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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.
movies

I really hope Zack Snyder makes a good “Superman” movie, seriously!!!

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As I continue to watch the “Superman” Blu Ray set this week, I keep thinking to myself, man, I hope Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan really makes a great Superman movie that we can all be happy about.

I’ve watched all of the 2nd disc of “Superman: The Movie (The Expanded edition)” and I just got done watching “Superman: The Movie” (theatrical version). To be honest, I hated the Expanded version of “Superman: The Movie”, so I can see why Warner Bros. didn’t release it for theater. The original is, of course, better. The reason “Superman: The Movie (expanded edition)” didn’t work was that it turned Superman into a negative direction, when Superman is supposed to be lovable and heartfelt. Warner Bros. took out all the bad scenes and re-edited it to a more positive version which would become, “Superman: The Movie”.

Back to Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan’s version, it would probably be an origin story, but I’m sure it will be much different than “Superman: The Movie”. A lot of people are accusing Zack Snyder of turning it into an origin story. As I said above, Superman is supposed to be a lovable and heartfelt character. I hope Zack Snyder’s movie will be just as good as “Superman: The Movie”, it won’t be better, of course, but close enough.

We need a Superman movie where the audience would walk out of the theaters with smiles across our faces. We want a feel good Superman movie done with heart. Make the Superman movie action packed and where he saves a lot of people, fighting crime and all that stuff. That’s the kind of Superman movie we all want. It’ll probably be another Superman & Lois romance, but I hope they’ll concentrate more on the details of the Superman character. Zack Snyder’s movie is supposed to be “Why Superman”, I hope he gives us that.

Yes, Zack Snyder’s “Man of Steel” movie will indeed, be a big special effects movie with CGI and all that stuff, but I’m really looking forward to seeing how Zack would treat Superman visually. Zack is a visual film maker. He does things quickly and knows what he wants. I liked “300” and “Watchmen”, thought he did a good job with those movies. Of course, Zack will probably have plenty of slo motion effects for Superman as well.

The reason everyone wants a good Superman movie because Bryan Singer’s “Superman: Returns” wasn’t that great. I hope Zack and Chris Nolan gives us a good Superman movie. I believe in them. I believe they won’t fail!

Kev

movies

Report: Stephen King himself, speaks on Universal canning “The Dark Tower”…

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Yesterday, the shocking news was announced that Universal has decided to throw Ron Howard’s “Dark Tower” series in the trash. Stephen King, the master of horror himself, was quick to respond to this. He writes to”Entertainment Weekly” saying that he isn’t surprised about Universal not wanting to do it. He also pokes fun at the “Fast and the Furious” series and says that Ron Howard is committed to doing the project. Ron will find a different studio to make the “Dark Tower” movies and TV series.

Read more, here.

Other than Stephen being a book writer, he knows a lot about the movie business. So he knows what he’s talking about. Stephen have been a screen writer, director, actor, etc. He’s done it all in the movie business, so he knows how movie studios work.

This is hollywood. It’s a tough business. You’ll run into a lot of big shots who is all about money & ego. I’m still rooting for Warner Bros. or Paramount to pick it up.

Kev

 

Books, TV

Report: Two new castings announced for HBO’s “Game of Thrones – Season 2”, Stannis Baratheon and Melisandre are casted!!!

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Two major castings have been announced for HBO’s “Game of Thrones – Season 2”. Actor Stephen Dillane is hired to play Stannis Baratheon and Carice Van Houten have been hired to play Melisandre. Two important characters of the next book, “Clash of Kings”.

More on it, here.

While the first season was really good, it’ll get even better. The first book and first season of the show was just an introduction to the series. It’ll start going in the second book.

I’m still currently reading the third book, “Storm of Swords”. I haven’t bought the new fifth book, “Dance with Dragons” yet. I have plans in buying the new book, but first I have to finish “Storm of Swords” the third book, and then I’ll have to read “Feast for Crows” the fourth book. You have to read these stories in order because they continue on one after another. If you don’t read them in order, you’ll get lost in the storylines, so don’t read the 5th book “Dance with Dragons” yet if you haven’t read the first four books. Seriously.

Kev

TNA Impact, WWE news

Thought: Is WWE borrowing storylines from TNA’s “Impact Wrestling”????

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Last night on RAW, it ended with Vince McMahon being fired as WWE CEO/Chairman by the board of directors, announced by Triple H. Last night, Vince came out in the ring to address CM Punk’s winning of the WWE Championship belt from the “Money In the Bank” PPV match he had against John Cena. Well, CM punk won the match and became the new WWE Champion. However, CM Punk left the WWE with the championship belt.

Read the full story, here.

Last year, Dixie Carter who is boss of TNA’s “Impact Wrestling” got fired by the board of directors when Hogan/Bischoff announced it. Then Hogan/Bischoff are now taking over TNA as owners. It seems that WWE is doing the same thing now.

