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3 Doors Down Concert of AWESOME

That’s right y’all, I’m updating my blog. Just got back from the 3 Doors Down Concert in Springfield, Missouri and it was just ridiculously awesome! They put on an amazing show and rocked my socks off. I smell like smoke, sweat, blood, alcohol, and death… And I didn’t even smoke, work out, kill anyone, drink, or die!!!! EPIC!!!

The show started out with the opening band Red, and while not everyone was really into them, and the lead singer reminded us of Kermit the Frog, I think they did a great job and got everyone warmed up.

Intermission…

And then here they come and I’ve already creamed my pants! 3 Doors Down blasts the roof of the building and from the moment they stepped on stage until they were done, everyone was standing on their feet and really getting into it. It wasn’t a completely sold out show, unfortunately, but it was still pretty packed. The mosh pit area was off the hizzie. Sorry folks, I had to, this concert was just THAT amazing.

After performing a great set of songs, favorites from all their different albums, they made like they were leaving. I don’t think anyone in the house believed the show was over though, I mean, they hadn’t even done Kryptonite yet… So everyone’s chanting and cheering and stomping and freaking out for like 5 minutes and then… Here they come, ENCORE!!! YEAH!!!!

The lead singer, Brad Arnold I believe, he actually gets on the drums and they do KRYPTONITE! THE PLACE GOES APE SH*T!!!!

YEAH!!! WOO-HOO!!!!

I’m jumping and screaming and shouting and clapping and pooping my pants and I can’t believe how awesome this concert is!! They continue on for a couple more songs and the night ends! WHAT A BLAST!!!!

This was my first concert… And it did not disappoint in any way! They did an amazing job, kept the crowd pumped, played all the right songs, and yeah… I suppose if I really wanted to I could complain about a few things, but I’m not going to. The few tiny things I could complain about just don’t even compare!

But, if you think this story is over… YOU’RE WRONG!

Myself and my friend, who I’ve mentioned on here before, YoMama, stayed and hanged out for a while. Hanged out? Lol, bad grammar. Anyways, when we finally did leave, we ended up walking a little ways behind these crazy drunk chicks who were having a very good time apparently and then…

*FLASH*

And not a time flash either! : – D THEY WERE AMAZING!!!!

And I had to hit YoMama because he was apparently not paying attention and didn’t see the initial FLASH. Seriously? How in the world could you miss that?

He did end up seeing one of the girls flash their friend, from the back though, so no show for him, and then we proceeded to watch as the friend, yeah… Good times! : – D

THIS SHOW WAS AMAZING!

I can’t really put into words just how awesome this show really was… I could go on and on but… I think I’ll just end with a picture, because a picture speaks a thousand words:

Car Chase

First of all I want to apologize to everyone for continuing to slack on my postings. I was really hoping to have 1 or 2 more posts up by now chronicling my convention adventures. Well, I’m not ready for that yet, and it’s getting bumped down the priority list as I have something new to share…

For those of you reading who hail from the Springfield, Missouri area, you might have noticed a news story this evening on the local stations about a Police Car Chase that started in Mountain Grove and went 60 miles into Springfield before finally ending at the intersection of Battlefield and Kansas Expressway… Well, whether this rings a bell with you or not, I can confirm that this did happen. Why? Because I was right there at the intersection when it all went down. It was truly a scary situation, one of the worst I’ve been in.

I pulled up to the intersection, on Battlefield road, and was waiting at the red light with everyone else. For those who may not know how this Intersection is laid out… There are four lanes total in the direction I was going… Two that go straight and two that turn left onto Kansas Expressway. There’s also a turn-off to the right to go right onto Kansas Expressway. Ummm, well, that is how it is laid out from where I was during this incident, but maybe it would be easier for me to just show a visual:

View Google Maps Street View

Anyways… I was probably 5 or 6 cars back from the light in the lane going straight that was located right next to the turning lanes. As I sat there waiting for the light I couldn’t help but notice all the police sirens I was hearing, but I had yet to see any police. A few moments later, it all started to happen. And, before I get into it, I want to stress, this all happened VERY FAST!! It was probably all over within 10 – 20 seconds. So yeah.

