tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80545762024-03-08T01:59:40.581-05:00They Got the Mustard OutJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-26975935805989357852008-07-20T17:57:00.001-04:002008-07-20T17:58:50.731-04:00Do you think Joss Whedon just sits around laughing maniacly at all the emotional trauma he inflicts?That said, Dr. Horrible is still fantastic.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-19419541475031828602008-07-18T09:12:00.002-04:002008-07-18T09:12:00.217-04:00Joss Whedon is my heroWith Neil Patrick Harris as a close second.<br /><br /><a hre="http://www.drhorrible.com/plan.html">Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog</a><br /><br />Watch it for all it's worth as they're yanking it on Sunday night <br />(haven't figured out why).Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-44542270107187026472008-07-01T12:51:00.002-04:002008-07-01T12:52:48.936-04:00Why Hellboy II will be the greatest movie of the summerAnd why I love James Lipton<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wbaA68jYYek&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wbaA68jYYek&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-90521193393799262552008-06-26T14:56:00.001-04:002008-06-26T14:57:50.739-04:00Holy crap, Megaman 9 is retro NES style on WiiWare!Amazing? Um, yes!<br /><br />http://www.rockmanpm.com/Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-5556084925871576452008-06-24T12:47:00.000-04:002008-06-24T12:48:19.898-04:00RIP George Carlin<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YphEUa5LPjM&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YphEUa5LPjM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-79377961482032088592008-06-13T09:51:00.002-04:002008-06-13T09:53:37.671-04:00Finally we can take a slap shot on the Wii!http://wii.ign.com/articles/881/881312p1.html<br /><br />It's about time they brought an NHL game to the Wii. There isn't a single sport out there more suited to the Wii-Mote's capabilities. Stick handling, aiming your shot, fighting... it's perfect!Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-65363062864398507792008-05-31T00:18:00.002-04:002008-05-31T00:21:16.524-04:00Annnd, shrinkage.Please let Joss Whedon write Spider-man. Please, please, please.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-58288916123176295702008-05-30T13:16:00.000-04:002008-05-30T13:17:16.950-04:00Good Job MLB<embed FlashVars="videoId=168724" src='http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#cccccc' width='332' height='316' name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-55108836005034419732008-05-28T11:53:00.002-04:002008-05-28T11:58:22.537-04:00When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.So why didn't anyone tell me How I Met Your Mother was so damn funny? Seriously, this is a show that takes me back to the very best years of Scrubs. Neil Patrick Harris has mined his comedic genius first discovered in Harold and Kumar to new levels and Jason Segal has a steady job. Who knew? <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull</span> - What the hell, George Lucas? 3/4 of a good Indiana Jones movie spoiled by an ending that was so overt in it's supernatural elements that I was left unable to argue with Erin when she turned to me and said "This is retarded." The whole point of Indiana Jones is that the supernatural/theological elements are left mostly unexplained. That's how I can accept the Ark of the Covenant killing/melting the faces of the Nazis. But there's nothing left ambiguous about this ending (which decided that theology was too outdated, let's go X-Files). Which is too bad because I was enjoying the hell out of myself for the first 3/4 of the movie or, what I'll term, the Spielberg parts. Good chases scenes, action, comedy all rolled into one with Harrison Ford's smirk making me forget how long ago it was he was last in big fun roles like this. Shia LaBeouf didn't really piss me off all that much and the rest of the cast does fine with what it's got. It didn't help that John Hurt is cast in another Prof. Bruttenholm role which Dwain summed up nicely after the "Space between spaces" line by stating "You know, where Hellboy lives." So I'm giving up on Lucas. Sorry, I'll go back to my original trilogies and enjoying the fun that was the 80's. Maybe I'll watch this movie on DVD and just stop once they get to the "Kingdom".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News and Notes:</span><br /><br />Joss Whedon finally finishes up his astounding run on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Astonishing X-men</span> today. I'm actually excited for comic book. I'm a little sad.<br /><br />Interesting Q&A session with Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro on the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hobbit </span>movies: <a href="http://www.wetanz.com/holics/index.php?itemid=695&catid=2#more">http://www.wetanz.com/holics/index.php?itemid=695&catid=2#more</a><br /><br />Ok, so the Mets won a game against the Marlins. Now let's make it 2 in a row and we're only 4.5 out. Baby steps... <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Until next time:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Miracle!"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"A pencil entered Barney's nose and you call it a miracle?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Do you have a better explanation for it?