Don't know why...but Crank 2: High Voltage...looks fucking SWEET!

Check out the badass trailer. 

And yes, I know, they're not supposed to be good movies, but I think they're meant to be unintentionally fucking crazy. For example, when Jason Statham agreed to do the movie he said he would because the script made him laugh so hard he was crying. 

Great.

Mangini's shown the door.

In a (non) shocking turn of events, the New York Jets have fired their Head Coach. After starting out the season with a new QB (namely Brett Favre...come on, you knew that) and a team that was revamped and rebuilt, the Jets went from best to..fucking abysmal losing 4 of their last five games. Brett Favre didn't help the cause either he had a league best 22 INTs and had 2 TDs in those four losses. 

The Jets are considering their options. Bob Sutton and Brian Shottenheimer are still on the payroll for now...and they should've been shown the door too. No doubt about it. You play a zone defense and blow a lead to the Pats on a shitty pass thrown by a "rookie" QB, and you still have a job. Fuck yourselves. 

Brett Favre, fuck you too, man. Honestly, what the fuck happened to Brett Favre that he turned into 2007's version of Chad "Luck-Chuck" Pennington? Ailing shoulder aside, Brett Favre should've been honest, and lets be reasonable, the Offensive Play Calling has the charisma of a kid with down-syndrome turning on-and-off a light switch. Brian Shottenheimer should've been shown the door after the atrocious game at San-Fran weeks ago. 

Now there's talk of bringing in Marty Shottenheimer. Fine. Whatever. You can blame Mangini for not stepping up, that's fine, but you know what, when your players aren't making the plays they're supposed to be making - you need to fucking light a fire under their asses. They lost against four of quite-possibly the worst teams in the NFL; and you, as the owner, don't come out and say "What the fuck?" George Steinbrenner said that Johnny Damon had to cut his hair faster than the Jet Owners came up with a resolution. 

So, just like FOX Network, the New York Jets can suck a dick. I've been a die-hard Jets fan my entire 25-year-old life. My dad, has been a Jets fan for like 50 years, we bleed Green and White, but after this display of ...I don't even know what to call it? Self Destruction? Implosion? I don't know. 

Well...I do know. I will be a Jets fan forever. Just like the Braves. I will be a fan no matter what happens. I wish shit like Coaches getting fired wouldn't happen, but unfortunately it does. There's nothing I, as a fan, can do. The Jets started out 8-3 and ended up 9-7. Talk about a shitty way to end a wonderful start. . . 

On the other hand here are Mangenius' parting words:

"I appreciate the opportunity that Woody and Mike gave me for the past three years as the head coach of the New York Jets. The organization has terrific people and I wish the Jets nothing but success. The time and effort invested by the coaches and players was tremendous and I value that beyond words. We worked hard to achieve two winning seasons out of the past three. I regret that we could not reach our goals for this year. I will always appreciate the passion and support of the fans as our focus was trying to build them a championship-caliber foundation and team."

And for all your faults, Mangini, we appreciated you too. 

FOX can eat a dick.

FOX known for canceling shows like Wonderfalls and John Doe and Firefly can eat a dick. They can eat a whole bunch of dicks. 

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Hot Chick O' The Week! #31

Hot Chick o' The Week #30

Carly Pope

Melrose Place 2.0...

With the revamping of a show like 90210..and to have it be such a hit, there's been talk of a Melrose Place 2.0...

I am not really a big fan of Melrose Place; Beverly Hills 90210 you bet, but I only watched MP when the Bevery gang trounced onto their turf. I own the first season of MP, but haven't watched but a few episode yet. 

This was all speculation until...One Tree Hill creator/show runner/writer Mark Schwahn  agree to pen the pilot episode. 

I love "One Tree Hill" I always have. It's been around for 6 years and I think the show only gets better with age. To be completely honest with you, it reminds me of Beverly Hills 90210, the way the characters are progressing and what not. 

A seventh season seems almost imminent, because the ratings have been rather good. Schwahn has it in his WBTV contract to stay as showrunner/exec-producer. 

Stargate: Universe casts its lead.

Something I don't really understand. I like Stargate SG-1, and own Stargate: Atlantis season one (but have neglected to watch), but I can't get around this Stargate: Universe idea. Granted, I like the show, that might sound nerdy, but it's not a badly written show .. poor excuse? 

Stargate: Universe has cast it's lead with Robert Carlyle, who was most recently seen in 24: Redemption opposite Keifer Sutherland. He goes kaplooey. 

Hollywood Reporter says:

Described as edgier, darker and younger-skewing than its predecessors, "SGU" follows a group of soldiers, scientists and civilians left to fend for themselves when forced through a Stargate after their hidden base comes under attack. The survivors, who emerge aboard an ancient ship missing in the far reaches of space, are led by Dr. David Rush (Carlyle), who works to unlock the ship's mysteries and return the group home but also might have ulterior motives.

Sounds fairly interesting. 

Fuck the Yankees up their stupid fucking asses.

I was going to write a loooooooong post here about the Yankees and how much I hate them. Seriously. However, I decided that I didn't have the energy to do it. I will say this, though, they suck a fucking dick.

C.C. Sabathia and AJ Burnett? They shell out fucking $160 million to Sabathia over 7 years, and $82.5 million to Burnett over 5 years? Jesus Christ, man. Talk about throwing money at people. It's kind of annoying that the Yankees and Mets can just throw this fucking ludicrous amount of money around without even thinking about it. That's $240 million dollars. Over that even. To TWO fucking players over the next 7 years.

New "Terminator: Salvation" trailer..

This movie looks surprisingly good...

I never thought I'd say that.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/terminatorsalvation/large.html

Bettie Page has died.

It's weird, according to everything, Bettie Page was already dead. People speculated and speculated saying that she had already died many years ago. It just so happens she didn't die - she was actually just living among us like a regular person. She wasn't living lavishly and she wasn't rich, she was just normal. 