The first thing I noticed was 2 Springfield Police cruisers coming up on the Intersection to my left on Kansas Expressway. They both got up to the Intersection and stopped. They waited for just a moment to make sure all the cars had stopping going through and then the cops got out of both vehicles and ran to their trunks grabbing some stuff and then running out into the Intersection. At the time I didn’t know what they had grabbed but I later found out it was spike strips.

After this I saw another police car to my right, also coming down Kansas Expressway and sort of turning in front of traffic to make sure no one was going. And then I saw a white blur immediately to my left, something that almost hit my car. I turned and watched a white car try to squeeze through the cars in the turn lanes, hitting 3 or 4 cars as it went before finally getting slowed to a stop. And then…

Within seconds there was easily 8 – 10 police cars all around the area. Springfield Police, Sheriff Cars, Unmarked Cars, you name it! As corny and childish as it may sound, the best way I can explain it is that it seemed just like what would happen in a Grand Theft Auto game if you got a 3 or 4 star Wanted rating. It was unlike anything I had seen before. I had no idea what was going on but I was officially freaking out.

The cops all started jumping out of their vehicles, weapons drawn, and they quickly got the guys in the white car. To top it off, though, the white car’s engine caught fire and the police had to use fire extinguishers to put it out. It was all quite dramatic and happened so fast. Even as I type this right now it all seems so surreal. I still can’t believe it happened.

I consider myself very lucky that I avoided getting hit or hurt and I don’t think anyone involved ended up with any injuries, so thank goodness for that as well! As bad and scary as it all was, it could have been so much worse!

And as I finish typing this I just got done watching an updated news report on the incident via our local news station, KY3…

Apparently this all started in Mountain Grove Missouri when the 2 guys in the white car were about to get pulled over. They ran because of drug charges. Police tried stopping them previously at 2 other intersections but they avoided the cops and the spike strips and apparently tried to drive into the police officers setting up the spike strips. No one was hurt thankfully.

The Battlefield and Kansas Expressway Intersection was apparently the 3rd time the police tried to stop them and that’s where they got them and this all ended. All-in-all this went through 3 counties and over 60 miles.

Wow, I still can’t believe this happened and that I was there to see it all end. I had no idea. I just thank the lord that no one got hurt or injured.

Oookay… On that note, I think I’m ready for a good night’s rest. Yeah. Good night to all, and no more car chases please!

Amazing Update!

Yes, if you are reading this, then you have your confirmation… I’m not dead, not yet at least.

I’ve been meaning to update my blog here for sometime now, but I’ve been incredibly busy along with incredibly lazy. Don’t ask how you can be both of those things at the same time, I guess I’m just special. At any rate, I’ve got a major, mult-post blog of awesomeness in the works which you should see on here soon. Until then, though, I just wanted to update. If for no other reason than I convinced another person to update their blog I think….

*cough* Click Here *cough*

Basically, just as a quick update… I’m still working at O’Reilly programming my life away. I’m not currently in school, yet I’m swamped at researching online classes, dealing with financial aide, and messing with school stuff for tax purposes. Just got done working some ridiculously long shifts last week so I could go to an anime convention in St. Louis called Kawa Kon. Visited an awesome place in St. Louis called The City Museum. And a whole bunch of other stuff too.

So yeah, that’s it in a nutshell. I’m working on a big mult-post for the convention stuff, but you’ll have to wait a little longer on that. So, bye for now!

: – )

Frackity Frack, Don’t Talk Back!

So a co-worker of mine who you might know of… Lahman… Is the sole cause of my latest grief. You see, there’s this certain show, Battlestar Galactica, which just started back up with a new and final season, and Lahman is apparently quite the fan. He was going on and on about it and told me that I should give it a shot. He then let me borrow the first season and… Damn it all… I’m hooked!

