My Vow: To Sink Alien Ships and Cliched Romance Films

YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!!

Question: Will you see the newest Michael Bay film next year? Bay has no involvement with the film, but you can see some references to his past works. If you haven't played the game that inspired the film, don't worry. There'll be a 3DS version in the works soon. 

Also, there's some romance drama in the works if you're into that sort of thing.

Thank you Trailer Addict and YouTube!

Jaywalk and Your Mom's Going to Prison

A mother going to jail after her son is killed jaywalking is confusing and ridiculous. Why?! Was she the one driving the car to kill him on purpose? Read the story for yourself and see if you can make any sense about this. As said by one commenter, the person behind the wheel gets away with the crime. As for this poor woman, being cooped up behind bars for three years is unnecessary.

Article: http://yhoo.it/ogZfU2

New TeenNick TV Block is 'All That'

Ah, the '90's: the time where kids would wake up to watch a plethora of Saturday Morning cartoons on the alphabet networks. It was also a time when no one thought about straight to DVD films and cash-ins (Damn Disney and its unnecessary Lion King re-release in 3D). It's been a decade which has been hated upon by fellow film critics (Guess for yourself) and one that's fondly remembered for being the time when cable networks, such as Nickelodeon, didn't rely so heavily on an ADHD sponge working at a burger joint or three tweens working on a webcam show in repetition to gain ratings. It wasn't a network that have dug down to the bottom of the barrel to deliver great content to children to the point of picking up 4Kids' scraps to continue being the #1 Network for Kids.

Viacom have thrown the fans a bone with their new scheduling block entitled 'The '90's Are All That' with the first of many series from the famous decade being shown from midnight to 2am. With the long list of series (in the link below), adults who are children at heart will have many choices to choose from to help them sleep better in preparation for the next day. It can even make good times with friends much better with looking back to see how far TV has come and becoming embarrassed to some of the series that still stink up the airwaves. However, all isn't well.

A few shows are missing from this block, but no worries. Let the man behind the operation handle everything: by informing everyone to go online and comment about what they would like to see in this block. It's a shame that it's the ONLY answer as the questions from the posted story are thrown at the Senior VP and Gen. Manager are mowed down one by one. This man is a warrior. To repeat his replies, head over to Facebook, Twitter and 90sareallthat.com to let him and the company know your thoughts.

If you excuse me, I need to pick up some orange soda to go along with my orange couch with my dog Porkchop by my side. Can't miss the fun later this evening/early Tuesday morning.

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No Longer in Rehab; Comic-Con 2011 Rage

What can this blogger say about Ms. Winehouse and news about her death? Is it the fact that he has never listened to any of her other songs other than, what he calls her one-hit wonder “Rehab”? Maybe he can talk about how she could have saved herself from getting involved with drugs by not being with the wrong people and staying in rehab though she had cancelled performances just because of her getting assistance to combat her addiction? Dying so young is heartbreaking. Then again, I feel sorry for the families who have lost their loved ones younger than that age than a celebrity. Think about it. Almost every day, we hear about another celebrity trying to stay away from the drugs, alcohol, or another full-time relationship. This news is a shock, but it’s also nothing new. R.I.P. Amy Winehouse. Your music touched so many people even if I’m not a big fan of your work. Maybe I’ll give the other songs a listen.

I’m disgusted with G4’s coverage of Comic-Con 2011 so far. Besides growing tired of seeing more slave Leias along with Heath Ledger’s Joker from The Dark Knight with Batman: Arkham Asylum, hearing a reporter asking attendees if some people pinched their bums increased a lot of rage. The reporter could have created better questions to ask them such as how long it took the attendees to create said costumes and the reasons why they became the characters (that were asked as of now), and their likes/dislikes about the panels. If I was at Comic-Con, I would have done a much better job with getting as much coverage about new films, comic books, and other forms of media. I would also get as many photos that would rival the Otakon 2011 albums (on Facebook since August 2010; coming to Flickr). Speaking of conventions, there will be coverage of Otakon 2011 mostly all photos if not news straight from the panels. Checking out the cosplayers is much better than sitting on the bum listening to professionals from anime licensors, fashion designers, and others discuss about future releases, trips to Japan, and popular Japanese fashions trends. If only I had an iPad, maybe coverage from the panels would hit the web much, much faster.

