Holy Moly

Jumpin’ fuzzy lizards, its been a long time since I’ve posted.  Don’t have much to report.  Don’t think i’ve been to any movies I haven’t told you about…  Except TDK, but you all know about that already I’m sure, lol.  In case you don’t, it was awesome and you should have seen it.

I’m going to try to see “The House Bunny” on Friday, but no guarantees.  It looks pretty funny, and I’m up for anything Playboy.  Except the “Playboy Video” stuff.  Thats no good.  Bad music, funny angles, bad camera-work.  The photographers and models are top-rate, but the video is terrible.

Anyway.  Oh wait… I saw Mummy 3 aswell.  It was little different from the first two.  Typically “bad” 90’s movie stuff.  But if you liked the first two (I did) you’ll probably like this one.  Although it still pisses me off that Rachel Weisz didn’t play Eve again.  Its worth the matinee, thats for sure.

This month’s issue of Maxim, which should be on stands for another week, had an interesting article on Rhino Poaching.  It seems that India has a resident bad-ass who has no qualms over killing poachers in a most brutal fashion.  Anna Kournikova (she’s on the cover) looks better than ever in this one.  And as usual, it featured a couple of women that Maxim decided to call up-and-comers, even though I’ve never heard of the actresses or the movies/shows they are supposedly in.  Which is par for the course I guess :/

There is also a big feature on the upcoming football season.  Its like 30 pages.  Football fans should check it out.

That’s all folks.

Hellboy, Atlantis, Superman, and Batman

Some more reviews for you guys (and gals).

Hellboy II: The Golden Army:

I liked this one.  Lots of action, alittle bit of drama (the good kind), and plenty of humor to break it up.  Some of the events in the plot are predictable, but it isn’t to bad.  I don’t know who played the elf princess, whose name I cannot spell, but I get the sneaking suspicion that there is a hottie underneath the make-up and prosthetics.  Selma Blair wasn’t to bad herself.  Somehow Pyrokinetic chicks with a temper seem sexy to me…  It definetly makes up for that terrible haircut.  Anywho, if you liked the first one go see it, because this one is better.

Stargate Atlantis: Episode 5:01: “Search and Rescue”

The Season 5 premier of Stargate Atlantis was last Friday, and was entitled “Search and Rescue.”  Not the most creative of titles, but it fits the bill.  It was a good start for the season, and its Nielson rating (number of people who tuned in) was higher than Season 4’s premier, according to GateWorld.  Hopefully Atlantis continues to get higher ratings, if they start dropping again it may be the beginning of the end for the Stargate Franchise.  It was a good episode, one event was slightly predictable, but over all it was quite exciting.

I’ve come to believe that giving the Tau’ri such a technological superiority over the Wraith will prove to bothersome as the seasons roll on.  In this episode they had to make some excuses to make the battle with a measely Cruiser seem epic and dangerous.  It reminds me of Star Trek: TNG, where their communicators and transporters were constantly befuddled by atmospheric anomalies on almost barren planets.  Hopefully Brad [Wright] and friends can come up with more than one excuse for our technology not being good enough (in SG’s case, ship damage).

Superman Doomsday:

I found two major flaws in this movie: 1) The animations were different from those seen in “The Animated Series” (the same artistic style was used in Batman TAS, and in Justice League).  2) The voice actors were different from TAS/Justice League.  I mean, they gave Superman a freaking butt-chin!  He looked like the damn Crimson Chin.  Oh yeah, and Lex Luthor has some very homosexual tendencies.  Not the stereotypical kind, but the subtle creepy kind.  He said some weird things, he called Superman “beautifull”… thats weird.  Basically, if you can get past the unfamiliar animations/voice acting, and the break from continuity regarding Doomsday himself (he is a crazy mutant clone of Superman with a bad attitude in Justice League, and he is a mindless genetically engineered alien super soldier in this movie), you’ll like this movie.

Batman: Subzero

I picked this up in a two-pack with the next movie, Mask of the Phantasm.  This one was alittle weird, in that Mr. Fries is the villain, but he isn’t really doing anything villainous.  I mean, he isn’t a truly bad guy, he is just desperate to save his wife after a bunch of dumb-ass submariners nearly kill her (and Fries, and his two polar bear buddies, and an Inuit child he takes care of).  Its good, but it pales in comparison to the epic awesomeness that is…

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Words fail to describe this work of art.  The Phantom is easily one of the most badass villains in the DC arsenal.  Who else has the balls to walk up to someone as bat-shit crazy as the Joker (who killed a troup of boy-scouts with poisoned cotton-candy in one issue, THATS CRAZY!) and say “Joker, Your Angel of Death Awaits.”  The costume, the voice, the badassery, its poetry in action my friends.  Seriously, I almost wet myself watching this.  The movie includes crap-loads of back-story on the “birth” of Batman himself, and even alittle bit of backstory for the Joker.  Its filled with action, an incredible sound track, especially the opening scene with the title of the movie and everything, its definetely worth watching.  It came out on television like, 8 years ago and I bought it at Wal*Mart in a two pack with Sub-Zero for like $12, totally worth it.

The Incredibly Smart Hulk’s Hancock

So I saw a few movies lately, now I’m going to tell you about them.

The Incredible Hulk:

Good movie, not great, but definetely good.  Maybe even very good.  It was definetely better than Ang Lee’s movie, which wasn’t bad, but not very good either.  Somehow it made you feel like a lot happened, but at the same time like nothing happened at all.  I loved the little tributes to Stan Lee and the Bill Bixby t.v. show (The Incredible Hulk).  Anyone who is even slightly interested in seeing this should do so.  However, unless you have money to blow and/or are a nerdy Hulk fan (like myself) you should try to hit the matinee.

