A lot of people ask questions about how are American prisoners dealt with. What I ask is how are Philippine prisoners dealt with? From the people that brought you the Prison Thriller dance video comes Rambo Mambo 2! Honestly if I was a prisoner here, I’d run away…
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Ellen Cries over Dog = Story of the Week
Not to make fun of Ellen DeGeneres, but her story is one that breaks the heart and makes the mouth smile. Basically her adopted dog had to be returned because she gave it to another family to keep without filling out the proper paperwork. What has followed has become the story of the week. She pleaded with the adoption agency and they didn’t care. Word spread that the dog had a new family and BAM people start sending death threats to this new family. Ellen has had to tell her audience to stop their insanity.
I like dogs but seriously not this much.
Snowball the Cockatoo
I used to have a Cockatoo and it never danced to the Backstreet Boys. Now I’m depressed…
What’s Jack Black doing now? Only making the most metal game EVAR
Years ago Tim Schafer, creator and writer of games such as Grim Fandango and Secrets of Monkey Island, created a game for the Xbox called Psychonauts, it was critically praised for it’s gameplay, level design, story, humor and just about everything else under the son. The game did not sell so well (as many aesthetically pleasing games do), but it became a cult classic. Despite the game’s poor sales Double Fine Studios and Tim Schafer signed a contract with Vivendi Universal to create another game for them. For many months it was unknown what this game would be called, or what it was about.
Double Fine eventually released the next game they were working on, but it wasn’t what most expected. It was a flash fighting game (which can be seen on their website), and it was rather funny, but it was no Psychonauts. Then Jack Black, the world famous comedic actor known for his role in School of Rock and in the band Tenacious D, was seen wearing a T-shirt. No big surprise there, but what was on it was a hint on what was to come from Double Fine.
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Simon Pegg is Scotty in Star Trek XI
It is now official. After months of speculation about who would play the role of the Scotsman it has been announced that comedian Simon Pegg is to take the role.
Pegg is famous for his projects in the United Kingdom including the movies Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. He is also known for the Channel 4 comedy series Spaced. Casting Pegg in Star Trek is a courageous move by J.J. Abrams as the fan favorite for the role was Stargate Atlantis’ own fake Scottish accent actor Paul McGillion who played Dr. Carson Beckett in the show.
The worrying aspect about this particular bit of casting comes from two fronts.
1) Could they be casting actors now who are more bankable due to negative remarks about the previously cast unknown actors?
2) Could J.J. Abrams decision to cast Simon Pegg not be based on his fitting the role but due to the Director/Producer’s own personal emotions on Pegg?
The reason the second question has come up is because of his previous decisions to cast actors he has worked with before instead of new faces. A few examples are below.
Mentioned he had wanted to work with Ricky Gervais and Simon Pegg publicly due to liking their comedy. Simon Pegg was then brought in to play a role in Mission Impossible 3 after Gervais dropped out and now he is in Star Trek. J.J. Abrams also used actors from Alias in Lost such as the airplane’s pilot in the Lost pilot episode.
It could be he has a good eye for talent or there could be another reason. Speculation aside it is safe to say that he knows more about Simon Pegg’s abilities than us as he has seen Pegg’s Scotty casting audition and we have not.
Let’s hope it all goes well and a good movie is made for the fans of the original series.
Eric Bana joins Star Trek XI
As the search continues to find the cast for Star Trek XI the newest casting announcement is that Eric Bana (The Hulk, Munich) is set to play the villain Nero.
Set for a November start date the studio still needs to cast a young James T. Kirk and Scotty for the J.J. Abrams (Lost) directed project.
While adding the first bankable big name actor to the roster will work in Paramount’s favor as far as box office numbers are concerned we will have to wait until the films release on Christmas Day 2008 to see if Bana is a right fit for the Star Trek universe.
Bana joins the already announced cast members Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldana, Zachary Quinto (Heroes) and Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek: TOS).