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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Biggest Nerd Ever? Red Shirt Guy kind of schools World of Warcraft
I'm a geek, a pop cultural geek, but even I can't beak the level of nerd this Red Shirt guy is on. They might as well crown him the king of Fanboys. Sadly, there is a guy exactly like him at my work, except the guy I know is skinny. We call him Halo-Reach-around, because he's a big Halo fan.
I kind of like that the Red Shirt Guy actually knows more about the WOW universe than the actual creators. I don't think he got any XP on that attack though. I love the reaction from the creators.
When I first heard his voice, I thought, “Man, this guy is never going to get a girlfriend.” I'll give him points for actually going up and asking questions and not being scared of the Nerd Backlash, but damn this video is funny.
Remixed Red Shirt Guy
The Red Shirt Guy made a response to his new found Nerd fame.
Was this an epic win or fail?
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Scooby-doo: Google Style
Google, I love you. Thanks for dropping in some Scooby-Doo cartoons. If you go to the main Google page, you will see some really cool Scooby-Doo cartoon images that you can scroll through. It images actually tell a complete story.
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I've noticed that they've really updated Velma's character model. They've slimmed her down considerably. It probably has to do with Linda Cardellini's portray of her in the live action films. I kind of liked the old character model because she was a little dumpy and rounder. Now, she's almost as skinny as Daphne.
You should also notice the basketball players in the background. Is that a reference to the Harlem Globetrotters?
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Now, the villain is holding her head and there is a basketball next to her. That means the Harlem Globetrotters saved the day.
Charlie Chaplin Time Traveling mystery…not really.
Yep, there were people believing that there was a cell phone in the Charlie Chaplin movie “The Circus”. This movie came out in 1928, so people were wondering if the movie makers caught a time-traveling woman on film. Uh, yeah…
George Clarke discovered the cell phone footage. I can see why he thought he saw a cell phone, but it looks like someone actually found out what the woman was holding in her hand. It was a Siemens hearing aid.
Will we ever meet some time travelers? Probably not.
Sorry, Charlie…(yes I went there)
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Morrissey - Every Day Is Like Sunday
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Back in the 1980's Morrissey could do no wrong... or so he thought. Then he left his band, The Smiths and tried a solo career. As one rock journalist put it, Morrissey went from Godhead to Dickhead in the space of a year.
Still, this song is one of my favourites. It captures that feeling of existential angst that we make fun of these days. My daughter loves this song as well. She actually caught the reference to Neville Shute's novel ON THE BEACH which went over most people's heads.
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Hey! Cruise on over to Joshua Reynold's blog and check out the first chapter of his novel DRACULA LIVES! Cover looks great, doesn't it? Wonder who did the artwork? ;) ;).
Then head on over to the Pulpwork Press website and buy a copy because it is a fabulous book!
Tell 'em M.D. sent ya.
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I wrote about New Coke back in 2007, but I wanted to bring it back for this video. I'm a huge Coca-Cola fan, so this video brought back memories.
I like 80s Guy bit.
I had no idea New Coke (Coke II) was still around in the 2000s in the US. To show my age, I remember drinking New Coke and I hated the new formula. I actually thought New Coke tasted more like Pepsi. And to be fair, the Coke Classic formula isn't the original formula anyway. It has a different taste than the old Coke before the New Coke Change over.
And, Brad is right that Mexican Coke is the original coke formula. Mexican Cokes are much sweater than the (New) Classic Coke formula. Actually, I am going to the store and pick up some Mexican Coke.
Pepsi takes a jab at New Coke
Info on New Coke
Friday, October 29, 2010
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Based loosely on the comic book stories “Death in the Family” and “Under the Red Hood”, this gritty Batman animated movie is dark and entertaining with amazing animation thrown in for good measure.
The Joker ends up capturing the second Robin (Jason Todd). He beats the young sidekick with a crowbar to near death. The Joker then blows up Robin right before Batman can get there to save him. A few years later, Batman discovers that there is a new villain bringing all the mobsters and drug dealers into one group. These groups of mobsters have to go by strict rules under the regulation of the Red Hood. The new Red Hood also has a beef with both Batman and The Joker. Black Mask, who control most of the crime world in Gotham City, isn’t too pleased about this new character.
This home-DVD story is an extremely well put together Batman movie. It’s dark and violent with a tragic emotional story. The story gives us a peek behind the concept Batman and his partners. Batman has to come to terms with bringing Jason Todd into the battle against crime in a personal way. Plus, the movie also deals with Batman’s failure to save The Joker before he was The Joker. The movie shows us that Batman carries the guilt with him all the time. These aspects of the story have a deeper meaning than even some of the comic stories it’s based on.