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"A drunk jackass with a box of pencils?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"A drunk jackass called God and a box of pencils called Destiny"</span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-36804825469673394352008-05-22T18:42:00.001-04:002008-05-22T18:43:48.831-04:00I Love Midnight Train to GeorgiaI'm sure everyone has seen it a hundred times by now. But it's still funny:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bYFs83TjHcU&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bYFs83TjHcU&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-75489274449272813892008-05-11T22:22:00.008-04:002008-05-23T12:57:08.150-04:00I've always loved fortune cookies. You reach into the bowl and randomly select something that applies to you and only you.<span>Mustard: So absent lately.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Iron Man:</span><br />Take everything you loved about Spider-Man. The action, the comedy, the fun. And then take away what you didn't like: A whole lot of saccharine, nail grating dialogue that even the greatest acting talent in the world couldn't pull off let alone Kirstin Dunst. That's Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. is everything you could have hoped for as Tony Stark and more. Sure Toby Maguire has the funny/nerdy side of Peter Parker down. Robert Downey Jr. has the funny/cool/bit of a jerk side of Tony Stark. He's George Clooney in a Metal suit. Hell, even the slightly generic Iron Monger villain works out terrific thanks to Jeff Bridges portrayal (hey Willam Defoe, it is possible to be tiny bit over the top without needing the Heimlich from chewing so much scenery). I won't say this definitely the best Marvel movie ever but it's right up there with Spidey 2 and X2.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mario Kart Wii:</span><br />Ok, I really came in not expecting much from this game. Yeah, it's Mario Kart and the only game I may have played more than the original Mario Kart was Mario Kart 64. But I just wasn't as blown away by Double Dash (despite being one of the few who did enjoy the 2 rider gimmick) and hadn't heard a whole lot of great things about this one. I still am not a huge fan of choosing your kart but other than that, this game kicks ass. The bikes are a neat addition. The online mode is the best time I've had playing online with the Wii, and the throwback tracks bring back some great memories (Mario Raceway from N64... the amount of time spent trying to break the 2 minute mark on that sucker). And it's the first game since Wii Sports to have really good Mii integration. I'm racing as me! Woo! It's Mario Kart at it's best so what are you waiting for?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Netflix Roku:</span><br />Look, this is a cool box for those of you who don't have laptops or media pc, but it's not the panacea of digital media people are making it out to be and it's not really all that much of a competitor to the appleTV. Granted, the appleTV is a niche market but it's a media server. You can store files on it and play them. The Roku basically just take the place of hooking my laptop up via an S-video cable to my TV. Great it you don't have a laptop, but talk to me when it's got a hard drive and can play stored files. And for all those reports about how few Netflix Top 100 movies are available for watch instantly, these are the current top 10: <ul><li>Crash </li><li>The Departed </li><li>The Pursuit of Happyness </li><li> Little Miss Sunshine </li><li> Walk the Line </li> <li>Mr. and Mrs. Smith </li> <li>The Devil Wears Prada<br /></li><li>Blood Diamond </li> <li> Hotel Rwanda </li> <li>The Notebook</li></ul><br />It's not like they're the hottest movies out right now.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News and Notes:</span><br /><br />They've announced <a href="http://aintitcool.com/node/36843">Runaways</a>. Now get Brian K. Vaughn to script it and Joss Whedon to direct and this could be an amazing movie. Get Don Payne to script and Brian Robbins to direct and we can weep for the future.<br /><br />So the Mets were just handed a 4 game sweep by the Braves. F&*@!!!<br /><br />Indiana Jones tonight. Show us you can still handle Lucas' writing, Spielberg. Please!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Until next time:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Is she okay? Is my mom alright?"<br /><br /></span> <b style="font-style: italic;"></b><span style="font-style: italic;">"Calm down, Tolchuck. If something were seriously wrong, I would've found you myself, which reminds me, you know which class Kenny Henderson's in?"<br /><br /></span> <b style="font-style: italic;"></b><span style="font-style: italic;">"What? No!"<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"Mmm...I would not want to be him right now.</span>"Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-21716254531683680482008-04-30T11:49:00.001-04:002008-04-30T11:50:37.109-04:00It's the nerdiness in life you treasure<a href="http://xkcd.com/409/"><img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/electric_skateboard_double_comic.png"></a><br /><br />-xkcdJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-65717791230679947062008-04-29T13:46:00.005-04:002008-04-29T18:32:37.994-04:00When life gives you lemons, just say 'F&%@ the lemons' and bail ... aka my Summer Movie Preview<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mustard: </span><span>Like the Incredible Hulk without Ang Lee.