tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50974045741842580082023-11-16T04:16:15.972-08:00CrazyGroovyCoolA place to come and see the out there stuff that haunts my dreams and desires in my never ending quest for more...in my ongoing uphill battle against raging conformity!korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-19265178468043642562014-01-07T23:03:00.001-08:002014-01-07T23:04:50.516-08:00Mega Shark Vs. Mecha Shark! No really!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwQ6HIQV0YQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwQ6HIQV0YQ</a><br />
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Yes the Mega Shark is back! The worlds goverment's decided to build a Mega Mecha shark to slug it out the Mega Shark! I honestly thought it was played out with Mega Shark Vs Giant octopus, Mega Shark vs Gateroid ( wich got it's own sequel Gatoroid vs Mega Python no less.) and the unrealeased Mega Shark vs Gigantosaurus.<br />
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U<span id="goog_2124685944"></span><span id="goog_2124685945"></span>se the above link to check out the wild ass trailer!<br />
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<br />korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-84977444649386524602014-01-07T22:30:00.003-08:002014-01-07T22:30:41.392-08:00Godzilla VS The Wolfman is a real movie!Often spoken about but never really confirmed. Well at G-Fest footage was shown of this amazing labor of love and yes Toho is aware of it and are allowing it to be finished they even provided an old Godzilla suit and props for it! The film isn't finished yet as it is done when time money and crew all converge in a perfect storm. Here are some pics of this monster-piece in the making!<br />
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Now if I could finially see Son of Tor(it was screened at one the early G-Fests) that feature's Godzilla slugging it out with Ymir...sigh....<br />
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korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-38383963928345743712014-01-07T22:15:00.000-08:002014-01-07T22:15:14.002-08:00Long time no see, sorry about that.Been a wild year for me. Liebig still way to egotistical and pissed at me and doing his best to sink cerealbits.com by forum bashing every new member by banning them because he thinks every new person who joins is me LOL!<br />
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Became a grandfather and had to care for my new granddaughter (Genisis) for nearly three years and find myself missing the little sprout terribly now that she's back with her parent.<br />
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Well all future post will back in line with you expect from crazygroovcool I promise.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-29540252236058218392013-03-20T22:28:00.002-07:002013-03-20T23:25:56.117-07:00Ultimate delusional douche wad Jason LiebigI've known him for years and personally I've found his ego to be way out of control for the last two years. He can't/won't accept the fact that he's not a curator (it's takes at least two-three degree's to be one.) he's nothing but a self deluded hoarder. I've brought this up to him on a public forum cerealbits (a forum for fellow trash lovers and hoarders that think old food packaging is highly valuable and a safer investment than stocks and bonds {some of whom think paying 4000-5000 for a Fruit Brute cereal box is wise and shrewd thing to do} with whom he's the hypocritical hamfisted admin of.) and he went apeshit! He also went to great lengths to brow beat me with several long winded looking down his nose at me rants for daring to question his um shall we say "credentials" LOL! This action on my part ofcourse got me banned for life from cerealbits (boo fragging hoo LOL! At first I enjoyed the forum but soon found it's infighting, brow beating and petty B.S. to be unbearable so I set out too expose the silliness of it all and managed to get myself banned a few times along the way LOL! ). I took some pointless crap from Mike Speth aka Astronit (a Grown man with a pathological obsession for mini plastic figurines produced by R&L.) for telling someone that there modern Wheaties boxes were utterly worthless and pointless to try and sell on ebay as is a true and honest fact.<br />
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It's just 10,000 plus smegging candy wrappers, not high art or culturally/intellectually significant. Flatout nothing to be proud of having or bragging about to the world at large about! For a grown man to have a staggeringly massive amount of garbage stashed in the closet of his New York apartment is seriously deranged to say the very least, but to primp and preen about it and think it makes you important and worthy of respect and praise is totally off the rails of sanity no matter how well organized and documented it is! He's been interviewed a couple times and this feeds his ego and delusions. The funny part is he's so deluded and stupid that he doesn't even realize that he's just being used for freakexplotation LOL! People love to look at and ogle freaks. How else could explain the Kardashians "fame"? Ignorance truly is bliss! (at least it is for Jason Liebig and his ilk LOL!)<br />
