Month: August 2014

Subjecting a modern child to pre-historic pop culture

I feel slightly guilty when I try to enforce my own pop culture from my childhood onto my 3 and 1/2 year old son, Ayden.. I get away with it, usually, until the point where he yells at me for showing him things that are less than entertainment when compared to modern television or movies.. But I try.

Last night, my memory was hit with a sack of boulders when I found a little gem from the 1989 BATMAN VHS release.. It was Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny advertising the Warner Bros catalog–with a 1-900 number, too!

I was aghast.. I am so used to the modern luxuries, and free streams of information, that I forgot big corporations had a tight grip over every product and piece of merchandise marketed.. to the point where not only would you have to pay for the Warner Bros catalog, but also call a pay-per-minute phone number to order it.. THEN when you found your item of choice, you had to again shell out more loads of cash for the item most likely not even THEN produced in the USA..

If you forgot the ad, here you go, enjoy. And don’t call the 1-900 number now, as it most likely has been bought up by something even less scrupulous than Warner.. and besides, the offer expired 12/31/91… 20th century time.

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As the supermoon rises tonight

What does it rise over..?
A nation rattled by violence .. one where women and children are buried alive by extremists..?

Maybe another where a disease has ravaged all that dwell within rural towns and communities..

Maybe another filled with hated..
Sorrow..
horror..

Or perhaps one of peace, where street lights grace the late summer night sky.. and an aura of moonlight dances overtop of the darkened trees as the clock strikes midnight..

There are too many places where tonight’s supermoon is seeing terror on the planet earth.. Not enough smiles, not enough laughs..

Try to be at peace, earth..

The supermoon weeps tonight..

TURTLES overperforms at box office

Michael Bay is undoubtedly driving his former arch enemy Megan Fox to the bank this weekend.. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES captured a bigger audience than expected for its North American release..

The NINJAS are expected to rake in $64 mil in box office numbers this weekend. It will finish as the number one film in America.. that in spite of tremendously negative reviews and even more negative ratings on fan sites.. The movie seemingly has captured an audience, though: Megan Fox brought in the teenage wasteland while the NINJA TURTLES brought in the 30 somethings crying out for their youth–this movie isn’t the same NINJA TURTLES experience they grew up on, but all things in life must change..

The other films bringing in cash:

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY will finish second place..

INTO THE STORM opens at third–I actually thought this weather disaster movie may have done better, but perhaps its premise is too close to how wild our reality in life is…

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY will be fourth.. LUCY is fifth–dropping a lot from previous weeks. As expected..

Get your toilet paper ready: The best horror comedy you probably will refuse to see

Let me begin this somewhat review of a film this way: IF you don’t have a large group of people to watch this movie, consider getting one.. Maybe you don’t have friends, so find some family. If you don’t have that, join a club.. maybe a bridge club.. or a golf team,  or a bowling league. Either way, get a group of people..

..because if you watched ZOMBIE ASS: TOILET OF THE DEAD alone, you’d most likely quickly turn it off in revolt..
A large group is a must for a film of this quality and caliber.

Let’s start with the ‘story line’ .. This Japanese *and subtitled* horror comedy is not scary at all.. the 2011 film (released in Japan in 2012) may make you squeamish.. The movie featured a karate expert, Megumi, with four of her friends, go into the woods.. One friend is a nerdy male, another is a voluptuous model who wants to get thin by eating a parasite, another is drug addict driver, and finally, we have the drug addict’s airhead girlfriend. The stage is set..

The next thing that happens to our unsuspecting group, is they meat up with zombies covered in fecal matter, along with a doctor who performs horrendous experiments on the zombies with parasites..

The film begins, contains, and ends with some of the best cliches in horror .. and some of the most abundant and pure and simply disgusting flatulence jokes.. As a matter of fact, flatulence itself plays an important role in this film.. it can be used for good, or the power can be harnessed for evil.

But what would you expect from a movie called ZOMBIE ASS:TOILET OF THE DEAD..

A few warnings are in order before you take part in a viewing of this amazing NETFLIX streaming classic..

1) There will be nipples. It seemed to be the gag at one point, to have a nipple constantly on display in the film..

2) There is a somewhat uncomfortable scene of lust.. it’s awkward due to the placement. Right after our fun group gets doused by zombies’ excrement.. You’ll see.

