Ok, a good point was brought up. Why do I hate Pussybitch Dolls but love American Idol?
Here we go. I know most the world loves American Idol but basically thinks that its also manufactured too, mostly is, yes. Don't get me wrong, I hate group songs to the point I'd almost put a bullet in my head rather than listen to the top 8 sing Play That Funky Music. Nor do I give a rats ass about the stupid Ford commercials. Basically on Wednesday I just wanna see someones dreams get shattered and head home. I don't need to see Ryan Seacrest and his 1001 ways to drag out the elimination. I mean, the elimination episode needs to be only five minutes long really.
Back to the point, yes, American Idol is highly manufactured. Its all about production. Do I care abhout the winners once they've won? No, I don't care about Jordan Sparks 'hit' new record, and my life wouldn't suck if Kelly Clarkson would go away. But, I do care about David Cook, Chris Daughtry, and hell, to my chagrin, even Adam Lambert.
90% of the winners and losers that make it after the show, they will be successful, but they will never write a song, never be themselves ever again. They'll be the cookie cutter pop idol, and thats okay, because someone has to spend money on itunes.
But there are those, like the aforementioned David Cook, Chris Daughtry, Bo Bice, Taylor Hicks, and women too I'm sure, but I root against them because I don't like female singers (I'm weird like that). There are those that have more than paid their dues before they ever step in front of Simon, Randy and Paula (Kara is a mistake I hope will go away). You can laugh them off all you want because they were on a reality show, but they had the guts to try whatever it takes to get where they wanna be.
Back in the day before technology, being found in a bar or having the right person hear your demo tape was apparently the only legitamite way to make it in the biz, but now whether you like it or not, there is a new way, reality shows. No one complains that some start up musician puts a demo on MySpace and never plays a true live gig, but makes it big. How is that anymore legitimite?
Anyway, again, I hate the Pussycat Dolls. They are a burlesque troupe that happens to sing, well, one of them. Simon may judge the singers on Idol, but the only manufacturing is done by the artists themselves, don't believe me, look up Sanjaya Malakar. No one in their right mind would have manufactured that mohawk.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Pussycat Dolls
Oh my god. These bitches are so annoying. Lets get one rather hot chick, flank her with talentless chicks that aren't near as hot, and call it a band.
I'm trying to figure out the point of these other girls, they just dance, they don't sing. Nicole Scherzelwhatever does all the singing, and background vocals.
I mean yeah, I wish my girlfriend was as hot as them. I wish she was a freak like them. But seeings as I don't have a girlfriend, the point is moot.
I'm still trying to figure out why they credit Jai Ho as A R Rahman's song. He seems to be doing background vocals for his own song. Lets take a good song from the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire, then sex it up, and mute out the original artist, and you have Jai Ho, by Nicole Szzzchernizzel and fleeting seconds of A R Rahman.
I hate manufactured pop music. I'm just saying. Atleast they dress nice I guess. They are good for a spank bank, not the auditory canal. I'd rather listen to Are We Human by The Killers on repeat the rest of my life, seriously, thats a baaaaaaaaaaaaad song.
I'm trying to figure out the point of these other girls, they just dance, they don't sing. Nicole Scherzelwhatever does all the singing, and background vocals.
I mean yeah, I wish my girlfriend was as hot as them. I wish she was a freak like them. But seeings as I don't have a girlfriend, the point is moot.
I'm still trying to figure out why they credit Jai Ho as A R Rahman's song. He seems to be doing background vocals for his own song. Lets take a good song from the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire, then sex it up, and mute out the original artist, and you have Jai Ho, by Nicole Szzzchernizzel and fleeting seconds of A R Rahman.
I hate manufactured pop music. I'm just saying. Atleast they dress nice I guess. They are good for a spank bank, not the auditory canal. I'd rather listen to Are We Human by The Killers on repeat the rest of my life, seriously, thats a baaaaaaaaaaaaad song.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Up To Date
I don't blog nearly as much as I want to anymore. Twitter is taking over my life, and I'm learning to love Facebook (or Dr. Strangelove). Ha, very few will get that.