To make matters worse, now isn’t exactly the best time for me to be getting hooked on new shows. As you may recall me mentioning in a previous post, my all-time favorite show, LOST, starts back up tomorrow. This is the 2nd to last season of it as well and fans everywhere are hopeful that some of the long standing mysteries of the show might start being answered. And even if they aren’t, hell, so long as they don’t do any more atrocious Nicki and Paulo episodes, I’ll take anything I can get!

On top of all that, I’m still trying to play through Chrono Trigger DS, watch box sets of Futurama, House, and The Office… I also have another friend you might remember, YoMama, who is feeding me stacks of comics on a regular basis, including entire volumes of Cable & Deadpool as well as a series called Invincible. And let’s not forget about my usual standby of World of Warcraft and trying to keep this here blog up to date.

And yes, if you were wondering, it did take forever to find and include links to all of those things in that previous paragraph… Keeping a blog up to date is tough work!

Anyways, I think I’ve made my point. Between all the above, work, personal stuff, eating, sleeping, etc… Sometimes it feels like I might just explode! But, since I’m not too worried about spontaneous human combustion… I guess I’m just going to have to try harder to stop getting new things to do.

Despite my busy schedule, it is a pretty good time to a geek like myself. I’m enjoying Battlestar and I can’t wait for LOST! Trust me, before the week is out, there will be a full review of the episode(s) up here for everyone to enjoy! Oh, and if you are wondering about the episode ambiguity… There is actually 3 awesome hours of LOST scheduled for tomorrow night. The first hour is the traditional recap episode to get people caught up, and then that is followed by 2 brand spanking new hours of stuff! OOOH, I CAN’T WAIT!!!!

Yeah, sorry about that… Just couldn’t contain myself. But yeah, look forward to the first of many LOST reviews, and probably some reviews of some of that other stuff I listed as well. For now though, I guess I better call it a night. My Mom’s birthday is coming up Thursday and I’ve got to prepare for that as well. Hopefully she’ll have a good time. Cya later Blog World!!!

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Oh… Also Saw V came out on DVD today along with a semi-related film, Repo! The Genetic Opera. You’ll probably hear me blog more about that later as well. But for now, this should tide you over…

Lahman’s Saw V Review

Super Powers Do Not A Super Show Make

My memory sucks really bad sometimes… You might remember, or maybe not if you’re like me, that a blog I posted at the end of December promised some reviews coming real soon. Well, I did post a review of The Spirit, but I have yet to pay up on any of the other promised reviews. That is, until now…

Recently I’ve been kind of avoiding TV. There really hasn’t been much on worth watching, everything is pretty much in re-runs. In addition, since I got a whole load of movies and a couple of good TV shows in a boxed set format for Christmas, what little TV I have been watching has been primarily those. Well, that is about to change next week when my all-time favorite show starts back up. I’m talking about LOST.

Now I realize some of you out there are probably groaning and moaning. I understand not everyone likes this show, or perhaps you liked it at first but you have since completely given up on it. Trust me, I understand. I just about gave up on LOST myself during the Nicki and Paulo season of the Medusa Spider… That was just abysmal. Regardless, I have stuck in there with this show and overall, it continues to be the most interesting show I’ve ever seen. I’m really, really, REALLY pumped and excited about this new season.

Having said that, you might be surprised to know that this blog/review actually has nothing to do with LOST, aside from that lengthy introduction. Ha, bet you didn’t see that coming did you? Okay, maybe you deduced something was up because of the subject of this post… Anyways… No, what this blog entry is really about is a completely different TV show called Heroes.

You see, I’m excited about LOST starting back up next week, but I’m holding back my enthusiasm just a bit longer before I make a full-fledged blog post about it. But, it got me in the mood to talk about TV shows, and seeing is how I promised a review of the last season of Heroes, I figured what better time to pay up then now? Hehehe, so, here we go! Time to get to the real matter at hand.

