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.

Just beat “The Bourne Conspiracy” today!!!

This afternoon I just beat the game “The Bourne Conspiracy”. It’s not the best game ever made. Still though, the game was fun to play and I loved the action. I wish the game could have been a little longer and the graphics could be better. “The Bourne Conspiracy” almost felt like a Ps2 game, not a Ps3 game. I still liked the Jason Bourne game though, and I hope they make the next Jason Bourne game a really good one.

What game do I pick for the best video game of the year?

I’m not sure yet. I haven’t really played a whole lot of videogames, because I just became addicted to video games again this year.

If I were to pick the best video game of the year 2008, it would probably be “Metal Gear Solid 4”. I find it a much better game than GTA-4 to be honest.

Kev

Poll: Which Holiday release film will you see this week?

There’s a bunch of movies being released Christmas day. I will definitely be going to the movies on Christmas weekend but not on Christmas day of course.

Which one will I see?

There are two of them coming out this week that I’m anticipated to see in theater. One of them is “Valkyrie” and the other one is “The Spirit”. I’ll probably see “Valkyrie” first but the only problem is, I don’t think that film will be playing in the Wilton Mall so I may see if I can go to Crossgates in Albany to see it. “Valkyrie” looks really good and it’s getting good reviews.

The other films on the poll look entertaining too, I will wait for DVD on “Bedtime Stories”, “Benjamin Button” and “Marley and Me”.

If you plan to see a movie in theater that’s already out and not on the list, click on “Other”, and name the movie. I also want to see “The Day the Earth Stood Still” in theater not only because it looks like a great movie, but only because it has Friday Night Lights, Kyle Chandler in the movie. He must be filming that movie while FNL TV show was on hiatus.

Looking forward to see what film breaks no. 1 in the box office, it’ll probably end up being “Bedtime Stories” ’cause it’s Disney and it has Adam Sandler in it.

I will see “Valkyrie” this weekend. Hopefully the day after Christmas.

Kev

Report: Former Star Trek cast mates mourn Majel…

Former Star Trek cast mates who worked with Majel Barrett Roddenberry in the past before, pay their respects to the first lady of Star Trek. The cast mates that mourn the great Majel are Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, George Takei, Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), Will Wheaton, and more.

Read it all here:

http://trekmovie.com/2008/12/19/star-trek-luminaries-remember-barrett-rodenberry/#comment-1349142

Such a huge loss in the Star Trek community. As a huge Star Trek junkie myself, I’m sad of her death too.

I remember when Deforest Kelly died in 1999, and he is still missed as well. I think Deforest would be proud of JJ’s new “Star Trek” film.

Kev

Report: “Judge Dredd” greenlit to return to the big screen…

Rebellion and 2000 A.D. film companies announced they had greenlit “Judge Dredd” to return to the big screen. They will work with DNA films who brought us “Sunshine” and “28 Days Later”. They can’t give out any more details of the plot, cast, etc. but they seem really excited to bring this comic book superhero back to the big screen.

Judge Dredd made his first live action debut to the big screen in 1995, the character played by Sylvester Stallone. The movie also starred Rob Schneider, Max Von Sydow, and Diane Lane. There is no word on who will play the Judge Dredd role.

No word if Sylvester Stallone will reprise that character again, but he has said in interviews on AintItCool that he would love to go back to that character one day to make it a better movie, but who knows, never say never on Sly returning as Judge Dredd, right? May all the rumours all over the web of Sly returning as the character begin!!!

More on it here:

http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=23822

Even if Sly doesn’t come back as Judge Dredd, it’s great news that the film is coming back for a better movie. I thought Sly made a great Judge Dredd, but his movie could have been made better. Judge Dredd is a superhero character that deserves a better movie.

Kev

Report: The RIAA finally backs down on suing people for pirating music!!!

After 5 years of suing thousands of people for illegally sharing and downloading music from the internet, the RIAA has finally backed down. The RIAA will instead work with the ISP’s, to contact and identify users who continue to trade copyrighted music. The RIAA grew a change of heart and dropped all new lawsuits after working with Andrew Cuomo, New York’s attorney general.

