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04/22/2006: Krazy Kryptonite & Pirate M&M’s!

Superman and I have a strange relationship. I’ve never gotten much out of him, and he’s certainly not gotten anything out of me, but once in a while, our wires cross and I’m really happy to see his gay ass red panties contrast against his gay ass blue pantyhose. So, while the Superman Returns buzz is buzzing right over my head, I can’t resist sacrificing a chicken to Jesus Christ in thanks for Superman’s new “Krazy Kryptonite,” just one of the many toys currently in stores to pre-capitalize on the new film. Outside of Doomsday crushing a bird in his hand and proceeding to belt of a string of “HAHAHAHAH” text that strung across fifty-six panels in The Death of Superman, kryptonite is my favorite thing about the lore. I don’t care if it kills Superman: I love kryptonite, and I think it’d be really sweet of someone to come paint all the rocks in my luxurious patio garden bright green while I sleep tonight.

“Krazy Kryptonite” is cheap (not as cheap as it should be considering how simple it is, but cheap enough for you not to care) and beautiful, consisting of a translucent kryptonite-shaped shell that doubles as a shaping mold for a batch of heavenly green toy slime. The consistency of this toy slime isn’t what we’re typically used to, being much less goopy and far more conducive to erecting tiny statues. You can stretch, bounce and smell it, and though the haters may claim that that’s all you can do with “Krazy Kryptonite,” I told out hope that there’s more uses to come.

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Just got back from a family thing / kid’s birthday party. Had to stop at the travel agent first to pay off the Disney vacation balance (YEASH!), then a requisite visit to Toys ‘R’ Us to buy the birthday boy a gift card. “A gift card,” you say? “No effort,” you say? Yes. Because he’s four-years-old, has everything, and I’ve no interest in wrapping something his mother is just going to exchange for some Tommy Tank Dickhead DVDs tomorrow morning anyway. Fuck him. While there, I found these here these those:

Pirates of the Caribbean “Pirate Pearl” M&M’s, containing special limited edition exclusive white chocolate candies. The signage at the store featured huge smiling pictures of Johnny Depp, and between that and the hilariously screwy cereal based on the same movie with the same hilariously screwy smiling Depp imagery, I’ve gotta wonder if the JD peeps actually read his contract first. Face-on-a-cereal-box, face-on-an-M&M-display…these do not seem like typical exercises of the ever-fringe and-don’t-you-forget-it Johnny Depp. Next time he comes over for poker night, I’m going to josh him about being a sellout and tell him a funny joke about the MPAA rating of a new pirate movie.

This is your Saturday Night Thread, and like all of my favorite Saturday Night Threads, it’s taking place on a very stormy afternoon that will hopefully segue into an equally stormy evening. Not having a social life hurts less when it’s wet out, but that’s only the half of it: I just like rain, especially when I’m lounging just far enough from an open window to enjoy it without being a part of it. All I need now is some thunder and the Halloween jukebox. Shit, it’s almost summer.


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Discussion Thread: 88 comments

Kryptonite and Pearl M&Ms? That’s like stuffing mixed with potatoes! Woo-hoo!

Ghosted by kingklash @ 04/22/2006 6:13 PM EDT


hahaha, is it rated "ARRRR"?

mmm, I like white chocolate, but I think I would like to mix them with regualar M&M’s to get that twist thing goin on.

Anybody want to do karoke to the Bay City Rollers?

S-A-T-U-R
D-A-Y
NIGHT!

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 04/22/2006 6:21 PM EDT


White chocolate M&M’s – I gots to try me some of them.

Ghosted by Zigmund @ 04/22/2006 6:22 PM EDT


Yes.. SOunds Tasty. Like Ice Cream Skittles.

Ghosted by Mattman @ 04/22/2006 6:23 PM EDT


If they taste like Hershey’s "Hugs", count me out. :P

Ghosted by Julie @ 04/22/2006 6:24 PM EDT


I keep forgetting there’s a new Superman movie even coming out.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 04/22/2006 6:25 PM EDT


I forgot the instant I saw that horribly done CGI cape waving in space on the preview… ughh…

Ghosted by Mattman @ 04/22/2006 6:28 PM EDT


Waving in space?

