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07/19/2008: X-E's '08 Summer Megaparty: SNT.

Battery recharge day = random SNT.

Posted by Matt. E-mail me!

Discussion Thread: 125 comments

First?? Random SNT?? Snarf! Just finished LOST season 2….whoa.

Posted by Muppet Baby @ 07/19/2008 5:20 PM EDT

Random SNT. I definitely need a meltdown day.

Posted by Matt @ 07/19/2008 5:21 PM EDT

I said this to a friend the other day, "I just ate cereal with a fork that had a sticker from a plum on the back of it."

For some reason he said it was the most random thing he'd heard all day.

Posted by Ryane @ 07/19/2008 5:21 PM EDT

Ah, Lost Season 2, Muppet Baby? When are you going to watch season three?

Always nice to see more Lost fans.

Posted by Tresjolie9 @ 07/19/2008 5:23 PM EDT

Snorks.

Posted by Ragnarok @ 07/19/2008 5:28 PM EDT

Has anyone seen the Dark Knight yet? I'm pining to go but all the shows here are sold out.

Posted by David @ 07/19/2008 5:33 PM EDT

I have it on good authority that Dark Knight is almost as cool as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze. Doesn't win out because it needs more ooze.

Posted by Bookstore Ninja @ 07/19/2008 5:36 PM EDT

I am going to try and see Dark Knight tomorrow. There is a movie theater near my house that has 24 screens so I should probably be able to get a ticket. Hopefully I don't run into any major spoilers before then.

Posted by Jack @ 07/19/2008 5:44 PM EDT

I saw Dark Night yesterday. It's pretty good. I could use an intermission though. Pretty long. I got on my motorcycle after to go fight crime. Ended up drinking instead.

Posted by vangelion @ 07/19/2008 5:46 PM EDT

YES!! Random SNT ! =D Brawling will ocur later tonight. Of the video game variety I mean.=)

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/19/2008 5:51 PM EDT

Speaking of Furbys in the previous thread, this took me WAAAY off guard when I stumbled on to it….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lNfBZTz2xQ

Warning: graphic Furby violence. Viewer discretion is advised.

Posted by Loneman1 @ 07/19/2008 5:56 PM EDT

saw Dark Knight opening "knight" at mid"knight" WAY better than Batman Begins, thanks in large part to the Joker. It is very long, but still a really good movie. As good or better than Iron Man for sure.

It really made me realize what a shame it is that Heath Ledger is dead. He steals the movie, defintely recomended for those on the fence.

Posted by Adam @ 07/19/2008 5:57 PM EDT

The dogs have been on my last nerves today! I'm about to have a meltdown myself! I can't wait to see Dark Knight!

Posted by gingela5 @ 07/19/2008 5:59 PM EDT

I am boss.

Posted by stinkbutt @ 07/19/2008 6:04 PM EDT

I just finished watching season one of Stella.

YAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!!!!

Happy SNT

Posted by JoshC @ 07/19/2008 6:04 PM EDT

Muppet Baby congrats on finishing Lost Season 2, it only gets crazier from there! I caught up after starting on season 1 this April.

Does anyone else have the urge to watch The Dark Knight followed by Batman and Robin? I want to because its a battle between best movie and worst movie.

Posted by Brett @ 07/19/2008 6:12 PM EDT

I just finished doing some carpet cleaning. Nowhere to sit in the living room until it dries.

Why is the room that holds the computer always 15 degrees hotter than the rest of the house???

Posted by MJ/Amy @ 07/19/2008 6:15 PM EDT

I saw Dark Night yesterday at IMAX, now, tonight I am going to go and see it at the Drive In. I am half excited about the movie and half excited that I am going to the Drive In, I haven't been to one in over ten years.

Um, MortalWind, I did not exactly get that, HOWEVER, it is appreciated to preface spoilers as opposed to mentioning that they have already been said

Posted by kb @ 07/19/2008 6:20 PM EDT

I'm thinking of getting an X-box360 when the new jasper models come out. But i'm still a little on the fence, because I don't know if these new models will have a failure rate any better than the previous ones.:? From the description , it sounds like the new jaspers will be MUCH more reliable than the older ones. BUT, that isn't known to be true yet. Do any ya'll have an xbox360 ? If so , what model is it?(Falcon,launch unit etc..) and how long has it lasted ?

