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Terminator Salvation The Future Begins Teaser

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Being a huge fan of the Terminator films but NOT the TV Show - and yes I watched every episode - I can tell you that I’m looking forward to the next instalment in the terminator franchise, “Terminator Salvation - The Future Begins”, which is set several years after judgement day - so after all the glimpses of a possible future war between man and machine in the last 3 films we will finally get a detailed look at the horrifying future, and will be able to fill in some of the blanks from the time after the war starts to the day they send back the T-800 series. It’s going to be great. I can’t wait.

Plot: (source: IMDB)
“Set in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor (Christian Bale) is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and it’s army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind”

Superman Theme Song

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on May 8, 2008
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Since my last post was a bit boring I thought I would post this - It’s probably the greatest superman theme song ever made.

Brilliant, also checkout the James Bond theme song

Arrr, It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day

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on September 19, 2007
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And just when you thought the world couldn’t get any stranger. Its September the 19th again so that means the Internet’s a buzz with pirates sayings such as Ahoy!, Shiver me timbers! and Arrr!. Since today is officially known by internet users as ‘International talk like a pirate day’ (ITLAPD), it all started back in 1995 as an inside joke between friends, John Baur & Mark Summers but it wasn’t until they submitted the idea about their invented holiday to humour columnist Dave Barry in 2002. that it spiralled out of control and became the global phenomenon it is today.

If your having a little trouble talking like a pirate, check out the official talk like a pirate day website over at talklikeapirate.com. Just remember not to go over board at work today, or they might just fire you like they did the office pirate, enjoy :)

Office Pirate - Arrr!

Heroes Season 2

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on September 8, 2007
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Heroes is back for its second season this month, set to air on the 24th on NBC over in America that’s only 16 days from now, still no word on when season 2 will be airing over here in the UK. But it’s probably not going to be until next year now. since the BBC have managed to outbid the Sci-Fi channel & won the first run rights for Season 2, even though they haven’t finished showing the first season yet. which is annoying since I’ve already watched the entire first season on the Sci-Fi channel :(

Anyway the first episode is set four months after the events that took place at the end of season one, & from the trailer that I’ve posted below it looks like both Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) & Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) survived the explosion, in the trailer you see Nathan’s reflection in a broken mirror for a split second, & towards the end you see a glimpse of Peter. you also see Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) & Sylar (Zachary Quinto) but we all knew Sylar would be back for season 2, after all you can’t keep a good villain down. The only character not seen in the trailer that had been fatally wounded or presumed dead at the end of season one, was D.L. Hawkins (Leonard Roberts) looks like the rumors floating around the Internet about this characters demise could be true.

Good news, everyone!

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on July 31, 2007
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Futurama’s back after being canceled over 4 years ago. The show will return on November 27th as a full-length high-def film sold on DVD. It will be followed by three additional films, and each film will be divided into four episodes each to be aired on Comedy Central.

Futurama

The first DVD film to be relesed - Bender’s Big Score - centers on the Planet Express crew fighting to save Earth in an epic battle against nudist alien internet scammers. Who send Bender back in time to loot the Earth of its greatest treasures.

The remaining three films will be released throughout 2008 & titled, ‘The Beast with a Billion Bucks’, ‘Bender’s Game’ and ‘Into the Wild Green Yonder’.

Woohoo The Simpsons Movie

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on July 25, 2007
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I Just got back from watching the Simpson’s movie. I went with a number of friends and family. After a 30 minute wait in line and 20 minutes of ads it started.

And I have to say it was well worth going to see, with non-stop laughs from start to finish, and some great animation. The first 30 minutes were as Mr Burns would say, Excellent. If the film had carried on like that, it would have been the greatest Simpson’s episode ever. But towards the end, it seemed to tie things up a little to quickly in my opinion.

The Simpsons Movie

My biggest disappointment with the movie is that Sideshow Bob appears nowhere in the film. All throughout the movie I was expecting Sideshow Bob to appear and help homer save the day, or more likely be the very man behind the plot to destroy Springfield. But it never happened - I even waited until after the credits, with no luck.

Other than the absence of Bob, the Simpson’s movie was a great first film, lets hope the Sequel is even better.

How Superman Should Have Ended

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on July 19, 2007
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Browsing youtube again, I came across this funny spoof on the original superman movie. The way it should have ended seems to make more sense than the original ending did - for one he stops both rockets before they hit their targets, after all he is Superman. Even Batman makes an appearance. Classic.

For more animations like this check out www.howitshouldhaveended.com

A Dog’s Breakfast

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on April 8, 2007
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David Hewlett probably best know as “Rodney McKay” (the best character) from the TV series Stargate Atlantis has Written/Directed and Stared in A Dog’s Breakfast I only found out about this a few weeks ago. From the trailer (below) and a few other bits and pieces I’ve seen around the web it looks pretty good. The only way to see this film for now is to request a screening hopefully not to long and it will end up on DVD.

From the official website: A Dog’s Breakfast If you’ve never been good at anything in your life, why would murder be any different?

Patrick has always had a somewhat combative relationship with his little sister Marilyn. But when she brings home her new sci-fi-soap star fianc Ryan, it’s all out war. When Patrick fails to drive a wedge between the happy couple, he reaches for sharper instruments. Every family has a few skeletons in the closet; A Dog’s Breakfast is the nightmarishly funny mess Patrick makes when he tries to add another to his.

Where the Hell is Matt?

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on February 28, 2007
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Matt Harding properly know better as “that guy who dances on the Internet.” got his Internet fame after deciding to quit his job as a video game designer and taking what money he had saved to travel the world. While travelling a friend gave him the idea to dance every where he went so that’s what he did.

The response to the first video brought the attention of Stride (the long-lasting gum). They asked Matt if he’d be interested in taking another trip around the world all expanses paid to make a new video. He said Yes and by the end of 2005, Matt left on a 6 month trip through 39 countries on all 7 continents. In that time, he danced a great deal.

Matt currently lives in Seattle, Washington, where he still works writing and designing video games. To see what hes up to now check out his website at wherethehellismatt.com