Xbox Live Going Going Gone! (Prices wise)

Xbox people are not happy these days because of a price increase that is set to happen in November. For one year the price of Xbox live will be $60 going up $10. People are threatening to quit due to the change in Digg... I mean Xbox Live.

What's my thoughts on this? To quote Cheapy D over at CheapAssGamer.com, "Has any CAG in their life ever paid full price for Live anyway?" I have to agree with him. You only need to pay for membership once a year. During the year many different retailers offer great sales of Xbox Live 12 Month cards. The lowest I've seen them at is $30.00.

Still, a price rise is not something no one wants to see. Everyone has just been cranky lately, school starting, everyone getting used to Reddit, and now Xbox Live. Good news though is that the DSI, and DSI XL are both getting price drops! Also It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is coming back in a couple of weeks!

Zoolander Sequel

According to Slashfilm, Ben Stiller has confirmed through twitter that a sequel to Zoolander is in the works. Helping Stiller with the script for this film is Justin Theroux, who made himself a big name from writing Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2. Stiller wisely demanded Owen Wilson reprise his role as Hansel, which I'm all for because Owen Wilson's a great actor. Jonah Hill is apparently is negotiations to play the role of the main villain of this film as well. This, I'm not so sure if I like. Typically I don't mean Jonah Hill, as I've liked him in quite a few films, but I just saw Strange Wilderness and that soured my opinion of him. I'm sure once I see Get Him To The Greek I'll be right back on his bandwagon.

The problem with using this screen writer, with the kind of movies he's made lately, and starring Stiller, Wilson and Hill is the price. Apparently the studio is very hesitant about forking over the cash for this sequel and is being very stingy with the budget. So I wouldn't expect another gasoline fight scene, but a lot of the first film's highlights didn't involve explosions or pricey special effects. Just use the full extent of the budget on advertising and stars who know how what to do when the camera's on. They can shoot in in Stiller's neighborhood and get extras looking for "BIG NAME MOVIE" on their resume.

For those of you who haven't seen Zoolander a hundred times by now and are sick of the film, enjoy this youtube video I found.

Game Remakes and Earthworm Jim HD

Lately I've been playing Earthworm Jim HD, and it brings up some "Groovy!" times. I'm really enjoying it! The game looks great in HD, and I wouldn't mind an HD remake of Earthworm Jim 2.

I've talked about game remakes, and how much I love the idea of it. I figured I would compile a list of games I would love to see in HD, more options of difficulty, a chance of adding multiplayer to single player games, and just have a flash back to the time I played the originals. Sadly the Wii isn't in HD, but that doesn't mean they can't do it. The re-imagining of A Boy and His Blob is a great example.

Crash Bandicoot - Just like Sly Cooper, I would love to have Crash Bandicoot 1, 2, 3, and Crash Team Racing remade. Co-op modes for each game would be great, and yes that means co-op online.



Earthbound - I would settle for no remake, and just putting the game on the DS, or the Wii (like they did with Chrono Trigger). At first I thought I would love it in HD, but I'm not sure. Also they should add Mother 3 (Earthbound 2) as an Earthbound collection (It was never released in America.). And finish the Earthbound that was going to be on the N64!



The Lost Vikings - Might not be really recognizable, but Rocket Knight, and the upcoming Bonk are not either. I love the puzzles in The Lost Vikings, and the abilities of each viking.



Paperboy - This would call for a remake of both Paperboy 1 and 2. Add the ability to choose different bikes (with different speeds, and health), and even a chance to unlock a car if you beat the game 100%. Add multi-player co-op with each person on each side of the road. Maybe add a new part of the game that is just obstacle courses. There are a ton of ideas that would make a remake to Paperboy great!



Jetpack - Remember DOS? I don't either except for Jetpack, and Jetpack Santa! This was one of the first computer games I ever played, and I had such a blast playing it. I did some research, and it looks like there is talk about a remake! Very good news indeed. Please fix the noises though, they did get annoying.



Don't be surprised if I put out another list of other games I want remakes of.

Clash Of The Titans Remake Review

Premise:
Man gets tired of the Gods. Man destroy statue of Zeus. Zeus is all like "OH NO YOU DIDN'T!" Zeus listens to his brother Hades who is like, "hey Zeus, let's just wipe this whole city off the map, everyone hates us, .... something, then profit!" and Zeus is all like, "OH MY ME! THAT'S A GREAT IDEA HADES! LETS DO THAT!" But on Earth, Zeus' illegitimate demigod son Perseus watches his adopted family get killed in one of Hades' rampages. So Perseus wants to kill Hades but he has to go on half a dozen or so mini-quests before he can get to the big boss!~


Standouts:
It's been a while since I've seen the original Clash of the Titans from 1981, but I'll say this seems like a pretty fun remake. It expands on a lot of the action scenes, adds more characters in some areas and gives more depth to other characters so you care when they're fed to monsters. Then there were some subtractions of characters, such as the mechanical owl who was reduced to a brief humorous cameo. I was actually alright with the reduction of the owl because it always seemed out of place in a movie about Greek mythology to me.

