A good argument to get me out of vacations...

So, I was reading about D.J A.M and how he died today. And how other people were shocked, and how they will miss him. I was reading and then I mumbled out the words, "He had it coming." Did he? After all the guy survived a plane crash! And how did he die? Of a drug overdose! What a good way to die. They say he was really hurt by the break-up with his girlfriend, and that he was still traumatized by him surviving the plane incident. But that makes no difference, the man died of a drug overdose; something that he could have prevented. He died like a dog. And now people, mainly celebrities are shocked and mourning the loss of some junkie that happened to be famous. What a damn bitch!

It's like they forget that the man was a damn drug addict! He chose to die, no one else made him overdose. And what gets me the most is that it always happens when someone famous dies of an overdose. They remember him as a saint. WTF? He was nothing of a saint.

A good way to begin the new Month.

Bleach Manga Chapter 364: Grinning Revengers, came out very early this week. And it was splendid. Not only am I happy that it came out on Wednesday, but I'm also happy how good it was. This is a good way to begin July. Anyway, back to the manga. So the title is, as always, crazy (sort of like the James Bond movie names). But today it made a lot of sense. The battle in the fake Karakura town is getting near the end. Soi Fon is on Bankai mode; Shunsui is taking it dead serious; Ukitake is also alert. The Espada are all released, and have been taking damage. So this new chapter turns things around, completely. Last chapter (Superchunky from Hell) introduced the famous hollow that bailed out Aizen when he betrayed SS; a long time ago. You guys remember, the big eye behind the Menos? Wonderweiss, the challenged kid, brought him along.



And soon after, Wonderweiss attacks Ukitake. He injures him badly...


Shunsui makes a move to eliminate Wonderweiss but Stark (on his released for, already) stops him. Stark mentions that "Superchunky"'s appearance means that Aizen wants to speed things up. At this time Halibel who was supposed to be defeated breaks from Toushiro's ice obelisk. Barragan who had been fighting Soi Fon is unhurt by he powerful bankai blast, from a few chapters back. The tide turns very fast, leaving Kira without breath. He screams as Captain Komamura to go help out.
Things only get worse, Superchunky wasn't sent to help out, just to blow out Yamamoto's fire wall.



Gin marvels at Superchunky's stink breath, and says it hasn't changed one bit. One of them says that is how death is supposed to smell. Finally the fire dies and they are free. Things do not look good. BUT WAIT!!!
The Vizards are coming, the Vizards are coming-and they're here! Yes, the triumphant return of Shinji and company. He smiles as he tells Aizen that's it been a long time. We don't see or hear a reply from Aizen in the chapter; although I expect he knew they would arrive and he is not a bit worried.



Aizen has escaped his prison, this is not good.



Shinji is happy to see Aizen, once again. And Aizen, he doesn't look too happy.



They're finally here-all of them. Kensei looks ready. Shinji looks happy. And the rest are also set.

This is by far one of the best chapters, even though the action was minimal. The appearances of the Vizards and the escape of Aizen, Gin and Tousen are great. I feel bad for Ukitake because he might be out of the fight-or he might even be the first casualty. This chapter also left us in a major cliffhanger. And I know I'm not alone when I feel that the next chapter seems like it's gonna take a year!!! Hurry up week, go by!!

E3: Second Day; Sony

Sony came out and went straight to business. They explained why everyone needs to get their hands on a PS3, even if the price sets you back. Their presentation was fun and not preachy; no long sermon why PS3 is boss. Instead they showed us why their system is better than the competition. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves looks amazing; graphics and game play. MAG is another one that looks epic; 200+ players playing at the same time, and it looks fantastic. Sony kept nailing us with exiting content-making me look at my Wii and laughing, glad that I recently bought a PS3.

God of War 3...no comment. It's going to be monstrous, gory and fun. Assassins Creed 2 was also commanding. These are titles that no doubt I will be buying-and that says a lot. Not because I'm saying it, just because how many people looked at Nintendo games and said, "I'll be buying that for sure." Not a lot, and why? There was no games announced for the Wii. But the PS3 had a lot of games, and a lot are about to be released. The new, and still being developed, PS3 controller totally tops the Wii and the newly announced X-Box Natal. It was better, looked more fun too.

Sony had the best presentation, no doubt. They didn't have to convince people, they let their products do that easy job. I'm looking forward to buying a lot of the new PS3 games.

E3: Second Day; Nintendo

I was listening to the people in G4 talk about, or rather, guess what Nintendo might reveal. And I agreed. I agreed that last year's E3 for Nintendo was horrific, if not, a shameless action. I agreed that this year's presentation needed to be great, not good, or warmly affective, just great. I also agreed that Nintendo needed to introduce new games, not for the casual players, but for the hardcore gamers; the ones that will do anything to buy a killer Wii game. They needed to announce good-looking games, with action, big guns, etc. The result was a...shameless action, again.

