Zombieland

Zombieland

I watched this movie last night and was surprised how good it was. Going into the movie theater, I knew that this film was right up my alley, and the trailers looked very good, but I wasn't prepared for the laughs I received. You must understand that this movie isn't a horror flick. It is a comedy, much like Shaun of the Dead, with a few scary parts including an infected Amber Heard. The story focuses primarily on the male character known only as "Columbus" (Jesse Eisenberg), because he's from Columbus, Ohio. He narrates a lot of the movie from his point of view. He states that he has only survived in "Zombieland" because he has stayed within a strict set of rules he has created. Rule #1 - Cardio. Naturally, he says, the fat ones got eaten first. Rule #2 - Double Tap. That one extra shot to the head can, and will, save your life. He has other rules such as to check the back seat of a car, stay away from bathrooms, limber up in preparation to run, don't be a hero, know your way out, and he adds a new one - enjoy the little things (which is what the movie mostly seems to be about)- after meeting "Tallahassee" (Woody Harrelson), a renown zombie killer with a dark, yet funny, sense of humor when it comes to zombies. Columbus states that when Tallahasse kills zombies, he sets the bar of "not to be f***** with." It soon becomes clear to Columbus that Tallahassee's only objective is to find the world's last Twinkie, something that Columbus can only guess is a way for Tallahassee to remember a time before the outbreak. They run into two girls, "Wichita" (Emma Stone) and "Little Rock" (Abigail Breslin), who con them several times, taking their supplies and transportation. The four survivors soon create a bond, however, and realize what they're surviving for... the little things. Final word - this is a great "zomedy" and definitely delivers the laughs. Highly recommended for Rated R audiences. I'll definitely be buying this movie when it comes out on DVD. Here are some links:

Zombieland Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-cIjPOJdFM

A Little Off The Top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPykpz56w6U

Rule #1 - Cardio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmLaDn7Obl4&feature=PlayList&p=7143EE0908CFE017&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=28

Rule #3 - Seatbelts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlYNbUylJEg&feature=PlayList&p=7143EE0908CFE017&index=30

Rules #1,3,4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRHfTyR5cs

"Mamma Told Me"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LURZfQxXoTc

LOST: The Final Season

LOST: Season 6

Everyone knows that the next season of LOST, 6, will be it's last and final season. Above is the first LOST Season 6 promo poster. It features all of the original main characters, as well as several "dead" characters and some Flight 815 tail-end survivors. From left to right: Faraday, Boone, Miles, Michael, Anna Lucia, Charlotte, Shannon, Desmond, Eko, Kate, Jack, Sawyer, Locke, Ben, Sayid, Libby, Sun, Jin, Claire, Hurley, Juliet, Charlie, Lapidus, Richard, Bernard, and Rose. Also, note the strange hieroglyphics within the letters of "THE FINAL SEASON". What does it say? What does it mean? We're feeling mixed emotions of sadness, relief, and excitement. There are so many questions that we need answering, so many mysteries we need solved. Well, according to the producers and writers of the series, we will not be disappointed. Stephen McPherson, ABC Entertainmet President, announced that LOST will end during the 2010 season with a "highly anticipated and shocking finale." "We felt that this was the only way to give LOST a proper creative conclusion," McPherson said. Starting with the 2007-2008 season, the final 48 episodes were going to be aired as three seasons (4, 5, and 6), each with 16 episodes. Due to the writer's strike, however, the fourth season featured 14 episodes and season 5 had 17 episodes. Season 6 was scheduled to have 17 episodes as well, however, on June 29 it was announced that the final season will feature an additional hour, making the episode count 18. Executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have stated that they "always envisioned LOST as a show with a beginning, middle, and end," and that by announcing when the show would end that viewers would "have the security of knowing that the story will play out as we've intended." Lindelof and Cuse stated that securing the 2010 series end-date "was immensely liberating" and helped the series rediscover its focus. Lindelof said, "We're no longer stalling." The producers also plan to wrap up long-standing mysteries, such as the nature of the smoke monster, the four-toed statue of Taweret (the Egyptian Goddess of childbirth and fertility), and the identity of the skeletons from the season one episode "House of the Rising Sun". Matthew Fox (Jack Shepherd) stated in a recent interview that in the final season, the characters of Jack and John Locke "will come head to head." A third of the way through the final season, the two timelines will be "solidified into one" and "will be very linear... no more flashbacks, nothing." He has also claimed to be the only cast member who knows the ending of the series. Cuse has stated that both the time travel and flash-forward seasons are over, and they're moving into something different for the sixth season.

