An interesting Lost theory

Hey John, check this out
...and here's the promo they reference
Sounds plausible.

Inglourious Basterds

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808404206/video/11988602

The teaser for Quentin Tarantino's new war movie just got released. It's got Brad Pitt doing a dumb accent, Eli Roth salivating over the chance to scalp some Nazis, and Neil from Freaks & Geeks and Ryan the temp from The Office as part of a ragtag team of soldiers. Seems like a weird mix, but I like QT and war movies, so I'm down.

Watchmen Game

Hey. I decided Dan shouldn't be the only one posting stuff about Watchmen! Check this out:

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/952/952934p1.html

This looks pretty cool for a live arcade game. After Castle Crashers I've been looking forward to another beat em up multiplayer arcade game. Overall lots of great stuff in here. My two favorite heroes from the comic are included and its set during what should be an interesting, yet unexplored, part of the backstory of the watchmen universe. I'm extremely disappointed that it won't be live enabled. (Offline only! What the frack!) Plus it'll only be two players but it still should be a fun distraction. Plus, the graphics look great for a downloadable game. Overall i'm pretty excited.

The Lonely Island

Wanted to make sure everyone remembered that today is the debut of Incredibad by The Lonely Island packed with 19 songs including favorites:

Space Olympics
Jizz In My Pants
Sax Man
Dick In A Box (ft. Justin Timberlake)

and my new personal favorite, I’m On A Boat. Enjoy.

EDIT: They disabled embedding, so here is a bad copy.
EDIT2: Looks like all the original versions are gone, so here is a bleeped copy.
EDIT3: They enabled it again?




Also, there is a DVD with 8 of the videos. Good times. The Lonely Island

Movie Review: The Wrestler (2008)

I think Darren Aronofsky is one of the more interesting director's working today. His last movie, The Fountain, is definitely one you would categorize as love it or hate it, and I must say I loved the thorough mindfucking it gave me. Needless to say, when I heard he was making a movie about an old washed-up wrestler, I was kind of surprised, as it's definitely a departure from his other work. It drops the fancy camera work and editing of Requiem for a Dream and the abstract story of Pi and The Fountain, and instead delivers something even more genuine. That's really the best word I can use to describe it. The story is a fairly straight-forward telling of the 'old has-been' tale, but it honestly feels like this is the first time it's been done right. Really this movie is all Mickey Rourke (you may know him as Marv the badass from Sin City). He gives such a heartfelt and believable performance that you think your watching a documentary about "Randy the Ram." It's kind of crazy how the story parallels that of his own career. A guy who reached a fair amount of stardom and after some personal problems and some hardship, he is left trying to eek out a buck milking his past success. In the case of Randy the Ram, it was by taking small wrestling gigs in community centers, and for Rourke himself it was taking roles as generic hitmen in movies like Man on Fire and Domino. Anyway, it's pretty clear that he made a deep connection with the character. Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood are also fantastic, and they really help give the emotional scenes that much more of an impact. I think a simple story with genuine, heartfelt performances like these are so much more effective at forging a connection with the audience than movies like Benjamin Button (and even Slumdog Millionaire to a lesser extent) where some of the dramatic moments feel overly-constructed and not as authentic. It really succeeds at creating three dimensional characters who you feel for and a story that avoids being stereotypical sappy Hollywood trash. This is probably the most brutal and honest look at professional wrestling as your ever going to see. It's no surprise to me that former wrestler/actor 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper broke down in tears after the film was screened for him. It just feels like a lot of heart went into all aspects of the film. It's really nice to see that Aronofsky can be so successful with something that's more substance over style.

Fun Fact: Nicolas Cage was originally slated to star as Randy 'The Ram' Robinson. What. The. Fuck.

5/5


Trailer

LOST!

Okay, this is mainly just meant for John (although really you guys should give it a shot. It's actually some super-dense sci-fi stuff, you have no idea). Anyway, I stumbled across this website: http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page and I've found it to be very informative. It's interesting to see all the info compiled. The mysteries section is especially interesting. When you start reading into things a little more, it really is crazy to see how all these things fit together. Apparently the show is made especially for the nerdy people who will be examining all the details and making conspiracy theories. I'm sure everything is going to fit together and there will be of "OH, so that's why that was significant" moments as we get to the end, but it really is a lot more fulfilling to be able to see the connections before everything is completely revealed.

Anyway, I finally feel like I am getting a grasp on everything as a whole and I've got somewhat of an idea of where they are heading, which is definitely helpful because it seems as though they are just going to get more and more abstract. I won't go into specifics because I don't want to get into spoilers (seriously though, rent the DVDs and watch them during the time slot Heroes normally comes on). I just thought I'd post that because it's a good way to waste some time and it really helps make sense of some things.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/05/first-left-4-dead-dlc-announced/
There it is. Spring time release for new Left 4 Dead content. I was reading some comments and forums people seem pretty upset cause it sounds like all this is is a survival mode and the two other campaigns will be made available for Versus. However, I don't know. The press release says two new campaigns for versus mode. I kind of am hopeing that it means two all new campaigns for versus mode and if they were going to just make the other movies work for versus they would say so and not charge for that. I doubt that i'm right but dear god i hope i am. I wonder what survival mode will be like also. I guess we'll see.