Nintendo came out with this new logo, just like last time, trying to force it's fans to accept their ineptitude. And I'm guessing it won't work. "Everyone's Game" was the new logo. And it's ridiculous-a ridiculous way of saying "we don't have much, but what we have is enough." Their presentation was boring, preachy and 100% lame. They didn't announce anything spectacular, anything mind-blowing, just a few titles of games we knew were coming. New Super Mario Bros., thanks but no thanks, I finished that game when I was six. Mario Galaxy 2, okay yeah fine; I'm looking forward to it, I might buy it. And then Wii Fit plus...WTF? An add-on for the play-it-once-let-it-rot wii board? Come on!! And then there was the Wii Sports Resort, it looks like a good sequel to the fun Wii Sports, but it doesn't cut it. Real gamers, not your grannies or your supermoms and sons, want real games. Is that so hard to understand? We want games that are fun, games that come out weekly for the X-Box 360 and the PS3.

There were three games, that I remember, announced in all their sermon. The rest was boring examples of how "fun" and "family oriented" their console is, and how many more systems the Wii sells. I know the Wii is king, but their core gamers are upset. All these other people buying Wii's just because it's trendy play it once then leave it; they're not serious gamers. Nintendo's presentation was a fail. I'm not burning my Wii, yet, but I did look at it and kicked it.

E3: Fist Day; Microsoft.

I just finished watching the first segment of E3. It lasted almost two hours, and it was worth it. I wish it could be longer, but then again the level of awesomeness dropped, or waned as the minutes added up. I was exited to see a few of the familiar titles. I was really exited to see and hear Harmonix: The Beatles. It looks like it's going to be great. The guest appearances were cool, I guess; George's son and his wife, John's wife, and of course the two remaining Beatles: Paul and Ringo. The game looks great, especially the opening sequence ( I thought it was amazing, really.) I'm delighted to see that it's not only songs off the Beatles "1" record, but other classics like "Here Comes the Sun" and "I am the Walrus".
I enjoyed the Final Fantasy bit, finally...last year they kept it a secret like it was the damn Manhattan project. I never really enjoyed the F.F games just because they're too slow, for my liking. But I want to give this one a try. I liked the massive mecha they were fighting, along with the summoned Odin.
The Halo games looked great, like the previous three. I'm going to miss Master Chief, but it's a change that needed to come. It looks like this new Halo game will be more difficult, I'm guessing though, since you aren't wearing the great M.C suit. And the preview for the other Halo, Halo: Reach, looks totally amazing!! Even though these aren't really new games they still look top-notch-good going Bungie. Halo ODST, the other title, is the one that will come out first, so I'm definitely waiting for that to happen.
There were a few more titles, too. Modern Warfare 2 looked "epic". That snow scene was great, although I was a little worried that it was somewhat boring, but then it picked up and it was...a must get. Alan Wake (I think that was the name) had a different look, it really felt like reading a horror story, and I'm sure that's what the creators were going for. And it looked original and scary.
Finally, the big surprise, to me, was the first look at the no-controller games. X-Box Natal. You don't need a controller, just your body-the best controller out there. While the basic look of this new-revolutionary(?)-way of playing seemed odd, I liked it. I liked the fact that you can use your entire body to play. The pain thing is useless, but stuff like this needs useless things just to add to it. I was convinced, X-Box Natal is excellent and it left me in a curious state, hoping to test it out soon. The only bad side to "Natal", which is really a bad side, is that the only playable games (that were shown) were lame. The generic racing game or the generic soccer game doesn't make it anymore inspiring. Natal is a good concept, but come on! Can we play Halo or Gears of War in it? Or are we gonna be stuck talking to Milo all day long?
Microsoft made a giant mark, and I can't wait to test all these new goodies. It's going to be hard for Sony and Nintendo to top it.

Endangered Species: American Idol.

*Cue the American Idol music* And in comes the lovable and at the same time pathetic Ryan Seacrest. He looks at the crowd, at the countless of wide-opened eyes staring at him; their sassy expressions mixed with a look of agony. He then says, "This will be the last American Idol show; no more. Ya basta, ya basta." Undoubtedly the crowd is silent, they are lost; most of them think this statement was just a joke. "No, seriously people...it's over." The world will end for these people. So American Idol reached yet again its sad conclusion, and like always not all of the teenyboppers are rejoicing their favorite Idol won. Some take it well, "oh well, he's a winner in my book." Others don't take it so good, though: "What?! Lost to that piece of S%*$?" Yeah, a lot of people are sad after watching the finale. But do other people really care who wins? I don't really think so.

Are the American Idols really musicians? Not at all. They're robots with nice voices, that sing safe songs about typical things like love, hate, relationships, boys/girls, breakups, unfairness, and so on... But that's really it. They can sing, sure I'll give them that, but there is no bone in their body that reads, "musician". They're all programmed by big-business men that, above all, care only about their capital. They don't care if the musician wants to write their own songs, or that they have a vision. The man in charge placed you in that situation, you better follow orders...Kris Allen, or else you're back where you began: nowhere.