Well that is alot to think about and hold on to. Many of us are wondering which of our favorite and most missed dead losties will return and how, and we all want the organized tangle of mystery to be finally unraveled. I, for one, am one of LOST's biggest fans, and I'm sure everyone else like me can not wait until 2010 rolls by and the season 6 premiere airs. Until then, however, all we can do is wait and speculate on what we've been given. Here are the links to the 2009 Comic Con LOST panel:

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruNjVeEBA_I&feature=channel

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMN89M9NmK4&feature=channel

Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCn-xbBlb8&feature=channel

Part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-srKdiqz88&feature=channel

Elisha

Elisha Cuthbert

Another celebrity blog, this time about my second favorite actress, Elisha Cuthbert. She was born on November 30, 1982 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her major films include: Love Actually (2003), Old School (2003), The Girl Next Door (2004), House of Wax (2005), Captivity (2007), and My Sassy Girl (2008). My favorite of her's is by far The Girl Next Door. She has also been in the tv show, 24, from 2001-2004, 2006, and from 2008-present. She regularly secures a place in FHM and Maxim's annual "hottest women" lists. Her highest ranking was #4 in the 2008 UK Edition of FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. She was rank. She was ranked #14 in 2003, #10 in 2004, #5 in 2005, #22 in 2006, and #10 in 2007. The U.S. Edition ranked her #53 in 2003, #63 in 2004, and #54 in 2006. She was not listed in the U.S. 2005 list. Cuthbert was ranked #10 by AskMen.com readers in the list "Top 99 Women of 2007." Maxim named her #92 in its 2006 Hot 100 list and #6 in 2008, and the magazine features her in its Girls of Maxim Gallery. Here are a couple links to check out:

The Girl Next Door:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiYFErWsjoo

The Girl Next Door:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk649lMXvtE&feature=fvw

UFC 104

UFC 104

UFC 104 will air live on pay-per-view on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The main event will feature the top UFC Light Heavyweight contender, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, challenging the current champion, Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. Machida is coming off of a second round KO win over the previous champion, Rashad Evans, during UFC 98 and Shogun is coming off of a first round TKO against Chuck Liddell. This will be Machida's first attempt to defend his title belt. It will also have Cain Velasquez vs Ben Rothwell as the co-main event. Velasquez is coming off of a three round unanimous decision victory over the dangerous French striker, Cheick Kongo. Rothwell is coming off of a first round TKO victory over Chris Guillen.

MAIN CARD
Light Heavyweight Championship bout: Lyoto Machida vs Mauricio Rua
Heavyweight bout: Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell
Lightweight bout: Gleison Tibau vs. Josh Neer
Lightweight bout: Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher
Welterweight bout: Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida

PRELIMNARY CARD
Middleweight bout: Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen
Heavyweight bout: Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry
Middleweight bout: Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons
Light Heavyweight bout: Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
Light Heavyweight bout: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan
Heavyweight bout: Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormle

UFC 104 - 30 Second Preview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08wgeWfM0Jk

UFC 104 - 1 Minute Preview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlfLxolRIs

Kate

Kate

Kate Beckinsale is my all-time favorite actress. Born on July 26, 1973 in Finsbry Park, London, she is married to Len Wiseman, the director in her movie, Underworld. A beautiful and classy woman, I have loved watching her in films since I first saw Underworld. After that I wanted to watch her other great movies she was in such as Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Pearl Harbor (2001), Serendipity (2001), Van Helsing (2004), Underworld: Evolution (2006), Click (2006), Vacancy (2007), and I am looking forward to seeing her newest movie, Whiteout (2009). People will argue that Kate Beckinsale isn't the hottest actress out there, or the most talented. I don't care. To me she is the most beautiful and elegant woman in Hollywood. She would be the one actor/actress I would want to meet. Here are some links:

Underworld Bloopers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGoAFfqp8qw

Coke Commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zylIuhowpqo

Whiteout Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ev9cIe4FFY

Mean Magazine Photoshoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkifToKK0Ik

These are all great links to check out to get a glimpse of the great Kate Beckinsale.

"With every project you do, you bring out a part of yoursef, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person."

