Well put Steve. Yes they had toys though...funny how I say you guys were spoiled but I had the Voltron toys...

Did you hear about the Dexter's Lab and Samurai Jack creator? He got the rights to do the Clone Wars as a animated series for Lucas. I guess Lucas's kids love Dextor's Lab and Lucas likes the writing and style of the show. I don't think they are finished yet, but I've seen screen shots and it looks pretty cool. If anyone has seen this please let me know where I can get them to watch. Anakin has to be fucking better in the animated series than the real series. Stupid fucking canadians cannot act (sorry Kristin my love...and sorry Jim Carey, but the Majestic can suck nuts) so the animated Anakin has to be WAY fucking better.

PLACE YOUR BETS...I should put that on my website somewhere as an Easter Egg. Dinner to who can find it (my choice of place...Ramen-ya sounding pretty good). I'll try to find that sound clip...if someone has it please let me have it.

On the KILL BILL soundtrack there is a track called Don't Let me Be Misunderstood remade by Santa Esmeralda. Don't ask me what kind of name that is...but its a sick track and everyone should give it a listen...if you like that Jazzy...Mexi type music you will dig this track. Overall I like this soundtrack even though it seems to go off in all different directions. The song for O-ren's background is dope. It's called the Grand Duel by Luis Bacalov if you want to download it.

Okay time for a list I think. Tony and I would like to know what everyone's favorite films are. I'm not totally sure if we have done this before (I couldn't believe it if we haven't) but I don't remember doing it or I didn't participate. Just do a list of your ten favorite films..no ranking needed, but extra points if you do. Tony thinks that we all like the same type of films and he wants to know if his all time favorite film, "A Kid in King Arthur's Court" is on everyone else's list to. I assured him Kevin is at least with him on that one...but it might be hard to rank it with "A River Runs Through It". I like lists so mine might be done as early as tonight. Wheee!

If Swingers is not on your list then you will be kicked off the blog. Yes that's a threat.

I think it's time to change our slogan from Harrison Ford. I know it has been based on that quote but perhaps we should think of other stupid quotes that would suit it just as well. Lemme know what you think.

Wow lots of homework given out on the blog. Have fun and Jon...try to turn in your shit on time. I promise no Error messages with this one.

Voltron didn't even have toys. Affordable ones anyways. Voltron is not stupid. Just the lion one. Transformers were cheap, which is why got them.

I'll settle this once and for all

Dexter's laboratory and ren and stimpy were the greatest cartoons ever.

argument closed.

Now lets talk about more important things. Did anyone ever end up seeing freddy vs. jason?

PLACE YOUR BETS!!

Let's see here...Talk about Transgaymores more and more, but don't let Voltron sneak in because Creampuff ain't listening..hehe. Everyone likes different toys...everyone likes different cartoons...I thought Transgaymores were cool, but since I wasn't fucking spoiled like some of you (and I didn't have brothers so we can "coordinate" which toys we should ask for) and I had to buy all my own shit with my own money, I was a little bit more careful in what toys I did buy. I don't care what you guys say, but if you tell me that Transformers had better animation than Voltron...well I can see why you didn't like Kill Bill. Haha. Bottom line my point being...I didn't get many oppurtunities to get your precious Transformers and all their stupid spinoffs...all I had was the cartoons to make my judgement on...so I chose Voltron...which was better built (if you try to disprove me on this point how bout I throw a "stupid lion" at your head and you can throw your plastic shit at my head and whoever has the least damage wins) and was a better quality cartoon with actual drama...when that guy died (haha...I don't even know his fucking name) it was serious...did any fucking Transformer die without you paying 5.50 to go see it? Didn't think so. Although that is a good point...why run when you can fly? Come to think of it...I don't think I ever used them to run to my disaster that I made up...I always flew...

This note is for Jon...don't think I fucked up. The Sting is only out in fullscreen but in my copy I didn't notice any of that Pan and Scan shit so I thought it was a safe buy. Chances are they might never release it in widescreen (if they even did it in widescreen to begin with...Kurosawa loved the 4:3 ratio and plenty of films were made in that ratio depending on the director.)