Borders Bookstores R.I.P. 1933-2011

It's official: the unemployment lines will be a bit longer this fall. Also, with the rise in e-books along with sales of purchases of the Nook and iPad, Borders will no longer satisfy people in need for a good book. Barnes and Noble along with local book stores, not many, will be the only sources of literature. It's a shame for we, as a people, have depended on technology so much that we've forgotten about the days when we would search for manga titles that weren't found anywhere else. While most stores have already shut down due to the failing economy, this marks the end of an era. Beginning in 1933, Borders, along with Waldenbooks, have provided customers with books of all ages of all kinds. With this move, over 10,700 people will become jobless and have to scrap with others to make sure that they're paid weekly/bi-weekly. Why couldn't anyone put a bid on the company, Borders Group Inc., to keep it alive for a few more years? Idiots.

Link to story here: http://bit.ly/ncFFjN

Demi's 'Skyscraper' Rises, Black's 'Moment' Falls

How could this piece of info. slip my mind? Attention everyone! Remember waaay back when a young 14-year old Rebecca Black hit YouTube with her critically slammed song 'Friday'? Looks like that, despite the hate, she's back with an all-new song. Her new song's entitled 'My Moment' and, based on the title of the article posted in the link, it's great. Do you think so?

Summary of the Song from Link: “My Moment” is a song about Rebecca’s rocky road to stardom. Not everyone was instantly sold on the teenager’s vocals, and the lyrics of “Friday” were certainly also to target, forcing Rebecca to face seriously cruel criticism in the form of YouTube comments."

Link to the article about the video: http://bit.ly/rsaiLK

Mini-Review: The song sounds like it's on repeat a few times such as the repetitiveness of 'my moment' as if audiences couldn't tell the name of the song by the article and by hearing it once/twice. Also, does anyone think about this video when listening to the music? It sounds very familiar. (see below) The music could also be a remixed version of the background music from Black's first song. Either way, looks like Ark Factory learned a lot from Linkin Park and Nickelback when creating these tunes.

 

For a girl Rebecca's age, the lyrics are also a bit juvenile. "Haters said 'I'll see you later'" is one example of a lyric that was quickly written in a quick hurry. It was made to attract her age demographic due to how the kids talk these days , however, the song should have needed lyrics that are a bit stronger and expressed more of Black's growth and determination to make it in the music industry. Demi Lovato, on the other hand, has already taken the world by storm with her new single 'Skyscraper' which is at number nine on the Top Singles chart on iTunes but describes her life post her treatment of bipolar disorder. Perhaps Black can take pointers from Ms. Lovato and not just to have a life-changing struggle to inspire her. Maybe it's not a bad idea.

Here's Lovato's 'Skyscraper'!

'Hugo's Off to Disappointing Start

                  

Watching the Hugo trailer, thoughts, more like questions, will come into your head. Are they good or bad? It depends on what was running through the head if not the methods left to use to get a ticket to the midnight screening of the final Harry Potter movie. (Review of said film is coming later this weekend.)

        

·    Is it me or is Paramount trying to copy the grandiose of the first Legend of the Guardian: The Owls of Ga’Hoole trailer?

·         Is that Jude Law as the kid’s father?

·         Evil family member taking in young orphan boy only for them to not see eye to eye? Seen it.

This film isn’t going to be a steampunk adventure?!

·         Will we care for Chloe Moretz years from now? She’s cute but her choice of movies has been a bit static. This may not be her best ones, but she’ll have better films in the future….I hope.