Don't trouble yourselves thinking about the winners of American Idol, the preposterous show that has everyone glued to their seats. They all get their, "15 minutes of fame" and then they burn out, and sink into depression; one of them might get more minutes of fame, the only downside is that they will probably be dead. Shows like these only inspire people (like me) to say negative things about it. This show has nothing good to offer. "Bikini Girl" yeah good one...Fox. That was weird, as if we didn't know that Bikini girl wasn't a spontaneous appearance. The only thing that has me watching A.I is the auditions. Those people with the horrendous voices thinking they're gonna be somebody are good to laugh at. People have no shame, what a shame.

Will this be the last American Idol? Nope. Will this be the last time I write about it? Nope. Will next year bring a "true" musician to the show? Get real, my dear fried. American Idol will be back someday, with more pathetic stories of tragic losses just to get far into competition; with more Bikini girls, maybe this time she'll wear a more revealing piece, and have a nice body. The next show will come along with the usual package: pretentious singers that only satisfy teen girls, singers with no real purpose that desperately seek fame, and that have no shame.

If you want to be a famous musician work at it, don't take shortcuts like American Idol. Try to write real music and talk about something important; be bold, be different. And I don't mean black nails, eyeliner different (that's even more feeble). I mean be a different person, with new ideas, and make tons of fucking mistakes.

One last thing. This show is called American Idol, so why is a British man judging the contestants??

Guantanamo will remain open....what a surprise.

In a shocking fashion Obama's wishes to close down the concentration camp that a lot of people like to call a "prison" were crushed. With a monstrous defeat of 90-6 loss, Obama will try again next month, and just like this time he will fail. Guantanamo Bay isn't closing, dream on, dream on. A lot of people benefit from it staying open, and for those that think it remains open to keep the terrorists away from us you're implausibly demented. Guantanamo Bay has been open for many years, and a lot of important people that "supposedly" are terrorists are kept locked up there. While time passes by not one attempt to escape or rescue has been heard about, right? No Al-Qaeda vanguard has braved the task of breaking into the "prison" to retrieve valuable warriors. Is it because they don't care about their companions, or because they can't break in and take them home? And now my beloved American citizens fear that bringing the detainees to our land will put us in danger; from what? Al-Qaeda?

That's the reason why this concentration camp remains open: fear. Fear leads people to commit stupid acts. It doesn't allow the formation of better judgment. While the U.S fights the armies, or factions of evil, they torture and build camps to keep their prisoners; something, I would think, that the "enemy" does as well. So are we any better? Is torture okay to use on enemies?

Terminator: Salvation

I read many reviews about the new Terminator film: Terminator: Salvation. So far I've read more bad reviews than good. My favorite critic, the preeminent Roger Ebert, gave it two stars out of four. I wasn't expecting this, I really wasn't. I watched the trailers so many times and they all looked amazing. Sure, the shots of robots and all the fighting going on look great, but I have read that the rest of what a good movie is made of is missing: a story. We know that John Connor comes out and that he's fighting Skynet. But from what I've read it looks like the plot is very thin or nonexistent.

Is it that these critics don't like action flicks, or popcorn flicks? Nope, I do not think so. Am I making any conclusions about the film? Not yet, only when I see it, and see it I will. It looks very entertaining; the more the explosions, the better! Still I'll be looking for what the critics have said and ponder in the darkness, while my friends smile at the sight of terminators wasting ammo like it was a game, and at the war that is all around.

21st Century Breakdown...what's left of the album.

Not much is epic about Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, perhaps the title is the only thing that adds the notion of "epic-ness" (there is no such word as epic-ness). Nevertheless, the album had two good songs that had me smiling, even if that smile was quickly blighted by the rest of the album. "Last Night on Earth" was the best song in the entire album, without a doubt that song was great! It has a lot going for it: A great piano melody; guitars that sound "epic" and that sound terrific; Armstrong's voice sounds perfect for this type of song; and last, the entire song feels like something John Lennon would be proud of. It has that special Beatles feeling to it. Slow but threatening, and ominous but romantic. It's a perfect love song, some can say. The other song in the album I enjoyed listening to was, "Peacemaker". It had a nice feeling to it; very uplifting and rude. I especially liked the Spanish-style-like guitars, the ey ey ey ey, and the "Vendetta, sweet vendetta." The first thought that came to my mind as I heard the guitar to stop for the solo was, "sounds like Sublime..." But it didn't break into a Sublime solo, it was still okay.

That is all there is to this hysteric album, over-hyped, and ultimately a let-down. Although no one is going to admit this album didn't deliver because, well it isn't fun to say it's bad. Still, I'm glad a few reviews gave a great explanation on why the album didn't work. It took a long time to release and it ended up sounding like a rushed record. 95% of the tracks were dull or banal. Not to mention Armstrong's annoying "hey"(s). Overall the album failed to deliver; it had a pretty title but it was all that: a title. 21st Century Breakdown is a letdown, now let's move on to another one, Green Day.

Last Night on Earth by Green Day

I found it! I found it! What I wanted to find: a good song. It just happens that this song isn't full of inflated attacks at the U.S or none of that stuff, that wasn't working for Green Day. It's just a tender song of love, or so the lyrics read. The melody is tough and sweet, and really well made. It has an uncanny resemblance to John Lennon's style, which is great...kudos, Billy, Tre and Mike. It's not a song worth for what so far has been a cheap album. The music is what really drives this song, and the lyrics are all right, I guess. So far this is the track that lights up. It has such a captivating sound, with the sustained chords that echo in the distance, giving it such a Lennon-ish feeling to it. John could be singing this song just because it rocks!
This is what the album should be full of: songs that don't worry about the meaning of the words, but just about the effect the music has on the fans.