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A hobby is a healthy past time and a great way to relax and have some fun (heck I collect a few things and I'm sure many of you reading this do aswell within reason like me.), but obsession and the idea that what your doing is culturally important and historically meaningful now and to future generations plus having a massive stash of thousands of candy wrappers hidden in a closet and being terrified that someone else may want them for themselves or keep you from getting more of yesterdays garbage for your prized hoard of literal trash and yet taking every opportunity to self promote it and it's importance compounded by lashing out at anyone that questions it's worth or the general drive too achieve such a pointless amassment are the workings of a seriously fractured mind.<br />
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To put it bluntly you'd have to be eff'n nuts to go those ridiculous extremes wouldn't you?<br />
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Kurt Lawarence aka opiecrunch also fits this bill as he has a truly obsessive compulsive behavior to have one or more of every cereal box ever plus he thinks he will fund his retirement with proceeds he will get for selling them in the future! He has also feuded with Jason Liebig to great comical effect. Jason Liebig also royally pissed of a new member to forum using the monicker count, he wanted beat holy living the crap out of Jason Liebig for being a jerk to him on the cerealbits forum.<br />
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You have to wonder what can take a man from being an editor for a major comic book publishing company (he was the editor of Marvel Comics X-Men line in the 90's. Fired for telling his boss Bob Harraras f-u to his face wich was not the best of choices to ensure long term job security.) and a sometimes actor and summertime bartender for a s&m leather gay bar(he claims to have a "girl friend") to where he's at now... Perhaps he's a high functioning autistic adult? He even bragged/wrote and posted pictures about digging a hole in parents yard a few years back about his quest to find an old snack chip bag(Tasty Mix) that his family buried in one of several trash pits on there property. Guess they were to poor to afford trash pick-up and or to lazy to burn it LOL!<br />
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I've known drug addicts who were more level headed than Jason Liebig...<br />
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Sorry for the rant but I really had to blow off a little steam.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-8403368064982299812012-08-30T20:18:00.002-07:002012-08-30T20:18:23.481-07:00Our "Munchies" are under siege!The Prez's ball and chain is behind this.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/16/no-more-king-size-candy-bars-mars-inc-says/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #22229c;">http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/0...mars-inc-says/</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/king-size-candy-bars-discontinued-step-kids-health-181800648.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #22229c;">http://news.yahoo.com/king-size-cand...181800648.html</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/02/18/thanks_michelle_obama_no_more_king_sized_candy_bars" target="_blank"><span style="color: #22229c;">http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepa...zed_candy_bars</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/king-size-candy-bars-face-retirement/23123" target="_blank"><span style="color: #22229c;">http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smar...tirement/23123</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mrconservative.com/2012/02/2000-king-sized-candy-bar-ban/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #22229c;">http://www.mrconservative.com/2012/0...candy-bar-ban/</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/story/2012-02-16/mars-fewer-calories-in-candy-bar-pack/53122594/1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #22229c;">http://www.usatoday.com/money/indust...ack/53122594/1</span></a><br /><br />I
didn't slug it out in Kuwait,Afganhastan and Iraq to have somebodies do as i say
not as i do wife deny me(or anyone else for that matter!) the right eat whatever
the hell i/they want and as much as i/they want!<br /><br />{This ranks up there
with this-Sally(gidget) field thought we were paid too much in the army and
didn't deserve a pay raise because we got tiny bottles of tabassco in our
MRE'S}<br /><br />Revolutions have been started over goverment over reachings like
this you know... Nobody elected her she wasn't on any ballot I ever saw.<br />
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Should a candy company (Mars) really be concerning
itself with health and nutrition? Shouldn't it leave that to the tofu makers?
Low-calorie candy bars are like vegan butter. What's the point? Why not add
probiotics and flaxseed meal to their candy bars while they're at it? Maybe some
organic wild salmon oil? It's candy for petes sake! Whats next sugar free
slushies?</div>
korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-69499189361690600272012-08-22T23:55:00.001-07:002012-08-22T23:55:47.303-07:00Rare comic pressing/cheat/doctoring in new overstreet price guide!<strong>Rare comic pressing/cheat/doctoring in new overstreet price
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Seems a small company has perfected comic book
doctoring aka "pressing" to signifigantly inflate the already infated graded
comic book market. They have a full page ad in the new Overstreet Price Guide bragging about how they
have developed a technique that is undetectable by CGC's pro graders(and I use
the term "pro grader" losely people.) so as not be labeled restored and as such
bring a much a higher price by duping buyers with doctored
comics.<br /><br />Chances are those record sales for comics were due to "pressing".
