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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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5 Reasons to like “Friday Night Lights”…

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So “Friday Night Lights” is finally back. The premiere of Season 4 aired last Friday over the weekend and I watched it very good episode. Why do I love the show so much? Well there are 5 reasons….

  1. Kyle Chandler is a great actor. Kyle Chandler who plays Coach Eric Taylor can be very entertaining ’cause he has a really short fuse and has a temper tantrum. The reason he acts this way on the show ’cause it’s his way of trying to get the players on the team more motivated in football, plus all Eric cares about is his team winning games like most sports coaches do. So he uses his temper to get players all fired up and ready for the game. This is an entertaining character and it’s one reason why I watch it. Whenever “Friday Night Lights” gets canned for good in the future, I have a feeling that Kyle Chandler will become a huge movie star in the future. He already had a few pretty big roles in Hollywood movies such as Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” remake and he had a role in, “The Day The Earth Stood Still” remake as well.
  2. Taylor Kitsch as Tim Riggins. He’s another entertaining character of the series. Taylor Kitsch is already a Hollywood actor before this show. Tim Riggins is a flaky kind of character who is an alcoholic and plays a loser type of character on the show. This is one reason that makes the show good.
  3. Minka Kelly as Lyla Garrity. Another reason to like this show is the gorgeous and sexy, Minka Kelly. Damn, she’s one fine looking chick.
  4. Good writing. The scripts of the episodes is what keeps the show going and what keeps people watching. The show has really good writing. Most shows on TV has bad writing, but “FNL”, the writing almost seems like a movie script, rather than a TV show.
  5. It feels like old school primetime drama. A show like this can make you feel like watching “The Wonder Years” or “Doogie Howser”. It almost feels like the 80’s of drama TV all over again. “FNL” is the real deal.

Glad the show is finally back.

Kev

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Report: In defense of Mickey Rourke’s “most actors suck” comments…sorry, he has some valid points…

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Mickey Rourke recently had an interview with Parade.com website, he said a comment that is creating some controversy online. Mickey Rourke says:

“You can be less than mediocre and be a f—ing movie star. I have respect for very few actors and actresses.” 

and…

“”Some of them get a lot of acclaim but just because their movie made $200 million at the box office; they still suck. I got no respect for them and I used to let them know it. It was important for me to put that aside and go, ‘You know what? This is a business. If you kiss the right ass and you get lucky on a movie or two, you could last 10 years.’ So, now, I just keep my mouth shut and pet my chihuahuas.”

http://celebs.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978224321

Most bloggers on the internet are slamming Mickey Rourke for his controversial comments on how “most actors and actresses suck”. His opinions maybe harsh, but hey, people, it’s a free country so he has a right for an opinion.

I for one, am with Mickey Rourke, I agree with him 100%. Most actors and actresses do suck these days. There are only very few actors/actresses that I respect that bring out the good acting chops as well. A lot of today’s huge box office movies such as “Avatar”, “Iron Man” and such movies as those…they have actors/actresses in the leading roles of those type of movies which their acting skills aren’t really that great. That’s what Mickey means by his comments. For example, Sam Worthington is a horrible choice for a leading actor in “Avatar” and I think it would be a better movie if they had an actor with the talent. Robert Downey Jr. is okay, but he’s nothing special anymore. I like Robert Downey’s acting in his earlier movies when he was doing all these serious dramas, now he’s a popcorn action star.

There are very few actors and actresses that I respect too. For actors:  Daniel Day Lewis, Al Pacino and George Clooney. Those are actors with actual talent, in my opinion. For actresses I would pick: Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, and Kate Winslet. While I like Sly Stallone, I’ll admit he isn’t the best actor in the world, I just like him for the entertainment, nothing more. The same with Arnie Schwarzenegger.

Mickey wants people to look at the actor’s talent. Not worrying about how much money a movie makes. You have to admit that Mickey is so right on everything he says. The only reason the online world is mad at his opinions because they know he’s right on the money. I also think Mickey Rourke is a talented actor himself, he’s been in lots of great flicks. Of course, I think “The Wrestler” is his best movie.

Kev

movies

There Will Be Blood…

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Last night, I finally watched the movie, “There Will Be Blood” for the first time ever. It came out in 2007, I know I’m way late on the movie, but I never got around to seeing it until now and I always wanted to see it. I would have to say I was very impressed with the film. Very good story and moving. Daniel Day-Lewis’s best character ever, in my opinion. No wonder he won the Oscar for this role ’cause his acting is really powerful in this film.