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Iron Man:</span><br />I still can't believe Jon Favreau cast Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Is there anyone enjoying a better resurgence in his career right now? He's suddenly the new Johnny Depp (and if you don't think Johnny Depp had a slump in his career you haven't seen <span style="font-style: italic;">The </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Ninth Gate</span> or the <span style="font-style: italic;">Astronaut's Wife</span>). In addition to Downey, it's got Terrence Howard, Jeffrey Lebowski, Stan Winston doing the practical effects plus the guy Sayid killed on last week's <span style="font-style: italic;">Lost</span>. I mean even Gwyneth Paltrow can't annoy the hell out me in this movie, can she? Right? Maybe?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wall*E:</span><br />It's a cruel twist of life that I've seen both <span style="font-style: italic;">Rush Hour 3</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Smoking Aces</span> but I've yet to see <span style="font-style: italic;">Ratatouille</span>. Hopefully this will be rectified soon. But I am excited for any new Pixar flick that may or may not have ripped off it's main character's design from <span style="font-style: italic;">Short Circuit</span>. Yes Virginia, Johnny Five <span style="font-style: italic;">is </span>alive.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull:</span><br />It's Indiana Frakkin' Jones. I wouldn't't care if Harrison Ford used a walker the entire movie. I don't care that George Lucas lost all story writing credibility with Episodes 1-3. It's directed by Spielberg. It has Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, and a freakishly unaged Karen Allen. Let's just hope there's some face melting left in. I'm still traumatized by the heart rip from <span style="font-style: italic;">Temple of Doom</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Dark Knight:</span><br />Sure, the death of Heath Ledger is going to make this a little eerie but after the disappointment of <span style="font-style: italic;">Superman Returns</span> and the outright cancellation of Joss Whedon's <span style="font-style: italic;">Wonder Woman </span>(Damn you Warner Bros!), it's time for DC to get a major quality movie back out there. Who knows? We might not even miss Katie Holmes (read: we won't miss Katie Holmes).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hellboy II: The Golden Army</span><br />The first <span style="font-style: italic;">Hellboy </span>was a wonderful movie and anyone who doesn't agree is just plain wrong. Guillermo Del Toro has a few more Oscar statuettes to prove his case as a quality storyteller and I'm looking forward to Ron Perlman being back in the red makeup. And then we move on the <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hobbit</span>. Giggity.<br /><br />The final slot is a two way split: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Get Smart</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pineapple Express</span>. The Mel Brooks created <span style="font-style: italic;">Get Smart</span> was quite possibly my favorite TV show when I was young. Don Adams was a comedic genius. So Steve Carell stepping into the shoes is just a dream (I could've made a shoe phone joke there but I'm sure someone already has beaten that joke to death so let's just move on, shall we?). Alan Arkin as the Chief and General Zod as Siegfried are also perfect casting. But the trailer? Not so great. I'm just worried the script and directing are going to turn this into Steve Martin's <span style="font-style: italic;">The Pink Panther</span>. And then I will cry. Pineapple Express on the other hand had a great trailer (which may have unduly influenced me with it's use of M.I.A.'s Paper Planes) and Ed Begley Jr. The latest from Mr. Apatow's clique could be a brilliant stoner comedy or could be dumb as Steve Martin's The Pink Panther. Time will tell.<br /><br />P.S. Speaking of the Apatow clique, go see <span style="font-weight: bold;">Forgetting Sarah Marshall</span>. Freaking hilarious.<br /><br />Until next time:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"There's only one cure for pain like that."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"What?"<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"Weed. Ya got any?"<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"No."<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">"Well then let's just go surfing!"</span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-72626497049880791892008-04-28T21:32:00.002-04:002008-04-28T23:14:11.482-04:00This is the type of Monday morning it was<p class="MsoNormal">This conversation came up in relation to the Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker theme party these people http://www.dasbecca.com/ threw for their 5 year old.<span style=""> </span><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">See the absurd and yet awesome detail they put into it:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasbecca/2443797209/in/set-72157604730591124/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dasbecca/2443797209/in/set-72157604730591124/</a><o:p><br /> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeff</span>:<span style=""> </span>Someday when I have a kid, I can only hope to compete with this party.