Kurosawa: The Father of Star Wars and Every one of Spielberg's films

Steve you pose an interesting question...I guess it's hard to say considering that we all like Kurosawa for his Samurai flicks, but toward the end of his career he didn't do so much of those. However here are some that you should check out...I won't guarantee you anything...not sure if you like dramatic type films...like Fargo. I told my friend Kip that I bought Fargo (which has excellent acting and character development) and he asked, "Why?!?" ...then he asked how I could watch Psycho since it was in black and white. Well there you go...if you like senseless shit then these won't interest you...but by no mean I'm not implying your like that...consider this a disclaimer that these aren't your Seven Samurai and Yojimbo type films. Dodesukaden. About a retarded kid who likes to pretend he's a train operator. Actually that's only one part of the story...there are three more and their destinies collide. I've actually only seen so much of this film but what I did see I was hooked and have been wanting to see it since. RAN. This film is actually an interpretation of King Lear. For those that are tired of Samurai films in black and white...this one is a full colored, epic Japan warlord film. DREAMS. Another one that I really want to see. It's a series of short films that all have a different meaning I believe. This one is out on DVD, but I haven't found it anywhere...might be time to check out Amazon for one of my splurges. HIGH AND LOW. This is about the trails of a man who decides to give everything he has to pay the ransom of his driver's son who has been kidnapped. Well that should keep you occupied...check em out and tell me if you like them.

Spielberg is VERY JEWISH

No commentary. Despite a shit load of cool extras on the bonus disc (some of the best I've seen in the behind the scene ones) I can't help but wonder why Spielberg didn't do a commentary. I know he's working on Terminal and Indy4 but c'mon...you would have to sit there and watch the films you made...boo hoo.

NYX

I know you don't read comics...actually I've never really got into them, but NYX by Marvel is fucking dope. It is drawn and colored by one of Jon's and my favorite artist, Joshua Middleton. If you got 4 bucks and your walking by a comic store you should check it out. Takes place in the Xmen universe, but so far is about street punks who don't know they really have them and really focuses on the real problems that take place in our society...not that crazy Parallel Galaxy which is being attacked by Phoenix while Magneto is struggling with blah blah blah problems.

The Laughing Factor

I know what you mean. That theatre was laughing way too much. Which made it stupid. But I NEED THOSE IGNANT FUCKERS WHO LAUGH AT ANYTHING TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THE BIZ. SO LET THEM LAUGH AND LET US CONTINUE TO THINK WE ARE BETTER THAN THEM!!

That's all. I'm listening to the KILL BILL soundtrack and its fucking dope. Between this and Chrono Cross...I don't know if I'll ever go back to "normal" music ever again. My room is a mess...and the show is about to begin..."I SHOULD HAVE MAILED IT TO THE MARX BROS."

yes jon, i thought of exactly that while i was writing it. I was gonna put it down. No really i was. that's why in my other blog i said that i hope in the next one there better be more kung fu and stuff. The ending cliffhanger was excellent too. There also better be a jap guy with a HUGE foot.

but of course, above all, i expected you to find that point yourself anyways, NERD.

good point about the lions tho. STUPID LIONS. What's the point in running in if you can just fly like when you fly when you form voltron???? stupid.

and please tell me why the pilots yell and scream in pain when voltron gets hit or kicked, or when voltron is shot with a laser gun. Unless they are physically, mentally, and sexually bonded with their lions, it doesn't make any sense. And if you would like to argue back against this point, please read the following two sentences

1) shut up

2) I'M NOT LISTENING I'M NOT LISTENING LALA LA LALALALLAALALLALALALALALLALALA OH SAY CAN YOU SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.........

Arnold is govenor. Sad. SAD.

Jon, that transformers entry was laugh out loud hilarious and very true too. The red decoder thing was the best. I can't believe intelligence was your deciding factor. Well, actually i can. NERD.

pay day needs to hurry up and get here.

