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Last night, I watched the movie, “Matchete” directed by Robert Rodriguez, starring Danny Trejo, Robert Deniro, Jessica Alba and Steven Seagal. Yes, I finally saw it on Netflix DVD rental. I thought it was a great action movie. When you watch this film, it’ll make you feel like you’re watching a 70’s – 80’s low budget B movie flicks. It seemed like the film was shot with really old cameras. This movie is a revenge story about an illegal immigrant named, Machete Cortez, who is out to find a kidnapped girl. Machete is also a former Mexico federale. A drug lord which Steven Seagal plays, kills his own wife and child, now Matchete is stuck in a debate about illegal immigration.
While the plot and the content of this movie may seem silly to some, it does it’s best to try and stay old school. Rodriguez does a great job with the 70’s style. This is a very violent movie and there’s some nasty gore scenes as well. I can’t stand Jessica Alba, but I actually liked her in this movie. I liked Lindsay Lohan in this flick too.
This movie isn’t for everyone, some may find it pretty stupid, but try watching this film. Danny Trejo makes an awesome action star. I think you may even like it if you give it a chance. This is better than Rodriguez’s “Grindhouse” movies.
Last Thursday afternoon, I went to see the new vampire movie, “Priest 3D”. I meant to post this review that Thursday evening, but I was not at home most of that evening. I went to a family member’s college graduation in Glens Falls and we ate dinner at a Japanese Restaurant after that. I also picked up, the new videogame, “L.A. Noire” for the PS3. I won’t start, “L.A. Noire” right away, I’ve just started the new “Mortal Kombat” game and want to play that for a while.
On with the review of “Priest 3D”…
Plot/synopsis: A post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, is set in an alternate world — one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.
Yes, I know everyone is getting sick & tired of vampire movies. Hollywood have been giving us shit vampires movies lately. Was this one a crap vampire movie, you may ask? No. This was actually a really good one. I thought the writing was terrific, it told a wonderful vampire story. It was smart and intelligent. It was a mix of horror, sci-fi and action. The casting was also great.
Paul Bettany did a really good job, but I was more impressed with actress, Maggie Q. Maggie Q made the movie for what it is, in my opinion, she stole the whole show. She had this major action scene toward the end of the movie that was very exciting. The action scenes were a blast to watch, yes it is an action packed ride. My only disappointment of this film is that the film was too short. It was only a 90 minute film, and it could have been a good 2 hour film. Also, this film didn’t really need to be 3D.
I’m a huge fan of vampire fiction. I love to read vampire novels and watch vampire movies. Finally, Hollywood gives us a great vampire film. You should definitely check this one out.I’m already looking forward to the sequel.
Score for “Priest 3D” = **** ( 4 stars as in “excellent”)
The talk radio host and religious freak, Harold Camping, got the world to believe that the world will end today at 6:00 p.m. Well it’s May 21st and past 6:00 p.m., and we’re still standing. The internet has been all over this for the past couple of days. I know, that everyone knew this “end of the world” thing is faked, and just all talk. People in facebook were jokingly being open about what they were doing before the world ends. I did it too.
This is what I posted as a status in facebook last night:
“Just got done watching the movie “Matchete”, and it was actually a great action movie. Danny Trejo just rules. Maybe I’ll see y’all at the other side if the world does end tomorrow. If somehow we can build a spaceship and live out in space. We can survive that way. Have a good night.”
A lot of people got really into this. It was all funny and entertaining though. This Harold Camping fellow, sure got a lot of publicity off of this for sure. What was the message he was trying to do with this?
I’m pretty sure he knew that the world wasn’t going to end today. He wanted this day for everyone to be positive and to enjoy themselves. Which really worked. Facebook has been nothing but positive postings all day long. Harold wanted the world to be more closer to God and religion. This was his sneaky little plan to get people closer to religion.
If people don’t think an apocalypse will ever happen. Someday it will. Maybe not now. I mean, what do you think happened to dinosaurs years ago? Same thing can happen to us. Whether it will be a giant earthquake, a meteor strike, a heat apocalypse, etc. Any of that stuff can happen to Earth.