The add clearly brags about an amazing fantasy 15 being doctored from a 6.0 to a
resubmitted to CGC 7.5 adding 30 plus grand to the final auction price!<br /><br />If people will pay stupid money
for stuff crooks will invent ways to maximize that potential gain on there
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With this bit of info and the knowledge of Legendary/Mastro Auctions(currently under federal inditment for fraud no less.) knowlingly shilling, and doctoring high end sports items with The PSA( the 2.8 million Honus Wagner recently auctioned by Legendary was trimmed by Legendary to make it look better and the PSA knew it was trimmed and still gave it a grade of 7 PSA is also being questioned by the Feds.) card graders helping the scam along this really isn't much of a surprise is it?<br /><br />High end collectables are rapidly becoming high risk.</div>
korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-19786232561494414332012-03-25T11:52:00.001-07:002012-03-25T11:52:20.046-07:00The Backpage dilemmaIs it possible to rid the online classified site of child trafficking without shuttering its adult section?<br />
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This week saw a renewed effort, led by the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof, to pressure Village Voice Media’s online classified site Backpage.com to shutter its adult section. On Sunday, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist offered up a harrowing story about “Alissa,” whose pimp used the site to sell her for sex at the age of 16 and 17. A couple of days later, Kristof responded to a Village Voice article claiming that his original column contained factual errors with a rebuttal and a call for Backpage to “get out of carrying prostitution advertising” altogether.<br />
For many progressives, there is a dramatic tension here: Horror at the existence of child trafficking, and a desire to see it disappear, and yet a belief that consenting adults should be able to do what they want sexually — maybe even if it involves the exchange of money. It’s not even a question of one concern trumping the other, because, while theories abound, it’s unclear what impact the shuttering of Backpage’s adult section would have on trafficking as a whole, let alone whether similar ads wouldn’t just pop up in the personals section; nor is it clear what impact the site’s screening measures have had on reducing trafficking ads.<br />
It’s hard enough nailing down accurate figures on the number of children trafficked in the U.S. each year — the most commonly cited estimate is 100,000 to 300,000, but the <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-06-29/news/real-men-get-their-facts-straight-sex-trafficking-ashton-kutcher-demi-moore/" target="_blank">Village Voice claims</a> those figures are wildly inflated and “hatched without regard to science.” We do know that more than 50 cases of child trafficking (attempted or otherwise) on Backpage have been reported over a three-year period, which brings up another quandary: Do we castigate the site for failing to detect those ads or celebrate these as cases where traffickers were actually caught? Furthering the contradiction: Backpage is both friend and foe to traffickers. It’s an ideal advertising outlet, but it’s also one of the most, if not <em>the</em> most, relied upon tools for law enforcement to identify child trafficking victims.<br />
Given the complexities here, details are especially important — and they’ve gotten lost in this emotionally charged debate. For example, it’s worth taking a closer look at what Backpage does do to vet ads. Liz McDougall, general counsel for Village Voice Media, tells me the site “operates an automated filter system to preclude ads with suspect words and phrases.” The specifics of the system are guarded by lock and key to make it harder for traffickers to circumvent it. On top of this, Backpage has real-life human beings manually review all submitted content for the adult and personal sections before it’s posted on the site. Just to be double sure, Backpage does another manual review of all material once it’s actually published in either section.<br />
When Backpage identifies an ad potentially advertising a minor, it “immediately reports it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,” and an “‘expedited’ reporting system” is in place for cases “where there appears to be an imminent possibility of rescue.” All postings require a credit card number, which can be subpoenaed by law enforcement, and Backpage has a policy of responding within 24 hours, says McDougall. She adds that the site “stands ready and willing to do more,” especially “in cooperation with government, nongovernmental, public, private and all other interest groups sincerely dedicated to pragmatic approaches to addressing this scourge.”<br />
Backpage is attempting to both prevent traffickers from advertising on the site and to assist law enforcement in cases where they do slip through — but is it enough? The site’s outspoken critics certainly don’t think so. Short of no longer carrying sex ads, Kristoff suggests that Backpage require an ID check for those placing ads to ensure that they are adults — but that only addresses trafficking cases where the minor is advertising herself. “I assume that critics sometimes urge age verification anyway because child sex trafficking is a horrific crime and we want to feel active in fighting it,” McDougall says. “But it does not help the problem to advocate measures that have superficial appeal but no real effect.”<br />
Ultimately, most critics will accept nothing less than the site shutting down its adult section — but this will likely direct business elsewhere (just as Craigslist’s shuttering of its adult section drove traffic to Backpage), and potentially to less cooperative businesses.<br />
That’s not to mention that many sex worker activists argue that closing Backpage’s adult section will make it harder, and more dangerous, for those who are willingly in the industry to ply their trade. “What it comes down to is what keeps the most people the most safe, and what actually makes sense for sex workers,” says Sarah Patterson, a community organizer for the Sex Worker’s Outreach Project’s New Work City chapter. She argues that the ultimate answer is decriminalizing sex work while also protecting those who are being coerced into the business; and in this particular case, she says it’s allowing adults to sell sexual services on Backpage while also going after those selling non-consensual services. “For a lot of people that’s really hard to imagine,” she says, explaining that sex work is generally seen only in black and white terms. “Unfortunately for me, that is the solution.”korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-16752043848307039722012-03-22T13:02:00.000-07:002012-03-22T13:02:15.812-07:00Was Nicholas Kristof's Story About an Underage Prostitute Peddled on Backpage.com 'Concocted'?On Sunday, as part of his<a href="http://reason.com/blog/2012/01/26/is-backpage-responsible-for-kidnapping-a" shape="rect">campaign</a> against Backpage.com, the online classified-ad service owned by Village Voice Media, <em>New York Times</em> columnist Nicholas Kristof <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/kristof-where-pimps-peddle-their-goods.html" shape="rect">told</a> the story of "Alissa," a former underage prostitute who "escaped that life and is now a 24-year-old college senior planning to become a lawyer." Kristof reported that "Alissa says pimps routinely peddled her on Backpage," beginning when she was 16. He quoted Alissa as saying, "You can't buy a child at Wal-Mart, can you? No, but you can go to Backpage and buy me on Backpage." The headline for a video accompanying the online version of Kristof's column says, "Age 16, She Was Sold on Backpage.com." Kristof claimed "court records and public officials back Alissa’s account."<br />