3) Expect a beautiful big busted model to be in a position you’ve never seen  one before: Squatting with gas flowing and a zombie laying in a large cesspool licking.

4) No class. None. This film enjoys mocking every sense of decency that the audience has.. Nothing is off limits, taste has been thrown at the window. And it’s amazingly funny..

And finally,

5) The best ending to a film you’ll ever see.. Just picture: Nuclear farts that can make you fly and beat the demon parasite that takes over your friend’s rear end.. A climax worth a second viewing..

The trick the move may be to not have anything to consume during it.. you don’t want to be caught with something in your mouth the first time you see someone’s derriere blow its lid.. Along with that, while your youngest of kids may want to see it, it’s best they steer clear until their formative years are over. Or until they sneak away to a friendly house with like-minded kith and kin and start their own rite of passage of watching awful movies while laughing in spite of themselves..

On a scale of 1 to 5, I cannot rate ZOMBIE ASS: TOILET OF THE DEAD without first a caveat: This rating is not because the movie is ‘good’ in a cinematic sense, but instead because it’s incredibly awful in the best way ever..

I give it a 5 out of 5 farts.
Strong, strong farts..
Nuclear.. cutting farts.

Try out ZOMBIE ASS for a few minutes. With a group of people. You’ll burst with laughter.. and your stomach be hurt by the end–forcing you to wonder if a parasitic entity will drill its way through your colon and into your reality.

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TOP NEWS AUGUST 9 2014

ALL THE TROUBLE IN THE WORLD: Air strikes continue, but so does brutal horror taking place in a nation where American sacrificed for a decade..

United States expands air strikes in Iraq..

Twitter hashtag #AmessagefromISIStoUS showcasing brutal images of American soldiers dead..

Islamist rebels bring in engineers to repair the dam they’ve seized!

But the true horror in the ‘liberated’ Iraq continues to make headlines.. things like this: Christians throwing their own children off of cliffs in Iraq .. apparently they’d rather kill their own children instead of having them beheaded and tortured by ISIS.. Fear is driving a lot of action right now in Iraq.. The air strikes thus far appear to have a muted response..

Another bit of absolutely disgusting horror from the region: ISIS forces a religious minority to die of thirst on a mountain.. And this: New and *very graphic* photos are showing the ISIS atrocities..

What we are hearing happening is true hell on earth.. it’s beyond scorched earth policy.. it’s modern war crimes taking place.. What choices exist? No one wants another ground war.. But air strikes at this point don’t seem to be mattering much to anyone..

It’s another supermoon weekend.. Here’s the places best to see it..

But will that bright moonlight will outshine the Perseid meteor shower, underway now as Earth moves into the debris stream of parent Comet Swift-Tuttle? Maybe.. Fireballs may still cut through the glaze of a supermoon, but could be harder to see with a bright night light in the sky..

Remains of Jonestown cult member found in Delaware..

Man fined for pretending to be a ghost in cemetery..

The ‘ghost attack’ story from YORK PA is getting new attention.. This time on CNN..


It will be a long weekend battle for Ayden. So many bad guys, so little time..

MORE UPDATES TO COME

Could this mean more charges for John Hinkley? The death of James Brady has been ruled a homicide by the DC medical examiner! The examiner says the death was a result of the 1981 assassination attempt and shooting of Brady..


America Airlines tweets out photo of a longstanding sky mystery: The pilot’s halo. The halo is when a rainbow engulfs an airplane in midflight.. But there are potential explanations … anything from water droplets to …well, God. Pick your own theory..

The weather outside is going to be fruitful.. Come September, we’re told, a polar vortex of cold will return.. An early autumn? Maybe.. even an early winter: Big snows are possible in November and December. Are you ready for this? I’m not. . . and even these normally warm and muggy August nights have been a bit chilly lately..

Ready, set, implant! Microchips will be in healthy people sooner than you think.. This is not a crackpot saying it, it’s a respected researcher and is being reported by the Business INSIDER..

Weird noises being heard coming from volcano..

Two new species of jellyfish found off of Australia’s coast.. They are extremely poisonous..

Ever hear of the ‘creepy pasta’ website? But did you ever hear of CREEPY PASTA!? This is a creative dish to make for Halloween, or for some, any time of the year..

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It’s a NINJA TURTLES weekend..
BUT.. it’s all bad. Very bad.. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is scoring awfully bad on Rotten Tomatoes.. Only 19% of critics liked it. . 66% of movie goers so far.. One review: “It may be the dullest movie ever made” .. wow..

