Friday, July 27, 2012

TOUT Presents: The Most Highly TOUTed Fiesta in History!

Welcome to the Most Highly TOUTed Fiesta in History! Presented by TOUT!


Last week TOUT asked you what you thought of The Dark Knight Rises, and it made your Dark Knight rise... which is what I would be saying if you hadn't voted on calling me out for reusing old jokes from December! But seriously, that will be the end of dick jokes. We have corporate sponsorship with TOUT after all!


TOUT would like to remind you that the following videos contain language that might be unsafe for work, so proceed with caution!

























And that brings us to this week's poll.




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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Fraturday Film Fiesta

Life does silly things to you, like prevent you from doing a Fiesta at the right time. So let's get to it!


Screw Jope.


Last week I asked you if you liked the new Q, and 60% of you answered that you preferred John Cleese as R to any variations of Q.


-- Box Office News: Ice Age tells the competition to FREEZE and CHILL out.
-- Trailer Time: Check out new trailers for The Master, Bachelorette and Man of Steel
-- In Theaters This Week: The Dark Knight Rises
-- Next Week's Notable DVD Releases: Silent House


-- You all have heard about this by now, but tragic news coming out of the TDKR midnight showings as an asshole decides to play real-life GTA, killing 12 and injuring much more. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims. Christopher Nolan has also issued a statement on the shootings
-- 2012 Emmy Nominations have been announced
-- Screened also takes a look at John Woo's Hard Boiled
-- Marc Webb won't be returning for the Amazing Spider-Man sequel


Welp, slow news week I guess. Let's get to this week's poll.




What did you think of The Dark Knight Rises?
My Dark Knight rose
My Dark Knight failed to rise
This Nigga's Rising!
Enough dick jokes
You already used these jokes in December, asshole

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Let's Get Comical! - Batman Incorporated

Working at the radio station again today, which means more time for comics!

Random story: my training at the station involves me working on the Rush Limbaugh show. Our station airs his show live via satellite and during his commercials I turn the volume down on the satellite playing his ads and play our local ads. Rush is a big blubbering idiot who regularly runs past his alloted speaking time, so I've basically learned to tune his show out until they play the "ding" that signals that it's time for a commercial. Anyway, the past week, Rush has been complaining saying that the villain of the upcoming Batman flick The Dark Knight Rises, Bane, is a "liberal attack on Mitt Romney." I don't discuss politics, but how can you NOT think that's one of the stupidest things ever said?

That was a cool story, bro, I know, and I'll tell it again sometime but I thought it fit in here since I discuss comic books and Bane is a comic villain.

Now, let's review some random comics!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Let's Get Comical! - The Walking Dead

Remember when I used to do comic book reviews?

My life has taken a big step forward over the last month or so. After toiling in unemployment since I graduated in May 2011, in late June I finally received a "big boy" job offer from a local radio station doing part-time board op work. Yes, it isn't anything big, but it's a steady paycheck and it has a lot of room for advancement. And a 401k!

Look at me, sounding like a grown-up. Anyone who knows me knows I will always be a kid at heart.

Regardless, most of this job involves sitting around surfing the Internet, so since I don't have any schoolwork like all of the other board ops, I decided to use my time a little more wisely... getting caught up on comic book reading! My dream is to return to the weekly format I had before I fell terribly behind, but baby steps. For God sake, I still have Fantastic Four #600 to review, and I've been sitting on that since Thanksgiving!

Today we'll take a look at issues 98, 99 and the big 100 of The Walking Dead.


Friday, July 13, 2012

Stomach Virus Fiesta

It's Friday and I have developed a stomach bug, so yeah. While this is the first Fiesta where I've puked while writing it, this may or may not be the first Fiesta written while Pulling a Cyke. And if you don't know what that means, well I just can't help you.


COME BACK CYKE. And Baddie. But not you, Trump Card.


And it's Friday the 13th, so insert your own joke here. If Jope and I were still feuding, I bet he would talk about how many jokes he could make. So yeah.


Last week I asked you which new movie you wanted to see, and you answered Spider-Man.






-- Box Office News: Spider-Man shoots web all over the face of the competition!
-- Trailer Time: Check out new trailers for Goats and Oz the Great and Powerful
-- In Theaters This Week: Ice Age: Continental Drift
-- Next Week's Notable DVD Releases: The Three Stooges, Lockout and Casa De Mi Padre


-- Screened takes a look at the 25th Anniversary of Predator
-- And in honor of the new Ice Age, Screened looks at the best of animated films
-- Screened also asks why the future is always dystopian
-- Hunger Games fans: Here are some updates on the next few films
-- Rusty Griswold all grown up?
-- The new Q has been revealed. BRITISH HIPSTERS~!!!
-- No new DC Comics movies until 2015. Why does DC hate money?
-- Details on the super mega awesome Avengers Blu-Ray set


And that brings us to this week's poll.




Do you like the new Q?
Yes
No
Desmond Llewelyn 4 Lyfe
John Cleese as R was better


Friday, July 6, 2012

So Bad, Dudes: The CHAMPION

The big day is here! The Baddest Dude in Wrestling will be crowned, TONIGHT.

AND NOW

IT’S TIME

FOR SOME RUNNERS-UP




Just barely missing the tournament



BUFF DADDY

Also just barely missing the tournament, with two votes



DANIELS

Check out that botched top rope counter moonsault... thing!

And receiving one vote



THE ROCK

Guess who voted for him, at Number One no less? *cough* GLENN *cough*


And now, here’s Mike Tyson to present the Baddest Dude in Wrestling!