I also enjoyed the friendship between Batman and his former partner Nightwing (Formerly first the Robin). Neil Patrick Harris gives Nightwing the right amount of playfulness that the first Robin should comprise. Harris is incredible with his characterization. I just wanted more time with Harris and his Nightwing character. The movie really doesn’t give that much in the way of this character, but what we have here is nice.
And, that’s the biggest issue I have with the movie. It needed an extra 15 minutes of screen time to flesh out the story. Some of Batman’s stables of characters only get mere mentions or cameos.
- The action and fights scenes are breathtakingly fast and well animated. Praise goes to the animators and storyboard artists.
- Bruce Greenwood does a good job as the voice of Batman. He isn’t Kevin Conroy, but he’s close to Conroy.
- John DiMaggio (AKA Bender) steals the movie with his near-prefect version of the Joker. He almost fills into the role of The Joker close to Mark Hamill. Hamill is the king of the Joker voice, but DiMaggio is pretty good.
Batman: Under the Red Hood is an extremely dark and violent movie that could easily fit into Nolan’s world of Batman. Under the Red Hood is a real treat for comic book fans. DC comics should really take note of the direct to DVD movies and put these people in charge of their Super Hero live action movies.
Grade: B+
Halloween for Adults?
I partly agree with him, but I really like the sexy female Halloween costumes…when the woman actually has the body to pull off the costume. By the way, just Google Image Sexy Halloween Costumes and see what you get.
But, yeah, we kind of forget that this is more of a children’s holiday than anything else. But, it just gives people another excuse to dress in goofy outfits, get drunk and get screwed. And, not always in that order either.
Plus, this post gives me another excuse to post more sexy Halloween pictures…
Ghostbusters: Sadly, most women between the age of 18 to 22 will probably have no idea what a Ghostbuster really is, and they’ve probably never seen the movie.
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Uh, we can’t get a Supergirl remake off the ground yet? Note: Look at the directions the fanboys are looking in the picture. At least act like you’re not checking them out.
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You’re not even trying…
Are we even sure this is even a Halloween picture? This seems more like a normal weekend night out for this group of women.
This is the third piece in my series of twisted super heroine costumes. As I've said before the idea is a prostitute trying her luck at a comic-con event. This one looks like she has found a paying client.Corel Painter X. Five hours.
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Danno: "Hey, Jack Lord, William Shatner called and he wants his ego back."
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Random Things
~House of the Dead reviewed by Phelous. I got a kick out this review. I actually watched about 30 minutes of the House of Dead. I couldn't get through the random clips of the game-play footage that Boll put into the film. It just makes the movie even more awkward than it should be. Bad music and bad editing makes this one of Boll's worst movies by far. I have to get enough courage to sit through this movie. I'm guessing a cable channel will show this movie again during the Halloween season.
~James MacArthur passes away: He was the character Danno on Hawaii Five-O. The main character would always say, “Book em, Danno.” I can't count the number of episodes I've watched from the HFO series when I was a kid. My mother would watch the show, and I'd watch it too. And, the show had one of the best best intros in the world.
~Limewire gets shut down: I can't say I miss the program because it was such a virus filled system that it wasn't safe to download anything from that program. And, since Napster was shut down, file sharing became decentralized with people going everywhere for their software needs.
~Montana Fishburne: Her lawyer is reporting that Montana is doing fine in rehab. Hopefully, her stay in rehab with force her to see her that she can't stay in porn. The move into porn was a decision to embarrass her famous father and lash out at his legacy. This is not the way to get famous on a long term level. Will we still be talking about Paris Hilton or the Jersey Shore cast in 20 years?
~Things seem to be getting better for me, but I need to try to apply for school newspaper, so I can get my name out there in print. I'd love to do a pop culture column for the paper.
Colour me unsurprised. And vindicated.
CAPRICA, for those who do not know, is the prequel series to SYFY's re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. BSG ran for four seasons and garnered a decent sized audience and a very enthusiastic fan base. Caprica has garnered neither. Despite being well reviewed by the critics, Caprica has not had the same kind of response from viewers as BSG did. And there is a good reason for that.
Ronald D. Moore, the executive producer of BSG and Caprica stated that the original reason for doing the prequel series was to try to expand the show's audience. In other words what he wanted to do was to appeal to an audience other than science fiction fans. So he wanted to keep his core audience nut also gain a wider audience of people who may have been "put off" from watching Battlestar Galactica because of the name or the spaceships or the killer robots.