Christian's Inferno by Green Day

Anytime you have a chorus that begins with the word: whoa; it's going to sound very bad. And that is the problem with Green Day's "Christian's Inferno". The song is a "rocker" you know, loud guitars, a lot of bass and the uncontrollable drums beating until your ears burn! I did enjoy the small drum pattern at the very beginning, but that's it. The riff is one of those bone-headed loud, obnoxious-sounding things you bust out in a comical jam with friends. Billy doesn't sing much, he just speaks the lyrics, which again lack any juice. And the chorus is horrendous, to put it in nice words. It doesn't work to have such a silly word like "whoa" begin your chorus. There are tons of other words one can use, such as: Hey, Wait, etc. There is a solo, a Green Day solo that is, which sounds nice-I must admit.
Anyway, this album is starting to feel like a complete miscalculation. It's crappy and to be harsh, it sounds too much like what everyone is putting out these days.

Before the Lobotomy by Green Day

This is another song off their new record, "21st Century Breakdown". The song starts off with a guitar melody a la "Wake me up when September Ends". And Billy begins to sing in a batted-down style, as if he's tied or the words he's saying pain him. After a few bars of the uninspiring singing, and silly words, the nice melody ends and in comes the over-driven guitar,the bass and the pounding drum beat! Armstrong sings in a better manner but the words are still pitiful. It continues for a few more bars of the same banality, and he sings about refugees and the brutality of reality, which in my opinion is quite visible: this song is good to fall asleep. There is nothing wrong with this song it's just boring. I don't have any excruciating critique, just that this song is lame, lame, lame. It's lame because it's repetitive, the riff is to sleep to, the lyrics are senseless, even if they say they mean something, to me they sound like another attempt to sound like they mean to say something, and I say that a lot because in this album it's quite apparent.

Know your Enemy by Green Day, by Green Day

This is not Know your Enemy by "Rage against the Machine", no way. This is a simple song about "sticking it to the man". The music is fast paced and unchained (really?). The lyrics are just the title, "do you know your enemy/do you know the enemy/well you gotta know the enemy." This is an unoriginal song, with an unoriginal message; come on! How many high school rock bands could have written these songs as they took the bong hit while listening to "American Idiot"? They're plain, they're not good. The title is appealing, it gives off a commanding feeling, like "oh man this song must be full of reality." Sadly it isn't, it's just a song trying to sell the album, good for you Green Day, give us some more of the same.
"So gimme gimme revolution."? No, I don't think so, not with this boring song, at least.
Where's the Bombtrack??

21st Century Breakdown the song

"21st Century Breakdown" the song begins with a piano copied right off "The Who's Baba O'Riley and then it hits that point BAM! The distorted guitar along with the rock ensemble pop up! Billy begins to sing something about Nixon and blah blah blah, the song enters the domain of mainstream rock. Some of the lyrics are very bad placed and Armstrong's voice doesn't help it at all. I couldn't help to remember the anthem-songs of the 80's as I heard the riff to the song, almost as if the hair bands were tutoring the band.
It's a bad song for many reasons: The riff is too cliched, it sounds like something out of the 80's. The lyrics are boring with a few known names like "Nixon" "Homeland Security". It's a poor attempt to make it sound like you're actually want to express disgust for the government; instead it sounds like you're trying hard to shock.
I hate to say it, the first song of the album is not good, it's disappointing, so much was said about Green Day's latest album, I felt betrayed listening to some rehashed riff.
Oh yeah...fuck the Rolling Stone review, those idiots don't know shit.

The politics of Green Day

Let's get one thing off, I hate the concept of a "Rock-Opera", it's lame and ever since The Beatles pulled it off (Sgt. Pepper and the Lonely Heart Club Band) no one else has managed to do so. And even the Beatles' record wasn't a rock opera, it was just an album with songs that mixed with each other. "American Idiot" Green Day's revival, that's what a lot of people said. Out of the entire mess that the album was only one song was good, in my opinion, that was "Wake me up when September Ends". And that's it, the rest songs were trash, musically and lyrically. And now they're about to release "21st Century Breakdown" the followup to "Idiot", please give us a break, Green Day. The best thing for the boys to do is go back to their quasi-punkish roots and blast out a 2 minute song with no solo, and make a funny video and watch the money roll right on! I liked when Green Day didn't think it was up to them to rouse the masses to fight the power, their old stuff was better. This new stuff with "political" messages, of course, if you can even call that politically charged,is lame. Green Day is best suited to do what it was created to do: snappy pop-punk songs that don't top 3:30 minutes, and don't have a seven minute video.

