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Netflix Pick: “Lost – Season 1”

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Yes, I’m real late getting into this show, but I just got Netflix a while back so bare with me. Just finished “Lost – Season 1” today. Yes, watched the entire season from the beginning to the end. Not in one day of course, it took me a couple of months to watch ’em all ’cause this a pretty long season.

The show tells a story of a plane called, Oceanic Air Flight 815, that crashed on a Pacific Island. 48 people survived the plane crash, and they have no choice but to live on the island to survive. It’s a story about survival. The people that survived the plane crash came from different places all over the world. Of course, everyone has a hard time getting along with each other at first, but a man named Jack who is a doctor tries his best to keep everyone together so they can help each other survive and try to get off the island. There is a few enemies of course, like Sawyer (who is a con man, and criminal). Kate who is a dangerous fugitive on the loose and John Locke who seems to know about survival and hunting than everyone else but he is not to be trusted.

As the show goes along, the show would show flashbacks of each character. The flashbacks shows what each character is like before they crashed onto the island. The flashback scenes are pretty nice because it gives you the background of each character. Life in the real world before the crash on the island.

As for the island scenes, it is all an adventure and survival story. They do a good job mixing drama, humor, family entertainment, action, thrills, etc. All into one show. Some of the story lines can be pretty unpredictable and shocking.

Who are my favorite characters of the show? Well so far, my favorite is Sayid, the Iraqi guy. He is the most interesting, in my opinion. I also like Charlie, the musician guy and Danielle the French Woman. All the characters are enjoyable but the ones I listed are my favorite.

The 1st Season is pretty much an introduction. Introducing the characters and opening up the storyline. I’m sure there’s a lot more to the show as I go along. It’s a very good show. I’m pretty hooked to it. I’m a huge fan of JJ Abrams work, I just never got around to seeing this show when it used to air on ABC. Looking forward for “Season 2” which I will start tomorrow.

Kev

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“Super 8” the mysteries of the trailer…

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One thing for sure that JJ Abrams and Spielberg did a great job on keeping the new trailer mysterious. The plot haven’t been revealed quite yet. The trailer showed a few kids filming their own zombie movie with a video camera at a railroad track. A train comes by and crashes through a truck. Then they discover a US Airforce cargo that was on the train, not sure where it came from and they try to investigate it. Something was trapped inside the cargo and trying to get out. Keeping that “thing” a mystery. They wouldn’t show you if it was an animal, a monster or an alien, whatever that thing is.

At about 1:37 in the trailer, you can briefly see that “thing” in the trailer, if you look closely. So it’s obviously some kind of creature or an alien. The trailer makes it look like that the town is in danger of this “thing”. If you notice in the trailer, the kids try to find the “thing” themselves by filming a documentary of it. Look like Kyle plays the town’s Sheriff and look like his job is to protect the town from danger.

The trailer wants to make it look like the film is violent and dark, with this mysterious “thing” in the film. Is this “thing” evil or actually friendly? There are too many questions that need to be answered. Once we actually see the film, I’m sure the film will be much different than the trailers we’ve seen.

Knowing that Spielberg is part of this film, I just hope this film won’t end like “Close Encounters” or “E.T.”. We’ve had enough of those endings where the aliens go back out in space. I hope the ending for “Super 8” will be different.

Most movie trailers make films so predictable, but this one is mysterious. They did a great job with the trailer, leaving us having no idea of what the movie is going to be like. Spielberg have done so many movies about aliens over the years, I’m hoping this one will be something different. I’m hoping the “thing” in this film will be evil and scary looking. Spielberg had enough family friendly aliens, hope this one will be a mean one.

It might not be an alien or a monster at all and the thing won’t even exist in the film. We’ll just have to wait and find out what it is when the film comes out in June.

Kev

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Cool Video: New “Super 8” trailer with more footage from the film hits the web!

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The JJ Abrams directed, Steven Spielberg produced sci-fi movie, “Super 8” have just hit the web this morning. It surfaced on twitter. The trailer is still keeping the monster or alien mysterious as you can see here.

The movie looks very cool. I’m happy for Kyle Chandler that he’ll get the recognition he deserves. I’m there in theaters when it comes out, June 10th. Hope it’s a good movie.

Kev

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Daredevil Tom Cruise performs stunt on the tallest building ever!

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I know there are a lot of Tom Cruise haters out there, but maybe these pics will help give the man the respect that he deserves. He certainly got mine after seeing these pics. Daredevils would do crazy and dangerous things in big cities over the years. Well, Tom Cruise has become a bit of a daredevil himself. Tom hangs around on the tallest building in the world, the famous Burj Khalifa, in Dubai. You know how high that fucking building is? It is extremely high. You can also see Tom running across the building windows.

