Jul
3
I Think I’m Going to Stop Collecting Comics
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Yesterday we got off work early, so I bounced over to the comic book store. I wasn’t able to make it to Hi-Do-Ho on Wednesday like I normally do. Boy, what a difference a day makes.
I grabbed four books and went to buy them. There were two people behind the counter and two registers. One [...]
Jul
2
Have you heard of “Avatar?” No…? You haven’t heard of “King of the World” James Cameron’s next project, set for release on December 19th? Well, it doesn’t come as a surprise to me. It’s July, and there hasn’t been so much as a teaser trailer. WTF?! This is Cameron’s first major motion picture since “Titanic,” [...]
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1
“Eastbound & Down” Is My New Favorite TV Show
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Danny McBride is quickly becoming one of my favorite comic actors. I finally saw “The Foot Fist Way” a few months ago and have been quoting it endlessly. He stole “The Pineapple Express” from Seth Rogen and James Franco. After watching “Tropic Thunder” again last Christmas, I found myself wishing his role in that film [...]
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30
I’m not musically inclined. I can’t sing or dance or play any instruments. I like music okay. I think my taste is probably questionable at times. I generally dislike people who are really into music because they’re the biggest goddamn snobs in the entire known universe. I don’t go to live shows or concerts because [...]
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29
“The Hurt Locker” Review
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“The Hurt Locker” is the best film of the summer, perhaps the year.
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26
RIP Michael Jackson
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I haven’t really seen any satisfactory obits on the Internet for Michael Jackson, so I figured I might take a crack at writing one myself. Growing up in the 1980s, I remember Jackson being something of an omnipresent force. The “Thriller” short film/music video — directed by John Landis! — scared the bejeezus out of [...]
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24
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Review
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As a small boy, I was retarded for “The Transformers.” I remember the first Transformers action figure I ever owned was the Decepticon Starscream, who’s still my favorite character in the series. The first comic book I ever read was a “Transformers” #4. The first time I ever held back tears at a film was [...]
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23
I’m reading reviews of “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and getting a pretty clear idea that the WGA strike really bolloxed up the summer of ‘09. Leading up to the strike, films were greenlit willy-nilly by studios before they had scripts that were polished and ready to go before cameras. In May we saw “X-Men [...]
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22
My Favorite “Star Trek” Plot Contrivances
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I’ve got about 5 episodes of “Star Trek” left to watch before I will be finished with TOS. That said, the third season is a total slog. I used to power through 5 eps in one evening. Now if I can get through a single episode, I feel like I’ve achieved something. The budgets were [...]
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19
The final trailer for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” sold me on the flick. I wasn’t the world’s biggest fan of the 2007 film, which I think is grossly inferior to the 1986 animated movie in every way. Going in with lowered expectations — “I just wanna see giant robots blow shit up! LOLZ!!!” — [...]
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