She passed away, though, and most people have been giving the immortalization of Bettie Page through Gretchen Mol's performance in The Notorious Bettie Page; or through Teaserama. 

The fat dude from AICN was in love with her to boot. 

It's a prime example though of how to be literally forgotten for a long time. 

Oh Sweet Jesus...

Jennifer Aniston is hot. Fuck you Brad Pitt for leaving her for that big lipped freakazoid (never a fan of Jolie, personally). Jennifer Aniston poses for GQ magazine...

Hot Chick o' The Week #28

Brooke Burns...

Heath Ledger's apartment ...up for rent?

Heath Ledger, who made headlines this summer for the blockbuster The Dark Knight and also for fucking dying of a drug overdose, had an apartment. However, this apartment is unrentable. 

The apartment, which has been taken off the market, is a $26,000 a month rent. The New York Post says "most likely because of its spooky provenance and a cooling high-end rental market."

Spook Provenance? Drop that baby down to $400 a month and I'm sold. 

SF 49ers Audio Commentators...

They are the WORST...HOLY SHIT. God, these guys are a bunch of bumbling fools! They're talking about nothing, absolutely nothing, there's a fucking GAME going on you morons!

Things that happened to me on the way to work...

First of all, I am fucking beyond hung over and working. I shouldn't be working, but my boss fired the girl I work with, so I have too. Ultimately it doesn't bother me, but I could've used 3 or 12 more hours of sleep today. This mornings drive to work was especially fucked up and weird. Firstly:

1. There was no old people on the road. Only a blonde hottie with a face like an angel and (I'm guessing) breasts that are like cantaloupes from heaven. She was driving faster than I was and that leads into part two of the drive to work;

2. A fucking black SUV that had to have been a Statey or at least a Cop, comes barrelling down the road, lights flashing - so I'm definitely thinking the worst. This girl in front of me slows down and I slow down and figure I'm getting pulled over for speeding, and pull off to the right. And he speeds past me doing about 90 mph, and I sit there in awe for a moment. Then pull back onto the road and start driving. Now, the funniest thing about this episode was that I wasn't like nervous. When I was first starting out driving, my heart dropped into my stomach and I was nervous, but this time around was the three C's: Calm, Cool, and Collected. This didn't lead to part three, but still, it's kind of hilarious.

3. I'm sitting at a light, waiting with my windows open in 23 degree weather (I happen to prefer the cold, plus if you're freezing your ass off, it takes your mind off the hangover), and I look in my rear view mirror and see a guy, in a read Madza (or something like it) dressed as Santa Claus. I kind of just stare for a minute wondering what the fuck was going on, but I didn't get out of the car and hit him, I just continued driving.  

Braves acquire Vazquez from White Sox ...make offer to Burnett...

The Braves are ...probably...out of the running for a trade that involves Jake Peavy. Probably. So, they went out and got themselves a seasoned Post-Season pitcher with over two-thousand K's in Javier Vazquez. Now, it just so happens, they have made an offer to Free Agent Pitcher AJ Burnett. Which is apparently in the realm of $16 million annually (yearly for you retards out there)  with an option for a fifth year. 

Burnett is, without a doubt, a good pitcher. It doesn't showcase your talent when you're pitching for a team like the Blue Jays unfortunately, but he's a hard-throwing left hander. Burnett would be a great addition to an already struggling Braves rotation. 

Hot Chick o' The Week #27

Eliza Dushku is too hot for words, she's also got a new show coming out from Joss Whedon's sordid mind called Dollhouse it shall be on FOX (and be cancelled):

Hot Chick o' The Week #26

Taylor Swift. 

I know, I know.

I have not been blogging like usual, because things have happened lately. Things that I have no control over that have taken an enormous toll on my life. Therefore, blogging is not a main priority of mine. That being said, I made the new site logo, I will no doubt be changing it, because that is so nerdy, that it must go. I do, however, love Deadpool. 

Adventureland Trailer...

Only cause it brings back memories. 

Hot Chick o' The Week #25

Really late this week, family stuff going on, and all that. 

Julianne Hough, country singer and dancer. Is she human....or is she dancer...

Brett Favre = God.

I made it. 

Hot Chick o' The Week #24

Malin Akerman. Who is in the aforementioned Watchmen flick coming out, that looks too fucking incredible for words. 

Holy Shit.

Hot Chick o' The Week #23

No time..for spiel...Jennifer Love Hewitt = Hotness.

Michael Crichton dead at 66

Michael Crichton, writer of Jurassic Park  as well as others and the executive producer/creator of "ER" died today at the age of 66. It's a sad day for media. 

Barack Obama becomes our 44th President.

I'm going to say something, comment if you want, but don't feel obligated to. I'm sure other people are saying similar things.

First of all fuck you to you ass-hats who spray painted a swastika on the "Obama/Biden" sign in front of a Knights of Columbus and spray painted "Commies" on the side of the building. Fuck them, because rural Pennsylvanians are retarded and creepy and ignorant. People wonder why my hatred runs so deep with this state, and it's because of the ignorant shit that flows from the inbred asshole mouths of the population in rural Pennsylvania.

But you know what, Pittsburgh and Philly, you guys rock. You guys went out and voted and you got it done. Erie, you got it done too.

But fuck the hateful people who stood by and made their bogus accusations about Barack Obama being a terrorist and setting us up; and not an accusation, but what does it matter that he's a black man? Yeah, he's black, so what? It's time for a change, and that change is coming. I would say, and hope, that someday people won't see color and race and just see a person standing in front of them. I know this is asking for a lot, but some day I hope this is something that will come through.

Also, Fuck the people who said they were choosing the lesser of two evils.

but enough about fucking idiots...

Barack Obama won the presidency tonight, and for once in my life, something historically good has come out of America in my life time. The first African American President. It's something, with our country the way it is, I never thought I'd see, but a lot of the country California, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Maryland...they pulled through. Thank God for that. For once, I sincerely mean, God Bless America.

Pistons land Iverson...

