tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203532602024-03-07T01:50:39.795-06:00meta4worldzBlowing off steam to virtually nobody.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-43583086447762793732016-03-25T22:17:00.001-05:002016-03-25T22:17:10.380-05:00DeadpoolLet me start with the most obvious -
I cannot believe that Marvel had the sack to stand up and make this movie.
It's not art.
It's not compelling.
But it is a dart right to the heart of the same age group that watched Porky's and American Pie, and Animal House.
Deadpool is a marginal character, but he has some depth, and he's the funny one, Marvel finally got that.
I did not see what they did Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-40295560442711313512016-01-31T13:03:00.002-06:002016-01-31T20:19:15.332-06:00Ray Donovan - Binge Watch Review
I'm going to start out this by dragging this show down, with two reasons that I had for not catching it when it was first released.
Ray Donovan looked to me like a full waste of time when I first saw it released. The star, Liev Schreiber, didn't seem to me to be any type of leading man. Let's face it, he was just creepy in the Scream films, and if he did anything else, I can't recall or didn'tUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-20866766431929798962016-01-03T15:17:00.002-06:002016-01-08T15:19:46.363-06:00Star Wars - The Force Awakens - Pro's and Cons - Spoiler AlertIf you're a well-read, or well-watched, sci-fi person, Star Wars is the lightweight of the genre. There is no getting around that. ,
It has had much more impact than other offerings because it was able to find an audience larger than any of them before it, and even since, maintains it's own type of loyalty. George Lucas will tell you it it is because it is a widely appealing action romance that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-42745082782407447202016-01-03T14:32:00.002-06:002016-01-03T14:32:28.211-06:00Avengers 2 - Ultron's Movie treatmentCleaning up some old drafts where I want to think I made some good points, this was from early last summer. ---
I've now seen Avengers 2 twice, once on the regular screen, then again on Imax 3D.
It holds up.
One thing I noticed in the first showing, in the first scene, the CGI seemed almost purposely ridiculously bad until they got to the compound, did not show up in my second viewing.
What isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-84509007476748631802016-01-03T14:06:00.000-06:002016-01-03T14:06:17.121-06:00The Emergence of Netflix and other streaming contentHaven't dropped off the planet, even though there haven't been posts here lately, and I haven't failed to notice that the landscape of entertainment has changed drastically, even in the time since my last post.
The relevance of the networks is dropping of the cliff, HBO is the old hand in the game now, and is getting challenged by a company that was busy mailing us videos around the time I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-12850293397043964582014-04-25T23:04:00.000-05:002014-04-25T23:04:17.727-05:00Arrow - The Episode where Slade kills Moira
Sorry if you googled this and I spoiled it for you, but the episode is 3 days old, and I have some questions about this whole plot stream. While the flashbacks throughout this series have allowed for what seems to be displayed insight so far, this latest episode seemed thrown together, and I sniffed some continuity issues.
Now, I'm really not one of those fans that pays close attention to eachUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-64270729687714034082014-04-15T19:40:00.001-05:002014-04-15T19:40:53.919-05:00Meta4worldZ - Back to a BlogRecently, I have begun writing again, and rediscovering these blogs I started what seems like a lifetime ago. I've decided to begin again.
