10.06.07
Top Ten Ratchet and Clank Characters
1. Ratchet and Clank
2. Captain Quark
3. Any and All of the Galactic Rangers
4. The Plumber
5. Dr. Nefarious
6. Big Al
7. Skidd McMarxx
8. Merc and Green
9. Helga
10. Chairman Drek
Chuck
This is a really cool show about a guy named Chuck, who works for the Nerd Herd (Geek Squad) at his local Buy More (Best Buy). He has a friend named Morgan, who provides for most of the funniest moments in the show, his sister Ellie, who Morgan hits on constantly, and her boyfriend, Captain Awesome. One night, Chuck’s old friend Bryce, who is a secret agent, sends thousands of pictures in a lightning fast frame rate, downloading millions of Government secrets into Chuck’s brain. Don’t worry, he has two partners, John Casey and Sarah Kent, Casey as Chuck’s antagonist and Sarah as his fake girlfriend. They go undercover and are trying to get the secrets out of Chuck’s head. I really expected this show to bomb, but after watching the Pilot I think it’s one of the rare gems this fall.
10.02.07
Heroes-Lizards
Heroes follows up last week’s great premiere with another great episode this week. Claire begins to wonder how far her powers will go when in biology class the teacher mentions that lizards can regrow their body parts. She persistantly asks him and begs him to let her be who she is, but he once again mentions and threatens her with the company. She then experiments by cutting off one of her toes. Her stalker sees her, but before she can catch him, he has “dissapeared’ and left a book behind. Hiro decides in the past that if Kensei won’t save the village and fulfill the stories that he had read so many times. So he messes with some warriors and saves the princess. We then realize that Hiro was always reading about himself, and that he will have to pose as Kensei for a while. He then returns to Kensei, who is killed by several warriors, but then Kensei magically heals. New Hero!!!! Peter is busy in Ireland, where the theifs that found him are trying to get him to remember anything. Peter starts to escape, but then goes back to save his sister. The thiefs promise to give the amnesiatic Peter a box containing all of his information, that is, if he helps them on a heist. Peter agrees. Matt investigates on Kaito Nakamura’s death, and eventually gets to interrogate Angela Petrelli, who is almost killed. Mohinder is sent to HAiti to save a dying Hero. It turns out to be the Hatian. Mohinder saves him, but then he gets his memory erased. Maya and Alejandro come closer and closer to the border, and they enlist the help from a close relative. Maya ends up getting separated from Alejandro, and she kills the helper, whom Alejandro revives. She runs away screaming. The Haitian and Mr. Bennet finally reunite. Where is Sylar??????!?!?!?!?
09.25.07
Heroes-Four Months Later
Yea, I will be doing this again for this new season. I enjoy it.
Anyway, after wating for a not-so-long 4 months, we finally get a new glimpse at the brilliance of Heroes. And just as expected, they are able to roll with the punches and produce a high quality episode. We start off with a narraration from Mohinder, chronicoling what has happened and what is to come. Then, we get a view…..of the now. Mohinder is doing a class in Cairo when an apparent stalker finally pushes Mohinder to his limits. He threatens the man but then the guy offers Mohinder a job, apparently working for a company that sounds a lot like H.R.G.’s old foe. That is, after the man shows Mohinder his golden talent. It turns out he is living with Matt and Molly in Mohinder’s apartment. But don’t think that Matt and Molly aren’t having troubles of their own. Although Matt has been accepted as a detective, Molly is having nightmares and is drawing pictures of them in her class. In the pictures, a man is torturing her or someone else and there’s always the strangely familiar helix, which is proving to have a huge part in this new season. People like Hiro’s dad and Peter and Nathan’s Mom have received pictures of themselves with a red helix on their faces. It means that they will be dead in 24 hours. Hiro’s father reveals that he and Angela were part of a past organization of 12 people that tryed to find people with extraordinary people. The club sonsisted of people like Linderman, Charles Devoax, and Dallas Petrelli. Kaito (Hiro’s dad) is later killed. We are also introduced to two new Heroes Maya and Alejandro. They are two illegal immigrants on the run trying to get to America so they can cure their deadly powers. While on a smuggling truck with several other people, Alejandro is thrown off, and this causes Maya to go mad, using her power. She kills everyone on or in the truck. They drive the truck off to reach America and bury the bodies. Hiro, of course, is in the past, where he saves who he thinks is Kensei, but who turns out to be a cheap substitute hired by the real Kensei. He turns out to be a con-artist Englishman that is only interested in money. Hiro trys to bring him to the good side, but is punched in the face. Hiro realizes that it will be harder than he thought to convert this warrior. Claire and Mr. Bennet are in their new home in Costa Verde, where they are trying to be as normal as possible. Claire is asked by the boy if she is like the others or if she is different. The boy trys to figure out. Claire nearly blows her cover while doing a cheerleading trick in front of a guy, while Mr. Bennet was a little irregular by nearly breaking his employer’s finger by throwing him onto the table and asking him nicely to not boss him around. I thought it was hillarious since both Claire and Noah reacted the same way when asked if anything irregular happened. We find out later that Noah is teaming up with Mohinder since Mohinder took the job to take down the company. We also realize the boy that Claire met can fly. Nathan had been living with his mom, Angela, since the explosion. He had grown a beard since then, and Angela was convinced Peter was dead. Nathan was pretty depressed, but I’m still confused as to how he lived! Later, Nathan is shown in a bar where he looks into a mirror and sees himself with his face radiated. Peter is also found in a storage container in Ireland with the symbol around his neck, and apparently he has amnesia. The symbol is going to play a huge part in the new season. A great start.