The Detroit Pistons made an extraordinary trade yesterday, swapping Chauncy Billups, Antonio McDyess, and a third player for Denver Nuggets star Allen Iverson. Iverson joins a team that was in the finals last year, which consists of Richard "Rip" Hamilton and Rasheed Wallace.

It's a surprising trade, considering there was really nothing wrong with the Pistons. The Nuggets made out like thieves.

Mendes tackles a "Preacher"

Sam Mendez, director of such fantastic flicks like Road to Perdition, American Beauty, and Jarhead and who is currently finishing up Revolutionary Road starring Kate Winslet (his wife) and Leo DiCaprio, will helm Preacher for Sony, based on the DC/Vertigo comic book. 

From Variety:

"Created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, graphic novel focuses on the preacher of a Texas town, who is struggling to get by and is driven only by his strong moral sense. When the city is decimated by an otherworldly force, he embarks on a journey across the country to take on the evil."

The book ran from 95-00, and won numerous Eisner awards.

Hot Chick o' The Week #22

You know what I love? Dramatic television. I loved Beverly Hills 90210 when I was a kid, I've watched every episode of the show - care of SOAP net. I actually really like the new 90210 as well. 

The hot chicks, don't make it hard.

Jessica Stroup.

She plays Kelly's younger sister Erin "Silver" Silver. 

Joaquin Phoenix quits acting...

Joaquin Phoenix, best known as Johnny Cash in Walk The Line, has decided to walk away from acting in leu of his burdgeoning music career.

Wait...what?

Austin Nichols Interview...

Austin Nichols was on one of my favorite new shows last year John From Cincinnatti and actually had a guest spot on Friday Night Lights and will actually have a guest spot on One Tree Hill that's going to be an arc of 10 episodes. Check out the interview here.

EDIT:

Austin Nichol's first episode at movie producer interested in Luke's book, "Ravens" was fucking good. He plays a good potentially bad guy.

Hot Chick O' The Week #21

I love the show Life. It's a terrific show centered around Damien Lewis, who plays Detective Crewes, a cop who was wrongfully accused and set up, and spent a good deal of time in prison; when they realized he was wrongfully accused and set out to find out who framed him.

His partner is the extremely sexy Sarah Shahi, who was on Teachers and The L Word...She's the hot chick o' the week. 

Dexter kills ...more people...

Dexter is a pretty awesome show, I personally think it's one of the best on TV...so when it gets picked up for seasons 4...and 5. It's kind of makes the day happy.

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Craig snubs a God.

Daniel Craig, the most recent and awesome portrayer of James Bond was offered the role of Thor in Kenneth Branagh's upcoming (2011) Thor movie. He declined, however, stating it would be too much of a power trip if he were to play Bond and Thor. 

I couldn't honestly see Daniel Craig playing Thor anyway. Thor is a crazy ass ripped mother fucker, who carrys a big hammer and shoots lightning bolts from the sky. Who could I see playing Thor? I don't even have a suggest for that.  

Now...a power trip? No one even knows who Thor is. Honestly, you go up to someone on the street and they think Thor is an animated dog movie. Bond is widely known, so I don't think you'd have a problem playing both...but once again, I don't concur. 

Knight Rider gets back nine...

Critically bashed NBC reboot Knight Rider is on the recieving end of a back nine order from NBC. Which means, it has been upped to a full season order. 

The show in all actuality, has been holding pretty strong at it's Wednesday time slot, and despite the reviews, it's not that bad of a show. 

I guess it's my guilty pleasure, I love it. It's so campy, and cheesy, and Val Kilmer voices KITT, how can it be bad. 

Hot Chick o' The Week #20

Friday Night Lights was/is the best show on Television. I loved the show and actually thought it was better than the movie of the same name. Minka Kelly stars on the show as Lyla Garrity, and she is ridiculously hot. 

Star Trek pic's flood the net...

As I've said, I'm very interested in seeing JJ Abrams' Star Trek re-do. Now pictures from the flick are flooding the intraweb...

SPOCK!

KIRK!

NERO!

THE BRIDGE!

THE CREW! 

There's also a picture of the USS Kelvin getting blown to shit, but...it's not lighting the world on fire or anything. 

Henson's hedge movie bets...

The Henson's, Brian and Lisa, who are the offspring of Muppet-mastermind Jim Henson, have nabbed the script The Happytime Murders which is written by Todd Berger and is:

Written by Todd Berger from a story by Dee Austin Robertson and Berger, the story takes place in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, with the puppets viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an '80s children's TV show called "The Happytime Gang" begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet -- with a drinking problem, no less -- takes on the case.

Sounds pretty interesting. 

After 40 Years ...Rolling Stone shrinks.

RollingStone is one of my favorite magazines, I've had subscriptions to it that I've paid for, as well as subscriptions that I've gotten for free, but overall it's one of the greatest magazines to read for anything. There's sports in there, there's literature in there, movies, and obviously music. 

RS was founded in 1967 by editor Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph Gleason. It was always controversial - especially when it started it's political coverage with Hunter S. Thompson (who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) and only changed it's format once in the 90's by trying to get to a younger audience. Sales rose, but it was slammed critically because it turned into a crappy magazine. It eventually went back to being it's mixture of politics, music, etc, but sales declined, however circulation rose. 

Anywho, RS is going to shrink itself to the size of a regular magazine. 

Gossip Girl gets an extra 2 episodes...

The ratings for the sophmore show Gossip Girl are in, and they're fucking enormous. CW has announced that it wants two more episodes of Gossip Girl for the season - which pretty much solidifies a season three (me thinks). The show is really good, and I guess you could say it's a chick show, but I know dudes who watch it. It's more than about chicks who socialize, it's about drugs, sex, and rock and roll, man. 

The show stars Chace Crawford, Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, and Penn Badgely. 

USA renews some shows...

Psych and Burn Notice return for the second halfs of their respective seasons (3rd and 2nd respectfully), but USA Network has decided to pick the shows up for a 4th and 3rd season; Notice getting a 3rd and Psych getting a 4th. 

