Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond

I’ve never watched the TV show Everybody Loves Raymond and liked it all that much. Maybe it was due to my age and my inability to connect to the characters. I watched three episodes back to back today on TBS or some similar station and I was laughing at practically every joke. Maybe it was because I was eating Cherry ice cream… or maybe it was because I can now appreciate what old people see in that show. I guess that means that I am now old too. 🙁

Hey at least it beats Saved By the Bell! I can’t stand watching that show at 8am… even though I still do… I never really liked Saved By the Bell and now that I’m out of high school, I have even more reason to hate it. The stories aren’t at all based on real life events in high school. When did you ever steal your principle’s car? Each episode is so out of the ordinary and I find it hard to connect to these characters. Oh God please save me from Saved By the Bell College Years…

Saved By the Bell

Activision dropped the ball

Okay when it comes to games based on movies the consensus is generally that they suck. The rare exception is the Chronicles of Riddick and Spiderman 2 the game. Now Spiderman 3 has come out, and so did the game. It took the same brilliant swinging system from last Spiderman movie game, and put it on numerous platforms making the area you can swing around much larger. Well they screwed it up.

Spiderman 3 is a horrible excuse for a sequel. The camera controls suck, you can’t climb a wall without it going utterly bonkers giving you a headache. The graphics look like ASS, even on a 360. The combat is decent, but nothing to write home about. Sure, swinging is fun, but swinging around for hours on end gets quite tedious.

From what I’ve seen of the Wii version it’s the same deal. Poor controls, bad graphics, and an almost worthless experience. If you want a superhero Sandbox game pick up either Spiderman 2, Crackdown, or Hulk Ultimate Destruction, but avoid Spiderman 3 at all costs.

Spider-Man’s Box Office Smash

It really isn’t to anyone’s surprise that Spider-Man 3 did well at the box office, it’s the sheer amount that it totaled which is breath-taking! It’s three day total is at $148 million! Smashing the previous top box office three day holder Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest at $135.6 million. Factoring in the world-wide box office earnings, Spider-Man 3 made $375 million since Tuesday. The budget for Spider-Man 3 was $258 million.

Amazing!