The Men Who Stare At Goats Review

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Premise:
Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is a reporter looking high and low for a story when he finds himself surrounded by an ideal story - American military psychic spies. Jedis. Some can run through walls, some can control minds, some can telepathically kill. Bob Wilton begins shadowing Lyn Cassady (George Clooney) who he believes is a retired Jedi, only to find out he's on a mission and has no choice but to follow him.






Standouts:
As someone who read the book, the first thing that stood out to me was how incredibly different this film adaptation was. I'm not going to be one of those people that say "the book was WAY better than the movie!" because in my mind they were really apples and oranges. I can understand why it wasn't a direct adaptation, because the book was a long series of short stories and interviews with Jedis and those involved in the Jedi training program.

The main thing that stands out in this movie is that it's labeled a comedy, but its not all that funny. At times it's kind of a dramedy because a character's pathetic nature becomes a running gag. Some of the "comedic" parts are more inner-"haha that's kinda funny" more than "LOLOLOLOL!!!! ROFLCOPTER!!111"


My Highlights:
Bob Wilton and Bill Django (Jeff Bridges as a somewhat grizzled retired Jedi brought back into action only to be disenfranchised by the current environment) warn Lyn Cassady not to eat the eggs he's been given. When Gassady asks why, the pair admit they laced all the powdered eggs with LSD. To the oblivious Wilton's dismay and annoyance, Django then admits he also laced the water, which both he and Wilton had been drinking.


Overall Rating:
Not a bad movie overall. It holds a very interesting plot and the acting isn't bad, though there are times you want to believe in the Jedi powers only to discover it may all be a delusion, so it brings upon an awkwardness and confusion. Also there's a strong reliance on physical-comedy rather than anything else, so it can get a bit repetitive. I'd give it 3 1/4 *'s out of 5, or 6 1/2 out of 10.

Nick's score: 4 *'s out of 5, or 8 *'s out of 10


When You Should See It:
It's not the kind of movie that's so hysterical or drawing that you need to run out and see it, but it's not anything worth the effort of avoiding. Should it end up playing on HBO, FX, USA or some other television network and you have the time to watch it, give it a watch. Maybe you'll love it and become a practicing Jedi. Or a delusional conspiracy theorist.

Steve Carell Leaving The Office

According to Comcast's Fancast news site, Steve Carell did an interview about the success of The Office and his latest movie co-starring 30 Rock's Tina Fey, and noted that he likely won't be returning to The Office after next season! Granted, who knows if The Office will get renewed for another season after the next season, as it's kind of a long ways away to guesstimate, but The Office without Michael Scott!?

Not that surprising to me actually. Carell's been an A-List, or at least a frequently in-demand B-List movie star for a long time now so it's surprising he's stayed this long on the show. While I love Michael Scott as a character, I'm not sure much more can really be done with him anyways, especially after one more season. As long as he gets a proper send-off, like he FINALLY finds the love of his life, and gets her pregnant (since his character desperately wants children) then I'll be happy. He can retire, or transfer, or whatever he wants to do. It's going to tug on a lot of heart strings and you know it! It'll be truly interesting who he gets replaced by though if the show continues without him.

Also, I can already see myself going crazy a full year or two down the road when Michael Scott makes a cameo or two in a future season. Even if they give him the perfect send-off, he owes the show that much!

DWIGHT SHRUTE FOR REGIONAL MANAGER!

Yard Sale!

So you're living in Alaska and in the mood to look for a box of old VHS tapes... what do you do? It's too cold for anyone to have a yard sale, and you are feeling pretty depressed that you can't get in on this action. Don't worry! Introducing Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville for the DS!

The first ever yard sale video game! Without looking at any details about it, if I had to make a game based on yard sales what would be in it?

-Wake up at 6am to start setting up.
-Go into garage and breath in dust thats has been there for decades.
-Bring out all your items, and place them on the ground. (Don't forget a lawn chair for sitting!)
-Do simple math and haggling skills. "I'll take this 25 cent item for 10 cents!" "NO!"
-Do this for 5 hours, pack everything up, and notice you made $12.35.

Mature rated game: Be able to run up to the cars just doing a drive-by-looky-lu, drag them out of their car, and stuff an old stuff animal into their mouth!

