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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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Report: Bruce Campbell on Sam Raimi game for Evil Dead 4, “When he’s ready, I’m ready”!!!

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Bruce Campbell have been saying for years that when Sam Raimi is ready to do another Evil Dead movie, Bruce will be welcome to do it no matter what happens. Sam Raimi is definitely planning another one and things are looking great with Evil Dead 4!!!! So look like another Evil Dead movie is definitely happening!

Bruce says there is no synopsis/plot and no script yet but they are already planning on an aging Ash trying to survive a bunch of demons that came from the book of the dead. Bruce says they plan not to use a younger sidekick. You know how everytime a sequel is made, the hero have a younger partner? Like Shia Labeouf in Indy 4 for example? That’s not gonna happen with the next Evil Dead film.

MTV Movies Blog reports:

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/08/14/evil-dead-4-wont-rely-on-younger-sidekick-says-bruce-campbell/

This is really good news. I’m so glad there is going to be another Evil Dead movie.

What should the plot be in the next Evil Dead movie? Will Ash be locked in S-mart trying to fight off the demons in the store to leave off from “Amy of Darkness? That be kind of cool.

But I think it be even better if Ash is finally at home resting from fighting all the demons, but somehow the recording of the demons spell ended up in Ash’s own home, Ash gets trapped in his own home trying to fight off demons. Ash using different weapons and coming up with creative ways to kill demons.

I’m pretty sure Sam and Bruce plans on making the next Evil Dead movie low budget style like the first 3, they’re not gonna use high tech CGI and stuff like Sam did with the Spiderman flicks. I remember Sam did say he wants to stay true to the earlier Evil Dead movies.

When another Evil Dead movie comes out, I’m sure it will be a major success in the box office, maybe not as successful as the Batman/Spiderman flicks but I’m sure Evil Dead 4 will be a hit. Evil Dead deserves one more movie to close out the series, the writers can find a way to end these demons for good so Ash can live with peace. Should Evil Dead 4 end with a happy ending where Ash survives or should he die? You just never know what Sam and Rob is gonna come up with.

Kev

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Thought: Katy Perry stealing Jill Sobule’s spotlight…

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It was Jill Sobule that started the “I Kissed A Girl” thing. Not Katy Perry. Is every female musician who writes a song about kissing women becomes such a mainstream hit?

I’m sick of the Katy Perry hype over this song. Katy Perry’s song is not a Jill Sobule cover, both songs are completely different with different lyrics and music but under the same title. Katy Perry stole from Jill over this whole kissing women thing in songs.

Lets just hope Jill herself will slam Katy with a copyright infringement lawsuit because Katy stole Jill’s fame out of the song. Shame on the music industry for letting Katy release that stupid song. Jill’s song is ten times better then that piece of trash. I like Jill’s version.

Kev

Edit to add: Youtube videos of both songs so you can see…

 

Jill Sobule’s great song

Katy Perry’s crappy song

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Film Review: The Ruins

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Starring: Jonathan Tucker, Shawn Ashmore, Joe Anderson, Jena Malone, and Laura Ramsey

Directed by: Scott B. Smith

 

So I finally got around to watching “The Ruins” last night, a horror film which centers a group of friends going on a trip in Cancun, to visit an archeological site of the Mayan ruins. The 4 friends Jeff, Eric, Amy and Stacy stay in Cancun for a while to party and have some fun before visiting the ruins. They run into another friend named Pablo who knows where the place is by a drawn map he has. When they finally take the trip to the Ruins site which may look like a small pyramid or a temple of some sort, they notice the ruins were covered with these green plants that has red flowers on them. Armed Mayans people were gaurding the site so in order to survive, the 4 friends were forced to live on top of the Ruins until help came along because the place has an abandoned campsite. Those long plants has flowers that makes loud noises, if you make a noise, the plants will start to move and they could be moved inside humans bodies, it could be infective and could kill people.