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 04/22/2006 6:29 PM EDT


white chocolate! that’s always such a hit or miss. whereas candies like "cookies and cream" snowmen are awesome, things like white choco reeses and ‘take 5′ dont really meet with my taste bud’s approval. p.s. i killed my last seasonal candy today (chocolate egg) and almost wept afterward.
it’s gonna be a long 5 months… but maybe that’s one of the reasons i love halloween so much.

Ghosted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 04/22/2006 6:29 PM EDT


If I’m not mistaken, he was in space… Either way, that cape looks terrible. TERRIBLE.

Ghosted by Mattman @ 04/22/2006 6:33 PM EDT


Has anyone seen the Ultimate Advengers cartoon movie? It’s on Cartoon Network tonight at 9:30, is it worth watching?

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 04/22/2006 6:35 PM EDT


I’ve heard of the UA movie, as long as you’re not paying $$ for it, yeah, it’s prob. worth watching.

Just came in to see the last hour of Trainspotting is on! Haven’t seen that movie in years…the baby on the ceiling is fucking crazy. What I really like is the soundtrack though. If you can get past the fact that Iggy Pop sells "Lust for Life" to anyone with $20 to use in a commercial, it is a pretty darn good song. Lots of good beats in the movie too, especially Underworld, with Born SLippy/NUXX. I really like Underworld a lot.

Anyway, SNT, see youu later today!

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 04/22/2006 6:51 PM EDT


I e-mailed you about the dolphin whale, please check&reply.

Ghosted by Michelena @ 04/22/2006 6:52 PM EDT


Actually, Kidneyboy, it’s rated "PG-13 Men on a Dead Man’s Chest." So feel free to take the kids to see it.

Ghosted by Francis @ 04/22/2006 7:18 PM EDT


Yeah, Johnny Depp must have just given up on the whole "look at me, I’m cool and rich, but I want to be a druggie and poor" attitude. I saw the pirates of the carribean cereal and M & M’s, and that was strange and all. But NOW I’ve been told they are adding an animatronic version of him into the Disney World ride. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think its all that fringe and cool-guy-like to have a robotic version of yourself next to a ride with flying Dumbos.

Ghosted by TC Falcon @ 04/22/2006 7:30 PM EDT


hahaha, that’s great, it actually took me two reads to get it! nice :) :)

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 04/22/2006 7:31 PM EDT


And in Brazil, it’s rated livre and kidney pie! In retrospect, that joke was not worth the research I put into it.

Ghosted by Jedoc @ 04/22/2006 7:33 PM EDT


Someone explain the whole Johnny Depp-Pirates of the Caribbean thing, because I sure as hell don’t get.

Ghosted by LemurCat @ 04/22/2006 7:38 PM EDT


He needed the money! (rimshot)

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Ghosted by Zigmund @ 04/22/2006 7:43 PM EDT


I have to rant. Since I’m too lame to have my own website, I’m stealing space here.

It’s a beautiful day today in Idaho Falls. It’s sunny, it’s 72 degrees. It’s the first really nice day of spring we’ve had on a weekend. To give you an idea, it snowed HARD on Easter up here, although it was too warm for much acumulation. Basically, it’s the first chance I’ve had to detail my new ride.

When I bought it in January, I was so excited I went ahead and bought all the stuff I’d need. Ultra-soft wash mitt, chamois, cleaner wax, paste wax, Rain-X, Invisible Glass, leather cleaner, etc. etc. ad nauseam. But up until today the weather has just been too rainy or cold to really think about giving my new baby a thorough cleaning. It’s a Hyundai Tiburon GT Ltd, and while it’s not the Mustang I REALLY wanted (the extra 6Gs was just too much) I still think it’s a pretty nice car.

So today I cleaned. I cleaned for over six hours. I did it the right way, in the shade, to keep the surfaces cool. When I was finally all done, I was exhausted, but pleased with myself. I went for a celebratory drive. I opened the sun roof. I blasted out music at window-shaking levels. I drove far too fast (think 70 in a 25). When I got home, I parked next to the garage, in the sun. I got out, looked at my car, and saw… god-damn swirl marks in the clear coat. Really bad ones. Like, the finish on my brand new car (still has less than 3000 miles) is totally trashed.

There’s two morals to the story. First, never ever buy a black car, no matter how fucking cool black looks. Second, never ever buy a Hyundai. They must have cheaped out on the paint job, because I used high-quality clear coat safe cleaning products that should NOT have scratched up the surface like that.

