Must See Television and Must Read Writing!!!

Cover Art By: Charlie Adlard

Cover Art By: Charlie Adlard

People love to watch survival television, usually it's reality t.v. though. People will watch and see who will last on shows like "Survivor," "American Idol," (or as I call America's Best Karaoke Artist) and "Dancing with the Stars." But there is another show on t.v. that is about human survival, that altough fiction is more intriguing (to me and about 11 million agree) than those other shows.

After watching the first episode of season 2 of "The Walking Dead," I have to say I am quite pleased. Being a fan of both the comic and the show, (seems rare as people have a hard keeping the two seperate from one another) I enjoyed the direction of the series.

Although many things have happened in the show that don't happen in the comic and things that happen in the comic that haven't occured in the show, (I'm looking at you Shane) and I'm pretty sure there is more of that to come. I am happy that the group will be making it to Hershel's farm. (Although that may not be what the name the character, but I have my fingers crossed)

This location brings in a few characters that have interesting roles in the comic and I'm curious to see how it plays out in the series even though it may not play out the same as in the comic.

Cover Art By: Charlie Adlard

I am also trying to get caught up on the comic although I will always be a bit behind, as I collect the hardcover books instead of the individual comics or the graphic novels. I did manage to pick up a novel about a character who appears in the comic and I really hope shows up in the show.

"The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governer," this I can't wait to read as it was written by creator Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga. It is the story of how one of the characters in the comic came to power and will shed some light into his curious background.

If you haven't seen the show or read the comic I suggest you should get caught up on one or both as they are great people stories that happen to contain the coolest monsters ever.

All in all I can't wait to see where the shows goes as well as where the comic is going. Plus I can't wait to read the novel they put out too.

Hollywood Making You Double Dip

He's a sucker for 'Avatar' on Blu-ray.(As found on Chris Kavan's post)

Here is the opinion that I decided to comment on. The opinion piece was about getting burned by DVD and Blu-Ray re-releases. I didn't get a chance to look over as it posted as soon as I put my name, so there is a word or two left out.

This is what I posted:

I agree with 100 percent, I'm tired of being burned on these re-releases. I got burned with The Walking Dead: Season 1, but I did get burned a long time ago on George Romero's original "Dawn of the Dead," but luckily I found a used copy of the four disc set for about $20. I don't buy DVDs or Blu-Rays in ridiculous amounts anymore, but I will do my part to with stand and I started with no longer supporting anything that George Lucas has his hands in. 

Live From the Gaslight Theatre

8:30 p.m.

The original start time for the show, but due to messy people in the previous show, we were detained for a little.

8:35 p.m.

We are able to begin filing into the theatre and as we get to the entrance door we are shown to our seats by a hostess and the waitresses frantically take orders from tables.

8:40 p.m.

The house lights dim and the show begins finally. The show is titled "The Wizard of the Rings," an obvious spoof on "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The waitress takes my tables order as the actors on stage are the bad guys talking about how they will capture the ring to become powerful.

9:00 p.m.

The farce comes to act two where the good guys form up a group and decide to take the ring to the place that they can destroy it. The actors and actresses seem to take every opportunity to try and make each other laugh on stage.

9:20 p.m.  

Scene three begins with the heroes reaching a cave that they have to get into, once they are get in they encounter the bad guys and have fight amongst themselves while singing a song. With the end of the scene the actors leave the stage.

9:40 p.m. 

They break for the intermission, allowing people to get up and stretch and the waitresses come out and take orders again. In the intermission music is played by the Gaslight band featuring Linda Ackerman.

9:50 p.m.

The second part of the show starts up with scene one of act two. Two of the main characters are wandering through the woods where they encounter a couple of different types of elves. Bad jokes ensue and the actors make one another laugh so hard that they take a few seconds to maintain their composure.


10:12 p.m.

Scene two of act two begins at the base of where the good guys have to destroy the ring. They encounter the bad guys and an all out battle takes place. The good guys win the battle with the assistance of some blue woodland critters.

10:32 p.m.