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place style="font-weight: bold;" st="on">Erin</st1:place><span style="font-weight: bold;">: </span>Jeff, I will never hand-stitch deku people or make a Zelda pinata. Or make bird people costumes. Or give 5 year olds swords. Did you guys see the Hero cake though? Yeah, I'm not making that either. <o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeff</span>: Honey, I’m not saying you have to hand-stitch deku people or make a Zelda piñata.<span style=""> </span>That’s just silly. You don’t even play Zelda games.<span style=""> </span>So what we’ll need to do is make a little Kirby costume for the baby and give him a baseball bat.<span style=""> </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Crowley</st1:place></st1:City>, you can be Wario but you take those whacks like a man and no running over my kid with a motorcycle, do you hear me?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city style="font-weight: bold;" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Crowley</st1:place></st1:City><span style="font-weight: bold;">: </span>Alright, no motorcycle, but I reserve the right to use the rest of his stuff... including the garlic powered superheroism and the down-and-B attack.<span style=""> </span>If the kid hits me with a bat, he's ASKING for a return volley of flatulence.<o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jeff</span>:<span style=""> </span>You hear that hon? <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Crowley</st1:place></st1:City>'s going to fart on our baby. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place style="font-weight: bold;" st="on">Erin</st1:place><span style="font-weight: bold;">: </span>I'd expect him to do that even if he wasn't Wario.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:city style="font-weight: bold;" st="on"><st1:place st="on">Crowley</st1:place></st1:City><span style="font-weight: bold;">: </span>Remember, there were stipulations there. Only if the kid hits me with the bat. Or tries to swallow me or cook me in a pot. You know, whatever. Hell, even if it drops on me like a rock from twenty feet up. I'm going to leave my options open.<o:p></o:p></p> Of course this got me thinking that we must have a Smash Bros party complete with smash ball pinata and bean bag pikmin.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-36242474326904039622008-04-24T22:09:00.002-04:002008-04-24T22:12:40.791-04:00If it couldn't be Peter Jackson...Guillermo Del Toro! Yes!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.variety.com/VR1117984595.html">Guillermo del Toro to direct 'Hobbit'</a><br /><br />Please let Ron Perlman be the voice of Smaug. Please let Ron Perlman be the voice of Smaug. Please let Ron Perlman be the voice of Smaug.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-69250279578809332622008-04-23T16:12:00.004-04:002008-04-23T16:15:01.208-04:00Twitter remains a mystery to meI just keep laughing every time I read it:<br /><a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/"><img src="http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2008/20080423.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">-penny arcade</span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-41923858118624165962008-04-22T20:37:00.002-04:002008-04-23T00:05:49.118-04:00Merciful Grand Galactic Inquisitor, This Can't Come Soon Enough<object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eN5BRwkdqWw&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eN5BRwkdqWw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />GO TEAM VENTURE!!!Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-90618492184690648702008-04-15T12:31:00.004-04:002008-04-15T12:56:28.816-04:00I just don't see what wrong with having a nice glass of wine with a pancake.Mustard: Mahalo version.<br /><br />So just back from a nice trip to Oahu where I did indeed managed to get up on the surf board. I have the pictures to prove it:<br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2414894629_b32c0da685.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/2415723452_ecf1174b18.jpg"><br /><br />Can someone tell me what's going on with airline services? I realize that airlines are trying to cut down on costs but when you're only giving me one mini-bag of pretzels and <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Devil Wears Prada</span> for a 6 hour flight, that's pretty pathetic. Speaking of terrible in-flight movies:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rush Hour 3</span> - A thousand monkeys typing on a thousand typewriters would scream and throw their poo at the screen if ever forced to watch this worthless waste of celluloid. I now retroactively hate X3 even more after seeing this latest abomination of Brett Ratner.