What the game is really about (description from Amazon):
* Use your stylus to move the screen around to carefully find hidden objects more easily
* Hidden object gameplay allowing players to embark on a world full of addictive hidden object gameplay using your DS stylus
* Journey and explore 12 different themed locations to complete your mission to find hidden treasures while meeting quirky new characters along the way
* Discover hidden stars in every level that awards players with bonus hints in order to get through levels faster
* Revisit locations to unlock all-new missions in a race to beat the clock


Look at this photo I got at IGN. You have to find objects at a yard sale... I think. Earth globe and flashlight are the only normal items, and possibly the bow-tie, but a FROG!? 3 APPLES!? What kind of sick yard sale are we at! What about a glass of lemonade at the children lemonade stand!?

So look forward to Yard Sale Hidden Treasures: Sunnyville coming out June first!

Kick-Ass Review

Premise:
Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) is the average high school nerd who's a big fan of comic books. Deciding to take action in his crime filled neighborhood, Dave dons a swimsuit and a pair of batons and decides he's going to clean up some scum. Well Dave gets stabbed in the opening minutes of the movie trying this, but the rest of his attempts turn out much better, especially as he meets fellow superheros Red Mist (McLovin. I don't care what his real name is.), Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage) and Hit-Girl.


Standouts:
The action, the plot, the comedy and the drama are all top notch. If you've ever watched a movie like Kill Bill with insane stunts and crazy violence and wondered "how can society as a whole ever, EVER beat this? Where do we go from here? I'll tell you where, nowhere. This is as good as it gets." Well you're wrong. As great as all that was, this is the next step. Can't possibly ask for more.


My Highlights:
Kick-Ass's three-on-one brawl, anything ever said by Hit-Girl's adorable eleven year old mouth, and anything ever done by Hit-Girl.


Overall Rating:
There's no words to describe the awesomeness of this movie. 5*'s out of 5. You don't need to be a comic book fan to love this movie, you just have to not be stupid. It's getting a lot of hype, and it's living up to it.


When You Should See It:
Yesterday. As soon as you stop reading this blog. Whenever you get the time. Seriously. If you have to mow lawns, shovel driveways, clean gutters, babysit. Do whatcha gotta do. See this movie. I will say its worth the $10+ to see through legal means.

CBVGR: Heavenly Guardian

Video Review:


Script: Welcome to the Clearance Bin Video Game Review by Organized Remains. We're playing Heavenly Guardian for the Wii. You can find it for $5. It's also available for the PS2 for also $5. That's kind of a weird situation that it would only be on the Wii and PS2. It's made by a third party, so I'm assuming the PS3 and Xbox 360 spat on it.

I'm looking at the cover and... is that Heat Miser from a Year without a Santa Clause? If Heat Miser and a troll toy had a child... that's what it would look like. Also there's a grape... with a mouth. Alright I had my fun mocking the cover on to the game itself.

Without seeing the back of the case, you wouldn't know that this is a 2D retro old school looking game. Being an old school gamer I thought that this might be enjoyable. You play as this girl, and a bunny. You walk around using the nun chuk analog stick, and shoot ammo using the WiiMote and the A button. The controls are not that great, and aiming the WiiMote will take a long time to get use to.

I'm playing the first level, and I'm finding the game pretty easy... until I get to this boss! The first time I get to him I have this nice weapon that reaches him pretty easily, but then he crushes me with his fist. Now I have to start back at a checkpoint with a crappy weapon. Now I get back to the boss and I have to go close to him... I die. I lose all three of my lives, and it asks if I want to continue. I now have to start at the beginning of the level, like most old school video games. I then make it to the boss again... what happens!? I lose all three of my lives. Alright I'm sick of this guy, this level might be easy to get through, but it's so boring!

It's time to look up some cheats. Most old school games had some level select cheat, and this must have one. I go onto Gamefaqs and I find Level Select... how do I get it though? Beat the game once!? Ahhhh!!!!

May I also add... There is no saving in this game. They save your score... that's it. If you want to beat this game, you have to do it old school and sit there the couple of hours and beat it.

Final Say: I'm awful at this game I admit it. Some might say I didn't give it enough of a chance, but believe me I really wanted to like this game. I love old school games, but this is not what I'm looking for. I just am sick of this first level, and I just want to stay away. If you like moving a character around the screen and pointing at objects and shooting (also if you look at this game, and say "I think this would be really fun!")... this game might... might be for you. If you didn't like any of the looks of this game... stay away.