Heroes Volume 3: Villians — A Review

So yeah, long title aside… I’m going to jump right into this thing. Um, if you aren’t familiar with this show, a very quick synopsis would be, people have super powers and face problems, OH NOES!

Anyways, I’m going to assume you are familiar with the show and that you’ve also probably even seen this season. If not, tough luck I guess. But, basically, Volume 3 picks up where the abbreviated Volume 2 left off. Our main hero, Peter Petrelli, had successfully stopped the Shanti Virus from being spread across the globe and his brother, Nathan Petrelli, was going to reveal to the world that people with super powers existed. That’s when Nathan got shot and this is where Volume 3 picks up.

So, the start of Volume 3 actually wasn’t all that bad. They jumped right into and immediately answered questions that they left at the end of Volume 2. In my opinion, this is always a good thing! I hate having to wait forever for answers to a question a show poses. I understand needing mystery and intrigue, but from my experience, the longer a show goes without answering a question, the worse it usually ends up. Either they never end up answering your question, or the answer they finally do give is just stupid/sucky/horrible and was not worth the wait. But, as mentioned, Volume 3 of Heroes got off to a good start.

They revealed a future Peter Petrelli was the one who shot Nathan because he hoped it would prevent a horrible future from happening. We also got caught up on where everyone was and got to see that Sylar did indeed get his powers back. Then they went ahead and started setting up the big plot for the season. That being the quest to prevent the horrible future the future Peter Petrelli came from, the reason he shot Nathan. Basically, everyone in his future end up with super powers because they figure out a way to make a drug that gives them to people, and because everyone are all super, apparently this is going to lead to the destruction of the entire planet. Hurray!

So, with the main plot established and things going along at a nice pace to start with, I was really quite happy. I loved the first season of Heroes and while the second season was lacking in intrigue and the same greatness as the first, I still enjoyed it quite a bit.

Well, if you haven’t guessed it by now, you’re about to find out… From the way I worded my title to the way I keep focusing on the beginning and how it was okay to start with and, etc… As you might guess, I absolutely HATED where Heroes would end up by the end of this Volume… It started off strong and went downhill from there.

Now, while I could get on my soapbox and delve deep into each episode of Heroes and point out all the good things and all the bad things and scientifically stack them all up for you and try to prove to you that overall this season sucked, I think I’ll skip that and just give you a quick run down of what you need to know before I lay down my final verdict… Not that it would be a hard verdict to guess.

Basically, I have to blame most of this seasons problems on the writers. The writing for this season was just horrible and a lot of the time it just didn’t feel thought out at all. As I said, it started out okay. They were trying to quicken the pace of the season, since one of the main complaints about season 2 was that it was too slow, and they did an okay job of it. The problem is that the writers started doing what I like to call, coming up with plot devices left and right as well as forgetting stuff they had already written.

The pace for this season had quickened and with more action and villains, but, as the season went along the writers seemed to take more and more liberties with things to the point where sometimes I would just be completely confused. Sometimes they would just make bad decisions all together.

Let me give you a quick example… They introduced a ‘new’ character to the show this season, that of Tracy Strauss. This character is played by one of the shows veterans, however, Ali Larter.

Ah, good old Ali Larter… *drool*

Ah-hem…

Yes, well, you may remember that Ali has already played a character(s) on this show. That being the split personality super strength Mother named Jessica/Nicki. At the end of Season 2 Jessica/Nicki gets killed in a fiery accident. Well, right off the bat in this season she’s still there but as a new character, Tracy. This character has ice powers and is involved with government stuff. Her character leads to some early confusing moments where you aren’t sure if it supposed to be another split personality of Jessica/Nicki, or if this is a completely new character, or what exactly is going on. Later, Tracy actually visits Jessica/Nicki’s son Micah, during his Mom’s funeral no less, and in a really awkward, unrealistic moment, they go from being confused strangers to friends to Micah finding out for her that Tracy is a sister of his mother’s and…

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Yeah, I think you can see where this is going. Confusing isn’t it?

