X-Entertainment's Christmas Season & Advent Calendar, 2008.

05/21/2007: Pepsi Summer Mix & Diet Coke Plus!

I’m attempting to write through a fever — bronchial ashtma, to be exact — so my apologies if several points get lost in a sea of groggy antibiotics, Theraflu, NyQuil and delicious strawberry Halls cough drops.

Those competing cougars from Coke and Pepsi have unleashed one new beverage a piece onto the world at large, each manifested for a wholly different target demo. Dwurrr.

Pepsi’s offering is the most interesting of the two, so it gets top billing. Pepsi Summer Mix blends the taste of Pepsi with indiscernible artificial fruit flavors, and the end result is…subjective. I hate it. You may disagree. Though I admit that I liked the taste a lot better after allowing myself more than a single can, I also admit that I never quite shook the feeling that I had just downed a shot of rancid Southern Comfort and was trying to chase it with Pepsi Cola. That’s kind of what it tastes like.

The part of me that doesn’t want to be so harsh thinks it’s more like Pepsi mixed with tangerine soda. I don’t know. It doesn’t work for me, but I adore the effort and can totally picture being eleven-years-old and obsessed with making sure I drank nothing but Pepsi Summer Mix from now until September 1st.

And then, the competition! From the sentient polar bears at Coca-Cola, it’s Diet Coke Plus, which is essentially Diet Coke with added vitamins and minerals. At first, I was disgusted by what I took to be an aftertaste similar to that of a medicinny vitamin tablet. After a while, I realized that there was no such taste, and that it was a completely psychosomatic reaction to drinking “soda with vitamins.” If there is any real flavor difference between Diet Coke and Diet Coke Plus, it’s minimal. While I don’t think the world should be turning to soda for their daily fix of vitamins and minerals, I definitely dig the silver can.

I’m not really a soda-drinker (or “pop” as we call it round here) but the Pepsi has me kind of excited. Mostly because I love artificial fruit flavoring in spite of myself (banana-flavored Runts. Chomp.) As for the Coke, I’ve said it before - if people are really drinking this to get vitamins, they’re fooling themselves.

Thanks for the post! And keep feeling better. Maybe get some of those vitamins in there with the soda.

YAY MATT!!! HE LIVES!!!
This is the closest to first I will ever be!! Im going to go bask in the joy now.

I like Diet Coke Plus, I downed a case Fri-Sun. But right now my soda of choice has to be Cherry Coke Zero. It’s better than regular Diet Coke, like it has a sweeter flavor or something. Plus the can design is way cooler — cherries with little holes punched out of them.

I’ve always been averse to Pepsi’s weird flavors after Pepsi blue…but just this weekend I had a can of Cherokee Red, possibly the best soda ever made and one which I haven’t drank in literally about ten years.

I second the Coke Zero with cherry! It actually tastes more cherry-y than regular Cherry Coke (I guess they’re calling it CocaCola Cherry now though, huh?)

Summer mix? maybe that’ll help usher a return of Holiday Spice. God if they brought that back this Christmas I would promise to not drink anything else the entire time it was on the shelf.

Welcome back, Matt. Even though it’s a fever, your first lines made me think of some old cold remedy commercial. Someone shoves a seventeen-foot-long sandwich in the face of the afflicted and says, “You gotta feeeeeeeed a cold!”
Anyone else remember this, or better yet, know the product for sure, or still even better yet, have a link to an archived video or some such thing?

I wanted to try Pepsi Summer Mix because of the cool-looking can, but I quickly thought better of it. Instead, we bought some Welch’s Strawberry Soda because it was on sale for like 2.50 or something. Man, that stuff is good.

I didnt like either. I now like how coke has 4 levels of coke on a health meter: Coke, Coke Zero, Diet Coke, and Diet Coke Plus.

I have to admit, neither of these sodas get me excited. But, the Diet Coke is in such a pretty pretty can.

Thorzul- I remember that commercial. Very Well. The old lady shoving food at the sicky. I cannot remember where it’s from either.

Just so we’re clear, it’s not your imagination about the medicine aftertaste

Yuck. One try was enough for me a few weeks ago.
get well soon!

Reminds me of the Aqua Teens movie, when they keep putting the New York subtitle on the screen.

Picture it, they are clearly showing a space scene, and it gets identified as New York……yeah, you had to be there. August 14th is it? On DVD, yeah.

I love the Diet Coke Plus artwork. I think it looks like the Colecovision logo.
Personally, I love what off-brand soda companies do with product design. I found something called Mountain Holler———->

Has anyone else noticed the lack of white soda cans lately? it seems all the diets used to be white, and now they are going silver/gold or something else. Maybe soon they’ll get the white can back as a retro look.

You’d think that after drinking Nyquil and the like, anything even remotely resembling soda would would be a welcome treat.

We’ve got Moutain Holler here (VA). Bad Dew rip-off. When it comes to the ambrosia of the gods, accept no imitations.