Thoughts on Again for the DS

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Again came out on the DS at the beginning of the month, and I believe no one has even heard of it. It's by Cing the makers of Trace Memory, Little King's Story, and one of my favorite DS games Hotel Dusk. Again is a game just like Trace Memory and Hotel Dusk, basically an interactive novel puzzle adventure game.

You hold the DS sideways just like a book, as you play as a detective trying to solve a case that happened 19 years ago. You stumble onto a power you have that lets you compare rooms to the past and present. When you notice something different in the past, you can try to make it the same in the present. When you do, you get a glimpse of what happened in the past. You also have to speak to people that knew the victims, and get information out of them.

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This game looks pretty different from any other DS game I've played before. Each character is actually an actor or actress, placed into the DS. The graphics look alright for the DS, but when the game wants to be creepy... Oh my Kermit the Frog... it is. Might just be me, but sometimes looking into the past, the music, the looks of the room, the people in the past... it can just be creepy.

Final Say: I enjoyed the story in this game, it's not as great as Hotel Dusk, but it gets the job done. It took me around 11 to 12 hours to beat Again, and I had a blast playing it. There were parts like going back and forth to people that got very annoying, but overall I liked it. If you're like me and love the genre, and have played Hotel Dusk, and the Phoenix Wright series, then check out Again.

My Worries: "Cing filed for bankruptcy in Japan on March 1, 2010. The company was reportedly suffering from liabilities of 256 million yen (USD 2.9m/EUR 2.1m)." - Wiki.
This has me worried because a sequel to Hotel Dusk has been made, but it's only available in Japan! I'm hoping for them to bring it here to North America!

Chaos Review

Premise:
After a hostage situation goes awry, Detective Quentin Conners (Jason Statham) is suspended from the police force. Months later a highly intelligent bank robber seizes hold of said-location, taking all of it's inhabitants hostage. This mysterious mastermind (Wesley Snipes) tells the negotiators on the scene he'll only talk to detective Quentin Conners. With Conners on the job, we find ourselves in a cat and mouse chase full of twists and turns that take us out of the bank and all across town.


Standouts:
What stood out to me was how generic and awful a lot of the dialog was. A wise adage I once heard was "Not everything Jason Statham is in is great, but Jason Statham is great in everything he's in." Wesley Snipes was definitely awesome as well. But if you want to talk let-down, you must be thinking about the fight between Statham and Snipes. Let's recap something here for those casting. Watch Blade. Watch Wesley Snipes throw bodies through walls with his foot. Watch Transporter. Watch Jason Statham pretzel bad guys in the blink of an eye. I'll ruin this right now for everyone so no one's as let down as I was - there is no fist-fight between these two. There are some fist fights and both have their moments of hand-to-hand combat, but being a cop movie it's mostly fire fights that move the movie from point A to point B.


My Highlights:
Ryan Phillippe's crazy motorcycle chase, as well as his interrogation methods. One of those most "holy crap" moments of the movie however come toward the end during an intense conversation with a lowly evidence guard. So if you watch this movie and it looks like one of these two scenes is about to go down, strap yourselves in!


Overall Rating:
The dialog was obliviously terrible (some movies know they can't portray talking scenes and try to focus primarily on the action, but this movie was sadly about 60% action and 40% talking. Especially the end, which, no doubt in my mind should have taken half the time it took. But I love Jason Statham, I love Wesley Snipes, this had some amazing action sequences, and Ryan Phillippe wasn't half bad either. So I'll give it a respectable 3*'s out of 5 or 6*'s out of 10.


When You Should See It:
If you're the kind of person who wants to watch the entire Statham or Snipes filmography, its something to get around to. Even if you're really into gun fights and don't mind mediocre writing, go for it. But as entertaining as it can be, it's also very skippable. Personally, the Statham film-ranking I'd give (for the films I've seen of his) is as followed:

1) Crank 2
2) Transporter 2
3) Transporter
4) Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
5) The One
6) Crank
7) Revolver
8) Death Race
9) Chaos
10) Transporter 3

So you see, it's not the worst Statham movie ever.

Organized Remains Overview #2

"They're shooting popcorn at us!" "why popcorn!" "... BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOWNS!!"

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Gaming Addiction Getting Out Of Hand

"If teenagers can't play games late at night, they will find other ways to have fun by drinking and smoking," - Shin Tae-kyun, a 17-year-old gamer.