"Caprica however leans heavier on the kitchen sink drama than any sci-fi show ever." explained a web story at the time the series debuted. "This makes Caprica a much different animal, but from an entry point this is something beyond sci-fi and as a result a wider audience will be able to enjoy Caprica." Something "beyond" sci-fi? Yeah. Right.
This stated intention corresponded with the Sci-fi channel re-branding itself as Syfy and trying to broaden its appeal beyond the core audience. Or, as one headline put it: "Sci Fi Channel Aims to Shed Geeky Image With New Name". To further ad salt to the wound Tim Brooks, one of the founders of the sci-fi channel went on record with: “The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular.”
Way to alienate your core audience. And to seriously misjudge and mischaracterize a growing female science fiction audience.
Of course the whole thing was wrongheaded from the beginning and Caprica's dwindling audience and recent cancellation only serves to underscore that fact. Most fans of science fiction television tune in to these shows specifically for the spaceships and robots and rayguns. When you make the mistake of thinking that your material is somehow "better" than the genre and try to scrub it clean of all that "silly sci-fi" stuff... well, then in my view you have made a major misjudgement.
This is one of my "hot-button topics" and it will usually get me on a rant where I will rail against authors like Margaret Atwood or Cormac MaCarthy who do not understand science fiction but feel that they can single handedly "save" the genre, pulling it out of the gutter and transforming it into something wonderful and literary, when all they end up doing is diluting it, repackaging it and missing the point along the way. Don't get me started.
This is the arrogant mistake that Ronald D. Moore made. That seems pretty obvious now with Caprica's cancellation and the fact that Syfy has given the greenlight to another Battlestar Galactica series: Adama: Blood and Chrome, which is set during the Cylon-Human war. Spaceships. Killer Robots. Ray guns. And they're going ahead without Ronald D. Moore.
But that's what happens when you consider yourself to be better than your audience and say so in public.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
So, the new name of the Batman 3 movie is...The Dark Knight Rises
That's a very Frank Miller title. I actually like the new title. It tells you that Batman will probably clear his name in this movie and rises to become a hero again.
From Popeater.com, (("It won't be the Riddler," Nolan said. He has also previously ruled out Mr. Freeze and the Penguin making any appearances. E!Online.com also reports that the director has been meeting with actresses in their 20s and 30s--maybe trying to cast Catwoman? ))
I think the Riddler or Penguin would fit perfectly into the Nolan version of Batman.
Anyway, it is better than the title Transformers: The Dark of the Moon.
Guest Blogger Post: Star Wars 3-D
As I've done early in the season, I've opened my blog up to guest bloggers. Writer Jillian Interlichia from My Dog Ate My Blog has an interesting take on the upcoming Star Wars 3-D conversions re-releases.
Star Wars 3-D: Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You
George Lucas recently announced that he will be rereleasing his Star Wars saga in 3-D, coming to a theater near you in 2012. This has resulted in a mixed-bag of reactions, from “this is the end of the world the Aztecs predicted” to “well, Avatar was pretty awesome in 3-D…”
Given Lucas’s previous track record of ruining childhood memories with unnecessary digitalization and fiddling, the rerelease may not bode well for the saga. Factor in the snooze-fest of the three “prequels” and we could have a giant Hollywood turkey of Gigli proportions on our hands.
Bear in mind that to film a movie in 3-D, filmmakers must position two cameras on both sides of the action in order to mimic the way human eyes see in 3-D. Because the Star Wars movies have already been filmed, and there is little to no chance of gathering the entire cast for a reshoot, this means the movies must be rendered in 3-D by computers. Skeptics think this is going to result in the same kind of “fiddling” that they feel ruined the rerelease of the original trilogy in the lead up to the prequels.
On a positive note, recreating 3-D in previously-filmed movies is not completely unheard of. After the success of Avatar, many film companies scrambled to turn their own impending releases into 3-D, just to compete in the box office (cough, Clash of the Titans, cough cough). This means that the technology for creating the 3-D effects has come a long way, and might actually blend seamlessly into the movie.
And let’s face it – who doesn’t want to see one of the intergalactic battles in 3-D? TIE Fighters zooming around on screen, the explosion of the Death Star, it’s like these scenes were created with 3-D in mind. Even the prequels have enough action to warrant the update, and they might actually make the movies better.
The prequels, are of course, the fly in the ointment of this news item. We’re all going to have to sit through The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith before we get to the good stuff. Galactic senate meetings in 3-D? The embodiment of all that is wrong with the prequels – Jar Jar Binks – in all his annoying glory? Hopefully by 2015, when A New Hope appears, audiences haven’t given up on the franchise altogether.
