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Random Bits ~Make sure to head over to MC's site for an compelling take on Scientology: This guy pretty much sums up my feelings on the subject. I wish I had time to write up more on the subject, but I can't at the moment. I’ll just say this: Scientology is far more dangerous than people think. ~Do you think Gary Coleman knew in the past that he’d end up becoming a security guard and a washed up actor in the future. I mean he thought of himself as the best thing since sliced shit on Diff'rent Strokes. He was such a jerk on that show that Dixie Carter left the show. ~ Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas was on HBO today. What was Gilbert Gottfried thinking after he finished this movie? “First I went from being that damn bird Iago on Aladdin, to a talking smoke detector, to this mess.” ~ The Angry Nintendo Nerd has released a video about the confusing chronological order of the Zelda series. Trust me, I’ve tried to make sense of the order, a...

Shrek III all over again... Rush Hour 3 Not only is this movie boring, it isn’t that funny either. It certainly has followed the Beverly Hills Cop series to a 'T'. Think of this movie as Beverly Hills Cop 3 in France. One thing is almost always guaranteed in franchises, the movie franchise will usually suck by the third movie. We can see this with Return of the Jedi and the Superman III movies. By the third movie, the people that make the movie start to play it safe. Rush Hour 3 is not only a ‘safe’ movie, but it is also a needless sequel to the first two movies. Coming off his successful, yet flawed, X3, Brett Ratner decided to fall back into his recycled action comedy franchise. Ratner's direction is dull as ever. He's not even concerned that the script needs a bit of work. (A few more rewrites) The plot is tired. It is the same damn movie as the first two. They even throw in a corrupt white guy that is in league with the Asian villains. Th...

As you already know, I love the TV show The Wire (on HBO). One of the things I always liked about the show was the fact they would change the artist singing the theme song in the opening of each season. It's the same song, but with different versions of the song. “Help me keep the Devil down in the hole.” Check out this blog post to watch all the intro songs from all the seasons. I really like the Tom Waits version the best (the original).

Lil Wayne seems more than a ‘lil’ pissed After all the drug charges, it is no surprise that he wasn’t in a good mood. I’m sure how smart it is to have a song about “Duffle Bag Boys”, when you consider that the song is about drugs. He makes a big dis toward his DJ (Cortez Bryant) and even throws his jacket at him! Hey, it’s better than throwing cell phones or teenage audience members at people, right? Maybe, he was giving his DJ a gift…a used jacket. MTV News has further details ... ((Wayne hit the stage more than three hours late for the sold-out gig, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, strolling out just before midnight after promoters said his private plane was delayed leaving Arizona and had to be rerouted. The 3,500 fans sat through several hours of what the paper described as "middling rappers, radio station DJs spinning popular urban tunes and hosts Fat Kat and Honey B, who basically kept telling the audience to 'Make some noiiiiiiiiiise.' ...

Someone found Stacy Hedger! http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2007/10/stacy_hedger_revealed.php Someone did their homework and got an interview with Hedger. She has no idea how the video got on the Internet. Listen to the interview on the site. Today, she’s married with some kids. Her family gets a kick out her fame Here is the disturbing video of the incident . (Though, it is far more entertaining than the Return of the Jedi's Ewoks's song) This Board has some info on her as well. Taken from a poster : (("Star Wars Trumpet Stacy Hedger. I work in TV Sports, this tape has circulated amongst our tape rooms for years, I figured it was only natural to be on YouTube. I'm of the understanding it was a statewide beauty pagaent, and Stacy is Miss Douglas County. I have no idea who she is, or if she even knew there was a talent portion of the contest. It's believed that the tape has origins in the Kansas City area, and I thought it was a Nebraska beau...

Random Bits ~ Honk if you hate Scientology : Man, I love these guys. BTW, one guy has a train horn on his SUV. One of the Scientology guys comes out and takes pictures of the people. You better believe these people will be looked into by the church. (rumors are they were followed too.) ~Yep, Meet the Spartans was number one this weekend with $18 million. I'm as mad about it as anyone else. Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the makers of this film, should be forced into retirement. They're responsible for “Date Movie” and “Epic Movie”. Yeah, I know someone that will freely admit to liking these movies, and I get on him about. Please stop going out and seeing these movies. They'll only make more. Keep this in mind, these movies are cheap to make and they can make them fast. ~I've been in a kind of depressed state pretty much since Thurs. I think it has to do with my job and the fact I'm not happy there. I'm trying my best to get out of this funk ...

I’ve always liked The Golden Raspberry Awards . And, one thing is always certain, there will always be bad movies for them to pick from. Last year was an extremely bad year for movies. (I say that every year.) It was the year of Norbit. Part of me really enjoys ripping apart bad movies, but some are just painful to watch like Ghost Rider. Taken from Filmjunk, here are a few nominations worth noting. Worst Picture Bratz Daddy Day Camp I Know Who Killed Me I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Norbit I’m going with Norbit because that is just one bad movie. I’m sure Daddy Day Camp could win it, but I think people haven’t forgiven Murphy for Norbit. Worst Actor Nicolas Cage (Ghost Rider, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Next) Jim Carrey (The Number 23) Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Daddy Day Camp, Norbit) Eddie Murphy (Norbit) Adam Sandler (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry) Nicolas Cage deserves it, but I’m guessing Cuba or Eddie will get the honors this yea...

Shrek the Third It’s not really that funny. Shrek 3 isn’t very funny or entertaining. It’s not even a bad movie, it’s just boring. While the other two movies tried to give us some adult humor, with Dreamworks ripping Disney a new one in both movies, Shrek 3 simply doesn’t bother to be funny. I probably laughed three times during the entire time. The allure and humor of the first two films are gone in Shrek 3. So, who is to blame for this movie? It’s the screenwriters. The script is the reason this movie doesn’t work. The story is like that cheap soda you buy from a knock-off brand: it taste bland and doesn’t have that kick that the real sodas have. The jokes feel incomplete and dry. As I watched the movie, I came up with better jokes and storyline progressions than the actual movie. There was an ENTIRE subplot about King Arthur and his misadventures in high school cut from the film. Check the DVD for some very good deleted scenes that should have been left i...

Did this guy pull one over on us? http://myspace.com/perfectprofile It looks like Sam’s whole dating profile video was a viral marketing thing for his creepy short film. Go to his Myspace and check out his creepy movie. I mean WTF? I’ll give him some points for the direction in his film, and the actress was good too. I just have to wonder how much of this creepy side is part of his personality. BTW, I loved this comment left on his blog. ((Face it, your going to be saying: "Table for one!" for the rest of your life. The only thing that sticks out about you is your blinding paleness.)) Make sure to read his profile too. Table for one: the single most depressing three words in the universe.