Scene three of act two is the ending in which the good guys destroy the ring and there was a hilarious break in which the characters sing a rendition of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire." They have an actor come out and read off a list of birthdays, anniversary, people from out of town and they salute people who served or ar serving in the military.

10:40 p.m.

They start up their after show olio act which was titled "Dancing with the Superstars." They had the actors pretend to be famous people and dance the final part of the night away. They had more bad jokes and a couple that could dance well with a couple of lifts.


10:55 p.m.

The show ends and a couple of the actors stand outside the doors to greet and thank people for coming out to the Gaslight Theatre.

"The Wizard of the Rings" runs till November 13 and then they will have their Christmas show.

Review, Review

I'm With You

Looking in to see how people reviewed one of my favorite bands new albums, "I'm With You" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The general opinion seems to be the same across the board, it's a RHCP album.

The review that I went with is from The Observer. They do an overall good summary of the album, they don't review every song, as that would take up a lot of space and time, but they do give you a fair idea what the album consists of.

Their opinion is clear, this is just another RHCP album, which is not essentially a bad thing as the reviewer stats " Either way, it's hard not to feel a grudging sort of affection at the sound of a bunch of dudes rocking out, older and, blissfully, none the wiser."

The review has a good balance of summary and and the writers opinion. They also seem to know what they are talking about as they bring up previous albums and compare music and lyrical content. Their tone seems to come off more hopeful than anything. They seemed to have hopes for this album as did I, but it was just another album like any of their previous ones and that can still be enjoyable though.

Paparazzo Feature

The title mislead a little as I was expecting to read something along the lines of someone paparazzing the paparazzo. However, that is not what the feature "The Day I Trailed a Paparazzo" was like. The writer followed around a freelance photographer named Wagner.

The writer and Wagner are the two central characters and you follow them through a day on the trail of celebrity candid or scandalous photos. The feature tries to showcase that there can be a misconception of the view of the paparazzo as assholes who get the shots at any cost.

For me this was not the most intriguing feature as it's not something I care about in any aspect. I don't care what celebrities are doing, nor do I care how an out of work photographer tries to make ends meet.

However, I am in the minority of this subject matter. There are millions of people who do care about this type and would find this article interesting, so they should read it.

I get that paparazzos are people too and not all of them are assholes and that as a society we are obsessed with what celebrities are doing at all times.

Why do people care about celebrities so much? I get it's what we all thrive to be, we want people to care about us. However it's just not my cup of tea, but neither is tea for that matter.                                         
                                                                                           Photos By: Dodai Stewart of Wagner
                                                                                                                 

Top 5 Blog List

1. Seth Speaks
This blog talks about sports, but it predominately talks about my favorite baseball team, the Minnesota Twins.He covers the MLB and their minor league affiliates.
What I like about it is that it covers and gives me plenty of info on my favorite team and I also do enjoy his writing and his voice as he comments on peoples questions.

2. Cot's Baseball Contracts
This is exactly what it says it is, you can look up anybodies contract in baseball. They all have quotes from people about contracts.

What I enjoy about this blog is that I can look up any contract from a player and it makes it easy to discuss and argue about a players worth with friends and it also allows me to see when a player will become available.

3. The Best Shark Dive in the World
This blog talks about what they consider to be the best dive spot for sharks. It also talks about things going on around the shark world and even products that are for sale.

I enjoy this blog as I am a big shark fanatic and would like go diving with sharks before I die. It also contains good info about what is going on with sharks such as the world's largest shark sanctuary in the Marshall Islands. 

4. Unboxed: The Board Game Blog
This blog is about board games and his personal view on them. He talks about and reviews board games and he also talks about what happens in his gaming circle.

I enjoy playing board games and card games so I find this entertaining. His last about his friends only goal is to not let him win I found funny as my group has a similar rule in our group. I enjoy his reviews as well as I like to find new games to play.

5. Dean's Baseball Card Blog

He predominately talks about baseball cards but he will talk about other card collectables. It gives some history and insight to these collectable cards.

I enjoy this blog as it contains a good amount of info on whatever cards he is posting about. I enjoy collecting baseball cards, but it is also interesting to read about other card types, like in his last post about 1957 Topps Space Cards.