I’ve been trying to cut down on soda in general as part of “changing my eating habits” (i.e, a diet), so I haven’t tried either yet. I don’t like diet soda in general (though the Pepsi Jazz Black Cherries ‘n Cream wasn’t bad), but the Summer Mix may be worth a splurge sometime before September. Not because it’s likely to be any good, but because it’s a “limited edition” and I like to try “limited edition” flavors at least once, just to say I know what it tastes like.

Diet Coke Plus isn’t bad at all, but it seems a little sweeter than regular Diet Coke.

I’m on a biz trip and have been out of the loop today but I just finished reading todays comments and I feel really bad Matt had to explain his life in regards to a lite period in XE. Who cares? Good people appriciate what you do and we don’t need an explination.
I had a guy complain about the bumpy flight tonight. I wanted to say, “You’re walking away, aren’t you dickhole?” But I said, “I am sorry about that. thanks.”

Huh, I didn’t even notice that the Pepsi can said “NEW YORK” on it at first. I wonder if the ones here say “OKLAHOMA”…

Hmm…The “New York” label just gave me an idea…State Flavored Sodas! What would sodas representing different states taste like?

Florida could be Orange
Georgia could be Peach
New York would taste like polluted water and pizza crust
New Jersey would be like NY, only Diet

Also, I’m having a bit of a headache myself (possiubly from allergies), but I will tell you what helped it…Americone Dream! I finally tried it, and I have to say it tastes pretty good. Not a fan of Caramel, but it really doesn’t distract from the overall goodness to me.

Dang, a perfectly good discussion topic gone because of the Approval Bin! Nothing bad was even said either.

Hmm…The “New York” label just gave me an idea…State Flavored Sodas! What would sodas representing different states taste like?

Florida could be Orange
Georgia could be Peach
New York would taste like polluted water and pizza crust
New Jersey would be like NY, only Diet

Also, I’m having a bit of a headache myself (possibly from allergies), but I will tell you what helped it…Americone Dream! I finally tried it, and I have to say it tastes pretty good. Not a fan of Caramel, but it really doesn’t distract from the overall goodness to me.

I tried Pepsi Summer Mix a while back. I got the impression that Pepsico had taken all of the leftovers of their various failed fruity Pepsi flavor, then dumped them all in a vat and started bottling them.

I tried Summer Mix back 3 or so weeks ago…think I may have mentioned it in the then-current thread. After trying it another couple times, my opinion stands: I think it would make a good popsicle.

My Summer Mix can (saved three because it was pretty gross) doesn’t have a city on it at all.

The more I think about it, the more I’d actually like to somehow nab just one can of Pepsi Summer Mix and just keep it sealed for 20 years until it’s obscure and very, very flat.

Speaking of old soda, Matt, I guess I should take this opportunity to say that I thought your soda article was freaking awesome.

I absolutely love the Summer Mix Pepsi (no state on the cans though :). Saw it in Walmart and picked up a case–was gone within a week, which is crazy for me cause I really don’t drink soda that much anymore. Got another half-empty box sitting by my desk now. I need to get a stash built up, since any new flavor of anything that I like (whether limited time or not) always ends up disappearing and not coming back :/

I too have cut off my soda intake as much as possible to try to cut down on un-needed sugars….

I spent so much money today getting that friggin’ IPod….I’ll start to put music on it tomorrow, but it still doesn’t feel right…you know? Anyone else ever get so used to using a device that when you have to get a new version it feels off?

For the Wii folks: Metroid Prime 3 comes out definitely in August; the 20th I think…

Thorzul - Wasn’t that from an old theral flu commercial.
Shuanfu - Resident Evil 4: Wii edition is suppose to come out in June. Gotta get used to aiming with the wiimote.

Glad you’re feeling better enough to post, Matt.

Keep taking good care of yourself.

I am always scared to try a new pop, get addicted to it, then have it ripped away, like what happened with Vanilla Pepsi…man, I was HOOKED and then one day- poof! GONE!

You da man Matt, hang in there champ! For soda lately, I think Coke Zero should be considered as a major factor in the Terrorist threat level. As for vids, upcoming releases that have caught my attention are Ratchet ‘N Clank Future with the the Groovatron disco grenade, and Call of Duty 4 with the modern day sickness (If we’re gonna fight a fraudulent war, it might as well be in a game!)

After passing by the pepsi refrigerator case for weeks, I finally broke down and bought a bottle of the summer mix…I’ll be tryin’ it out this afternoon.

I’m not a soda drinker (too unhealthy to not get me drunk) but I’d be pissed if there weren’t summer Pepsi or Coke commercials…it just wouldn’t be summer without ‘em.

I had the same experience with the Diet Coke plus, had a weird mediciny, vitaminy aftertaste…bleh. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, I don’t want vitamins in my junk food!!

I had been telling folks Coke Plus tasted like sucking on a copper penny. From the added Zinc is my theory.

Just yesterday I had Faygo’s Blueberry Raspberry for the 1st time (I’ll drink anything blue) and was equally let down. Very weak. I was expecting blue raspberry Icee power.

I tried the Diet Coke Plus the other day. I actually thought it was sweeter than regular Diet Coke. I didn’t really like the flavor. My girlfriend felt the same way. I wish I could still find the Diet Vanilla Black Cherry Coke, but I think they discontinued that one. Until then, I guess I’ll stick with Diet Coke Minus.

