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AT&T thought it had a view on the future with it’s spots depicting the future in the early 90s, but this video tops that in spades. Behold the future as envisioned in 1969! Got to love the gender roles in this one. Man pays the bills and the woman does the shopping. Just as Crom intended. Actually, I’d prefer to live in a society where the woman completely supported me and I could just fuck around all day.  "I just ruined the movie!" As a “fan” of Steven King there are some works of his I really, really enjoy, and one of them is his novella The Mist. When I originally found out that there was going to be a movie version directed by Frank Darabont who had handled other King stories extremely well, I was balls out excited. And when I saw it? Man, the movie was exactly how I saw it in my head when I read the original story. It was faithful, and gory, and well acted, and then…. then… that ending. Oh damn it, that ending. *Spoilers Ahead* Continue reading The Ending of The Mist - A Long Overdue Post  Pretty much the worst movie poster of all time. In another segment of my super late coverage of the Avenger’s movie, I thought I’d share my opinions on the biggest film in the universe. Why are my opinions so important that they need to be on a blog post? Because I’m a thought leader. I lead thoughts. YOUR thoughts!
Anyway, to preserve anyone who hasn’t seen the film, I’ll display my thoughts (good and bad) via bullet point style after the jump!
 Oh noes! Iron Mans is a going to die!!!1 Yep, I’m late to the table with a post about the Avengers movie, but this one has been bugging me for awhile so I thought I’d take it to the interent, the most logical place to air grievances! Plus, now that everyone on the planet has scene the film we can get down to talking about details a little more freely. A long while back I ranted about how during the trailer to Iron Man 2 they totally ruined a great moment by giving it away in the trailer. For those who don’t remember, when Tony Stark is being an idiot and racing his fancy race car, he’s attacked by Mush Face, I mean Whiplash. There he is, helpless and essentially naked before this powerful enemy. What is he going to do?! Well, if you saw the trialer you knew he was going to get out of it by busting out a suit of portable suitcase armor. A dramatic and tension filled moment completely ruined. Thanks to a trailer. Continue reading Avengers Movie Trailer Be Spoiling (Spoilers!) Dearest readers, you may not know me on this blog as a contributing writer, but hopefully you know me on the podcast as Vincent’s (underpaid) co-host and producer. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned on the podcast that I’m a comic book convention loving geek and nothing gets my blood pumping more than naked ladies and/or comic book conventions. I could describe, at length, just what is so great about naked ladies, but Vincent has castrated this blog post to be JUST about my adventures at C2E2. Specifically my Cosplay Adventures at C2E2. Even more specifically, myMAGICAL Cosplay Adventures. 
Flash Version of the Show: In this very special episode Matty and Vincent are joined by special guest star Chris Piers. They talk a lot about movies… and we mean a lot! They explore films like House 1 and 2 and dissect the 80s version of The Fly as well as include toy and comic talk. And if you’re a fan of Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, you’re going to want to stick around for the Pop Culture Attic. Topics Discussed: House 1 and 2, The Fly, Star Wars The Phantom Menace in 3D, Troll Hunter, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Rick Remender’s X-Force, Strikeforce Morituri, listener questions, and Hitomi Tanaka Show Pictures: Show Links: 12 Gauge Comics, Television Zombies, Dead Weight (the movie Matty is in), Dead Weight (where you can buy it)  Drowning in a sea of nerds at c2e2. Well folks another c2e2 has come and gone and it… well… I didn’t get to spend as much time as I’d normally had liked. However, since the c2e2 folks were super great as always, I totally owe them some coverage from this year’s show. This year I limited my trip to just one day, Saturday. This is a huge change from super convention to nerd to part time visitor nerd, so my coverage of the show is limited. Again, this year I skipped all panels. They’re a big reason why people go to cons, but for me my experiences mostly revolves around lusting after girls in costumes and searching for kick ass toys and junk. Some Quick Points:
All in all, C2e2 was a great time for me and it felt more like what Wizard World used to be when it was good. I really wish I could have seen more, but oh well. Keep tuned for more pics and products I picked up at the show!  He's so cool and he knows it. Before we talk about the 1989 Batman from Hot Toys, let’s get something out of the way. I’m not rolling in dough like some other geek bloggers. I’m broke as a joke, so my toy collecting habit trickled down to almost nothing from the full on waterfall of geeky joy it was several years ago. And I don’t get toys from Sideshow or Hot Toys busting down my door. I don’t get free samples of anything. That being said Hot Toys zeroed in on one of my geek loves that I couldn’t pass on, the 1989 Batman film. Gads, if I could get off as much as I did the first time I saw pictures of their 1989 Batman figure all the time, there would be no need for a lady in my life. So I did what any insane collector would do, I put it on my credit card and pre-ordered it. Now this was when I had some more money. 250 bucks didn’t seem like it was an insurmountable amount to pay for a collectible. Now I’m choosing between food and Batman… and I choose you, Batman.