Okay here's the problem with blog lag. After a while, your responses are late and irrelevant. These topics aren't even on the main page anymore... but you beggars didn't get a menu.

Gubernatorial - yes, it's a word... but why???
This section was lengthy, and has been deleted for two reasons:
(1) I gathered no one would be interested in or able to respond to my opinions on the debate
(2) The debate was a long time ago, and the recall and election are already over. Arnold is governor... rejoice if you're the type.

Transformers
I will forever remember Transformers as my favorite toy and cartoon from childhood. Let's take a trip back and look at the string of gimmicks that sucked us in...

- Transforming robots, mang! What young boy doesn't like robots, jets, tanks, and guns? Whether you liked Transformers or not, the concept is moneymaking genius.

- TV series! What good is a toy without 1/2 hour ads on TV? Sound effects, laser blasts, and animated transformations that no child could truly reproduce. But we kept buying and trying. Where are the toy energon cubes, Autobot Ark base, or a mini model of Cybertron?

- Tech Specs! This was probably my favorite feature. You get a bio card with the Transformer's Function, a revealing quote, a description that will expand your vocabulary and tell you exactly how many psi the TORQUE CANNON produces, and best of all, a jaggy line graph that tells you just where your toy's strengths and weaknesses lie. You're just like freakin' James Bond when ONLY YOU KNOW HOW TO READ IT WITH THE SPECIAL RED DECODER. Strength, Intelligence, Speed, Endurance, Rank, Courage, Firepower, Skill. I used to add them up for the TOTAL TRANSFORMER POWER LEVEL and use that as a deciding factor about which one I wanted. Intelligence was the tiebreaker, of course.

- Proof of Authenticity! "Can you find the black square label on your TRANSFORMER? Rub the label - Watch robot face appear! It is your evidence that this robot is a true TRANSFORMER!" What if they made you gamble? Not all the labels have the face... sorry, try again! That'd be a lot of disappointed, crying kids. But if a kid can't even find the black square, he deserves a Go-Bot.

- Robot Points! Clip, collect and save these, so you can send them in for special Transformers offers! In other words, you get the privilege of spending your allowance on one more useless piece of plastic that wasn't marketable enough to sell in stores. Like the cheap ass cardboard standup base. Damn right I had it.

- Super robots! Autobots had Aerialbots/Superion, Protectobots/Defensor, and Technobots/Computron. Decepticons had (get ready for this) Constructicons/Devastator, Stunticons/Menasor, Combaticons/Bruticus, Predacons/Predaking, Terrorcons/Abominus, and Seacons/Piranacon. An idea as cool as Voltron, and twice as ugly when you actually put them together. I never had a complete set.

- Variety! Who remembers Jumpstarters? They shouldn't even be Transformers, they should be called Flip'n'Folders. Targetmasters, Headmasters, Powermasters? You can have an extra helper guy, but just can't have a gun at the same time, or a head. And Pretenders? Put your Transformer in a stupid humanoid plastic case, and let's Pretend we're playing with a Ken doll in a spacesuit!

- The Movie! I've watched it many times, and consider it a nostalgic classic despite its shortcomings. It will never cease to shock me how quickly and gruesomely some of the Autobots die at the start (Ratchet getting shot up like Robocop, Prowl's eyes glowing and smoke coming out the mouth, and Optimus--OPTIMUS IS DEAD?! WHAT THE HELL?!!). I would've liked to see a climactic battle between Optimus and Megatron near the end, that would finally settle things. Instead, they fight at the start and Optimus's eyes fade out and he turns all black and dies! I don't know what happens during the next five minutes because it's all blurry. Then freakin' Hot Rod, Kup, and the Dinobots get the spotlight. Preposterous.

This section will end here because I wrote it weeks ago and don't know what else to say.

Kill Bill
Brendan and I went to see the movie on the first Friday night it was out, for some reason thinking it might not be too busy. Big mistake, leading to wide angle seats. On top of that, there were a lot of subtitles, which I normally don’t mind, but this time I had some guy’s big head blocking a third of them right in the middle. Damn annoying. Since this problem came up over and over, the frustration made it hard for me to enjoy the movie.