-Kate Beckinsale

The Zed Word

Zombies. There are many movies and games about them, and there are people who would honestly love it if there was an actual outbreak. If an actual zombie apocalypse ever occurred, what would be the best way to survive? What would be the top ten things one would need? I've created a list here displaying what I think would be the most essential:

1. M1 Carbine OR M14 (for range, single-fire conserves ammo)
2. Pistol grip 12 Gauge shotgun (for close-quarters)
3. AK-47 (why not have the greatest, most reliable weapon ever created?)
4. .357 Magnum OR Glock 21 .45 (just in case)
5. Machete (never runs out of ammo, also useful for other things)
6. Satellite phone (communicate with other survivors, if any)
7. Canned foods or MREs (must have sustenance)
8. Water (must be hydrated)
9. Pair of binoculars or spotting scope
10. Group of about 3 other survivors

Of course, there are many more things that could be equally vital to one's survival, such as extra ammo, an attack helicopter, a tank, and a pair the size of watermelons and made of adamantium.

Movies of note on the subject include: 28 Days Later (2002), Dawn of the Dead (2004), I Am Legend (2007), 28 Weeks Later (2007), and Day of the Dead (2008). They're good movies not only in the zombie researcher side, but also from the point of view of a movie enthusiast. Also, Shaun of the Dead (2004) is a great comedy with zombies. The new Zombieland (2009) also looks promising.

For fellow zombie buffs out there, don't lose hope. The day might come when you wake up as usual and look outside your bedroom window to find people running from each other, cars crashing, and dark smoke plumes billowing in the distance. Whatever happens, remember: aim for the head.

Lost in LOST

LOST

I had to write a quick blog about my all-time favorite tv show, LOST. I first heard about this show long before I started watching it. In fact, the show had already finished the third season and was a month or so away from the season four premiere. I was dogsitting for my friend who was in Ohio and I had his house to myself for a week and a half. I rented the first disk of season one at Blockbuster and I watched all four episodes that night. For the next ten days I rented every single disk from all three seasons. Sometimes I rented two disks, which is eight episodes, and would watch them in one go. I couldn't get enough of it. If you've never watched it, I highly recommend trying it out. The story mostly takes place on this mysterious island after Oceanic Flight 815 flying from Sydney, Australia to Los Angeles crashes on it, somewhere in the South Pacific. It follows the lives of the crash survivors and what transpires on the island. They initially stay on the beach where the majority of the plane wreckage is, but as the days turn into weeks and so forth, they are forced to improvise and adapt in order to overcome and survive. I don't want to ruin anything, but the island holds many surprises for the survivors and everything is not as it always seems. There is something in the jungle, and the survivors may not be the only ones on the island. I was able to finish seasons one through three just in time for the premiere of season four. At the time of this writing, seasons four and five are already finished, and they were great seasons. The next and final season, six, will premiere in early 2010, a few months away. Hopefully the mysteries and questions raised in the first five seasons will be answered, but nonetheless, LOST is undoubtedly one of the greatest show on television, and I am lost in it. Thank you abc. If you've seen and liked LOST, check out FlashForward, abc's new show. Some say it's the new LOST... we'll see.

UFC vs Boxing

Which is better? Mixed Martial Arts or boxing? Is MMA "human cock-fighting"? As Joe Rogan once said, boxing is the sport of punching, and MMA is the sport of fighting. Some say that boxing takes more conditioning and skill, but others say that the UFC is much more punishing to the body and more exciting to watch. Personally, I think that the UFC is infinitely more interesting and dynamic than boxing. Just recently on September 19, 2009, I went to a sports bar to watch UFC 103: Franklin vs Belfort. It was on one of the main tv screens, but just a few feet away, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs Juan Manuel Márquez was also playing. Two huge events from two completely different organizations having pay-per-view fights on the same night at the same time. Half of the sports bar was watching the boxing while the other half was watching the UFC fight. I could tell who was watching what fight by the screams when someone got knocked out or hit on either of the fights. It didn't take long, however, for me to notice that the boxing half of the sports bar ended up watching the UFC fight. To me this shows how much more interesting MMA is compared to boxing. Now I have no bad words for boxing, and I respect the fighters, but MMA and the UFC is without a doubt, to me, much better.

Here is a YouTube link discussing UFC vs Boxing:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jJgg3XHLhs