But as Village Voice Media (VVM) <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-03-21/news/kristof/" shape="rect">points out</a>, Alissa turned 16 in 2003, and "Backpage.com did not exist anywhere in America in 2003." The company adds that Alissa, who testified that she had been compelled to work as a prostitute in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City, said she left prostitution in August 2005, and "in the summer of 2005 Backpage.com did not exist in Boston, New York, Philadelphia or Atlantic City." VVM says Kristof could have found this out readily enough:<br />
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He could have read the court transcripts. He could have read the testimony of A.G. (the victim). He could have read the testimony of FBI agent Tamara Harty. He could have Googled the case and read the coverage in <em>The Boston Globe</em> which reported: "Soon after meeting (agent) Harty in 2005, (she) was moved out of state to a home for troubled youth."<br />
Neglecting to do any of the above, Kristof could still have asked us.</blockquote>
Instead, says VVM, Kristof "concocted a story to suit his agenda." Kristof <a href="http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/21/responding-to-village-voice-on-sex-trafficking/#more-11147" shape="rect">responds</a> on his blog:<br />
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Alissa turned 16 at the end of 2003....All during 2004, she was 16 years old, traveling up and down the east coast being pimped. Backpage operated in at least 11 cities during 2004, including Miami and Fort Lauderdale, both of them cities Alissa where [sic] says she was pimped on Backpage. Then at 17, as Backpage expanded to 30 cities including Boston, she was pimped even more broadly on Backpage — and also in Village Voice print ads, she says.<br />
Moreover, contrary to what the Voice says, Alissa continued in the sex trade until 2007, when she got out for good. Backpage was steadily expanding and becoming a major force in this period, and pimps routinely used it to sell her, she says.</blockquote>
VVM says Alissa did not mention any of these details in her court testimony. According to the October 2010 <em>Boston Globe</em> <a href="http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/10/10/a_former_teenage_prostitute_struggles_to_move_on/?page=full" shape="rect">story</a>to which VVM refers, Alissa (dubbed "Jessica" by the<em>Globe</em>) left prostitution in 2005, not 2007, and the case against her pimps "covered incidents that happened between 2001 and 2005." By 2007, when Kristof now claims she "got out for good," she would have been 19 or 20.<br />
Do any of these details matter? Only if you accept Kristof's premise that VVM is responsible for criminal misuse of Backpage.com. That logic would also make Craigslist responsible for the deaths of men <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/25/justice/ohio-craigslist-killings/" shape="rect">lured to their deaths</a> by online job ads, Louisville Slugger responsible for assaults aided by its bats, and GM responsible for bank robberies in which its products are used as getaway cars. Kristof <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/kristof-where-pimps-peddle-their-goods.html" shape="rect">concedes</a> that "many prostitution ads on Backpage are placed by adult women acting on their own without coercion," and he says "they're not my concern." Yet he cites the National Association of Attorneys General, which routinely equates all prostitution with slavery, to back up his claim that Backpage.com is "the premier Web site for human trafficking in the United States," and he joins those <a href="http://reason.com/archives/2010/09/08/bullying-busybody-for-senate" shape="rect">bullying busybodies</a> in demanding that VVM stop accepting "adult" ads, suggesting that advertisers should boycott <em>The Village Voice</em> until it does. All this while admitting that "Backpage's exit from prostitution advertising wouldn't solve the problem." It would, however, force Kristof to pick a new scapegoat.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-90172204964804972642012-03-07T08:47:00.001-08:002013-03-21T09:27:53.883-07:00Tophers Great American Cereal BookOver the years there have been several books published about cereal, but
none is quite like the latest one to hit the shelves: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810997991/creativeenvir-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #448888;">The Great American Cereal Book: How Breakfast Got Its Crunch</span></a>.
If you are a cereal lover, then this is one book you will want to have around
your home. This is not another historical narrative of the cereal industry, but
a compendium of virtually every major American cereal ever made, complete with
key historical points and many wonderful cereal box pictures. You will be
fascinated with all the cereals, both familiar and obscure. It is so easy to
open the book at almost any page and get lost in browsing. Interspersed among
the cereal listings are several brief articles featuring highlights from
cereal's amazing history. If you are looking for a book to feed your cereal
passion, this is the one to get. It's fun, informative, and full of flavor!<br />
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Now that's the copy above I was forced to publish by the publisher after I made my honest review. So much for freedom of the press right? Truth is this book had some serious glaring errors in it, none of wich I blame on Topher Elis. My personal fave error being that it says Fruit Brute from General Mills is available every Halloween! That stuffs been of the market for decades LOL! Someone was asleep at the wheel weren't they! Overall a fun breezy read.<br />
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The Springtime snoballs(snow in spring?) are a result of a total lack of imagination.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-43331955314281390272012-03-07T08:27:00.001-08:002012-03-07T08:27:19.497-08:00One Million Moms Protest Gay Marriage In Archie Comic<strong>One Million Moms Protest Gay Marriage In Archie Comic</strong>
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Posting this got my in hot water with Jason Liebig,(took attention away from him LOL!)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />In their latest attempt
to banish all traces of gay from the planet, conservative group One Million
Moms, one of the tumors sprouting from the larger cancer known as American
Family Association, is urging Toys ‘R’ Us to stop selling an issue of Life With
Archie depicting the wedding of the comic’s first openly gay character, Kevin
Keller, to Clay, an African American doctor who treated Keller’s war injuries.