These shows are two of my absolute favorite things to watch. Psych is downright hilarious - while Burn Notice borders on seriously comedic. If you didn't know I loved the shortlived USA show Touching Evil which starred Notice lead Jeffrey Donovan - so throw in Bruce Campbell and sexy Gabrielle Anwar and I'm hooked. 

On a lighter note, the peacock (NBC) has ordered for more scripts of Knight Rider and FOX has ordered two more scripts for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. 

Hot Chick O' The Week #19

Kate Beckinsale is hot, there's no question about it, she was hot in everything from Serendipity to Laurel Canyon and obviously hot in Underworld and Underworld II. 

She's got a movie called Nothing But the Truth coming out sometime in th near future and stars opposite Matt Dillion and Alan Alda. Regardless, she is one very hot chick.

Shyamalan to scribe "Unbreakable" sequel.

Unbreakable is a rather good movie, much like his first effort The Six Sense and third movie Signs, M. Night Shyamalan made the unbelievable believable. Unbreakable starred Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson - Willis as a guy who realizes that he's got a special ability after he is the sole surviver in a devastating train crash. 

The movie is really good, if you haven't seen it - you should - but anything after Signs for M. Night Shyamalan is pretty much Unwatchable if you will. 

The Village is a fucking joke. It's not the 1300's, it's the 2000 and those people are all batshit crazy insane. 

Lady in the Water - we GET it..

The Happening...I will not rant about this movie, as much as I really want too, because I've already done so.

M. Night Shyamalan is now making a live action The Last Airbender  movie? Granted, I do not know what this movie is about, but I know it's based on some animated TV show that Justin is obsessed with. 

M. Night Shyamalan is a ...good...story teller. His ideas, however sometimes illconcieved, are interesting and thought provoking. It makes you wonder if he says something like this:

"I want to write it right now, but I want to write it for the right reasons. I want a story to pop into my head that is organic and expressive of who I am. You know, these are all kind of journals of where I am emotionally, so it's kind of hard. I'm kind of trying to go back to the journal that existed in 1999 for me. But I know me: As soon as I give up on it is when the idea will come to me.”

That he's willing to ...go back and try and save his career off of a movie that no doubt got him critical acclaim. 

Slice gets KTFO

Kimbo Slice is famous for beating up Bums in a shipyard. That's what he's famous for...fifteen minutes of internet video fame. He was supposed to fight Ken Shamrock on Saturday Night Fights on CBS ...but Shamrock cut his eye during training and couldn't fight, so they had to find a replacement. Frank Shamrock was suggested, but CBS blocked it (he's their play-by-play guy, and he's also recovering from a broken arm. He would've also given up 45 pounds to Slice). 

So they got this guy...Seth "The Silverback" Petruzelli to fight Slice...and Slice gets knocked the fuck out in 14 seconds after 12 punches from Petruzelli who gave up 30 pounds to Slice in the fight. Petruzelli is 10-4 in all of his fights combined, but hadn't fought in almost a year.

The facade of Kimbo Slice is over. 

Hot Chick O' The Week #18

Ashley Tisdale is 22 years old, so when you say "Hey Perv, this chick is High School Musical 3,000!" or whatever, be aware that she's pretty hot and she's 22 years old, not 15.

Johansson & Reynolds tie the knot.

Apparently Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds have gotten married. I know, I said something about the two of them dating and all that shit like months ago, but I had no idea that they were still going out, nor did I care. I just hope this doesn't push Reynolds to start making serious movies. His comedic genius is in crude, cringe, and Fletch-like humor. While Scarlett Johansson is a Woody Allen-girl, who makes a good movie, then a bad movie, then a good movie, then she makes The Other Boleyn Girl. 

Good Riddance Shea. Good Riddance Mets from the 2008 Playoffs.

Today is a glorious day. Shea Stadium was home to the last Met game ever. Shea Stadium will be torn down in leu of a new Stadium called Citi Field. The second part of this glorious day is not that Bret Favre threw 6 Touchdowns and 1 INT in a blowout of the Arizona Cardinals, but it is that Mets for the 2nd year in a row, miss the playoffs due to their own shoddy play.

The Mets are OUT of the playoffs and the Brew-Crew is in.

I don't know who to route for...oh wait...

GO CUBBIES!!!!!

Paul Newman dead at the age of 83...

Holy shit. I thought Paul Newman would live forever...honestly...and the fact that he's died puts a little damper on my day. Paul Newman made films like The Hustler, The Sting, The Color of Money, Slapshot, Hud, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof....I mean, he made some of the best movies I can possibly think of, and now he's dead at the age of 83 from cancer.

The man's health was in decline, I have to say, because he was cancelling appearances, and now you know why.

"Buffy" wants a new show.

Sarah Michelle Gellar wants to come back to TV and she's getting a chance to do just that with a show called "The Wonderful Maladys" which:

Set in Gotham, "The Wonderful Maladys" ensembler revolves around the dysfunctional lives of three adult siblings who lost their parents at a young age.

The show is going to be on HBO (if it gets picked up and all that. I remember a show called..."Manchild" that didn't get picked up...starring K. Smith) and will be penned by the guy who penned The Life of David Gale and The Interpreter his name? Charles Randolph. Randolph had a failed attempt at a TV back in 2001, which ironically starred original-Buffy Kristy Swanson.

National Treasure 3 going forward?

At yesterday's Disney Party (I call it a party, because I don't know what else to call it) they announced that National Treasure III. Nic Cage is in, as I'm sure the rest of the cast is coming back. 

Tron 2 ...fuck the heck?

Johnny Depp will reprise his role as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean 4, will star in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland as The Mad-Hatter and also star in Disney's remake of The Lone Ranger as TONTO...Depp was there, and this was all confirmed. 

Do Not Disturb is the first casualty.

Do Not Disturb the really horrible sitcom starring Jerry O'Connell and Niecy Nash ("RENO 911") has been canceled by FOX after just two episodes of abysmal TV. 

