Category: Mainstream Entertainment

Read all about it here.

But, seriously, it’s still on the air? I thought it was shitcanned…

Welp… the more you know, I suppose.

From pwpix.net:

Reviews are starting to come out for WWE’s new Legendary movie starring John Cena and things aren’t looking good. Currently on the Rotten Tomatoes website, the movie has a 17% rating with 4 “Fresh” reviews and 19 “Rotten” reviews. Below are some quotes on the movie from top critics:


* Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times: “It’s a feel-good Kleenex™ dispenser of a movie, and there’s nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it’s routine Hallmark Hall of Afterschool Special material.”


* Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: “Legendary is so intent on paying heartfelt tribute to dogged young athletes that it neglects basic story needs.”


* Adam Markovitz, Entertainment Weekly: “A well-meaning dud that’ll put you out faster than a sleeper hold.”


* Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: “The script, by actor turned writer John Posey, has structural problems and motivational issues in between the cliches. And Cena, a few movies into his career, is still all presence and no acting.”


* Rex Reed, New York Observer: “Talk about movies that cannot possibly live up to their titles.”

You know what? I’d probably say something witty or snarky, but honestly, I can’t really use the “Cena portrays an ex-cop off to save his girlfriend from terrorists again” gag because Legendary is actually a drama of sorts. And quite honestly, the movie doesn’t look too bad, so I’ll probably wait until the movie’s release on DVD before I lay judgment… but yeah, the critical reaction makes this feel less Legendary than the film implies.

On the other hand, the Wikipedia entry for Legendary implies that “previews suggest a generous response, with praise given to the serious tone of the film compared to many of WWE Studios’ other efforts, and for John Cena’s improved performance over his earlier roles in The Marine and 12 Rounds. Some criticism has been directed towards inaccuracies in the college wrestling system.”

So I can’t really comment much more than that. But I do have to praise WWE Studios for shifting away from making mindless action movies and diversifying themselves with these types of dramas and comedies. Even if the movies end up being like crap, at least it shows that they’re willing to venture into more heavy material. For that alone, I applaud them.

I just hope that they actually come out with a decent picture. Maybe Legendary might be one of them despite the critical response.

So according to this article, Mr. T was offered a cameo in the A-Team remake, but declined due to the fact that the original A-Team’s “light-hearted approach has been replaced by gritty realism” in the new film. Also, he doesn’t care for the fact that in this version, people died and things get sexed up while in the original show, nobody died and sex was down to a minimum – usually an attractive girl or two per show.

Mr. T, you may recall, originally played B.A. Barracus in the original TV show, a role that is filled by UFC fighter Rampage Jackson.

While some might be saddened by the lack of Mr. T in the new movie, give the guy some credit. Unlike Dirk Been-A-Dick, he stuck to his principles and didn’t accept a cameo in a project he didn’t agree with. He didn’t berate the remake either, just said it was vastly different from the show he made famous… although it must be brought up that the show wasn’t necessarily all roses either, but I’ll wait until I check out the movie… when it comes out on DVD.

Roger Ebert wrote an article on why he hates 3D and so should you. Click here if you want to read it.

As for me? I always felt that 3D was purely a neat little gimmick to give people incentive to watch movies in theatres rather than wait for the inevitable DVD or Blu-Ray release. And I have to say that Avatar in 3D made for a much better experience than it would have in 2D (because let’s face it – as great as it is visually, Avatar’s story is paper thin).

But do I want 3D as a regular function? Nope.

I like my movies and tv and video games to be 2D… as in on a screen and without the use of glasses. The only 3D I want to see is on a holodeck and that’s it.

Although I have to disagree with Ebert on one thing; Titanic sucks.

First, he’s not happy with new Battlestar because Starbuck is now played by a woman… also something about re-imagined Coke and special sauce or whatever else. Now he says he has no hope for the new A-Team movie.

You want to know the funny thing about it? He made a fucking cameo in that A-Team remake. It’d be one thing if you said the movie had no chance and left it at that… but how much cash did you take to have to make that move?

Damn, I think I know what the problem is.

This isn’t the original Dirk Benedict who stuck to his guns. This is the re-imagined one with double standards.

Har, har.

Hulk Hogan’s son Nick, who was involved in a terrible car accident that crippled Nick’s passenger, was recently sentenced to eight months in jail. Well, looks like there are some things even Hulkamania and its political clout can prevent. Just as well.

How sad is it that such an actual real-life tragedy that involved an individual losing any semblance of their former self could be reduced to a quick quip. This sort of thing is nothing to laugh or joke about… but when it comes to the Hogans, who think that everyone is beneath them, seeing one of them eat a bit of humble pie does nothing but put a smile on my face. Nick did something stupid and now he’s paying for it, rightfully so.

Thoughts and prayers go to the other fellow.

So a funny thing happened one day while I was flipping channels; I found myself watching an episode of The Price Is Right. But not with the usual host Bob Barker, who had retired, but with his successor, Drew Carey.

Yes, that Drew Carey. Of The Drew Carey Show fame.

He’s hosting The Price Is Right now.

And you know what I felt when watching this show?

Awkward.

I don’t watch The Price Is Right on a regular basis these days, but I used to remember watching the show as a kid during those weekdays when I was at home during a day off school. There was something about the soft-spoken Barker and his straw-thin microphone that stuck with me. I couldn’t tell you what that was, but it was enough that whenever I think The Price Is Right, I think Bob Barker.

And now I’m watching an episode hosted by the short and stubby funnyman from Cleveland. And it feels odd.

For what it’s worth, he’s not bad in the gig. I’ve seen him host the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and he was always there, so he can do the hosting thing just fine. But it feels odd seeing him host this show, on those sets, with that same straw-thin microphone.

It’s not going to be the same.

On the other hand, Drew Carey hosting The Price Is Right is NOT the strangest thing I’ve seen this man involved in. After all, he was in the Royal Rumble once upon a time.

Yep.