Tom is seen here, hanging off that building, using one cable and not using much to help him stay up there. Isn’t that crazy? Check out these pics here, and here.

Well, you can definitely tell that Tom is NOT afraid of heights for sure. Like the dude or not, you gotta give him credit for having some balls and bravery for doing a crazy and risky stunt like this. If any of those cables snapped, he definitely would have been a goner.

Kev

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Thought: Will the Star Trek movies get re-released into 3-D????

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It is no surprise to me that all 6 Star Wars movies will be getting re-released to theaters for 3-D. I’m sure it’s no surprise to everyone else either. My question is, will Paramount Pictures, do the same for the first 10 Star Trek films? The original Star Trek and the Next Generation movies? I think that will happen down the road. There’s a few Star Trek films that I think would be really cool in 3-D like, “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” for starters, that’s a big special effects movie. “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Voyage Home” would look great in 3-D as well. As for the Next Generation movies, I can see, “Generations”, “First Contact” and “Nemesis” looking cool in 3-D. I’m sure Paramount has this planned out. Star Trek in 3-D won’t happen right away but definitely sometime down the road.

Kev

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“Undercovers” premiere, brief review…

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So I just saw, NBC’s new primetime show, “Undercovers” created by JJ Abrams. Just wanted to give it a quick review. The show was pretty cool. I actually liked it. I hope the show does well and hope it will stay on for another season or two, if the first season does well. The show stars, Boris Kodjoe and Gugu Mbatha-Raw. It’s about a married couple who are CIA agents, they both get a job on trying to find a missing man that was kidnapped. The show had action, it was pretty violent to be shown that early in the hour, plus the show was too sexy to be shown in 8 p.m. In my opinion, I think the show should be aired later at night, due to violence and sex. There’s no nudity of course, but it does show a half naked woman in lingerie throughout most of the first episode. The show had a James Bond and Jason Bourne feel, except this show is starring black people. I thought the show was entertaining and I’ll probably watch it every Wednesday night.

Kev

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Thought: See what “Friday Night Lights” is doing to it’s cast?

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“Friday Night Lights” is such a popular TV show that it’s giving the show’s cast members bigger opportunities for bigger film roles. Want some examples?

Taylor Kitsch landed a role as Bandit for “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” and now he’s filming the leading role in “Battleship”. Connie Britton got herself a big role as Dr. Holbrook in the “Nightmare On Elm St.” remake. Kyle Chandler recently just got a leading role for JJ Abrams sci-fi flick, “Super 8”.

I’m sure big movie roles will happen to other FNL cast members too. I’m sure big movie role opportunities will come for Minka Kelly, Aimee Teegarden, Zach Gilford, Scott Porter, and Adrianne Palicki as well. The whole FNL cast are talented actors, they’ll all get big movie careers up ahead. They already shot, FNL Season 5, that’s why some of them are already working on films.

Kev

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Report: Kyle Chandler gets a huge movie role to star the lead in a JJ Abrams flick, “Super 8”!!!!

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“Friday Night Lights” star, Kyle Chandler has landed a huge role for JJ Abrams new upcoming film, “Super 8”. Also signed to the movie is teen star, Elle Fanning. Is Kyle playing Elle’s Dad in the film? That’s what it’s looking like.

See the article here.

Kyle has done movies other than “Friday Night Lights”, but Kyle never had any huge movie roles. With him doing FNL, will help make his movie career bigger. Congrats Kyle! Now I’m really looking forward to this movie. Kyle in a sci-fi movie, yeah! Can’t wait!

Kev

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I didn’t watch the “Lost” finale…

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“Lost” was the most talked about TV show last night because of the finale. I understand the show’s popularity but I haven’t seen a single episode. So I didn’t bother watching the finale. I watched “Celebrity Apprentice” finale instead.

Like I always say, I don’t watch much TV.

Only shows I watch on TV are: “Friday Night Lights”, “WWE RAW”, “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” and CNN/MSNBC politics news. Sometimes sports like UFC, professional boxing, golf, and NFL football.

I’m not such a big TV couch potato. I only watch TV at night, just to have something to fall asleep over. I spend most of my time playing guitar, video games and working out. I’ll watch a few movies on DVD on the weekends. Yep, I’m a pretty boring person. I spend a lot of time working out as a way to go outside more and be more active.

Although, “Lost” is no longer on the air, there is another JJ Abrams TV series coming to NBC called, “Undercovers” which I will probably watch.

Kev