As I remember conceiving it, this was the pop blog, where I wrote my miscellaneous media commentaies and reviews and things like that. I have another of the same name on wordpress, but that was directed more to my writing, and personal stuff. So when I wrote Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-59449238011936932742008-06-19T07:54:00.001-05:002008-06-19T07:58:24.862-05:00Smodder's Day Put a Smile on My FaceSmodcast keeps me coming back. I like it, and I like Kevin Smith. I'm not one of the frenzied followers that filled his message board with pleas to come back throughout the hiatus in the podcast release while he was filming Zack and Miri Make a Porno, but I check in every Monday or so and see if there's a new podcast to upload, because honestly, nothing goes better with morning workouts than Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-76192492023486343042008-06-18T08:34:00.002-05:002008-06-18T08:59:04.126-05:00Moving Day - All the Eggs into another basketImage by jim270 via FlickrHello, this is the day I've been thinking about for a long time. Meta4worldz has always been a multi-faced, splattered, web site. Today, everything is getting moved to my own domain, using Wordpress(for now).I'm hoping that those of you that drop in or find me will follow over there. Lets just pretend I go on to extoll the new features and everything else that will be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-45685479641465909272008-06-17T07:18:00.006-05:002008-06-17T09:06:43.211-05:00Battlestar Galactica Cannot End Like ThisImage via WikipediaIf you haven't seen the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica, and care, don't read this. Otherwise, can you believe what they've gone and done?Found earth? It's a husk, I'm guessing those remnants of buildings in the frozen foggy distance are New York and Manhattan. For a second, I thought that was the end, but then, thankfully, previews of a next episode.The fact that the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-25303693822927172232008-06-13T07:29:00.004-05:002008-06-17T07:18:08.321-05:00It's Summer, Time for Trash TVImage via WikipediaWe already sat through the bad television of the writer's strike, but that doesn't mean that the summer course of garbage still won't be served. Looking to put up long hours of cheap programming for the dwindling summer eyeballs, the usual course of game shows and second tier reality shows.Yes, I said Second Tier reality shows, coined that just now, all by myself, or from Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-37570413330533720602008-06-12T07:01:00.004-05:002008-06-16T11:23:19.023-05:00Plurking, Pownce-ing or just Tweeting, what shall I do?3Have to admit, I don't really understand what Twitter is good for, but I found myself liking it. I was first drawn in by the app, Twittervision, and found myself pulled in. Of course, there was more action on it when I got dragged in, all those long months ago. I've noticed lately, more from other blog posts about it than personally at first, that Twitter is less active, often doesn't work rightUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-48543318995830911792008-06-09T08:08:00.003-05:002008-06-09T08:21:02.158-05:00The White Sox Fan Chirping BeginsImage via WikipediaThe Cubs don't want any part of the Sox right now. -heard on WSCR, Mike North, this morning.And the chirping begins. It's been a while, as the Sox struggled to stay above .500, apparently the line of demarcation is their ascendence to 10 games above the .500 mark. Congrats, Sox Fans, it's rareified air. Why can't you just enjoy it?I know, because you're a White Sox fan. You Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-56221981072036402542008-06-06T07:49:00.003-05:002008-06-06T08:07:07.753-05:00If I Won Ten Million DollarsImage via WikipediaAnother blog I linked up to thru Twitter put up a cool question, surely one of the generic but eternally interesting ones. Mega-MillionsWhat if you won ten million dollars?Every one who buys a lottery ticket buys the chance to run down that pleasant mental lane, at least until they check the numbers. I wrote a song about it, long time ago, and posted it as a comment in that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-66206067957708113322008-06-05T07:45:00.003-05:002008-06-05T07:54:07.628-05:00How to Know Your Password is Strong EnoughWe are living in a world of passwords and usernames, one is getting simpler, the other is getting harder.User names are no longer the exercise in clever letter play they use to be, as far as I can tell, most of us can get the name we want these days, with a minimal amount of added numbers or initials.Passwords are a different story. These days, my old standby passwords don't quite pass muster, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-15839287528521664582008-06-03T11:11:00.012-05:002008-11-13T01:41:08.484-06:00Four Reasons Iron Man is Cooler than Spiderman ..Four Reasons Ironman is cooler than Spiderman and Four Reasons He Isn't - and a tiebreaker.Now that the initial rush is over, it's time to assess the true validity of Ironman, now a movie star, and while I'm at it, let's compare him to his recent Marvel theater blockbuster