09.23.07
Solitary
This is a really good reality show and one of the most unique I’ve ever seen. It basically pits 9 people in a isolation experiment where they aren’t fighting each other…..but themselves. Each of them have their own pod, deprived of sunlight/moonlight, any time-telling device, or anything that could help them. They have a bathroom, a meal slot through which they receive items for tests, tasteless food, or the rare awards. There will be several activities, and once before each treatment they will have a test. The winner of said test will win “immunity” from the upcoming treatment. The tests can range from getting a message out of a 52 word pileup that takes 5 seconds to play through, making a huge domino chain, putting together clips from a disturbing movie, assemble a 50 piece hamster maze by running 10 laps on a treadmill for each, and more. They will then go on to a treatment which could be a footbed of nails, a smoothie of 50 different foods, or spinning ina desk chair. The first to quit a treatment loses and goes home, but they do not know if someone else has gone home, so they are left wondering after they have quit if they lasted long enough. They may quit at anytime from this “torture”. I strongly recommend this to anyone who is tired of hearing Simon babble or hearing the Tribe speak. It comes on 8:00 p.m. Saturdays on Fox Reality, Channel 250 DirecTV.
09.22.07
“Heroes” Quotes
I am soooooooooooooooooooooooo psyched for Heroes this Monday. Even more than I am for Halo.
“Haven’t I killed you before”-Sylar
“Didn’t Take.”-Peter
“Sometimes I look in the mirror and I’m not sure if it’s me looking back.”-Niki
“Save the cheerleader, save the world”-Hiro
“My only concern is should I hide my true identity? A costume maybe?”-Hiro
“I walked through fire and I get didn’t get burned.”-Claire
Simone: These are fantastic!
Issac: No! They’re evil.
Simone: What are you talking about?
Issac: What am I talking about? You know what I’m talking about? (Picks up painting of a burning bus) You see this? Suicide bombing in Israel. I painted it three weeks ago.
Simone: Yeah, so?
Issac: So? That’s this morning’s paper. Look at the number on the bus. This happened yesterday. Yesterday. Something’s wrong with me.
Ando: Hiro, there are twelve and a half million people in this city. Not one of them can bend space and time. Why do you want to be different?!
Hiro: Why do you want to be the same?
Ando: Because that’s what I am. The same.
Hiro: It’s what we all are. Homogenous. Yogurt.
Ando: Huh? Yogurt?
Mr. Bennett: So is that the quarterback?
Claire: Who?
Mr. Bennett: The boy that you like over there.
Claire: I don’t “like” him. I mean he’s a very nice boy, but… yes, he’s the quarterback.
Mr. Bennett: You really wanted to make me happy, you’d only date nerds. Well it worked out very well for your mother.
(after getting thrown out of a van)
Hiro: That hurt more than I thought it would.
Ando: Every hero is on a journey to find his place in the world, it is a Journey, you don’t start at the end, otherwise they can’t make a movie about it later.
Peter: You came from the future and told them to save the cheerleader. Oh, and you had a sword.
Hiro: I had a sword?
D.L.: The good news is, it’s just going to be you and me from here on out. Partners.
Micah: You mean like Batman and Robin?
D.L.: Yeah. Like Batman and Robin. Only…I’m not wearing any tights. You can wear tights, but I’m not wearing tights.
Peter: (about Hiro) You remember how he used to be, all full of hope and optimism?
Ando: Of course. That’s the Hiro I know.
Peter: He went away the day you died. Between you and me, I think you’re the reason he became so obsessed with trying to change it all back. He wants to save you
Nathan: That’s your idea of a brighter future? (points at painting of nuclear explosion)
Linderman: What if I was to tell you that it was?
Nathan: I’d say you were a lousy humanitarian.
Sylar: I think I’m going to do something bad.
Mohinder: You’re a murderer, you don’t get the luxury of regret.
Sylar: You don’t understand. I think I’m going to kill a lot more people. A lot more. I understood it before, the killing. I had a reason; to take what others didn’t deserve. It was natural selection.