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Golden Compass</span> - I consider myself a pretty intuitive guy when it comes to movies. And I can watch a disjointed movie and usually find myself accepting convoluted or even gapping holes in logic. But even after wikipedi-ing the source material for this movie, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Not to mention Nicole Kidman doesn't speak in a normal voice the entire movie. She whispers every single line she has like she's just awestruck to be acting opposite a CG monkey. And I like Freddy Highmore. In general he's one of the few child actors who doesn't either outright suck at acting or who doesn't overcompensate by chewing the scenery Broadway style. But he just is terrible in the voice over role. Maybe it's due to recording his lines alone in a studio but he never seems to be conversing in the same tone as the real actors he's supposed to be talking to.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News and Notes:</span><br /><br />Finally watched <span style="font-weight: bold;">3:10 to Yuma</span>. What is up with Alan Tudyk always being killed after a funny one liner?<br /><br />Baseball season is back. C'mon Mets, let's get those bats going. And stop having your pitchers getting injured.<br /><br />Summer movie season is almost upon us. Stay tuned for the summer movie preview. Coming soon to a Mustard near you.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Until next time:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"It's awesome! It's like the Sith Lords man, there's always only two of them."</span><br /><b style="font-style: italic;"></b><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Did you just Star Wars us?"</span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-51602434451777767682008-03-31T16:45:00.003-04:002008-03-31T16:56:26.043-04:00Eff You Major League BaseballYou got$650 million dollars from XM radio to broadcast on their service but won't let them do it through their web based service? I'm already paying XM and you money grubbing douchebags want me to pay an additional $15 to stream the audio to my computer? What other nickel and diming can you come up with? Why don't you try to copyright names and facts? Oh, wait, <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070614-mlb-tries-to-convince-appeals-court-that-names-and-stats-are-copyrightable.html">you already tried that</a>!Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-45398177832883862922008-03-17T11:30:00.002-04:002008-03-17T12:07:03.584-04:00Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?Mustard: Like a Guinness on St. Patrick's Day.<br /><br />Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! I hope you're all out following the companies take line and drinking Guinness responsibly. But probably not.<br /><br />Has anyone else noticed how hard it is to find a movie in theaters you actually want to go see? Sure, I kinda want to see both <span style="font-weight: bold;">Semi Pro</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">In Bruge</span>s but with the ease of Netflix and the movie studios feverous desire to release movies on DVD within minutes of their box office revenue taking a dip, it's getting harder and harder to justify paying $10 for a non-prime movie in theaters. I'm sure studio execs would hate to hear that but they just posted record revenue for 2008 based on those higher ticket prices so they can wipe the the tears away with ten dollar bills.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Smash Bros </span>- I love this game. I'm a little annoyed at all the bashing about the Sub Space Emissary Story Mode and all the complaints that it amounts to glorified fan fiction. Hello? What do you think Smash Bros is? It's a fighting game in which Mario can take on Link and Kirby can beat up on Star Fox. It's literally the old "who would win in a fight" discussion. And you're upset when this doesn't yield a Michael Gondry-esque narrative (actually given the increasingly surreal scripts he's generated lately, he might have come up with something like this)? So for Sakurai's sake, lay off the "story doesn't make sense" whining and just enjoy the fact that the cut scenes are entertaining, the mode is something new and different for the series and the game itself is still unbelievably fun. Now if you don't mind I'm gonna go practice a little more so my wife will stop beating me with Kirby (that frakking cooking smash).<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News and Notes:</span><br /><br />Notre Dame vs. George Mason in round one. It'll be interesting around here for that game.<br /><br />Baseball is almost upon us. Amen to that.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Return of Jezebel James</span> - new show by Amy Sherman Palladino. It's ok but that laugh track is so horrendous. It absolutely kills the humor.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Until next time:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"So, you just finished off the bottle?</span>"<br /><br /> <b style="font-style: italic;"></b><span style="font-style: italic;">"Well, I had to. It's vodka, you know. It goes bad once it's opened."<br /><br /></span> <b style="font-style: italic;"></b><span style="font-style: italic;">"I think that's another one of mum's little fibs. You know, like, I'll sacrifice anything for my children."</span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-75400516880125879012008-03-09T10:47:00.002-04:002008-03-09T10:48:08.629-04:00In case you were wonderingYes, I've already bought <a href="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/">it.