Not just yet. . .

To any regular reader (all 3 of you) wondering where the hell I am . . .

Got very sick for 2 weeks. Almost completely better now.

 New posts start Friday. Lots of em. Honest.  

I am Legend. Meh.

I just finished watching I Am Legend on DVD.

On the one hand, they abosolutely NAILED New York City. Many of the scenes were so close to the real thing, you would swear it was shot on location.

I like the story; a Doctor creates a virus that destroys cancer, but it mutates into a lethal virus that tears through the population leaving it’s victims in a sunlight intollerant rabies like rage. Will Smith is naturally immune and the only survivor in Manhattan trying to find a cure . . .

Will Smith is probably the best he has ever been in this, spending much of the movie reminicesent of Tom Hanks in Castaway with only a Dog to act with.

I really was enjoying this movie, until I started thinking about it.

Why would they spend millions of dollars to get the set perfect and then use the same CGI model for EVERY SINGLE VICTIM.

Hey, the first time I saw the “zombie like” infected human, I was impressed and startled. It was excellent – but then I saw the next one – and IT WAS THE EXCAT SAME MODEL. And the next one – SAME MODEL. And a complete group of them – SAME MODEL. WTF.

Did they run out of money?

Why would all of the victims look exactly the same? They all even had the same wardrobe.

Just ruined the whole thing for me.

Whatever.

Worth time in your Netflix queue if only for Will Smith and the incredible work on the NYC sets. 

GI Whoah !

Wow. I had NO interest in a GIJOE movie and then I saw this picture of Ray Park as SNAKE EYES.

Now I have the tiniest bit of interest. I’ll wait to see DESTRO before I commit . . .

On a side note, isn’t it odd that SNAKE EYES actually does not have eyes like a Snake? He’s more like FRONT GRILL OF A CHRYSLER 300 eyes. 

I TOLD YOU !!!!!

What happens on Xbox Live, stays on Xbox Live.

Stop reading my stupid blog and go get Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 for the Xbox 360.

Those of you used to killing me and my friends on Gears of War may have to find new targets for a while because right now the plan is for myself and my bad @$$ gaming buds to kick it Ninja Style on the new Rainbow Six game hitting shelves in the morning.

So if you see me or Brother Jobu or Krozzbow or KrazyIvan75 bleeding to death on a Casino Roulette table this week, stop by and say hello.

I’ll be the one covered in bullets.

It’s not that interesting . . . it’s HBO.

In the early 80s HBO had a logo “bumper” that they used to play before movies.
In the early 80s the company that designed it made a documentary on how it was created.

In the early 2000s, somebody put it on Youtube.

It is over 10 minutes long. 10 long minutes.
Wow. That sure was amazing how they did that HBO logo effect. Yep.

You know I once saw a documentary on how they perfected the T1000 effects for Terminator 2. Like how he was able to reflect the other actors like a mirror and shift shapes and walk through steel bars. Yeah THAT was interesting. I don’t think it was even a second over 6 minutes though.

One more reason not to go to Alaska.

I grew up in the golden age of horror movies.

In the early eighties, it seemed like 12 horror movies a week hit theatres. We had Freddy, Jason, Leatherface, Michael Myers, Zombies, George Romero, Ronald Reagan, Chucky, Jaws, CandyMan, Ash . . .

It was a good time to be scared. These kids these days, all they have is their Japanese import shot for shot copy horror and stale old left overs from when schlock was the new black.

That is why it is important to support GOOD HORROR. 30 Days of night is pretty good. Not great by any means, but original enough to grab ya and cool enough to keep you till the end.

I love the fact that these vampires who have come to Alaska because of the “long dark winter” are so hardcore they don’t even wash the blood off their faces. It just tries there like a nasty, horrific blood beard. Good times.

Definately wortha BlockBuster rental.

Roomates

Not a Krazy Ivan comic.

Margot at the Wedd…what the hell happened to Nicole Kidman’s face?

My wife and I saw the trailer “Margot at the Wedding” on some DVD a couple of weeks ago and agreed that it looked like a very funny movie. Jack Black was hilarious in the trailer and Jennifer Jason Leigh was in it so how could you go wrong right?

First of all, be warned. The fine Nicole Kidman usually served here has been replaced with a woman who looks like Nicole Kidman if Nicole Kidman had WAY TOO MUCH botox. She appears to be a ferret.

Second of all, Jack Black is NOT funny in it. He is VERY SAD. The trailer for this film is cut to be a laugh riot but the very same scenes in the context of the actual film are not funny at all – some are actually disturbing.

The trailer editor in Hollywood is the most powerful dude around.

Wortha Redbox rental if only to see the difference between the trailer and the actual movie.