Mike: Now wait just a second here, you mean to tell me that you paid me millions of dollars to be the special guest emcee for this here tournament and so far you only have used me to say the phrase "You Will, Heartbreak" and only further planned to use me to crown a man the "Baddest Dude in Wrasslin”?

Umm, yes Mike!

Mike: Well that is unacceptable to me. Hand me the microphone, for I have prepared a song parody to highlight this momentous occasion.

"So Bad, Dudes"
A Song Parody by Mike Tyson
Set to "Paradise" by Coldplay


One day on the Blog of Doom
We all watched some wrasslin’
And we watched a bunch of dudes
That couldn’t wrassle well

They were so bad, so bad, So Bad, Dude
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dude
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dude
Every time they wrassled

One day on the Blog of Doom
We decided enough was enough
We would call out these So Bad, Dudes
And have a tournament

Sixty-five chosen
Just one winner
And you all voted for them
Then complained about results
But it was you who all voted for all these dudes
It was you who could have voted for other guys

They’re the
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes,
Soooooo Baaaaaad

La la la la la la la
La la la la la la laaaaaaaaa
Look at this tattoo around my eye
We’ll crown the Baddest Dude in all of Wrassling tonight

So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes,
Soooooo Baaaaaad

So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes
So bad, so bad, So Bad, Dudes,
Soooooo Baaaaaad


Welp! Thanks, Mike!

AND NOW

IT’S TIME

TO REVEAL

THE WINNER

OF THE FIRST EVER SPRINGFIELD FILM FESTIVAL





GOD DAMMIT RUSSO

AND NOW

YOUR WINNER

WITH A SCORE OF 8 TO 4

IS



DINO


And there we have it folks, the Baddest Dude in Wrestling has been crowned. Many thanks to everyone who participated, from those who sent in nomination lists to those who voted. Even those of you who only voted in the first round. We still love you. And many thanks to those of you who read and complained about the results. And most of all, thanks for patiently waiting a month to see the result!

COMING SOON: Some sort of comic book movie tournament that someone who isn’t me will be running!

So maybe it won’t take a month to finish.

Fiesta of Honor

Welcome to the Fiesta!

Another half-assed week this week since I was finishing up the So Bad, Dudes tournament. I'm also still trying to find new websites to get movie news from since JoBlo absolutely SUCKS since their redesign.

Last week I didn't ask you guys anything. Why? BECAUSE I CAN.



-- Box Office News: Men want to see a movie about a teddy bear while women want to see a movie about strippers
-- Box Office 2s: Spidey breaks records!
-- Trailer Time: Check out new trailers for Iron Sky, Compliance, and Jack Reacher, starring our newly single fearless cWo leader Tom Cruise!
-- In Theaters This Week: The Amazing Spider-Man, Katy Perry: The Movie, and Savages
-- Next Week's Notable DVD Releases: American Reunion and Being Flynn

-- RIP Andy Griffith. Rumor has it that his last words were "Remind them to send in their WOTW lists to Glenn by 3 PM EST on Mondays!"
-- Screened has a number of special articles this week: First they take a look at stripping in movies, followed by the best of patriotic movies
-- Screened also continues their new feature of looking at historic films on their anniversaries. This week is Woody Allen's Annie Hall
-- Is Casablanca propaganda?
-- We're a week away from San Diego Comic Con, so what is everybody looking forward to? I see they fail to mention the REVENGE OF THE NERDS on toy companies, which is a rant I could post if anybody really cared enough for me to do so
-- Speaking of SDCC, here are the schedules for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
-- The Hobbit heads to post-production
-- Updates on Marvel's next batch of movies
-- Pixar loves Easter Eggs, and here are two from Brave

And that brings us to this week's poll.



Which new movie would you rather see this weekend?
Spider-Man
Katy Perry
Savages


Wednesday, July 4, 2012

SBD: The Finals!

It's FINALly here! The So Bad, Dudes Finals!

After what seems like a month, probably because it's been a month, we are down to two. One of these men will be crowned the Baddest Dude in Wrestling. And one of YOU will complain! And An-Day will yell at me for not having time to finish the tournament write ups on time!

BUT ENOUGH CHATTER. BAD DUDES, NOW.

VS.

[1 RRTC] DINO BRAVO VS. [4 KFH] THE HARRIS BROTHERS

THEIR PATHS TO THE FINALS

DINO BRAVO

Round 1: def. The Big Show, 16-3
Round 2: def. Horace Hogan, 11-2
Round 3: def. Erik Watts, 10-1
Round 4: def. Hornswoggle, 8-7
Round 5: def. Nathan Jones, 8-5

THE HARRIS BROTHERS
Round 1: def. Matt Morgan, 14-3
Round 2: def. Sylvan Grenier, 10-3
Round 3: def. Heidenreich, 6-5
Round 4: def. Orlando Jordan, 8-7
Round 5: def. The Insane Clown Posse, 8-5

And so it comes down to this. Two (three?) wrestlers who dominated opponents early on, but fought hard for their spots in the finals. Dino Bravo defeated Nathan Jones in the Final Four, 8-5, while the Harrii defeated the ICP by the same vote.


Which of these wrestlers will Mike Tyson crown as the Baddest Dude in Wrestling? Only YOU can decide!

Send votes to tbanks531 AT gmail DOT com or via Facebook Message to Travis Banks (found in the cWo Group) by midnight YOUR TIME on Thursday evening, July 5! Votes that are not emailed or Facebooked WILL NOT COUNT. And while different time zones will be accounted for, late votes will not! So when the clock strikes midnight in Hawaii and their clocks say July 5, you're SOL... and you know what that means!