too.
The movie does sort of switch gears toward the 20-minute mark and might turn some people off that were in it for a sci-fi mystery story. And, I found myself less interested in the love/friendship story aspect of the movie when it switches gears and pace than the first half.
The movie does take another turn when we find out the reasons behind the sudden activation of Pratt's pod. Another factor is introduced to the story, and it doesn't work that well other than the shock of seeing this other factor. I wasn't expecting this factor to appear, it just feels more like a re-wrote more than anything else.
-The notion of people giving up their old lives needed to be expanded upon.
-What about the AI programs and the other automated systems? Was there something else there? Or was it cut from the movie?
-The Dance-Dance Revolution program is a bit too much like that Michael Bay movie.
It feels like the movie is trying to cover a lot of ground but fails on some fronts due to its running time. I think this sort of story could have been properly handled as mini-series. The movie has some pacing issues in the middle but gets back on track in the third act. Lawrence and Pratt are great, but the weak script sometimes makes their relationship seems a bit too cheesy and bland. There are other sci-fi elements that could have been explored but appears these elements were either thrown out or never fully realized. The FX is nice and the score works, yet the script is very weak. We needed more of everything.
I just
re-watched this episode a couple of days ago. I love how crazy this
show is. In the comments, they revealed the the host of the show is
actually listening and looking at them watching and talking about his
show. Watch his eyes move toward the people talking.
I love the Trek
reference.
And, stay away
from the coffee machine. I am certain we will get a small callback
to this scene.
This is a flawed movie
with some interesting concepts of space travel and some good
character moments. The trailer claims a more sinister type of movie,
but it isn't that at all. I liked the first 30 minutes and the last
40 minutes a great deal. It is too bad the love story suffers a bit
in the middle. There are some things that are not that bad to watch.
Yet, the movie is missing something to make it stand out. The
acting from the entire cast (a small one) is overall very good.
I know that the movie
received some major backlash from critics, but it isn't that bad.
Due to a major
malfunction aboard a sleeper ship, one person is awakened from his
pod. He discovers that he is the only one awake aboard the ship.
He only has some robots and androids to keep him company. Later
another, another person wakes up and the two spend time together.
Yet, something is wrong with the sleeper ship.
The directing by
Morten
Tyldum
isn't bad. In some places, it is downright beautiful. I love the
space walk scenes and the moments where the characters witness a sun
up close. Jon
Spaihts
' script is a bit too weak in some places that it hurts the overall
movie. Is this a sci-fi thriller or a love story? Neither one of
them is that strong on their own and weaker together.
Knowing that there were
extensive re-shoots, this probably is the reason for the weak and
somewhat uneven script.
I love that Star Lord,
er Chris
Pratt
Spends the first 30 minutes alone aboard a giant ship, and he is
going a bit crazy. The scenes do properly convey the loneliness this
guy is having . He will spend 90 years completely alone on a ship,
and that is a problem for him. I like seeing these emotions overs
the course of a year. So, he does something drastic...
Spoiler Alert: He
actively opens a pod of a female passenger and lies to her.
Jennifer
Lawrence
is this passenger. Lawrence is very good in the part. She does a
good job showing a idealistic writer that is bored with Earth and
wants to embark on a new adventure. I like this aspect of her
character and find myself identifying with her.
Pratt and Lawrence are
great together, but I just wasn't feeling the love story.
I guess it is a good
thing BOTH of them are really attractive people. It would be a whole
different story if one of them were unattractive. There is even a
joke about it in the movie too!
I am a freak, but
even I have to say that R-Kelly is a major freak that is on the
dangerous side of things. Kelly is a good artist, but something is
gravely wrong with him. It all follows a pattern. He gets in
trouble, he denies it and the black community has his back. He puts
out some thinly-connected religious song and goes back to his more
booty-shaking songs at a later date.
From
Variety.com, ((According
to parents and the former associates, Kelly keeps several young women
at his homes in Atlanta and Chicago; replaces their cell phones with
ones specifically used to communicate with him and forbids them to
contact their families; requires they call him “daddy” and ask
permission to leave the studio or their residences; films their
sexual encounters with him; and abuses them physically and verbally.
))
Now,
we have to be extremely carefully about what comes out of this
reveal, because R-Kelly has some really good lawyers. I
don't like the new allegations are coming from Buzzfeed, but it does
ring true with his past incidents. Remember he married Aaliyahillegally at the age
of 15. He met her at the age of 12. Her family forced the
marriage to be disbanded shorty after through legal terms. He and
Aaliyah denied this marriage took place. Let's not forget the
pissing trial and the fact he got off Scott-free.
That should have sent
up red flags.
The Boondocks
predicted all this from the get go. I love this speech by Huey
Freeman.