Daniel Day-Lewis plays a character named Daniel Plainview where he plays a mineral and oil prospector. He owns his own company along with his young son, H.W.. He adopted a baby along his oil and mineral adventures. A young man named Paul Sunday, goes to Daniel to make a deal to go to Little Boston, California to dig up oil discovered under this family’s land. Daniel’s only mission is to make a lot of money off of oil drilling. So he goes to Little Boston with his son, to try and buy this land off this family after drilling the oil from their land. As Daniel works on oil drilling there, he meets up with a disturbing and crazy preacher named, Eli Sunday, who Daniel doesn’t get along with too well. The people in Little Boston is a poor town, while all Daniel cares about is getting rich. Beware, there is a pretty heavy twist at the end of the film, that may shock you pretty hard.

The film was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, I know he’s not everyone’s favorite director but I think this is the best film he’s ever done. I have no complaints about the film at all. Just a perfectly well made film all around.  Check it out if you haven’t yet.

Kev

WWE news

Owen Hart

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Owen Hart, the brother of legendary wrestler, Bret “the Hitman” Hart, would have been 45, years old if he was still alive today. If Owen was still alive, I can still see him doing what he loves best…wrestling. Whether Owen would be wrestling in either TNA or WWE, he’d still be doing wrestling no matter what if he was still around. Owen has always been a favorite of mine before he died. RIP Owen. He maybe gone but never forgotten.

Kev

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Report: Dwayne Johnson to play a villain in “Fast and Furious 5”??? Just my guess…

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Can you smell what the Rock is cooking? It may sound silly as hell, but it is turning out to be true that Dwayne Johnson is in talks with Universal Studios to star in “Fast and Furious 5” along with Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. My guess is that they want Dwayne as a villain in the next one? Dwayne to duke it out with Vin Diesel?

I’m a fan of the Fast and Furious movies. I really liked the fourth one. Looking forward to the next one indeed, and lets hope Dwayne says yes to this role!!!

More on it here:

http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/is-universals-next-fast-and-the-furious-getting-a-dwayne-johnson-infusion/

Kev

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Report: Mission Impossible 4 to hit theaters Dec. 16th 2011…

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Even though I’m not much of a Mission Impossible fan, the 4th one is actually very exciting. I for one am looking forward to seeing the trailer for MI:4. We’ll probably see a teaser later this summer. I think a teaser for “MI:4” would be a perfect attachment to the “Expendables” movie when that film comes out in August. Hopefully, “MI:4” will be violent and action packed. I’m sure it will be. You may not see Tom Cruise as an action star, but believe it or not, he is an action star. He’s been in plenty of action movies from the past. 🙂

More on it here:

http://www.collider.com/2010/05/06/mission-impossible-4-december-16-2011-paramount/

Kev

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Report: Ready for another “Planet of the Apes” movie? Prequel on it’s way to the big screen…

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I am such a huge fan of the “Planet of the Apes” movies. I even love the new one that was directed by Tim Burton. 20th Century Fox has greenlighted a release date for the prequel of “Planet of the Apes” for June 24th, 2011. Keep in mind folks, that I believe this is the prequel to the 1968 version (pictured above) that starred Charlton Heston. It’s not a prequel to the Tim Burton version.

I don’t know if I will be excited to see this one myself, because as the article said, the prequel plans to use CGI apes instead of using costumes. Tim Burton’s version used costumes, not CGI. Hope they don’t make it a popcorn action movie with full of visual 3D effects. They should stay true to the classic POTA’s movies.

More on it here:

http://www.collider.com/2010/05/06/planet-of-the-apes-prequel-rise-of-the-apes-june-24-2011-release-date/

Kev

music

Thought: I’m happy for Bret Michaels but still kind of concerned…cancel that tour and take it easy, bro!

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It’s great news that Bret Michaels, is expected to make a full recovery, but people should still be a little concerned for him. I think, Bret should cancel the tour and take it easy for a while. What if something else happens to him out on the road? I know he has quite a long tour ahead of him. The shows must go on like they all say, but what if something else can happen to him next time around?

Bret is scheduled to make an appearance in the Capital District area in Clifton Park, at a venue called, “Northern Lights” on May 21st.

He had a rough time in the hospital. I have this bad feeling something might happen to him again. Glad he is alright for now though.

Kev

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Report: JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg team up to make “Super 8” movie, and it’s not a sequel to “Cloverfield”!!!

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Here is JJ Abrams next directorial project after last year’s “Star Trek”. JJ will direct a film titled, “Super 8” with Steven Spielberg producing. JJ also wrote the script himself.

More on it here:

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/17122/proper-information-about-super-8–

I don’t know anything about the new film myself. I’ll look into it more.

Kev