My thougthts on the film? According to critics and fans of the movies online, people said it was scary and gory and too disturbing to watch. As a huge fan of the horror film genre, I didn’t once find the film all that gory and never once found the film to be all that scary either. The storyline and acting was pretty good, but I think the film would be a lot scarier if the film didn’t have any gore at all.

I didn’t find any disturbance in it and didn’t jump at all once. I know how horror films work as I said many times I am obsessed with the horror genre so I know all about it. Those who think it’s scary and disturbing must be new to the horror genre, but a longtime horror fan like myself would agree it was nothing all that scary but it did have it’s creepy moments.

It was an ok film. Nothing that excellent that people were making it out to be. I’ve seen better films than this.

Score for the Ruins = ** (2 stars as in ok)

Kev

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Thought: 5 Legendary bands/artists who deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…

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So we’re talking legendary bands and artists of who haven’t yet been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that I think who deserves it.

Here are 5 that I think deserves to be inducted by now:

Metallica

(Like Metallica or not, they are one of the biggest bands in America, they’ve been around long enough that they qualify to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. They had quite a career ride, made many successful albums, they are the biggest touring bands of all time. I think it’s about time that these boys deserve it)

Nirvana

(I’m not saying this because of Kurt Cobain’s suicide, it’s a fact that Nirvana is Hall of Fame worthy. I think it would be awesome as hell seeing Dave Grohl and Krist Novaselic on stage honoring the music of Nirvana at a Hall of Fame show, these guys were one of the biggest bands in the 90’s and they changed history in the 90’s, this is why Nirvana deserves it)

Ozzy

(Black Sabbath was once inducted into the Hall of Fame, but Ozzy’s solo music wasn’t. It’s about time for the Prince of Darkness to get in, dontcha think?)

“Weird” Al Yankovic

(Call me crazy, but yes, Weird Al is hall of fame worthy. A lot of the artists that Al Yankovic parodied songs from never knew they were big and famous until Weird Al parodied their music. This man, hands down, deserves an induction. This man had quite a career ride. He’s been around since the 80’s, he does it all and he’s one of the most extremely hard working musicians out there. He’s goes on extensive long tours all year round every album he does, he has a real live band, he even writes original songs. He produces his own albums. There are so many reasons why this man deserves it. He is a legend and an icon)

Pantera

(I’m a 100% sure this band is gonna get an induction down the road, it wouldn’t surprise me if this happened at the next Hall of Fame show)

Kev

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BREAKING NEWS: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame expands to New York City!!!!

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This is big shocking news to the music industry. Yes, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will be having a musuem in New York City announced by Mayor Bloomberg, Billy Joel and Clive Davis yesterday on a blocked off street in Soho. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which originally started in Cleveland, Ohio as you see in the picture above plans on branching out. The New York annex will open sometime this November.

More on it here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/arts/music/14hall.html?ref=nyregion

Pretty sweet news, I’d love to travel to NYC and check it out when it opens.

Speaking of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I will soon post a topic of 5 legendary bands who haven’t been inducted yet that I think should be inducted by now.

Post is coming soon.

Kev

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Report: Tom Cruise was never set to star in “Edwin A. Salt” in the first place…

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With the reports of Angelina Jolie taken over Tom Cruise for “Edwin A. Salt”, it turns out that it wasn’t true that Tom Cruise was signed to the movie in the first place. So this doesn’t make Angelina Jolie Tom’s replacement. The real story is according to close source to the film, the source says that Tom Cruise was asked to star in it but he turned down the role.

Tom Cruise is currently trying to bring his movie career back on track, Cruise’s next film which will be released soon is Bryan Singer’s World War II film titled “Valkyrie” set to release December 26th of 2008 this year. Cruise recently signed on to a comedy titled “Food Fight” who plays a chef who is forced to cook meals at a high school cafeteria.