Ghosted by spaz307 @ 04/22/2006 8:11 PM EDT


Yeah! What is the deal with Johnny Depp and Pirates of the Carribbean? It was a good movie sure, but not amazing in anyway, I dunno I don’t see it being a classic. And Johnny Deep, yeah he’s good looking, but I don’t really think he’s any better looking than any other "sexy" cleb. Oh well Im just an out of the loop Mom I guess.

Ghosted by IHAQ @ 04/22/2006 8:40 PM EDT


We went and had a whole big family reunion type thing ALL day for my father-in-law’s mother’s sister’s 80th birthday. Aunt Berta! Sort of crazy and all, but still a nice time. Point is, while we were driving home, the sky freaking let go and I drove through some of the hairyest rain I’ve ever had to…following my mother-in-law…going 85 mph down a busy highway.

Crazy German women antelope drivers.

Ghosted by Mad Cow @ 04/22/2006 9:26 PM EDT


Man, the one time I’m sitting here all night and no one’s around. :(

Ghosted by Matt @ 04/22/2006 9:44 PM EDT


lol, HI MATT!!

Ghosted by LuLu @ 04/22/2006 9:49 PM EDT


Hey spaz307,
Do you like the Tiburon? (other than your ruined paint job) I have a friend that was thinking about getting one…just wondering what you thought of it.

I’m bored here on this Saturday night. I am watching Celebrity Cooking Showdown. It’s really stupid and I hate it, but NBC is the only channel that comes in this good on my TV.

I read a cute comic in the paper today. It had a picture of a sock and the character said, "You have a hole." and the sock said, "I’ll be darned." hee hee.

What’s on SNL tonight? Is this "Best of TV Funhouse" or is that next week?

HAPPY SATURDAY NIGHT!

Ghosted by LuLu @ 04/22/2006 9:54 PM EDT


No, no we’re here! Some of us just take inordinate amounts of time picking over what we want to post!
Aw, too bad white choc makes me ill. I’m sure when you sign up with Disney and the Bruckmeister you know what you’re getting into when it comes to cross promos. I don’t begrudge Depp the commercial stuff…hell, The Libertine didn’t even come within 20 miles of my town so that’s pretty indie. What I like a lot about JD is that he tries all kinds of roles, and he gives his all to every one.
Lemur, there’s not much to explain. It’s Johnny Depp, he swashbuckles. You either want to see that or you don’t.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 04/22/2006 9:55 PM EDT


I think since the Superman movies were the first around in my lifetime (as far as I know) Superman has always been the king of all Superheroes in my book. When I saw the movies when I was young, I thought they looked sooo glitzy and futuristic. Of course now, they sure don’t. But, I am excited about the new movies. Assuming there’ll be more than one.

And yay for Matt being around for SNT.

Ghosted by kb @ 04/22/2006 10:01 PM EDT


Here with a big greasy pile of Chinese food and Coke. Happy and gross. And it’s still raining. :)

Ghosted by Matt @ 04/22/2006 10:03 PM EDT


The green and female M&M should really button up that pirate shirt, it’s indecent.

Ghosted by Mike P @ 04/22/2006 10:03 PM EDT


They’re replaying the Natalie Portman Episode on SNL tonight. TV Funhouse is next week. I think I’m going to end up going through South Park Season 1 for the millionth time.

Ghosted by Mattman @ 04/22/2006 10:06 PM EDT


The only Superman I really know is Dean Cain in Lois and Clark the adventures of Superman. Back in the day I loved that show, I know I can’t be the only one, tell me I’m not alone in this. I acutally would watch this over The Simpsons on Sunday nights.

Ghosted by IHAQ @ 04/22/2006 10:10 PM EDT


I will back you up. Lois and Clark was one of my very favorite shows when it was on the air, though I was more of a Spiderman…man, myself. It was just good casting. Except Jimmy. None of the actors who played that poor kid were really appropriate for the character. Of course, I can only imagine how difficult it must be to cast a red-headed cross-dressing freelance photographer/coffee boy who ends up doing brain surgery or inventing some implausible gadget or gaining superpowers every other issue.

Ghosted by Jedoc @ 04/22/2006 10:17 PM EDT


I just reread the post a bit more closely, and shit is the word for the summer. Anyone else hate humidity and 90 degree weather? Well, at least half-way through you get bombarded with back to school fall themed things.