·         Why is Scorsese trying so hard to remain relevant to today’s audiences who rather watch a movie with an overrated gimmick caked over it than seeing one without one? The trailer tries too hard to advertise the film as, yet another, ‘3D adventure the likes no one has ever seen before and no one will see again….until the creation of 4D comes to play WITHOUT the silly use of Smell-o-Vision.

·         Is anyone wishing that the film was a continuation of the Harry Potter series? It’s been a while since anyone rode on the Hogwart’s Express.

·         Is the film worth my time and money?

·         Sir Ben Kingsley in another family film? It can go either the way of Thunderbirds or that of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. (Both failed to excite audiences and collect back their budgets) At least this film won’t be The Love Guru.

For people who haven’t watched any of Scorsese’s classics, or read the book this film is based on, they might be easily amused by the trailer. While 2011 is already a year filled with too much metal banging into each other (Real Steel’s on its way), add this one to the heap. Now that a few more seconds passed on the trailer, theirs is disappointment. Giant robots are absent but Sacha Baron Cohen’s unfunny slapstick and dog reactions to him are endless. Magic’s in the air, but the feeling’s not there or even within this writer’s heart. Until another trailer gives more information about the plot, unless we end up reading the book to gain the same feeling Scorsese had when creating this film, the film’s promotion is already at a bad start. If it continues, can we expect a new contender for ‘Worst Adaptation of a Book Made in 3D’? Someone from PR and Advertising deserves to be fired.

Watch the trailer: http://bit.ly/nUbMUx

Cry No More: Kids Under 6 Banned from Restaurant

At McDonald's, people are loving the tasty Big Macs and snacking on the chicken nuggets with a side salad on the side. At Burger King, people can have any of their meals their way even if it's stealing meal ideas from its competition. At Chik-fil-a, the staff deliver the food ordered by the customers with friendly smiles and warm presences. It's a shame to those families with children under the age of six that McDain's in Monroeville, PA can't be in the same family as those acclaimed restaurants. Beginning July 16, a policy will go into effect as an effect of crying children interrupting meal time according to a few patrons. Sure I understand about children being noisy and rude due to their cries of wanting to be changed to simple temper tantrums. The fault should go to the parents who, in some cases due to personal experience while eating, don't succeed with disciplining them. It's embarrassing to see one parent spank a child in order for him to behave, however if he acts up, rather than taking him to the restroom to show him how he/she'll cause the child to cry real tears, the parent, along with the child/children should just walk from their table (s) and leave. Simple as that. When it comes to babies, it's common that they're cry. It gets annoying fast, but that's the communication process until they learn how to talk.

Babies shouldn't be barred from joining the family to a family night out unless he/she's too young to eat solid food thus having to resort to eating baby foods of all kinds. The young kids between the ages of about 3-6 should walk up and leave at the same time as the adults as stated above. A snag into the planned policy are children with special needs who have also been appearing in many a movie screening with minor complaint. Those children have to stay with their parents no matter what. While it's unclear about what the manager of the restaurant will have to say about them, he's going to face against angry parents, grandparents, etc. from the family day after day until the policy is proven to be a failure and allow children of all ages to get their chance to enjoy warm, stomach-filling meals.

Source of Original Article: http://yhoo.it/pZQXoZ

'The Dark Knight Rises with Holmes in Tow'

Here it is ladies and gents, the teaser poster for The Dark Knight Rises. While the poster looks legit, keep in mind that the images can change. If the final product is released in theaters later this year, it will be proof that this photo's not a lie.

Check out the official teaser trailer this Friday with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II this Friday in theaters in 2D, Real D 3D, and IMAX 3D.

Source: http://bit.ly/p6CKQq

Also discovered yesterday, two teaser posters for the latest film from director Guy Ritchie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows opening in theaters December 16th, 2011.

Source: http://yhoo.it/nSoWzM

WTF News: Fall of the Mouse and Justice.