While depth was given to some of the background characters, the directors really screwed up one thing - their appearance. All of the women looked the same in this film to me, and all of the men who weren't Perseus looked essentially the same. I could distinctly figure out five people out of the maybe fifteen I was supposed to recognize when they were on the screen - Perseus, Zeus, Hades, and the two hunters who reminded me of a cross between Bill and Ted, and the two main characters from Bio-Dome. Would it really have killed them to not have every warrior classified as "old" have the same long hair and graying beard, and all the warriors classified as young not been clean shaven and long haired?


My Highlights:
The scorpion fight was pretty epic and though I thought the end to the original Clash's fight with Medusa was better, the bulk of this version of the film's fight with Medusa was pretty sweet.


Overall Rating:
I find this film kind of hard to rate, but I think I'll give it a generous 3 *'s out of 5, or 6 out of 10. I've seen better, but I've also seen worse. It wasn't the worst way to spend 1 hr 46 min. It would have been better if they could have found a way to trim it down, maybe cut one of Perseus' adventures out and get a solid 90 minute action flick, but at least it didn't start rubbing two hours.


When You Should See It:
This is basically a movie tailor-made for cable TV. There's just enough violence and romance to not be gratuitous but while making you think you're seeing a really wild action movie. See it when it comes on F/X, or USA, or TNT, or Spike TV. Whatever channel you get that likes to throw mediocre movies at you that you think are good at the time because there's nothing else on so by comparison it's awesome. Watch it then. Don't waste your money on it though.

CBVGR: Bad Rats: Revenge

Video Review:


Script:
*Warning this game contains animated violence towards rats killing cats... and rats killing themselves. Cat and rat lovers look away*

Welcome to the Clearance Bin Video Game Review by Organized Remains. There is usually only one place that will put games on sale for $0.95, and that would be Steam. If you don't know what Steam is, it's a gaming portal of some sort. Check it out, because they run some really great sales. This time I got Bad Rats: Revenge which is usually $5, but I got it for $0.95.

Ever wanted an Itchy and Scratchy game? This is probably the closest thing to ever getting that. The game involves using boards, barrels, balloons, and different kinds of rats to kill a cat. You place these objects, and rats in a way that it will trigger a weapon to kill the cat. This can be a gun, a vault, and even a microwave.

The different ways of using objects, and rats to finish a level gives you the chance to be creative. I was suspecting the same cat death from each level, but was surprised there were many different outcomes to the cats. Placing objects onto the playing area can be a pain sometimes. This board especially... no don't turn like that! Luckily they had the option to rotate it manually.

After playing the game for awhile you start to realize that the game is crazy. I even started to laugh when I realized what I was playing. I'm also not sure if the music helped. Sometimes I think the music is bad, but then I find myself tapping to the beat. Listen for yourself... If you didn't like it there is a music volume option in the menu.

Final Say: The game isn't perfect, but with each level giving you the opportunity to finish it differently. I would say paying 95 cents is a pretty good deal. Even the $5 non sale price isn't asking for to much. I got through half the game (Which I spent 2 or more hours on), but don't feel the need to finish it. If you're alright with many different violent cat deaths, and love puzzle games then this is a game to check out.

Marvel's Iron Fist Movie

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According to Slashfilm, Marvel is set to bring a comic book hero few of you have ever heard of to the big screen. Iron Fist, a character created in the seventies to capitalize on the martial arts fad explosion, combines incredible ninja-like skills with supernatural powers. Not much is known about the movie currently but one thing is set in stone - the script is being penned by the guy who wrote Vin Diesel's classic, xXx. Was xXx an actual classic? Not really, but for Vin Diesel it was. For the rest of the world it was just a pretty great popcorn-action film. And if that's all this movie turns out to be, it'll still be better than Fantastic Four.

This Is Not The News You're Looking For

According to The Hollywood Reporter, George Lucas is laying the court-room Smackdown on a little-known toy company. Here's the twist, this isn't a knock on him, we're on his side. The toy company's name is Jedi Mind Inc. and they're producing toys that involve using your mind to levitate and manipulate objects. The ability to do that is awesome, and from what I've seen is becoming the next big fad. But while they have a great idea... come on! They're called Jedi Mind Inc! How did they not expect legal action? Here's what makes it harder to be on their side. Lucas sent them not one, but two cease-and-desist letters. I'm sure Lucas can't trademark telekinesis but when you slap a name on it that is a word he invented, come on, the hammer's gotta fall sooner or later.

We here at Organized Remains have two predictions for this court case. The first is that this Jedi Mind Inc will enter the room to The Imperial March.



The second prediction we're calling now is that Lucas' team of six lawyers will decidedly win the case, but only because of the work put forth by three of those lawyers. The other three will be long, drawn-out, and somewhat contradictory to the progress the case made.

Snazzy Napper

We here at Organized Remains have talked about the Snuggie before. Showing off the ad campaign for the Snuggie 2.0, and even a PS3 Snuggie (Though now that I think about it, I think an Xbox 360 Snuggie would be better... you know the towel trick?).

