The Fanboy’s Fanblog

Hey, digibits. Sorry I haven’t been posting stories lately. I’ve been working on making a VIDEO PODCAST for this blog. Isn’t that exciting? Well, I’ve been working on that and finding a job… The Fanboy will always be free, so accept these times of lack of updates.

Here’s the producers of “Lost” apologizing for the premature end of this year’s ARG.

This Ask.com commercial just rubs me the wrong way. I don’t know if its racist, sexist, or both.

I always enjoyed this parody of “Tommy”. It’s dead on, plus catchy in its own right. Watch and enjoy!

From “Home Movies” episode 4.12 “Temporary Blindness”

Greg Wrote
PS3 or Xbox 360? I need to decide. I’ve owned the past two Playstations but don’t feel like I have any brand loyalty. They were just the systems that were hot when I felt the need for a new system.

The Fanboy wrote
PS3, cause while I may not be brand loyal I am brand SPITEFUL! F you, Microsoft!

Max wrote
screw Sony. i defected to Microsoft years ago.

Leeper wrote
Well, I say screw sony… cause the ps3 sucks… and i say screw microsoft cause apple is better… but the 360 is nice… and monkeys eat their own poo.

The Fanboy wrote
Monkeys also throw their own poo. And the XBox controllers feel like you’re handling man ass; I ain’t gay.

Greg wrote
Well I could use an HD DVD player, because I get the feeling that pretty soon, you’re not going to be able to find them anymore. EVER!

Actually I’m going to save money and just have my DC and MK action figures duke it out while I cry.

Max wrote
the Playstation controllers are the most uncomfortable controllers since Atari..and if the 360 controllers are like handling man ass….than man ass is MIGHTY comfortable.

The Fanboy wrote
I completely disagree, Max, give me a girl’s comfortable ass any day (Oh, how Ginny Owens must be proud of this note!).

But the Sony controller is not anywhere NEAR the most uncomfortable controller next to the Atari! The Nintendo 64 (which I still adore) had an atrocious controller, numerous systems like the Jaguar and the Saturn also had terrible controllers. On a spectrum of good and gay, the Playstation is still toward the good side than the side of sodomy*.

*Just to be clear, I think California needs to overturn Prop 8 stat. I 100% approve of gay marriage and gay rights. I do not think homosexuality is a weakness or a bad thing. However, this is a Christian post and in the eyes of the Pope (who’s Catholic) he does not approve. Ginny Owens, I will say anything you want me to say in exchange for favors of the oral kind. Thank you very much, peace!!!

The Fanboy wrote
OMG! I might be racist, I definitely prefer the left wing!
http://www.axess.com/twilight/console/

I loved leaked DVDs. Seriously, there are two DVDs I cannot wait for: The Dark Knight and The Real Ghostbusters the complete animated series.

Edit: Naturally, the video has been removed by the Higher Powers. Sorry folks.

The Daily Herald decided to finally give me and this blog an article… Wait, no. Matt Arado just didn’t have an article idea and thought he’d write about the nerds surrounding him. I was excited at first to read his article… but as so often happens, it became quickly clear he had no idea what he was talking about.

Here’s his article with my comments:

Do you drool over droids? Love blogging about Batman?

(Why yes, I do. I hope he’s going to pimp my blog.)

Then you probably belong to the group known as fanboys - passionate devotees of genre work in comics, television, film and video games. (Sometimes known by the less charitable term “geeks.”)

(Here he clearly states that he’s talking to the fanboys. We are his audience, but he’s going to do a lot of pandering and make more incorrect assumptions.)

It’s a good time to be a fanboy because, right now, the entertainment industry loves you.

This year, a slew of releases geared toward fanboys hits commercial (and in some cases, critical) gold, from films like “Cloverfield” and “The Dark Knight” to the “Grand Theft Auto IV” video game to the final chapter in the “Twilight” book series (the latter release proving that girls can be a part of the fanboy movement, too).

(Cloverfield is actually an original release. Sure it had some awesome guerrilla marketing behind it, but at the end of the day it was an original movie not based on anything. Grand Theft Auto may be a video game, but even guys who aren’t gamers play those games. In fact, real life murdering gang bangers play those games. I wouldn’t limit its audience to fanboys, of course we do love the series for its humor, characters, and continuity.

Most appalling is Matt’s comment that “girls can be a part of the fanboy movement” — SCREW YOU, ARADO! For the most part “fanboy” is a gender neutral term and we say “fangirl” to be polite, not politically correct. Despite what you outsiders think, not every fanboy is a male gay virgin.)

Just how successful is this stuff? Consider “The Dark Knight,” which has earned close to $1 billion worldwide and is the subject of serious Oscar talk. Or “Grand Theft Auto IV,” which sold more than 6 million copies in its first week.

“Twilight” - The movie adaptation of the first book in author Stephenie Meyer’s wildly popular teen vampire series promises to have tween and teen fangirls everywhere squealing with joy. (Nov. 21)

(Look, I’m not a Twilight fan, but I am a vampire fan and a Kristen Stewart fan. I’m most definitely going to be seeing this movie. I know other men are going to see that movie. I know men who read those books too. Granted, one of them is only a fan to appeal to jailbait. We’re not all like him.)

“Watchmen” - The 1987 graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Gibbons brought still-unsurpassed levels of wit and sophistication to the superhero genre. Zack Snyder (director of “300″) tries to do the book justice with his big-screen adaptation, a movie that has already whipped fanboy nation into a frenzy. (March 2009)

(Eh, no complaints here.)