Yes, you read that right: Kevin’s a war hero! And he’s marrying a doctor, no
less! A million real moms would swoon in delight. So what’s the
problem?<br /><br />The problem, apparently, is that One Million Moms — whose
numbers are about 955,488 shy of an actual million, according to their Facebook
page — feels it’s unfair for them to have to answer questions their kids may ask
about the world around them while standing in a toy store. Also, it doesn’t like
gay people.<br /><br /><br /><br />Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater issued this
statement:<br /><br />“We stand by Life with Archie #16. As I’ve said before,
Riverdale is a safe, welcoming place that does not judge anyone. It’s an
idealized version of America that will hopefully become reality
someday.”<br /><br />“We’re sorry the American Family Association/OneMillionMoms.com
feels so negatively about our product, but they have every right to their
opinion, just like we have the right to stand by ours. Kevin Keller will forever
be a part of Riverdale, and he will live a happy, long life free of prejudice,
hate and narrow-minded people.”<br /><br />One Million Moms’ most recent campaign to
prevent JC Penney from naming Ellen DeGeneres as their spokeswoman was,
thankfully, unsuccessful.<br /><br />[Source Galleycat via Robot6, Huffington Post]
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the code THANKS2U one free one-day rental.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-18720791968839401192012-02-24T19:34:00.000-08:002012-02-24T19:34:51.880-08:00Absolutepage<a href="http://www.absolutepage-online-classifieds.com/">http://www.absolutepage-online-classifieds.com/</a><br />
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This why you haven't heard from me in quite awhile. I've been pounding away on code to make an unrestricted fully international online classified site for the masses.<br />
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<span style="color: maroon;">The incident kicked off when the 52-year-old Bean and 22-year-old Playboy bunny April Summers (real name Nadia Foster) went outside Camden's Hill Bar and Brasserie to smoke. A passerby spotted the duo (or at least one half of the duo) and began making lewd comments, leading Bean to confront the big talker.</span><br />
<span style="color: maroon;">All was seemingly well until the stranger returned later on, at which point a scuffle broke out, and Bean was reportedly punched in the face, causing a bruise over his eye, and stabbed in the arm with broken glass.</span><br />
Getting into a barfight defending a Playboy Bunny (and seriously, Google her) when you're 52? Badass enough. But what happens next is what makes the story.<br />
<span style="color: maroon;">Despite his wounds, Bean refused any medical attention and opted not to go to a hospital. Instead, the actor accepted a first aid kit from the bar staff, then ordered another drink.</span><br />
I liked him before, but I've got a newfound respect for the man now. I hope I'm half as awesome at his agekorollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-38939630106055048182011-06-10T08:51:00.001-07:002011-06-10T08:51:27.152-07:00Risk is the latest board game to become a movieI never really played much of the board game RISK when I was younger -- the game seemed to take forever, and I was probably looking for a bit more immediate carnage in my global domination, so things often resulted in the pieces ultimately being grabbed and hurled at opponents in fury.<br />
But it's a popular and recognizable property, so like BATTLESHIP and CANDYLAND and MONOPOLY and others, it's getting adapted into a movie. <br />
The Hasbro (and former Parker Brothers) turn-based strategy game will somehow become a contemporary action-thriller from Sony, who apparently sees value in the brand instead of just, y'know, making an original contemporary action-thriller about world domination.<br />
A script is in the works by writer John Hlavin, who spent time on "The Shield" and penned the upcoming fourth UNDERWORLD flick.<br />
Since its initial release in 1959, the RISK game has been released in a variety of licensed versions, including STAR WARS, LORD OF THE RINGS, HALO, NARNIA and TRANSFORMERS, which all undoubtedly had more imaginatively stimulating pieces than the plastic Roman numerals from my wayback (in the days when the idea of board game movies was just material for sketch comedy shows).korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-9643114668977585752011-06-10T08:42:00.000-07:002011-06-10T08:42:39.211-07:00Warner Bros. producing new Looney Tunes shorts with Mel Blanc's voice<div align="left">God knows they've tried, but things haven't been the same at Looney Tunes since Mel Blanc, the voice of the vast majority of those characters, died in 1989. There are some voice actors who've had the unenviable position of trying to voice Bugs, Daffy, Elmer and crew since but it just isn't working. It would be like recasting Moe, Larry and Curly and trying to make a THREE STOOGES movie (wait...). </div><div