I recently got a new xbox from Microsoft since mine had bitten the dust. But oddly, I've not had any interest in playing, even after buying Rock Band 2, Pearl Jam 10 and Foo Fighters for Rock Band. Oh well, sometimes its just more interesting to spend your time playing with your son. Weird how life changes like that.
Didn't get to celebrate 420 like I would've liked. It was just another day this year, and thats a shame because its like my christmas. G4 had a pretty good AOTS on the subject (again), and Doug Benson had a documentary about smoking weed for thirty days straight. Haven't watched it yet, but I have lived it, for more than thirty days, but unlike Michael Phelps, I had no cameras presesnt.
I don't know what it is about DC Comics, but they are sucking bad lately. This whole Final Crisis and Batman R.I.P. which was supposed to be epic, just blew monkey cock. Grant Morrison is usually a great writer, but damn...Thats alright though,I'm pretty sure the blame lies hgher up the editorial chain. So, they cancelled Nightwing ands Robin, my two favorite books. Granted Dick Grayson is going on to be Batman (we know, have known, quit with the thirty million tie-ins just to get to that). Just two less books to cancel when I make my exodus to smaller publishers. I'd go to Marvel, but not really liking the whole Ultimatium thing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, you just end up breaking it.
Everyone needs to get Twitterized. Its obsessive, fun, and easy. No apps to fuck with like Myspace and Facebook are littered with. Just communication, pure and simple. Its like texting 2.0. When you come around to it, I'm at Twitter.com/last_1_here.
Of course I'm at Facebook, the super behemoth of social networking. I don't know my url at the moment, nor do I feel like looking so just search for me. I'm public.
Now go listen to some hip-hop music and smoke a bowl. Do it for me.
I recently got a new xbox from Microsoft since mine had bitten the dust. But oddly, I've not had any interest in playing, even after buying Rock Band 2, Pearl Jam 10 and Foo Fighters for Rock Band. Oh well, sometimes its just more interesting to spend your time playing with your son. Weird how life changes like that.
Didn't get to celebrate 420 like I would've liked. It was just another day this year, and thats a shame because its like my christmas. G4 had a pretty good AOTS on the subject (again), and Doug Benson had a documentary about smoking weed for thirty days straight. Haven't watched it yet, but I have lived it, for more than thirty days, but unlike Michael Phelps, I had no cameras presesnt.
I don't know what it is about DC Comics, but they are sucking bad lately. This whole Final Crisis and Batman R.I.P. which was supposed to be epic, just blew monkey cock. Grant Morrison is usually a great writer, but damn...Thats alright though,I'm pretty sure the blame lies hgher up the editorial chain. So, they cancelled Nightwing ands Robin, my two favorite books. Granted Dick Grayson is going on to be Batman (we know, have known, quit with the thirty million tie-ins just to get to that). Just two less books to cancel when I make my exodus to smaller publishers. I'd go to Marvel, but not really liking the whole Ultimatium thing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, you just end up breaking it.
Everyone needs to get Twitterized. Its obsessive, fun, and easy. No apps to fuck with like Myspace and Facebook are littered with. Just communication, pure and simple. Its like texting 2.0. When you come around to it, I'm at Twitter.com/last_1_here.
Of course I'm at Facebook, the super behemoth of social networking. I don't know my url at the moment, nor do I feel like looking so just search for me. I'm public.
Now go listen to some hip-hop music and smoke a bowl. Do it for me.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Alan Moore Can Suck It
So, went and saw Watchmen. Don't really feel like reviewing it or spoiling it. I'll just say that it was great. I loved it. If you've never read the book, see the movie, then write the book report, your teacher will never know.
Its as absolutely faithful as possible. The ending is changed, but not the spirit of the ending. Its beautiful and sure to be passed up for many deserving Oscars. Probably won't help that second week box office returns sucked ass.