So This new album deals with two persons (Christian and Gloria) as they try to live in a fucked up world. It is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons" "Charlatans and Saints" and " Horseshoes and Handgrenades" but if you tell me these three acts are exactly alike. The Heroes are the Saints, the Horseshoes are the Heroes and the Saints, and the Cons are the Charlatans, and the Handgrenades are the Cons and Charlatans, but hey it's their damn title. Most of the reviews have been positive, but were we expecting anything less than 3 stars or a B+ grade? Nope, I knew no one would grade it truthfully. I'll just have to wait to get the album and review it.
But as of now I think this album will be the same as "American Idiot" bad and bloated, really bloated.

K-ON!

K-ON! is a very "cute" anime about an all-girl band. Yui is the guitar player, Mio plays the bass, Ritsu plays the drums, and Tsumugi plays the...keyboard. It's a basic girly anime, but I like it just because it's about music. We don't get a lot of those; other than "Beck" and everyone's favorite, "Detroit Metal City".
I saw the preview for K-ON! a while ago and decided to watch it. The first episode was good, just a few of the girls annoyed me, but it's all good. The first episode begins the story, we learn about Yui (the main character), it's her first year of high school and she has a boring life. She has never done much, or nothing fun, so she decides to change and join a group. She decides to join the "light music club" in hopes that it will be fun-but easy. She can't play an instrument, but its the light music club, right? Yes, the only thing she's been seen playing so far in her life is the castanets (she does have a boring life, after all). She, by chance, meets two girls (Mio, and Ritsu) that want to revive the light music club, since it's being disbanded; no members. Yui reads one of the fliers that Ritsu posted about the light music club and decides to join-thinking it's going to be easy. She meets the other 3 girls in the club. Mio, Ritsu and Tsumugi-she joined after hearing Ritsu's elaborate lie about her dream, and her wish to play at the Budokan. Yui realizes that the light music club is actually a rock band, and since she can only play the castanets, she thinks maybe this isn't for her. But little by little, and with the help of Tsumugi's exquisite food, Yui is convinced to stay. She will buy a guitar and learn to play.
The second episode is all about the band trying to get enough money to buy Yui a decent guitar. And unfortunately for the band, Yui falls in love with a Gibson Les Paul. With Yui's money it isn't enough, so they get jobs. With the job money it still isn't enough. Yui decides to get a cheaper guitar, but then Tsumugi manages to get the price lowered, how? By bribing the sales clerk. The sales clerk realizes that Tsumugi is the daughter of the store owner, so he quickly agrees.
Episode 3 is a boring episode, a bit of a let down, really. It's exam times and Yui forgets to study, instead she studies guitar chords. And of course Yui fails, and her chances of playing in the light music club is threatened (ummm...why did I see that coming). Yui get's help from the other girls and finally gets a good grade. She then shows them the chords she learned, but she forgot them all.
I've yet to watch the other two, but so far it's a good anime. Not the best, not the greatest characters, not the greatest story, but a solid entertaining anime with good voice acting.

Summer Films...

I'm very psyched about certain films that are coming up. "X-Men Origins:Wolverine" comes out May 1, and I'm thinking about watching it, I really am thinking about it. I, of course, didn't watch the pirated copy, just because I like Hugh Jackman. I read Roger Ebert's review-it wasn't good. I know that Ebert is the man to go to, if you wish to read an honest, impartial review. He gave it 2 stars out of 4, which is bad. I can understand that Ebert wants more from the movie, there is enough action I assume. I also want more from an action movie; I want a good story and some memorable quotes. But I'm willing to give it a try and watch it. The new "Star Trek" film is coming out in May 8. I've never sat down and watched a single episode of Star Trek, nevertheless the film looks fun! It does, from what I've seen, in the trailers, it looks like a very fast-paced movie-a lot of action. I wasn't surprised that the trailer had the "must-have" sex scene (it's so typical, or standard in today's films). I'll probably end up watching it just to have a good time.
"Angels and Demons" comes out on May 15. I liked "Da Vinci Code" it was a fun movie. I'm a fan of those sort of movies, like "National Treasure" the "Indiana Jones" films, you know plots based on fractures of historical facts (FRACTURES!). So I might watch the new adaptation of Dan Brown's novels, or books, or whatever. I'm not interested in learning anything from the film, we all know that the movie-facts are myths made juicy by Hollywood magic.
The latest addition to the "Terminator" franchise, "Terminator:Salvation" comes out on May 21. I like that Christian Bale is the lead character, he's a good actor. I'm curious to know which scene was the one that Bale lost his cool for; HA HA! I expect a better film than "Terminator 3:Rise of the Machines" which was fun, but smudgy. I'm not worried about Schwarzenegger being absent, he has more important things to do like screwing (how dare I say that!) up California. The trailers for "Salvation" look real good. The big robot is what I want to see, though.
"Transformers:Rise of the Fallen" comes out June 24. I'm very exited, this is a must watch. Not because of Megan Fox, she's a damn robot herself. I want to see some robots fight, and see the new additions to the robot cast, too. I loved the first one, but I was disappointed by the comical sense that plagued the first film. It was unnecessary, PERIOD! I hope the second act is more tight, and more focused on pulling a great story and not a good joke.
"Public Enemies" comes out July 1. It's a Michael Mann film, and I am praying it is as good as one of my faves, "Heat". "Public Enemies" stars Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and more. I'm not so familiar with the story, although I know it's about 20's gangsters or 30's, I think. I've seen the trailer, it looks great. If there isn't a lot of action, I won't mind, because if the plot and the characters are deep I'll be very happy.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" out July 15. This is the movie of 2009, no doubt (for me). The wait is too much for me, and I am still mad that they pulled it out of last year. The story is getting good, and it's close to ending. A lot of things happen in this film, or the book, and I hope the film is as good as the book. I want to see the relationship between Hermione and Ron, and Snape kill Dumbledore.
"G.I Joe:The Rise of Cobra" comes out August 7. I loved the toys, but never watched the cartoon. But I'm very much interested in watching the film. I think it looks fantastic.
That's all that I can remember now. Oh yeah there's the "Twilight" film coming out, "New Moon". It comes out sometime in November. I'm not interested in that film. The first one was bad.