Ghosted by kb @ 04/22/2006 10:44 PM EDT


LuLu-

Yeah, I like my Tiburon. It’s not nearly as fast as it looks, but that’s okay. If your friend can drive a stick, I highly recommend that s/he get the six-speed. The four-speed auto tranny with the auto-stick is fun, but I wish I’d just bitten the bullet and gone to a driving school to learn how to drive a stick. The best I can do is get around a parking lot.

Also, I recommend springing for the sun & sound package. I love having a sun roof, and the 400 watt Infinity sound system rocks if you replace the speakers with something better. I blew the factory speakers very shortly after I got it, but I kind of expected that. I’m a metal head (mostly) and have a tendency to blow speakers often. Once I replaced them though, it kicked total ass. I expect if your friend doesn’t rock as hard as me, s/he will be fine with the factory speakers.

Finally, for God’s sake, get the V6. It’s underpowered (for me), so the four-banger would be awful.

There’s only two real downsides to this car. The first is low gas mileage, which is fine for me since I ride a bus to work. I only get 20-25 mpg, but I do drive it pretty hard. The second is the back seat is REALLY small. I can only have one person ride with me. I tried bringing a couple friends home from work on one of the rare days I drove, and after the 60+ miles they both hated me and my car.

I’m surprised I haven’t gotten in trouble with it, actually. I was driving to Jackson Hole a couple weeks ago, and a really nice cop just flashed his lights, rather than pulling me over. I know I was doing at least 85 in a 65.

Ghosted by spaz307 @ 04/22/2006 10:45 PM EDT


Somewhat slow SNT tonight eh?

Superman… hmmm. I enjoy Superman, but not as much as the bumbling of Clark Kent. I always thought it was cool that even though he was Superman, he acted like a big nerd the rest of the time.

Greasy Chinese and Coke are one of the gods’ greatest combinations by the way. What was your fortune?

Ghosted by Mr. Boligarky @ 04/22/2006 10:52 PM EDT


Oh, and to top off today, my poker game was canceled. The hosts had a death in the family.

I plan to sit at home tonight and watch Transformers: The Movie. Who’s with me?

P.S. Matt, I’m from Kansas. We had great thunderstorms there, and I share your love of a good rainy night. There’s something about the smell in the air and the glow of lightning. I used to love to sit and look out the picture window at my parents’ house and stare at the lightning.

Ghosted by spaz307 @ 04/22/2006 10:53 PM EDT


I love Superman (one of the few superheroes I ever really got into), so I’m gonna try to see the movie when it comes out…but I hadn’t seen the "Krazy Kryptonite." I gotta find me the nearest Toys R’ Us to Oaklyn. I doubt I’d buy it, but it could lead to even more great won’t-be-seen-again-ever
stuff. "Pirates of the Carribean," the M&Ms and the movie, sound like fun, too. The candies couldn’t be any worse than the dark chocolate "Mpire" promotion from last year.

It’s pouring here, too, and this was my only day off this week besides Easter. I spent it organizing, going through clothes, running errands, and watching some seriously bizarre "Sailor Moon S" I got online. (The Witches 5 off each other in very creative ways. One had the brakes on her car removed; another was eaten to death by a plant; a third was turned off when she was in a TV and trapped in another dimension.)

I talked with a girlfriend long-distance on the phone tonight. That’s the extent of my night life. I don’t think I’d want a duck to be out in that mess, anyway. It’s been coming down hard on and off since this afternoon.

Incidentally, I AM looking forward to summer, but not because I particuarlly like hot weather. In fact, I hate hot weather. I’d rather crash in air conditioning. What I’m looking forward to is the first summer of my entire life where my home is NOT invaded by tourists, conventioneers, or other odd, assorted vacationers who don’t belong there. This is the first summer I haven’t lived in a shore community, and though I probably will miss the boardwalk, I can’t wait for some peace and quiet in the middle of July. Besides, if I want to see the boardwalk, that’s what busses and parents who live at the Shore are for.

Ghosted by starwenn @ 04/22/2006 10:55 PM EDT


Wow starwenn, I hadn’t caught that you left my favorite town. Where to?

Ghosted by Matt @ 04/22/2006 10:59 PM EDT


"Lemur, there’s not much to explain. It’s Johnny Depp, he swashbuckles. You either want to see that or you don’t."