Brandon and Greg, the sweeter taste is probably from the added acesulfame potassium, opposed to diet coke which is only sweetened with aspartame.

Annette I know the 20oz bottles of Pepsi Summer Mix don’t say “Oklahoma” on them, not sure about the cans.

Has V8 ditched the tiny little can? Sure, I like getting a 12 oz bottle of V8 goodness, but where’s the fun? Where’s the love? Where’s the fun love?

Sorry for the double post, but is Pepsi Summer Mix anything like the Tropical Chill Pepsi from years ago? Anybody that can remember what it tastes like, that is.

I didn’t dig the Diet Coke Plus. I can taste the zinc in it and if anyone has ever used one of the Cold-Eeze products, they know what I mean. zinc has a very odd after effect on taste that can often last several hours. There’s not enough of it in this product to really affect taste afterwards, but I can taste it while consuming it.

Coke needs to bring back Vanilla Diet Coke and Pepsi really needs to bring back the Slice One lineup of sodas they had out at some retail outlets last summer.

btw, I have not consumed a sugared soda since 1985 (Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis) so I can’t offer any opinion on Pepsi’s Summer thingy.

As of this month you’re going to start seeing Vanilla Coke again. Another article I read said it’s not supposed to be a common sight until around June-July, though.

Two of the Subway’s I’ve eaten at inside OKC metro Wal-Marts have had Vanilla Coke fountain drinks as of a couple months ago, which is the only reason why I go to eat at a Subway located within a Wal-Mart.

And I like the old look of Vanilla Coke…more distinguishable at a quick glance.

The new Pepsi Summer Mix tastes like someone dropped Fruit Stripe gum in a Pepsi. Gross!

Anybody here ever tried Steven Segal’s Lightning Bolt energy drinks? I’ve tried the red and blue labels (one of which is “Asian Experience” flavor, whatever that means) I read somewhere there’s an orange label that’s Root Beer Rush.

These are by far the worst drinks I’ve ever tasted besides the Jones Soda holiday packs.

$1 a can at Wal Mart if you’ve never tried them, they have a sweet ass picture of lame ass Segal on the can too.

Summer Mix Pepsi’s aftertaste is better than it’s actual taste in my humble opinion…Odd really…

Er…”Asian Experience”? That sounds like something you’d see posted in the window of a seedy massage parlor.

I haven’t had soda in ages, and the other day I drank a bottle of ramune (it had Hello Kitty on it, therefore I knew I must have it) and it made me oh-so sick. And those bottles are only 6.6 ounces! No soda for me, ever again, even if there is an adorable mascot on it. =/ At least the bottle makes for cool desk decor.

fistpittingnork you have make not just my day, but my week with the news of Vanilla Coke! Now we can throw out the flat cans we have left sitting in our fridge 2 years past the experation date.

fistpittingnork, I saw those Segal drinks the last time I went to Wal-mart. I laughed heartily.

Vanilla Coke, back? I guess I’m going to have to promote it to my third favorite soda, though I guess it was there already. Dew, Pepsi, for anyone who wasn’t aware.

Remember the drink/food survey we did during last year’s mega party? Pepsi and Chinese food, awwww yeah.

I gave in and bought a bottle of Pepsi Summer Mix at the gas station today. I usually drink diet, so “regular” anything is just so sugary and awesome that I can barely stand it. But I kinda like this stuff. To me it tastes like Orange Crush mixed with Pepsi. I cant stand those Jazz flavors, so I was surprised to like it as well as I do.

We got to taste those at work a couple weeks ago, I liked the silver can as well good choice.

I have three more abstracts to write, they’re due tomorrow, and I caaaaannnnoooot do it….need motivation.

I am hanging with the girlfriend tonight and I got to watch the Bachelor and now Dancing With the Stars. I think I’m going to finish my Harbin beer and smash it over my head.

You can always cheat and plagiarize someone elses work. No one will know and there’s no repercussion for getting caught.

My god that Pepsi Summer Mix tastes like crap. It’s a hard to swallow tropical fruit drink that is too sweet. I bet that even if Coca Cola did a flavor like that it would probably be still too sweet but a little easier to go down. (Coke is generally easier to drink in my opinion)

I will say that Pepsi’s other fruit flavor drinks - Sunkist Orange and Hawaiian Punch among - are better than Coke’s fruit drinks, but Coca Cola still has the best soda.

doho - I don’t think you understand the extent of the torture: I just finished writing about a manuscript called “Shattered Dreams” which is a horrible, insipid autobiography about nothing interesting at all. Imagine a what college literary magazine gets for submissions; imagine the quality of the rejects; then expand those bad poems or short stories into epic works of fiction and autobiography.
I have to summarize these.
Unfortunately, aside from the authors, I’m the only one who has ever (or more than likely will ever) read them.

If it’s any consolation, Jessica, you made me feel a lot less stressed about all the names of body innards I have to memorize for tomorrow.

Sometimes when they go into detail about icky body functions I get so squeamish I barely have the strength to hold my pen.