Well now there is the Snazzy Napper, and this is the opposite of what a Snuggie does. This covers your face, and leaves your body open (unless you get the XL Snazzy Napper). I think I might like this more than the Snuggie. It lets you take a nap anywhere! At work on a desk, at school on your teacher's desk, at church on a pew, and at home on a bed.

The idea is interesting, but how much would you pay for something like this? $5? Nope! $14.99, or $24.99 for the XL. I think you would be better off cutting a nose hole in a bed sheet. Why does it cost so much? I know! It has a pocket... and head strap!

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Bah! Slow news day!

Smartest Cartoon Ever

According to GeekoSystem, writer of Futurama, Ken Keeler is one smart dude. The premise of the tenth episode of this latest season of Futurama, "The Prisoner of Benda", is that the Professor creates a mind-switching device with an annoying side-effect that no two people who have switched minds can switch directly back. Thus becomes an issue when everyone attempts to find another party to act as a middle-man to restore their brains to their own bodies. Ken Keeler put his phD in mathematics to work, creating a successful math theorem for just how many parties it would take to restore everyone's bodies. While that's all impressive, I'll warn you now that this episode features the most disturbing implied sexual intercourse the show has ever seen. Like... it's bad. Wrong on just so many levels. BUT HERE'S A LINK TO THE BEST 2 1/2 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE!

The Expendables Review

500th Post!

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Premise:
Sylvester Stallone leads a team of mercenaries into a difficult mission - wipe out the leader of a militant country and the puppeteer controlling that leader. In said team of mercs: Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, and Mickey Rourke. With cameos by a bunch of other famous celebs from action movies!


Standouts:
Obviously, the all-star cast stands out right away. The cameos as well are absolutely awesome. Unfortunately, no Samuel L. Jackson, but his legacy gets paid tribute to in just about everything he's in now-a-days. Other standouts: lots of people get killed, lots of gun-fire, lots of hand-to-hand combat, lots of explosions and an awesome car-chase, but a movie clearly written by Sylvester Stallone. A guy who knows how to pay homage to 80's actions films, yes, but a contemplative, unique story and dialog writer he is not.


My Highlights:
Jason Statham taking out a baseketball team, Dolph Lundgren's first weapon in the film, Stallone's car-chase scene, Jet Li's fight with Dolph Lundgren, and Terry Crews' awesome shotgun toward the end. And without giving anything away, if you hear "You look nervous" it's epic.


Overall Rating:
If I were to be critical, the casting made the movie. If any other actors were in the film, the rating would probably only be about a 3 1/2 *'s out of 5, but seeing all our favorites together was way too exciting. So I'll give this movie a generous 4 1/4 *'s out of 5, or 8 1/2 *'s out of 10.

Nick's Rating: 4*'s out of 5

When You Should See It:
If you have any interest in the action film genre. Some of the dialog might be gritting, and some of the characters feel really off in the distance for "main" characters, but seriously, it's a big deal to see all of these huge names side-by-side in a film.

CBVGR: Cate West

Dummy Never Fails

Short post today, but an addictive one! Check out Dummy Never Fails! It features a lot of levels, and skins to unlock.

Also enjoy a cake fail.

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Review

Premise:
Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is desperately smitten by Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and has to defeat her seven evil exes. And everyone is a scene-trendy nerd-core hipster. Also, the rules of reality are completely warped to the point of hardly in existence, so we get lots of super power fight scenes and ninjas.




Standouts:
The directing is breathtaking. Everything in it makes you say Holy Kermit The Frog. But something that personally stood out to me was the lack of quotability to this film. Typically when you see a Michael Cera-starred film you walk away re-using lines you've just seen.

"take off that vest. You look like Aladdin."
"You could always subscribe to a site like Perfect Ten. I mean that could be anything, it could be a bowling site."
"Well, there won't be any berries in the fruit salad now, so we all lose."
"It's not a cab, my friend, I promise you."
"Like I'd marry you! You'd be the meanest wife ever, okay? And I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a lot of stuff on TV, and then 'The Blair Witch Project' was coming on Starz and you were like 'I haven't seen this since it came out and if so we should watch it' and then 'but oh, no, we should just make out instead la la la'"
"I'll only ask once that you and your adorable sweater step away from the door."

This one doesn't really have much of anything to quote except that Michael Cera calls everyone dude. But the music's catchy!


My Highlights:
Ramona's third evil ex and why he has super powers, Ramona in her underwear, the defeat of Ramona's fourth Ex, and the opening scene with Scott Pilgrim's band "The Sex Bob-ombs" jamming. Yes, that's an allusion to Bob-omb from Mario, and Tom Jones' song "Sex Bomb".


Overall Rating:
This movie is ridiculously entertaining and masterfully crafted and acted in, but I have one very minor flaw with it. I had a lot of trouble believing in how it ended. It seemed like things were heading one way which made sense, but then for the sake of what the writers felt was continuity, jumped back to the other way. Others may disagree, but for only a one minute ending sequence I didn't like, the rest of the film was epic. I give this film an amazing score of 4 3/4 *'s out of 5, or 9 1/2 *'s out of 10. Definitely one of the BEST films to come out this year, which I say fully confident even though I haven't seen very many films that came out this year yet.