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/19/2008 6:29 PM EDT

my husband thought it would be cool to see it at the IMAX, but i think i would just get dizzy. if i sit up too high, i feel like i could fall straight down to the bottom without hitting a single person.

last thing i saw at IMAX was about beavers.

Posted by Amy @ 07/19/2008 6:29 PM EDT

Season one and only of Stella, you mean, Josh? I don't know why Comedy Central couldn't have renewed that show
Happy random SNT everybody!
Oooh Muppet Baby hope you enjoyed season 2. You lucky duck, the rest of us had to wait AGES for new episodes after what you've just seen. Season 2 has it's (huge) share of detractors, but those people are crazy. I mean, hello, Clancy Brown! Michelle Rodriguez throwing people in holes and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje with his Jesus stick? That is good television right there. I got another crazy email from Octagon Global Recruiting last night, I'm hoping they're gonna let me into the Dharma Initiative at Comic-Con.

Posted by squee4242 @ 07/19/2008 6:34 PM EDT

nice….type "spoiler alert" AFTER the spoiler. Thanks a bunch!

Posted by Adam Bomb @ 07/19/2008 6:41 PM EDT

Sorry guys, just my twisted sense of humour, I haven't even seen Dark Knight yet.

Posted by Mortalwind @ 07/19/2008 6:50 PM EDT

i thought The Dark Knight was terrific.. - loved it.. - extremely happy with it.. - Amy, i saw that beavers documentary as our local musuem has a giant IMAX dome theater.. - they usually chang films a couple times per year, mostly nature or animal stuff, and i've seen just about all of 'em since i first went there for one in elementary school for a field trip..

after all of the Internet pimping of it.. finally got ahold of the Freeks and Geeks DVD box set.. - i'd never seen the show.. - the wife and I watched the first episode last night and I'm already a fan.. - i had no idea Linda Cardellini was in it and have officially proclaimed her my current celeb crush.. - finally knocking out Rose McGowan who's had that crown since I saw The Doom Generation as an impressionable teen..

Posted by Review the World @ 07/19/2008 7:05 PM EDT

Review —- You're in for a treat. Freaks and Geeks is WONDERFUL. So, so good. In fact, the Dungeons & Dragons episode encouraged me to play again, which I did last night! I was a half-elf Druid.

Posted by Muppet Baby @ 07/19/2008 7:10 PM EDT

So Matt, have ya seen the Dark Knight Fruit Roll-Ups and Reese's Peanut Butter Bats?

Posted by Luap @ 07/19/2008 7:14 PM EDT

yknow alluc.org has dark knight available for streaming…if anyone wants to see it with me and we can do a running commentary?

Posted by mandy_Reeves @ 07/19/2008 7:29 PM EDT

Watching "Flash Ahhh Ahhh Gordon", the most overblown movie ever.

Posted by bromide @ 07/19/2008 7:32 PM EDT

Dude I was at the grocery store last night and saw some kids with the Batman Fruit Roll-Ups in their cart and went to go find some of my own out of jealousy… fuckers got the last box! Boo. But I did get a Batman Reese's Cup and a bootleg Ringpop thing with Batman logos on them. Still haven't seen Dark Knight yet… I know especially since it's a brontazillion degrees outside that means the movie theater is going to be packed with people I want to stab.

So yeah, spending the weekend with the boyfriend as usual. He pretty much lives with me on the weekends. I cleared out a drawer for him. Earlier today he helped me put together my Lego Imperial Dropship because I failed halfway through. Other than that we went swimming, then lunch, then I made him go to like 5 different dollar stores with me. Dollar Tree is already getting the Halloween stuff out!

Posted by Mystie @ 07/19/2008 7:43 PM EDT

stinkbutt….not after Rev gets here….

so….wow…Watching Dark Knight, and I finally found out something I have been curious about for years.

Posted by mandy_Reeves @ 07/19/2008 7:45 PM EDT

excellent.. Dollar Tree makes Halloween that much more awesome.. - I got some great stuff there last year, including a ridiculous flesh-toned nylon tattoo sleeve that you put on your arm to appear like a biker or Streets of Rage 2 random thug..

Posted by Review the World @ 07/19/2008 7:46 PM EDT

Aww Man, I was the first poster here but it got deleted for some reason. Now I'm sad.

I'm waiting to see DK on Monday so I don't have to fight crowds.

How about a Batman-related survey? Who do you think are his best and worst villain? Overrated/underrated? I'm talking tv/movies/comics.