Rollingstone reports:

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/12/19/riaas-gaze-turns-from-users-to-isps-in-piracy-fight/

While this is great news, I still don’t trust these assholes. Once the economy improves, they’ll be on a suing frenzy again. They should have thought about the ISP thing 5 years ago.

Kev

Cool Video: Metallica “Guitar Hero” video game trailer…

Metallica just released the “Guitar Hero” video game trailer already, and this confirms that “Master of Puppets” will be included in the game.

Enjoy the trailer, I had a smile on my face while watching it, as this game is going to be cool. Can’t wait to get it!!!

Expect the Metallica haters to complain that the songs on the game sound better than the original albums, but fuck ’em, right? That’s the whole point of the video game is making the music sound better.

See it here:

http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601748

Kev

BREAKING NEWS: Remains of Caylee Anthony are hers…the authorities confirmed…

Caylee Anthony, the  missing toddler have been found. She is dead. The remains were discovered in a wooded area by Casey Anthony’s parents house. Casey Anthony, 22, is the mother of the murdered child. A meter reader discovered Caylee’s remains and contacted police immediately. The meter reader is not a suspect, he is just a witness.

Casey Anthony is being held in jail with a 1st degree murder charge and many other charges. She could face life in prison if convicted of murdering her own 2 year old daughter but she would not get a death penalty.

The search of Caylee Anthony went on for about 6 months and now the search of missing Caylee has ended. The investigation of Caylee’s remains is still ongoing as they need to do a toxicology report and they sent some of Caylee’s remains to the FBI, to make sure if the remains are really Caylee.

More on the story here:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/19/caylee.anthony/?iref=mpstoryview

This is so sad and disturbing. I’ve been keeping an eye on this story and I’ve been pointing the blame on that bitch Casey. You know, if you don’t like kids, then why have them? Parents have children of their own ’cause obviously they like kids.

Parents who abuse or even worse kill their own children, don’t deserve to have children at all. If Casey was having problems with Caylee and didn’t want to take care of her, she could have at least get Caylee adopted to another family.

I hope Caylee’s killer is Casey, so that no good of a mother rot in prison and never see the light of day again.

Kev

Report: Mark Hamill to do voice overs as the Joker for the “Batman: Arkham Asylum” video game…

This is great news for Star Wars geeks and Batman geeks!!! It’s been announced that Mark Hamill, mostly known for his role as Luke Skywalker in the original “Star Wars”, has been casted to do voice overs as the Joker in the new Batman video game, “Arkham Asylum”!!!

Hamill voiced the Joker character many times for Batman animated movies and cartoon series on TV.

More on it here:

http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Hamill_To_Voice_Joker_In_New_Batman_Game_117764.asp

Now I’m really looking forward to this game!!!

Below is a video clip of Mark Hamill as the Joker, different scenes of different Joker laughs.

This is gonna be sweet!!!

Kev

Report: Frank Miller in talks to write/direct “Buck Rogers” for the big screen…

“The Spirit” director Frank Miller, just maybe the man to write/direct the “Buck Rogers” movie to the big screen. Frank Miller and Odd Lot Entertainment, are trying to take the rights of “Buck Rogers” from Nu Image/Millenium, who currently owns the rights to the legendary character.

Frank Miller’s “The Spirit” will hit theaters everywhere on Christmas Day.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i8cb71d29182efee6d6f7618b9ddcc5af

I love the Buck Rogers character and Frank Miller is a perfect choice for the project. I’m also looking forward to seeing “The Spirit” which I will see sometime after Christmas.

Kev

Report: Writer for fifth Jack Ryan movie found, Hossein Amini, will pen next flick…

Paramount Pictures has announced they found a writer for the fifth Jack Ryan movie soon to be in the works. Writer Hossein Amini, has been signed by Paramount to write the script for the next Jack Ryan flick. Hossein Amini is the writer of the film “The Four Feathers” that starred the late Heath Ledger as the leading role.

Director Sam Raimi was attached and confirmed to helm the next Jack Ryan flick, but Raimi pulled out due to a busy schedule. Now the film has no director as of yet.

No actor has been casted for the Jack Ryan role, but Harrison Ford has recently picked up interest in playing the character again, so it wouldn’t surprise me if Paramount gets him.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i8cb71d29182efee64edd7054be2ce22f

Kev