While there has been a whole bunch of sequels and now a reboot is happening, the original “Nightmare on Elm St.” is what it’s all about. I love the original. Probably, more than the other movies. Directed by Wes Craven, starring Robert Englund as the original Freddy and this film marks the film debut of superstar, Johnny Depp. Another classic film, that I love.
Kev
I’ve been a part of local music for years to know that it’s never been a positive scene. It never was and never will be. This music scene is full of short tempered people, and some of them also have huge egos, it’s crazy. A lot of them can also be pretty pretentious and unprofessional. Not all musicians are like this, I know some of them can be nice and professional, you just gotta find ’em. They’re all different. Once you put yourself out there publicly as a musician, you’re going to get jealous people trying to destroy your dreams and goals. Not only that musicians can be crazy people, bars/club owners/promoters can be much worse as well. I’m sure other music scenes around the U.S. are no different, but I’m tired of people thinking this is a positive scene when you know it’s a lie. I’ve seen how people do stuff at the shows and seen how local music people use the internet. I’ve seen it all.
If I see things with my own eyes, it’s pretty likely I’m going to respond and give my opinion on it. I don’t lie about things and don’t make things up. So after all these years, after some of the things I’ve seen in local music, the scene deserves to get called out on stuff on here. It is why I rant about local music. Trying to get people to have a more positive and better scene.
It’s getting even more difficult for bands & artists to get gigs these days ’cause of the bars & venues, all they care about is money. You don’t have a fanbase, you don’t get a gig. There are also too many big shot musicians who pretend to be celebrities or something.
I support local music yes, but honesty is what I’m all about. I am the Simon Cowell of the Capital District, and not ashamed of it. Sometimes this scene can be good, sometimes not. I just want whats best for musicians and for the music scene, that is all. Plus, I want what’s best for myself and my own music, that’s the big reason why I do it. If I get treated unfairly by other bands or clubs, I won’t be afraid to call out on that stuff. Nothing wrong with being real, ’cause it’s actually a pretty professional thing to do, if you think about it. Look it up yourself.
You can agree or disagree with my local music discussions, it just needs to be said.
Kev
Starring: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Rade Serbedzija
Directed by: Olivier Megaton
Today, I’ve just seen the movie, “Taken 2”. Liam Neeson is starting to be one of my favorite actors now. I’ve been seeing a lot of his movies in the theater lately. He makes a badass action hero, so I had to see “Taken 2”, since I loved the first one. On with the review:
Plot/synopsis: Bryan Mills (Neeson) returns and reunites with his family, Lenore and Kim, a year after the events in Paris. On a trip to Istanbul where Bryan currently lives, he gets a surprise visit from Lenore and Kim. Of course, their vacation in Istanbul does not go so well, when Bryan and Lenore was kidnapped by men who worked for Murad Hoxha (Rade Serbedzija) who is the father of the man who Bryan killed in the first film.
Some reviewers think this is close of a remake from the first movie, but I don’t think it is. The plot is different. The characters are the same yes, but it’s going for a different story here. Instead of repeating the same “oh no, the daugther’s been kidnapped”, which has already been done, why not have the main star of the film get kidnapped himself? I thought it was a good idea! I also thought teaming up Bryan and Kim together for action and try to help save Lenore, was very cool too! The Bryan and Kim team up felt like the TV show, “24”, a little bit.
As usual the action was a blast! You will see a mix of fist fighting, car chasing, explosions, and gun shooting all throughout the movie! It was an action packed ride for sure and I thought it had way more action than the first movie! In the first movie, Bryan Mills was the hero. They wanted to take this movie in a different turn, and make him look weak by kidnapping him. So he trains his daughter, Kim, to be the hero instead. So in reality, it was Kim who was the star of this movie. After the horrible stuff that Kim went through from the first film, the writers felt like it was a good idea to have her become part of the action. The action scenes were a little violent and graphic, similar like the first one. Bryan Mills wants to be a tough guy who takes no bullshit from anyone.
Some reviewers say the entire movie is much like the first one, which again I disagree with. They only took like one or two scenes from the first film I noticed. Like the one scene where Bryan has a cookout with his buddies, that was done in the sequel. Also, the one scene where he sneaks into a small room to kick some ass with a bunch of guys. That was about it. Other than that, the rest of the film was pretty original, from what I’ve seen. They just made a few scenes similar from the first, ’cause what if people haven’t even seen the first film? I can see why they did it. Not everyone have seen the first film, so they did it as a way to bring more people to the first one, in the film’s defense.
I thought “Taken 2” was great, it was just as good as the first one. There’s probably gonna be a Taken 3 ’cause Bryan said that Murad had more sons. It’s going to be even tougher to do a 3rd Taken movie ’cause Bryan, Lenore and Kim has already been taken. So who will they take next?
Score for “Taken 2” = *** = 3 stars as in (good).