I've always been a Riddler fan. From Frank Gorshin in the 60s Batman show to the animated version. I'm loving what Paul Dini is currently doing with him in Detective. The only one I didn't care for is Jim Carey's version.

Ten-Eyed Man just plain sucks. Never been a Ventriloquist fan.

Posted by JLAJRC @ 07/19/2008 7:53 PM EDT

Been playing NeoGeo "Samurai Shodown" on the Wii VC for the past hour. None of the ports ever quite stacked up.. anyone else a fan?

Posted by Beckner @ 07/19/2008 7:58 PM EDT

Happy SNT everyone. Good for you Matt. You deserve a break.
It's going to be a quiet night tonight. Just going to sit here and watch all the Treehouse of Horrors. I do this about this time of year. Way too early.
watchthesimpsononline dot com.

Posted by Bill @ 07/19/2008 8:05 PM EDT

I still like Begins more, tbh.

Posted by Neg @ 07/19/2008 8:09 PM EDT

I can't wait to check out dark knight, but gotta wait till the wife is back in town. I rented Donnie Darko instead, heard good things

Posted by Bob @ 07/19/2008 8:15 PM EDT

Yeah, I could use a recharge myself, Matt…but I'm not going to get one until next Friday. I'm assuming the entire grocery store where I work picked next week to go on vacation. (Maybe they're running from the heat wave we've had over the last few days?)

I'm not really interested in "The Dark Knight." May see it on DVD at some point for curiosity's sake, since it's received such good reviews, but I'm not that big of a Batman fanatic.

Posted by starwenn @ 07/19/2008 8:15 PM EDT

kb:

Seeing The Dark Knight at the drive in? That sounds awesome. I know I professed my love for drive ins here last summer, but can you ever really speak too much of the greatness that is the 'drive in experience'?

The drive in a few miles from my home is playing The Dark Knight (along with Hancock) this week too. I haven't seen the film yet and I am so tempted to go. I really want to watch it for the first time on an IMAX screen (as I did for Batman Begins) for the experience… but the drive in is so very tempting.

Hope you have a great time.

Posted by Magic Toy @ 07/19/2008 8:17 PM EDT

Beckner,Samurai Shodown is my least favorite of the SNK fighting games,but I still like it. I'll probably end up getting it on the VC.

Posted by Kid Nicky @ 07/19/2008 8:22 PM EDT

If anyone is interested in playing me in a game of Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds Saga later, I will post my IP and we can play?

Thanks.

Posted by Bob K @ 07/19/2008 8:35 PM EDT

How about a round of Mario Kart later Kid Nicky? =)

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/19/2008 8:38 PM EDT

squee, I read that Comedy Central was literally getting death threats about Stella. Some people don't find it funny at all, it's a very hit or miss show. It also would've helped if more people watched

Posted by Brett @ 07/19/2008 9:28 PM EDT

OMG OMG OMG end of Avatar OMG.

Posted by Mystie @ 07/19/2008 10:06 PM EDT

Somebody just shoot me, please.

Posted by Amund @ 07/19/2008 10:06 PM EDT

I'm not going to say anymore about Dark Knight that I didn't say already, but it was pretty awesome.

If and when they make a third one (and the numbers will guarantee a #3), it'll sadly be not as good as this one. It's going to be VERY hard to follow up this one.

So here's my question for this SNT: What villains have the best chance of appearing in #3? I'm calling Catwoman and/or the Riddler. Some of the other Schumachered villains like Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze have good chances of reappearing, but very difficuly chance. Their backstories are almost as freaky as Two-Face's and such. Hell, Dark Knight farking redeemed Harvey Dent, lets see if Nolan can do some of the others justice as well.

Posted by Invader Norbert @ 07/19/2008 10:22 PM EDT

I am the big boss of multiple areas, including this one. I took a break from x-e for a little while, because while I do remember some of my happy meal toys, who really cares what I liked. I had nothing of quality to contribute.

However, I have proof of my big bossness. Clicking on my name will result in an image of me appearing. I am going to humble myself, as it is an unflattering image to put it GENTLY, and you have to pretend that you don't know that I am violently humping a statue of a goat in this picture. Please pay careful attention to the photo title.

I love you all, X-E people. I truly do. Lets all go make out at Ecstasy Point.

Posted by Rev. Back It On Up @ 07/19/2008 10:28 PM EDT

i saw dark knight and it was fantastic! best movie of the summer and it is now officially a tragedy heath ledger died. who knows what other great roles he would have brought us.