When You Should See It:
Immediately. Especially if you're a nerd, a goth, an emo, a vampire, a homosexual (there's plenty of GLADD love in here), a musician (struggling or successful), a bitter ex, or a hopeful romantic.

Good Luck Bad Luck

Numbers. What do they mean? People have lucky numbers, unlucky numbers, and ordinary numbers. Ever heard of someone saying, "11:11 make a wish!" What they mean is that the numbers 11:11 are shown on the clock, granting you a wish. Some believe the act of yelling that it's 11:11 ruins everyone's wish. The wish doesn't count if someone tells you, or if you set an alarm. Who knows. Everyone has different rules towards this.

On 8/9/10 at 11:12 a baby girl was born. This is crazy to even think this could happen... WRONG! According to our World Vital Events over at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/pcwe there is a baby born every 4.2 seconds. This means during that one minute there was most likely a lot more kids born. Not to be a negative Nick, I do have to say to have the birthday would be pretty cool.

This next story is more rare than the baby one. A 13 year old boy was struck by lightning at 13:13 hours... on Friday the 13th! You might say he has bad luck, but I think he will be fine. He did survive, and now he has an awesome story to tell!

Alright, time to top the 13 year old story with a story with a couple. Now we're mixing it up! This couple born on the same day as each other. They got married on the same day (different year... duh). Then 43 years later they both died on the same day.

And you thought math class was weird... well ya I guess, that teacher was pretty crazy.

The Book Of Eli Review

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Premise:
Denzel Washington plays Jesus and spreads the good word of God by tongue and by gun, not to mention a big freaking machete. Or to be technical, he plays Eli, traveling through a post-apocalyptic world to head west where he can deliver the last existing copy of the holy bible. It's a quest he doesn't take lightly so anyone who crosses him, especially an evil corporate mayor (Gary Oldman) feels the wrath of God!


Standouts:
There is one negative aspect to this film that stood out to me the entire way. Product placement. Some of it I'll give the benefit of the doubt, because I might have been a little confused what was going on when he started sponging himself with a wet-nap if it hadn't had the KFC logo on it, but when Gary Oldman pulls out a Motorola megaphone, the whole concept becomes a joke. Use of an iPod I'll put somewhere in-between the two extremes, because while I never saw an Apple logo on it, I had trouble buying that as fragile and bogus as iPods are they survived through the Apocalypse.


My Highlights:
The big reveal about Eli's character, Gary Oldman getting what was coming to him, and anytime Denzel Washington used a machete. I'm sure the footage was sped up to make Washington look like he can kill you faster than you can blink, but I still loved it. Heck, maybe his arms were just CGI, but they were freaking sweet.


Overall Rating:
Because of the twist at the end, I'm not sure I would want to watch it again, because I'd just spend the entire film trying to see if all the dots lined up and the ending "made sense". But it was a really cool movie with a really cool ending. Some of it you have to suspend your belief for but it kicked butt overall. I give this film 4 1/4 *'s out of 5, or 8 1/2 out of 10. It made the bible cool again!

Nick's Rating: Cool movie that reminded me of Mad Max, but nothing groundbreaking. 3.5 *'s out of 5

When You Should See It:
The next time you're looking for an action movie. The people who like brain-dead, non-thinker, popcorn action will like it, and the people who like intellectual, deeply seeded, morally ambiguous action will like it. Either way, I highly recommend seeing it.

Breaking Bad Thoughts

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I've recently been renting the T.V. series Breaking Bad on Blu Ray. A couple of people have recommended this to me, and I finally decided to give it a rent. I'm almost done the second season, and from what I've watched I'm very happy with it.

Check out this great trailer for the show:


Another show that I love that is pretty similar in concept is Weeds. Someone in the family is going through a rough time, and to make money they sell drugs. Obviously nothing ever goes to plan, and everything turns into a disaster.

As I got through a couple of episodes, I knew that Breaking Bad would become one of my favorite shows. Everything is great: the plot, the setting, the characters, and the suspense. Each actor and actress does an amazing job at their role. Most people that haven't seen the show say, "Isn't the main character the dad from Malcolm In The Middle?" While this is true, once you watch this show you won't even think about comparing Bryan Cranston's Breaking Bad character to his character in Malcolm In The Middle. They're just too different from each other.

Final Say: I love the show, and I can't wait to catch up on Season 3 when it comes out. If you like the show Weeds, you will love Breaking Bad. If you haven't seen either show, then give them each a chance (Weeds is on Netflix Instant Watch). I suggest renting Breaking Bad, instead of catching it on T.V. The episodes don't tell you what happened last, so you might get lost.

Before you even rent it, check out Amazon, because they let you watch the first episode of Breaking Bad for free. LINK - Scroll down a little, and click the episode named pilot.

Hating On Star Wars. The Good Ones!