Oh boy, this was a long time coming. Awhile back I opened up a contest where you could submit poems for a chance to win coupons good towards Hostess products. So then life blew up and the contest fell by the wayside. No longer! What we have here is a fine assortment of Hostess themed poems. Read them and vote for your favorite! The top vote getters will win! Also, special note: If you entered and don’t see your poem here I may have accidentally deleted it. Please let me know!
I loved the 90s. I mean, as much as I loved the 80s, I probably love the 1990s more. I really came of age in the 1990s. I graduated high school, got my first car, started going to college, grew my first beard, and lost my virginity. That’s a lot of big milestones in one decade. I did mention I lost my virginity, didn’t I? These ads that AT&T did in 1992 show us a world in which the 1990s kept going. Yep, we’d have new technology, but it would be 1990s technology… in the future! Couple of points: 1. Funny how AT&T really didn’t bring you any of the things that actually came true. 2. Got to love paying for the toll by reaching for a card and swiping it in a reader while going through the toll area at about 55 to 65 miles an hour. Oh and the quality of the futurist commercials is a tad low, because they were on a CD-ROM that came with an issue of Newsweek. Newsweek thought that magazines would switch to CD-Roms. Oh, if only we could live in a perfect world like that! Thanks to: Chris Piers Having a problem learning Windows 95? Would you like to mix titillation with your learning? Well, Greta has the solution for you! Learn from Greta the bikini girl as she teaches you how to use Windows 95. Do you think she knows what she is talking about? Or is she just reading cue cards phonetically? Flash Version of the Show: In this episode Vincent records from inside a garbage can! Matty puts in sound effects! The boys talk about SOPA! It’s a listening extravaganza for your ear holes! Topics Discussed: Dead Weight (movie), Hostess, Let the Right One In, The Thing (Prequel), Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows, Bad Taste, The Social Network, Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margret, Farscape, Pizza Boomarang, Bratz Super Babies, Marvel’s Star Wars Comics, Invincible (comics), C.O.P.S., Kick Ass Show Pictures: Show Links: Dead Weight (movie Matty is in)Harrison ford “watches” Indiana Jones for the first time, Vermin Supreme for President 2012, Pizza Boomerang Hey Europeans, time to lose your shit! Hey Americans, its time have some sort of mild interest and then move on to other things! Its two different artists take on what happens when Tintin meets Star Wars!
The first piece we have is by Benjamin Rivers (original post here) and is more of a straight up mash up, where the dog is replaced by a taun taun. I say the dog, because I don’t know if Tintin is the dog or the boy, nor do I care (America!).
This second piece is by the ever talented Mr. Whaite (original post here) and is more of a direct mash up where the kid is merged with Hoth’s hairy lizard/goat creatures. There you have it, two awesome artists doing their amazing art thing! This one pretty much speaks for itself. It’s the legend of a guy on a buffalo.
Want to celebrate something and then feel hungry for Hostess snacks immediately afterwards? Hostess has got some nifty little videos they call “Snackisodes” that are interactive. The only downside here is that you need a Facebook account to see them. Well, its a downside if you’re not one of the 800 million people that have a Facebook account, that is. Oh and don’t forget to enter our Hostess contest! Link: Hostess Snackisodes |
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