Posted by randomcow @ 07/19/2008 10:30 PM EDT

Mr.Freeze seems to be a fairly interesting character. He has a sympathetic origin. Plus they could make him look pretty cool. So I guess i'll pick him.

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/19/2008 10:31 PM EDT

Enjoying SNT with a big bowl of popcorn with my new favorite topping:

Lee Iacocca's Buttery Spray!

He applied all his years of experience in the auto industry to make the most delicious pseudo-butter product ever.

Posted by Alvis @ 07/19/2008 11:00 PM EDT

After months of looking in and watching,the Wolf feels the need to jump in and comment! Saw Dark Knight, and was blown away. The best Batman movie yet. Heath Ledger will get so much praise for this role. It's a shame he's not here to enjoy it!

Cool beans! I've joined the fracas!

Posted by Wolfman2001 @ 07/19/2008 11:01 PM EDT

I like the Riddler. Heck, I even liked Batman Forever. I'd be game to see him again.

Heck, I'd love to see Penguin.

I missed the last two threads.. Went to San Angelo for yet another bloody wedding that isn't my own. Thankfully I think that is the last one this summer. Now I just need to find me a woman and get hitched so weddings don't depress the hell out of me….

Posted by Cameron T. @ 07/19/2008 11:05 PM EDT

Man, I am so far behind.

Posted by The Manimal @ 07/19/2008 11:16 PM EDT

Anybody on Brawl tonight?

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/19/2008 11:43 PM EDT

I'd personally like to see the return of the Riddler, or the Penguin… Though if the Penguin does show up, I'd like to see him doing the grey-market villainy he does in the comics. He'd make a great Corrupt Corporate Executive type.

Posted by DocDragon @ 07/19/2008 11:48 PM EDT

" BOOT TO THE HEAD " ~~**

Posted by tOkKa @ 07/20/2008 12:08 AM EDT

Can I branch off of Batman vilians and say that out of all the comic book bad guys, the Scarecrow always scared me the most. Not sure why, think it was his mask. Probably the most harmless of all evil people but to a small child - scary.

Posted by stonetumbler @ 07/20/2008 12:10 AM EDT

I really do love all the ideas being tossed around for Batman. However there is one that I think has to be the natural progression for the films and it makes me giddy thinking about it. Clayface. Clayface to me is an excellent villian that would truly make for a great action film while keeping the surrealism of a dirty city with an unperfect super hero.

Hell that's just me though…

Posted by Josh S. @ 07/20/2008 12:13 AM EDT

Didn't the mayor seem rather Penguin-y already in TDK? Hmmm.

Posted by Beckner @ 07/20/2008 12:23 AM EDT

wow Rev…are you pagan or wiccan or something of the sort? Just curious, not trying to be nosey or judgemental or anything…the pics were interesting and seeing the burning whatever that was and then the stripper lady on a goat…I kinda had to wonder what kind of thing this is…everyone is rev somebody or another in the pics…it looks kinda fun tho.

Posted by mandy_Reeves @ 07/20/2008 12:29 AM EDT

I'm with Josh S. Clayface was the guy to go to for all morphy-type needs (and I think he could inexplicably fire metal spiky balls from his sloppy pudding hands), and he had a brutal re-birth.

He'd have to be a secondary villian. My friend and I were talking it over today, but after thinking about the old animated series all we could come up with was Man-Bat, and the fat plantation owner / sewer dweller who had alligators (and slave children……yeah). Both of those guys sucked pretty bad.

Posted by Aaron Z @ 07/20/2008 12:30 AM EDT

Clayface would be pretty neat to see in a bat flick. Seeing him transform in and out of fights would be cool.

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 12:43 AM EDT

I'm just hoping they hold off on Robin as long as possible. Since the Dark Knight can't seem to get any darker i'm hoping they lighten up a bit in the next one and sort of go back to the basics of superhero movies. Batman kicking ass. Clayface pissed off and fucking shit up. And maybe that dude with the Mobster puppet controlling it all.

Posted by Josh S. @ 07/20/2008 12:52 AM EDT

Dark Knight post! I didn't put any spoilers in it, but I thought I'd warn anyone who is trying to avoid any and all talk about the movie before seeing it.

I saw Dark Knight last night….It was SO AWESOME. I'm usually a goody-goody who loves the heroes, but I love the Joker so much now. Heath Ledger's death was terrible either way, but now I'm feeling that extra bite that I won't get to see him play this character again (or whatever else he might have done). He was so scary. I loved it.

