Earl's Blog:Part II

Didn’t Think I Do Did Ya?

earl — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:25:10 +0000

Yes, I just created a new site on wordpress.com called Earl’s Blog: Part 3. It is the new ad-free home of my site. And unless this place gets rid of the ads, it will be my new home. Thanks for the memories iblog365, and I encourage Colt, James, Dragon Master, Nolanator, and the rest to join me. My new site is earlsblog.wordpress.com, trust me, this site is huge, because earl.wordpress.com was already taken.

So Long Ad-Farm!

earl — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:20:15 +0000

I would just like to let everyone know I will be creating a new site soon if iblog365.com does not stop connecting the words in my posts to links. I will not have it. I deserve a site that’s not littered with random links. James, if you know a how you contacted iblog365.com and recommended the icons, please let me know. If they do not fix this problem, they will lose one of their best blogs.

Movie Preview Triple Play-Hancock, 10000 B.C., and Be Kind Rewind

earl — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:02:25 +0000

What, you thought I was lying with the promises? These three movies look to be some of the movies I’m looking forward to next year, and I thought I would take a closer look at them. Look through my eyes. I included all trailers underneath their movie.

Hancock This movie, starring Will Smith, follows a lower-than-Earth superhero. No, he doesn’t go saving the day or getting the girl at the end, he is a homeless alcoholic, and often uses unorthodox methods to save the day. This is kinda reminescent to me of Men in Black, a movie I loved. However, this movie looks a little different. It will be a little dissapointing without Tommy Lee Jones…..or Tony Shalhoub. Anyway, this looks to be a great summer blockbuster, and although I think it’s going to get blasted by critics, I will probably end up wanting to go see this when it comes out on the planned date of July 2nd, 2008. The trailer for Hancock has an inappropriate word towards the beginning.

10000 B.C. Another movie coming out next year is 10000 B.C.. This movie tells the story of a mammoth hunter who has to go on a long a journey to save his race from extinction. He is taught by his bearded instructor, and is mainly trying to save his love. i really hope there aren’t any Geico references in this movie. This automatically comes off to me as a blockbuster, which it is, partially thanks to the graphics, with some of the best special effects I’ve ever seen. The movie doesn’t have any really notable people in it, but I’m sure after this movie it will. Anyway, this movie looks to be pretty promising, and will probably be what I go see at a convention come time in April. This movie will be released on March 7, 2008.

Be Kind, Rewind The final movie I’ll be previewing is entitled Be Kind, Rewind. The movie follows a man named Jerry (Jack Black) and his buddy (Mos Def) who run their own video store, and one day, Jerry accidentally erases all of the tapes in the store, fearing they’ll run out of business, they decided to make mini 20 minute movies. They soon become very popular, but they run into trouble with the FBI. This movie looks hillarious thanks to Jack Black, and the hillarious scenes of him in various movies like Ghostbusters, Rush Hour 2, Robocop, and my favorite, Driving Miss Daisy, are sure to help. Unfortunately, this is being released Limited, so I probably won’t get to see it at my local theater. However, possibly since thy previewed it there, they’ll show it there. Anyway, one way or the other either on DVD or in the theater, I hope to check out this movie. it releases January 25, 2008.

It’s Going To Be A Wild Year

earl — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:33:52 +0000

It’s 2008, and I thought I would show off what is soon to come on Earl’s Blog: Part 2 in the next 12 months. I will be bringing you even more news from the gaming, movie, and TV! Here’s a list of all the great things coming up. If you would, try to picture them in a video montage with “Here it Goes Again” or “Rock you Like A Hurricane” playing. It’ll make it a lot better.

Recaps of All Your (My) Favorite Shows, Including Monk, Heroes, Mythbusters and more.
Up-To-Date Reviews and Hands-Ons of the Latest Video Games and Movies!
My Opinion on 2008’s Biggest Topics
The Hillarious Top Tens You’ve Grown to Love
The Coolest Flash Games that Are Popping Up Over the Internet
Arguments about the Inferiority of Kingdom Hearts to practically any other video game series, including SOnic the Hedgehog!
More In-Depth Games of the Weeks including a synopsis, and if you’re lucky, cheat codes
Random Thoughts About Anything
Semi-Live with E3 2008, and other super-cool conferences
The Funniest and Coolest Videos on the Net

All of this and more! It’s basically everything you’ve come to love about my site, and some stuff you don’t love! If you have any suggestions, let me know, think of it as my New Years Resolution to you. I am also thinking about cutting my other Heroes Blog short, and just continuing all of my Heroes stuff here, I probably won’t delete it, but stop updating it.