But, confusing moments aren’t the only issue. Near the end of the season, there is a HORRIBLE moment where the writers decided to completely change the way one of the super powers worked and for no apparent reason other than it helped them as a plot device! I’m talking about The Haitian character who’s ability all throughout the show had been to nullify other peoples powers as well as being able to take peoples memories. There are many examples throughout the show which showed how his power worked quite clearly. One such instance involved him being in a movie theater with 3 other super powered people, not knowing they were there at all, yet all 3 of them couldn’t use their powers while in the same theater as the Haitian. Well, near the end of the show the Haitian has a showdown against the main villian, Aurthur Petrelli, and instead of him being able to just stand there and make Aurthur a normal person without powers, he suddenly has to concentrate and focus really hard on him to block his powers… Riiiiight.

I’m sorry, but you can’t suddenly go from having an area of effect power to one that has to be focused on one person for it to work. This was the moment that jumped the shark for me.

Now, I could go on, as is probably obvious by the enormous size of this post, but I think I’ll stop. There are more complaints I have, other plot holes, plot devices, how they keep screwing up Hiro and not letting him be bad ass… *sigh*

Look, Season 3 had some good moments, I won’t lie. It started off good, there were some episodes here and there I really kind of liked, and sometimes when I would force myself to shut down and stop paying attention, I could sort of ride the action and enjoy it at face value. But, with all the bad things that happened in this season, and everything else I’ve mentioned, I have to say that my faith in this show continuing for much longer is slipping.

I’ll probably attempt to give the next Volume of Heroes a try when it starts up next month, but I’m very close to giving up on this show once and for all. They need to focus on characters and story and quit changing stuff or forcing plot points. Take what the fans like and run with it and make the show fun and exciting again!

Okay, enough is enough. This post didn’t quite turn out like I wanted it, and it’s more of a randomly pieced together rant. Hmm, I guess that’s what happens when I try to work on a big blog over multiple days. Ah well. At least there is naked Ali Larter to enjoy in this post. My work here is done!

Heroes Volume 3: Villians
Score: 2 stars out of 5

A Quickie

For all of you out there giggling, snickering, laughing, etc…, at the title of this post… Grow up! : – )

For all of you out there put-off, offended, disturbed, etc…, at the title of this post… Get in touch with your inner child and loosen up! : – )

For all of you out there that like my title, you win an entire internet! Congratulations!

Moving on though, I just wanted to post a quick update post for all of my… 5 fateful readers… Until I have the time and motivation to make a bigger post again. Lol.

Basically, my life right now can be summed up as follows:

1. Working A Ton
2. Neglecting Internet Stuffs More Than I Should
3. Getting Surpassed In World Of Warcraft — GRRR!!
4. Playing Chrono Trigger DS
5. Trying To Save Up Some Travel Funds For A Convention
6. That’s Just About It…
7. Why Did I Capitalize Each Letter Of Every Word In This List?
8. Maybe They Will Spell Something?

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GSIWOW — G
PCTDS
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TJAI
WDICELOEWITL
MTWSS

Hmmm, nope, it didn’t spell anything. Ah well.

Happy New Year

Don’t look now but I’m posting again! Hehehe, no need to worry though, this should be quick and painless. Even though I just recently posted with my massive Spirit review I wanted to tell all my friends and family out there reading…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Now that the vile year of 2008 has come to a close I think good things are just around the corner. Then again, I did purchase a cursed DS… >.< ARGH!!!!

No, I refuse to talk about that now. Maybe later, when I don’t want to kill things because of it. Anyways, yeah, Happy New Year!

Also, as a super small movie review…
Valkyrie really isn’t all that bad. Kind of liked it. More later… Maybe. Or not. Okay, seriously, Happy New Year, and bye for now!

Movie Review — The Spirit

I’ve been promising to do some reviews on here for quite a while now and I guess I decided it was finally time to pay up. In particular, a friend of mine whose blog you might recognize — Lahman’s Blog — was wanting to hear my thoughts on a movie called The Spirit. So, without any further ado, let my very first review of awesomeness begin!