Kev
So I went out to the mall today to catch a movie and to pick up a few things. Those few things were these two books shown in the photo above. I’ve already started reading the Arnold book, and already 80 pages into it. I’m already addicted to the Arnold book and it’s hard to put down. Critics and fans are giving the Arnold book negative reviews, but so far I’m loving it! Very informative and entertaining! I’ll review these two books after I read them.
I’ve just seen the movie, “Taken 2”, today and about to post the review in a little bit.
Kev
The Zombie genre maybe pretty huge in today’s entertainment industry. Zombies have taken over TV with shows like “Walking Dead”, and all sorts of zombie, Hollywood movies. Even George A. Romero is still making zombie flicks to this day. While there is all that, nothing will top the original “Night of the Living Dead”, which is another film I’ll never get tired of watching. This film is the perfect zombie film. I’m pretty sure many kids of today’s generation haven’t even seen it. This is a true zombie film here. Another perfect film to watch around Halloween season. Forget the “Walking Dead” kids, “Night of the Living Dead” is the real deal!
They’re coming to get you, Barbara!
Kev
I’m going to have to look into getting this app for the Ipad, “The Art of Screaming“.
I’m always looking for new ways to improve my singing voice. I do want to sing higher and hopefully learn to scream ’cause I don’t have a very strong voice, but I’m working on it! I like to practice vocal exercises with Metal Method’s “Vocal Power”, while that helps and really works, I need more. “The Art of Screaming App” sounds good.
Just like I want to become a great guitar player someday, I want to be a great singer too. I don’t think I’m that great of a singer now, but I would like to get better. I just sing ’cause it’s fun and I enjoy it. I could give up singing and have someone else sing my songs sure, but I think it’s a rule that if you write your own lyrics and music, you need to sing them yourself, no matter how good or bad your voice sounds.
Kev
Warner Bros. will be celebrating their big 90 year anniversary, next year, and they have a few big announcements. The first one, is that they are releasing the 1939 family classic, “The Wizard of OZ”, converted to 3D and fully restored, coming to BluRay sometime next Fall.
Plus Warner Bros. will also be releasing a 100 of their films in a box set, and a 50 film version DVD set. Both sets will have various Warner Bros. films they have released over the years. All of this is part of their 90 year celebration.
More on the story, here.
Cool stuff. Their Best of Collections would be too pricey to me, but I’ll probably get the “Wizard Of Oz” 3D Blu Ray. Hopefully they include the 3D glasses along with it. I am now interested in the “Wizard of Oz” in 3D BluRay.Seeing “Wizard of Oz” in 3D could be pretty cool. “Wizard Of Oz” has always been one of my favorite too.
Congrats to Warner Bros. on 90 years. I respect their legacy and history. They’re the guys that brought us the Looney Tunes and all the Superhero movies. We should thank them for the entertainment.
Kev
The trailer for Die Hard 5, “A Good Day to Die Hard”, dropped out of no where today, yahoo exclusive. While I never cared for Die Hard 3 and 4, I thought 1 and 2 were great flicks. Especially, the first one which is a classic and it’s an essential film. I’ll admit that this trailer here, gave me goosebumps. So I’m praying this will be a good movie. It looks to be an action packed ride. I’ll be in the theater for this one, sure.
Kev
The legendary prog rock band, Rush, have been getting snubbed for a nomination at the “Rock and Roll Hall of Fame” every year, but this time, they finally got one! While I’m happy that Rush finally got the nomination, don’t be surprised if the voters don’t pick them to get inducted though. I’m not getting my hopes up yet, but it would be awesome if they got the induction ’cause they deserve this more than anyone.
I’m also happy that Deep Purple finally got a nod too ’cause they’ve been getting ignored by the Hall of Fame as well. I hope both bands will get it. I also hope Joan Jett, Albert King, and Heart will get it too. Donna Summer have been getting nominated every year but she never got the induction. Hopefully, she’ll get it this time in honor of her death earlier this year.
I hope the Hall of Fame will do the right thing and induct Rush this time, ’cause I’m a huge fan of them as well. I own several of their albums in my collection and have seen them live in concert once.
More on the story, here.
Kev
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I love “The Omen” (the original), not the crappy remake. “The Omen” with Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, is another one of my favorite horror flicks to watch on Halloween night every year. The film is directed by Richard Donner too, by the way. It’s a truly creepy flick. This film is just perfect all the way through. Great writing and great acting. The film direction is even real good. If any of you haven’t even seen the original “Omen” flick, what are you waiting for? If you have Netflix like I do, “The Omen” is streamable there. Do yourself a favor and see this film either before Halloween or on Halloween night itself. If you’re not a Netflix subscriber, then I’m sure you can rent it somewhere or wait for those classic movie channels to do a horror film marathon, TV usually air the original around Halloween season.
Kev
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