Mohinder: What are you talking about?
Sylar: An apocalypse. A massacre. Half the city gone in an instant. They mean nothing. They’re innocent. There’s no gain, so why would I do it? What possible reason would I have for killing so many?
Niki:(looks at Matt) Didn’t i throw you out of a window?
(Thompson comes up quietly behind him and points his gun at Matt’s head.)
Thompson: What am I thinking now, Parkman?
(Mr. Bennet points his gun at Thompson’s head.)
Mr. Bennet: Your last thought.
Matt: We know where Sylar is, we can go after him.
Bennet: No, not without Petrelli. He’s the only one who can stop him.
Matt: I’ve come three thousand miles; I left my pregnant wife at home. He’s a bad guy, I’m a cop, I’m going after him.
Matt: (to Molly) So you can find anyone in the world you just need to think about them?
Molly: Almost anyone.
Matt: Almost?
Molly: There is only one that I can’t.
Matt: Who is that? Is it someone bad Molly, like the boogeyman?
Molly: No. He is a lot worse.
Matt: Why don’t you wanna find it?
Molly: Because when I think about him (whispering) he can see me.
Hiro: (After teleporting to Kirby Plaza) Sylar!!!
Sylar: (Before Hiro puts his blade through his stomach) You!!
Heroes 6 Minute Preview
This is a great 6-minute video from Youtube of some of the very first moments from Season 2. This is a great teaser for me and I cannot wait until September 24. Or Sep. 25.
09.02.07
“Heroes” Season 1 Summary for James
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OK James, just because I want to have a second person to talk to Heroes about, here is the link to the Wikipedia Page of Heroes Season 1 episodes. If I get the DVD, I’ll let you borrow it. Basically, all of these people around the world discover they have abilities and they all come together and their plots come and twist and they stop a man named Sylar from blowing up New York.
08.28.07
Top Ten Best Monk Episodes Ever
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Note:These are best episodes so far.
- Mr. Monk and the Candidate-A great mystery, great episode.
- Mr. Monk and the Three Pies-I cry every time.
- Mr. Monk Goes Back to School
- Mr. Monk and the KidÂ
- Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger
- Mr. Monk Goes to Jail
- Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan
- Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa
- Mr. Monk Bumps His Head
- Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever
Best Season-Season 2Â
Honorable Mentions-
- Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival
- Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico
- Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater
- Mr. Monk and the Employee of the Month
- Mr. Monk and the Red Herring
- Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike
- Mr. Monk Can’t See A Thing
- Mr. Monk Gets A New Shrink
- Mr. Monk Meets His Dad
- Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend
- Mr. Monk and the Daredevil
07.31.07
More of Heroes:Season 2
TV Guide Magazine did an interview with Masi Oka/Hiro Nakamura about the new season of Heroes, and, for you the reader, read the entire thing while in the checkout line n Walmart. We were buying wall stuff. Just kidding. Hiro said that in the new season, his character would be in the past, and that he would fall in love with the woman whoo has been chosen to marry Kensei (his childhood hero), this possibly falling in the same pattern as it did with Charlie, who was killed by Sylar, which he made no comment on his re-appearence. They also did an interview with the BRAND NEW HERO WHOSE NAME I CAN’T REMEMBER! Hey, they had altoids, I have a short attention span. Although they did not reveal her power, they might had, they did have Juicy Fruit, they did tell her back story. She is an illegal immigrant with her family, I think, there might have been Reeses involved, if so, it’s a blur. Were you upset when they had 1 month breaks between the episodes! I sure was! Well now Heroes will only have two short breaks in December and April, with Heroes Origins coming in some time next year.  Just to add, in a Comic Con interview, when asked about Nathan, Tim Kring said quote-
“He’s kinda up in the air right now.”
Tim made a funny! I told you he was dead Black Knight!
07.24.07
Heroes Season 2
Recently the site IGN did an interview with Claire and Mr. Bennet, or at least the people who play them. They were asking about the new season and its details. They said that they would be returning into the series, thus proving any theories of an entirely new cast or completely covering Hiro in the future false. They said that Mr. Bennet and Claire have tried to return to their normal lives, and trying to be normal, except their old and some new secrets are returning to haunt them and keep them from that. Other than that, they didn’t talk to any of the other co-stars, but I’m sure I will find out more before Season 2 airs September 24 this year at its original time.