Prequels aside, Star Wars was a pretty awesome original trilogy right? Right. Epic. Glad we can agree.

According to Movieline, which gave me the tl;dr highlights of an interview Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz did with LA Times, the ending to the original trilogy could have been MORE epic! Kurtz badmouths George Lucus for selling out to the toy industry and using the third installment of the series to pimp out Ewoks to kids.

“Instead of bittersweet and poignant he wanted a euphoric ending with everybody happy. The original idea was that they would recover [the kidnapped] Han Solo in the early part of the story and that he would then die in the middle part of the film in a raid on an Imperial base. George then decided he didn’t want any of the principals killed. By that time there were really big toy sales and that was a reason.”

The discussed ending of the film that Kurtz favored presented the rebel forces in tatters, Leia grappling with her new duties as queen and Luke walking off alone “like Clint Eastwood in the spaghetti westerns,” as Kurtz put it.

 Wow. So Movieline and Kurtz think that Han Solo, one of the most epic characters ever dying half-way through a movie is epic? Kurtz probably liked Johnny Cage dying at the beginning of Mortal Kombat 2 as well. And Princess Leia, who just busted her butt to restore order and civility to the entire galaxy... we now need to lie awake at night wondering "oh boy, now the easy part's over. What's she going to do now? How will she decide on this whole gay marriage thing?" And Luke Skywalker, who in everybody's eyes in this galaxy is a total inspirational hero, walks off lonely and brooding? How is any of that awesome? Clint Eastwood in "The Man With No Name" series was a dirty thief with a thin moral line. Luke Skywalker lead an entire rebel army to destroy the Death Star. Twice. And kill both leaders with minimal help. I think this comes down to a case of people taking Star Wars too seriously. After all, it's just a kids movie that adults can also enjoy. Yoda's a Muppet for Kermit's sake, let's not turn this into "Who Shot First - Han or Gredo?" And Ewoks rock the party that rock the body.

DeathSpank Review

A review of DeathSpank for $15 on the PSN, and Xbox Live Arcade.

Invisibility Cloak For Realz

First trial of someone wearing an invisibility cloak.

(not really)

According to Discovery.com, scientists are closer than ever to discovering the secret behind the mystical, magical, ancient, invisibility cloak! The key recipe is silk with a little bit of gold. Who knew? Long story-short, there's something about the way the light will bounce off of it and into our retinas that will make it hard, or potentially impossible to see.

The developers, of course, are attributing motivation for good intention bio-medical usage. Psh, ya right. And the ski-mask was invented to keep your face warm. Here's what will happen when the invisibility cloak hits the black market, then the free market! With a little luck, you just won't have to talk to anyone you don't want to. See an old high school rival that hasn't seen you yet? Well they never will if you've got your cloak handy! But the more often applications - spying on people undressing and Assassin's Creed styled murders. WARNING! Sneezes and footprints will still get you caught.

What would you do with an invisibility cloak?

Looking in The Past With Sim City

Back when I was young, I played Sim City on the SNES. It was fantastic! Building cities, keeping an eye on the people, and then destroying my very own creations! While the Sim City on the SNES wasn't the first one made, it will always be my favorite in the series.

The reason I'm talking about this is because I just started playing Sim City DS. As I was playing, I realized how I enjoyed the Sim City on the SNES a lot more. There is a lot more going on in the DS version, and I found that to be the case in all the Sim City sequels. The Sim City I loved was very simple to play, but building a very large city was very difficult. Also, I'm not liking using the touch screen (I end up building roads where I don't want them).

Sim City DS just isn't working for me. You ever just pick up a game, start playing it, and realized that it's not for you? That's the case for me with Sim City DS. I won't do a review on it unless I get more into it. I don't think there will ever be a sequel to Sim City that will be as great as the first (same with The Sims). Well that's unless there is an HD remake! They just remade Earthworm Jim, why can't they remake Sim City!?

While Sim City and The Sims sequels may not be as great as the first, the Tycoon games usually usually make great sequels that are usually better. Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, and Zoo Tycoon 2 were amazing games. While some people might have hated the Mall Tycoon game, I loved it. I haven't played the second, but it's on the list of games to try out.

Note: This doesn't mean I like all the Tycoon games. Some are just awful, like Skatepark Tycoon, and the Skiing one.

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter Movie

Back in March of 2010 we reported the great news that Seth Grahame-Smith would be producing a sequel to his comedic, satirical retelling of Pride and Prejudice (creating Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) by writing Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. As a promotional tool Seth Grahame-Smith gathered up some actor-friends and created an astounding trailer, which I'll post again because it bares repeating.

Thanks to an interview Timur Bekmambetov did with Empire Online, it's now evident that a full-feature film will be created based on the book! Bekmambetov, director of such notable films as Wanted and the animated 9 had this to say:

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter I’m prepping to direct myself. It is not a comedy at all – it is a very entertaining, epic history lesson for millions and millions of teenagers. If you remember Night Watch, it is maybe in the vein of that kind of movie."

