Normally I just sort of shrug my shoulders at celebrity scandals. But I found myself watching the Charlie Sheen interview on ABC.
In many ways, Charlie Sheen has become Kenny Powers...
I think that you have to admire the way the guy has decided not to do the standard "aw shucks, I was so wrong blah blah blah" thing all celebrities do when there's some sort of outrage over their behavior. Charlie is doing the same stuff a lot of famous people do. The difference is he's just being upfront and not apologizing for it anymore.
Let's be realistic here. People want to get famous so they can live a life of excess. Nobody is getting famous hoping to save the manatees. These people want to have boatloads of money, party all the time, and can get laid like crazy. So I find it hard to be surprised or feel some sort of strong disapproval when somebody famous is found doing these things.
That's not to say I approve of the nastier things he's accused of, specifically, hitting women. That's not cool. I also can't imagine that his wilder behavior is too good for his kids.
I just think it's refreshing in a world where publicists shine up bad behavior so people will keep buying tickets or watching shows, for somebody famous to just be so upfront and honest, instead of pretending to be contrite.
Been slacking off a bit on posting. I'm still doing that. In the meantime, here's a video that explains why American economics are so horribly screwed up.
Bits of this are funny, but really it's horrifying.
Wednesday was a really quiet day. The only notable thing was that I had a good poker day. So to celebrate, I'll show you my new favorite video. Even though it's technically a poker video, it's not. Anybody can watch and laugh.
I think whenever I have a bad day, I'll just pop this on and feel better. Here's a runner up... Black man loves Pokemon.
I'm not going to get into a political discussion (bigger headache than it's worth) here, but looks like all of the amusing political attack ads are done for another year. I find them kind of entertaining, especially since they seem to get more and more vicious each year. I think we're only another two or three years away from ones like this parody from GRAND THEFT AUTO IV...
The best one from the game is the one about one of the candidates taking young boys sailing on his yacht or whatever.
Anyway, whoever you were planning on voting for, expect whoever did win to get right to work on screwing the regular people once they get into office. They're all horrible.
RedLetterMedia's review of STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES is finally up. Given how awesome his review of PHANTOM MENACE was, this shouldn't be missed.
Glad I decided to start reading my daily RSS feeds before firing up the PS3 to play some HEAVY RAIN. It seems the older "fat" Playstation 3s aren't working right now due to some sort of error with the Playstation Online service. Even if you don't normally have your PS3 hooked up to the net (which I usually don't), it won't work...
I've always like Nerf Herder. I love Olivia Munn. I love video games. So a video by the former singer from Nerf Herder singing about video game stores featuring Olivia Munn pretty much was a home run in my book.
Faith No More covering Lady Gaga's (dumb name) "Poker Face". (Looking at pictures of that Lady Gaga chick, a more appropriate title might've been Butter Face. Yuck.)
Thanks to Echo over at no maps for posting this before me.
Another lengthy list of links. I've really gotta start writing more things besides these link posts.
Amusing
Even if you're not a fan of PEEP SHOW or THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB, which you should be, you'll probably enjoy David Mitchell's column on how hard it is to eat food that's good for you: Save me from Kellogg's Bran Scabs. I myself have been trying to avoid an inevitable heart attack by changing the stuff I eat and (very) gradually starting to exercise. I miss my brother, but I'm in no rush to join him.
Over at The Simple Dollar, they've condensed most of their useful info into one handy PDF file. Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance On Just One Page. I figured some of you might find that useful. I plan on reading it myself, but first I need to get around to reading another PDF about not putting things off.
More Chicken Chain Hi-jinks.
What's with all the people going apeshit over chicken lately? Can somebody explain this to me? Last week there were two funny videos involving people being angry about not being able to get some Popeye's chicken, and now that douche Oprah has whipped her cult into a frenzy over KFC. Here's three links about the silliness...
Blu-ray player sales surge. Great, now let's drop the price on discs by a few bucks to make them even more affordable. That'll drive sales up a bit. (Plus then I can afford more Blu-Rays.)
Did the WOLVERINE workprint leak cost Fox $29 million? Of course they think so. They operate over the assumption that every download equals a lost sale. (In this case, theater tickets as opposed to DVD, but they'll trot a higher figure out over $29M when the DVD comes out.) Realistically, given how bad the movie is and the reviews it received, coupled with the leak, it did far better than it should have.
SIN CITY 2 moving forward. Given how bad THE SPIRIT was, and how similar it was to SIN CITY, just minus everything that was good about SIN CITY, I think SIN CITY 2 might have a tough battle to win over an audience. Then again, Robert Rodriguez is a far more competent film-maker than Frank Miller, so maybe I'm wrong.
LOL: Hustler to release STAR TREK porn. Somewhere online I once saw another STAR TREK porn parody. I was going to post a link to it and then forgot all about it.
Sure, MY LITTLE PONY trailer is funny now… until they see this parody trailer and really go and make an actual movie. Honestly, this trailer did a great job of mocking the style and feel of Michael Bay flicks.
Donald Faison has the best idea ever. He wants to star in a shwo called, THE CHRONICLES OF LANDO CALRISSIAN. I'd totally watch that. One of my favorite SCRUBS moments was when Turk got to meet Billy Dee Williams and kept calling him Lando.
Obama drama. Sounds like the other networks are quietly talking about following Fox's lead and skipping the next prime time interrupting press conference from the President.
Video Games
DUKE NUKEM developer shuts down. So, yeah, I guess that DUKE NUKEM FOREVER will be delayed a bit more now. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Columnist equates violent games with acceptance of torture. Well, also "violent" movies and TV shows too. I guess some people have trouble seperating fact from fiction. These people also have a poor grasp of history, since it's no secret than man has been a violent creature the entire time we've been around.
The Usual Soapbox Stuff
Label profit falls with new iTunes prices. Is there anybody who didn't see this coming? Raise the prices and sales go down, especially during a recession. How is it these idiots have made millions of dollars and I'm searching the couch for lost change and hoping you guys buy stuff through Amazon via my affiliate links or click a Google ad every now and again? If I can grasp the obvious, why can't they?
Web designer opposes France's "3 strikes" law, loses job. Expect to see more of this. People who vocally oppose the corporations and support file-sharing will be made "examples" out of to scare everybody else into staying in line.
Average nerds time traveling? Roy from THE IT CROWD, Kev from SHAMELESS, and hell, even Anna Faris? "SHAUN OF THE DEAD meets DOCTOR WHO"? It's like somebody custom made a movie for me to watch.
I've been having tons of fun playing SAINTS ROW 2. Oddly enough, the SAINTS ROW games feel closer to the older GRAND THEFT AUTO games than GTA IV did.
One of my favorite activities in SR2 is the "Septic Avenger" activity. That's where you drive around in a tank spraying people and buildings down with sewage. It's incredibly juvenile but hysterically funny.
Really though, if you like the GTA games and haven't tried the SAINTS ROW games, you might want to give them a try. I know I initially dismissed them as GTA clones, but they're a lot of fun.
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