More on it here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26183284/

I think Tom Cruise’s movie career is just about dead. Tom’s been banned from Paramount, his last movie “Lions for Lambs” flopped in the box office.

I think the only way he can bring his career back on track to a box office success if only he does another Mission Impossible movie but those movies are made through Paramount and he can’t make movies through that studio anymore.

I used to love Tom Cruise in the movies in the past, he used to be great, but the way he’s acting in the media as of late, I am no longer a fan of his.

Kev

Edit for correction: “Valkyrie” comes out this year Dec. 26th, not next year.

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Report: Tom Cruise was never set to star in “Edwin A. Salt” in the first place…

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With the reports of Angelina Jolie taken over Tom Cruise for “Edwin A. Salt”, it turns out that it wasn’t true that Tom Cruise was signed to the movie in the first place. So this doesn’t make Angelina Jolie Tom’s replacement. The real story is according to close source to the film, the source says that Tom Cruise was asked to star in it but he turned down the role.

Tom Cruise is currently trying to bring his movie career back on track, Cruise’s next film which will be released soon is Bryan Singer’s World War II film titled “Valkyrie” set to release December 26th of 2008 this year. Cruise recently signed on to a comedy titled “Food Fight” who plays a chef who is forced to cook meals at a high school cafeteria.

More on it here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26183284/

I think Tom Cruise’s movie career is just about dead. Tom’s been banned from Paramount, his last movie “Lions for Lambs” flopped in the box office.

I think the only way he can bring his career back on track to a box office success if only he does another Mission Impossible movie but those movies are made through Paramount and he can’t make movies through that studio anymore.

I used to love Tom Cruise in the movies in the past, he used to be great, but the way he’s acting in the media as of late, I am no longer a fan of his.

Kev

Edit for correction: “Valkyrie” comes out this year Dec. 26th, not next year.

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Report: Leonard Nimoy unveils “Star Trek Online” multiplayer video game!!!!!!

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At the Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, Leonard Nimoy was there in person to announce the huge breaking new video game that could possibly be a huge hit in the video gaming industry. There is finally a brand new Star Trek video game in the works that will be released for PC-CDROM for now but according to other sources on the game it could be released for the X-box 360/PS3 in the future.

The game is set in the year 2049 as the game will let gamers play Klingon characters as they use command ships, fight enemies and explore the gallaxies.

Considering that the popular game “World of Warcraft” is very HUGE for online gaming, the Star Trek franchise is planning on competing with Warcraft.

More on it here:

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/star-trek-online-unveiled/1236460

See the trailer for the game here:

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=1475790&cl=9252381

Sounds pretty sweet! I’m glad there’s finally a new Star Trek video game in the works as there hasn’t been one in a long time. It’s a great time to release a new one for good marketing for the new Star Trek movie coming out soon.

Great news for Star Trek fans! I’ll wait for the PS3 version to come out.

Kev

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Report: Lionsgate to make Conan, and new writers too…

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Lionsgate studios has got the go ahead to make the “Conan” movie. New writers have been hired to write the script. Screenwriters Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain have been hired to pen the film. The same writers also have another new fantasy epic adventure titled “Amazon” which Scarlett Johansson is attached to star the leading role in as a sword fighting female warrior. Both of these films will be made by Lionsgate studios. No directors have been hired yet for either film but they are looking.

Lionsgate is planning to get the “Conan” film into production as soon as possible. Just like the Batman series is starting over again with a clean slate, Lionsgate plan to do the same with the Conan franchise. The original Conan movies, “Conan The Barbarian” and “Conan The Destroyer” starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the hero but hollywood feels the films can go on without him.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i84d286596a535ecf5a3141fe4e1b2bee

Lets hope they pick a good actor for Conan. And lets hope they do it good.

Who should be the director of this film?

I’d say give it to Ridley Scott after seeing what he did to “Legend” and “Gladiator”, I think he would make a very good Conan movie.

Kev