I just started a class today. I just have to read some chapters. By the time I start complaining, you’ll be sitting easy.

Mystie - why are you studying body functions? I’m glad I could ease your pain.

I’m back in school for Medical Insurance Billing, so I’ve been busting my balls memorizing medical abbreviations and all kinds of terms for anatomy and diseases and shit.

1) Vanilla Coke Coming Back: HELL YA!!! Finally! Thank you! Now I can throw out those 2 bottles of Vanilla Coke stashed in my basement for the last 3 or so years…

2) Pepsi Summer Mix: Whomever said that it tasted like someone dropped Fruit Stripe Gum into some Pepsi, you were dead-on. Count me in on the “Not Liked” list. It seems like they took all the different fruit flavors they had (Lemon, Lime, Cherry, Black Cherry) and some other unidentifiable flavors, probably left over from Slice and Hawaiian Punch, and put them in the same soda saying “Screw it, stick a Mango on the can and call it Tropical!” I managed to finish it, but I won’t get it again. I’m saving the can for Posterity (a mistake I made with Holiday Spice by not saving the bottle)

3) I’m thinking of compiling a list of the Greatest Animated Villains of All Time. Anyone have any suggestions? For the ones you list, can you please explain why? I’d like to know.

@ Invader Norbert, Question #3: I would definitely include the Unibrow Baby from the Simpsons on that list. And Santa from the Futurama X-mas episodes.

Also, has anyone noticed that Coke changed their can design? When did this happen? Anyway, I approve. It’s all minimalist and just red and white (probably cheaper that way). It looks better.

Whoops, I don’t know what happend in my last post, now I feel all stupid like.

Dont worry too much, IHAQ, I just thought you were really excited about the Vanilla Coke.

Ugh. Pepsi Summer Mix tastes like someone put Skittles in my soda. No thank you.

The previous Vanilla Coke tasted like I was the victim of a strictnine assasination plot; I’ve had bad acid at the hippie fair that went down better. I hope they get it right this time. The Summer Mix wasn’t my bag, too sweet. The Mountain Dew Amp Overdrive energy drink (the red kind) is pretty good.

Why does your Summer Mix can say “New York” on it? Is that particular can design only available there?

Animated villains: I always liked that guy from Inspector Gadget (was claw his name?) all you’d see was his hand and I think him stroking his cat, so mysterious.. seems like he had a cool voice too

…speaking of villains, the new Joker looks like one of Matt’s “Mad Matt” Halloween pictures.

Think again, Jimmy. you see the firing pin in your gun was made out of, yep… zinc!

Shere Khan from TaleSpin (not from Jungle Book…from TaleSpin) would have to be on there. Maybe not a villian per se.

Megatron: He actually kills Prime. Okay, well, maybe it was Hot Rod’s fault, which is why people think Hot Rods kind of a douche, but still.

Little known fact that the guy who did Megatron’s voice (Frank Welker) also did Dr. Claw’s voice on Inspector Gadget.

What I didn’t know, as the mighty Wikipedia has just taught me, is that the voice he used was actually Soundwaves voice minus the processing used to make Soundwave sound cool.

Oh yeah, Soundwave. Probably one the most memorable cartoon voices EVER, and he has a small army he can shoot out of his chest.

Mumm-Ra from Thundercats, hands down. He was actually, you know- SCARY. I often REALLY believed that the Thundercats were going to perish.

*Looks at Camerons post and kicks himself in the face* Allright, Allright fine. I guess I’ll settle for Serpentor. Definetly NOT Golobulus, but I suppose a case for Nemesis Enforcer could be made, even if he did have a pretty weak Darth Maul-esque death scene.

Norbet- This may not fit into the genre you are looking for, but Madame Medusa is the creepiest thing i have ever seen in animation. She’s the villian who wants the diamond from The Rescuers. I don’t know why but ever since I saw that when I was little, I have hated her.

Sad news to report: We had to put our other dog, Kelly, down today as the result of the kidney failure. We buried her right next to Jackson in the garden.

Villains,
Asides from the ones already listed:
Bluto from Popeye (he’s been around forever)
Gargamel from the Smurfs (balding 40 year old men are still recovering from his impact on popular culture).
Skeletor: Of course he gets a mention.
and my personal creepiest animated villain was “Shokoti” from He-Man’s “House of Shokoti part 2″ She still creeps me out.

I was petrified both of the spirit in the book from the original Care Bears movie as well as the really, really creepy Baron DeGhost from The Fantastic Adventures of Unico. In the end he gets skewered on a spire and it’s super graphic; If my mom had known about that, there’s no way I would have seen it at 3 or 4 years old.

JM: Are you implying that “Malice Toward None: Remembering Pittsburgh Mayor Joe Barr” isn’t the greatest book ever written?

I could never imply such a thing, though you may infer it…also, I’ve lived in Pittsburgh for only 5 years and cannot possibly comment on anyone besides Bob O’Connor and Luke Ravenstahl.

