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Wow, I realize it was probably a danger room sequence, hence the low key quality to Wolverine, but damn. That looked terrible. Colossus looked like crap and the music was hideous. I really hope that wasn't a finished scene.

Ok, when I first saw the controllers I thought "WTF, is Nintendo TRYING to kill themselves." Then I read about them and gave it some time and now I think they're awesome. So I decided to do the research and give it some time before I let myself have an opinion on this name. One day later, I still think it's fucking stupid. First off, the pronunciation is ambiguous. It could be "why" or "wee." Then I read that it's "wee," which is just dumb. I mean if you pronounce it like a 'y' at least that has some meaning, even if it's a bastardized spelling. It could refer to the Wifi capabilities of the system, and there's some technical connotation there (there a 'wye connection' in electronic circuits). "Wee" is the sound a toddler makes while riding their big wheel. And Nintendo keeps justifying it by referencing iPod, Xbox, Google, and Game Boy, as weird names that got recognition. Well, google is a number and pod, box, game, and boy are all real words. Wii is not a real word. I see what they're going for with the whole 'One word for all languages,' but for the english world it's a failure. Whatever though, I'm still buying one. I'll just keep calling it the Revolution. Edit: One thing I have read a few places that I agree with is the fact that Nintendo had go put out a press release explaining and justifying the name, is not a good sign for the name. They claim that it means all these symbolic things, but you don't get that from looking at the name. When I fist saw this I didn't think "Oh two i's, two controllers. Oh yeah, and wii, like 'we.' Synergy and inclusivness." I thought "How the fuck do I pronounce that." A good brand name should not need its meanings explained.

Ah, she'll probably sing some lame Stevie Wonder song again.

Yeah, ASB was #1 a couple times (issue 4 comes out next week, I'm super psyched and I know you guys are too~!) and so was Justice. The OYL titles have been selling out like mad, which more than anything means that the retailers were under-ordering them. It's hard to tell success from the sales charts since they're based on a wierd indexing system and are based on orders not sales. Plus they don't take into account subscriptions or book store sales. And supposedly DC makes some nice coin from graphic novel sales in bookstores. Watchmen, DKR, and Sandman still rake in some serious money from what I hear. Plus stuff like licensing, merchendise, and operating costs are huge factors in a company's success. Remember, Marvel went bankrupt in the 90s, and they were still selling comics. The good news is that there's been very nice growth over previous years lately, so it seems things are rebounding. Still, 200,000 copies (like IC#6) would not make anything near a top seller in previous times. That's a good point about Arsenal. I'm going to bet something happens with Wonder Woman, have they confirmed whether it's Diana as WW in the new series?

"Smoke on the Water" came out in 77? I would swear that it was earlier. Not that I was alive then. Chris does "Ace of Spades" and then I worship him for all eternety.

No, Seacrest said that he had the "2 with the most votes and the 2 with the least votes" when he was standing with Kat/Chris and Kellie/Paris. Oh, and it might not have anything to do with the American Idol producers, but what the hell was with that overblown production during the performance last night? It's fucking Andrea Bocelli, why are you throwing that much reverb and shit on top of his voice. It sounded terrible.

Thank God. Kellie is gone. Thank God. Although after she got voted off I realized that this was exactly the right time for her to go. She deserved to get further than Bucky and Ace, but shouldn't have gotten past any of the current top 5. Out of the field of contestants, she deserved 6th place. The animosity I had for her was the fact that she seemed untouchable and I was scared she'd make it past someone like Chris or Katherine, and I had this sinking feeling that she'd undeservedly win the thing. Like she could keep getting by on mediocre performances and it took a really bad one to finally off her. But nothing to worry about now. I was pleasantly surprised to see Chris and Katherine as the top 2 this time. I thought that for sure Taylor was one of the top 2. I think this top 5 is exactly the right 5 people this time around. No hangers on. I havn't really watched American Idol until this season, but this looks like the best group of top people they've ever had. There always seemed to be really annoying people in the top 5/4/3/2 before, but not this year.

The corps gon' get cha mutherfucker.

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Seriously? Paris much better than Taylor? I thought Paris was shit tonight. Taylor was great and the judges were unfairly harsh on him. They want him to go crazy and dance around, but ignored the fact that his vocal performance was great. And he still has the charisma and puts on a good performance when he stands at the mic. Elliot was fucking amazing. 4 or 5 weeks ago I was pretty indifferent to him maybe getting the boot, he just didn't look like a winner when he was performing. But damn, the last 3 weeks he has so been the man. Chris was awesome as usual. Katherine looked really hot. The judges were way too harsh on her, but it wasn't a perfect performance or anything. Kellie was terrible for most of her song, huge pitch problems and flubbed notes abound. However, the last 20 seconds, I thought, were really really good. After that falsetto note it showed them working on in the video she nailed it. But overall it was horrible, and yeah 'robotic' was a good way to put it. So my order (with appropriate spaces): Elliot Chris Taylor Katherine Paris Kellie If Paris and Kellie are the next 2 to leave, I'd be happy with any of the remaining 4 wining it. Still pulling for Chris though. And David Foster is awesome.