But the point of this little haiku here is just to say that Alan Moore is wrong, he said it was unfilmable. You were wrong, Dave Gibbons is laughing at you while he swims in your royalties. Suck it.
Its as absolutely faithful as possible. The ending is changed, but not the spirit of the ending. Its beautiful and sure to be passed up for many deserving Oscars. Probably won't help that second week box office returns sucked ass.
But the point of this little haiku here is just to say that Alan Moore is wrong, he said it was unfilmable. You were wrong, Dave Gibbons is laughing at you while he swims in your royalties. Suck it.
The Rock I've Been Under
Wow. Its been a while since we last chatted. Time sure flies when you're parenting. My son is 6 months old, thats scary. He's sitting here helping me type.
Some thoughts:
- I don't care anymore about Rhianna and Chris Brown. I did at the start but since she went back with him, I'm not gonna care next time either.
- Its weird to feel so happy to have Bush gone and Obama in office, but that feeling of overwhelming fear and dread about the world is still ever present. I wish things would start to get better. Is Obama's honeymoon over yet?
- Can 99.7 FM go back to being good? This Ryan Seacrap in the afternoons and Kid Krack in the mornings sucks as bad as the playlist. Hell, the Boulevard was better than this.
Oh, somebody doesn't wanna type or sitting in Daddy's lap while he types. Goodbye for now.
Some thoughts:
- I don't care anymore about Rhianna and Chris Brown. I did at the start but since she went back with him, I'm not gonna care next time either.
- Its weird to feel so happy to have Bush gone and Obama in office, but that feeling of overwhelming fear and dread about the world is still ever present. I wish things would start to get better. Is Obama's honeymoon over yet?
- Can 99.7 FM go back to being good? This Ryan Seacrap in the afternoons and Kid Krack in the mornings sucks as bad as the playlist. Hell, the Boulevard was better than this.
Oh, somebody doesn't wanna type or sitting in Daddy's lap while he types. Goodbye for now.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
I'm The Goddamn Frank Miller Movie
As you all know, I hate Zak Penn, why Marvel keeps hiring him to write their movies I'll never know. What many may not know is I'm not much more fond of Frank Miller, the apparent god of all comic book fanboys. I'm told he's written some good books. With exception of Batman: Year One, I've never been impressed. I've read The Dark Knight Returns and I can't honestly see whats so great about it. I think its a horrible book, but that's just my opinion, maybe it is actually good.
So having read and not liked that book, I don't bother with his other opus' such as Sin City, Ronin, 300, and so on and so forth. Likewise, I'm not a big fan of the Sin City movie. However, 300 was okay, but I credit that more to Zach Snyder, because he's awesome.
Anyway, aside from his minimal effort on the Sin City movie, Miller has been active in film before. Someone allowed him to write the script for Robocop 2, which was deemed unfilmable and went through many rewrites (and still sucked). He was allowed to return to write Robocop 3, which didn't go through any rewrites and sucked harder than part two.
Well, I guess time erases memories for some, because Lionsgate not only allowed Miller to write the script for The Spirit, they went ahead and let him direct it too. I'm sure if you've seen the previews you're probably thinking 'man, this looks good awful', or 'man, this looks like a Sin City ripoff'. And you'd be right. Miller, though claiming to respect Will Eisner's character, has created nothing more than a hackneyed pseudo-Sin City sequel, all while ruining any chance of The Spirit being made into a good movie by a good filmmaker.
I know Miller hates Hollywood and like the asshole that is Alan Moore (maybe more on him later as the Watchmen story develops), blames them for all their shortcomings, but I just don't understand why he turned his so called friends prized and beloved character into celluloid shit. I really feel bad for Gabriel Macht, the actor who plays the Spirit. He's a good actor deserving of a starring role, and because of this crapfest, he'll probably sink back into obscurity. I don't feel so bad for Sam Jackson, I kinda feel like I could get him to show up to star in my home movies. I wonder if he has ever turned down a role.