According to Time, South Korea is getting a little tired of those addicted to video games. Their internet cafes are overloaded and you can't pry the kids off of the PC's with a crowbar. The kids aren't studying and doing chores! So they're putting a ban on internet between midnight and 8 a.m. Doesn't matter if you're just about to beat a quest in WOW or beating a big boss in another popular game, internet goes night-night when the clock hits twelve.

Sounds like tyrants, right! Not really. I totally see where Korea's going with this. They're not really cracking down on today's disobedient youth because they're short-changing their responsibilities and what mommy and daddy tell them to do. It's a problem of the extremes. Because Korea doesn't have internet access like America does - they have to go to internet cafes and such, they revere those with high scores like big name celebrities and everyone throws caution to the wind to try to make it as such a champion. So Korea's been seeing cases of gamers starving themselves to death, or even not taking care of their children.

Wow.

Yeah, that actually seems like legitimate addiction then, rather than what American media spews out. So let's just go over some ground rules so you know if you're really addicted or not, or, just some guidelines to avoid this kind of extreme addiction.

• Tolerance - Everyone starts something as a newb. And it's only natural that with experience comes tolerance. You'll be able to play for longer periods of time, for example. But when you find it not challenging at all to go on multiple consecutive all-night benders, this is a warning.
• Withdrawal - when you're away from your games and start going through physical or mental instability. The shakes, the itch, the teeth-grinding, the foot tapping. Whatever your vice.
• Social/Occupational/Recreational activities get pushed further and further back. "Sorry dude, I don't want to go see a movie, my character's almost level 34!". "Sorry, I can't come into work today, I'm really sick. Sick of being pwned by this darn three headed demon!"
• Spending all time planning/engaging or recovering from - You're sitting at work or at school and you're paying attention to anything you're doing. You're only train of thought is what you're going to do on the game when you get your hands onto it.
• Extreme mood changes – happy, sad, excited, anxious, etc. Seriously, it's just a game. It's only meant to make you happy.
• Sleeping a lot more or less than usual, or at different times of day or night. There's no true-blue gamer that hasn't stayed up all night playing a brand new game, but again, everything in moderation.
• Changes in energy – unexpectedly and extremely tired or energetic
• Weight loss or weight gain
• Unexpected and persistent coughs or sniffles
• Seeming unwell at certain times, and better at other times
• Pupils of the eyes seeming smaller or larger than usual
• Secretiveness/Lying/Repeated unexplained outings, often with a sense of urgency - if you have to lie or keep it a secret that you're too busy playing a game to do something else, that should raise some flags with you.
• Stealing - This is the kind of warning sign that you read about when people murder others to obtain their games.
• Financially unpredictable, perhaps having large amounts of cash at times but no money at all at other times - We all have expenses other than video games. Don't bankrupt yourself searching out entertainment. The world will still turn and the sun will still rise tomorrow if you don't own EVERY game ever produced.
• Changes in social groups, new and unusual friends - X-Box Live/PSN/MMO friends are great things to have and can help you out. But they'll come and go. Friends in the real world can be much more profitable.

All of these symptoms are straight from about.com, which I found doing just a simple google search.

7 11 1337

Here at Organized Remains we always enjoy a nice clearance bin of games. Well 7-Eleven will become a new place to check out clearance games.

"7-Eleven will be teaming with a company called Game Trading Technologies, Inc., in order to procure the stock of used games. 7-Eleven will only carry games selling for $20 or less, which should stand at a stark contrast to the new releases that 7-Eleven sells, most of which retails for $50 or $60."
-Gamepro.com


Looking at this picture from GamePro makes me think they will be only carrying games from this generation of consoles. This makes me sad, because they're no places around me that sell old school games. If 7-Eleven were to start selling old school games, I would be there to purchase some games and a Slurpee.

Comic Book : Bone, The Movie

According to Geeks of Doom, the massively successful and popular graphic novel franchise: Bone is being made into a full-length animated movie. Rumors of this movie have been floating around for quite a while, and some feared that production on it was dead. Thankfully, creator of the series Jeff Smith recently confirmed that Warner Bros. Studios is still working on the project, and just signed on for a 3D movie to be created. Smith personally feels a 2D version of the film would be better, but understands the current 3D craze and accepts it.

