Movies. Games and other stuff

Hi there.

So this week I've seen two movies, not great movies but good movies. I watched Prison Block a.k.a.Animal and Cloverfield . I liked both movies but I cannot recommend buying them at full retail price, Bargain bin sure or rental.  I wont say anything about what's in the movies as you can go rent them and see for yourself. 

And I've played some Penny Arcade Episode 1 and some Pinball FX this week and tried some random demos off XBLA. Fun and entertaining and the PA game game me some good laughs.

In the reading department I'm going through the The Amazing Spider-Man Essential vol. 7. And random news and blogs online. 

The Incredible Hulk

Movie Review

So tonight I've watched the lastest Hulk movie (on Blu-Ray) and as such I'll impart my thoughts about it.

A little qualifier: I used to read Hulk from time to time when I was a kid and I did watch some of the animated movies (you know those made for tv ones). I've seen the 1978 movie(way back when I was like 8 or 9) and I loved it all.

The movie does a great job of paying it's dues to the comics I read as a child and it captures the essence of Hulk. While I didn't have the same "Oh My God! This is epicly awesome!" as I had watching Iron Man it's great. The animation of Hulk are real well done and does bring forth the emotions inside Hulk.  I can recommend watching it. And Edward Norton does a good job as Bruce Banner.

I am so glad Marvel has taken their movie development and production inhouse, it shows in the movies so far. I know that there are many more movies in production right now.

The Extras is quite good too and all in HD. 

Minor spoilers below:

The cameos of Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno was a real nice touch. And the end does hint at a larger picture within the Marvel universe. 

Keith Olbermann

The Pro Love Message

This is a fantastic Special Comment and I agree with it all. In fact it put into words how I feel about the general gay rights issue. And the heartfelt way he delivered it was so amazing.

I was brought to tears by it due to it's profound delivery and the sincerity.

Thank you for giving love a voice Keith!

Time For A Little fun

Funny Youtube Clip

In the spirit of the fact it's the weekend and all that jazz.

I stumbled over this funny clip over at Facebook.

McCain getting BarackRoll'd

I laughed! :-D

Barack Obama Won!

I've been following the US president election actively for about 7-8 months and have been a Obama supporter from the start. I've been discussing it mainly with my friend Jesse in Chicago for about 3-4 months and also with my mother and some other buddies. And towards the end been watching/reading the news about it, plus watching Keith Olbermann.

Last night/ this morning, I was watching the election online on MSNBC.com. Very good election coverage in my opinion, and also funny at times. I had also caught Obama voting in Chicago live on tv earlier on NRK(Norway's BBC)at about 2:45-3pm. I watched the live stream from about 9pm to 6am(the latter half I just lay in bed watching on my laptop). I was really happy when he won and with that landslide. 

I celebrated with a 4 hour nap and buying Obama's books; "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams From My Father". Going to read them this weekend I think. Now I feel my brain is about to short circuit. Probably either an early night or I'm going to fall asleep right here in front of the PC. 

Barack Obama: Congratulations! 

This week in reading

So this week I've read this:

Civil War is totally awesome! It had me totally enthralled while reading. And the artwork is fucking amazing! The craft that went into the comic book is astounding. I'm just waiting for the comic book shop to get Frontlines 1(I already have Frontlines 2) in so I can continue the read before heading into the individual hero stories. I recommend this series with all my nerdy heart. It's up there with Transmetropolitan and Watchmen.

Get Fuzzy is just a funny easy read that basically is about a man(Rob Wilco) and his dog(Satchel) and cat(Bucky) and the hilarity that can be. It's also a warm kinda sideways view into our society. You should at least check it out. 

Star Wars.. Does it need introduction? Not really. Well what you're seing there is the first book in The Thrawn Trilogy, Heir To The Empire. And it deals with the aftermath of the movies. And possibly the coolest cat in the Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn. I recommend this as read for anyone into Star Wars. Also to others but people familiar with Star Wars lore will get the most out of it. 

So that's what I've read this week.