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Agreed, (there's a reason he was SW1) although I think Keenan definitely has a ton of charisma, though no range. I can't ever hate on someone who co-wrote "Hollywood Shuffle" though. I love that fucking movie.

Some of the Chono-wear is great. It probably would look good on no one except Chono, though.

Goddamn I wish I had that picture of Spider-Man vacuuming up the Sandman now. I'm pretty sure I know who the fourth villain is, though. In a twist of irony:

Well, Big Fish was supposed to be good. Corpse Bride was godawful though, and this is from someone who loved Nightmare before Christmas. Ooh, and I really liked Sleepy Hollow.

Sapporo Stella Asahi Ruination if I'm in the mood for beer so hoppy it makes my ass clench Carta Blanca is the best Mexican beer, but I can only find it in restaurants up here.

I think Tough Enough clued in 99.9% of wrestling fans that wrestling is fake, if they didn't already know. I'm sure there are plenty of very young children that think it's real. So basically everyone's a smart or a smark now. (though what differentiates those two terms I have no idea). Smark seems to just be used to denote cynical fans now.

Number two is ugly. If number one didn't have the mouthpiece, it would look like an OBEY GIANT number.

My friend used to rage about that sequence. "You can't fucking cut bags of sand with a Sai! It's a big metal spike! It has no edge!"

I don't think of the problem as being identifiable as a wrestling fan, it's a matter of aethetics. Most WWE shirts are just really busy and ugly. I've rocked a banana-yellow 'Hulkamania' shirt a couple times. Of course, Hulk is kitsch at this point. The best 'busy' shirt was the Sandman "Blood Sweat and Beers" Budweiser log knock-off. Can't find a picture of it online, but it was sweet.

Ballad of Fallen Angels. The best music arguably of the series is contained here a badass fight scene, some of the best visuals of the series. Hard Luck woman: A very plot-heavy episode, it goes from quite comic to very tragic. Plus, it's one of only a few times that Spike gets the living shit kicked out of him.

Just read Ebert's review. He just sounds like a sour old fart who wanted fun and camp. He's not being sarcastic. Why not put the fucking Super-cat in there too? Christ, this coming from the guy who wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and said X-Men 3 was the best of the series. He's gone senile.

Burton's treatment was awesome: Zombie Superman? Edward Superhands? Or Venom Superman? YOU be the judge.

Takes off? The first episode of Bebop is awesome!

The PBS/NPR/NEA thing is such a rabble-rousing issue when it accounts for such a tiny tiny amount of the budget. If five bucks of the thousands and thousands of dollars I pay the feds go to Masterpiece Theatre or a starving artist instead of a fucking cruise missle, GOOD. And EVERYONE knew that NO was fucked if a hurricane came its way. I remember reading articles about it while I lived in NO. It's as much a part of the corrup local gov'ts fault, but this 'no one knew what could happen!' shit infuriates me. In fact, I think a lot of the data from the Scientific American or Nat'l Geographic or whatever article I read came from the Army Corp of Engineers. There's a straight up lie you can attribute to Bush. "No one knew what could happen!" Fuck you. that's why everyone with a dollar to spare left the city whenever a hurricane came calling, is it?

Internationally, Supes is definitely the most famous, recognizable character. I'd say out of the actual comic-buying fans, Bats and Spidey are most popular. Or in other words, they have the most dedicated following, though this isn't really quantifiable.

From that shot, his costume looks pretty killer. Looks like a death's head with... Goggles. At this point I haven't been spoiled at all, and haven't been looking for them, it's all speculation. I still think Harry Osbourne should lead into Topher as Venom in the next movie. Harry Osbourne's going to die this movie. This is speculation, but you know it's going to happen, in tragic faction, from what we've seen in the movies and comics, it just makes snese. If the last shot is Venom standing over a fallen Harry, that would be fucking perfect. What I'm wondering is if they'll completely switch the Gwen and MJ characters, and have MJ die. They're already seeming to go with the USM 'brainy janey' vs the sexy, troubled Gwen Stacey route. Either way, I hope Tobey and Sam commit to another one or two films. They've been so tremendous. And the money has to be decent. As in record-setting every time. Aside: Is it true they're making a FF with/vs Silver surfer movie? I saw a poster for it, had no ss, may have just been a mock-up.

Bleach might be the end-all/be-all of action animes, in the vein of DBZ or Flam of Recca. I'll put Bebop and Escaflowne and maybe Champloo ahead of it every time. Tell a story with little wasted time. With SMJ, Slayers Next, Ranma's first couple of seasons, I just prefer humor with my anime. Bleach had that at first, but has lost a lot of it, though it's not really to its detriment. Tylor is the best of both worlds, even if it isn't my favorite of all time. I also do like a good ending. Escaflowne, Tylor and Bebop all have terrific endings, which probably prejuduces me. SMJ does too.

Oh, and for those who have seen it. is it ever made clear whether it takes place afte Superman 1 or 2?

Are all the Imax releases 3-D? That has to be trying after 2.5 hours. I think I remember captain EO being headache inducing, and that was what? 45 minutes? half an hour? Just plain Imax is good enough for me. I saw Goblet of Fire in Imax and it was great. Though my leg cramped 10 minutes before the movie ended, and I had to grit my teeth. 3+ hours in a seat basically designed for a kid when you're 6'4 is not fun.

He also used to be semi-rational.

It was a shit weekend. And I was playing it up and trying to be funny. (operative word: 'trying', actual word: failing and being a dumbass) Then I turned into a little shit. I do sincerely apologize for the stupid-ass comments. I'm fine now. Back to AA with me. Had a year sober interrupted in February. Again, all apologies.

Well, they're playing Endfest this year, but know way I'm driving that far and sitting in the heat for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Modest Mouse, and Snow Patrol. I don't hate any of those bands, but meh. I'm much happier to be seeing Sonic Youth this Friday. If you read about someone coming up on stage and trying to leg-hump Lee, Kim and Thurston (and probably in that order), well you'll know my full name. On another note, I saw Sleater Kinney live a couple months ago, and they were amazing. Amazing venue too. You could easily get very close to the stage. Quasi played as well, so that means Janet Weiss drummed for over 3 hours, I think. Now they've apparently broken up. It's a damn shame, as they were just getting better and better, but now I'm really glad I got the chance to see them.

Yeah, this is petty shit. Why do the cops release this kind of inane stuff? Be professional. *Bellows* THIS LADY HAS A VIBRATOR! HAW HAW HAW HEY GUYS! All the shit about the oxy was stupid too. It was prescribed, he got hooked. It happens. Sure there was some hypocracy involved, and I hope he's softened his drug/alcoholic stance, but revelling in it is sort of obscene.

You know Raimi will make Venom scary (if he's in this movie). I still think it should just be a final shot of him, since we've already got two villains lined up. I couldn't make out Harry as the Goblin well, but it looked like a cool, thrown-together costume. And Bryce Howard is dreamy. How did she ever come from that genetic stock? Either way, that literally gave me goosebumps. And it's fucking hot in Seattle today.

The Fearless Hyena starring Jackie Chan. Dumpling Duel (Chopsticks fight) Walking across a room on several clay pots while his master swats at his feet and the pots Then a rocky-esque sequence to inish it off. Overall my favorite JC movie besides Drunken Master II.