March 12th, 2010
It’s safe and obvious to say that we are in a time of crisis, not only in the States, but around the world. Our enigmatic leader has been doing what he can to bring together two extremely strong ideologies in order to put our country back on track. Yet, there seems to be an ongoing circus-style revolt from the Republican party.
Think back about 10 years ago. The world was a different place. Music was a different world. There were boy bands, bubblegum pop, Limp Bizkit and a small band known as Blink-182! They were the manifestation of my youthful thoughts and the ideal rock band I wanted to be a part of.
They weren’t pretentious nor did they make crappy music. Taking a page out of the playbook of the Ramones, Blink-182 wrote music that was fun, clever and poppy. They were the quintessential punk-pop band of the late 90s early millenium. They were phenomenal, everything they did wreaked of pure energy and enjoyment. They made music for the fun of music, for the fans, for themselves.
What if people did? Just trying to stir the pot. What do you think? Hit the comments below. Follow-up to come.
We’ll be there! Get ready for updates galore! That is, if we can stop drooling at all the cool stuff we’re going to be faced with covering! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles turn 25, The Watchmen movie will be promoted, Penny-Arcade and PVP Online will be there, the Ghostbusters game will be playable, and Dan Colonna finally learns the true fate of his missing sock!!!!
Skateboarding games blew apart the console market on the Dreamcast and original Playstation with the first Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater title, by Activision. Since then, the Tony Hawk franchise was the only game you needed if you had a desire to venture into the virtual world of ollies and kickflips. Today, Tony Hawk doesn’t exactly run the polygonal half-pipe like he used to – leaving room for some brave newcomers to tear it up on the streets. Causing the most excitement was skate, which was released in 2007. However, your trusty reviewer never got around to playing this version of the series. Two years later, the long-awaited sequel has hit the streets.
Earlier I posted a group of films I am most looking forward to seeing in 2009, now it’s time to talk about the movies in production or recently released that should never have left the mind’s of those creating them:
Friday the 13th (remake) – Was this really necessary? The original was a classic, one that will creep out adolescents for the rest of their lives.. was it really necessary to remake this masterpiece? Not to mention that they’ve re-imagined it so that the villain is Jason himself and not mommy dearest. This is another example of how the horror genre in Hollywood is a carbon copy of the past. This film is being directed and produced by the same people who brought the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise back to life, and after watching the trailer.. it actually looks exactly like the TCM remakes… TRY SOMETHING NEW DAMNIT! The list goes on…
In a previous post I lamented about why Hollywood is a stain on the underpants of the entertainment industry. How they abuse and take advantage of the unknowing public with crappy films about people being sawed in half and just lacking a sense of creativity all together. But I am optimistic today, I am not sure why, maybe it’s my morning Cafe Mocha twittering in my stomach or maybe it’s the fact that I realized with the economy gravely ill, movie studios are going to have to do their very best in order to steal the doubloons from the pockets of moviegoers across the world!
Example A ~ Wolverine: Origins has gone back into production for optimal re-shoots, because after final approval executives and possible focus groups thought the film lacked something (maybe a script?.. remember this was written during the writer’s strike). Therefore, the studio went back to the drawing board and apparently put more scenes involving Deadpool and Gambit (FAWESOME!). This makes me feel as happy as a pig rolling around in his own fecal matter.. or someone else’s fecal matter (you know how pigs are!!). I have done some extensive research and came up with a list of films that I am excited for in 2009 .. enjoy!