My pal Nick of Organized Remains is a HUGE Bone-fan. It's his gospel. So naturally he's stoked and is itching for a release date. Sadly I can't appease him or others wanting this same nugget of information, but I think everyone will sleep a little more soundly tonight knowing that Phoney Bone, Smiley Bone and Fone Bone will very likely be coming to a theater near you in your lifetime.

CBVGR: Stimpy's Invention

Video Review:


Script: Welcome to the Clearance Bin Video Game Review by Organized Remains. Ah yes the classic T.V. show is here for the Sega Genesis. $5 is the cost of Stimpy's Invention.

Play as both Ren and Stimpy. Use each other for abilities like jumping and attacking. There are many different enemies and things that will hurt you in this game Eye balls, lawn mowers, and giraffes. There are different types of levels as well, like regular platformer, bike pedaling, and flying around with helium.

The music was a hit or a miss, half the music to the game was meh, while some of it was pretty good. The controls took awhile to get use to, there are so many different types of moves and so little combination. Regular jumping is C, while long jumping is A, while running is also holding A, while holding the down button and A is some jackhammer move. Too bad we didn't have all the buttons from a PS3 or 360 controller.

Final Say: A short game of under an hour, and the controls might need some work, but in the end we were having fun. You'll go happy happy, joy joy if you love old school games, and Ren and Stimpy.

Killer Klowns from Outer Space Review

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Premise:
A meteorite crashes to Earth in a small town where apparently all the college-aged kids are polite and sophisticated but demonized by a grizzled veteran cop. Only it's not a meteorite, it's an alien-boarded UFO! But the UFO is a circus, and the aliens are clowns. Killer clowns who drink blood and have a penchant for humor.


Standouts:
A lot of the dialog, especially in the early going was pretty awful. When you think of a cheesy 80's movie, this is right up there with the cheesiest. But if you can muster the fortitude to make it through the first half hour, things pick up speed fast. The action in the film will really keep you entertained. The very end stands out too, as I felt there was one glaring mistake made. I won't spoil it, but it involves survival. Watch the movie and when the moment comes, you'll know what I mean.


My Highlights:
"they're shooting popcorn at us!" "why popcorn!" "... BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOWNS!!"


Overall Rating:
It's incredibly cheesy, especially in the first half an hour of the movie to almost unbearable levels. Sometimes the film doesn't know if it's trying to be funny or scary, but there are other times when it definitely knows and succeeds at it's attempts. This is a cult film and I can see the appeal, so I'll give it 3 1/4 *'s out of 5, or 6 1/2 out of 10.


When You Should See It:
Only if you're really into cult films, the 80's, or clowns. The mainstream might not "get it", but if you're a fan of any of the three then you'll get a kick out of this film.

Organized Remains Review

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Onion Sports Headed To Comedy Central

According to Comedy Central, the network has ordered ten episodes of The Onion Sports for a new show in 2011. I'm not familiar with the Sports version of The Onion, but I do typically find great humor in their other news spoofs. My favorite would have to be their faux-news report that the DEA Recruits Lil Wayne:




While this pop-culture centered news report tickles me, and I can see why Comedy Central wouldn't want another show similar to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the clip Comedy Central chose to highlight The Onion Sports doesn't do it for me. Maybe because I'm not a sports buff, but it seems like it falls as flat as MTV's TheCollegeHumorShow. Some things are just made for the internet's niche market. Or maybe this show will be a hit and keep me updated on what's happening, or, what's not happening in the sports world.

Ouch...

I'm normally against piercings that are not on the ear, but sometimes people are born just to put metal on their bodies. That's where Ed Bruns from Wyoming comes in with a new record of 1,501 piercings on his body. I just don't know what to say, except that's one tough guy. So here is a shout out to Ed Bruns for a job well done on his world record.

Conan's New Home

As any reader of Organized Remains knows, we love Conan O'Brien. We were morally outraged when NBC gave Conan an unfair ultimatum over his career, forcing him off TVs. Conan's been keeping busy with his twitter account and a nation-wide tour (see video below), but this fall... he returns. TBS has offered a lot, and I can not stress that rough financial estimation enough - A LOT of money for Conan to come to their station and do a new late night show from 11:00-12:00. How important is Conan to TBS, who's slogan is "we know funny"? They're letting Conan own the rights to his show! That means when Conan comes up with an idea for his show, such as the masturbating bear, he owns that idea and can take it anywhere he wants should the show not work out! Granted, this glorious show will move late-night host George Lopez back from 11:00 to 12:00, but Lopez sees it as a great opportunity for his show as well. Lopez has been getting great reviews on his show, but when Conan hops aboard, he'll bring a slew of fans with him who, if Jimmy Fallon is proof of anything, will make Lopez that much bigger a name. So everybody wins! Especially if Conan, who has a half-hour lead-in, can serve a whooping to Jay Leno in the ratings!