"We are keeping the traditional look of Lincoln – the big hat and the beard. He has to be historically correct, but with a few special weapons. There is only one book, but there will be many opportunities to develop and explore this world if we get to do sequels. I hope we will start this winter. We are shooting in America."

Our reaction: YES! This will undoubtedly be all kinds of epic.

CBVGR: A Boy and His Blob

The newest CBVGR is up!

Chris Jericho: A Lion's Tale Review

For those who have never heard of Chris Jericho, he's a former 1 time ECW Television Champion, 4 time WCW Cruiserweight Champion, 1 time WCW Television Champion, 2 time WCW World Champion, 1 time WWE Heavyweight Champion, 3 time WWE World Champion, 9 time WWE Intercontinental Champion, 4 time WWE World Tag Team Champion, 1 time WWE Tag Team Champion, 1 time WWE European Champion, 1 time WWE Hardcore Champion, 2 time WWE Slammy Award Winner, "The Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla", "The King of the World", "The Man of 1004 Holds", and the self-proclaimed "Best In The World At What He Does".

In this 2007 self-written autobiography, Chris Jericho details his life and career only up until his 1999 debut in WWE. Jericho's trials and tribulations, scratching and clawing to make it to WWE sees family issues, drugs, sex, battle with religion and morals, egos, and life-lessons. It's also a great exposure to the inside world of professional wrestling, as he details intricate notions such as how to cut a good promo (hype-interview), Do's and Don'ts of top rope aerial attacks, dealing with bosses who stiff you for pay and getting demoted over nonsensical reasons.

As only Chris Jericho can, every page is full of laughs and/or heartbreak. A born story teller, I HIGHLY recommend this book to all my readers, especially if you've ever seen professional wrestling. It doesn't matter if you used to watch it in the 90's and haven't turned it on since, if you've watched everything since the 1970's religiously, or if you only just once turned on an episode of Monday Night RAW. It's a great read and isn't constricted to strict, professional writer's etiquette. It's written more like a story your friend told you with such nuggets as "I Keed." and "He had finally decided that it was my time for me to become eeeeeevil and he was right." I give this book 5 *'s out of 5 and can't wait for Jericho's upcoming sequel where he'll detail his time working for WWE, a feat few have done while still maintaining work there.

Review: The Simpson's Scene It

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The Simpsons is my all time favorite show. I have a ton of Simpsons collectibles, and a ton of their board games. It took me a while, but I finally got my hands on The Simpson's Scene It game. I have Scene It for the Xbox 360, and also the regular board game, and it's a lot of fun to play. If you don't know to much about Scene It, it's a DVD game. The regular version requires a board, but the Scene It on the consoles does not. The board and the DVD interact with each other, giving you scenes from pop culture and trivia questions.

The Simpsons' version of course has everything Simpsons. The character pieces are Blinky the Fish, the Simpsons' T.V., Nuclear Power Plant, and a Squishy. I would have liked having family members as pieces, but I can't really complain. As for the board, there is two ways the board can lay out - a short game, and a long game. I found this to be very creative, and I have never seen this before. It's a really big plus!
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There are two dice - one for amount of spaces to move, and one for what type of trivia you will have to answer. There are also Buzz cards to tell you if you take two spaces or go back two spaces. The board is very simple, and that's how it should be.

Luckily Shawn and my brother Jon are as big of Simpsons fans as myself. The game went pretty even. This could be a problem when playing against someone that doesn't have as much knowledge. If this is the case, I suggest coming up with a handicap system. Maybe let the lame person be able to pass to another question once in awhile.

Final Say: This game was great with all the Simpsons' references. There wasn't much reference to the newer episodes which is awesome for us because we don't really watch the new episodes. You might want to buy some seasons of The Simpsons along with buying this game, because you will want to watch some episodes after you're done playing (May I suggest season 8?). Before rushing out to buy the game, make sure you will have someone to play with. If you're a giant Simpsons fan and have someone to play with, there should be no stopping you. Go get this game next time you see it on a shelf!

Superman Saves Family

According to GeeksOfDoom, a family who was about to lose their home to foreclosure just happened to stumble upon in their attic a very good condition, first issue of Action Comics #1! This is the comic that changed the world, debuting Superman and kicked off the Superhero genre. They gave New York a jingle and got in touch with Stephen Fishler, co-owner of Comic Connect and Metropolis Collectibles. Stephen Fishler's resume aside, he's best known for formally selling an original issue of Action Comics #1 for a cool million, but then said "I can do better." Fishler later got his hands on another original issue of Action Comics #1 and sold that puppy for $1.5 million. Now granted, Fishler would be a bad businessperson to give this family in dire straights the kind of money he would then sell it for, but they stand to make at bare minimum $250,000! Unless the family had a mansion, this should help quite considerably. And to Superman, we thank you with a youtube tribute!

Shark's Favorite Cinema

From music, we go to movies. What will sharks love?

Shark Tale
Shark's Thoughts: Shark's love Jack Black, they relate to him. When Jack Black plays a shark the sharks went crazy. Then they found out the Fresh Prince would be in it... THE FRESH PRINCE!



