it's as if Jack Kirby could see my future.

well if anything can be said about this scandal it's that it awoke the anger and hate inside me that had been dying down this year.

Man, if Mutants were real think of the recruiting wars that would start

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

Have a good Memorial Day weekend readers. see you again on Tuesday.

to the men and women who keep us safe...thank you. Captain America appreciates what you do and so do smartass bloggers like myself. stay out of Harm's way. and if you do see Harm, just remember you can kick his ass.

Positive Vibes Friday: Japanese Spiderman

back in the 70s there was a Spiderman TV show in Japan and it is out of control. actually it's pretty much like Mighty Morphin Power Rangers but with Spiderman and lots of awesome 70s t-shirts.

Somebody needs to get me one of those 49ers shirts. the name of this episode is "Fearful Hit Tune! Song Dancing Murder Rock". JAPAN FUCKING RULES!

MY 1000th POST!!!

who says i can't stick with anything?

sadly i've got nothing to write about today...i mean i'm glad the Hawks won the other night, but i don't actually believe they are gonna win this series...and as for the Braves, well they are part of the logjam of mediocrity that is the NL East. i've said plenty about the Falcons lately and Auburn is in the middle of their Limo Ride Recruiting Hunt 2009 and i've already said my peace on that as well. yeah we are about to hit a dead period and my brain is all out of thoughts today...so i'm gonna be lazy and recycle (for the earth).

so for my 1000th post i decided to just repost something i wrote when i first started this blog back in 2007. WHY CAPTAIN AMERICA IS TO BLAME FOR STEROID USE IN SPORTS.




in the growing age of controversey over athletes using performance enhancing drugs i think that it's time to stop the witch hunt and start looking at the source of this whole problem. it's time that we faced up to the fact that Captain America is the one to blame. i know that may not be a popular stance to take, especially in a time of war when many Americans feel the need to cling to symbols of freedom, honor, and the American Way...but facts are facts. Captain America is the original 'roider.

a brief history lesson for people who weren't nerds in middle school or are just unaware of popular culture: Captain America started off as a pretty normal guy. During World War II, a young Steve Rogers tried to enlist into the military, but was turned away due to his frail and sickly body. Steve Rogers was given another chance to serve his country though, as a General overheard his rejection and offered him a chance to fight the Nazis by being a part of a top-secret experiment. Steve agreed. He was given a super-solider serum and was blasted by radiation. After the process, Steves body was no longer sickly and frail but the pinnacle of human perfection. (in other words they gave the motherfucker steroids) Granted it was to fight the Nazis not crush 450 foot homers, but still he was running around kicking Nazi ass with some shrunken balls. and the US Government was totally complicit in the whole thing.

Flash forward to kids growing up in the 60s, 70's, and 80s with dreams of being heroes on the baseball diamond and so they start taking their own super serum. So yeah, basically Stan Lee and Marvel comics owe the fans of Major League baseball a big apology. Captain America needs to start running a disclaimer on the cover of every issue and a asterisk should be attached to all back issues that are ever reprinted. and the media needs to get off the backs of all the guys who were just doing what America's greatest superhero has been doing for the past 65 years...except for Barry Bonds. fuck that guy.

Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up And Become Directors Who Will In Turn Ruin Someone Else's Fond Memory Of Something

a rambling, half cocked, and pointless review/bitchfest/who fucking knows what that i wrote about Watchmen if you are interested.

just another in a long line of disappointments.

let's move on with our lives again.

Weekend Nerdfest aka Going To See The Watchmen Against My Better Judgement

WATCHMEN. it's out today. it's a movie that 15 years ago i would had a full-on nerd boner for but now i'm just expecting it to suck. Alan Moore is sending his negative energies straight Zack Snyder's way. it's still gonna get my 8 dollars.

when's that shitty Watchmen movie coming out?

It's raining in Athens. This would've been the perfect weekend for a crappy movie based on my favorite comic book story of all time, that doesn't star the X Men or the cursing/fighting/speaking the "word of god" Jesse Custer (seriously that Preacher movie Sam Mendes wants to make better be awesome), to come out. the odds that Watchmen is any good have gotta be 40%. All the nerds who think that movie is gonna be half as good as The Dark Knight or Iron Man are fooling themselves.

Positive Vibes Friday: BATMAN MANIA

it was the summer of 1989. i was 11 years old and the most hyped movie of my life was coming out. every kid i knew owned at least 3 Batman t-shirts. we used to go see other movies that summer just to see the trailer for Batman. Michael Keaton is the title character. Jack as the Joker. it was THE summer movie of my early days. i'd say if i had to rank it in movies i was anticipating most it would fall only second to Star Wars, episode I: The Phantom Menace (and we all know how that turned out). in retrospect, Batman hasn't aged that well and it's also maybe the most ripped off movie of all time as every single comic book movie that's come afterwards has borrowed from it stylistically(just think of all the black leather suit updates we've had to endure as movie fans over the last 20 years..you can thank Tim Burton for that). for an 11 year old boy it was pretty fucking awesome. well that same 11 year old boy still resides in me somewhere and he's pretty fucking pumped for The DARK KNIGHT (I'll be seeing it this evening at 8pm). anyways here's the famous trailer for the 1989 film that kicked off the whole comic book movie craze.

Positive Vibes...errr Thursday, America! Fuck Yeah!

a tribute to Captain America. the original steroid user.

A Quick Review Of The New Hulk Movie

so last night i found myself at the theater going to see the new Hulk movie starring Edward Norton as Bruce Banner (aka the Hulk), and I'll admit i was pleasantly surprised. i went in expecting the usual flaming pile of shit that's attached to most Marvel projects but instead got an enjoyable little, dumb, fun summer comic book movie. was it as good as Iron Man? hell no. but it blows away the boring pretentious and way too serious Ang Lee film from a few years ago. Edward Norton brings the perfect everyman quality to Bruce Banner that lacked from Eric Bana's performance. also this film is smart enough not to bog itself down with another retelling of the Hulk's origin and instead starts off with Banner already as the Hulk and hiding in Brazil from the Army. the CGI Hulk looks just as crappy as the Ang Lee version and that's really my main problem with the film. it's obvious that they should have spent more time and money making the effects just as strong as they are in Iron Man...but hey it's still better than 90% of the comic book movies that get made. Liv Tyler's boobs aren't nearly as impressive as Jennifer Connlley's, but hey you gotta make sacrifices. Tim Roth is the film's main villain as a British agent helping out the Army is catching Banner. after his first encounter with our big green hero he becomes obsessed with the power of the Hulk and then submits himself to the Super Soldier program in order to become a stronger better soldier and ultimately becomes a more monstrous version of the Hulk. which leads to some actual super powered fights for this Hulk instead of Hulk dogs and a guy made out of clouds. it's not a masterpiece and like i said it can't carry Iron Man's jockstrap but hey it's better than sitting at home on a Friday Night. (of note, if you are gonna see the new big summer movie don't bringing your crying children to the night time showing. that's what matinees are for asshole.)

so far in my summer movie rankings it sits way behind Iron Man and slightly ahead of Indiana Jones. in the full cannon of Marvel movies its not as good as the first 2 X-Men movies, the first 2 Spiderman movies, Iron Man, and the first Blade...but it's pretty much better than everything else. mostly this movie has me pumped for the Avengers movie that won't even come out until 2011.