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Well, if you don’t already know… The Spirit is a movie based on an older comic series done by the legendary Will Eisner himself! If you don’t know why he is a legend or even who he is, click on his name and read the Wikipedia article. It is very enlightening.

Anyways, a short synopsis of what The Spirit is all about, without spoiling anything major… Basically, this detective named Denny Colt dies but mysteriously comes back. Once back, he stops going by Denny Colt, and he becomes The Spirit! He is a masked vigilante that works with the police commissioner in taking down bad guys and protecting his city. In particular, he often goes up against his arch-nemesis The Octopus!!!

The movie is written and directed by Frank Miller, who you might remember as being a notable Comic Book artist of his own as well as being responsible for the movies 300 and Sin City. The Spirit is done in a very similar style as the two previously mentioned movies, so, based on that, if you’ve seen those movies, you have a good idea of what to expect from The Spirit.

Visually, as I basically just mentioned, if you liked how 300 and Sin City looked, then you will like how The Spirit looks. It is a new and unique style that Frank Miller has made his own, and for comic book movies especially, I think it works wonderfully. It just gives your eyes something different to look at than what you are used to and it always reminds you that what you are watching is something unique and different, all its own. Really, you’ll either like this style or you won’t, I don’t see it as being something you could be very neutral about. But hey, that’s just me!

I personally enjoy the visuals but I did have one complaint about this movie specifically. The way in which The Spirit runs is rather hokey. He runs along rooftops and phone lines and it is almost as if he is running in slow motion. The movement reeks of bad wire work, and while I suppose you could make an argument that it was done on purpose to look that way for some reason, I just didn’t like it. Ah well.

On to the good stuff!

The movie itself sort of surprised me. I went into it knowing very little about the original source material. I think this can sometimes be a good thing as you don’t hype the movie up to be something it isn’t; you have no expectations. Be that as it may, the movie was a lot more random and funny than I had envisioned it. I certainly wasn’t expecting it to have anything to do with mythological elements, but considering there is a Death God throughout the movie talking about wanting to take The Spirit’s spirit… Errr, uh, yeah, anyways… The hordes of cloned genetic henchmen in particular were just completely ridiculous and unexpected, but at the same time I couldn’t help but to laugh my head off at them and their stupidity.

The plot of the movie is pretty straightforward, though at times it tends to move a bit fast and things can get confusing. I don’t want to get into anything too specific in case I might spoil something, but, safe to say, the movie doesn’t do anything you probably haven’t seen before, but it is unique in its own way. It certainly doesn’t try to hold your hand and there are a few pieces of it you have to piece together yourself. In fact, there are a couple of things that just seem totally random and perhaps are just plot devices or something you’d have to have read the comics to understand.

I will say one thing… The ‘super power‘ that The Spirit has. I’m honestly sick and tired of seeing this power so overused. Granted, the comic is from the 40′s and if The Spirit’s ability is canon from the comic he probably predates most other heroes/villains who have had this power but… *sigh* I’ll just leave it at that I’m tired of seeing this power.

Moving on, let’s talk about the actors and characters…

The characters are each so individual and just plain weird that it is hard to tell if actors are doing a bad job, or if that is just how their character is supposed to be. I do have to give special props to the guy that played all the henchmen in the movie. Considering he had to play multiple roles, and considering the absurdity of the roles, I’d say he probably did the best job of all. Oh, and Sam Jackson does a pretty good job to… I think. He plays the arch-nemesis, The Octopus, and, well, The Octopus is a very strange arch-nemesis. Expect the unexpected.