counterpart, Spiderman.In the Marvel series Civil War, Tony Stark and Peter Parker start out being buddies, and Tony trying Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-15801972097879276352008-05-31T07:25:00.003-05:002008-06-01T07:11:17.818-05:00Top 3 New Television Shows of the 2007-2008 SeasonExcept for the Summer shows like Rescue Me, and the pile of Reality Shows coming in as filler, the "scripted" television season is finally over. It sure took a while, and the writer strike might have changed forever how everyone looks at and appreciates television programming.However, there was some good, new television happening, and some breakout characters worth writing about.Breaking Bad - Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-40216762818811772332008-05-28T20:49:00.004-05:002008-05-29T08:07:53.398-05:00Sharon Stone's Still Making Movies??Sharon Stone is making news lately, not her normal kind, you know, for flashing on film or picking bad movie roles, this time she opened her mouth about the chinese. Commenting about China's recent natural disaster, she said it was Bad Kharma. Nice one Sharon, should have stayed home and wrote your worthless, uninformed, insensitive, opinion into a blog where nobody would notice it.She stepped onUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-79824888352809756842008-05-28T07:08:00.005-05:002008-05-28T20:43:25.157-05:00Tommy Lasorda - Superstar 7th Inning ConductorI'm glad they had Tommy Lasorda come up and do the 7th inning at Wrigley Field last night, one fo the few times the ritual didn't irritate me. Even with Fergie Jenkins in the booth, I got irritated because the game was going by below these announcers that seem to forget they are on air when a quasi-celebrity walks through.Tommy Lasorda is a different story. He could sing every night and sit Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-64672252481087866482008-05-27T10:01:00.004-05:002008-05-27T10:57:53.224-05:00Something I Am Proud to SeeOn my mind constantly these last few weeks, and not because I am driving over 500 miles a week these days is how we are going to stop this whole oil ordeal. If it was ever a driving force, obviously, bombing the hell out of the oil producers isn't going to work, but reducing our dependence on it is.USA Today's article is the first hint that things may be changing for the better.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-85381053119786036012008-05-27T07:27:00.003-05:002008-05-27T07:44:01.254-05:00NASA Goes Hollywood - Panhandling for BucksNASA went Hollywood this weekend, finding the only way to draw interest to it's Mars Probe mission was to sensationalize it. "Seven Minutes of Terror," they called the Mars Probe descent into the atmosphere that more often than not ends up with a destroyed probe.Luckily, all went well, it went "absolutely perfect," and all terror was unfounded, apparently, or prepared for, as every Jason chase Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-3375717690922896412008-05-23T23:58:00.003-05:002008-11-13T01:41:08.597-06:00Denise Richards is Digging DeepI used to be a fan of Denise Richards. She was HOT, still is, but as she dissembles her family and leaves every hint of self respect on video for a cable channel, I'm jumping off.Denise, Denise, Denise, what's happened?Of course, she has this new reality show,(no link, I'm not watching or promoting it, even if to nobody at all), and she was on Larry King the other night, baring her soul.I read Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-48655750661629989052008-05-20T17:24:00.005-05:002008-05-23T13:28:43.482-05:00Book Review: XML Weekend Crash CourseI have spent a lot of money on Programming books, even since graduating from school. They are one of my favorite hobbies. Very often, for various reasons I don't finish or get a lot out of them, BUT I've never had an experience that made me want to write a negative review of one, until now. I am so disgusted with this book that I decided to at least get the word out.XML Weekend Crash Course is a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-24134119568802439922008-05-17T20:32:00.003-05:002008-11-13T01:41:08.689-06:00Smallville Season Finale - Preparing to be a ManI got onto the Smallville bandwagon just recently, in the last couple years, but I've talked about that already.Every sporadic Thursday, it almost quenches the thirst for all things comic book, and this season, it's been hitting closer to the mark. Over the past few weeks, as the CW seasons end, I have read a lot about Smallville. I hear Lex Luthor is leaving, I hear that next season they are Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-5427414705553631492008-05-12T20:48:00.003-05:002008-05-12T21:27:37.977-05:00Ditchdigger's Rant: Working Men and WomenI grew up with a father, step-father and two grandfathers that told stories about hard workers and hard work with reverence that I always sensed. It left me with a respect for hard work and hard jobs that I will never lose. It is nearly unhealthy, because I have always been drawn to those jobs that make most people turn away, even now, as I try to get out of the hard work, construction field. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0