Posted by Bluejay @ 07/20/2008 1:03 AM EDT

Just saw the Dark Knight today, amazing.

Posted by Fox @ 07/20/2008 1:15 AM EDT

I'm On Brawl right now if anybody is interested.

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 1:22 AM EDT

Speaking of Batman, is anyone here a hardcore comics fan? (Perhaps that is a silly question.) I've always had a passing interest (in Batman in particular and in comics in general), and I feel like there's a comics geek somewhere inside me, but that world has always seemed so…inaccessible? In that it's so huge and I just don't know what to start with or where to get it. Anyone have any advice/recommendations? Lolz I'm such a n00b but you gotta start somewhere, and I think it's way past due for me!

Posted by Bluejay @ 07/20/2008 1:35 AM EDT

Leigha: If you're here, what was your post a few weeks ago about? And thank you for the belated birthday.

Matt: If you ever need a new Gizmo pillow to replace that one, just hit me up. haha

And for those of you who have been with me on my Halloween freak out over the last few years, it came early this year. I already have a few decorations up and the music is blaring. Wooooo!

Posted by Special K @ 07/20/2008 1:42 AM EDT

JLAJRC: My favorite Batman characters were always the Riddler (especially Frank Gorshin and I thought Jim Carrey was a great choice, though a little over the top) and Harlequin (because I'm a girl and girl villains ROCK, even if they're not all that villain-y). Catwoman and Poison Ivy were cool, too, but something about the "harlequin" theme was just smack fuckin' awesome to me.

By the way, we're going to see it tomorrow, so PLEASE NO SPOILERSSSSSS!

Posted by Special K @ 07/20/2008 1:47 AM EDT

Nice brawling you Ultra. I HATE METAKNIGHT.

Posted by Brett @ 07/20/2008 2:13 AM EDT

My top three Bats villains have to be Scarecrow (cos scarecrows freak me out anyway), Zsasz (mm, Knightfall, all girls school and a complete wacko) and Harley (because, dammit, she's smexy).

Posted by Guise @ 07/20/2008 2:15 AM EDT

LOL XD Yeah, ALOT of players HATE Meta Knight! But if you think he's bad try playin against Matt as Pikachu. =)

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 2:17 AM EDT

I don't really care for american comics at all really. I prefer jap. stuff. But Batman is an ok character in my book. He's actually interesting. As for the top baty villains I guess I would rank them in this order.
1.Joker
2.Mr.Freeze
3.Bane
4.Two-Face
5.Clayface
6.Riddler

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 2:24 AM EDT

I just worked two days of solid sold out Batman shows. I need to recharge my batteries with some Matt archive reading!

Posted by Marty @ 07/20/2008 3:14 AM EDT

I know I'm late to the party, but what exactly is "SNT"?

Posted by JT @ 07/20/2008 3:22 AM EDT

JT: Saturday Night Thread

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 3:45 AM EDT

A little off topic, but!

Shockwave vs Soundwave. Discuss! I vote Shockwave.

Posted by JHawkZZ @ 07/20/2008 4:14 AM EDT

Shockwave is WAYYY stronger than soundwave if yur going by the comics. Plus he's VERY logical. He would probably have about 7 plans ready to go on how to win, before Soundwave could even think up one. Not sayin soundwaves stupid, just sayin Shockwave is smarter.

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 4:21 AM EDT

Dammit, it's time to introduce Freddy Krueger into the Batman series. If nothing else, it could take up some of Robert Englund's free time.

Posted by The Razor Himself @ 07/20/2008 8:56 AM EDT

Time for a random SNT from Yours Truly. Going to see Dark Knight today at an early show. Just to be safe, I reserved my ticket off of Fandango even though I almost never have to worry because shows hardly ever sell out in the area (I did the same thing with Indy 4 even though the theater was hardly half full at the show I went to). Anyway, doing laundry now, have Boomerang on because Smurfs was on earlier and Wacky Races is about to start. Other than that, nothing new in my parts. Just wanted to let you know what was going on with me. End of post.

Posted by BJ @ 07/20/2008 9:00 AM EDT

Mandy_Reeves,

I'm not pagan or wiccan, although I could see how you might think so - I didn't think anyone would look at the other pics!

I'm a SubGenius Reverend (click link in name at your own risk) and those are pics from our annual end of the world celebration. I won an award this year for Big Boss of That Area, and since it is a globally recognized organization, I feel pretty qualified to be the Big Boss of this area as well!