07.23.07
Mr. Monk and the Rapper
Well, it looks like a Rapper has been killed in a tragic car boming, and another rival raper has been suspected of the crime. Looks like Monk’s on the case! While Monk’s at home trying to get his house clock perfectly sycnhronized, A rapper named Murderous and his boys come into Monk’s home. They report the news that Extra-Large, a fellow rapper, was killed in a car bombing, and they think it was Murderous, mainly due to the mountain of evidence, including a song telling Murderous wrote about how he would kill Extra Large. Monk zones out in fear and accepts the case. They go to the crime scene, where they find Murderous’ special imported watch used in the car bomb. Monk starts to lose hope. They visit Extra Large’s record manager, who seems somwhat suspicious since he says he saw Murderous next to Extra Large’s limousine the night before. Monk goes on, and tries to get out of his contract with Murderous due to the mountain of evidence, but once again zones out and becomes part of his security. Later on at the benefit party for X-Large, Monk realizes that there’s just too much coincidence and solves the case.
Here’s What Happened: X-Large’s record manager was consumed with greed, he wanted all of that money to himself, so, he used X-Large’s and Murderous’ rivalry to his advantage and sneaked into the garage and planted the bomb using Murderous’ watch. And later, the bomb went kaboom. What proved the manager guilty? When Murderous first visited Monk, he had forgotten to set time forward for Daylight Savings, thus setting the manager’s whole plan askew.
07.16.07
Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan
Monk-Mr. Monk is on the case when Marci Maven, his obsessed fan, has a dog that is suspected of killing her neighbor, nly one problem, the dog’s dead. She shows up at Monk’s door, scared, although still obsessed with him, he refuses to answer and sends Natalie instead. Later at a bachelor auction, however, Marci get her wish as she buys Monk for 6 hours for a mere $800. At Marci’s house, Monk finds several creepy dioramas and pictures of himself, even a corner in her kitchen dedicated to him. Monk then decides to take her case. They go outside too the shed where they found the body, but Monk notices that all of the tools were in place, something that wouldn’t be true if she was being attacked. Monk also found the hole that the dog supposedly crawled through, but the dirt was on the wrong side of the fence, and a dead tulip matched the one on the shovel in the shed. Marcithen talks about the last time she had seen the dog, and how he showed up at her house after dissapearing for several hours covered in wood shavings like mahogany. They then visit five wood factories, eventually discovering the victim’s husband works at one. And after Monk finds some molding material, he solves the case, but not before the husband can attempt to kill them, and shoot Marci. The captain and lieutenant came in and took the killer away.
Here’s what happened:A couple of weeks ago, the victims husband found out the perfect alibi to kill his wife. Marci’s dog had attacked before, so evryone would think that if she was killed, it would be the dog. So he kidnapped the dog, drugged him, and then made a mold of his teeth, and then a edge-clippers like design with his teeth mold on the end. The dog accidentally ingested part of the mold when it was being made, and that’s what caused him to die. He then killed his wife, and made it look like the dog bit her a couple of times. Only one problem:He was framing a dead dog!
06.26.07
Monk Rap
This isn’t that other one, this one is performed by the rapper “Snoop dogg”, and it is by far my favorite rap song.
06.22.07
Mythbusters-Snow Special
This time the Mythbusters are hitting Tahoe to freeze 3 snow myths in their tracks. Can a yodeler cause an avalanche? Can you really get your tonque stuck to a cold pole? Is it safer to drive backwards on the ice? The Mythbusters are gonna find out!
First off Adam and Jamie turn the Yodeling Avalanche to small-scale with a small ramp with which they cover with flour. Adam puts his yodeling face on but is only able to cause a famous avalanche effect when he screams into a megaphone on one exact spot. They then take it full-scale. They get a professional yodeler, but neither she, she with a megaphone, a bullwhip, or machine guns can bring this puppy down. They then decide to use their famous Plan B: Dynamite. That gives them what they want. Later they went up with professionals in a helicopter who did it for a living. Looks like you can’t start an avalanche by yodeling.
The build team then put the famous tonque-to-the-icepole myth to the test. Grant takes a pig’s tonque and heats it up to regular tonque temperature. They then apply the saliva, and apply it to a 32 Degree Farenheit (Freezing Point) pole. It sticks so much that chunks of the tonque stick to the pole and tear off the pig’s tonque! Tori then puts his tonque on the line. It sticks.
The build team then put one final snow myth to the test: Can you drive better in the snow backwards? First off they attach a force scale on the front of the car to find out how much traction (grip) you have when driving backwards or forwards. The backwards has better grip! Hmmm… Maybe this myth isn’t so silly after all. They then go to a course where they teach police officers how to drive on ice. Tori will use the back wheel drive, Grant will use the 4 wheel drive, and Kari will use the front wheel drive. But they all reached one conclusion. So, what are the results?
- Yodeler’s Avalanche-BUSTED- A yodeler cannot provide enough power to get that snow to move like good ol’ dynamite can.
- Freezing Tonque-CONFIRMED- You can get your tonque stuck to a really cold pole.
- Better Traction Backwards-BUSTED-Even though you may get better traction backwards, it’s still way too dangerous to drive that way.