So I’m just saying I’m aware my review is affected by my bad mood. Kill Bill had somewhat chuckle-worthy humor, somewhat impressive action, and a somewhat interesting plot. I do like how Tarantino reveals parts of the story a little at a time, and that he doesn’t take himself too seriously. Overall, I think Quentin’s stuff is okay but I’m not a fan. I watched Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs at least twice each, thinking I might like it more with multiple viewings... neither one made the cut. If I do the same with Kill Bill, I don’t expect the trend to change.

This is also one of those situations where something can be kinda funny, but a bunch of people laugh like it’s the most hilarious thing in the world, so you think to yourself, “Idiots, it’s not that funny... you know what, now it’s not funny at all.” Same goes for cool action sequences. When surrounded by people who are easily impressed, the critical types often become more critical, to distance themselves from the idiotic masses. So a packed theater full of people howling at a Samurai Shodown-style bloodspray used several dozen times isn’t gonna send me home raving.

Steve, funny you should mention that people hate on Matrix Reloaded even though it’s half a movie... since the same applies to Kill Bill. “Thanks, Jon! Nice of you to always chime in with your fun-spoiling nerd shiet.” Word.

Hahah “sucky lion Voltron”... yeah show the camera all your lion head hands and feet again! Raar! Raar! Raar! Raar!

Racism
...will go away on the same day the battle between the sexes ends. And that day ain't soon... in fact it’ll never come. We like to emphasize differences more than similarities, and we like to think we know things. If there were no stereotypes, we wouldn’t know anything about anybody unless we talked to them directly or heard or read about them. But thanks to stereotypes, I know all of Team Pooky has small penises. Misery loves company, thanks pals.

I too saw Kill bill. or should i say kill NOSE. Anyways, it was good, but i wasn't really feeling it. violence gore. the plot...i dunno. it's like i knew what was gonna happen before it happened. i'll go see the next one tho. not enough kung fu. swords swords swords. swords are cool. But so is open handed combat. If it's gonna be a tribute to kung fu movies, then there needs to be kung fu. Oh wells. Hey, here's an idea. Since there was so much jap influence in there, how bout instead of battle royale girl they put in voltron. The sucky lion voltron, not the cool "land, sea, and air" voltron. All in all, kill bill was so-so, but as far as i'm concerned, the best QT movie is resevoir dogs..period. I especially like the discussion about tip in the diner, the discussion by mr pink on how much he hates his name, and the part where mr white and someone else is sitting in the car going over the plan to rob the place and randomly he says "and that girl over there" "right here on my dick". Dope movie.

has anyone seen texas instruments TI-87 chainsaw masscre? i heard it was really good and then i heard it was really bad. any comments?

so yeh..i have been disappointed by every single movie i have seen thus far. this year in the theaters. I will go see the last matrix movie cuz i know it'll be good BECAUSE NO ONE SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE SECOND ONE SUCKED BECAUSE TWO AND THREE ARE ONE COMPLETE MOVIE. LOTR...i guess. why not. Star wars...are they even done making the last one? whatevers..i dont give a fuck anymore. i guarantee that i wont' be seeing the last one. I heard that the clint eastwood movie was good.

how bout scary movie 3? just kidding.

I'm a really big fan of akira kurosawa's movies. However i've only seen his early works. Hey brendan, any suggestions on kurosawa's later works? Also, what doyou think about eastwood's old spaghetti westerns (i.e. the good the bad and the ugly, For a fist full of dollars, for a few dollars more, etc). I really like those and i'd like to see what a "film veteran" suchas you thinks of it. Also, any critique of transformers can be shoved up your ass bitch. Hahaha. I joke. Sorta.

anyone have any good websites that have those "buy 7 dvds for 7 cents" deals? There's a lot of dvds i need to get (i.e. swingers, rounders, ocean's 11, spirited away, etc. etc. etc.)