Hancock:

I really liked this one.  From the previews I had fully expected Charlize Theron’s character to end up being Hancock’s super-villain (Charlize Theron can be my super-villain anyday *swoon*).  Whether or not that is what happens, well you’ll have to watch it to find out.  Like Hulk, this movie generated a feeling of “a lot happened, but nothing happened.”  Actually, this movie had a stronger feeling of nothing happening than something happening.  I still recommend it, especially for the fx.

Get Smart:

I like the old Get Smart show, what little of it I saw as a kid and even less what I remember.  I definetely liked the 1989 movie, which featured the original actor (but somehow was missing Agent 99…).  This new show took some creative liberty with the original, but not bad enough to offend any but the most die hard fans of the original.  I liked Steve Carell as Max (I actually like most of his movies), and Anne Hatheway did her part well.  Despite my usual loathing of “The Rock” (who goes by his birth name of Dwayne now), I didn’t mind him in this movie.  It was full of laughs and I recommend it to anyone with a sense of humor.  So pretty much everybody except the Pavilionite Dusk Raven ; )

There you have it folks.  I’m going to see Wall-E in the next two weeks and The Dark Night the day it comes out (right after a 9 hour shift at work D:  )

Sweet Video

Awesome video, curtesy of our Maximum Leader.

Quick Update

Its been a looong time since I’ve posted anything at all, and I apologize.  Until recently I was just lazy, but I’ve picked up a job and its taking up all the time I used to spend being lazy (and occassionally posting on this blog).

I do have some better news than that though.  I recently got a subscription to MAXIM magazine, and plan to give you all a brieff synopsis/review of each issue.  I will also be doing a short series of posts concerning the Maxim Hot 100.  I will post the list of women in pieces, starting from the slightly less hot number 100 (Tila Tequila) to the hottest of the hot, the scorching number 1: Marisa Miller.

I still see movies once in a while too, so I’ll let you in on the good ones.

Electric Sportscar

Tesla rolls out its long-awaited electric sports car

All I have to say to this is YAY!  I’ve been hopeing someone with the cahonies would finally revive electric car development.  Hopefully since this is an independant company dedicated to electric vehicles it won’t get canned like the EV1 of General Motors.

Hopefully everyone realizes the huge sham that hybrids are and starts supporting the electric car market.

Continuum Trailer Soon

Gateworld will be releasing a trailer for Stargate: Continuum on Monday, April 21!

Here is the article: article.

From what the guys at Gateworld said in this article Continuum is going to be a must-see for any Stargate fan, whether they like season’s 9 and 10 or they completely hated them.

I know, short post, but its all I’ve got for now.

SG-Universe Plot Details – Official ones this time

Okay, finally an actual release of plot details on Stargate: Universe from Gateworld.  The link is below.

Gateworld Article

My thoughts are the about the same as the last time, but for some reason it feels alittle bleaker.  I don’t know what it is, but this new series doesn’t feel right.  I think it may take the franchise in the wrong direction, like DS9 did with StarTrek.  I suggest, however, that you all reserve your judgement until you read it for yourselves.  As before, I will be waiting with cautious anticipation.

Fun Things On The Internet – or – A Call To Arms for RM Fans

Its been quite a while since I’ve posted anything, and I apologize to anyone who checks here for new posts.  I have a few interesting links for you all here.

Link 1:

This one was brought to my attention in a thread at The Pavilion.  As you’ll see when you click on the link a replica of the Flux Capacitor from Back to the Future will soon be available for purchase.  You’ll have to ask around in your hometown to find out if they (will) carry it.  Who wouldn’t want one of those things in their car?  I know I want one

Link 2:

Yet another item brought to my attention by a thread at the Pav.  This is a very cool fan made fight scene between almost a dozen women from Final Fantasy and Dead or Alive.  Its a FF vs DoA fight and its really cool.  This guy has serious talent.  It would probaby make more sense to watch the first one well, first.  I myself haven’t watched the first Dead Fantasy, or even the entirety of the second.  Not because it isn’t worth it, because it is.  Its just that my router is a pile and doesn’t like it when I try to watch online video.  I know its not my laptop because every computer in the house is does this (three laptops and three desktops), and because it works fine at my buddy’s house.  Anyway, next link…

Link 3:

This is a thread at the Pav, it is a call to arms for all console RPG Maker fans to let Enterbrain! know that we are out here and are willing to give them our money if they’d just step up and get another Maker going.  I highly suggest that anyone who cares about the console series of Makers heeds this call to arms.  Some advice

• Be polite, no one will take a raving fan boy seriously
• Be eloquent.  Or at the least use proper grammar and punctuation.
• Don’t half-ass it.  Write more than just a sentence or two.  Put some effort into it.
• Don’t go overboard.  Three page e-mails/letters might scare away whoever is supposed to read it.  Be concise
• If at all possible, write a letter instead of an email.  Letters take time, and money (stamps), this better shows how you feel and is a better display of how serious you are about the issue.

That is all.

Sarah J. Parker – Unsexiest Woman Alive?

Honestly, I’ve never been very attracted to Sarah Jessica Parker, and I’ve never been interested in her long running t.v. show “Sex and the City.”  However, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Sarah J. Parker is the “Unsexiest Woman Alive.”  But Maxim did just that.  Actually, it was a poll that Maxim created with the result being SJP.

Here SJP retaliates with some very good questions.  Like I said, i’ve never been attracted to the woman, but I wouldn’t call her the Unsexiest Woman Alive.  I mean, come one!  If we gave that to SJP, what would Paris Hilton have?  Besides her vast wealth and two-bit friends I mean…