Of course, what will really get people in those theater seats is the chance to see George Lucas’s ever-creative universe on the big screen again. Whether you’re a fan of 3-D, the Star Wars universe, or just a movie buff, chances are you’ll find yourself inexplicably drawn to the theaters come 2012, like it or not.
Jillian Interlichia is a guest blogger for My Dog Ate My Blog and a writer on nationally accredited online schools for Guide to Online Schools.
Here is a piece of interior art for Encounters #4. It illustrates a story called POLAR.
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I figure it's okay to post this now that the book has come out. Here is the cover art for Encounters #4. It illustrates the issue's feature story Swimming With Sharks.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Sonic The Hedgehog Love and Game Gear
No, he’s not talking about Ron Jeremy, but the fast moving blue guy.
Where did he find an old Game Gear? I remember liking the colored screen on the Game Gear over the green/black screened Gameboy.
Here’s a review on the Game Gear.
My daughter went to see PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 last night. She enjoyed it for the goofy horror movie that it was and as I drove her home from the theater she asked me: "What would you do if you had to deal with someone who was possessed by demons?"I immediately answered "I would contact the Reverend Sean Manchester." My daughter nodded sagely at this response because she knows very well that The traditionalist Right Reverend Seán Manchester, the Bishop of Glastonbury (bishop in the Old Catholic Church, not the Roman Catholic or Anglican Church) is an author, exorcist and demonologist. Bishop Manchester gained fame when he headed up the investigation into a string of bizarre happenings which plagued Highgate Cemetery beginning in 1967 and ending in 1982.My daughter agreed that would be a good idea. When we got home we asked my wife what she would do. My wife rolled her eyes and said "Can we please, for once, talk about something that makes sense?"We said no more about the subject except to agree that my wife would probably kick the demon's ass.
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Alexander Piggee: Hated Gamestop and Malls?
Alexander Piggee had a bad day, a really bad day. He burned down portions of a mall and a GameStop store.
This guy walked into a Gamestop with a backpack full of chemicals and burned the place down. He also took half the mall with the videogame store. Why aim for the videogame store first? Did they sell him a Red-Ringed X-Box?
From CBS News, ((The incident began just after 10 a.m. when the 23-year-old suspect entered a GameStop store located on the mall's second floor.
Employees at the store say the suspect, who a friend and co-worker identified as Piggee, made some incoherent remarks about his sister being held captive and ordered employees out of the store, telling them that he had a gun.
The man then set a fire inside the store. Witnesses told CBS affiliate KOVR that they saw smoke billowing out the front doors of the GameStop and then saw SWAT officers with guns drawn approaching the store and ordered the suspect out.))
Even Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for a state of emergency because of Piggee.
What was his reason for doing what he did? Did he think he'd get extra lives for it? This is another reason we need to make sure people that should be medicated for mental problems stay on their meds. An unstable mind can be a dangerous thing. People should remember I had an encounter with someone very similar to him and that person killed someone later on.
Luckily, no one was killed this time, but think about how many people have been killed by these unstable people? Given a little push, how many of us could very well turn into an Alexander Piggee?
Before someone deletes it, here is his Facebook. Or at least I think it is his facebook. He has some very entertaining posts, and there are some disturbing ones as well. I've come to the conclusion that this man is a true poet. The news channel reported that he had pictures of guns and other things(allegedly) , but someone removed all his pictures.
((ALexander Piggee Aye guys not sleeping out side anymore found A shelter to live at, its pretty nice they feed us but only dinner, not the best but better then nothing. If you guys wanna come visit me I am at "The Gathering" in Roseville. Come by make me laugh I need a good laugh right about now))
There are some conflicting reports about how he become homeless. One story says his mother kicked him out and another says that a friend kicked him out of their house. There are a few post here and there talking about him being homeless.
((ALexander Piggee Tonight fellas I will help you to not put the pussy up on such a high LEVEL that you end up killing ya self when a bitch leaves you. Todays lesson imma train a square TA a PLAYER ))
Let me write this down, brilliant. Thank you for your word of wisdom. He did a lot of facebooking when he was free and not being an arsonist.
((ALexander Piggee And this is the shit I wanna get off the biggest one. All you stupid ass young dumb fucks from highlands I do not and did not get fuckin herpes from Kristen Griffith the only thing the bitch gave me was a broken heart and emptied my wallet and pockets. Ask the many of bitches I fucked recently, my DICK stay cleaner then the fuckin FITS a be wearing. So))
So, was it the GameSpot refund policy that made him burning mad?
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