CBVGR: Bionic Commando

Video Review:


Script: Welcome to the Clearance Bin Video Game Review by Organized Remains. Bionic Commando for the Xbox 360 is the game we're looking at today. It's also available on the PS3 and PC. For a new copy you can find it for $15, while the lowest used price I found it for was for $5.

First they used him. Then they betrayed him. Now he's their only hope. I find that the back of the case always explains the story better than I ever could. Also you want to find out more about your wife Emily. The story is alright, but who is here for a story? People want the arm!

This arm is the reason anyone would want to even think about playing this game. You can swing with it, destroy people with it, and even hack into things with it! While fighting with the arm is fun, the swinging is a pain to get used to. The flow is just not right and until you get a lot of experience it's very frustrating. Whenever a game has the ability to swing around levels, the developers should be forced to play Spider-Man 2: The Game, or even the original Bionic Commando!

Besides this arm, the game is alright at best. The weapons are lame compared to the arm unless it's the grenade launcher. When it comes to fighting, you just want to use the arm. It's not a good shooter game. It's a metal fist in the face game!

Final Say: Bionic Commando failed to impress me at first. As I kept playing it and got used to the controls I warmed up to it. What made me pick it up was people saying it was underrated. There are people that loved this game. A remake of the original Bionic Commando is also available and around the same price. In my opinion I suggest checking out the remake of the original game because I enjoyed it more. If you are interested in checking out Bionic Commando, make sure to find a good deal on it before putting down $15 to $20 on it.

The Other Guys

My last post just happened to be about a comedy coming out this Summer titled Dinner For Schmucks. I proclaimed that as an easy win for best comedy of the Summer, but now, we have a contender. The Other Guys has an amazing all-star cast from top to bottom, and what looks some some hilarious scenes. There's a little bit of Talledega Nights and a little bit of The Departed, so what's not to love?

Thoughts on Batman: Arkham Asylum

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It's ironic that superhero games are usually terrible. By superhero, I mean from comic books or movies, cause there are plenty of good super hero games that have original characters in the game. I haven't played all the super hero games out there, but the only awesome ones I can think of are Spider-Man 2, and TMNT: Turtles in Time. I'm sure there are others out there, but to add another game to the list of good superhero games we have Batman: Arkham Asylum.

I don't believe I've ever played a Batman game before this. I admit that I was never into Batman until I saw the Dark Knight, and I thought it was cool. Now that I've played through Arkham Asylum I have a lot more respect for the man... the batman.

So you already know that I liked the game, but let me tell you why I liked it. The Story, characters, setting, gadgets, and upgrading were all good! There is actually nothing to really complain about. If I had to complain I would have to say small stuff like once in awhile Batman would get stuck on a ledge and wouldn't climb up. Also there was this sewer level where you had to dodge Crock, and this seemed to go on forever and it wasn't that fun.

Final Say: I disliked one little part of the game... that's all! The story is really awesome and all the characters are blast to watch. It's not very often you get a great super hero game like this. So go try it out, even if you don't know a lot about Batman like myself.

Now lets start building hype for Batman: Arkham Asylum 2!

Dinner for Schmucks

Coming to theaters July 23, 2010 is a comedy that seems deserving of it's summer release date. As all movie-followers know, the summer is when all the big, hard-hitting films come out, and this movie looks like it has a lot of potential. Dinner for Schmucks stars Paul Rudd as a businessman on the cusp of a big promotion but despite his nice-guy attitude, has to find a brain-dead idiot, (maybe mentally retarded? That might be a little dark) and present him and his idiocy at a big business-dinner. What better idiot than Steve Carell?

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Slash Is With Coco

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According to TV Gawker, Slash of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver fame went onto Jay Leno's Tonight Show recently and brandished the most beautiful button known to man - I'm With CoCo! How totally Rock N' Roll! That ranks right up there with Bruce Springsteen telling Ronald Reagan he can't use "Born To Run" in his presidential campaign. NBC execs were able to edit the camera angles and cut-scenes so you wouldn't see the button. But the proof exists! Way to go Slash! Mucho respect! Buying your album!