align="left" sizcache="7" sizset="129">So in an effort to help revitalize the brand, Warner Bros. is producing new theatrical shorts that will feature archival vocal recordings of Blanc as some of his most famous characters. In the first, "Daffy's Rhapsody," Elmer Fudd is chasing Daffy on stage during a musical performance. The short would include audio of Blanc performing "Daffy Duck's Rhapsody." The original song, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSv2uf4o_tA"><span style="color: #990000;">which can be heard here</span></a>, was recorded as a novelty song in 1950 but was never animated. </div><div align="left">"I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat" will be a new Sylvester and Tweety cartoon that follows the usual structure of their shorts and will include a song by the same name. Blanc also recorded that song in the 50s, as Tweety, and it even became a hit in the UK. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUt1Dag32WW1ROx3QGg4Jcpni-Y070W2HJ034E0R8EdnoST0hbM_PaFvKwQ2KJdgYb1PevRC3uNFpcQiUNJVrScw6b6J7AEwfiL6tufVYGrOTMdUSlF_ImDnUUxyZYJZtjW1OAsNv1NM/s1600/0510blanc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUt1Dag32WW1ROx3QGg4Jcpni-Y070W2HJ034E0R8EdnoST0hbM_PaFvKwQ2KJdgYb1PevRC3uNFpcQiUNJVrScw6b6J7AEwfiL6tufVYGrOTMdUSlF_ImDnUUxyZYJZtjW1OAsNv1NM/s320/0510blanc.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left">While both of these shorts include new songs once recorded by Blanc as his famous characters, I'm assuming there will also be some vocal recordings by new actors. How that will mesh and work remains to be seen. The first of these shorts will run before HAPPY FEET TWO later this year.</div>korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-81150405571197105562011-06-09T16:02:00.000-07:002011-06-09T16:02:46.150-07:00First look at Sacha Baron Cohen in costume as The DictatorHe's done Ali G, Borat and Bruno films, so now it's time for Sacha Baron Cohen to begininventing NEW ridiculous characters for future projects. And he's definitely outdone himself this time.<br />
Below you'll find the first shot of Cohen in costume for THE DICTATOR, his new film inspired by a book written by Saddam Hussein. In the film, a dictator is secretly replaced by a goat herder lookalike so he can travel to New York where he falls for a beautiful fruit vendor. That role will go to Anna Faris, while Cohen will be playing both the dictator and the goat herder.<br />
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<span style="color: maroon;">“If the parties are unable to resolve their dispute, Warner Bros. does not intend to makeany use of the allegedly infringing tattoo after the film ends its run in theaters because Warner Bros. will digitally alter the film to substitute a different tattoo on Ed Helms’s face."</span><br />
<span style="color: maroon;">"The home video release is currently scheduled for early December 2011, which would allow Warner Bros. sufficient time to make the change if it becomes necessary."</span><br />
The crux of the joke is that the tattoo in fact the one Mike Tyson has, but I'm not sure if they actually put in a line stating that in the film. It seems like something that should have been mentioned, but I have a hunch it was maybe a scene that was cut after the lawsuit was filed.<br />
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So who could possible direct such an opus of constant chaos and destruction? Why Roland Emmerich of course, which is why it's no surprise that Vulture is reporting that Universal has offered him the job. The man has destroyed the earth with aliens, weather, monsters and whatever the hell happened in 2012, so it's no stretch to think he could do the same here.<br />
ASTEROIDS is currently one of my best examples of what's wrong with Hollywood today. There was actually a BIDDING WAR over who would get the rights to Asteroids. Seriously, you can't just make a movie about dangerous asteroids? You really needed to base it off the substance-less Atari game? I would have given Universal a lot more credit if they just wrote a script for a new sci-fi film and called it an original production, which this actually will have to be because THE GAME DOESN'T HAVE A DAMN PLOT.<br />
Anyway, if Emmerich takes the job, I'm sure he'll figure out some way to ensure the earth is destroyed by the end of the film, and I can re-shift my focus to ripping on BATTLESHIP instead.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-23301958792581940572011-06-09T11:31:00.000-07:002011-06-09T11:31:03.434-07:00If at first you don't succeed, re-boot! THE WOLFMAN instant redux!<div sizcache="7" sizset="127">The recent update of Universal's classic lycanthrope THE WOLFMAN held plenty of promise but didn't prove entirely satisfying -- even director Joe Johnston <a href="http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/joe-johnston-apologizes-for-the-wolfman-says-captain-america-will-be-way-better" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">acknowledged its flaws</span></a>.