You gotta give this Harold Camping guy credit for getting the world to listen to him.
Here are all the tributes to Randy Savage by other wrestlers from twitter, enjoy:
From Hulk Hogan – “I’m completely devastated, after over 10 years of not talking with Randy, we’ve finally started to talk and communicate. HH”
From Eric Bischoff – “Very sad to hear the news about Randy Savage. Randy was as passionate about the wrestling business, as intense of…”
From Mick Foley – “I just heard the sad news about the Macho Man. Randy Savage was one of my favorites performers, and my heart goes out to his loved ones.”
From Kevin Nash – “I lost a close friend today. If anybody in heaven is wondering who the cat in the ugly cowboy hat is it’s Randy. Love you Bro. Never another”
From Chris Jericho – “Randy Savage was a true influence and inspiration to me and taught me some very important lessons,in and out of the ring. Rest in peace Mach”
From Beth Phoenix – “No words for this very sad day. Condolences to Randy Savage’s family, friends and millions of fans. #MachoMan”
From Trish Stratus – “Rest in peace Randy-my first inspiration in the ring. My prayers & condolences to the Savage family #RIPMachoMan”
From Bret “The Hitman” Hart – “I have no words to say. This one hits me hard. We lost one of the best.”
From Stone Cold Steve Austin – “Just heard about Macho Man Randy Savage…unmatched intensity in the ring. A hellacious performer and terrific promo. A real bad ass. RIP.”
From John Cena – “CeNation. The untimely passing of randy savage is indeed tragic. All true fans of wrestling will mourn this loss. One of the all time greats”
From Shawn Michaels HBK – “Greatest advice from “Mach”- I was angry & wanted to leave WWE. He said, Don’t take urself out of the game. If ur still here…”
From Val Venis (Sean Morley) – “Just heard the sad news. RIP to one of the greatest performers ever. Randy Macho Man Savage.”
From Al Snow – “R.I.P. Randy Savage you will always be remembered”
From Mickie James – “Ooh No! My childhood favorite! RIP Macho Man… *finger in the air* ”
From William Regal – “Just heard of the passing of Randy Savage.A one of a kind great performer.RIP.”
From Jim Ross – “Just heard Macho Man died this morning of a heart attack while driving his vehicle in Tampa. Condolences to all Randy Savage fans/family.”
From The Rock – “RIP Randy “Macho Man” Savage – you were one of my childhood inspirations and heros. Strength, love and prayers to the Savage/Poffo family.”
When I was a kid, I started watching professional wrestling because of none other than, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, a wrestler who is most well known for his famous catchphrase, “Oooooh yeeeaaahhh”.
That’s when I became addicted to old school WWF. I still watch wrestling today because of him. Randy Savage is, in my opinion, the true legend of wrestling. There is none other like him. He was also one of the best performers in professional wrestling who had the best microphone skills than any other wrestler in history. He put on some pretty amazing promos over the years.
Randy Savage worked for WWE from 1985 – 1994, having some of the most memorable feuds against Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Ultimate Warrior… being a few of his most well known opponents. Throughout the years of WWF, he had managers Jimmy Hart, Bobby Heenan and Classie Fredie Blassie by his side. Later in the years, Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage teamed up together for a tag team called, The Mega Powers. Randy Savage retired from WWF in 1991 after beating “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan to become “King of the Ring”.
Later that year, Savage made a WWF comeback to feud with Jake the Snake Roberts. Around then, that’s when the relationship storyline with Miss Elizabeth began. This is where Ric Flair comes in to feud with Randy Savage, Ric tries to steal Miss Elizabeth from Randy Savage. This is Randy Savage’s most famous storyline. The Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage feud was a classic.
After the feud was over, Randy teamed up with the Ultimate Warrior to form a tag team called, the Ultimate Maniacs where they continued to feud with Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect. In 1993, Randy Savage became a color commentator instead of a wrestler, then he retired from WWF for good in 1994, to join Ted Turner’s wrestling company, WCW.