National Treasure Series

earl — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:36:32 +0000

National Treasure-(Grade: A+) One of my favorite movies of all time, National Treasure is one movie no history buff should miss, thanks to exhilirating action, intriquing clues, and just an overall neat package. The story follows Benjamin Gates, a treasure hunter in a long line of treasure hunters who is on a quest that has went on through generations of his family to discover the freemason treasure. The steps along the way have them stealing the Declaration of Independence, close examination of the 100 dollar bill, and some old church inspecting. Overall, this movie delivers a superb plot, great pacing, and a great movie experience for anyone.

National Tresure 2: Book of Secrets-(Grade: A+) After months of anticipation, I was able to go see National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, and it was worth the wait. The story follows Benjamin Gates, once again played flawlessly be Nicolas Cage one day while he is teaching a class on his great-grandfather’s role in the prevention of the finding of a treasure which could have caused the Rebels to win the Civil War. Right after the lecture, a man stands up and claims that Ben’s Great Granfather Thomas was one of the conspirators. He then had to go on a mission to clear Thomas’ name and in doing so, discover the lost Cebola Treasure. The movie brings back all of the old characters and the people who played them, from Riley who is publishing his new book and having some financial troubles, to Jon Voight who plays Ben’s father. They also brought in Helen Mirren, who plays Ben’s Mother. The bickering between her and Ben’s father is hillarious. The treasure hunt this time takes them across the world, from France’s Statue of Liberty to Mount Rushmore. The story this time was equal to, if not better than the first, due to the fact Lincoln was one of my favorite presidents. This movie lives up to the hype, delivers a great and interesting plot for fans of the series, and any fan should check out this movie.

The Simpsons Game

earl — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:13:21 +0000

(8.75/10.00) I have been a big fan of the series of Simpson games in the past, but this game really showed me what could be done with the franchise. And despite a few flaws, this game succeeds. The story is relatively simple, with the gang basically realizing that they themselves are in a video game. However, they take it different ways. Marge wants to change the world, Bart wants to use his superpowers to fight crime, and well Homer, he just wants to eat. You run an early few of the just-right 16 episodes trying out the different powers of each character, and then the plot thickens with Treehouse of Horror-related episodes, and then they move on to try to save their game from extinction when the “Xbox 720″ comes out. Each character has his or her own ability, with Homer’s super ball attack and gummi ball, Lisa’s Hand of Buddha and it’s assorted attacks, Bartman’s Skills, and the occassional Maggie level, the game is well balanced. The game is also hillarious, with the all of the cast reprising their voice roles. You can just walk around SPringfield and hear random quotes or funny sayings as you walk by. There are several hillarious moments, and several references to the series sometimes only veterans will get-Linguo. I really liked this game, although it did sometimes have some flaws. The camera is one of the biggest, several times getting in my way of completing the mission. Also, sometimes the mission objective could have been a little clearer, and you’re a little curious as to what to do. The language in this game can also be a little coarse, too coarse for younger gamers. However, if you like the series and you want a great game to keep you busy, this is the game for you.

Hands-On with Assassin’s Creed

earl — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:55:33 +0000

Assassin’s Creed is one of those games that comes along once every now and then and does something new. Something fun, exciting, and original that leaves you speechless. The first few levels I played showed a man in modern times, outside of the past setting. The people experimenting on him want to find out more about his past ancestor’s assassin-y, so they probe his memories. So the whole game is taking place…..in your mind! After a quite wordy explanation, you do a long tutorial, which then leads to the action. You play as Altair, a trained assassin who plays by his own rules. He’s disrespectful to the leader and is banned. You now must work your way back up to get your title back. But I paid no attention to the story. I was busy watching Chocolate Rain on Youtube during the cutscenes. Anyway, you get into the cityscape and I, using the unique and sometimes troublesome control scheme, went attacking. You can use the face buttons for mapped to each hand without any other buttons for “socially acceptable” acts, or hold R1 and do the same button presses for I guess non-acceptable acts, like killing innocents. I ran through throwing more people down and attacking more innocent people than Sylar at a quiz bowl. The game had an overall fun feel, and I look forward to possibly playing it more in the future.