Current interesting anime.

So I looked at the Spring schedule for anime, and I liked a few titles. Full Metal Alchemist is back, but I didn't really want to see it. Queen's Blade is an interesting anime, it's full of boob and the likes. But what I'm really paying attention to is
Eden of the East or 東のエデン (Higashi no Eden). It has stunning graphics, and it looks like a real good plot. I've seen the first episode, and I am amazed. It was funny, and mysterious. I really hope the anime ends good, it's only 11 episodes. Bleach is pulling into it's 11th season, and continuing the battle against Aizen's army. It's catching up to the anime, and fast. Turn Back the Pendulum episodes are over, that was fast! Naruto, I don't really watch the anime, I just read the manga. Naruto already beat all of the Pain's and is now face to face with the real Pain. Bleach manga is also on a good run. Ichigo vs Ulquiorra was a long fight. It was great, a good battle, with a lot of surprises. Ichigo transformed, or his inner hollow took over-completely. He beat Ulquiorra-who released into a bat-like thing. He turned to dust after hitting on Orihime. I'm hoping that Bleach anime and Higashi no Eden keep this good. Peace out!

1st post in a good time...

I can't find time to write about anything, and I don't know why?? I will try my best to catch up on everything, who cares who is reading. So far a lot of new things have begun-and ended. Anime and Manga: Naruto is just amazing at this time. Bleach is getting very interesting. Gundam 00 Season 2 ended, and it was a bit of a let-down to be honest. Television shows: Psych, Burn Notice, and Law&Order are all on hiatus. House is very weird right now, seriously. Last episode was...vexing. Enough of that, mos of what I'm watching and reading are getting real good, and I don't miss any episodes. I'll see if I can post more that before.

The Mother with 14 kids! Good or Bad?

Everyone is talking about it: Nadya Suleman and her 14 kids. She had six kids before, and now she added eight more. Yeah, and all at the same time. Six in one try, and eight in another. She came out talking about her happiness, and how she was going to pull through and make it work. Well, how is she going to do it? Taking care of 14 kids is going to be rough, especially in today's economy. I think this mother is an irresponsible freak! I saw her picture a few days ago, and she is one ugly mother. She's taking care of 14 kids by herself, that should be against the law. It should be against the law to have more than six kids today! I'm taking the "bad" side in this argument. It's just terrible to do what she did, and shame on the doctor that helped this TROLL.

Naruto Manga-catching up

It's been a long time, and a lot has happened in the world of Naruto. Fights have taken place, people are hurt, and some are presumably dead. Pain and his other bodies have invaded Konoha, and they have destroyed most of the city. The bodies of the other Pain's are too strong, and have strong powers. They can summon monsters-big ugly ones. And Pain (I presume the leader of them) blew up a chunk of Konoha! But before all of this, Naruto left to train with the frogs-the same way Jiraiya left to train. To become a Sage, or, be able to obtain the "Sage Mode". He has great success, even greater than Jiraiya himself. Sasuke and his posse travel to the land of thunder (I think) to capture the 8-tails. This quickly turns out to be too difficult for them. But they succeed-or so they think. The 8-tails is a black man, called, Killerbee. He likes to rap a lot, and hates it when they cut in on his flow. He is wicked strong, and takes care of them easily. Sasuke activates his Mangekyo Sharingan. And they capture him. But, they manage to capture just a part of his horn, I think. Back to Naruto training. He finally learns to control the natural chakra. Back to Konoha. Pain invades the city, and all Shinobi are sent to protect it. Most fail, even Kakashi and Choji, along with his dad. Things don't look so good, even with the 5th trying to save them. That is until Naruto arrives-with his new blazing look! He gets rid of one of the bodies, with no problem and begins to show off, the tremendous power that is "Sage Mode". After a while, "Sage Mode" comes to an end, and that is where we are now.



Naruto's new and better look! Complete with the "Sage Mode" eyes. It looks like he's very close to becoming a Hokage, doesn't it?


Naruto brings some very intimidating friends!!!!


Naruto's brutal return, and the only hope for Konoha.

