Superman’s New Identity Revealed
After much speculation, the identity of the new new Superman has been revealed to be British actor Henry Cavill in the (yet another) reboot of the superhero series by Zack Snyder to be released December 2012 in theaters.
A little more exciting this time, with Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) and Zack Snyder (300) overseeing the project. The last Superman Returns was overly long, underly exciting, and featured the most metrosexual Superman ever. With the wave of superhero movies, hopefully they will come up with something good for the most famous of all. Cavill is best known as Charles Brandon in the Showtime series ‘The Tudors” and looks to be a pretty stellar pick.
He was formerly the top choice for an earlier director who was attached to remake the film a few years back.
While this has the general makings of an exciting new take on the series, the original and greatest Christopher Reeve has yet to be matched, and can be given credit for kicking off the whole superhero movie fad being the first film to announce “You Will Believe a Man Can Fly.” I sure did..and still do.
Tyler Ward – Black and Yellow Rock Cover
I’ll give them a C+ for effort on a cover of the song du jour right now, Black and Yellow. Searched their website, a few interesting covers to check out. I always like instrumental covers of over-electricized pop songs, but unfortunately this isn’t the best effort, though somewhat well produced. Worth a look though.
Go Steelers.
The iPhone Fenceboy Chronicles – HTC Incredible 2?
As an almost iPhone fanboy who likes to keep his options open (a fenceboy, I might be referred to as) more news today in the growing confusion on what to buy and when to buy it. Was pretty warm to the HTC Thunderbolt, now with 3G, 4G, dual core, iPhone 5…it’s almost too much for such wonderfully stupid thing.
Answer – don’t buy anything ever. Re-activate my Motorola Razr.
From Droid Life:
- DROID X2 is rumored to be a Tegra 2 dual-core device. We had heard it was going to be clocked at 1GHz and were initially a little disappointed, but after hearing from one of our guys that it could be dual-core, that speed no longer bothered us and actually made sense. It also will not be 4G just as we figured. A current Verizon timeline has it slated for a May release.
- The Incredible 2 could wind up as a global device. I’m not hearing any signs that it will just be a re-hashed version of the supposedly-cancelled Merge, but another bigger-screened Incredible (4?) with a new radio. Current Verizon timeline suggests a March release date. Seems early? I thought so too.
- And lastly, we’re hearing May for the DROID BIONIC.
The World Before the Internet
For the YouTube frenzied that grew up in the 90′s, this is probably one of the more accurate “Back in the old days….” you’ll ever see.
I’m in a Subway Relationship – and It’s Complicated
You’re a weary office warrior. You’re always running late and forgot to pack your lunch. As noon approaches and you begin to not enjoy the awkward feeling of your stomach touching your thighs, there’s really only one option on the menu.
Subway.
Subway, the healthy place “where fresh is the taste” is a burden of my existence. As you can tell by my Sub Club card that I’ve only had 4 weeks.
If I hate it so much, then obviously my car just has a severe pull to the left and I end up there..and I wake up not knowing what day it is, why I’m parked in the grass, or why I’m wearing a sleeveless Twisted Sister t-shirt. No, that describes my Saturday mornings. Indeed, I am cognizant of my choice to go to Subway.
That, I cannot explain. But why I hate it, I can. Here are my top ten reasons why I loathe the birthplace of Jared.
10) If a key selling point of your product is “eat fresh” you’d think you might actually want to have an item or two that was fresh. Bagged lettuce, pre-sliced meats, rubbery pre-cooked chicken, tomatoes that apparently were bought at a garage sale in South America months ago, and frozen pizzas. In that case, my freezer at home also offers quite the fresh assortment.
9) Yes, we know you heat up things in a microwave. Could you at least hide it in the back or something?
8 ) Try ordering a BLT. Unless you ask for all 3 of those items by name, you will receive a bread sandwich. I try to solve this problem on specialty sandwiches by just asking them to make it “like in the picture.” That does not help. It seemed possible the sandwich artist was not aware of the color menu above their head.
7) Speaking of sandwich artists, there are a lot of artists that apparently are pregnant, have facial piercings, don’t quite finish their cigarette completely while walking through the door, and are from India. Why they chose a setup that requires such a significant amount of interaction with their employees, I will never know.
6) Using a Subway drive through. There are few worse decisions you can make in life. I hope you like onions and meatballs.