Posted by Rev. Back It On Up @ 07/20/2008 10:43 AM EDT

I just wanted to say a couple of nights ago I watched Lost boys the tribe which is the sequel to the classic The Lost Boys. It was a direct to DVD release which is a clue of how bad a movie will be and I didn't like it. I'm going to keep the copy I have (on my hard drive) but ugh. I wouldn't suggest renting it or going out of your way to see it. It was like a bad imitation but instead of having a guy it is a girl.

Posted by Goob @ 07/20/2008 10:46 AM EDT

Bluejay: These are the Batman comics everyone agrees you need to read.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Batman: The Killing Joke
Batman: The Long Halloween
Batman: Dark Victory
Batman: Year One (although I've never been fond of this one)
Batman: Knightfall/Knightquest/Knightsend trilogy

There's also trilogy that's a personal favorite: Batman vs. Dracula
Red Rain
I can't remember the third one though. But it also deals with Batman/vampires.

Posted by JLAJRC @ 07/20/2008 11:11 AM EDT

Ok everybody I have my Wii connected to the internet and I am sharing my Wii code now.

4352 0720 2033 6534

If you want to contact me and don't want to swarm this thread with numbers then click on my blog and contact me that way. I have my youtube link on my blog so you can (if you are registered with youtube) privately email me that way. Or just leave comments on my blog. I am going to go search for Matt's number even though I know how it works he needs mine too yadda yadda lol. I almost didn't find it and then I did lol. The photo album thing looks fun I read about it in the manual (I didn't know how to look up the mac address and my best friend has the internet set up so the router needs to have your mac address in order for you to go on the internet) and that is so neat you can edit pictures. We have a fancy DVR we are renting from comcast you can put in a thumb drive or a card reader in the front of it and look at your pictures in a slideshow on your tv so I just thought it was like that. I like our DVR it also has quite a few video games like breakout, pong, and casino games.

BTW my favorite wiisports game is tennis. I picked up on it right away and that is the one I am the best at but it being fun at the same time. Everytime I play boxing I am winded! I need to get into better shape. Even I admit that is pretty pathetic. My least favorite is bowling. That is the one I picked up on the slowest. Anyway have a good day and night everybody I have to get to bed.

Posted by Goob @ 07/20/2008 11:24 AM EDT

The Dark Knight was amazing. We went to a matinee showing on opening day. I was skeptical for the first 20 minutes but then I forgot about being skeptical because it sucked me right in.

How ’bout that creepifying Joker, eh? Pretty fantastic. But don't forget about Harvey Dent. Wow.

Posted by Annette @ 07/20/2008 12:34 PM EDT

I want to see The Dark Knight so bad, but my wife had to work this weekend, so we have to wait til Thursday or next weekend.

I'm watching Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again. I dig Engvall, White, and Foxworthy, but dear Lord, I can't stand Larry the Cable Guy.

Posted by Teddy Ray @ 07/20/2008 1:03 PM EDT

Thanks JLAJRC! I'll be sure to check those out!

Posted by Bluejay @ 07/20/2008 1:59 PM EDT

Teddy Ray, I agree with you on the Blue Collar guys. Foxworthy, White, and Engvall are all funny dudes, but Larry the Cable Guy is pretty irritating.

Posted by Annette @ 07/20/2008 2:05 PM EDT

White alone gets my seal of preference. Engvall and Foxworthy are alright, though, I guess.

Posted by Neg @ 07/20/2008 2:22 PM EDT

God, Sundays are so boring.

Posted by Annette @ 07/20/2008 2:48 PM EDT

Christ. Hungover. Family party yesterday, mixed too many things. Feel like hell. And our AC has decided that, from this point forth, it only wants to make us vaguely chilled.

Posted by Matt @ 07/20/2008 3:52 PM EDT

Oh dear ;_;;

Posted by Neg @ 07/20/2008 4:00 PM EDT

AC will do that… that's why I must couple it with my Holmes "Blizzard" 10" fan.

Posted by Josh S. @ 07/20/2008 4:05 PM EDT

My brother in Chicago saw the Dark Knight at midnight on Friday. He says that the film was good but he thinks it was about thirty minutes longer than it should have been. This really brings up a good point in that lots of these big films have been incredibly long in recent years (2.5+ hours). I thought Superman Returns would have been good enough at 90 minutes, but no. Do directors know when to stop?