New Asteroids Champ

Not to long ago there was a new Donkey Kong champ. Now, after 28 years we have a new Asteroids champ. John McAllister played for 3 days... 3 days straight! Not much to say about him except he's a hero. Check out the video below for more information.



Still have to mention that no one is trying to beat the Mappy high score!

Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Review

Premise:
A Boston mob hires a hitman to kill a church-attending priest in a framejob similar to executions The Saints would perform. Knowing they've been sent a message, The Saints return to Boston from their discrete new lives for some blood thirsty payback.


Standouts:
What stands out the most in this movie is the frequent amount of comedy used. The first Boondock Saints was something of a dark comedy-action as well, but this sequel has a much higher laugh ratio. This film is almost as much a bro-mance comedy as it is a shoot-em-up action film.

Something else that stood out was the ending. The last scene of the film is memorable and exciting, but the lead-in to the last scene is so contrived and complicated that it felt like it was just thrown in there for the sake of a surprise. Besides this and maybe one other scene that involved a great surprise cameo but was way too dragged on, I wouldn't change a thing about this movie because it was incredibly well crafted, and unlike Axl Rose, this addition to the prior work's legacy isn't just a lot of noise.


My Highlights:
Conner, Murphey and Romeo's first attempted job at an Asian Gang's warehouse was so hysterical because you know as the plan is being laid out that there's no way it will work. And work it doesn't. Not ideally anyways. Another great highlight that actually doesn't involve guns or blood is the main villain's explanation for his actions. It's a weird scene because he gives one reason that makes sense and makes you sympathize and agree with him, but then he back-peddles and gives an entirely more sinister answer. The second answer he gives seems needless and shallow, but if you really think about the character, I think even he more truly believes in his first answer. Good stuff.


Overall Rating:
Because the last half an hour or so of the movie comes with a lot of bizarre surprises that may not make sense, this film can't be given a perfect score. It is definitely an excellent movie however and one for the red-blooded, testosterone filled males of today's generation, so I rate the movie 4 1/4 *'s out of 5, or 8 1/2 *'s out of 10.


When You Should See It:
In a grand spectrum, it's not the most gripping or intellectual drama you'll ever see, but it's undoubtedly an amazingly fun popcorn movie. I was laughing pretty hard at some of the parts, so it's pretty acceptable to rent at any point, or maybe even buy blindly.

Resident Evil: Afterlife Trailer

Back in August we mentioned a new Resident Evil film coming out. Well now a trailer has been released for it, and I'm not sure what to think. It's bragging that it will be the best 3D experience ever! I'm not to big on this whole 3D movie fad that has been going around a lot lately. Hopefully they are not throwing stuff at you at all times, to make you jump out of your chair. I have a good feeling that they will be though, because in the trailer there were hints towards it. There was this one scene where Alice throws some ninja stars at you.

Always enjoyed the other Resident Evil movies. I know some people hate the films, and sure they're not amazing, but they're enjoyable to me. After seeing this trailer for the fourth movie, I'm iffy about it. I watched it, and literally I don't remember much, except 3D, ninja stars, some monster and two people going through a window. I'm hoping another trailer comes out that is much better than this one. Also crossing my fingers to have another enjoyable Resident Evil film.

To all the Resident Evil film haters... don't see this one.

Chris Kanyon Suicide

Christopher Klucsaritis AKA Chris Kanyon, (the first?) openly homosexual professional wrestler committed suicide today at the young age of forty. The cause of death was intentional overdose of medication stemming from bipolar disorder.

Kanyon made his name working for World Championship Wrestling from 1997-2001, then had a brief stint of popularity in 2001 working for World Wrestling Entertainment after their purchase of WCW. After his push died out as "Invasion MVP", drawing heat by screaming "WHO BETTA THAN KANYON!?", Kanyon faded into obscurity and was released in 2004. Kanyon blamed the release on management feeling uncomfortable with his lifestyle choice, and with the rare exception of a benefit show here or there in the independent scene, Kanyon retired from professional wrestling. Lifestyle choice or blame-game aside, Kanyon was a great wrestler who knew his craft in the ring and on the microphone. So Cheers to you Kanyon, sorry your demons got the better of you.