Hot Chick O' The Week #17

Late this week, I know, but that's okay. 

This weeks Hot Chick o' The Week is Jennifer Garner. I've always loved Jennifer Garner. Always. I think the fact that she is married to Ben Affleck who in turn is good friends with Kevin Smith, is fucking cool as hell. She's a beautiful, beautiful chick, who just hasn't lost any of her looks after giving birth, and has starred in a hit movie (The Kingdom) and a hit television show ("Alias") Needless to say I think this warrants a Hot Chick o' The Week status. 

HCOTW Theron thinks The Hills is a piece of shit, and so do I!

The Hills is a show on MTV (which stands for Music Television...what the fuck?) and it follows LC (Lauren Conrad) and a band of merry nitwits as they trek across California's beautiful landscape in search of fame and fortune. 

That's actually not a bad premise if it was a scripted show. As it stands, it is not. The show is a piece of shit, that's supposedly reality television. Funny thing though, Charlize Theron, last weeks Hot Chick O' The Week, thinks The Hills is a piece of shit. I do as well. I think the show is very very bad. I think it's a waste of money to keep throwing these douches out there on TV every Monday and expecting fireworks. Heidi Montag got a ...music career...out of it. I ...guess. I don't know if I'd consider this:

And realize that Heidi Montag only gets to make music, because of this dimwit infested show. 

Lawerence and Smith team up for "I am Legend" ...prequel.

It's sad to think of how good the book I Am Legend was - and how good the movie I Am Legend was, but the two things were remotely different in certain aspects. Will Smith playing the lead was kind of weird considering it was a white guy in the book. The book also ended differently than the movie.

I personally loved the book. It's not my favorite book ever (Catcher in the Rye) if you must know, but it was a good book. The movie, now, is being made into a prequel. The script is being penned by DB Weiss. The prequel will:

"chronicle the final days of humanity in New York before a man-made virus caused a plague that left Smith’s character the lone survivor among a mutated mob in the city."

I don't know if I can watch another Will Smith flick like this. The original flick was really, really enjoyable. It was sad, scary, and emotional, but this could just ruin it all.

Clay Aiken comes out of the closet.

Clay Aiken decided that his fans (I say his because I am not one of them) are finally able to accept the fact that he's gay.

Duh.

Clay Aiken is one of those gay people that you know is gay. I've got nothing against gay people, but you don't dress like that guy and say you're straight. And now...he's got a kid.

Fuck the heck!?

What Clay Aiken didn't realize is that in reality, not his little made up fantasy island of gay-puppeteers, people live in the 2008 - we're not stupid.

Tonight's premeire...The Mentalist

I will tell you what, The Mentalist is not the best new show of Fall 08. It's not close, but it's a pretty damn good show headlined by Simon Baker (The Guardian) and Robin Tunney (Prison Break). It's got it's quirk, it has it's shine, and it's also very very funny at times. Simon Baker gets into the role almost immediately (that's what actors do), you feel for the character when you find out what happened and why it happened. You realize why he's helping the police, why he can't sleep, why he deals with things with humor instead of utter seriousness. 

This is like the Real World's version of USA's Psych, but not nearly as hilarious. Simon Baker plays a guy who pays attention. And after tonight people'll be paying attention to this show. 

Unfortunately for The Mentalist ...it goes up against Fringe tonight, but follows Bellasario uber-hit NCIS. 

JD's Smallville Recap

Smallville has been one of my favorite shows since it's inception 7+ years ago. A boy Superman with incredible powers, but with no costume to hide who he is. So he has to hide who he is. It's been a long (sometimes gut wrenching) 7 years. Magic was involved, Indians were involved, the entrance to the Fortress was a cave!? All in all, after 7 years, I still haven't stopped watching. Tom Welling does a fantastic job of playing the Man of Steel, and the additions of Justin Hartley as Green Arrow/Oliver Queen is fantastic. And Tom Witwer is apparently going to be playing Doomsday.

The funniest thing about the show now is the opening credits.

Tom Welling is obviously billed first and in one caption he's sporting a pair of glasses and a suit, because he's going to be working for the Daily Planet. Chloe is second billed, Cassidy Freeman is in the opening credits (she'll be playing the new Lex "Tess Mercer") and Sam Witwer is also in the opening credits. Justin Hartley actually gets added to the credits, but Laura Vanderhoot is gone (she'll probably return).

The episode 8.1 called "Odyssey" is the first episode to feature the new creative team. It hasn't missed a beat. The show still owns a lot of different levels as far as characterization is concerned. It opens with Tess Mercer, she's the new baddie, shes calling the shots, because Lex is missing. They're were the Fortress was. In the middle of the arctic looking for Lex. Who shows up, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Aqua-dude (trying to find Clark Kent).

To fast forward, Chloe is being held in what's supposed to be DDS, but it turns out Lex is holding her against her will. She's got a new power, her brain is faster "than their fastest supercomputer" which is newly added to her powers of healing (which seem to be absent). Clark, we find out, is working in a Russian camp and getting the shit kicked out of him. Apparently the controlling Clark Kent turns out to be taking away his powers.

The Justice Group of Guys Dressed up in Silly Costumes decide they're still going to look for Clark because: "He wouldn't give up on us." They split up, the people holding Chloe make her without her knowledge find Canary and Aquaman and they get taken into Custody.

Clark is still in his Russian hide-away until Oliver comes to save his ass, but not before making it look good. They tussle before Clark asks: "What took you so long?" On the way back they realize where Chloe is being held and go to rescue her in some warehouse that LutherCorp now owns. Clark demands they split up, they do, Clark runs into Lois who is like "What the Eff, Smallville?" she tells Clark to stay behind her and her gun, and they're on the hunt for Chloe who has been made to find Green Arrow.

[Side story is that Lex developed a serum that makes people do whatever he/LutherCorp wants, based on Chloe's mom's powers...etc.]