</div><div sizcache="7" sizset="128">But that hardly means we've seen the last of the legendary fanged moon-howler. In fact, it seems as though the studio already wants to reboot the property for the big screen. Universal had been considering a sequel to last year's disappointment, but <a href="http://www.moviehole.net/201141967-exclusive-wolfman-rebooted" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #990000;">Moviehole</span></strong></a> says that intended follow-up is now "<span style="color: maroon;">being rewritten and reworked to be an original film – almost a reboot of the classic Universal monster movie series</span>."</div>Benicio del Toro obviously won't be back in the fur shirt, but Moviehole says the new project will look for directors soon for a possible start in the fall. And it might even get a different title... possibly just WEREWOLF.<br />
The new movie will apparently share some kind of link to the studio's 1941 Lon Chaney version of the folklore tale, about a guy suffering from a curse that causes him to uncontrollably transform into a hairy, murderous beast every full moonkorollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-6953418882796601052011-03-18T16:38:00.000-07:002011-03-18T16:38:01.934-07:00Early April Fools? See The First Image Of Adrianne Palicki As Wonder Woman!The immediate thought that comes to mind when looking at the very first image of <strong>Adrianne Palicki</strong> in full costume as the title character in NBC’s reboot of the superhero series, <em><strong>Wonder Woman</strong></em>, is that this has to be some kind of joke…right? April Fools’ Day is close, but it’s not here yet, correct?<br />
To be perfectly blunt, this image is pure pain to look at and the endless difficulties had while trying to produce a movie and TV series based on the property make a whole lot more sense now. Think of every Wonder Woman Halloween costume you’ve ever seen, and know that 90% of them are likely better than this.<br />
Be sure to click on over to the other side to see the first official image from NBC’s new <em>Wonder Woman</em> and speak your thoughts freely in the comments below!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tIiitxHgeXf9ygjEjirmmBNnJZiLzst0fa6n0Qn-wN_FnhVg0sAyf9-gOC5d7oZcP1UaCLLV_5YYNR27TY-TjzG7FqJvoJANWZDH8KMIOQLMegntal__M1HJ_fVxsb3OsdanKmze1QY/s1600/2011-03-18-wonder_woman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tIiitxHgeXf9ygjEjirmmBNnJZiLzst0fa6n0Qn-wN_FnhVg0sAyf9-gOC5d7oZcP1UaCLLV_5YYNR27TY-TjzG7FqJvoJANWZDH8KMIOQLMegntal__M1HJ_fVxsb3OsdanKmze1QY/s320/2011-03-18-wonder_woman.jpg" width="136" /></a></div>These words may seem harsh, yes, but when something like this is being made you like to see that some sort of effort is being put in and, so far, no, there’s none here. We can only hope that much like that <a href="http://geeksofdoom.com/2010/06/03/possible-first-peeks-at-chris-evans-in-captain-america-chris-hemsworth-in-thor/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d24538;">unpleasant first peek</span></a> at <em>Thor</em> way back when, the show itself will look much better than this.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-68753327069200329092011-03-06T20:50:00.000-08:002011-03-06T20:50:46.307-08:00Rock-nroll all night and party every day with KISS KONDOMS!Time to put the “X in Sex” and explode with a “Sonic Boom” like the “God of Thunder” — the band <strong>KISS</strong> is releasing new <strong>KISS Kondoms</strong> for fans to stay safe when they’re taking their significant others for a “Rocket Ride.” <br />
Apologies for the song title puns used here, but c’mon… this is KISS and it’s a story about <strong>Gene Simmons</strong> pimping out some condoms — I just couldn’t help myself. <br />
The difference with this release of KISS Kondoms is that they have pictures on them, which is kind of odd when you think about where these things are going to end up when you’re done using them. <br />
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At any rate, this release of KISS Kondom, which features a picture of <strong>Gene Simmons</strong> as The Demon, complete with his trademark tongue, will they’ll be hitting shelves (and mattresses) during this month. A <strong>Paul Stanley</strong> version is said to be scheduled for release later in the year. But for the time being, if you’re interested in getting yourself some KISS Kondoms, they’re currently on sale already at <a href="http://secure.condomania.com/prodinfo.asp?number=C-KPK" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d24538;">Condomania</span></a>. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOQgRJdo6WjwcPfg46LelZ4dQAbKBq98vXRlIcPPI4EioFQodHWO3MS2QIRukD2thBzA75XM8pkUIHpYtN30ltmCyoI-HauGgksq-FcTCU5aI3l_rEf7fVN15jgx6funEwm3F7XhC2hk/s1600/2011-03-05-kiss-150x150.