The DC comics message board is filled with complete dumbasses. There also seems to be an ironically high number of Marvel marks there as well. Don't bother reading it. I love this series thus far, it's been a huge success. I don't think it's confusing at all, sure it's dense, and if you skim it you might be confused, but they've done a great job of making it all make sense. Hell, they explained all of the multiverse/Crisis on Infinite Earths stuff in like 4 pages in issue 2.

I think he just proved your point.

I think the Rock's a quality actor. He was great in The Rundown and Walking Tall (which was otherwise a terrible movie), he has the credibility to be a great action star, and he has really good comedic timing. Plus he doesn't have the stigma of being 'that wrassler guy' anymore.

Jesus. Two crude humor movies, a terrible remake, a horrible-acted comic book movie and Sin City. Who watches MTV anymore? What a joke. Odd, those 5 movies were generally given incredibly good reviews by 'legitimate' movie reviewers. I think if you check out rottentomatoes.com, they're all close to the top of the heap. And complaining about the MTV Movie Awards nominations is stupid. They're not to be taken seriously anyways, this isn't the Oscars.

Ooooooh, what about the Straight-Edgers?

Well me and my friends were certaintly entertained. That was the 2nd TNA ppv we've ordered (after Bound for Glory) and I was happy with it. Joe/Sabu was a bit of a let down from what I expected, but Sabu had a broken arm, so understandable. Christian/Abyss was way better than I was expecting.

Oh hell yeah. I know so many 'indie kids' who swear by the musical 'genius' of this band. Did you see them play on the Junos? It was absoultely hideous. If off key shakey vocals and some of the sloppiest playing I've seen is genius then I'll stick with 'stupid music.' Oh, and then I see an interview backstage (from the same Junos) with a couple of the members slagging Canadian Idol (fair enough, it does suck), saying that it doesn't prepare these kids for playing live and that BSS has over 200 years of live experience between all the members so they know how to hack it on the stage. Wow, you'd think all that experience you wouldn't put on such an abortion of a performance. good. we don't need you. one song from an awards show is hardly a sufficient analysis of their live show. i'd say that would be one of the most difficult situations in which to perform. and no less with the broken social scene, which is arguably a train wreck in the making with so many members who rarely perform live together. their touring troupe is much tighter, yo. aaaaaand their vocals are shaky on the album in the first place. thats sorta their steez. Their touring troupe at the moment isn't much different from the group we saw at the Juno's. The only real difference was that they had the full horn section backing them and no Emily Haynes (who I hate so I can deal with). This new chick named Lisa Lobsinger does her parts or if Amy Milan is around she usually takes "Anthems for a 17 Year Old Girl". collett wasn't theree? and weren't some of stars playing with them, too? or were they all in the horn section? either way, i feel i am right on this issue. not with you, but his ZGANGSTA. edit: how often would feist/drew actually sing live together? i can't imagine that often with both of their fledgling seperate touring schedules. Meh, everything of theirs that I've heard I've hated. And that Juno performance REALLY blew. Like really, really, really blew. Plus all the people who like them that I know are your stereotypical 'super indie kids' who have the exact same corporate mass-marketed 'indie style and tastes' and swear that these guys are all musical geniuses, but of course would despise them if they were popular. I have no idea what you said here so... Oh yeah and Emily Haynes is a biiiiiiiiiitch in person, the rest of the guys in Metric are pretty cool though.

Oh hell yeah. I know so many 'indie kids' who swear by the musical 'genius' of this band. Did you see them play on the Junos? It was absoultely hideous. If off key shakey vocals and some of the sloppiest playing I've seen is genius then I'll stick with 'stupid music.' Oh, and then I see an interview backstage (from the same Junos) with a couple of the members slagging Canadian Idol (fair enough, it does suck), saying that it doesn't prepare these kids for playing live and that BSS has over 200 years of live experience between all the members so they know how to hack it on the stage. Wow, you'd think all that experience you wouldn't put on such an abortion of a performance.

Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days CCR - Fortunate Son and Run through the Jungle Guns N Roses - Breakdown I can't listen to Sublime anymore. Up until a couple years ago I absoulutely loved them, but now I can't fucking stand Sublime. It's wierd because the rest of my musical tastes haven't really changed. Maybe it's because the modern rock stations around me still overplay the shit out of them.

Hells yeah.

How do you explain the trainwreck that was the "MySpace Would You?" thread?

So is Chris being in the bottom 3 a statistical anomaly, a reaction to his performance, or are his days now numbered? Looking at dialidol.com, he hasn't recently had the super high rating like Taylor has (not that I take too much stock in dialidol). Now Taylor and Kellie are the only ones to not hit the bottom 3. Are they therefore the favorites for top 2? God I hope Pickler doesn't make top 2.

No, that doesn't work. I've done that on other boards... "OMG, she photoshopped it!" Other people have met me and talked to me on the phone... "OMG, they're lying". There's no end to that. That's quite sad.

Gah! Chris in bottom 2? UNACCEPTABLE! Kellie not in bottom 3? UNACCEPTABLE! Ace leaving? QUITE ACCEPTABLE! Although did they actually confirm whether it was Chris or Paris who was the other member of the bottom 2?

Christ people, if you need her to prove who she is just get her to write on a piece of paper "I'm Leena you assholes," hold it up, take a digital picture, and post it. I'm so the only person who thinks around here.