The Earl-ies 2007

earl — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:26:00 +0000

Hey guys, this is The Earl-ies 2007, where I designate the the best of the year. Thanks to everyone who voted and argued about Pirates of the Carribean 3, but ultimately I have decided the winners. I decided not to give out awards to games I had not played, which eliminates a lot of categories. I found that’s they weren’t based on the game’s quality as much as they were just guesses. But don’t worry, I still have tons more to offer. I’ll list the category, below it some nominees if there are any others, and then I’ll start a sentence with the winner in bold writing, just so there’s no confusion. Let’s move on. Oh and by the way, Super MArio Galaxy won Gamespot’s Game of the Year!!!

Best New TV Show of 2007

Chuck, due to the hillarity of the situations, and how it reminds me of Monk. That is a very good thing.

Best Returning Show of 2007
Scrubs Heroes The Office My Name is Earl Monk Psych Mythbusters
Tie Between Heroes and Scrubs, because Heroes delivered not one but two awesome finales this year, and Scrubs is as funny as ever, and it won’t be here this time next year. (Tears)

Best New TV Show Character of 2007
Monica Dawson Adam Monroe Bob Bishop
Adam Monroe, thanks to his cool theories of wiping Earth’s slate clean and just being a cool villain.

Best Movie Moment of 2007
Maelstrom Scene in Pirates 3
Final Battle in Transformers
Destruction of Venom in the Bell Tower
Any of the Skating Scenes in Blades of Glory
THIS IS SPARTA!!!!
Maelstrom Scene in Pirates 3, there’s just so much going on, that it’s automatically awesome.

Best Movie of 2007
Spiderman 3
Wild Hogs
Pirates of the Carribean 3: At World’s End
Transformers
Blades of Glory
National Treasure 2
NAtional Treasure 2, this is a great movie and one that any fan of the series should see.

Top Video Games of 2007
7. Metroid Prime 3

6. Assassin’s Creed

5. The Simpsons Game

4. Halo 3

3. Ratchet and Clank 5

2. Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock

1. Super Mario Galaxy-It is a picasso of gaming. True Perfection.

Best Console of 2007
Wii, because it has a perfect game.

Biggest Dissapointment of 2007
The Writers Strike
Brawl in February
No More Scrubs SOon
No More King of Queens
They are all equally dissapointing.

Game Most Looking Forward to in 2008
If you don’t know the answer, leave.

Best DVD of 2007
Heroes Season 1
Transformers
Pirates 3
Heroes Season 1 Thanks to the great Features and the Bargain at $40!

Thank you guys for reading and I hope 2008 is a great year for all of you!

Top Ten Songs on Guitar Hero 3

earl — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:39:29 +0000

10. Through the Fire and Flames-DragonForce-Credits-Insane

9. Before I Forget-Slipknot-Set 7

8. The Seeker-The Who-Set 3

7. Slow Ride-Foghat-Set 1

6. Rock You Like A Hurricane-The Scorpions-Set 5

5. Miss Murder-A.F.I.-Set 3

4. The Devil Went Down to Georgia-Inspired by The Charlie Daniels Band-Final Super Hard
Guitar Battle

3. Black Magic Woman-Santana-Set 6

2. Can’t Be Saved-Senses Fail-Bonus

1. The Metal-Tenacious D-Set 6

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

earl — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:04:39 +0000

(Grade: A) I really liked this movie, a lot more than I thought I would. The movie takes place 12 years after the events of the original Santa Clause movie, and Mrs. Clause is teaching a class. She flashes back to a couple of months ago, where she was still wating for the baby. Santa, Tim Allen, goes through all of this trouble to make it perfect for her, and it blows up in his face, partially thanks to Jack Frost, played very well by Martin Short. He is on a mission to become Santa. The movie is really funny, and is just plain fun to watch. Tim Allen is a great Santa, and the whole movie just makes you have a warm feeling inside. I really liked this movie and I recommend it to anyone wanting to see a good Christmas movie……in January.