Hunger Games: Catching Fire May be Setting Records

While I was never a big fan of the Hunger Games I did sort of enjoy the first movie. I don't find it that compelling to read the books, or care all that much about it, but I did like the first film during a weekend where I was somewhat depressed. Only time I wouldn't consider it foolish I expect.

Black Friday arrived at the box office this Thanksgiving weekend with moviegoers showing sustained appetite for leftovers. In its second weekend in theaters, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is on a course to not only come in first; it may score one of the most robust opening weekends in movie history.

The sci-fi sequel to 2012’s “The Hunger Games,” “Catching Fire” hauled in $31.2 million Friday, putting it in position to smash the five-day Thanksgiving holiday record -- of $82 million held by “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” -- with a projected $113 million gross.

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The alesis drum is some of the newest and best high tech drum and percussion systems around today. All the new tech you want for the new age of music, but still giving you the old sound if you want that as well. Electronic drums have come a long ways over the years and these are showcasing some of the best around for the price range and value that you will get from the sets.

Total Recall Remake wasn't too bad

While the original Total Recall was quite cheesy, I still was a big fan. I quoted the movie in general conversation quite a bit back int he day. Saying things like: "I want a ticket to MArs!", and of course my favorite: "What aobut the guy that got lobotomized? Did he get a refund?".

So I finally rolled up in my bed warmer and watched the remake. While it wasn't even close to as cheesy as the original, it wasn't too bad. They really amped up the effects and the action, and took out a lot of the story. It kept some of the strange scenes from the original in some form of course. Mainly the iconic 3 breasted woman scene, and part of when Arnold went through the weapon detectors. The "2 Week, 2 weeks, 2 weeks" lady I think was the exact same one as they had in the original. She looked identical. Strangely, she was more of a decoy in this one and if you saw the original it kind of throws you off. You expect it to be the same, but she isn't. Anyways, not too bad, but not great. Decent action flick, better looking women, and Quaid isn't such a meathead that Arnold was.

3 JD Salinger Unreleased Stories Leak Online

Mysteriously, I book sold on Ebay that was unauthorized claims to contain 3 short stories from the late author JD Salinger. The reclusive Salinger lived as mysteriously as the stories that found themselves on sale on Ebay. Living in isolation around his fireplace mantel shelf rather than being out in the public eye. It was difficult to trace the origin of the collection called "Three Stories," with the only known copies of the stories existing in research libraries at the University of Texas and Princeton University, it said. The stories are "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls," "Paula," and "Birthday Boy." The book appears to be one of those in a 25-copy compilation of the stories privately printed without Salinger's permission in London in 1999. The stories leaked on the Internet appeared as a "pdf" scan of that book, the New York Times said in its online edition.

Why iOS Games are So Terrible

When I first got my iPod Touch however many years ago it was now I had a $25 iTunes gift card. Since obviously music doesn't cost that much *anything* I ended up spending all of it on game apps. Bejeweled, Angry Birds, Jetpack Joyride, and several others that are just popular for a week, go on sale, and then everyone realizes they are the same crap.

iOS games are truly to the point where I don't want to play them, or bother with them anymore. They are saturated with copy after copy of about 5 games that made it and nothing original. Same old puzzle games mixed around to copy Angry Birds in some way, TONS and I mean TONS of Tower Defense games, and of course total crap based on nothing more than something like a popular Youtube video.

Next in line another game based on some sort of TV show just thrown together to make a few bucks because the show is popular. This time it is Duck Dynasty. Have a read about this utter piece of rubbish:

The game, available at Apple's App Store for iPhone (99 cents) and iPad ($1.99), promises to transform players from "yuppies into rednecks" by mimicking the daily rituals of Louisiana's Robertson clan, proprietors of the Duck Commander business.

Players hunt squirrels and ducks, blow up beaver dams, toss doughnuts into Uncle Si's mouth and compete in other challenges. At each stage, they can progress from clean-shaven "yuppie" avatars, complete with Bluetooth headsets, to long-bearded backwoods boys with bandannas and sunglasses. source

I'm sure several people will need a personal injury attorney in san diego after realizing they paid anything for such a piece of garbage. Of course they probably do it every single day on there and facepalm so often that they have a dent in their forehead. Quit buying this trash. Make these hacks earn their money and give games worth buying you fools.

Chris Brown Claims He Lost His Virginity at....8

Yeah...I'm guessing he is either lying, or just plain not right in the head. Neither of which would surprise anyone. Odds of him being able to ...perform at 8 are incredibly unrealistic. He was certainly molested if he had any sort of sexual contact at that age, but he certainly didn't lose his virginity in any real sense.

Among the big revelations of his new profile in The Guardian is Brown's claim that he was just eight when he lost his virginity to a girl who was 14 or 15 at the time. That most certainly is being molested. I'm sure this article says a lot more about why he is the way he is now as well. It's about him and Rihanna and all that went down. If you let him talk long enough he'll probably claim that he needs immigration lawyers too.

Miley Cyrus Loses Vogue Cover after VMA Performance

What's the deal with so many uptight people about her VMA performance? Who cares? Apparently a lot of people including the editor-in-chief Anna Wintour of Vogue who was supposed to give her the December cover as the next young fashion model. Bleh

Just seems rather silly to me that an adult acting like a sexual being on stage is all of a sudden a negative. It's not like this hasn't been a mainstay of people like Madonna ever since their early 20s. Madonna had just as ridiculous stage shows as Miley did at the VMAs, yet she is the one getting all the negative press? People acting like she should go to http://www.passports.com/ and get out of the country. Asinine. Funny thing is that all these whiners are just giving her all kinds of press. She is talked about daily still for something that happened over 2 weeks ago. At least she was sane enough not to go on an apology tour.

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Marshall 2061x 20W Reissue

If you want to go back to the late 1960s and early 1970s of rocking you might want to check out the reissues of some of the Marshall product lines. Specifically the marshall 2061x at guitar center. This glorious old school amp is a hand-wired reissue of the model 2061, produced from 1967 to 1973. With 20W of power, it churned out golden crunchy tones with depth and character. Giving you sounds that you just can't get with the newest amps of today. At least not the real sound. You may be able to come close with a similar sound, but nothing like this, and certainly you won't have the classic style and look of one of these.

They are Still Making Bourne Movies?

I'm quite sure that the last Bourne movie I saw was the 3rd one. The 4th I don't remember coming out, and I'm not even sure if Matt Damon was in it. It appears though that the FIFTH in the series is set to be made now with Jeremy Renner being back (so I guess he was the star in the last one? lol).

It was just announced that Universal Pictures will be doing a 5th installment in the Bourne series, this one to star Jeremy as Aaron Cross again. I suppose I should go watch the 4th one since I wasn't exactly a critic of the first 3. For action movies the Bourne series is pretty high octane and thrilling to watch. Although I don't particularly care for true action movies that often, the Bourne series at least left me feeling satisfied after leaving the theater. Something that most action movies fail to do due to their poor stories and lack of acting.

While I loved all the stupid Arnold and Sly movies as a kid, I can see just how awful they are now seeing them again. They are so bad that I still like them though. Just in a different way. You would think some of the directors of the action genre would be looking for requirements for bankruptcy, but we all know that Americans are easily entertained. Action movies and terrible comedies rule the movie going experience for those that don't want to think. Sadly, it is rare that either live up to the laughs, or the action they promise, but sometimes we get lucky.