Well the big game is over. It was a big upset. That pretty boy Brady got smacked in the mouth alot ( that was awesome). The Giants won.

But thats not the best part, right? The best part is the commericails, at least if you don’t like football they are right? So how was last nights ads? Personally I was disappointed, there were a couple of funny ones, E-trade and Bridgestone (would have liked the Bridgestone one more if he’d actually hit Richard Simmons but I guess that would have been in bad taste) were my favorites. The beer ads were pretty good as usual, Bud Light with Will Ferrell as Jackie Moon was my fave “SUCK ONE!” I liked the Doritos ad with the giant mouse busting through the wall but that was a repeat although I don’t remember it. My question is if your gonna spend 2.5 million on a Super Bowl ad, why wouldn’t you have a new ad for the spot?

The best part of the night though were the movie ads. It’s official “I CAN’T WAIT FOR IRON MAN!!!!” What a great little trailer that was. We’ve been screaming about Iron Man allot around here and that trailer just raised the hype for me. The other movie I’m pretty excited for is Wanted. Maybe that movie has been on your radar but that was the first I’ve seen of it and WOW!!!! It looks pretty darn cool.

Another Jumper preview was there. YAWN!! Jumper looks crappy and I just hope that Mace Windu gets his revenge on Darth Vader. Is anyone looking forward to Wall-E? I haven’t actually seen anything from the actual movie but right now the best part for it was having Woody and Buzz Lightyear on the commercial.

All in all I didn’t think it was a good year for ads. What did you think? What was your favorite? Let us know.

Heath Ledger was found dead today at his Manhattan appartment. Discovered by the housekeeper and a masseuse who arrived in the afternoon for an appointment. [About.com Sci-Fi/Fantasy Blog] Signs pointed to a suicide or an accidental overdose, police sources said. [NYTimes City Room Blog]

For an even more detailed and in-depth rundown of the events of today’s tragedy, go to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Not to sound cold, but, where does this leave the upcoming batman sequel The Dark Knight? Well, Ledger recently completed work on The Dark Knight. The movie wrapped principal photography in November and is currently in post-production. Meaning we’ll all still get to see his gritty portrayal of the Joker, except now it’ll be just a little more creepy.

Tragic!

I love Lego’s! There I said it . Yea that’s right I love em. Nothing brings me back to my youth as all the sweet Lego stuff that flows around the Internet. There are some really good ones and some really bad ones, but as they flow into my feed reader I can’t help but feel warm. So I decided I would make my list of my favorite Lego’s that I’ve run across. Wether it’s an official Lego creation or something custom they are all great. So here we go……

More…

This is pretty much how the entire movie looks. Awesome.

I just got back from the much hyped (over hyped) Cloverfield monster movie. First, you probably want to know if this article will contain spoilers, right? No, no spoilers here, as there is nothing to spoil. That’s right, if you’ve seen any number of trailers or the first three minutes of this movie, you’ve seen about all the plot you’re going to see in the full length feature. No big news, but, there’s this giant monster terrorizing the city of New York, because that’s where monster hangout. The Statue of Liberty loses her head. Then there’s these people and they run from the monster. The end. Thanks for coming, I hope you enjoyed wasting ten dollars and two hours of your life.

Seriously. I’m being one hundred percent honest. That’s the movie. From start to finish the camera shakes only slightly less than riding down a rocky mountain on top of a washing machine strapped to a paint shaker. Slightly less. I highly recommend not eating before you see this movie. Then again, I highly recommend not going to see this movie in the first place.

Maybe if they would’ve put as much time into a story as they did the “mystery” of marketing Cloverfield it could’ve been good. Oh, and they never even tell us why the freakin’ movie is even called Cloverfield. Seriously! And the Star Trek trailer before the movie does NOT make up for the craptasticness of the movie. It’s more of a teaser than a full trailer.

Am I noticing a trend with J.J. Abrams? Like the fact that he can’t end a story maybe? He started Lost, it was great. Never ended it, and left before he could be blamed for never revealing anything. Before that he started Alias, also great. Then he left before that had a real ending. Now Cloverfield. Someone stop him before he ruins another good idea.

Fail!

If you haven’t been keeping track, there’s this writer’s strike crap that’s currently ruining television. It’s been going on way too long. The thing is that it’s not just effecting the studios and the writers, but all the other people involved in creating and running all these television shows. So, rather than continuing to screw all these innocent non-writers, some shows have decided that the show must go on, even without the writers.

Every late show has returned, with writers (David Letterman and Craig Ferguson) or without writers (Conan and Leno. Notice I don’t include Carson Dailey, and Jimmy Kimmel). Since David Letterman owns his own production, ie Worldwide Pants, he has made deals with his and Craig Ferguson’s writers. However, Conan and Leno aren’t able to make any deals, only their studios can do that. Both Letterman and Consie (that’s Conan O’Brien) are sporting “writer’s strike” beards, you know in support or something.

All these people keep on saying how they support the writers, well I guess I’m one of the few that doesn’t. I mean it’s January and I’ve got no 24. Thank a lot writers. I’ve been watching Conan since he’s back and I think the show is just as good, if not better, without the writers. Jay Leno is still doing his monologue and it’s still just as funny and sucky (that’s not a word) without writers. As for David Letterman and Craig Ferguson, well, they sucked before the writer’s strike (especially Ferguson), so they still suck but now they’re paying the writers more money.

