Cover Me Monday: We Found Love (Take Two)
I am not really a fan of the original version of this song by Rihanna but I am finding myself enjoying the heck out of covers of it. I posted the Jessie J cover a little while ago (pointing out how a powerful singing voice can do wonders with a song originally sung by a lesser vocalist) but the Bat For Lashes cover got me for a completely different reason. If you listen to the lyrics of We Found Love you notice that it isn’t the most shiny happy song. The problem is that Rihanna doesn’t have the depth of … Continue reading Cover Me Monday: We Found Love (Take Two)
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Uncanny Avengers #1
UNCANNY AVENGERS #1
GRADE: B
STORY BY: Rick Remender
ART BY: John Cassaday
COVER BY: John Cassaday
PUBLISHER: Marvel
SYNOPSIS:
Rising out of the ashes of the (overlong and really bad) Avengers vs X-men miniseries event comes Uncanny Avengers! Captain America has decided that he has not done enough for the mutant community over the years and sets out to rectify that by forming a combo platter Avengers/X-Men team.
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Ron Swanson Is Here To Help Us Through These Trying Times
This bacon shortage is what all the debates need to be focusing on. Continue reading Ron Swanson Is Here To Help Us Through These Trying Times
Legion of the Lame: Doctor Bong
DOCTOR BONG
Real Name: Lester Verde
Powers: Genius intellect, sonic weaponry
Arch-Enemy: Howard the Duck
First Appearance: Howard the Duck #15 (1977)
Who Will Be The First To Die In Season 3 of The Walking Dead?
The Walking Dead returns for it’s third season on Sunday and with the coming of the new season it leads fans like me to start guestimating which of our happy band of survivors will be the first to become zombie food. I have narrowed my choices down to a top 5.
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Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Batman #13
BATMAN #13
GRADE: A+
STORY BY: Scott Snyder
ART BY: Greg Capullo / Jock
COVER BY: Greg Capullo
PUBLISHER: DC
SYNOPSIS:
After being out of action for a year (and having his face sliced off) The Joker returns to torment Batman and the rest of Gotham City in this first issue of the Death Of the Family storyline running through all of the Bat Family titles.
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The Daily Nerdgasm: Lounge Like a Time Lord
Is this not the coolest article of clothing you have ever seen or what? You can style like Tom Baker (the 4th Doctor) in this Doctor Who inspired bath robe. Order now for the Who fan in your life and it will be in your hands in time for X-mas. Continue reading The Daily Nerdgasm: Lounge Like a Time Lord
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Detention
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 37% (Critics) / 48% (Audience)
Directed By: Joseph Kahn
Written By: Joseph Kahn and Mark Palermo
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, Shanley Caswell, Spencer Locke and Dane Cook
Studio: IDP Distribution
Synopsis: An apocalyptic fantasy, horror, science fiction, action-thriller, body swapping, time-traveling teen romantic comedy starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook and Shanley Caswell, Detention follows the local students of Grizzly Lake as they survive their final year of high school. Bringing even more angst to student life, a slasher killer has chosen their high school as his new home of slaughter. It becomes a race against time to stop the killer, which will in turn save the world – if only they can get out of detention.
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Trailer Of The Day: Django Unchained
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago. Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of “Candyland,” an infamous plantation. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave. – Rotten Tomatoes
The First 5 minutes of American Horror Story: Asylum
I cannot wait for October 17th! As uneven as the first season of American Horror Story was, it was also one of the most satisfyingly creepy shows to ever appear on commercial television. And Jessica Lange was all sorts of amazing as the wacked out neighbor from hell so I am really curious to see what she does with the role of a nun from…well also from hell. So click the image to see the video and enjoy bad things happening to the lead singer of Maroon 5. Continue reading The First 5 minutes of American Horror Story: Asylum
The Daily Nerdgasm: Alien T-Rex
I am a huge nerd for the Alien movie franchise and the xenomorphs may be my favorite movie monsters ever. So I was instantly gobsmacked by the drawing of a xenomorphed Tyrannosaurus Rex that was drawn by nebezial over at deviantART .
Clicky-click to see this awesome drawing in all of it’s glory.
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The Worst Examples of Cousin Oliver Syndrome in TV Sitcom History
Cousin Oliver Syndrome is the well worn TV sitcom trope of introducing a younger character to the cast of a show in it’s later years as a desperate attempt to add life to a show that had grown a bit long in the tooth. This addition can be successful (like with the addition of Olivia to THE COSBY SHOW) or it can be disastrous like the list that I have put together after the jump. This sitcom trope gets it name from the character introduced in the last season of THE BRADY BUNCH. Cousin Oliver was a horrid addition to the show and never contributed anything of value, instead serving to drive a dagger into the heart of a show that was already on life support. Don’t believe me? Click onward and take a look for yourself.
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