If I were allowed, I would post excerpts from the ones I read - the ones that nobody will ever see because the authors don’t realize what “subsidy” means - and you would feel so good about any writing you’ve ever done. Trite poetry, sappy children’s stories, autobiographies of regular people who think they’ve lead a unique life…mostly written without a thought for structure, grammar, spelling, etc. Some have the audacity to write their own cover copies that include phrases like “Soon to be a major motion picture.” Especially the sci-fi manuscripts.

It’s a great job in general - working from home is awesome - but I’m a week away from a vacation and feeling very, very unmotivated.

Oh, Jessica, I feel you. I am quitting/vacationing starting next Saturday and have much to do, but know it will all get done next Friday night. So I am no help, sorry. Just read your blog though, good stuff. (see instead of working I read XE-ers blogs)

The limited edition retro starburst they have out now one of the flavors is “Optimus Lime” Even though I am not a fan of that stuff (don’t wanna tell you what that’s from) I still think that is funny, I might get a pack just for a thumbs up to starburst for hiring good writers!

Goob, that sounds awesome. I need to find some of those ASAP. Where’d you see them?

I always kind of thought of they did make a candy out of Optimus, it would be flavored kind of like Smurfberry cereal. He’s basically the same colors.

Shere Khan from TaleSpin (not from Jungle Bookâ€¦from TaleSpin) is a villan, fo sho!

Sorry to hear it JLA. I had to put my dogs down within the span of 6 months. And during that time my girlfriend of 4 and 1/2 years broke up with me. Life was pretty grand back then.

Anyways, with the launch of the movie is going to bring with it some interesting promotional items. Although I was able to resist (for now) Darth Tater, it would seem Mr Poato Head has completed a face turn as he is now Optimash Prime.

My favourite villain is *any* villain from The Tick. I bought The Tick Vs. Season 1 on DVD.. man did I miss that show! Also bought Dinosaurs! on DVD.. seasons 3 and 4 (one set!) Now I need to get Seasons 1 and 2.. On drinks.. I’m a fan of Vanilla Coke and the regular Ampd Energy drinks.. Right now I’m drinking Dead Guy Ale.. Very good..

There must be something in New York water, Matt, because I spent almost all day Thursday in the emergency room and Friday through Sunday admitted into the hospital. Bacterial or viral infection, they said. Man, eating nothing but liquids for a week was fun. Not.

Hope you’re recouperating as well as I am! I’m on a low fiber low fat diet for a while till my stomach straightens itself back out, which is the first time I’ve ever had to be on a restrictive diet…and it’s awful. I want Taco Bell and to try those new cheeseburgery Doritos and to down lots of Shrek shakes, but alas, I cannot have any of those things for a while. Cry.

Pepsi Summer Mix I’ve had, and I can’t decide if I like it or not. At first, I was kinda grossed out, but the more I drank it, the more I liked it. I can’t drink diet sodas because my stomach doesn’t tolerate any sugar substitutes, so I’ll pass at vitamin-enhanced diet soda. Eyuck.

Glad you’re feeling better

JLAJRC, I’m really sorry to hear about your pup.
I was all gleeful a couple weeks ago when I discovered the local Rubio’s still had Vanilla Coke at the fountain. I assumed they’d never gotten rid of it because I’ve seen it there before, but now I wonder if it’s a part of the comeback? Whatever, the important thing is I got my favorite mixer back.
Animated villian: The Lobe

I just was at the stop n shop and decided to buy a diet coke plus just to try it. I honestly couldn’t taste a difference, but I had only 2 sips. To me all diet sodas have a slight aftertaste. But it was not any more than usual.

On the lighter note, i have eaten 5 lbs. of chicken marsala and I can’t move off the living room floor. I should wear a Life Alert necklace on Ghost Hunter nights because I eat way too much and fall and can’t get up. (erf…)

Alright, be honest - who’s going to keep watching LOST when it comes back next year?

I am with shaunfu, never seen it. But apparently I should cause it’s all the rage amongst my customers. And they all have their own little lost conversations and I’m all on the outside of them. I think it’s too late to join the club though.

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Villains, Norb? Honestly, I think pretty much any of the Disney ones are pretty good. Maleficent, Jafar, the Evil Queen from Snow White, even Gaston to name a few. All good bets. Going from TV… what did I even watch? I think Roger Klotz is kind of a good villain type (maybe just an often-jerk), and I second Dr. Claw.

Honest? I don’t know how I’m even going to make it until next year. Best fucking show on TV (LOST, that is).

Best villian: The red furry monster guy with the red and white Converse sneakers from Bugs Bunny (Dr. Claw from Gadget is great, but you never once get to see his face).

Worst Cartoons (Tie): Mr. T cartoon
GI Joe. OK, I realize millions of people are screaming bloody murder over the seemingly ridiculous idea of me listing GI Joe as the worst cartoon, but put down your torches and pitchforks and hear why. How can anyone watch a war show (cartoon or otherwise) where no one EVER dies? I was in grade school and even then found that concept to be pretty stupid!

I’ve never watched LOST. I’m just waiting for the return of Battlestar Galactica and Heroes.