What all this says to me is that the only thing we really need writers for are shows like 24 and Heroes. Shows with plots and stories need writers. Jokes are a dime a dozen, and if you have a great host like Conan, or John Stewart for example, they pretty much are the show. And as I write this article about how useless writers are, I can’t help but think about the irony. Also, Fox, I’m available for scabbing if you need some writers to get 24 back on the air.

Beards!

The new cartoon premieres this Saturday at 10:30 AM on Cartoon Network. Check out this week’s Cartoon Network Podcast for a preview of the cartoon, and to hear the cheesy 80’s style theme song. The animated style leans toward the popular, simple, anime style. Similar to the way ‘The Batman’ looks.

Here’s some of the cast members. Optimus Prime, Prowl, Bulkhead, Ratchet Bumblebee, Ultra Magnus, Megatron, and Starscream. Optimus Prime is still the leader of the Autobots, however, it seems Sentinal Prime is the big man on Cybertron, while Optimus Prime is merely the leader on Earth. In this cartoon Optimus Prime wields his energy axe and can transform into, not a Mac truck, but a firetruck.

Wreck-Gar will also make an appearance in the cartoon. He’ll be voiced by none other than “Weird Al” Yankovic whose song, Dare to Be Stupid, was featured in a chase scene from the 1986 film, ‘The Transformers: The Movie‘. Soundwave gets a change from his traditional alternate form as a tape deck into the hipster, square, toaster of a car, the Scion XB.

Here’s hoping this cartoon doesn’t completely suck. For more info on Transformers: Animated, see the Wikipedia here.

Roll-out!

OK so they made an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. It has done very good in the box office, so you can bet they will make a another. That’s not what this post is about. This is about the beating David Cross has been taking for being in the movie. Mr. Cross is a fine comedian. I’ve enjoyed his work, most notably his work as Dr. Tobias Funke on Arrested Development. That show being canceled was one of the worst things to ever happen. Anyway David Cross has been building up his indie cred for years, but in just one movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks, he seems to have lost his cred.

David fired back in his blog with this statement:

“It was a little more than I had budgeted for [ a new home] but it was definitely worth it. I asked the owner if he’d take some of my credibility as payment. He looked at me as if I was an alien with A.I.D.S. speaking some intergalactic gobbledy-goo. I had to patiently explain to this country bumpkin about my indie hipster cred, and I would now like to cash it in. This rural rube was so backwards and ignorant that he couldn’t even conceive of how financial markets work and simple free market capitalism. I tried again to explain the concept of the value of “credibility” and “artistic integrity” but he refused to take it in exchange for the house. This guy was a f***ing idiot! But what could I do? He wouldn’t take no for an answer. If I wanted that cottage I would have to pay him money. Sigh. So I used my “Alvin and the Chipmunks” money to pay for the down payment.”

Unfortunately though he rips on his Alvin co-star Jason Lee a bit, who I also enjoy. Check out the whole blog entry from David here.

This is something I have been thinking about lately even before this story hit the net. It stemmed from the DVD release of Underdog and the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. I admit Jason Lee has made 2 movies that I have to question but I still enjoy his work and when I saw that he and David Cross were in the Chipmunks movie I figured it would at least have a couple of good moments. What if Jason Lee decided to make those movies for his young children, is that wrong? Please remember folks that an actor like David Cross doesn’t have the luxury of picking and choosing only 5 star movies and golden TV shows. He states that he hadn’t worked in 6 months so he needed to work. I would love for David Cross to only do good movies because he is usually the best part of the movies he is in.

Even the biggest movie stars of today had to make some really crappy movies before they can choose only good roles. If you gotta rip on someone rip on the big movie stars that make crap. Not truly funny actors like David Cross.

“If you’re not careful, your 360 may jettison you out an air-lock. The red ring of death is just the first sign that something has gone terribly wrong and not only will you not be playing any games, your 360 may rebel and simply kill you.” - Splitreason.com

I came across this shirt on Splitreason.com and fell in love. The comment was LOL funny too so I had to include it in my article. Splitreason.com has some pretty funny shirts you can buy. This one was going for $18.95. This site is just full of “gear for geeks and gamers.” So check it out before I red ring you!

When was the last time something totally captured your heart and your beer gut at one time. As short lived as Porkins life in Star Wars was, he is still a true classic. With his trusty AstroKeg droid by his side he gallantly fought the Empire giving his life for the cause.

This is a fitting tribute to the great Porkins, don’t you think. I am a sucker for Legos and Star Wars so if they are combined its even better. This little beauty was done by Mike Crowley aka Count Blockula. He’s been doing this little models for years and they are pretty cool check them all out here at CountBlockula.com.

That’s right folks Tekken is coming at you as a movie. Are you worried that your beloved Tekken will be ruined? Have no fear Tekken fanboys the film will be helmed by Dwight Little. Have no idea who he is, well let his former work speak for him. Remember the classic Anacondas : The Hunt For the Blood Orchid so there’s one amazing movie. Murder at 1600 and Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home was also his. But wait a sec Tekken is a martial arts game, does he have any martial arts experience? You bet, he did Brandon Lee’s movie Rapid Fire and one of the greatest movies ever Marked For Death starring Steven Seagal.

Dwight had this say about his upcoming project

“The film plays out as a science fiction story set in the near future, about a rebel who rises up against the Tekken Corp. to seize freedom for his people. It’s a gladiator story, but the videogame has a complicated enough storyline that it provides the template for a martial arts spectacular.”
Completely can’t wait for this one!