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Posted by how dare you ask me my name @ 07/20/2008 4:38 PM EDT

Saw Dark Knight yesterday and thought that it lived up to the hype. I have to admit that I was surprised as the theatre near me is usually fairly easy to get into, but it was packed for the Thursday midnight showing and the Friday night showings - which is pretty unheard of in my area.

Like Mystie, I did see that my local Dollar Tree started putting out Halloween and Thanksgiving stuff out already. It's hard to believe it's almost that time again - although it is almost August.

Well, since the Pirates are getting shellacked, I'm off to watch Dr. Who. For those in the know, Rose is back!

Posted by jjwspider @ 07/20/2008 5:00 PM EDT

Well I've seen DArk Knight. To be honest, I'm kind of at a loss for words since I'm still trying to take it all in. I thought it got off to a good start but as time went on, got a bit confusing. I didn't care for the ending that much, and I'm sure I'm probably in the minority about it. Also, it seems to me that everyone was talking way too much, especially Batman. I'm so used to having him in the shadows not really saying anything and just doing his thing which is play with his Bat toys and beat the living shit out of the bad guys. Heath Ledger's Joker? Very convincing and definetly stole the show especially in his first two major scenes.

Anyway, I don't know what I'm going to do after next weekend because there really isn't any movie coming out in August that has my interest. Next weekend is the new X-Files movie but after that, I may have to take a break from the movies until something peaks my interest come Fall. Anyway, that's all from me for right now. Oh yeah, Cubs won (FINALLY), Rangers won (1-0 against the Twins) and the White Sox just lost to of all teams, KC!!!! Okay, now I'm finished.

Posted by BJ @ 07/20/2008 5:17 PM EDT

The Dark Knight was better than yo mommas. All yo mommas combined.

Bluejay: These are the Batman comics everyone agrees you need to read.

Long Halloween and half of Dark Victory are the only ones I can really recommend. Knightfall is okay.

Posted by doho in the summer @ 07/20/2008 5:18 PM EDT

Okay I take that back a little bit. Read Year One, but don't read the Batman part. Just read it as James Gordon year one.

Posted by doho in the summer @ 07/20/2008 5:22 PM EDT

Matt did you remove my first post with the obviously fake Batman Spoiler in it? Just curious because I said I was joking a mere 4 or five post later, I mean no one would believe the Joker was a women. Sheesh I'm reserving my Judgment to see if you did this. I mean hell your site your rules, I'll probably even still read your blog because the content rocks. But I feel like I misjudged the fun rakeish nature of this site and community. Treated like some common Internet Troll.

Posted by Mortalwind @ 07/20/2008 5:31 PM EDT

Wow.. doho that was totally uncalled for.
I mean you don't even know my momma.

Posted by JoshC @ 07/20/2008 5:39 PM EDT

Mortalwind: Honestly I didn't read the spoiler, I just noticed that someone said you posted one and deleted it. But this happened before you said you were joking. No offense was meant.

Posted by Matt @ 07/20/2008 5:42 PM EDT

Is it bad that I think The Dark Knight is kinda better than my own mother?

Posted by Annette @ 07/20/2008 5:46 PM EDT

Was at a Toys R Us for the first time in awhile over the weekend, and saw a sign that says they are doing their "Midnight Madness" for the SW Clone Wars toys. Looks like they'll have an exclusive Holographic General Grievous figure.

I don't know, I just can't get hyped about this movie. Anybody else feel the same way? Seen the trailer a couple times and will probably just rent it.

I am looking forward to those Happy Meal toys, though.

Posted by Jon @ 07/20/2008 6:40 PM EDT

Jon - I don't think you'll need to rent it as this should be used to kickoff the Clone Wars animated series that will be running on Cartoon Network and TNT come this fall.

Posted by jjwspider @ 07/20/2008 7:12 PM EDT

Matt It's cool man I just said the joker turns out to be a women and was pissed that the ending was a rip off of the crying game and then said spoiler alert at the bottom of the post, It struck me as wickedly funny, anyway I'll dry my tears and continue to enjoy X-Entertainment

Posted by Mortalwind @ 07/20/2008 7:22 PM EDT

Actually, that is pretty funny and I apologize for deleting it. I had to jet out and wasn't paying close enough attention. Tried to be really careful this weekend since most people would've declared world on Planet Earth if they actually had the movie spoiled.

Posted by Matt @ 07/20/2008 7:26 PM EDT

Here's a spoiler for you Matt.

