Fox and NBC Universal little video site Hulu.com is up and running. It’s been in beta for about 4 months and went live this week. If you haven’t signed up yet what are you waiting for? It’s pretty great. I’ve spent the last couple of nights catching up on shows I’ve missed.

The site has both TV shows and movies that are free to watch. I found the TV show database to be pretty good so far and according to Jason Kilar the sites CEO it is just going to grow. It’s got everything from some great new shows like The Office and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Some old classics like Doogie Howser M.D and my favorite The A Team. Even some great cartoons like Exosquad. It’s all paid for by ads so you will have to sit through 3 commercials for a 22 minute show, which is less then a real TV show unless of course you use Tivo. The quality is really good and except for a couple of buffering incidents it runs great.

Right now there are some shows that don’t have their entire catalog up yet hopefully they will soon. The movie side of it isn’t as extensive yet but still no bad at all. Although I haven’t done it yet you can cut parts out of any show or movie and share it anywhere. If this little Hulu thing works out it could put quite dent in the DVD sales of classic TV shows.

With nothing good on actual TV right now it’s the perfect time to try Hulu and catch up on episodes you may have missed.

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What is it with Nintendo and Sunday releases?  Do they have something against Jesus?  Either way Super Smash Bros Brawl hit retailers yesterday to much fan fare, and word on the street the game is good – or dare I say super!  Also this week is Condemned 2, hopefully still chock full of creepy mannequins and dead birds.

If you are a movie fan, Best Picture Winner No Country for Old Men hits DVD and Blu-Ray tomorrow.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) [Google It]

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Buzz! Junior RoboJam (PS2) [Google It]
Buzz! The Hollywood Quiz (PS2) [Google It]
Condemned 2: Bloodshot (PS3, 360) [Google It]
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (DS) [Google It]
FlatOut: Head On (PSP) [Google It]
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return (Wii) [Google It]
Incesticide (DS) [Google It]
Lost Empire: Immortals (PC) [Google It]
Nanostray 2 (DS) [Google It]
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS) [Google It]
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters (PS2) [Google It]
Seven Kingdoms: Conquest (PC) [Google It]
Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory (PC) [Google It]
Wild ARMs XF (PSP) [Google It]
World Championship Cards (PSP) [Google It]

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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……

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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!

Unless of course, you’re talking about the great Patches O’Houlihan from the movie Dodgeball.

Anyway, a new gaming site has just launched, Game Patch Central, dedicated to game patches, though not limited to. Among patches they also include some of the most popular new demos, some FAQs, and walk-throughs. While the service the site offers is a benefit to the gaming community, it’s a shame the gaming community needs this so much. This hasn’t always been the case. Game publishers and developers have gotten lazy, sloppy, or just plain greedy, shipping unfinished products and expecting us, the consumer, to wait for a fix once we’ve already paid for the product.

If this was any other media product, movies, music, books, whatever, these kind of practices wouldn’t be tolerated. When was the last time you bought a movie on DVD, took it home, and if it didn’t play or work like it’s supposed to you’re told they’re working on a patch so you’ll have to wait? Hmm. Let’s see, how about never! Ever read a book with a missing page, then later they announce the page has been completed and they’re sending it to anyone requesting it? No. It just doesn’t happen outside of the gaming world.

When a product is shipped it should be complete. If I have to pay $50 to $60 for a game, it better be finished. This problem has existed in PC gaming for quite some time. It’s only recently that these issues have trickled onto the consoles with the addition of online connectivity. The problem isn’t getting better. It’s expanding. What can we do to help? Not much really. Just don’t buy a broken product. If a game doesn’t work out of the box, then the game is broken. What about all those console gamers that aren’t connected to the internet? Yes, there are still some. What happens when their game doesn’t work without a patch? Think about it. They’re just stuck with a broken game, period.

Boom!

What do you think? Is anyone out there actually a fan of patches? Let us know. Comment below.

We mentioned it in our podcast this week that Warner Brothers had until the 15th to decide the fate of the Justice League movie. Well its fate has been chosen…. it’s delayed. The official word is that Warner didn’t get the official word on the tax breaks it wanted from Australia and that the script needed some work and that was not possible with the strike going on.

The actors who were committed to the movie were informed that their contracts have lapsed. Although it seems that all who were cast are still wanted for the movie. How long the delay will be is unclear at this point but we’ll keep you posted. There is allot of buzz around here about the movie. Personally I don’t mind the wait if it will make it better. With the glut of crappy super hero movies we’ve had recently I don’t want another.

Well file this under no surprise. Make a game that everyone praises. Put it in a great atmosphere with a great story and next thing you know its a movie.

This comes for Joystiq they said:

” A reliable source within a major film production company has told Joystiq that the two have been getting along famously, with a movie adaptation of 2K’s successful franchise already being discussed by the Big Daddies internally.”

I could make the usual “video game movies suck” speech but hey you all already know they suck.

While earlier stories had pegged the Wii as a novelty workout and not really much good for fitness or losing weight, it seems some doctors have found a great way to use the “game” machine for rehabilitation purposes. You could call it “Wiihab”. Get it, like rehab. Looks like the PS3 isn’t the only console helping (you know about their Folding@Home thing).

I’m just happy to see someone finally get some use out of the Wii. What’s kind of funny is that they’re still just using the Wii Sports games. Seeing as how those are the only games anyone plays on the Wii.

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Source: GameTrailers, CNN

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.

Please say it’s not so. I’m sorry to report that the latest word on the upcoming Star Trek movie’s cast is the worst yet. It seems Mr. Black woman in drag himself, Tyler Perry, has a role in the film. Perry will be playing the head of Starfleet Academy. I know, you’d think he would at least play an alien or something. Maybe his character is somewhat of a Hoover type. You know, the type that likes to dress in drag.

Lame!