In WCW, Randy Savage would continue to feud with Flair until Savage joined Hulk Hogan’s, nWo group in 1997. Randy Savage retired from WCW in 1999. In 2004, Randy Savage made a return to wrestling for Jeff Jarrett’s “TNA”. Randy only stayed there for a year. He mostly feuded with Jeff Jarrett.
After, Savage’s brief TNA run, Savage retired from wrestling for good. He started to star in a string of “Slim Jim” commercials, which he is also most famous for. Last year at the San Diego Comic Con, Randy Savage appeared via satellite to promote the upcoming Mattel WWE action figures. That was the last we heard from Randy Savage in the wrestling business.
This is a very sad loss for the wrestling industry. The wrestling world lost a great one. I am pretty devastated. He has a been a favorite of mine for years. I was hoping for a Randy Savage WWE comeback but it’s never going to happen now. He was one of the greats. An inspiration. A hero to us all. He will be missed. RIP, the “Macho Man”, Ooooooohhhh yeah. Snap into it!
The new “Carrie” remake has found it’s writer. MGM has hired play writer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to pen the script for the new “Carrie” re-boot. Stephen King himself speaks to Entertainment Weekly about his opinion on the remake.
Stephen says he loves the original “Carrie” movie that was directed by Brian Depalma. He says if they could get Lindsay Lohan to star as the new Carrie White and get either David Lynch or David Cronenberg to direct it, he might like the remake.
Read his statement about the “Carrie” remake, here.
If you think Stephen loves all of his movies that were based on his books, then you are wrong. King is a very honest man. He isn’t afraid to say if one of his movies is really bad and he always hated Kubrick’s version of “The Shining” starring Jack Nicholson.
Another thing, the new “Carrie” remake needs to have a cameo appearance by Sissy Spacek herself. A “Carrie” remake could be good if made right. It needs a good script, good casting, and good directing.
As soon as Arnold finished his governor run, he announced that he was returning to Hollywood full time. Starring in leading roles again. He announced, “The Governator” cartoon series & comic, he announced the horse movie, “Cry Macho”, and he announced that he will star as the Terminator again. Well, look like all that won’t be happening for a while.
It should be no surprise to everyone that Arnold getting his staffer pregnant could affect his upcoming movie comeback. I kind of saw it coming.
I’ve waited for over 7 years for Arnold to make his comeback to the movies, now we’ll have to wait even longer. Hopefully not too long.
I’m dying to see Arnold on the big screen again where he belongs. He’s my 2nd favorite action star behind Sly. Not only that he needs to get his personal life straightened out, he needs to wait a while until all this gossip settles down, then he’ll make his return to movies.
It really sucks though.
I usually don’t do celebrity gossip too much in this blog, I pay attention to Arnold’s story because of his movie career. This blog is about what’s going on in current news. I don’t care about gossip stories like divorce stories, pregnancies, marriages, etc. Leave that shit for TMZ and Perez Hilton, not on here.
These new gadgets for reading books, the “Nook” and “Kindle” are getting very popular. Everyone seems to be getting them. Would I ever get one of those gadget things?
No.
Honestly, I have never been a gadget kind of guy. People are obsessed with those things but I don’t understand it. I do have a cell phone but I barely use it. I don’t think I’ll ever get an Iphone or an Ipad either.
On reading books on those gadget things, I’m an old school kind of guy. So I would prefer reading novels on either hardcover or paperback ’cause I don’t want to be staring at a screen for hours. Reading books on hardcover or paperback is better and more healthier than those electronic gadgets. Plus, I enjoy collecting books.
I’m not trying to piss anyone off, but this is how I feel about those gadget things that’s been very popular lately. I only got a cell phone just to use it when I go out of the house and in case of an emergency or something. I’m not that popular so I don’t have hundreds of phone numbers on a cell phone like so many people have.
I like having my privacy when I get out of the house. I don’t need to tell everyone where I’m going or what I’m doing 24/7.
So I talk a lot about acting like a true professional in local music when you’re a gigging musician. How do you act like a 100% professional?
