Tuesday, October 25, 2011

A Detailed Look at Raw (October 24, 2011)



You may or may not remember my post from August where I admitted to occasionally watching pro wrestling yet I attend shows when they come to town because it's something to do and I'm not cool enough to spend money on drugs or other bad stuff. Well, WWE, which is much more well known than TNA, came to town last night so you know I was there.

This was a televised show, their flagship Monday night program called Raw. You might have heard of it, it's been around since 1993 and it used to compete against WCW Monday Nitro until WCW started being run by the same kind of people who think TCU and West Virginia are better potential members for the Big 12 Conference than Colorado, Nebraska, Texas A&M and Missouri and booked itself right out of business. Umm, where was I? Oh yeah, Raw. Well let's see what happened at this show shall we?

PS apologies for the pics, it's hard to take good pics in such crappy light, so ignore the fuzziness. I think they turn out pretty well to be honest.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

FFF

Welcome one and all to another edition of the non-flipping, non-flopping, non-flying FFF!

Last week I asked you if you preferred watching movies via digital copy or physical media. A whopping 80 percent of you voted that you prefer using physical media (DVDs, etc.) to enjoy your films.

In completely unrelated news, the FBI will soon be monitoring the internet activities of the Butler family and flamingtoilet. Watch out for those "Flowers By Irene" vans!


And that brings us to this week's poll.



What is the best "video game" movie?
Super Mario Bros
Resident Evil
Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat
Pokemon
Doom
Other


Friday, October 21, 2011

Let's Get Comical!

So here we are, another week, another batch of new comics to read. I was lazy and didn’t read ANYTHING I picked up last week, hence the lack of reviews. But there are some good titles out this week, so let’s see what happens in the world of comics.

Beware of spoilers, or as we also like to call them, soilers.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Friday Ultraviolet Digital Copy Fiesta!

Welcome to the Friday Film Fiesta, brought to you by the Green Lantern Ultraviolet Digital Copy! Why deal with the hassle of uploading a regular digital copy onto your PC or mobile device when you can store an Ultraviolet Digital Copy inside of a "digital cloud" and stream them from ANY** PC or mobile device?

Last week I asked you if you would be willing to pay $60 to watch movies on Pay-Per-View before they are released in theaters, and the majority of you voted NO. And really, why order a movie on Pay-Per-View when you can stream an Ultraviolet Digital Copy stored on a digital cloud?

**Apple devices only, no Androids allowed

- Box Office News: Real Steel STEALS the money from other movies, and also STEALS a record from Rocky IV. In other words, it was a REAL STEAL for REAL STEEL LOL GET IT?
- Trailer Time: Check out the new trailer for The Muppets and debut trailers for The Divide, Stephen King's Bag of Bones, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, 11-11-11, This Means War, Act of Valor, Sleeping Beauty, and American Reunion. Oh, and something about that Avenger Project they talked about at the end of Iron Man.
- In Theaters This Week: The Big Year, The Thing, and the remake absolutely nobody wanted to see, Footloose
- Next Week's Notable DVD Ultraviolet Digital Copy Releases: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Red State, Bad Teacher, and the movie given rave reviews by the Place 2 Be Podcast, Monte Carlo!

- Speaking of this week's sponsor, what the heck exactly is this Ultraviolet Digital junk? Sorry to go off on a rant but Hollywood just spent the last few years basically telling us NOT to buy DVDs because they're obsolete, and now they're upset that nobody is buying them anymore? Hmm, could it be that people aren't buying DVDs anymore because they're too damn expensive? There's a REASON we spend so much time digging through the Wal-Mart DVD Death Bins.
- Apparently Sony reads the Fiesta. Hi Sony execs!
-RIP Qwikster, and possibly Reed Hastings' career too
- A very stupid woman is suing the distributor of Drive for false advertising and being anti-Semitic. JoBlo uses a Lionel Hutz joke, and I already made one the other day, so form your own opinion!
- Where have all the horror movies gone? Doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo... sorry
- If you noticed that the Disney logo was nowhere to be seen during the Avengers trailer and are curious about its absence, here's your explanation
- Bad news for The Three Musketeers but good news for Our Boy Andy. Is there anything TiVo can't do?
- Coming Soon, Steve Jobs: the Movie!
- We have an update on the whereabouts of Our Fearless Leader, cWo Founder Tom Cruise
- This week in "Why the Hell Not" Reboot News: The Lone Ranger
- First Superman lost his undies, now new pics have him without his shirt
- There will be both a PG-13 and an R rated version of the sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Disney is trying to ruin the zombie craze
- Javier Bardem joins the cast of Bond 23. I, personally, can't wait for Bond vs. Chigurh
- Not movie news, but movie related: Star Wars: The Clone Wars officially jumps the shark
- In other TV news, The Simpsons isn't going anywhere

And that brings us to this week's poll:

Do you prefer watching movies via digital copy or physical media (DVD, etc.)?
- Digital Copy
- Physical Media
- Illegally Downloaded
- I Prefer Reading Books

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Let's Get Comical!

New title for comic book discussion. U LIEK IT?!?

Anyway, I've spent the past few days reading various comic books, so let's get to talkin' about them, shall we? As always, beware of the dreaded spoilers...

Friday, October 7, 2011

Friday Film Fiesta

It's time for the Friday Film Fiesta, which means that in a few hours it will be the weekend!

Last week I asked which franchise you prefer - Star Trek or Star Wars? The result was even worse than anyone could have imagined: a TIE. Six people voted for Star Trek, while another six voted for Star Wars. BUT, the important thing is that nobody voted for Lost in Space.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The New 52!


I’ve never been much of a comic book guy. In fact, all of my knowledge of comic book characters comes from watching the many awesome cartoons from the 1990’s (well, everything from the DCAU is awesome, not much of the Marvel cartoons hold up), and a little bit of Wikipedia. But when DC announced earlier in the year that they were rebooting, I felt like it was my time to finally jump into comic book reading.

So a little bit of backstory for those who are unfamiliar, DC rebooted pretty much all of their comics and released 52 new #1 issues throughout the month of September. Starting on August 31 with Justice League, several titles were released each week, with the final #1 issues being released on September 28. I only picked up 14 of the 52 comics and decided I would post some thoughts on everything.

THIS WILL HAVE SPOILERS, DURR HERP DERP.

Random sidenote, it’s actually pretty amazing how cheap these things are. I’ve already dropped probably around $100 on just a few comics, what with back-issues and such. Most titles only cost either $2.99 or $3.99. Some of my other hobbies are much more expensive. So hooray?

Let’s start with “Flashpoint #5” which explains the reboot.