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOQgRJdo6WjwcPfg46LelZ4dQAbKBq98vXRlIcPPI4EioFQodHWO3MS2QIRukD2thBzA75XM8pkUIHpYtN30ltmCyoI-HauGgksq-FcTCU5aI3l_rEf7fVN15jgx6funEwm3F7XhC2hk/s1600/2011-03-05-kiss-150x150.jpg" /></a></div>Meanwhile, in other KISS news, the band is working towards completing their next album, a follow-up to 2009′s <em>Sonic Boom</em>. It’s also been announced that KISS will be headlining the <strong>Rock USA</strong> festival on July 16 at Ford Festival Park in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, playing along with other bands such as <strong>Korn</strong>, <strong>Journey</strong>, <strong>Lynyrd Skynyrd</strong>, <strong>Daughtry</strong>, <strong>Buckcherry</strong>, and <strong>Cheap Trick</strong>korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-10335011190736613732011-02-23T16:45:00.000-08:002011-02-23T16:45:18.960-08:00Hot Wheels Back to the Future Delorean!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscXDmBBr0PtlEJO2Z4XT6zZj3a3yY-DX0T92pdjJRS8B6rZpelbb_0iBnV1Vq8HSIZWo29sKAK0vSf8HQ1i49ss2oCO4TPWTT8b8_AGf18AiJ183AtW0JfbjeAldAa1cARl2gueJYpTc/s1600/%2524%2528KGrHqR%252C%2521loE1GBOzSmEBNYWlk3VKg%257E%257E_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjscXDmBBr0PtlEJO2Z4XT6zZj3a3yY-DX0T92pdjJRS8B6rZpelbb_0iBnV1Vq8HSIZWo29sKAK0vSf8HQ1i49ss2oCO4TPWTT8b8_AGf18AiJ183AtW0JfbjeAldAa1cARl2gueJYpTc/s320/%2524%2528KGrHqR%252C%2521loE1GBOzSmEBNYWlk3VKg%257E%257E_1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Wow Doc thats so cool! Was totally caught off gaurd when I saw this at Albertsons this morning. I highly suggest if you want one that you hit the grocery stores as you wont find them at any retail stores. Damn ebay scalpers! Thats how I scored my fleet of tv Batmobiles.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-8289159006115169802011-02-06T21:37:00.000-08:002011-02-06T21:37:33.146-08:00The world is a little less sexy and dangerous now....rest in peace Tura Satana<em>“You’re a beautiful animal…and I’m weak, and I want you…”</em><br />
Took the words right out of my face.<br />
Immortal lines uttered at <span style="color: red;">Tura Satana</span> in the iconic actress’ most famous role as the ultra-sexy and tough as nails <span style="color: red;">Varla</span> in the grindhouse classic, <span style="color: red;"><em>Faster Pussycat, Kill…Kill!</em> </span>(1965). <em>“She’s a cold one—more stallion than mare. Too much for one man to handle!”</em> was another quote that perfectly summed up <span style="color: red;">Tura</span>, who throughout her life was everything from an erotic dancer and gang leader, to a model and martial arts expert.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mfuCC5M_0MHKQZtY5wkFJBRExNPZrR23s6rO6jtypx5PWYT_1qeP2qUlRUoIsaqmyAgy05ZaTXfsD4icpQA3bhz3z6bmfIzW138eC_8JK3-e7cCrZgnrv7wTEpin-YfxNi4jOt4Dc5M/s1600/tura+satana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5mfuCC5M_0MHKQZtY5wkFJBRExNPZrR23s6rO6jtypx5PWYT_1qeP2qUlRUoIsaqmyAgy05ZaTXfsD4icpQA3bhz3z6bmfIzW138eC_8JK3-e7cCrZgnrv7wTEpin-YfxNi4jOt4Dc5M/s320/tura+satana.jpg" width="147" /></a></div><span style="color: red;">Tura Satana</span>, having one of the most all-time coolest names ever, passed away at 73 years old on February 4th, 2011, leaving behind a grindhouse film legacy of female empowerment that literally rewrote the rules on tough chick womanhood. Truly, there would be no <span style="color: red;">Joan Jett</span> without <span style="color: red;">Tura Satana’s</span> gender redefining trailblazing.korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097404574184258008.post-42944488907280447572011-01-26T17:25:00.000-08:002011-01-26T17:25:38.191-08:00Thundercats HO!!!!!!!!! Cartoon Network!<div align="left">Back in late 2009, it was reported that the planned THUNDERCATS movie at Warner Bros. was dead in the water. While it's possible we may still see a movie somewhere down the line, the plan was shifted to relaunch the brand via a new toy line and a new cartoon series on WB's Cartoon Network. Well the time has come when we to see our first image of what the new era of "ThunderCats" will look like: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxq18kPs_b6zELQEw8Yc5ZLeZ_hcAC80FSp5gpxwPvIbMGVaMltdBAhk7mzt425WIPposRbCE-h4rFxr-DnPvTVG_K4CaphIS25iryRlU-U0Ruom08gEQjxqImJVQA3CnOVzFKfYdgIE/s1600/0126thundercats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxq18kPs_b6zELQEw8Yc5ZLeZ_hcAC80FSp5gpxwPvIbMGVaMltdBAhk7mzt425WIPposRbCE-h4rFxr-DnPvTVG_K4CaphIS25iryRlU-U0Ruom08gEQjxqImJVQA3CnOVzFKfYdgIE/s320/0126thundercats.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" sizcache="6" sizset="127" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="left" sizcache="6" sizset="128">That's Lion-O, Panthro, Cheetara and Tygra via Warner Bros. Animation (no word yet on whether Snarf will return). As you can see, they're given a new anime-style look and <a href="http://thundercatslair.org/"><span style="color: #990000;">a leaked pic from the London Toy Fair</span></a> shows Cheetara has another anime staple: huge boobs. </div><div align="left">It's unclear when the series will begin airing on Cartoon Network but it is set for a 2011 debut. What this means for a possible THUNDERCATS movie remains to be seen but if you ever want to see Cheetara shaking her cleavage on-screen, you might want to tune in.</div>korollockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544923246683496402noreply@blogger.com0