Youngblood at the Movies

So I just watched The 40-Year-Old-Virgin. I don’t even know where to start with this one. I can’t remember many moments when I wasn’t laughing during this movie. Steve Carell was hilarious as Andy, the title character. He didn’t do it all alone though, he had the help of Paul Rudd, Seth Rogan, and Romany Malco; Andy’s friends who, after finding out he’s a 40 Year Old Virgin, embark an a mission to get their friend laid. In their quest though they all learn something about themselves that isn’t really important to the plot and doesn’t even come close to being sappy anywhere, just hilarious.

The cast is kind of like an offshoot of the Frat Pack (Vaughn, the Wilson’s, Stiller, Ferell if you didn’t read the Episode III comments). Those guys have made some of my favorite movies, and pretty much everyone in Anchorman, is in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. So here’s to hoping that another Frat Pack springs up out of this movie.

The writing on this movie was great. However, all the great lines were just as good as the physical comedy in the movie. The fact that Steve Carell actually had all that hair waxed off his chest (you can see it in the trailers if you haven’t seen the movie already) and that all his reactions are real, is pretty cool I think.

There really isn’t much I can say here to do the film justice. Just see it, and see what I mean. I realize that may seem like a cheap excuse to get out of talking about a movie...but I really don't know what I could say that would express my feelings enough. So, I’m giving it 4 juice boxes out of 5. (Sorry I don’t have a symbol for a juice box…I’m working on it)

Youngblood

Ok here's my little bit of non-opinion, me just talking, brew ha ha.

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Also...you may have noticed by know that this post is just an attempt to make it look like I'm posting...which I'm trying to do. Fear not I do have another YOUNGBLOOD AT THE MOVIES coming along and it'll be up in the next few days.

Youngblood

Youngblood at the Movies

So I finally saw the last of the Star Wars prequels. If you have read my review of Episode II, you would know that I’m not too horribly fond of these prequels especially Attack of the Clones. There really wasn’t much good I could say about it. However, I did enjoy this installment quite a bit. Hayden Christensen is still a shitty actor, and that can’t be overlooked, but overall it’s a good movie. It ties the trilogies together, and although the story seems rushed, it does the job of telling the story that so many wanted to know. We all knew how it would end; we just wanted to know how that ending came to be.

Once again all the lightsaber battles are there. Obi-Wan, Anikin, and Mace Windu once again have their moments to shine. This time, however, I didn’t hate Yoda’s fighting. I don’t know what it was, but I did like it more. Maybe it was because Yoda looked better, or maybe that it was set up differently and didn’t stand out in the film as much as it did in Episode II. Whatever the case may be, I did like it a lot more.

I also did enjoy seeing how it all played out and how everything connected. I got my answer to why C-3PO didn’t know Obi-Wan and why R2-D2 did (and it was quite simple really. Although it didn’t make much sense, it was an easy answer never the less). I liked seeing Chewbacca, it kind of explains why he never said anything about Han Solo’s remarks about the Force. Also, the lava planet was there just as expected. It was said in the Expanded Star Wars Universe a long time ago, that it was there that Obi-Wan and Anikin had their battle there, and I’m glad that they never changed it.

Overall it was a good movie. It was far superior to the preceding episodes (and much more violent I must add). It seems like George Lucas just had to get the crap out of his system in the first two movies and then he could make a quality film. I’m giving Star Wars – Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, 3 ½ out of 5.

Something a little different

Hi there people...Almighty God here. Youngblood asked Me to do a post in return for a favour he did me (don't ask what it was, just know that it involved a flock of geese, a glue gun, some rocks, and a platypus). I wasn't quite sure what I would say when he asked me to do this post, so figured I'd just speak My mind about a few things.

Ummm...Sorry about the whole New Orleans thing. Uh yeah...My son was playing with some switches and dials and...uh...yeah...just...sorry...won't happen again. I promise.

Uh...ok on to something else...let's see...what's really been grinding My gears lately?...Oh yeah...Umm...frankly between you and Me...I don't bless America. I don't know where these guys get off telling Me what to bless. Honestly, I can't actually bless anything. It was just something I made up one day. I don't actually know what the word means. Do you? Didn't think so.

One thing I've been meaning to get off My chest is how pissed I am at Myself for not making more hours in the day. I really should have seen that one coming. Like, I might be omnipotent, but I still like to try to live a normal life. Between work and going to the club, I just have no time for Myself. Like, I'm pretty busy at work and I'm dedicated to My work too, but a girl's got to have some fun. Know what I mean? I think you do.

Another thing...All of you who keep asking Me for shit, just be patient. I might be omnipotent, but there's still a lot of you asking Me for stuff everyday. Not everyone can win the lottery all the time you know . Hasn't anyone seen that Jim Carrey movie where he's got My power. Oh you haven't? Well see it and then you might start knowing what a day at the office is for Me. Everyone wonders way there's still drought and famine in the world, and I'll tell you why that is. Think of it this way: if you're working in a restaurant and orders keep piling up, and the manager keeps telling you that the one you just got is more important than the ones preceding it, and he wants you to cook that one first and so on and so forth, then orders start piling up more and more. Then the one you started with never gets cooked. That's how it is with me. If you'd all stop asking Me for pety shit everyday and wait until you need to ask for something important, maybe I'd be able to help you out with some of the other major problems like drought, and famine, and all the rest.