Kanyon Theme:



Tribute Video I Found:

Pink Floyd 8 Bit

Source of Image
Always liked the band Pink Floyd. The Dark Side of the Moon happens to be my favorite album of theirs. I found this article that shows that a man named Brad Smith transformed the entire album of Dark Side of the Moon into 8 bit sound. For the people that don't know what 8 bit is, think the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Check out his site to download and check out all the YouTube videos of each song.

The Proposal Review

image from Amazon

Premise:
Sandra Bullock plays Margaret Tate, a cold hearted, witchy, Canadian business-woman working out of New York for a publishing company. Her Visa expires and she has to either get married or lose her job as she is deported to Canada for one full year. In a light-bulb moment, Margaret Tate announces she's engaged to her whipped assistant, Andrew Paxton played by Ryan Reynolds. Sensing he has some leverage, Andrew Paxton agrees to the business deal in exchange for a well-earned promotion and publishing of his own manuscript. But immigration fraud isn't so easy, as they'll quickly discover from their hounding immigration officer.


Standouts:
About 95% of the movie is entirely predictable, but it wasn't necessarily bad because of it. You knew the ending ahead of time but if any ending were to occur, you would have felt cheated. Something else that stood out is, dang, the lead actors are a hot couple. Reynolds will have the ladies drooling and Bullock is a bonafide cougar. And brief duel-nude scene? You bet!


My Highlights:
Both my highlights involve Margaret Tate being so adorably out of touch with today's music. From adoring the song "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock, to dancing to "Get Low" by Lil Jon and The Ying Yang Twins.


Overall Rating:
I don't agree with the poster's claim that this movie is the best comedy of 2009, especially because just shortly before this release we had I Love You Man, and The Hangover. But this was a great romantic comedy. It didn't re-invent the wheel but it took the basic format we've all seen a million times and hit every scene perfectly. There was nothing I can find to complain about minus the lack of surprise/originality. So my overall rating for the film is 4 1/4 *'s out of 5, or 8 1/2 *'s out of 10.


When You Should See It:
Romantic-Comedies in general aren't for everyone, but this one specifically feels best for watching with someone you've been dating/mutually in love with for quite a while. It's not a first-date movie. It's more of an inspiration to why you shouldn't try and rush marriage.

CBVGR: Rock Revolution

Video Review:


Script: Welcome to the Clearance Bin Video Game Review by Organized Remains. Are you ready to ROCK!? Rock Revolution is the game and $5 is the price. You can find it for the 360 or the PS3.

Rock Revolution is a game were you have instruments, and you play each music note accordingly (Like Rock Band or Guitar Hero). Lets start the review positively by saying, thank Kermit the Frog that they let you use Rock Band or Guitar Hero instrument controllers. If I had to buy this... drum set? I wouldn't know what to do with it.

Something else that's positive, is the set-list. People will complain about the songs not being actually from the band, but just covers. I'm alright with this, and it didn't bother me to much. The set list includes a good amount of songs I like, so a big plus to that. The set-list menu however needs some work. I don't even see a band name! It just says the song name!

Here comes the negative: The game takes time to get use to. The hardest part is the notes flying from the top of the screen to the bottom. After I played a song, the whole floor and TV were appearing to be moving up. Though you can experience this feeling in Guitar Hero and Rock Band, this is a lot worse when it's going top to bottom. I don't remember Dance Dance Revolution doing this! But back to Rock Revolution. After playing a couple of songs I was starting to feel really dizzy and had to take a break. Why not have the notes come from the background like the other games. Was that method copyrighted?

I don't usually like comparing games to others, but this leaves me no choice. Rock Band and Guitar Hero are great! How did they not look at these games and get some good pointers? These music games are great multi-players, and no one is going to want to play Rock Revolution if they're all getting sick!

The recording studio part of the game is a nice addition though. I'm not that great at it, but I'm sure if you played around with it enough, you could create something good. While it's probably not the reason to play this game, it doesn't hurt to have it.

Final Say: I can't recommend it. There's probably some people out there that love this game but I'm not one of them. When some of the Rock Band and Guitar Hero games are the same price, how can I recommend this? I don't wanna bash the game over the head until the brains are leaking to the floor, so just get Rock Band or Guitar Hero. For the people that already own these two games... get some downloadable songs.