Retroactive Review: Watchmen

Alright, it might seem bad that along with the fact that this blog is dead, we never post on it and now that I am writing something its ANOTHER review of ANOTHER comic book movie. Fair criticism.

I will start this out by saying I did really like Watchmen, it was well paced (really long but there are no real slow points that I would have cut), had great action, a great tone and moral.

This is that point where I think I should stop and say SPOILERS! I don't know that there will be spoilers but in the interest of good measure I might write some along the way so if you don't want this ruined for you...well we already got our google analytic from you.

So Watchmen is about a group of superheros who has to go into hiding (Kinda like the Incredibles now that I think about it) after legislation from 5 time elected President Richard Nixon makes being a superhero all but impossible. Blah Blah Blah I don't need to do a plot synopsis.

Point is this movie is quite decent, it makes its point and gets out in a hefty two and a half hours. The characters are well crafted, the plot is a fun divergence from modern history, and the violence and sex work well into the plot and don't just feel like tacked on gimmicks to get you into the theater.

I love Rorschach.

Remember people to never talk to robots.

That is all.

BTW, other Matt is a non-posting prick.

Smile...You're Under Arrest

I don't know how wide spread the "Fox Reality Channel" is but the geniuses over there have created a great goose of gigantic gold egg laying prowess. The show is called Smile...You're Under Arrest, and it stars the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office more specifically Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The premise of the show is that they take people who have failed to show up for court on the charges brought up against them and have warrants out for their arrest get called in for different bit parts for either a movie, a costume clothing store, and a holistic wellness place just to name a few. So the people with warrants out for their arrest respond to a mailer and get picked up and go to these random locations to take part in what they believe would be a odd day out, and the fake company they have chosen to pick these outlaws up with is called J.L. Thyme...yes.

I don't have anything clever to say here, this is one of those few and brilliant situations where the set up will be better then the punchline ever could hope to be.

If you want to check it out they still have them on www.Hulu.com just search smile and you should get them as the first three results.

Here's the first episode for shits and grins.

The Challenge

Here at the Apple and the Earworm (seriously that title is such ass and I need to change it) we have a healthy competitive spirit. Afterall, having two editors with the same name, it is only natural that we clash in an eternal struggle to find out who among us is superior. That said, we're having a race. Both other-matt and I particularly enjoy videogames. Portal is a videogame. We like Portal. So we're going to race at it. This may seem particularly uninteresting as Portal is borderline-borderline ancient (yes I meant to say borderline twice) but its simple, we're both familiar with it, and we both own it. So thats that. I'll have more information up when we schedule the race and when it does actually happen, we might try to do something interesting with it. So check back in.

Picked up MadWorld: First Thoughts.

Just went and grabbed MadWorld from a local video game seller place and gave the first level (which is essentially a tutorial) a whirl.

• The presentation is great and the black white and red really stand out stylistically.

• Controls take some getting used to but they definitively do the job they are sent out to do. There is not too much waggle and when there is wii-waggle it is quite literally waggle; as in the game just tells you to wobble the controller around until something happens. The feeling is incredibly visceral and delicious.
  

• The game is so ridiculously vulgar I almost feel a little ashamed playing it, and its not even in game vulgarity, the announcers are all fucking this and shitface that at a certain point it doesn't even make sense. BUT: the announcing is amazing in between when they are swearing nonsensically and insulting each other they do an outstanding play by play that is so good I don't even understand how it works. (I'll have to look it up but im pretty sure one of the voices is the guy who does Bender on Futurama (and if he isn't maybe he should be))
  

• I have only finished the first level and the game play already started to get boring, but that may have been only because it was just a first level (once i get into the really killing and maiming it might get to be more fun).

Edit: It is John Di Maggio (the voice of bender) as one of the announcers...AWESOME!

Edit Edit: Greg Proops is the other announcer, this game just got some really hard nerd cred for choice in voice talent.

So what I guess I'm trying to say is that MadWorld is looking to be a good game, but from where it's at right now seems to be that its off to a slow start.

I really am trying to stray away from video game talk but being unemployed during the summer after graduating college makes it really hard to do much else...anyone have job offers for a well trained graduate of radio...

New idea.

I know I've already made a point to say I was gonna try and start audio podcasting onto this blag, but I wanted to pass this by the readers we don't have(prove me wrong damn it!) for my new concept. "Matt Rants" will be audio podcasts that should be fully produced up to standard (whatever that means) of myself or Matt ranting about something (sometimes one thing maybe a couple of little things) anything that happens to be swirling around my warped little head. I've got a couple in the works but I would love opinions from any and everyone. Comment back make us seem like someone reads this. WE LOVE ATTENTION!!!!!

Hit up the comment box!

POPULATION ANNIHILATION!

This man is just so happy to be killing mice that I needed to share this video.

Also because I am out of idea's I plan on working on smaller posts more often because I don't have the mental capacity to churn out big long stupid non-sequiturs weekly or bi-weekly or monthly even. ALSO! To let you in the planning stuff, I want to start putting up really short audio podcasts that may or may not be replacements for blag posts. So...tell your friends.