Here’s a step by step instruction, you bands out there may want to consider this:
Be polite & friendly to everyone – There are too many bands at shows that are rude and some musicians can’t be friendly to people at all. Being polite, courteous and positive to everyone is important. People may enjoy your music but they want to like you as a person as well, don’t forget that. Being friendly to fans, booking agents and club owners. Getting to know them and making friends with people in music is a good thing.
Show up early at your gigs – Believe me I’ve seen it all. I’ve seen lots of bands & solo acoustic acts show up real late at gigs. It happens all the time. If the club owner books you to show at 7:00 p.m. for soundcheck for example, show up an hour early. Why is it important to show up early? It impresses the club owner who booked you and he/she would want to book you again.
If you need to cancel or pull out of gigs on the last minute, let everyone know before doing it – I’ve had plenty of musicians who never showed up at my gigs without not letting everyone know beforehand. This happens all the time. If you need to cancel out of your performance for your own reasons, let your fans and the person who booked you know about it.
If you didn’t get a big crowd at your show, deal with it – I’ve had many bands & solo acts complain and whine about the dead crowd. If you get a dead crowd at your show where no one showed up at all in the audience, perform the gig and play it like it’s a great show anyway. A good attitude is a must have.
If you didn’t get paid, deal with it – I’ve had many musicians complain to me about not getting paid enough out of the admission money from the door. If you don’t get money, it’s not the end of the world. You’ll make money at other gigs. Music shouldn’t be about the money anyway. It’s all about the love of playing.
Don’t be critical of other bands on the show – If the band on your gig sucks, then keep the opinion for yourselves. Live music is supposed to be fun and a positive experience. I’ve had too many musicians tell me that this performer sucks get them off the stage. It’s rude and I don’t care to hear other peoples opinions.
Do everything the club owner/booking person tells you to do (even if you don’t like it) – The booking person who booked you to play the show is like your boss at a day job. You must follow orders. If you’re playing too loud, turn it down. If your set is too long, cut it in half. I’ve heard too many. If the club owner prefers your band to use their equipment and not your own, do it.
Leave your egos out the door – This is a major turn off for me. Believe me, I met plenty of ego-maniacal musicians at the gigs. You’re no bigger than other musicians on the gig, you’re just the same as us.
Promote yourself – Promote yourself on the internet whether in blogs, facebook, myspace, reverbnation, etc. Promote yourself in your hometown by posting flyers at stores/restaurants/diners, not everyone uses the internet.
Take your music career seriously – If you want your music heard by as many people as possible, and want to become a successful band or musician, concentrate on your music only and nothing else outside of that.
Ignore your critics & your haters – You’re not going to please everyone with your music. You’re going to get your share of nasty critics and haters writing a bunch of crap about you online. Ignore it all and don’t respond to any of it. You only care about your music and not giving a shit what other people have to say about you. You should be thankful and glad that you have haters because it lets you know that people are paying attention to you, good or bad. There are certain musicians around here who would reply to almost every negative thing written about them. Don’t be defensive of yourself ’cause you’ll never win.
Just enjoy & have fun – If you don’t have the passion for music, then why bother doing it? I’ve seen plenty of musicians who don’t have the true passion for music. I’ve seen some who are just in it for the money, not for the love of music. Don’t treat music as a job, think of it as another life.
That’s about all I can think of. If there’s more, I’ll edit them in. Enjoy this list.
I don’t mean to sound egotistical. People will probably accuse me of being delusional. I’m going to be a bit honest here. Maybe some of you will even agree with it. It seems that a lot of people in the Capital District are pretty obsessed with talking about me. Whether it’s negative or positive. People talk about me in the scene at live gigs. People talk about me online, whether in facebook, twitter or youtube. It seems that my name is everywhere. People are always coming to my blogs and wanting more from me. Even if people don’t like me, they continue to read anyway.
I honestly think that some people are afraid to admit that they respect me as a person and being a good songwriter. Some people claim they don’t like me, but deep down inside they have at least 1 positive thing to think about me. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be listening to my tunes online.
I’m proud of the tunes I do. I’m not saying that I’m better or bigger than everyone but I think you know that I’m good at what I do musically.
Kev
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