WEEKEND THEATER COUNTS:

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: 3845

INTO THE STORM: 3434

STEP UP ALL IN: 2072

THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY: 2023

MEGAN FOX AND HER FOUR FRIENDS.. ALL THUMBS OR HEROES IN A HALF SHELL? IT’S UP TO YOU, MOVIE GOERS OF THE PLANET.

Ebola has now been declared an international emergency..

CDC warns America: Ebola is coming..


Fear grips Africa: “Don’t touch the walls”


Outbreak being called ‘unprecendented’

FDA authorizes Ebola test; vaccine will probably take until 2015..


Check out this HOLIDAY INN express ad featuring a joke about the Ebola virus.. It is not new–Holiday Inn would be lambasted for bad timing.. It actually appeared in 2001, back when the ‘deadly Ebola outbreak’ wasn’t nearly as deadly as it is now.. Also think of this..People got offended less in entertainment. 9/11 changed that a bit, with hypersensitivity becomnig the norm.. the EBOLA COMMERCIAL is being called predictive programming by some conspiracy theorists.. I disagree, as it was too long ago to really conincide with this year’s outbreak..BUT the ad is getting renewed attention in the past 24 hours after several websites found it and re-linked it again.. some even believe that the ad is new.

Not something you see at every Sunday service: Exotic dancers to go topless at Church protest..


Miley Cyrus NBC special sparts FCC investigation..


The supermoon rises, part 3: August 10’s version, though, will be the biggest of the year..

MORE UPDATES TO COME


For the first time since combat operations ended and soldiers were brought home from Iraq, the United States is reentering the theater.. President Obama announces aid packages are on the way.. as are bombs and air raids..

It begins: Fighter jets strike ISIS in Iraq..

But will it be enough to stop ISIS?

As Gaza grabs the headlines, epic slaughter engulfs the rest of the region. But where are the protests? ..

Christians in Iraq being slaughterd in mass numbers..


Where’s Donald Trump when you need him!? MSNBC’s Chris Jansing says that President Obama is interested in the Africa summit because “he’s from Kenya”

Russia bans ALL food imports from the West..


Could this be the end of the porn industry in LA? The well-endowed entity on the left coast may have gotten a rude awakening: A law that all porn stars must wear condoms.. The exodus begins..

Why they’re fleeing..

Iselle downgraded.. but not before forcing roofs to fly off houses..

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Harrisburg hell.. imagine a water bill of $75 gouing to $745.. or Another being $6528. It’s all true.. and happening in the midstate of Pennsylvania, where residents are steaming angry..

Another store in big trouble: Staples to close 165 stores in 2014..

Unhappy meals: McDonalds sales drop for third month..

Here is a question you may have never pondored: Do inanimate objects have feelings? .. your logic may scoff at the notion, but as Tara MacIsaac writes, some scientists ponder the possibilty..

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And here’s a fun flashback to yesteryear.. August 2007: The Miss Teen USA answer that will live in infamy..

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Sex comes back to haunt Megan Fox

The roll out of the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is just about set for a momentous culmination.. the movie’s release will come after months —and many hardcore weeks—of Megan Fox headlines. She has cussed out haters, she said she’s sexy, and she dressed in attire that nearly didn’t cover the most sensual places on her body..

But perhaps regret is starting to creep in. Film companies has used her body and her beauty—not her thumbs—for about a decade. Her roles have focused on the beauty and not the brains.. and isn’t that really a shame.

USA TODAY reports this about her real attitude:

Just, please, please, don’t call her a bombshell in front of her kids. Fox, who plays intrepid reporterApril O’Neil in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesreboot opening Friday, cringes visibly when she thinks about her two toddlers, Noah, almost 2, and Bodhi, 5 months, one day being confronted with images of their mother all sexed up.

“I wanted to be a superhero for my children. They can’t really see Transformers, because it’s too sexualized for them to deal with their mother. That’s their mother bent over the car. We don’t need to go there — maybe ever,” says Fox, 28, referring to her breakout performance in Michael Bay’s 2007 cinematic explosion.

Michael Bay’s use of Megan’s body in promos ..It has been apparent that TMNT spots are featuring her on purpose in order to attract a potential gender and age group.. And her outfits to the premieres? My oh my.. Little left to an imagination..