JLAJRC: I’m sorry to hear about your dog…Didn’t you just lose a dog a few weeks ago? If that’s the case, I’m doubly sorry…

kb: You’re right about Madame Mudusa…That character used to scare the shit out of me…I think her eyes were what did it…

but you’re talking about a war cartoon where the soldiers are wearing football uniforms & ninja outfits in battle!

Diet Coke Plus is not bad. I prefer it over regular Diet Coke, in fact. It has less of that bitter aftertaste.

Diet Coke has no aftertaste, at least not after drinking it for 10 years. The Diet Coke Plus on the other hand…what swill.

The odds of no one dying in the GI Joe cartoon must have been miniscule considering whenever there was a battle there were about 10 gazillion laser beams shooting from each side.

Anybody yet to try these new Monster energy drinks? There’s “M-80″ which is a fruit juice type thing, I don’t know, I’ve just read about it, but haven’t seen nor tried them. The other 3 are the Java Monsters, “Mean Bean” which is supposed to be like a vanilla capp, “Big Black” I’m assuming is a simple coffee flavor, and “Loca Moca” which I’m going out on a limb on this one, but I do believe it’s supposed to be a mocha flavor.

I’m going to pick up a “Big Black” this evening and see how I like it, everybody seems to love the taste.

I like the fact that no one dies except for the android dudes in GI Joe. It’s the same for the A Team. Hand grenades are an effective tool to make the bad guys flip in the air and dust themselves off while running away.
I miss that era of TV. The shock value of TV today has made me desensitised to pretty much anything.

Cartoon Villain: I always thought that Cruella de Ville would rank way up there on this list. The concept of someone scheming to skin 101 puppies to make a fur coat had to be scary as hell to a bunch of kids.

Never thought Cobra commander as much of a villain as so much as just plain incompetent. All that time and he couldn’t take candy from a baby.
I mean what was with that whole Chi pet plot anyway?

I picked up both sodas yesterday just to try them. I haven’t had the Diet Coke Plus yet but the Pepsi Summer Mix stuff tasted really weird. It would make a great chapstick though!

I like Pepsi Summer Mix because it reminds me of the old tropical Pepsi that came out with the strawberry and raspberry kinds a while back. The new Vanilla Coke Zero is good, too.

Diet Coke Plus, on the other hand, is kinda gross. At first, I couldn’t taste the difference, and I said “I’ll start drinking this instead of Diet Coke because it’ll be better for me.” But the further I got into my little mini 8 or so oz bottle, the more I experienced the crushed up Flinstones aftertaste. Ick. Never again, Diet Coke Plus. There’s definitely a noticeable difference to me.

JLAJRC, sorry that you lost another dog. It’s been about six weeks since we lost ours. Sucks.

Good news is, we found a new little guy at the humane society. I’ve never done the “click my name for…” thing, but I’m trying to link to his profile.

So…maybe…if it works…click my name to see my new puppy. We’re picking him up Saturday. And his name will hopefully not be Dexter after that.

Awww a new puppy! Who’s a boo? Who’s a boo boo doo doo? Who’s a boo doo? A who? A who’s adooodeeeeboodee blaagagggaagagag?!

Tchernabog from Fantasia. (the movie, not the American Idol contestant)
Dr. Claw
The Craw! “The Craw?” “No, not The Craw, The Craw!” “Oh, The…. Craw.”
Joker, Both Romero and Hamil
StarScream
Sleestaks
G1 Megatron
G1 Galvatron
RiD Galvatron
Cybertron Megatron
Darth Galvatron
King Zarkon
The Car Acrobatic Team
Chairface Chippendale
El Seed
Thrakkorzogg
B-Ko Daitokuji
The Mooninites
The Spaceballs
Sideshow Bob
Evil the Cat
the Evil Monkey that lives in Chris Griffin’s closet
The Blue Meanies
Buggy the Clown
and that old meatloaf in the back of the X-E fridge.

Man was I confused for a second: I didn’t remember ever saying I never watched LOST…then I read on :)….and heck yeah I will watch LOST when it comes back; only two years left and now the whole flip thing is very interesting to me…I’m not sure when it started to take so long to make episodes for a TV show, but complaining won’t fix the fact it won’t be back until January…grrr….

Best cartoon villians? For me one was Sam Hain from the Real Ghostbusters…remember, he was the spirit of Halloween basically a pumpkin head with a robe….really dug him as a villian (I provide a wiki link on my name)…all my others have been named…

I watched Gremlins today for the first time in what had to be decades…really great little time travel movie….best part? When my little nephew asked, “why were their cd’s so big?” when he saw the record playing….{sigh}…he makes me feel old sometimes…it’s funny how fast technology has advanced since 1984, so much so that kids today do not even know records, or even cassette tapes….wierd…but this is the kid who thought the first Mario game was Mario Sunshine…he’s smart, but he’s only six…

My Top 5 Favorite Cartoon Villains:
Scar from Lion King
Joker-Mark Hamill rules
Mr. Burns
The Kahn adults from King of the Hill
Riddler- My favorite Bat-villain

And can I add that Frank Welker pretty much voiced our childhood? To bad he’s not not Megatron in the new movie….once again, those interested can clicky my name for more info….