5) Subway can be very healthy. You’ll need about 45 minutes to read through the health guide, and will need to order an extra water to swallow the dry, vegetable stuffed flatbread you just ordered. No, you can have a slice of cheese when you get home after you go to the gym.
4) The 12″ is such a deal..but there’s no way that’s healthy. Perhaps take it home for dinner? My guess is the average bite is 3″, so either you’re going to “just take a nibble” off the other half, or you’re going to be a pretty unpleasant person to be around the rest of the day.
Which reminds me, when they cut it crooked and you only get 5″ instead of 6″, you’d think that at some point you’d get that 7″ half just by chance. Apparently some lucky guy is walking around with 7″ subs everyday because it ain’t ever me.
3) McDonald’s seems to have gotten the whole “franchise” concept down pretty good, but try using a coupon or getting a deal you saw advertised on TV at your local Subway, and you’ll be calling corporate and telling them to correct the fine print to say “at participating store only.”
2) Subway breakfast. Even I won’t eat that.
1) Oh, you’re out of whatever chip variety I would like even though you seem to have all the other ones? That’s ok, there were only 3 in the bag anyways and I don’t think the flavor was able to even register. Oh look, Cheetos.
New Scream 4 Trailer
Yeah, it’ll probably suck…but for my generation “Scream” part one revived the played-out horror genre…that quickly descended back into what it came from…including Scream 3. But the first one was pretty magic and the reuniting of the cast for the fourth one — even more “meta” in its commentary of the state of horror movies than the first could’ve ever dreamed — is worth a passing glance.
With the state of horror movies these days — 3D, total nonsense, gruesomely realistic torture — there’s more than ever to parody even beyond what happened in 80′s slasher films, so here’s to hoping they hit this softball out of the park.
* Note this trailer embedded may get removed by Dimension films, as it has on YouTube, and be inactive.
Video: Boiling Water in -22 Temperatures
For those of us that sit around all day thinking “I wonder what would happen if…?” YouTube has been quite the godsend. Today’s fun clip shows what happens when you take boiling water and toss it into -22 F air.
The strangest part about this video is I’m wondering how she isn’t wearing a hat?
Movie Review: The Dilemma
The Dilemma (PG-13)
Directed by Ron Howard
Starring Vince Vaughn, Winona Ryder, Kevin James
Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes
A Ron Howard directed film starring funnymen Vince Vaughn (Old School) and Kevin James (King of Queens)? For fans of any or all of them..I’ll start off by saying it’s not what you expect.
That being said. if you go into it with an open mind (perhaps a very open mind a times) The Dilemma won’t generally disappoint.
The basic premise – a man who looks up to his best friend’s relationship as “his hero” couple finds out his best friend’s wife is cheating on him (with a guy they don’t attempt to explain)…hence “the dilemma.” With the cast, it could’ve been turned into a laugh-out-loud comedy, but you’ll find that is definitely not what ensues. There are a few scenes that will have you slapping your knee, but overall it shifts in and out of light, funny, dark, and very dark, and will leave you unnerved if you’re expecting a Vince Vaugh laugh fest.
If a comedy is what you are looking for, look elsewhere, you won’t enjoy the film. If you’re looking for a serious look at relationships and the complications that go with them (a la The Breakup, also with Vaughn) you’re more along the right track. Unfortunately the film stumbles in this execution with some weak logic and some awkward comedy/drama transitions.
Vince Vaughn bears the comedy burden of the film with most of its humor, while I found Kevin James’ character to be unfunny (not even attempting to be) and a bit on the angry side. At some points you wonder why Vaughn likes him so much.
The film gets into Ben Stiller territory with Vaughn as he is almost in his own film, getting deeper into mishaps over and over while everyone else is oblivious to what’s going on. You’ll also realize that a simple conversation would make the entire movie moot, and at times it’s frustrating how difficult it is for him to tell anyone what is going on at any given point on his mission to tell his best friend of the infidelity. Read more
Verizon 4G LTE to Hit Greenville, Columbia in 2011
Looks like Verizon has the Carolina’s in its initial 4G LTE rollout (from Charleston to Greenville). You’ll need a 4G enabled phone (and Verizon obviously) but it may be worth a second look knowing you might be able to take advantage of it before the year is out.
Check out the news item and complete list of cities over at Droid-Life.com
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