Even more sex related news concerning Megan Fox: Apparently, Brian Austin Greene is not having sex with Megan.. We know that because of gossip rags and E!ONLINE reporting it..

It’s bizarre to me—and always has been—to know the secret and sultry sex lives of Hollywood stars. People in grocery store lines have always eaten it up as much as the pastries surely in their grocery carts.. And now with the internet’s cheapening of gossip, now it’s even worse. The paparazzi would love to snap Fox and others in any position they could..
But Megan has kids.
And her body has been used for years..
Up and until now..

Regret perhaps? The uncomfortable fact that eventually her children will see films in which she’s bent overtop of a car with her scantily clad breasts hanging out? You can’t cover kids’ eyes forever.

But it will be ‘mom’ .. and no one wants to look at ‘mom’ ..

But Megan’s not just any mom.

 

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History on a wire

This happened 40 years ago today.

Philippe Petit left a crowd of thousands breathless as he traversed a wire strung between the Twin Towers. Eschewing a safety harness or a net, the 24-year-old walked and danced across the 130-foot gap between the towers, balanced on a one-inch thick steel cable strung at a height of 110-stories. 

In later accounts, Petit traced his inspiration for the performance back to the first time he saw a photo of the Twin Towers. He was at a dentist’s office with a toothache when he came across the image in a magazine. The 18-year-old ripped the photo out and left the office. He spent the next six years planning for the death-defying act.

And now those towers are gone.. remaining are memories of them, and recollections of seeing this amazing feat on that day in August, 1974..

The Ebola scare

Skeptics In Sierra Leone Doubt Ebola Virus Exists »

Sierra Leone is at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak. But many people there don’t think the virus is real. Others are so frightened by Ebola that they’re afraid to take sick relatives to clinics.

This is fascinating, and a symptom of oppression and constant upheaval in certain places on the continent of Africa..

So many in the hot spot for Ebola don’t think it even exists..While workers, government officials, and military personnel all drive around in cars with loudspeakers—cars that feature images of people looking like zombies, vomiting—some listening are ignoring.. Ignorance is what may be causing the virus to spread faster and further than ever before in recorded history of Ebola.

NPR reports on some of the Ebola deniers: 

Opinions are mixed, but there’s a strong dose of Ebola deniers— those who don’t believe the virus exists at all. Zainab Koroma, a street hawker, is adamant it isn’t real.

“I do not believe Ebola exists because none of my family members has been affected by it,” she says. “When you get sick of cholera, they say it is Ebola. When your body temperature rises, they say it is Ebola. So I honestly don’t believe Ebola exists. There could be a lot of other diseases killing people.”

That’s one of the challenges facing Sierra Leone — trying to convince the nation that “Ebola is real, Ebola is here, and Ebola kills,” as one poster reads. Some people do survive, if they receive medical care early, as soon as they fall sick.

The case of 32-year-old Saudata Koroma transfixed the nation late last month. She was brought to a faded blue government hospital in Freetown, feeling unwell, and was admitted.

“Yes, and we were suspicious that she had Ebola, and she was put in isolation,” says Amadu Sesay, the doctor in charge of the hospital. “The tests proved she had Ebola. Prior to the arrival of the test results, the relatives of the patient stormed the facility. They stormed this hospital and took the patient away.”

When his staff learned Koroma had Ebola, Sesay says, they had to track her down. But it took some time. “She was put in an ambulance, but unfortunately on the way to [an Ebola clinic in] Kailahun, she died,” he says.

And with that epic account, more infections were spread due to the denial of the disease..

The world may spin their eyes at tales of denials of a deadly virus, but consider some facts: You may live in a nation absent these abuses:

  1. Harsh conditions and treatment in jails
  2. Female genital mutilation, forcibly done
  3. Widespread government corruption
  4. Rampant discrimination from the government based off of sexual preference
  5. Child abuse and trafficking, with high officials involved
  6. Forced child labor
  7. And this: A civil war that actually killed 25 times as many people as the Kosovo war did.. During wartime, children were often forced into the military and women were raped in brutal attacks.

All of that while the world ignored, and then Sierra Leone was put on the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2012.

So doubt that Ebola exists? Common sense would tell someone it’s real.. But live in a nation where the citizenry has been oppressed by a tyrannical government, and it’s easy to see why disbelief in reality is rampant.