About that False Copyright issues on
Youtube Update
It looks like things are really
heating up between
River City Ransom: Underground was
another game she worked on, and she has mass flagged a bunch of
YouTubers for streaming the game. Again, she refuses to release the
claims even though she doesn't own the rights to the music.
She has also gone after the company
that made the game on the Steam platform.
From siliconera.com((River
City Ransom: Undergroundis
no longer available on Steam. A DMCA takedown has been filed,
resulting in the game’s delisting. This means people will not be
able to search for and buy it from the storefront and, if they have
acquired keys from the Humble Store, will not be able to redeem them
on Steam. Read more at ))
So, now she has pretty much
destroyed two games and rumors are she is going after another game.
There is some good news though.
There has been a restraining order
put on Miss Alex for the false copyright claims on the
But not for the Ransom City sequel.
This has to do with lawyer Leonard
French taking her to court. She is
legally NOT allowed to issues anymore claims on Starr
Mazer DSP due to the restraining
order/court order. Keep in mind that Alex is already on thin ice to
her criminal record and probation from what I can tell, but I could
be wrong. If you doesn't want to end up in jail, she needs to stop
this nonsense and lay low.
The good news is Starr Mazer is back
on steam and it appears the false strikes are being cleared up on
that front. However, Alex has fired a few of her lawyers and still
hols Ransom for uh ransom. Her family hired the lawyer and she
instantly fired the lawyer. Someone in her family needs to get some
serious help for her before she does some serious bodily harm to
herself or others.
What is interesting is only YT news
people seem to be talking about this strange copyright tale.
Wow, this fell under the radar for
me and I missed out on some major drama. Due to the ligious nature
of a certain person, I won't be posting her/his photo or putting up
any of her/his music. NOTE: Do NOT even post a picture of her/him on
your blog. Trust me folks, this is epic for all the wrong reasons.
I've been on the Internet for a long time and I've never seen
anything this loony. (By even mentioning her name puts me in trouble.)
Let's talk about Alex Mauer and the
rain of false copyright strikes.
I kept reading story after story
with them saying “she”, but all the Google Images are of her
being of a hairy dude, so I was confused.
Basically, this composer was hired
for a videogame (Starr Mazer DSP) to write music. He/she wrote the
music and the company made the game. Out of nowhere, YouTubers and
Twitch Streamers received copyright strikes for using Alex's music,
which she doesn't really own the rights to. The company that made
and publish the game are the copyright holders. This is all over a
dispute with the VG company, so she goes after the streamers.
From
Oneangrygamer, ((Unfortunately,
the copyright system in the United States has allowed her to assert
rights that she does not actually own. And her assertion of those
rights has caused Imagos and Don to lose credibility with many of the
people and companies they do business with.
))
Instead of taking it up in court
with the company, Alex has attacked the YT'ers and told them to deal
with the company. Yet, she/he is the one that caused he copyright
strikes on music she doesn't own. Does any of this make a lick of
sense?
And, TB is right, she is manually
striking anything with the VG title and picture of her. After all
this hate, she seems to have doubled down on her nonsense.
But it gets even better...
Alex allegedly sent death threats to
her detractors.
A
rep for the company is receiving some interesting e-mails. From
Heavy.com((Linsay
has been seeing a lot of hate mail sent to her by people believing
her to be Mauer. SidAlpha also received an email from someone
believing him to be Mauer telling him (her) to go kill herself and
that she was deserving to be raped.
))
From
Heavy.com,
((French
has also been receiving
death threatsfrom
Mauer, who said that she was going to break his windows, burn his
building, and more. She also said that there was a knife to her neck
but that wasn’t a suicide threat, it was “something else.”
))
She allegedly
threatened the lawyer in the case. She sent pictures with knives and
things like that. WTF? I believe French got the police involved.
I could literal write a
novel on everything that has transpired with the saga. I can't go
through the entire saga. I could go on for about five more pages on
this saga, but I don't have the time.
A lot people in my age
group remembered seeing THIS scene in the movie and claim up and down
that it was in the movie proper. There
wasalways
a controversy among movie fans about this scene and it still floats
around today. Even I have read conflicting reports about this scene.
People claim the scene was in the theatrical release, but deleted
for many of the home releases. I watched this on HBO and tape and
this scene was not in the movie, but was in the special features on
the DVD.
IMDB and other sources
claim this scene was cut for the HBO release. From
IMDB,((In
a version broadcast on US cable channel HBO, several scenes were cut.
These were back for the Disney Channel version, however. They include
))
Legends
Revealed has a very good write up on the scene and I think this
post holds true to the actual reality. From Legends
Revealed, ((The
scene did not appear in either the theatrical release of the film or
when the film was released on VHS. However, a funny thing happened
sometime in the 1990s. The Disney Channel aired the film and since
the film had more than a few references that pushed the boundaries of
acceptable children’s entertainment as far as The Disney Channel
went, they edited out those scenes. After the edits were made,
though, they wanted to make up for the time being taken away so they
added a couple of deleted scenes, including the octopus scene
(another notable deleted scene has the kids encounter Troy, a jerky
local jock, at a convenience store.