Finding Nemo
Shark's Thoughts: At first the sharks thought they were going to hate Finding Nemo. They watched it till the end with tears in there eyes. Even if Nemo wasn't a shark, they ended up loving him! Trust me, to see tears come out of an animal that lives in water is a site to see, and the only time you will see it is after a viewing of Finding Nemo.



Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
Shark's Thoughts: Calling a shark "mega" is a win for any shark. Maybe the sharks would hate this movie for the ending, but no shark has ever finished the movie. The reasoning behind this is because the shark gets too hungry for octopus, and leaves for lunch.



Air Bud
Shark's Thoughts: The thought of a dog playing basketball is just funny to a shark.



SHARK'S LEAST FAVORITE MOVIE

Eagle Vs. Shark
Shark's Thoughts: No actual sharks, or eagles. Just people dressed up as them. A big disappointment to all sharks.

Avenged Sevenfold Nightmare Review

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Artist: Avenged Sevenfold
Album: Nightmare
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Tracks: 11
Runtime: 66:47


Track Rundown:
(All ratings out of 5 *'s)


1) "Nightmare" - There's just so much I really like about this song. I like the eerie, children's mobile tune turning into a demonic drumming and guitar shredding. The lyrics are dark and haunting, angry and action-film-friendly. A song I would compare it to is "Inside the Fire" by Disturbed for it's frequent, harrowing descriptions of Hell and the devil. 5 *'s, all the way around and back again.


2) "Welcome To The Family" - Dark yet applicable. Makes me think of gangs, cults, or even terrorist affiliations who convince the lost, lonely and confused sheep to join their flock. A good shepherd can either be a beautiful or destructive thing. Makes me think of Samuel Jackson at the end of Pulp Fiction! The music is top notch in this, everybody went all-out. Another 5* track.


3) "Danger Line" - I'll admit to being picky on this track in case there is anyone who severely disagrees. For a song with awesome verses (awesomely delivered vocals, pacing of the guitar, all-around awesome build to what should be an awesome chorus, even having an awesome bridge!) the chorus ruins this song for me. To some, maybe a chorus doesn't mean much, but to me it means a lot because you hear it more frequently than anything else! Verses = excellent, chorus = an over-the-top not-as-funny-as-it-sounds modern-day-metal version of "Danger Zone" by Kenny Loggins. A generous 3 *'s, given aid by an epic guitar solo at the four minute mark.


4) "Buried Alive" - A great build-up chorus that leads to an even greater chorus. I particularly have to show love for the opening guitar solo which makes the instrument cry. There's something a little off-putting about the song that I should point out, but it's hard to pin-point. The missing "it factor" is definitely in the verses, and it's not unwarranted hate against a slower melody for a hard rock band. Without sounding too derogatory, because they're an occasional guilty pleasure of mine, something about listening to the verses make me think of Creed. Blasphemy! I know! Maybe you'd feel different though. Either way, 4 1/4 *'s for an overall awesome song. The additional 1/4 * comes from the last minute of the song that amps up the attitude and metal!


5) "Natural Born Killer" - It seems like anything relating to this title turns out epically awesome. Movie - Natural Born Killers, Rap - Natural Born Killaz, this song. Great stuff, heavy, rocking, add it to Guitar Hero/Rock Band and watch people's heads explode on Expert. 5*'s.


6) "So Far Away" - Sorry, I just threw up a little in my mouth. Maybe some will like it and see this song as Avenged Sevenfold's "November Rain", but really, I don't. I can appreciate this was essentially just a attributing goodbye to the band's deceased drummer, but it isn't a track I intend on listening to. Completely skippable in my mind when I hear it - 2 *'s.


7) "God Hates Us" - People who like uber-death/thrash metal with screaming gutteral sounds into a microphone will be pleased with this track. Myself, not so much. 2 *'s for a unique track on the album and at least having most of the verses understandable to the average Joe's human ear.


8) "Victim" - The first minute of the track seems directly inspired by "The Great Gig In The Sky" by Pink Floyd, while the rest of the song feels surprisingly mainstream. I would really not be surprised to hear this play on the radio. It's soft, melodic, touching and relatable. 5 *'s! Though it is a bit needlessly long.


9) "Tonight The World Dies" - A really beautifully composed song. Fuses soft melody verses with an emotional and passionate chorus. Anytime I sense passion in a song it earns a ton of respect to me. 5 *'s.


10) "Fiction" - 1 1/2 *'s. Essentially one long snore, only gaining a little respect for use of the piano.


11) "Save Me" - Just an eleven minute jam session with lyrics thrown in. Some of the jamming is great, some of it is just kind of there. It's hard to put a rating on this one but overall, I think while it was impressive, it didn't serve much purpose on the album, especially at eleven freaking minutes long! 3 *'s, simply because I think it would have been better if it was cut in half and the lyrics were completely removed.


My Highlights:
"Nightmare", "Welcome To The Family", "Natural Born Killer", "Victim" and "Tonight The World Dies". If you have any remote interest in this album, check out some of these songs as a taste-test.