The entirety of Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, if I’m so allowed

Its feels nice posting in here after such a long hiatus….the X-E blog is one of my keys to happiness…

Man, this is bad. I am X-Eing in a Double Tree hotel bar while drinking. We should post from bizarre places around the country. KB started it when she posted in the middle of Shreck. Mucho Kudos.

K-, Aqua Teens has the best worst villains ever. They’re usually a bunch of dumbasses, but that’s what makes them so great. Like Emory and Oglethorpe. And of course, Ol’ Drippy, who wasn’t even a bad guy at all. XD

Good call Bill. Since geting a Windows cell with explorer I am useless as I can check xe among pretty much everything else everwhere at any time.

Nice suggestions everyone. I’m actually trying to compile a Top 50, and these were all good suggestions. I was looking for any genre of animation (traditional, stop-motion, CG, anime, etc)

Judge Doom from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” (sorry for the 8 people who didn’t see this for spoiling the ending)

Plankton from “Spongebob” (as much as the show sold out and sucks, I still think he was awesome)

Richard Nixon’s Head from “Futurama” (several good villains from there, like Mom, the Omicronians, Robot Devil, Robot Santa)

Many villains from “Darkwing Duck” come to mind, especially Megavolt, who was my favorite.

Well hell, if Malificent and Hades made it why not just take the entirety of Organization XIII. Just stick ‘em at the end of the list. Then you only have to do 37 more.

Had company, so I’ll post this while everyone is asleep: I followed instructions today and bought a bottle of the Pepsi Summer Mix….it tasted like Pepsi, with an after-taste of Kool-Aid…and acid…I’m sure there was some acid in there at the beginning. It’s one of the few drinks I can recall leaving a totally different taste in my mouth after I swallowed it, and that made me a little nervous. That went away, however, as I finished it…maybe the after-taste was lost in the flavors of cheap pizza I had for dinner along with it….

And can I also say that, even though I may be in the minority, I was so glad to see Studio 60 again tonight…and realize again just how great this show was. Maybe it’s because I can relate to the show in many ways, but I don’t know, it’s just so quick and entertaining to watch….

I’m honored that you would name me as a villain. Unfortunately, a Galvatron crossed with a Sith never made the drawing board. That would been almost as awesome as C’Boath crossed with a Prime. Just more stable ( I bet there are about 5 people who know what I’m referring to)

Shaunfu I still don’t get how Welker didn’t get Megs even if the designs are complete garbage. He did voice a majroity of out childhoods and people don’t even realze it. Speaking of, the ESPN zone has a huge billboard of Prime and Megs on it. I almost popped a boner looking at it today when I drove by. Matt you need to take a pic.

Hey. Today, May 25th, 2007, is the 30th Anniversary of the original theatrical release of STAR WARS.

For a CG animated villain, how about Megabyte from ReBoot? I’m still depressed that Tony Jay’s gone…

The Brain (and of course, Pinky, even though he was moreso just along for the ride)
Plankton
Wile E Coyote
The Horned King
Scar
Maleficent
Captain Hook
Giant Chicken (Family Guy)
Skeletor (obviously)
General Woundwort
Don Karnage from TaleSpin
Marvin the Martian
Oogie Boogie
Cobra Commander
Xanatos
Chairface Chippendale
Shere Khan (TaleSpin)
Professor Chaos
Jafar
That bandit guy from the Cookie Crisp commercials, I was him for halloween one time and nobody understood.

There is something kinda cool about sharing a birthday with the day Star Wars came out. If only I was 2 years older, we’d be the exact same age. Only you guys would understand the cool factor though.

…and here I am thinking I’m the world’s greatest because I was born the same year Tron was released.

Today, May 25th, 2007, is the 30th Anniversary of the original theatrical release of STAR WARS.

Nice, way to make me feel old. I remember repeatedly waiting in line for this movie.

Is this where I say Hayden Christensen rocks? Life as a House is just so fantastical I can hardly stand it. Ep. II & III ain’t half bad either

Hey! John Heffron added me!! I know it doesn’t really mean anything, ultimately, but it’s special to me. He is seriously the only thing I have invested myself in that has actually won.

Bands on the Run? Flickerstick won. Yeah, I love them too, but Soulcracker are my boys.

I remember seeing Star Wars when it was first in theaters. That was just before Movies As Events became de riguer and the perview of film trivia snobs. Ah, the early days of film merchandising. There was a real charm to it back then. That’s what I want a Time Machine for, to re-witness Pop Culture from my own lifetime. KISS dolls, Evel Knievel, Star Wars, Where’s the Beef, Shogun Warriors (MAZINGA!), G1 TransFormers, Lawn Darts, Battery-operated water guns, Lazer Tag, novelty transistor radios in odd shapes, Trapper Keepers, WKRP the first time around, Farrah Fawcett posters, PONG, the UFO craze, the Pyramid Power craze, Jack Palance hosting Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, Jack Palance on Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century, Police Squad!….

Ahhh!!! I remember all that, about the only thing you missed was the Harlem Globe Trotters craze, Shrinky Dinks, Donny&Marie/Sonny&Cher and the Rubic’s cube phenomenon.
I can name that tune in 2 notes.