This Week in Horrible News: Casey Anthony goes scot-free from the murder of her daughter, Johnny Depp signs on for a fifth Pirates flick and Disney can't shut up about that tub of fur Winnie the Pooh. Already covered, Disney has made a lot of horrible choices with this year being far worse than that year. 2010 brought audiences Toy Story 3, although rumors of a fourth film has come about recently, and the end of the Hannah Montana series despite it still being seen in the wee hours of each morning. For the continuing adventures of Capt.  Jack, at least Depp's going to wait a while before donning the mascara and pirate hat again. There's no stopping that gravy train from stopping in its tracks. Casey Anthony's trial was a complete waste of time. With her being found not guilty, this trial will continue to be talked about until karma comes and strikes her down however way it may be. Call it jumping on the bandwagon, but the prediction about her killing her daughter remains true. What shouldn't be true is the fact that she want more kids and want to write a 'partial memoir/comedy/relationship' book according to the THR. Hopefully she won't make a dime from the profits of said book if it comes to creation and it goes towards the state that hosted the trial. It probably need some funds to get some fixings completed or to pay the attorneys, judges, and members of the jury who had to go through this ordeal.

As for the tardiness of the Transformers: Dark of the Moon and completed Cars 2 reviews, they're coming soon. Transformers is almost finished while Cars need a lot more work.

This weekend's all about the FAIRIES! Next week's all about the Potter.

'Larry Crowne' Movie Review

Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) has hit tough times from a divorce to finding out that he’s no longer eligible to work at a Target-esque store U-Mart because he didn’t attend college during his time as a youth. Even though he’s a 20 year Navy veteran, his past doesn’t assist him with trying to get a new job and ends up with many unsuccessful interviews. He finally comes to terms about his predicament and ends up attending a nearby community college where he deals with a class of offbeat students, a free spirit who prefers to sell Feng Shui and assist with making Larry popular than dealing with her classes and a teacher who swallows her pain in vodka and rum to deal with her husband’s (a very thin Bryan Cranston) lack of a well-paying job and porn addiction.

This is the second film this year where we have a well-known actress portraying a teacher who’s uncaring about her class yet unlike Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, though one brief conversation brings up the purpose of that particular film, Julia Roberts sell her character. Just seeing her and the students might make one think of other scenarios where they’ve dealt with the same archetypes such as the timid one, the perky athlete, and the like seen on TV and other films. Some people might place the TV show Community above this film, but this film doesn’t have two Academy Award winners whose chemistry is light but handled pretty well by movie’s end. The parts of the movie that don’t work are characters who both could have been played by other actors (How did the film score with Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henseon?) and Talia (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). Talia’s the first student Larry meets at his new school who offers him a new wardrobe, fixtures to his house and the occasional text chats in class. With her getting close to Lance (Larry’s nickname given by her), Larry is seen as competition by her boyfriend (a full bearded Wilmer Valderrama), a leader of a scooter gang which sounds as convincing as a group of toddlers on tricycles being on the same level as 40 year old men and their motorcycles. When dealing with a person like Talia, one must have the courage to keep her out of his life or risk getting in trouble (happening three-four times with his ECOM 101 teacher (George Takei).

The film is about how the world works and the unfairness of not being able to get a higher ranking job due to lack of an education. While most people have gone through most of their lives without attending college, it also throws the ‘go to college to open new possibilities in life’ message which has grown stale. While understanding that employers need to seek people who can handle the responsibilities in their appointed positions, the film also shows that people with college degrees can also end up on the short end of their careers as well. Also, the film’s a break from the breeziness of pure fantasy in a foreign land and loud, overdrawn, games of Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots (not talking about Real Steel) this weekend. If you’re into romance comedies that are little in the romance department or a film depicting how unfair the world is in its modern age while being able to bring laughs to make the predicament more hilarious than a period of sadness and grief, this one fits the bill.