Bleach Manga Ch.342 "The Greed"

This is Bleach Manga Chapter 342, "The Greed".
Chapter 342 begins with Yammy-the 10th Espada-yeah the big arrancar we haven't seen in a good while. He's eating, and there is a dog barking. He throws something at him, and tells him to be quiet. He decides to get up, and the dog follows. Scene shifts to Ichigo against Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra asks Orihime, why did he save Ichigo. And at first she doesn't answer-she doesn't know what to say. She stumbles with her words, and Ulquiorra cuts in, asking if it was because he's a friend; or is it another thing. Ichigo cuts in, and tells him why is he so talkative. Ichigo thanks her, and tells her to step away-it's too dangerous. Ichigo uses the "Getsuga Tenshou" but this time he didn't fire it away, he moves along with it, and at close range he pounds it in. It doesn't work; Ulquiorra knows this, and tells him. Orihime is watching from farther away, and leans into the wall. The door opens-she was leaning on a door. And Loli and Menoli-the arrancar that Orihime saved back then. They tell her, that it's payback, and that they will, well, kill her. They rip part of her suit. Ichigo realizes and moves to attack them. One of the arrancar tells him to stop, or she will pluck out Orihime's eye. He prepares to attack with the Tenshou, and Ulquiorra stops it. The arrancar think he saved them, he denies it, telling them to don't get the wrong idea. Ichigo screams for him to move, but he wants Ichigo to make him. Then the entire wall behind Loli, Menoli, and Orihime crumble's, Yammi has appeared!!! END

A few pictures from the new Chapter, "The Greed"

First Post in a long time.

I've been away from you "Blogger" and I apologize-I really am...sorry.
A lot of stuff has happened since I last wrote here, a lot of stuff has happened.
But, enough of that now. What's more important is that I will try real hard to begin with the Naruto and Bleach posts-they are both at a very pivotal time in the plot. Gundam 00 Season 2 is well on its way-almost ending. So I'll see about putting some of those up. And anything that might come up, I will really write about. I'm very happy with Barack Obama, and all that-let's see what he's made of now!
Speaking of Obama, I very much liked his Inaugural Speech-it was very serious, but said so many truths. We all know problems are tough-and are damn real. We know-or we should know-that these problems won't be fixed this year-that is ludicrous! But that we will fix them, that we MUST. And everyone has to do their part-just like Obama said it. I believe that he is the president we needed, in these vexing times, and I want to believe that we can count on him.
A few things on TV began again:
American Idol
House
Burn Notice
American Idol is always fun to watch. So many characters to laugh at, and so many unforgettable auditions. But, the show tends to get anally boring as it exits the auditions. We all know the winner isn't doing much after-so who the hell cares?
House is back, and the first episode was great! I can always count of Dr. Gregory House to deliver. It's getting real good, and the upcoming episode should be why-More Cameron!!!!
Burn Notice is on today! Last season left me wanting more, and now it's time, who burned Michael???
One new show I liked a lot was yesterdays, "Lie to Me' pilot. It was funny, and I found the lead character very interesting.
That's all...