Thankfully, America as a whole made sure to reaffirm how we feel about Frank Miller being involved in film by making it seventh place in the box office. Yep, Marley & Me beat it. I don't even know what that movie is about except for it starring a yellow lab. Then again, Marley & Me also beat Brad Jolie's new movie, which is good since he's a prick anyway. I mean c'mon, tell me Angelina is hotter than Jennifer Aniston and I'll call you a fucking craptard to your face. But I digress, because Mr Angelina and Mrs Brad could be the subject of a whole other blog too.
To sum up, I'm just happy to see Miller's latest and hopefully last attempt at film making bomb like Hiroshima. Couldn't happen to a better guy. Now if DC Comics would just cancel that god-forsaken All-Star Batman & Robin series he is consistently late and sucky on. Only Frank Miller can make me hate Batman, or err, the goddamn Batman that is.
For more on a kidnapping, child-abusing, womanizing, asshole to the extreme Batman, please go pick up All-Star Batman & Robin, I promise you'll regret it as much as everyone else who read it and dropped it immediately afterward. The issues come out fairly irregularly as Miller seems to hate deadlines, but I imagine a whole lot time just opened up in his schedule for him to ruin Batman some more.
UPDATE: The Spirit opened in 9th place. Even better. Natch.
So having read and not liked that book, I don't bother with his other opus' such as Sin City, Ronin, 300, and so on and so forth. Likewise, I'm not a big fan of the Sin City movie. However, 300 was okay, but I credit that more to Zach Snyder, because he's awesome.
Anyway, aside from his minimal effort on the Sin City movie, Miller has been active in film before. Someone allowed him to write the script for Robocop 2, which was deemed unfilmable and went through many rewrites (and still sucked). He was allowed to return to write Robocop 3, which didn't go through any rewrites and sucked harder than part two.
Well, I guess time erases memories for some, because Lionsgate not only allowed Miller to write the script for The Spirit, they went ahead and let him direct it too. I'm sure if you've seen the previews you're probably thinking 'man, this looks good awful', or 'man, this looks like a Sin City ripoff'. And you'd be right. Miller, though claiming to respect Will Eisner's character, has created nothing more than a hackneyed pseudo-Sin City sequel, all while ruining any chance of The Spirit being made into a good movie by a good filmmaker.
I know Miller hates Hollywood and like the asshole that is Alan Moore (maybe more on him later as the Watchmen story develops), blames them for all their shortcomings, but I just don't understand why he turned his so called friends prized and beloved character into celluloid shit. I really feel bad for Gabriel Macht, the actor who plays the Spirit. He's a good actor deserving of a starring role, and because of this crapfest, he'll probably sink back into obscurity. I don't feel so bad for Sam Jackson, I kinda feel like I could get him to show up to star in my home movies. I wonder if he has ever turned down a role.
Thankfully, America as a whole made sure to reaffirm how we feel about Frank Miller being involved in film by making it seventh place in the box office. Yep, Marley & Me beat it. I don't even know what that movie is about except for it starring a yellow lab. Then again, Marley & Me also beat Brad Jolie's new movie, which is good since he's a prick anyway. I mean c'mon, tell me Angelina is hotter than Jennifer Aniston and I'll call you a fucking craptard to your face. But I digress, because Mr Angelina and Mrs Brad could be the subject of a whole other blog too.
To sum up, I'm just happy to see Miller's latest and hopefully last attempt at film making bomb like Hiroshima. Couldn't happen to a better guy. Now if DC Comics would just cancel that god-forsaken All-Star Batman & Robin series he is consistently late and sucky on. Only Frank Miller can make me hate Batman, or err, the goddamn Batman that is.
For more on a kidnapping, child-abusing, womanizing, asshole to the extreme Batman, please go pick up All-Star Batman & Robin, I promise you'll regret it as much as everyone else who read it and dropped it immediately afterward. The issues come out fairly irregularly as Miller seems to hate deadlines, but I imagine a whole lot time just opened up in his schedule for him to ruin Batman some more.
UPDATE: The Spirit opened in 9th place. Even better. Natch.
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