All posts by Kev Brock

I'm a musician, singer/songwriter, blogger, writer, poet, bodybuilder, movie lover, music lover, video gamer, history/political buff, conservative/republican, etc. I like to do a lot of things.
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Iron Man 2 was a really horrible film…wtf???

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The cast was great. I like Robert Downey, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johannsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Garry Shandling, Sam Rockwell, etc. but even they couldn’t save this movie. It seemed that Jon Favreau hogged up most of the screen time than anybody else in this film which is what annoyed me the most. I absolutely loved the first “Iron Man” film, it was a brilliant film but I think Favreau just ruined the series. The acting was bad, writing was bad, terrible filming, etc. I can go on. Mickey Rourke’s villain charactter, Whiplash was very cool, but he wasn’t used much in the film. There was too much story, not enough action. When you see an Iron Man movie, you want to see a lot of action, I felt this movie failed to have that. This is the worst movie I’ve seen of 2010 so far. It’s nothing I would watch again.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Movie Edit Pro 16 by Magix

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Today at Best Buy on my day off of work, I picked up another computer program. I picked up “Movie Edit Pro 16” by Magix company. I needed better movie making software so I can start making videos again in youtube. Something more professional. The movie making software I was using before wasn’t that great. The other software came free with my digital camcorder. Now I got something better, finally. In “Movie Edieet Pro”, you can make movies in HD, also in Dolby Stereo sound, and you can make movies in 3D as well. Will I start making Avatar like 3D videos? Who knows.

I will be using this software to make videoblogs, record live performances of my guitar playing at home, record other bands at shows, etc. All kinds of stuff. It is why I haven’t uploaded a new youtube video in a while ’cause I was waiting to get new software.

I have plans to go to a local music show next Friday night on the 28th of May at a venue called Burton Hall in Greenwich. A lot of local Greenwich people I know will be playing there including Harold Ford’s “Spirit of Johnny Cash” tribute which I can’t wait to see and will definitely video tape that performance for you all to see.

I haven’t installed this new program yet but will over the weekend so I can start learning how to use it. Yes, I’ll probably start filming small documentaries of my fitness and training adventures. I really want to do that soon as well. I don’t want a career in movie making or nothing like that, just something fun for youtube.

Kev

Celebrity news

Report: Pee Wee Herman is on his way to Broadway!!

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Well, look like Pee Wee Herman’s return to the entertainment business is such a huge success. The “Pee Wee Herman Show” at Club Nokia in California got such a huge turnout that now Pee Wee gets a huge opportunity to perform Broadway.

The Pee Wee Herman show will now play six weeks date at the Stephen Sondheim theatre which is a theatre in NYC. So it looks like Paul Reubens will be travelling to NY State. Expect Pee Wee Herman to help promote the show on the Jimmy Fallon show soon.

More info here:

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/20/pee-wee-herman-going-to-broadway/

This is great that Pee Wee’s return is such a success. Paul Reubens is planning a new  Pee Wee movie to the big screen and maybe this is his way of growing a huge fanbase as a way to market the movie before it even comes out? Or maybe this is Paul’s way of trying to get respect back after his brush with the law in his past.

I would love to see the Pee Wee Herman show myself live in person if he ever does a tour where the tickets aren’t so expensive.

Kev

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Report: Road Runner and Wile E Coyote returning to the big screen in 3D cartoon shorts…beep, beep!

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Warner Bros. has made three brand new Looney Tunes shorts featuring the characters of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. The famous cartoon series where a hungry coyote tries to hunt down this bird that runs fast. The cartoons will be shown before the films “Cats and Dogs” sequel, “Legends of the Guardians”, and “Yogi Bear”. The shorts will only be seen for three minutes.

More on it here:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/17281/-looney-tunes-returning-to-theaters

I’m pretty sure these Road Runner and Wile E Coyote shorts will get leaked to youtube at some point. Looking forward to seeing them. I love Road Runner and Wile E Coyote cartoons.

Kev

music, TV

BREAKING NEWS: Bret Michaels rushed to hospital again due to heart problems…

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First brain hemmorhage and now it’s TIA. Like I said before, he needs to take a break from his career. Take it easy for a long while and get plenty of rests. That’s what he needs. He’s too hung up on his fame and glory, that’s why he won’t do it. Cancel that tour and stay home, man. Or else you’ll die on the road. Bret will be in the grave along with Peter Steele and Ronnie James Dio if he doesn’t relax.

More on it here:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/note.php?note_id=397967117569&id=42549466543

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Dave Matthews Band to take a year off of touring/recording in 2011!!!