Lois gets zapped, Clark knocks someone out. He goes to look for GA who has been taken over mentally by this serum now, and takes two Arrows to the chest. Clark goes down, Chloe tries to save him, but Clark is in flashback mode: seeing Lana, his parents, and his life go whizzing by) the last thing he sees is Martian Manhunter, who grabs him and flies the fuck out of there. He flies very near the sun...

Commercial.

When we come back Clark is sleeping on Barn's couch. Manhunter tosses him a football and Clark crushes it in his hands. He's back, but Manhunter has lost his powers because the sun has the reverse effect on him.

Tess Mercer gets a briefcase, inside said briefcase is a blue crystal shaped like the supes emblem.

Clark meets up with the Justice League Members on the corner of a side street - they're taking off in their own directions to stay safe.

Clark goes to the Daily Planet and is squeaking a chair to annoy Lois. And playing with a name plate. He breaks the news that he's the newest writer for the Daily Planet and walks out with a smile on his face. Lois picks up the name plate it reads "CLARK KENT"



That's my recap. I'm not very good at recaps as you can tell.

Hot Chick O' The Week...#16

Charlize Theron is one of those chicks who sometimes takes the serious role, and sometimes she does like the little flicks that make men want to marry her. Like The Italian Job or Hancock. She did do an episode arc on Arrested Development and she played AEON Flux as well. She's going to reprise her role in The Brazilian Job and she's also playing the character of the wife in The Road.

Needless to say, that she is hotter than hot.

Anders and McClure sign up for "Corn"

David Anders who played Sark on Alias and Takezo Kensai/Adam Monroe on Heroes will join Battlestar Galactica alum Kandyse McClure in Sci-Fi's remake of Children of the Corn. 

David Anders is awesome, and Kandyse McClure is hot. 

Zambrano with a No-No.

Carlos Zambrano for the Chi-Town Cubbies fanned ten and threw a No-Hitter Sunday Night. This was his first start since getting an anti-inflammatory injection in his bum-shoulder.

It's the first no-hitter by a Cub since 1972. Burt Hooton and Milt Pappas both pitched No-No's in 1972. Pappas had a bid at a perfect game too, but Bruce Froemming had it out for him (!!) and called two pitches, that Pappas swears were strikes (of course they were), balls. He's the only pitcher to lose a perfect game on a walk to the 27th Batter. And he's also got this to go on about:

On September 11, 1982, Pappas’s wife, Carole, disappeared after leaving the couple’s home in the Farnham subdivision in the Chicago suburb of Wheaton. A group of four men known as the Ripper Crew were believed to have killed Mrs. Pappas in a satanic ritual. In 1984, Tom Kokoraleis, who was convicted for the murder of Lorraine Borowski led police to a field where Carole Pappas was allegedly buried, but searchers could find no remains. [1]

For five years, no sign was found of her car, clothing, or body. In 1987, almost five years to the day Mrs. Pappas disappeared, workers draining a shallow pond only four blocks from the Pappas home discovered the car Mrs. Pappas had been driving, a white and burgundy 1980 Buick, as well as her body. A DuPage County Coroner's jury ruled the cause of death as drowning. Police theorized Pappas mistook a driveway near the pond for a road leading to her subdivision, vaulting 25-30 feet from the bank into the pond. Pappas, a recovering alcoholic, may have been drinking, however blood alcohol content could not be confirmed.'

Not only would this make the best made-for-tv flick evar but look at the bold:

Police theorized Pappas mistook a driveway near the pond for a road leading to her subdivision, vaulting 25-30 feet from the bank into the pond.

What the hell? How do you mistake your driveway? This is the problem with living in bumblefuck. You make a wrong turn and you end up dead at the bottom of a lake swimming with the fishies.

Will Smith is a Pharaoh....

Whoa...from Hancock to 600 BC. Randall Wallace, the scribe behind Braveheart and Pearl Harbor will pen The Last Pharaoh. It will be:

Wallace is penning The Last Pharaoh, described by Variety as revolving around Taharqa, the pharaoh who will be played by Smith, who battled Assyrian invaders in ancient Egypt. The film will focus on his battles with Assyrian leader Esarhaddon starting in 677 B.C.

Will Smith is going to play a fucking Pharaoh...Jesus Christ. 

No Sackhoff for "Nip/Tuck"; replaced by McGowan.

I like Katee Sackhoff. I really do, she looks hot ..sometimes, but not when she's sucking on the fat end of a cigar. Something about smoking women just doesn't do it for me. Also short-hair on a chick is also a turn off, so pretty much any time on Battlestar Galactica I don't find her that attractive. Now here:

Yes, she's mightily attractive. So much so, that the upcoming news kind of annoys me. Katee Sackhoff, who had a short stint on Bionic Woman, I call it short because the show only lasted 13 episodes, was supposed to star on Nip/Tuck this season as a love interest for Shawn McNamara, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. When Dick Wolf comes calling with a detective show called Lost and Found...you can't say no. 

Therefore she's been replaced with Rose McGowan...who has given me the same hotness problem. She looked really hot on Charmed ...but prior to that, she looked like something out of a horror movie. She was very Goth, she was married to Marilyn Manson...now she's going Red Sonja. I'm not sure what to expect anymore. I think she's hot now, but previously not-so-much. 

Rose McGowan will have a 4-episode stint on Nip/Tuck while Katee Sackhoff (hopefully non-smoking, long haired) will star in the Dick Wolf-produced Lost and Found. 

9/11 ...This is not funny, I apologize.

Firstly, this isn't going to be long, but it's not going to be in the funny variety.



I am a Long Islander. I don't live there anymore, I lived in Nassau County for the majority of my life before moving to Bumfuckville, PA. I lived in New York (Long Island) until 2005, so I was there for the tragic events of September 11th, and I remember it all too clearly.
I was going to school at SUNY Farmingdale and I was in Psychology class when the class let out and everyone went their separate ways. That was the last time I ever went back to SUNY Farmingdale (I have since went to another college), so 9/11 was the straw that broke the camels back - so to speak - and it just piled on top of all the other shit that was going on at that time. Not to trivialize or anything, but 2001 was right after High School. Literally graduated in June and went right to College in September. It might sound normal for most people, but I hated High School. I couldn't wait to get the hell out of school and move on, but I should'nt have jumped into college like that, not me, and that will forever be my mistake.