I'm out. working full time is killing me. At least i can be rich like you fuckers. Well, not really.

-Steve

Kill Bill...are you kidding me? This film was great by all means. Do you actually think they could have fit the whole film into one volume? I seriously doubt it. I mean people get tired of sitting through LOTR...how are they going to sit through Tarantino's style. Speaking of style...that is exactly what this film oozes. Think about this...animation sequence? In a live action, mainstream film? The animation was smooth and stylish...all together dynamic. The story...he made it like a Mega Man game which earns high marks in my book. He isn't trying to be something he is not...he is taking everything he likes about martial arts films and adds his own twisted plot to accompany that...and it never forgets what it wants to accomplish. (Clue: Its not trying to get an Oscar)

The Japanese was excellent and the martial arts didn't try to get too Matrixy which I can honestly say is overplayed and overstayed. At least Tarantino understands that a Samurai Sword is something special and pays it special attention. The violence is Tarantino and he makes sure it isn't too much...which is why he shot in black and white...which is gutsy but it pays tribute to the Independant circuit that made him what he is today. It shows he isn't afraid to try something if it makes it look cool...and that whole end scene in the snow...sure the martial arts isn't the best...but I didn't know that Tarantino was capable of such ambience in his shots. I dunno...this review is retarded and I know that some of you are thinking I'm taking this too seriously...but this is what I love to do so I better act like I know something about it now...or else no respect from no one! Hehe.

Overall I understand what Brian is trying to say...but Kill Bill was an awesome way to end the summer run (Yes I realize that you probably don't consider Kill Bill and summer release...but the film seaons are basically either summer and the rest of the year). You want to see a drawn out story that sucks shit...Better Luck Tomorrow...FUCKING FOBS...

I think this blog needs a little more attention! I'll try to update at least once a week, every monday as long as homework doesn't bog me down. I'm just going to run through a few quick subjects this week...

Andy, happy birthday... We had a good match at "tennisball" the last time I was there... Anyway, hope you're day was full of celebration.

Consumerism... Well.. Um... This very second, I'm considering going down to Toy's 'R Us for their special buy 2 Gamecube games and get the third free. hehe, It's tempting, but I only have 2 games I really want at the moment (Viewtiful Joe, and Mario Golf). I'll let you guys know what I decide. But in the meantime, earlier this week, I ended up buying a PS2... So yeah, maybe I'll join you guys at Socom 2. Disgaea is a lot of fun, though.

Right now I'm listening to the Boyz II Men album again... It's not as bad as I thought it was. The first two tracks are pretty good. I guess it's kind of growing on me. Definitely not like their old stuff, but this is pretty good too.

Kill Bill... I'm kind of pissed about it. Unless something crazy is coming up in the next volume, it was such a disappointment. I mean, he could have honestly made it into one movie. A lot of it was long and drawn out. This was a test to see what the consumers are willing to willing to put up with. See, and I'm pissed that he got me too. I see the trap, but I will probably see the next movie. Kinda like Matrix. The fight scenes were pretty good though. My roomate brought up an interesting point after seeing the movie though. He found it neat that they had a little bit of "Fox Force 5" from Pulp Fiction... You know, the line that goes something like "There was a blonde one, from that show "Baton Rouge," she was the leader. A Japanese one, a black one, a French one and a brunette one, me." OK, so it doesn't fit perfectly, but still neat.

I don't quite feel like touching on the racism subject yet. I haven't really formed an opnion on it, but this kind of stuff will be around for probably longer than any of us will be alive.

Jobs... I donno if I told any of you guys but I have a phone interview on monday with "CEC Entertainment." I'm kind of emberrassed to say what it stands for, but I applied for a "Middle Management" position. I think it's salaried, so it's definitely a step up from Scandia, but I don't know how big of a step it is. Anyway, a cookie to anyone who correctly guesses what CEC stands for. Laugh, and you guys will die :)

That's it... You get this blog early 'cause I don't want to write anymore! Anyone doing anything interesting for Holloween?