Osacar Nominations-2009

Today-in the morning-the Oscar nominations were announced. I got up early-I could have waited to look at them online, but nope, I got up. I missed them, I missed the show that announced the awards, so I had to scope the channels to look for them. And while I was doing so, I stopped on a Spanish news channel, and they were just getting ready to announced them! So I hung around-smiling, and laughing, at my damn luck.
Actor in Leading Role:
Richard Jenkins-The Visitor
Frank Langella-Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn-Milk
Brad Pitt-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke-The Wrestler
I liked the actors nominated for Best actor, and I liked also, that Leo didn't get the nod-come on, "Revolutionary Road" was not a good movie. Frank Langella's portrayal of Nixon was fun, and at the same time very honest-I seriously liked the movie a lot!
Mickey Rourke was excellent in, "The Wrestler", it was a good movie, saw it twice actually.
Sean Penn... he was good in "Milk", although I'm kind of tired of Penn always taking the same damn roles-I loved Mystic River, but he hasn't taken any roles like that in a while. Sure, "Milk" was a good movie, but I just don't think Penn should win-he should be nominated- because of this role. Richard Jenkins in, "The Visitor" I haven't seen the movie, but I will see it this coming weekend-I take these noms very seriously. And then there was Brad Pitt-for, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was a good movie, very moving, and sad, and at the same time it was forgettable. I actually cried as the water swept into the room, and destroyed the clock-it was the best scene of the movie. But the entire movie was a bit "oh it was good, what's next". It's just a movie that you won't want to see it again, "Oh Benjamin Button, nah, let's see another one". Brad Pitt was good playing Button-it took a different kind of talent to play the elderly man part, but it worked. If I have to pick a winner, that I would be happy with-winning. It would be Mickey Rourke. But, of course he isn't going to win-here's the winner people, Sean Penn.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Josh Brolin-Milk
Robert Downey Jr.-Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman-Doubt
Heath Ledger-The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon-Revolutionary Road
Brolin was good in "Milk" he was one of the best part of the movie-actually. I quite enjoyed his acting. Robert Downey Jr.-more importantly, Tropic Thunder-what is up with that? If I'm not forgetting, "Tropic Thunder" is a comedy, right? So why is he nominated for the role? I don't know, let's move on. Philip Seymour Hoffman-oh man, this is trouble. "Doubt" was a damn good movie, it really was. Seymour and Streep, such a good combination. I'm really worried Hoffman will win this-and I'm sure he deserves it. IF, it wasn't for this next guy: Heath Ledger. What can I say, it was the best movie of 2008, no matter what anyone says. Yeah, I know it's a superhero flick, and they don't take these movies as serious as, "Oh my gawd, Revolutionary Road". But it was the best of 2008! Heath Ledger-The industry lost such an important actor when Ledger died-was demonically good as the Joker. I just can't see anyone beating him for the Oscar, sorry. Michael Shannon was,eh, yeah, he was on "Revolutionary Road" so he got a nomination-I just don't think he's gonna win it.
If I had to pick a winner-one that I would be content knowing he won-it would be Heath Ledger. But, I just don't see him winning, I feel that the people picking the winner feel that they should give the award to someone that is alive-it sounds horrible, but I just feel they think that way. The winner is going to be:Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Actress in a Leading Role:
Anne Hathaway-Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie-Changeling
Melissa Leo-Frozen River
Meryl Streep-Doubt
Kate Winslet-The Reader
I liked the nominees, they're all great actresses-and their movies were great.
Anne Hathaway is always fun to watch, she is a great actress. But, I've never seen her playing such a role like in "Rachel Getting Married". She acted beautifully, and I think she's one of the stronger possibilities to take the award. Angelina Jolie, say what you say about her, she is a good actress. "Changeling" was a good movie, but I don't think it was good enough to nominate her-then again, Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder was nominated so yeah. She was good in the film, just not good enough to hang-this time-with some of the others. Melissa Leo, "Frozen River" it was such a moving one, I also watched it twice. She's a potent nominee as well.
Meryl Streep legendary actress-and Sister Aloysius is one hell of a woman!!- she can do it all, sing, and act like a real credible you know what. I liked the film, I liked the actors, she's one of the-come on! All the nominees are potent-potent nominees to win it. Kate Winslet, and the movie, "Revolutionary Road" what can we say? Does she deserve the win, no, is she going to win, yes-sadly yes, sadly sadly sadly a big stinking yes. I didn't like the movie-regardless of the critics saying it was "oh gawd good". It was just a flimsy film. About a struggling couple in the 1950s, whoa that's one good story. I just don't feel it was a good plot to work with! Kate doesn't deserve to win, because Anne had a better role, there. My winner:Anne Hathaway, the actual winner: Kate Winslet.
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Amy Adams-Doubt
Penelope Cruz-Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis-Doubt
Taraji P. Henson-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei-The Wrestler
The list is good, with one small-yet big exception-and that is the presence of Penelope Cruz. Vicky Cristina-yeah yeah- was a "what movie to watch, nothing good, hey, Johansson, Penelope, should be some eye-candy" type of film. Nothing spectacular to see, nothing you're going to wow at, and surely nothing in the movie that will leave you talking-maybe, except, of course, the beautiful women. Her nomination is there just to take up space, because, four is lame to look at. I liked the performance of Viola Davis in "Doubt". It was a good, and well acted role-but, I know she has no chance to win-that I would be happy to see her take the award.
Taraji P. Henson's character in the "Button" film was good. She played the mother of Benjamin, and she played it excellent. She showed the natural qualities of a mother-and nothing over the top, where you know it's a film. She is my favorite to win, and I think she has a good solid chance to do so. Marisa Tomei in, "The Wrestler" was a good addition, to an already great film-but, she has the slightest chance of all to win this. I know it sounds bad to say it, but I have a feeling not many people will want to see her win it. Amy Adams was great in "Doubt" and she has a real chance to win-but, I don't want to see her win, just for some reason, I don't. My ideal winner:Taraji P. Henson. The winner:Amy Adams.
Animated Feature Film:
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda
Wall-E
My ideal winner: Wall-E. The winner: Wall-E
I think out of all the nominees, Wall-E was the best. It was such a good film, I don't know why it isn't in the best pictures noms.
Directing:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
I just want to say that I feel so bad-and at the same time, I feel disappointed at the people that pick the nominees. I feel bad that "The Dark Knight" isn't in here, and I really think it deserved to be here;Christopher Nolan did such a brilliant job creating such an intoxicating film. I feel disappointed that it wasn't even nominated, I just don't know how these damn fool think.
My Winner:Slumdog Millionaire The Winner:Milk
Best Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Again, one of the films not here, that deserved to at least get mentioned, "The Dark Knight". It isn't here, why? Because it's a superhero film? Of course it's because it is. "Button" was good, but not better than "Dark Knight" not in any damn way!
But what can we do? Nothing.
My Winner:The Dark Knight-yeah that's my damn winner! The Winner:Slumdog Millionaire. I loved "Slumdog" so if it wins, I will be very pleased.

-I have nothing against Robert Downey Jr-I loved Iron Man.
-Nothing against Kate Winslet-I liked her on, "Hideous Kinky" but not in "Titanic".
Watch the damn awards, regardless of the screw-ups in the nominations.