Category: Musings

A little late but…

You know… I didn’t really react to this when I first saw it. Maybe if something like this was done ten years ago or so, I would have been shocked or something. But today? Not really. I’ll give you a couple reasons;

1 – The Spider-Man in question refers to Ultimate Spider-Man, the one that was floating around in Marvel’s Ultimate brand for about a decade or so. Marvel wouldn’t have the balls to kill off the traditional Spider-Man we all know and loved, despite the supposed big deal being made around the killing-off of one of the Fantastic Four (whom will no doubt be ressurected in a few months or so).

On a side note, I’m not making a big deal out of this whole “Three” storyline because it’s been done before. See Fantastic Four #381.

2 – In comics, characters never really stay dead. They’ll eventually come back in a few years or so. So if they pull this out, the only people who would give Marvel the reaction they’re looking for with this storyline are the folks who don’t know any better.

3 – We already had a Death of Spider-Man storyline. It’s called One More Day.

That’s it.

40 Men In A Royal Rumble? I Can Barely Sit Through 30!

So the word went out that this year’s Royal Rumble match will bump up the number of participants from the usual thirty to the big fat FORTY Superstars. That means more filler than ever before. Hurray.

I would probably reserve judgment until the actual Rumble match itself and assume that this is just a one-off thing to see if it would work. I don’t really see it taking off, though. Would they have enough talent to fill all the slots?

Look, the Royal Rumble match has worked just fine with thirty guys. And in all honesty, a few of them could be hard to sit through… like the 1999 Royal Rumble, for example. You know, the one that Vince McMahon won. Why bother adding another ten guys who don’t have a fucking chance in hell of winning to the mix?

Note for future reference; don't cameo Angry Joe… ever.

Usually, I like sitting through a Linkara video… when he sticks with the “review” portion and doesn’t go into zany “storyline” bits where he plays a billion characters or whatever. Those are pretty bad, but when it comes to the main review bits, he makes them fairly humorous and enjoyable… and he doesn’t use very naughty words, which is quite refreshing for once.

So recently, I tried watching the Linkara review for the Justice League: Cry For Justice mini-series… the latest video, I think it was. And after the obligatory ad, the first thing I saw was Angry Joe.

Then I pushed the Back button on Chrome.

Make of that as you will.

Mike Matei Jumps The 1-1 Flagpole… And You Watch Ads

Original link: http://www.cinemassacre.com/2011/01/12/how-to-jump-the-flagpole-on-stage-1-in-super-mario-bros/

Okay, you know what? I have to admit; that’s a rather neat little trick to pull off and it’s probably worth replicating for those with plenty of time and patience on their hands. It was a rather nice waste of ninety seconds. I like that.

What I don’t like is having to sit through a thirty second ad to watch a video that’s only three times as long, and another ad that’s also pretty long after the end of the video. I can understand putting in ads for longer videos and whathaveyou, but for short stuff like, disable the damn ads. What’s being shown here is pretty cool, but not worth the extra minute worth of ads I have to sit through.

Free entertainment holds no weight here – there’s lots of free entertainment out there and chances are there’s probably an equivalent video to what’s featured here without the ads. Even if it’s a lower quality…

But all negativity aside… that’s a neat trick, Mike. Hope you’ll do more of these… without the ads.

Super Junior beats John Cena and SpoonyOne in MASHABLES

Super Junior, a Korean boy band whose name could easily pass for a luchador’s name, won the Mashable Awards’ Must Follow Personality award, beating the likes of John Cena and Noah “SpoonyOne” Antwiler. While Cena couldn’t overcome the odds in this category, he can take solice in two things:

1 – He still won the Mashable Award for “Most Influencial Social Good Champion Sponsored by Yahoo.”

2 – Spoony didn’t win. Therefore, no inane victory speech from him.

Oh well. Back to not caring.

Review #015 – Star Wars Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire (PSX)

(2025 Update: Replaced the old Youtube embed with a slightly less old Dailymotion embed that was eventually replaced with a newer than new Youtube upload that I’m shocked made it through in one piece. Featuring a new title card and some considerable edits here and there, including the restoration of an old intro from when this review was originally intended as a Halloween upload. Despite these changes, it’s still the same old review that is outdated and superseded by a new one in 2012.)

John Cena won an award. LET’S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ONE!

Folks, appease your inner common sense and vote for John Cena on the Mashable Awards. I implore you to do so, because we don’t need another Spoony victory where he berates his fans again as was the case last year. Besides, I already have a really nice visual lined up if Cena wins.

So let’s give John Cena another award that is completely useless. Let’s give him a Mashable Award!

It’s the right thing to do.