...sorry I got a little carried away there....but seriously though, start figuring some things out on your own. It's like in elementary school when you're constantly asking the teacher for help. What do they tell you? "Figure it out on your own." If you genuinely need help then sure come on down! But if you need money just to buy that new Lexus, you're moving to the bottom of the fucking totem pole.

Well I think that should be about enough to keep Mr. Youngblood happy. Even if he isn't though, what's he going to do. I'M FUCKING GOD!!!!

Almighty God



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Youngblood hopes he didn't offend anyone with this bogus God post. We all know God's a man.
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Another post about comix

As some of you faithful readers may be aware, I love comic books! I love ‘em to death. I’m not afraid to admit it. Yes, it may be nerdy, but isn’t that kind of what I am?

I‘ve always maintained that the X-Men books are my favorite comics, but lately that train of thought has kind of been in decline. There are still some storylines that I love, like Phoenix Endsong and The Onslaught Saga, but with too many characters, and storylines that are too convoluted, I’m just kind of getting tired of it. Also Marvel Comics all together is just starting to piss me off. So I’m looking in other directions. The new Green Lantern is good, and I picked up Batman: Year One, which I think is great. However, the one storyline that I’ve always held as being my favorite is, The Death and Return of Superman.

A lot of people, myself included, have a strong dislike towards the fact that Superman is too perfect. Look at other superheroes and you’ll see that most have only one or two or maybe even three powers. Superman has the most of anyone. Lets run down the list: flight, super-strength, super-speed, heat vision, super-hearing, x-ray vision, and ice-cold breath. That’s just a little too much. On top of all these powers he can only be hurt by kryptonite.

There’s a few reasons why I liked this storyline so much:

1)It put Superman in his place. When he came back he knew that something could actually hurt him rather than a piece of green rock, and it made him not think he was a super as he once thought he was. Everyone has to be knocked off of their pedestal every once in a while.

2)Superman’s death and eventual resurrection are like a metaphor, that if you get knocked down you have to pick yourself back up and keep going. Everyone gets knocked down but you have to get back up and learn from what happened.

3)I think my favorite thing about the storyline is the way it depicted the heroes of the DC Universe. It shows that there are human beings under those tights that they wear. They have all come together to remember a man whom they all admire and respect. It takes the “super” out of these super beings, and replaces it with “human”. It made the reader more aware of what the characters were like under the tights. For example: While all of the Heroes are gathered talking about Superman, Robin thinks to himself “I liked him too, but I’m afraid that if say anything in front of these guys I’ll sound like an idiot!” It is a reasonable thing for Robin to be have this fear, considering he is only about 16 years old and he’s standing around with all these people who have years on him. It’s possible for any 16 year old to have that fear.

4)It was all perfectly executed. At the end of Funeral for a Friend #8 it seemed as if it was over, or could have been over. All the loose ends were tied up, and at the end instead of telling the reader what to expect in the next few issues, all it said was “We have no information on this issue at this time”. Doing this created an even greater mystery as to what was about to happen next. That way, when all the new heroes showed up, claiming to be the real Superman, it left the reader wondering which one was, in fact, the real one.

So, these are the reasons I love The Death and Return of Superman. I encourage anyone who’s interested in checking out what it’s all about, do a google search on it or check out some of the paperbacks that have the whole story in it (don’t try and find all the issues, I wish I would have just bought the paperbacks…would have saved me time and money, and I still don’t even have it all). The paperbacks are call The Death of Superman, A world Without Superman, and The Return of Superman. Happy reading!

Youngblood

The New NHL

So the NHL will be back in session come this fall, and I must say I looking forward to it quite a bit. Although these new rule changes and crazy roster changes will be a bit much, and will take some getting used to, it’ll still be good. The best part of all these roster changes is that now there won’t be the big 4 teams anymore (Detroit, Colarado, Dallas, New Jersey). The whole league has been turned upside down(face) and dammit that’s a good thing.

Even though the players have taken a pay cut people will still be complaining that they make too much money. The thing that bothers me is that you always hear about how athletes get paid too much, but not nearly as much as you hear about, say…actors. Yeah, sure some NHL players used to be getting paid $10 million dollars a season, but then you have some actors getting paid $20 million a movie that doesn’t take as long to shoot as a full season of hockey take to play. It seems though that the only people that complain about how much athletes get paid are the people who aren’t fans of the sport. I guess it’s the same as people complaining about an actor’s salary after watching a crappy movie. I must admit though I do fall into that way of thinking as well. I tend to go off on rants about baseball players salaries and how they are absurd, and I suppose it is because I don’t like the sport. (But really, who wants to watch a sport where a bunch of guys stand around for 11 hours)

Now the new rules I’m kind of edgy about. It is good that they made goalies pads smaller by an inch, but there should be no-touch icing. Any player who is asked if they are in favor of it says yes. That one particular rule will save more broken bones than any other. And what’s this deal with no more ties? Shootouts? Come on! I guess it may make players play harder, but a shoot out can change a whole game and make the three periods spent on the ice pointless. That’s like after three rounds in a boxing match, making each boxer giving up a free shot.

So to all who still complain about NHL player’s salaries I say: screw you. And to all who are as excited as I to see the hockey again I say: game on!

Youngblood