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After over 20 long years of touring and making albums, The Dave Matthews Band announced they will take a break from it all in 2011. No touring and no new studio albums that year. Although, I’m pretty sure DMB will release plenty of live albums during that year.

I’m not such a big DMB fan anymore as I used to be. Used to love ’em but now I find ’em overrated and un-interesting. I like Phish way more than DMB.

More on it here:

http://www.davematthewsband.com/#/news/message-our-fans

Kev

Videogame news

Report: Expect plenty more 3D videogames on the way…

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Ubisoft video game company predicts that the future of video games will hit hard with 3D video games within two years. While 3D had hit movies with theaters really hard, it hasn’t yet came to the video gaming world. It will soon. The “Avatar” video game was in 3D, but didn’t sell very well. The video game industry will probably re-release old titles to 3D and upcoming new games in 3D as well. This will happen to all video game consoles: X-box 360, Ps3, and possibly the Nintendo Wii. I’ve been wondering if 3D videogames will come ’cause it will be cool to sit there playing videogames with 3D glasses on. Can’t wait for this to start happening!

More on it here:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019631.html?categoryid=1079&cs=1

Kev

Random/off topic posts

To the Times Union bloggers and readers…

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There are anonymous imposters pretending to be me in the Times Union blogs in the comments sections. If anyone cares, the comments claiming to be mine at the Times Unions blogs are not posted by me.  It’s not even close to my writing style even though people try. Can’t these losers find a new hobby and get a life? lol….anyways, they think they do it to try and upset me. Not really. I actually find it kind of amusing as they are doing nothing but promoting my blog site which they are doing a good job of. I can’t do anything to stop it anyways, just ignore it and let it go. As a way to tell it isn’t me, I wouldn’t write, “as your fellow local celebrity blogger”, I wouldn’t talk about Tobias or the Legend or any other local musician in the comments or wouldn’t say any silly offensive things. It’s hard to believe that this is still going on. Are some people out there that obsessed with me? Wow. I don’t sit there and read every Times Union blog that this anonymous person does. The only one I read and sometimes post in for real is the CRUMBS one. The other blogs I’m not interested in. So keep it going, you’re just doing nothing but raising my views count for this blog. So thank you.

Kev

Edit to the add: To all bloggers of the Times Union one way to stop this is to NEVER approve any comments with my name Kev Brock written on it. I don’t see how it’s so hard for bloggers to tell if it’s really me or not. Most Times Unions blogs are crap anyways. I only like the CRUMBS one. It is identity theft and it’s pretty insane that no one realizes it. Shows that people online are totally whacked in the head.

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Report: Shia Labeouf and Harrison Ford both hate “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” too?

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Not only that Shia openly admits to hating “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, he is also admitting to hate “Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. Guess what folks? Shia isn’t alone on hating the new Indy movie. It seems that Harrison Ford even hates it himself. Although Harrison Ford himself haven’t spoken publicly trashing the movie, like he didn’t mind Shia passing the word for it. Now you figured out why George Lucas and Spielberg are planning to do Indy V, because they are trying to make a good Indy movie.

In my opinion, Shia shouldn’t blame himself. It wasn’t him that ruined the movie. I believe it was the writing, too much CGI. Maybe the public didn’t like the idea of mixing Indiana Jones with Science Fiction when it should focus on history. “Crystal Skull” felt too much of a popcorn movie instead of a serious movie like “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Last Crusade”. Plus the most popular complaint about the film of them all is when Indy hides in a refrigerator to protect himself from an atomic bomb. I’ll agree that the scene was kind of silly, but I think the rest of the movie was fine. Honestly, I actually liked Indy IV “Crystal Skull”. It wasn’t a bad film, I liked the idea of mixing Indy with sci-fi, it made it a different Indy movie. It was entertaining, that’s all it is. I think Lucas had too much Star Wars mixed into Indy, that could be what it is.

When these guys start to do Indy 5, lets hope they make it right so Indy fans can be happy. They need to make the next Indy film more like, “Raiders/The Last Crusade”. They need to keep away from the popcorn CGI baloney and make it a serious Indy film. I hope they make the next one real good so they won’t get a backlash by the haters again. I have a feeling though, Lucas and Spielberg will probably make Indy V a popcorn film again, wouldn’t surprise me. Lucas and Spielberg are a couple of HUGE egos who don’t care what the fans want to see, yet they only amuse themselves with their film making.

More on it here:

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovies.accesshollywood.com/shia-labeouf-dropped-ball-indiana-jones-sequel

Kev