As far as the film’s lead goes, the guy playing The Spirit. I didn’t really know who he was. Turns out, after a little research, his name is Gabriel Macht. I’m not sure what I think about his performance, but I don’t think it was bad. Again, not knowing how the characters should be acting, if we are basing it off the comic, I really had nothing for comparison. I didn’t mind how he portrayed The Spirit, and as far as I’m concerned that’s good enough for me. Sometimes, not screwing up a role can be all that matters, even if you don’t pull a Heath Ledger and make the world swoon over your performance. : – )

Oh, but don’t think I forgot about the 2 beautiful women in this movie. Scarlett Johansson plays the #1 go to gal of The Octopus. Her role in the movie is smaller than what I had hoped, but she holds her own in the scenes she does appear in. Her character, like all the other characters in this movie, is also quite unique. I’d go into more detail, but I don’t want to ruin anything. Heck, I could probably do a whole second post giving my thoughts on each character in this movie and what I thought about them. But, alas, you probably wouldn’t want to read that much, and I certainly don’t feel like typing that much!

The other beauty to grace the screen in this film is Eva Mendes. She plays a bling-bling addicted thief with her own agenda. She might also have a childhood relationship with our movies hero, The Spirit himself, but you didn’t hear that from me. Unfortunately, although Ms. Mendes does provide some lovely eye candy, I have to say I think her acting is probably the weakest. I have to blame this partially on the lines she was given, as they are very contrived and often times forced, but, if I had to pick any one character who I think is the weak link acting wise, I’d say it was Eva. Don’t let that turn you away from her though. Even though this is a PG-13 rated film, the lovely Eva does get the honor of having the films only nude scene, and it is quite lovely. While you don’t see too much, as expected of a PG-13 movie, you do get a perfect rear view to die for. Also, Eva does wonders with copiers. But I digress… Enough of me being a typical man and let’s wrap this review up!

Overall, I was quite pleased with the movie. It certainly wasn’t what I was expecting, but it wasn’t half bad either. It was very crazy, over-the-top, and had lots of random moments. If you like Frank Miller’s style and/or you liked 300 and Sin City, odds are you’ll find something to like with The Spirit. If you don’t like any of the above, then odds are you will hate this movie. I’ve also heard from a few friends who had actually read the comics that they hated it. So, if you go into the movie having read the comics and you really liked the comics, you might be disappointed. If you go in with no expectations, though, I think you’ll probably enjoy the ride.

Hmm… At this point I’m not totally sure how I should wrap? Do I go with a star rating system? A point system? I just don’t know…

Star Rating Ending…
3.5 Stars out of 5

Point Rating Ending…
7 Points out of 10

Random Picture Ending…

And yes, that picture is real. The Spirit was racist. Go figure!

Quick Update Post

I figured I’d go ahead and make a smaller post just to update my handful of readers out there on my crazy life. Should be a nice change compared to my last behemoth sized posts. So, let’s see. I guess I might as well start with the bad news and work towards the good. Yeah, I know, everyone hates negativity and sad news, but, I promise I’ll make it quick and painless. Woo-boy, here we go.

Well, as most of you reading will probably already know, one of my Aunt’s passed away a few days ago. This wasn’t really a major shock or anything, her health had been very bad lately. But, regardless, it is never a fun thing when a loved one passes. I suppose most of my family are doing okay all things considered. Anyways, the primary reason I wanted to post about this was just to let you know that if you haven’t seen me posting or around lately, or if you continue to not see or hear from me over the next few days it is because of my Aunt’s passing and her visitation and funeral. I know you guys out there will be thinking of us, as you’ve all pretty much told me, so, thank you! It really helps knowing others are thinking of you.

Okay, bad news out of the way… I have made some promises to some friends that I was going to post some reviews here on my blog of the last few movies I’ve seen. I promise I’ll still do these, it just may take a while with everything going on. But, just to tease you all out there, some of the nifty reviews you can look forward to in the near future include:

• Heroes the Villains Volume
• Yes Man
• The Spirit
• And some on a few random video games

So, be sure to look forward to that.

Hmmm, really though, I guess I don’t have too much else to talk about at the moment. I might make a Christmas Loot update post sometime soon, but no promises. Just have to see how it goes.

Until next time! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! And be sure to enjoy partying hard as we go into the New Year!