Now that Vince is no longer CEO/Chairman, Triple H is Vince’s replacement.

There’s a lot of people believing all of this is real, because WWE is doing a good job making it seem like it was real with all the “kayfabe” thrown in.

I don’t think Vince McMahon is really fired. It’s a storyline. Vince is owner of WWE in real life and the only way for him to leave is to sell the company. So there’s no way he could be fired. TNA “Impact Wrestling” have been stealing storylines from WWE in the past, so maybe this is WWE’s payback at TNA?

Kev

Books, movies

Report: Universal refuses to make Ron Howard’s “Dark Tower” series…

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Poor Ron Howard! I’m sure he’s pretty upset and heartbroken about this news, but I’m sure another major movie studio will be making it instead. After all the hard work Ron Howard did with the “The Dark Tower” series, Universal has decided the studio is not going forward with the projects. The people behind Universal would not say why they wouldn’t make “The Dark Tower”, but my guess is that it’s way too much money to make. I mean, think about it, with the three films for the big screen and the TV series in between the films, that’s quite a lot. That would cost a fortune, so it’s gotta be about the money.

Don’t worry though, people. As I said above, another major studio will pick it up to make it. It could be possible that Warner Bros. or Paramount Pictures would want it.

A lot of people are giving this series negative feedback because of Akiva Goldsman being the writer (he’s not everyone’s favorite writer), but I’m willing to give this a chance. I’m a huge fan of the Dark Tower books. I’ve read all 7 of them and love them all.

Deadline, reports.

Kev

movies

Report: Charlie Sheen gets a new comedy show titled, “Anger Management”, inspired from the Adam Sandler/Jack Nicholson movie…

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Charlie Sheen is set to re-team with Joe Roth once again with a new TV sitcom titled, “Anger Management” which was inspired by the film that starred Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. Joe Roth and Sheen, already worked together for three films, “Major League”, “Young Guns” and “Three Musketeers”.

Deadline, reports.

I’m looking forward to seeing how long this job will last. Hope he won’t start any shit.

Kev

music

Cool Video: Dave Grohl kicks out fan for fighting at Itunes Festival concert…

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Usually when kids cause trouble at rock concerts, the bands usually don’t do anything and let the security take care of it. Well, Dave Grohl decided to take care of it himself at the Itunes Festival, when a fan was fighting with other kids. Dave stopped the band in the middle of a song and started swearing and yelling at the kid. He told the fan to get out of his show.

Dave is the man for this. He just cared for his fans safety and he didn’t want this idiot to ruin the fun. Enjoy this hilarious video. I think this was real. It wasn’t an act or scripted or anything.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

The secret to getting good at improvising and lead guitar…

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One thing I’m always trying to get better at in guitar playing is improvising, having a good ear and trying to get good at lead guitar soloing. I learned the secret to getting good at lead guitar and making your lead guitar parts sound good with your rhythm playing, you must choose the right scale that is in the similar shapes of the chords you’re playing. The usual minor pentatonic scale can’t be played over everything. I just discovered that secret by doing a lot of reading.

The secret to having a good ear and mastering improvisation is singing along to the notes on the guitar, memorizing the sound of the note in your head. It takes a long time to do, but I’m getting the hang of it. These days, I’m more worried about becoming a better guitar player than a songwriter.

Yep, I’m trying to get better and doing my best. It feels great studying and practicing guitar again.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Superman Blu Ray set so far…

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Well this weekend, I watched the “Expanded Version” of “Superman: The Movie” on Disc 2 first. I never saw the expanded version before and it was pretty interesting. There were several scenes that were replaced in the new version and made it a different film. I did noticed the difference between the “Expanded” version and the “Original” version.

I would say that the picture and sound is just absolutely mind blowing as I expected it would be. Definitely a huge difference than DVD. On Blu Ray the picture is sharper, clearer, and you can see more. If you have surround sound like I do, it can get really loud. Louder than your local movie theater.

I plan on watching the rest of it all week. There’s so much shit to watch on these Superman discs, 8 discs in all with hours and hours of footage. I watched all the documentaries on the 2nd disc which is mostly behind the scene stuff, screen tests, and deleted scenes.

I’m done watching the “Superman” set for now, only watched one disc this weekend. I’ll watch another disc on Tuesday. So far so good. I’m loving it.

Tonight, I plan on watching a different TV show on Netflix, because I’ve completed “LOST” last week. I’m all done watching “LOST” and will review “Season 6” soon. What TV show will I watch next on Netflix, now that I’m done with “Lost”?

I’m probably gonna go with “24”. I used to watch “24” on TV a lot when it used to be on but not the whole show. I want to see the rest of it. Love Kiefer Sutherland’s “24”.

Kev