Overall Rating:
Averaging all of the ratings for the songs together, the overall rating for this album is an impressive 3 3/4 *'s out of 5, or 7 1/2 out of 10. On occasion, I'll give 'Super Writer Brownie Points' to add or subtract *'s from the overall rating based upon various factors such as runtime, number of tracks, ratio of hits to misses, etc. but this isn't one of those times. The score remains unchanged, but it's a very positive score! I don't recommend readers shelling out their hard-earned cash for anything under 3 *'s, so the fact that this is almost 4 *'s means there's plenty to love and you won't be constantly hitting the fast-foward/skip button on your MP3 player/WMP/Car Stereo/Zoozamagoogle (the next technological breakthrough in the music-listening experience. No relation to the Vuvuzela).

Shark's Favorite Jams

Shark Week is back on the Discovery, and I wanted to do a shark's favorite jams post! What's a favorite jams post? Well it's when I take a person, a group of something, or an object, and guess what its favorite songs would be. I've only done this once in the pass with The Pope. Lets try it with the whole shark life scene! Maybe you and the sharks will have the same tastes!

Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
Shark's Thoughts: Splish splash I was taking a bath. Sharks just wanna have fun, and want you to know they're not as bad as the T.V. makes them out to be.



Lobster Magnet
Shark's Thoughts: One thing you might not know about sharks is their bond with lobsters. Sharks believe Lobster Magnet is the only song out there that tells the truth about Lobsters. What's a shark's opinion on Rock Lobster? Everyone that has gone out to ask, has never returned.



Gallows - In The Belly of a Shark
Shark's Thoughts: Sure sharks like classy stuff like Bobby Darin, but they also love some metal. This song comes on when it's time to feed, and they need to be pumped up. While In The Belly of a Shark is their favorite metal song, they also like the song Accept - Fast as a Shark.



Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky
Shark's Thoughts: Just because they live in water, doesn't mean they don't dream about what's out there. When sharks call it a day, they like to relax from all the daily chores with a nice Pink Floyd melody and think about what life is about. While they love the whole Dark Side of the Moon album, The Great Gig in the Sky, just hits their hearts the hardest.



SONGS SHARKS HATE!

Jaws Theme
Shark's Thoughts: Jaws was the most offensive movie sharks have ever seen. Every time a shark swims, some animal, be it human or sea life ... "Dun Dun... Dun Dun Dun Dun..." SHUT UP!

Snookie Of Jersey Shore Arrested

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"A member of MTV's Jersey Shore drunk and disorderly?" "No, really!" "Go on! They seem like such good Christian-folk!"

For anyone who's seen MTV's The Jersey Shore, having a cast member arrested for being drunk and disorderly doesn't seem all that shocking. In fact, it seems like a media-ploy to ruin the season's end by giving away a crucial moment in television! But the story going around according to Comcast's Fancast.com, NYDailyNews and just about any other website that delivers trash-tv news, is that Snookie was pounding Tequila shots, Beer Bongs and Long Island Iced Teas on a Jersey Shore beach (which is interesting, since this latest season that just started features them in Miami. Are all of the episodes already taped that far in advance? That takes away some of the mistique. Or perhaps they were still taping and the self-proclaimed "Guidos" and "Guidettes" take a road-trip back home). Apparently hapless citizens were pushed and cursed at by Snookie, who ended up doing a faceplant in front of everyone. When she was arrested, she did nothing but pull the "I'm a celeb" card and toot her own horn.

We at Organized Remains have only seen a handful of episodes of The Jersey Shore between us, but for the sake of staying hip and in-tune with pop culture, we watched the first episode of the second season just this past Thursday. Whether we watch a second episode could be guessed with the flip of a coin, as we were both pretty indifferent to it. We get the appeal, we were entertained, but it's just not our personal cup of tea. From the first episode I've seen however, Snookie's been my favorite character and the one I sympathize with the most, seeing her as an actual human being rather than an over-the-top gimmick for a show. So personally, I'm not offended or surprised by her arrest. If I were in her shoes, or high-heel pumps, or whatever, I'd probably try to tell police they can't arrest me because I'm on The Jersey Shore too. For all we know, MTV was just late to pay her bail as they've probably done the rest of the times cast members were arrested in episodes of the 'reality' show. So hang in there Snookie! I still support you!

Nick's Thoughts:
Snookie should have been arrested on Thursday. Yeah I watched the first episode of the second season. She talks about Obama putting a tax on tanning. I have wrote about this, and gave tips on how to get a free tan. What I didn't know was Snookie was a big fan of ours! She took my tips, and refuses to pay the tanning tax. What upsets me is that she didn't mention Organized Remain's once! This is copyrighted material, and she stole it from me! This is the true reason she has been arrested after that episoded aired last Thursday.

7 More Years of Mythbusters

There are these things called contracts. T.V. channels will give these contracts to shows they like. Usually a T.V. show will get a contract for one more season. Not Mythbusters, they got a contract for 7 more years!

For more Mythbusters related awesomeness, check out the Mythbuster's panel at this year's Comic Con.