Like anything else, I hopped into the car (at the time a 88 CSC) and turned on Don & Mike on WNEW. Honestly, having not heard anything, there was news on...No Don & Mike, no nothing. I went home, turned on the TV, and my parents were home and told me about the first tower. Immediately it was like a movie, slow motion, the news was like something out of a disaster flick. Albeit unnerving, but also surreal. I remember watching the news and seeing the plane hit the second tower. It shocked me, it put me in a point where I was scared. As you watched the events unfold, people were leaping out of the building on the top floors and falling to their deaths. It was crazy, absolutely crazy.

This was 7 years ago. Seven years. For the better part of a decade we've been in a war that has no end, because we wanted it, because someone came in and fucked the greatest city up. It's absolutely unbelievable to me that it took a disaster such as 9/11 to bring the world together, and it's sad actually. What's miraculous is that New York City took a fucking beating and it's still standing.

It is, by far, the worst thing that's ever happened in my life time. I hope that it stays that way. I can't imagine something worse than the day 9/11/2001. It literally changed all too much.

Hot Chick O The Week.

Elizabeth Banks has been floating around recently. She's done everything from Seabiscuit to Spider-Man to Scrubs ...she's going to play Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's biopic on our future-former President George Bush called W. What intrigues me about Banks is that she agreed to do Kevin Smith's new flick Zack and Miri Make a Porno which means, it must be good. 

Nichols lands in "Tree Hill", Robinson gets "Lost"

John From Cincinnati's Austin Nichols is set to join One Tree Hill in what's said to be a "heavy recurring role." Nichols will play a indie-movie producer who is interested in turning Lucas' (Chad Michael-Murray) first novel into a movie. And if there's any OTH storyline brewing here, it's that Nichols' character will share a connection with Peyton (Hilarie Burton).

In LOST news, they've tapped New Amsterdam star Zuleikha Robinson to play an apparent pivotal role "Ilana" in the shows fifth season. If you didn't know already, I lovvvvvvvvvvved New Amsterdam and thought it was a fantastic show. 

If you don't believe me read so here. 

The "Watchmen" debacle.

Watchmen is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons. Moore and Gibbons created arguably the greatest graphic novel of all time when they decided to write a controversial story about anti-heroes, heroes with ridiculous flaws about them. 

The graphic novel has now been turned into a film, a film that looks so good, that it could be the 

Godfather of all superhero films. Every comic-geek's wet dream is comprised of visuals of Silk Spectre II, daughter of Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre. To be completely honest with you, when I saw the trailer I got goose bumps, I saw in the movie what the film was all about: last ditch efforts to save what you believe in. 

I remember reading Wanted by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones and thinking to myself (this is about the time they announced the film was being written/released) that this flick could kick some serious ass. I mean, a born loser becomes the greatest assassin alive. It was the embodiment of the loser book, you rooted for Wesley even though he was killing people. The graphic novel (that's how I read it) is so good, you read it through without putting it down. The film on the other hand starring James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman and Common is nothing like the graphic novel and it's depressingly bad. The director is actually a good one too, a Russian guy named Timur Bekmambetov who directed a couple of great flicks called Night Watch and Day Watch. I couldn't understand what happened to this flick, the generality of it was deafening, it was just an action movie, there was nothing special about it. The graphic novel got left at the door and the writers just kind of threw a gigantic piece of cinematic regurgitation onto paper. 

I can't imagine this is what's happened to Watchmen though and that's because I trust Zach Snyder with my life. Snyder career in film making started with his Dawn of the Dead remake, which honestly wasn't really that bad. It had it's moments, but it was a zombie movie after all. Now, I don't know who he sold his soul to, to helm Frank Miller's gory Spartan epic 300, but I'm glad he's soulless now. I loved 300, because once again, I had read the graphic novel (it's rather large) and knew the material. Snyder apparently did too, because he hit the nail on the head and delivered one of my favorite movies of 2006. With a backdrop of an eerie song "The End is the Beginning is the End" by The Smashing Pumpkins, the trailer flows with an energy that leaves you wanting to see this movie today, right now, this second. My brother and I went to see The Dark Knight and I marked out when the trailer came on in full movie theater quality. I got goosebumps again and watched as the characters that Alan Moore created were brought to life by Patrick Wilson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Malin Ackerman among others. 

Then I heard that FOX is suing to keep Watchmen from the fans, because they bought the rights to the book back in the '80's. Now Warner Bros. who owns DC, picked up the rights (they own the majority of them FOX only owns a bit) and they've gotten the movie made. Now they're going to court over the entity that is Watchmen and FOX is trying to keep the movie from hitting the screen in March of '09. I don't know if I can live without seeing a movie that's finished...the apparent Godfather of superhero movies...on the big screen. It'll sadden me quite a bit. 

New "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" poster.

Hot Chick O' The Week!

Shenae Grimes is starring as Annie Wilson on the newly revamped 90210 and to be honest with you, I'm digging this chick. He facial expressions are fantastic...when she looks mildly confused, she literally looks confused. She was born in '89 so she's almost twenty so I don't feel as creepy thinking a girl playing a 16-year old is kind of hot.

She was also on Degrassi: The Next Generation a show, for the life of me, I just cannot get into.

Probably the best promo for an upcoming TV Show Season ever...

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Sorkin joins "Facebook"

Aaron Sorkin who has written such incredible shit, like The West Wing, Sports Night, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Charlie Wilson's War, A Few Good Men, as well as more, is apparently leaning towards more recent history for his next project. A flick about the Harvard guys who created Facebook.