Wow, 9Line, I’m right there with you! I too also appear to share a birthday with the Star Wars release, although 5 years later. But who’s counting? Neat :o) Happy Birthday!!

I am kinda late here on the topic of soda, but I was curious if anyone here has tried Moxie soda? What did you think?

And my favorite cartoon vilain: Prince John from the Disney animated Robin Hood movie. Has anyone seen the alternate ending on the special edition dvd? They could have gone even darker with Prince John, but I guess they thought scarring children for life would tarnish the Disney image…lol.

HA!!! I was just gonna say that!! Geminis do come in pairs. lol. And we can apparantly read minds too. :o)

Don’t think I ever mentioned that weird shit appears on the side of the road in front of my house. The first weird thing was a pink teddy bear that could have only belonged to the people from “The Hills Have Eyes”; we refused to touch it thinking it was how ’someone’ chose their next target -you pick it up, you get tortured kinda thing. Mysteriously it disappeared. Then a month or so later there was a trash bag that had ’something’ in it…maybe the body of the person who picked up the pink teddy?? Then it too disappeared. Today, after I went for a four hour round trip to Atlanta and back, I return home to find two large (big tv size) cardboard boxes…one on each side of the road, sitting in such a way that they could not have just fallen off a truck…no, there must be something more to these boxes…I really want to investigate, but I’m skeered….

Also, looks like tonight will be the night that I test the waters and see if a man can truly have a friendship with the ‘bears’…here’s hoping it all goes well…it’s been almost a month since the last encounter. And Bill, uncanny timing as usual man :)…it was like you somehow knew what I had planned for today…

I’ve got a fever… and the only prescription is more X-ENTERTAINMENT KOOL-AID/ HALLOWEEN REVIEWS

I know this/these aren’t animated villains (unless you count the woe-fully shortlived cartoon) but the Tannens from Back To The Future. An Organization XIII post nearly slipped under my radar.. I am shay-med.. Hopefully I’ll beat that damn game sometime this weekend…

I don’t normally do a double post, but it doesn’t matter as late as it is. I just found out that Robert Englund went to my high school.
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada_Hills_High School

That’s right, Nigel, I made with the XIII love. So when you say “beat it,” do you mean just finishing the game, or 100% on Jiminy’s journal? It’s actually alot easier than one would imagine. Poster Duty took the most time, but it’s so much fun I never once had to curse Square Enix’s name. And, that’s usually the gold standard

I don’t know a single person who’s mucked with the gummi routes. No need, no thank you.

Hey! John Heffron added me!! I know it doesn’t really mean anything, ultimately, but it’s special to me. He is seriously the only thing I have invested myself in that has actually won.

I got Josh Blue to add me. He won too, and I actually got to meet him when he went to my college last october (after he won!)

Hey! John Heffron added me!! I know it doesn’t really mean anything, ultimately, but it’s special to me. He is seriously the only thing I have invested myself in that has actually won.

I got Josh Blue to add me. He won too, and I actually got to meet him when he went to my college last october (after he won!)

at 30 years old you would think Star Wars would not still be going through all the awkward changes it keeps going through…

Citygirl: I will be in Vegas the first week of July! My girlfriend’s cousin is the GM of the Mirage. She’s Italian and I just finished watching the movie Casino so I’m a little nervous.

I would probably buy the soda just because of the cool can designs,haven’t seen this great type of can designs,in a long time.

and finally it looks like Pepsi had decided on how to place their name in relation to the symbol correctly.

“…I don’t think the world should be turning to soda for their daily fix of vitamins and minerals…”

That’s a great observation. Pepsi Summer Mix sounds like a gimmick soda I’d try, but I haven’t seen it in the area yet.

Heya Matt! Hope you feel better soon!
I’ve been an avid reader of the website for many many years. Hell, it was this website that convinced me to buy a Boglin off of Ebay and made me feel less alone in being a 13-year-old who’s obsessed with 80’s shenanigans. First comment I’ve posted here, since I’ve been too nervous to post so far. I dunno why…you’re just too awesome I guess.

In other news…just got a Gizmo backpack. A fuzzy one with a way oversized torso for stuffing books in, though all I could fit in the thing was a pocket dictionary. It definately both surprises and makes me warm and fuzzy inside that they still make ‘Gremlins’ stuff. Gremlins is one of my favourite things of all time? Who doesn’t want a mogwai? Who doesn’t want to see gremlins drinking alcohol, with popcorn bags on their ears, getting blown up in microwaves and/or shredded in paper shredders depending on the film? You gotta love it.

Thanks for all so far. I’ll try to post more often, but I’m always up to date on the articles.
Feel better!

Stay sharp! Feed the bulbasaurs!

Pepsi Summer Mix = a whole bag of gummi worms stuffed into a can of soda… mixed with a little bit of Pepsi.

I just tonight thought to see if Matt had reviewed this abomination. Hence my post almost a month later. The first drink was like the flouride that they put on your teeth at the dentist. Which is in direct opposition to a soda’s high sugar content.

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