Yo Mamma.

Posted by doho in the summer @ 07/20/2008 7:32 PM EDT

hmmm….Matt you should try to review Japanese food for a week or something….like import some Roast Turkey Pringles and Chocolate Cheetos and Blue Hawiia Pepsi. Or instead of import try to find like a oriental grocery in the area.

Posted by mandy_Reeves @ 07/20/2008 7:57 PM EDT

Chocolate cheetos.

Oh my.

Posted by Neg @ 07/20/2008 8:15 PM EDT

As the old saying goes: Japan-Producing 78% of the world's weird shit since 1952!

Posted by The Real Andrew @ 07/20/2008 8:54 PM EDT

Ok,do I just suck that bad at Smash Bros,or are you that good,Matt?
Of course it doesn't help that we were on that Gamecube Zelda stage that I fucking hate.
I popped back on a couple minutes later but you were allready off. I understand we aren't allowed to talk to each other on there because of pedophiles or whatnot,but it would be nice if it had a "cig break" announcement or something you could put up.

Posted by Kid Nicky @ 07/20/2008 9:38 PM EDT

I have two XBox 360s… one is a semi-launch unit, the other is the Black one with the larger hard drive bought early 07.
Neither have failed me, both still work just as they did out of the box.
Unlike my Wii which has gone back to Nintendo once already.

Posted by kittycatgirl @ 07/20/2008 9:45 PM EDT

Review the World, if you are around, I caught your link about Real Ghostbusters coming to DVD in the Gremlins thread. In an odd bit of trivia the guy producing the 25 disc set is Andy Mangels; who also produced all of the Filmation series released on DVD including… both the live-action and animated Ghostbusters! Plus, he is now writing the memoir of Filmation founder, Lou Scheimer, so I wonder if Lou will be an easter egg in the Real boxset to explain why Filmation and Columbia could not agree on a animation deal.

http://www.andymangels.com/tvmovies.html
http://www.andymangels.com/LouScheimer.html
Lou explains the competing animated Ghostbusters confusion:
http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5561

Another bit of almost trivia Matt actually covered in his interview with J. Michael Straczynski for ToyFare, is that JMS and Larry DiTillio left Filmation for DiC, and soon after started working on Real Ghostbusters. What would have Filmation's animated Ghostbusters been like if JMS had stuck with Lou & Co. and helped develop that series instead of the Real version?

Posted by KND @ 07/20/2008 9:51 PM EDT

Iv'e made the decision to get a 360 when the new jasper model comes out. The kinks should all be hammered out by then . HOPEFULLY!

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 10:10 PM EDT

Hey what what's yur instant message service? Id like to shoot the breeze with ya sometime.=) Besides on the blog I mean.

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 10:12 PM EDT

Apologies to Matt as I got his JMS interview mixed up with IGN's that covers the relationship with Larry DiTillio and varied career while Matt focused only on Real Ghostbusters: http://movies.ign.com/articles/035/035904p1.html

Posted by KND @ 07/20/2008 10:12 PM EDT

I was talking to Matt in the post asking about instant message service.

Posted by ULTRAMAN @ 07/20/2008 10:13 PM EDT

Saw The Dark Knight today. Oh. My. God. It was soo freaking awesome. I loved the Joker before this but.. wow..

"I'm going to make a pencil disappear.."

Posted by Cat the Vampire Slayer @ 07/20/2008 10:26 PM EDT

I agree Cat, Ledger's Joker is amazing.

Posted by Dan @ 07/20/2008 10:28 PM EDT

magic Toy-The drive in was great, and so was the movie. I wanted to see it again, just because it was so much at once. but I think it worked, as opposed to being too slow. Also, i am not much of a comic reader and really don't know much about batman, so there were things that could have been considered common knowledge to many, that I did not get the first time.

Posted by kb @ 07/20/2008 10:32 PM EDT

I am watching American Dad and dying laughing. Why have I never watched this before?

Posted by Bill @ 07/20/2008 10:39 PM EDT

First look at new Jason in upcoming remake!

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/12965

Posted by Scott @ 07/21/2008 3:18 AM EDT

AT LAST! A NEW JASON MOVIE!!!

Posted by Spock @ 07/21/2008 11:00 PM EDT

wwwwww

Posted by Anonymous @ 07/25/2008 12:04 AM EDT

dddddd

Posted by Anonymous @ 07/25/2008 12:05 AM EDT

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