Let me tell you something about Facebook...it sucks balls. Facebook is the worst of the group when it comes to being a friend-whore, but needless to say, it's still around. Harvard Guys had to create the fucking thing too. How fucking bad do you feel, population? Harvard, four fucking Harvard guys, created a website where you can be friends with everyone as long as you went to a certain school (not anymore actually). I found this to be rather elitist, but I wouldn't join regardless. I am more a MySpace type-o-guy, myself.

If you're on myspace and you want to look at some chick's pictures (as long as she doesn't have her shit blocked) you can look at her sexy pics no problem. To look at pics on Facebook, you have to friend said sexy girl in order to do so.

Just so you know, I have nothing against Boston, it's just sad that a couple of geeky fuckers from HAH-VAHD had to create friendships via the computer.

Bravos trade Kotsay to the Red Sox for OF Prospect...

Fuck the heck!?

Hot Chick O' The Week

Amber Heard is so hot. I almost immediately fell in love with her on Hidden Palms for the episode(s) I watched (probably like two). The show wasn't very good, but she is smoking hot. She's in Pineapple Express and she's a bad girl apparently according to her Maxim Interview which you can read in Maxim's August issue. She starred in (a pretty good flick if my opinion counts for anything) Never Back Down opposite Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet. She's gorgeous. Bottomline.

ABC picks up five shows

Three of which I will mention.

Firstly, Cupid which is brought back to life by Veronica Mars writer/creator Rob Thomas (he also had a hand in bringing back 90210 God Bless him) about a guy (Bobby Canivale) who thinks that he is Cupid, and the shrink (Sarah Paulson, whom I love) who treats him. Paulson was fantastic in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip which got canceled prematurely.

Second off, The Unusuals which stars Amber Tamblyn and a whole bunch of other people like: Harold Perrineau, Jeremy Renner, and Adam Goldberg. It focuses on a quirky (their word, not mine) NYPD precinct.

The third is a Nathan Fillion show (Firefly, Two Guys a Girl and Pizza Place) called Castle where he plays the title character Nick Castle who plays a novelists who helps the police.

They all sound pretty good, it's nice to see Nathan Fillion getting back to TV.

Finally the music that says something is back...

Jack's Mannequin is too fucking good for words. You should go out and buy the new album on September 30th, 2008 it's called The Glass Passenger and I bet that you would really like it. Just take a look at these lyrics for the song Lullaby:

Give me something to believe in,
A breath from the breathing
So write it down,
I don't think that I'll close my eyes
'Cause lately I'm not dreaming
So what's the point in sleeping?
It's just that at night,
I've got nowhere to hide
So I write you a lullaby
A lullaby

Tell me those aren't fantastic.

Also, I'm writing something again, Thank God.

I'd be lying...

If I said Fast and Fourious (yea, I know) didn't look fucking ridiculously awesome.

When you watch something because of the people in it...

Raising the Bar looks like a good show. It's probably not a great show, but it looks good enough to watch, because of the people who act within it. Mark Paul Gosselaar has been on TV for fucking ever starting with Saved by the Bell and going on to Hyperion Bay, D.C., NYPD Blue, he was in a couple of episodes of Over There (short lived, but really good FX Series), he was on Commander in Chief (it's a wonder that didn't work out....) and he was most recently on John From Cincinatti. JFC was a show that no one got, including me, but Gosselaar was good on it even in a reduced role.

Now he's on a Steven Bochco produced show, which isn't a first for Gosselaar who was on Over There and Commander in Chief (both produced by Bochco). Now, this show also stars Jane Kaczmarek (who is married to Bradley Whitford of Studio 60 and West Wing fame) and J August Richards. You'll remember Kaczmarek from Malcom in the Middle she played the mother (Ohhhh right), but unless you're a big fan of Angel starring David Boreanz you won't have a clue who J August Richards is.

Richards played in nearly a 100 episodes the Joss Whedon series Angel playing Charles Gunn; he was also on another show I liked very much called Conviction (created/produced by Dick Wolf of Law & Order fame). Richards' role on Angel actually became my favorite over time on the show, just because of his dialogue and over all demeanor. So, what I'm saying, is that I'll watch this show based on the actors alone. Unless it's written so poorly it cannot be saved.

Pavano toes the rubber today...

Carl Pavano, who has started 19 games for the Yankees since signing a 4 year $40 million dollar contract, will start today against the Baltimore Orioles.

I remember talking about this way back when. Pavano signs a big deal with the Yanks after a fairly good season with the Marlins. A gigantic contract for a guy who was just not proven yet, and it backfired. Pavano hurt everything on his body that could be hurt. His ribs, his butt, his elbow, his back, and his shoulder not in that order.

The call comes, because they don't think Phil Hughes is polished enough down in Trip A. So, Pavano it is.

Jesus Christ....he'll probably wind up throwing a no-no.

EDIT: Pavano pitched 5 innings, gave up 3 runs, K'd five, and gave up 7 hits. All in all, Pavano looked like Pavano would without his usually ball movement.

Judge him not.

Mike Judge apparently has another movie up his sleeve. After Idiocracy I was unsure of this, because that movie was a piece of flaming shit. Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph couldn't save the comedy...that's how bad it was.

Now Judge has another movie which'll start shooting sometime next week called Extract which is about a man who works at a flower-extract factory and loses his arm in a freak accident and tries to get a substantial settlement from his place of employment. The flick will star Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, and Mila Kunis.

Gene Upshaw dies...

This sucks. Gene Upshaw was an NFL Hall of Famer, 7 time pro-bowler, 11 time All-Pro, 2 time SuperBowl champion, a member of the NFL 75th Anniversary Team, and a member of the 1970's All Decade Team. He played for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders from 1967-1981, playing 15 seasons (217 games). He retired in 1981 and shortly after became executive director of the Player's Union.

I told the guy I work with "I can't find any stats on this guy, Gene Upshaw, like nothing just a couple of Fumble recoveries..." and he said "Who cares? He's dead."

Real nice.

Gene Upshaw dead at the age of 63, from pancreatic cancer that he was apparently hiding.
1945-2008