Squee, I don’t call that swashbuckling. I call that acting like Keith Richards in a puffy shirt. Now Geena Davis in "Cut Throat Island" … *THAT* is swashbuckling…

Ghosted by LemurCat @ 04/22/2006 11:05 PM EDT


Wow…cool! I was just in KMart and saw "Krazy Kryptonite". I didn’t pick it up (had to spead WAY to much on a new electric tooth brush), but the first thing thing I thought of was seeing it on X-E!

Ghosted by Dan @ 04/22/2006 11:12 PM EDT


hey matt, do you still have your kryptonite rocks somewhere?

Ghosted by xero @ 04/22/2006 11:14 PM EDT


Eddie, you’re out of candy? I still have a drawer full of gummy body parts. You know the ones.

In other news, last night I had a dream that I was trying to find a bottle of coke Bl�k, but could only find it in plastic bottles. I blame this site.

Ghosted by Jeff @ 04/22/2006 11:15 PM EDT


LOL I had Coke with my greasy cheese fries…also gross.
The only Superman comics I’ve read are the Hostess Fruit Pie ones. I haven’t even watched any of the movies, though I had a Supergirl Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book and watched the old TV show on Nick @ Nite.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 04/22/2006 11:35 PM EDT


Supermans gay…..sorry. Spiderman is the…….well…..man. He’s a spiderman, what else would he be?

Ghosted by prsense @ 04/22/2006 11:52 PM EDT


I liked the orig. Supes movies, ditto Lois and Clark, will never watch Smallville, and I haven’t decided about the new one.

I like the comic for Superman: Red Son, where he is a communist Superhero, in a totally diff. continuity.

Are we drinking Cokes out of a can, 20 oz. plastic, 2 liter, glass, or what? It becomes important for me, to get up, walk across the room, and peer down, below.

Take away the gun, you take away the fun.

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 04/22/2006 11:56 PM EDT


That advengers movie lost a lot of steam by the second half. I got to get off here, like now, because lightning is knocking on our door. I’ll be back if I survive.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 04/23/2006 12:00 PM EDT


God, that sounds like my day – minus the Kryptonite. :( Went to work, my boss made me squirm until he told me I could leave two hours earlier than normal so I could go to my nephew’s B-day party. He’s 2. The party was good, I suppose, but god damn, did it reinforce the fact that I DO NOT EVER WANT KIDS! This 7 year old girl was like, into all the toys that weren’t even opened up to play with, and she opened probably half of the gifts for him. She basically took over the Crayola floor mat and BRAND NEW box of crayons he got, without asking. Pissed me off. Then she kept trying to ride his new Radio Flyer trike around the living room… I never did stuff like that when I was little, and seeing kids do that just makes me wanna punch ‘em.

So, yeah, my brain is mushy right now, and I’m so unbelievably tired.

I had to get that out.

Ghosted by Ryane @ 04/23/2006 12:08 PM EDT


I gotta say I really think Superman is totally gay. His whole deal is that he’s just too super. And I’ll say it again about the new movie… the CGI cape! What the hell?! It looks AWEFUL.. simply aweful.

Ghosted by Mattman @ 04/23/2006 12:26 PM EDT


I actually got that Pirates of the Caribbean cereal about a week ago, forgoing my usual Cocoa Krispies. It’s essentially Cocoa Puffs ("Black Pearls!") with "Pirate-shaped" marshmallows. There are gold dubloons, cutlasses, sail ships, pirate hats (the Napoleon-shaped kind), and purple rectangles with a white X in the center, which I presume to be a jolly roger flag.

I know my sister would have gotten a kick out of it, since she loves the movie and fashions herself as an expert on factual pirate lore (and she really has done her research!). But she’s 1,000 miles away, so I ate the cereal myself and plan to show her the box if I ever see her again.

I always got a kick out of how the Superman movies always seemed more far-fetched than the cartoons. Oh, has anyone seen the trailer for the new Superman movie? Listen to the voice-over and see if it reminds you of any major religious figures. It did for me, at least.

Ghosted by Venison @ 04/23/2006 12:50 PM EDT


All I did tonite was watch the Ultimate Avengers (very good, if rushed) and my Swingers DVD.

I like white chocolate. Got me some special edition white chocolate Twix I’m planning on trying soon.

Can’t wait for the Superman movie. Singer did a great job on the X-Men films, so I have faith in him. But X3 also looks good. Plus, Brandon Routh is from Iowa, so of course we’re thrilled.

Ghosted by JLAJRC @ 04/23/2006 12:57 PM EDT


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