))
The octopus does not
hold up and looked silly even in the 80s. It seemed out of place
with the rest of the movie's production. I also find it interesting
that the scene was deleted from the final cut of the movie very later
in post-production because the score was clearly written for this
scene and the music for the player.
And, it seems odd in
the manner they get rid of the octopus. Data shoves a radio/tape
player into its mouth and it dances away from the kids. Why? It
makes no sense. I know this was supposed to be a kids adventure movie
with a bunch of random incidents happening to the kids as they went
on their journey, but this is just plain strange.
The editors left the
Data line about the octopus in the final cut too, which confused
people.
Back
in the early 2000s, I wanted to work for CNN in some way. I loved
the dogmatic way of finding the stories. Now in 2017, you have CNN
in a petty troll war with a stupid child-like President. When Trump
re-twitted a gif of himself beating down a CNN meme. CNN got
butt-hurt and did a search for the guy that created the original
meme. And, then this happened.
Check
it out from CNN via Lifezette.com,
(("CNN
is not publishing HanA**holeSolo's name because he is a private
citizen who has issued an extensive statement of apology, showed his
remorse by saying he has taken down all his offending posts, and
because he said he is not going to repeat this ugly behavior on
social media again," wrote Kaczynski. "CNN reserves the
right to publish his identity should any of that change."
))
You reserve the right?
That's pretty bold. How many anti-doxing stories have CNN written or
produced over the years? Regardless of what his history happens to
be, why was it important to reserve the right to release him name?
It makes it look like you all were embarrassed and went after the
meme-maker. A meme-maker! We literally have North Korea wanting to
go to war with most of Asia and the US and you are writing and making
videos on a troll-a-hole from reddit. Stay focused on the news and
not being the actual NEWS.
And,
you know you screwed up when your allies and enemies all come out
against you.
From
sandiegouniontribune.com((CNN
explained that the purpose of the story was to find out how the
president of the United States ended up sharing the meme, which on
Monday drew
criticismfrom
those on the left who considered it incendiary and threatening to
journalists.
))
This
is not the CNN I remember growing up. If you're going to roll around
in the dirt with a pig, at least make the story about the freaking
President acting like a member on Xbox-Live.
Remember
when the live TF movies were good? Yeah, I stopped watching them
after the second movie/ However, the first movie has a lot of heart
and care put into it. That was when Bay took advice from the writers
and the Producers. It felt like a TF movie.
One
of the best things to come out the movie was the score by Steve
Jablonsky. While it was a departure from the TF series of the 80s,
it was still an nice turn on action music. Sure it has a Zimmer feel
to it, and that was because Zimmer produced the score. Arrival to
Earth is one of my favorite tracks from the movie.
-Still depressed: But I am
feeling a bit better. I still have a bit of down-ness and sadness
here and there. But things have gotten slightly better. I've been
spending a lot more time alone and dealing with these issues alone.
Keeping a better attitude is a key.
-Hawaii
Five-0 Two stars leaving: Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park
are both leaving the show. When I was in the hospital for a week, I
watched and hated watching these episodes. Kim and Park are both the
faces of the show and seem to get paid way less than their co-stars.
That does seem a bit strange. Actually, I had completely forgotten
the show was still on their air. Then again, I have very little
interest in watching Network TV anymore.
-Remember those Hawaii Five-0 in show ads: I wrote about these "hidden" ads years ago. The writers didn't even bother trying to integrate the stupid ads into the show. The characters litterally stop and talk about the sponsors. Think about the Subway and Bing ads in the show.
And, yes, there is a Jared remark pre-arrest and conviction.
-Lady
Gaga still has “fans”: I guess Gaga's fans went after singer
Ed Sheeran. He made a sideways remark about Gaga and her waning
popularity. He got trolled by her fans so much that he left Twitter.
My first question is; Is Gaga still a thing? Second, why are you on
Twitter anyway? I was sick of Gaga and her shitty music, but at a
certain point she sort of disappeared.
Digital Homicide still trying to shovel poop...literally
If you remember, DH tried to sue Jim Sterling for bad reviews and the
case got thrown out. They also tried to sue members of Steam and got
kicked off of the platform. Here's the thing; they might be trying
to sell their shovel-ware under a different company name despite the
fact they were banned on Steam.
Really, DH? Allegedly, they re-branded themselves Loot-Toot Games.
Spraying painting a turd is still a turd. And, I thought these
guys had quit the "gaming business". After the crushing
blows they took online, you would think they would take some time
off...a lot of time.
A turd is still a turd no matter what you call it. And, it still stinks.
These guys won't stop making shitty games and refuse to give up
making said shitty games.
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