</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-81082699025089616482008-03-07T15:28:00.005-05:002008-03-07T16:29:28.960-05:00Fisher we hardly knew ye and Musicians who do drugsWhat a sad time in that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fisher Stevens</span>' character arc on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost </span>was over before it started. Only one episode and our illustrious character actor was killed off. Such a shame.<br /><br />On the other we're actually going more obscure by the sudden appearance of actor <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kevin Durand</span> as another other Other. If you're thinking, "Hey, wasn't he one of the crazy Tremor brothers in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Smokin' Aces</span>?" then I feel sorry for you cause that means you've actually seen <span style="font-weight: bold;">Smokin' Aces</span> (how the eff do you make an action shoot 'em up that pretentious,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Joe Carnahan</span>? HOW!?). You may also recognize him from his less psychotic role as Tree in <strong>Mystery, Alaska</strong>.<br /><br />Speaking of character actors, after watching<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Coffee and Cigarettes </span>I've come to two conclusions:<br />1. I think it would be fascinating to do a comparison of who's done more drugs, Iggy Pop or Keith Richards.<br />2. If they ever make a movie biopic about Tom Waits, Ron Perlman absolutely has to star. I mean just look at them:<br /><br /><img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ZbxaYD13pWKmyM:http://www.villageindian.com/village_indian/images/tom_waits_1.jpg" 121px="" /> <img src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:5Ss7J3O0uj8WhM:http://z.about.com/d/horror/1/0/c/P/RonPerlman2.jpg" 121px="" />Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-42545227432842923592008-03-04T22:36:00.003-05:002008-03-04T22:50:42.698-05:00I shall return in a nonce. At most, two nonces.Mustard: like sands through the hourglass.<br /><br />Can I ask why on earth Harmonix has not at least announced a release date for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rock Band</span> on Wii? It makes no sense. It would take very little effort to port the PS2 version to Wii. Granted, it would be nice if they could add in the online mode missing in that version. But <span style="font-weight: bold;">Guitar Hero III</span> on Wii per NDP data was the 3rd best selling game across all consoles for both January and December amounting to over 2 million units sold. Don't you think by releasing the game onto what is obviously a receptive market for this type of game could help them recoup the supposed $200 million it cost to develop the game? Just a thought.<br /><br />Only a few more days until the release of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Super Smash Bros. Brawl.</span> Given how it's look so far, I see little reason to sleep for the next few weeks or so. Seriously, it's got a stage that looks like the original DK arcade game:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/stages/images/stage30/stage30_080304a-l.jpg" 400px="" /><br /><br />How ridiculously cool is that?<br /><br />Indie album of the week for your listening pleasure: <a href="http://www.myspace.com/vhsorbeta">VHS or Beta</a>'s <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bring on the Comets.</span> Little bit of the Killers. Little bit of Interpol. Little bit of Franz Ferdinand. Incredibly entertaining. <span style="font-style: italic;">Burn It All Down</span> made by best of 2007 playlist (narrowly beating out <span style="font-style: italic;">Can't Believe a Single Word</span>). Check it out.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">News and notes:</span><br /><br />Did anyone notice Fred Armisen's impression of Barak Obama on SNL the other night? When did Obama suddenly become Bullwinkle?<br /><br />Au revoir Brett Favre.<br /><br />Slow going for movies right now. Though <span style="font-weight: bold;">Leatherheads </span>has a chance to be entertaining in a few weeks. If the trailers are any indication, George Clooney is fully channeling the Cohen brothers. Strange fact, the movie is co-written by Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly. Weird.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Until next time:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Nobody plays jazz at the Pit Stop!"<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"Then why is the song on the jukebox?"<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">"We use it for profiling purposes. We also have the Pet Shop Boys and Seal." </span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-62364053098879837002008-03-03T13:00:00.002-05:002008-03-03T13:07:08.537-05:00The sad part is I think this would be awesome.<a href="http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2008/02/17/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px;" src="http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/2008/ft080217.gif"/></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2008/02/17/"><br />-foxtrot</a><br /></span>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8054576.post-35996200089996556562008-02-28T22:41:00.002-05:002008-02-28T22:46:11.695-05:00God Bless Jon Favreau<embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=29294971&v=2&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="346" width="430"></embed>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16051346933507769516noreply@blogger.com0