“Friday the 13th” - A contemporary reboot of the 1980s slasher film franchise that looks like an attempt to bring Jason back to his hard-core roots. Early footage displayed at the recent Scream Awards was met with, well, screams. (Feb. 2009)

(Are slasher fans the same as being a fanboy? Well, I love both, so probably. Except we all know I’m against this remake only because Danielle Panabaker (Sky High) dies. Most other fanboys are against the movie solely because it is a remake. Fanboys HATE remakes!!!)

TV

“Batman: Brave and the Bold” - The first episode of this Cartoon Network show aired Nov. 14, and it is scheduled to run on Fridays along with the ongoing “Clone Wars” show, which may be the finest fanboy “twofer” ever! Early reviews of “Brave and the Bold” say it has an upbeat, retro feel without descending into camp, a la the 1960s Adam West “Batman” show.

(The show is still primarily aimed to kids. I’m not sure it’ll have the same appeal that Kim Possible had with us fanboys. I mean, The Batman never caught on.)

“Dollhouse” - Joss Whedon (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) returns to television with this long-awaited and apparently troubled series starring Eliza Dushku about a mysterious group that can imprint personalities onto its agents. Despite multiple reshoots and disagreements between Whedon and the network, “Dollhouse” is scheduled to appear on Fox next year. (January 2009)

(We fanboys lament that this show will inevitably get cancelled and be given a raw deal… But we can’t accept defeat yet!!!)

Books and comics

“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 3,” by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill - Don’t let that awful Sean Connery movie scare you away. Moore’s “Gentlemen” series, about a super team made up of heroes from Victorian fiction, is one of the coolest comics out there. This third story, which will be told in three 80-page installments, is the first one to be published by Top Shelf, Moore’s favorite U.S. publisher these days. With beautiful art from O’Neill, who drew the previous “Gentlemen” stories. (April 2009)

(Wow, Matt actually reached out for this nugget. LxG3 is actually not too well known in the fanboy community except by the uber-nerds. We know it’s coming but we don’t consider it a highlight of 2009 for the most part. I mean, volume 2 was iffy, the Black Dossier sucked, so who’s to say whether volume 3 will be any good?)

Games

“Ghostbusters” - Here’s what’s cool about this upcoming release. First, it’s from Atari, a brand that still brings a smile to old-school gamers like myself, and secondly, the game brings Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and other cast members from the 1984 blockbuster film back together to do dialogue. (2009)

(Yeah, this game is in limbo. Don’t say it as though we don’t know it. Truth is, most of us expect it to be cancelled. Worse, Matt assumes we are looking forward to this game because Atari’s making it. Atari is a crappy video game company now that doesn’t make good games. It brings a smile to NO ONE’S FACE, Matt!)

“Resident Evil 5″ - The fifth chapter of the survival horror video game series that has spawned three fanboy-centric movies is set to arrive in March. Set your weapons for rampant bloody destruction. (March 2009)

(Finally he wraps up thinking we like two things: We like the direction Resident Evil games are going [which we don’t, the fans who like RE4 were not hardcore RE fans, they were “gamers” big difference and an insult to RE fans] — Two, we like those crappy movies. WE DON’T!!! Stop thinking we’re the reason they keep making those films! We’re just so passionate about Resident Evil we will go, but that doesn’t mean we like it. Look at Max Payne! That movie sucked MAJOR BALLS! But we went opening weekend, because we just love Max Payne. What we got was an aborted fetus of something we love.)

Matt Arado, come up with a real news item next time. Don’t slack off for Tuesday. But most of all, don’t use my name in vain!

Worst of all, he completely ignored STAR TREK!!!

“Miley died this morning after being hit by a drunk driver. She always told us if anything ever happened to her then tell her loyal fans first before the public. R.I.P Miley, we’ll never forget you!”

That’s what you might have read on her MySpace page, but it’s not true.

On a personal note, I found out an old friend of mine from high school passed away from their Facebook page, so I know first hand what a great tool MySpace and Facebook are at informing people of a person’s passing. That also means this sick joke is really, really offensive to me. Sadly, I know why they would think it is funny.

Funny is posting a bulletin with a fake R.I.P. That’s fine. But you can’t hack someone else’s account and post that they died! That’s just mean.

To cheer me up, I found this awesome video of a young girl learning to play the trombone. She shows off her skills by playing the 60s Batman theme half heartedly:

I seriously don’t know if that’s beautiful or just really sad.

If you caught Family Guy this week you might have seen Stewie getting hurt on channel 5. I didn’t know that was based on a real incident! I have found the original video and it is actually hilarious. Those Fox Channel 5 anchors are just the coldest people on Earth:

http://www.oswid.com/movies/atlantagrape.mpeg

The song in this trailer:

Is “Gorecki” from Lamb. It can be downloaded here: http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/files/Gorecki.mp3.

Hey, if it’s good enough for Entertainment Weekly to leech off of, it is for me too.

I got chills, digibits. How DEAD ON is Zachary Quinto!?!? Kirk is looking a little iffy though. But if Spock’s on his game, it’s still worth it.

Edit: The trailer is now officially up AND in HD.

Captain’s Log, selfish. I can’t log into my Blogger account to post something I want to remember, so I have to post it here. What the hey, right? Maybe the world needs it spelled out for them too?
Update 1-26-09: I now own both.

Angel Scriptbook Volume 1
‘City of’ - The pilot. (Season 1)
‘A Hole in the World’ - Fred dies. (Season 5)
‘Spin the Bottle’ - Everyone loses their memories and reverts back to who they were before “Angel”. (Season 4)
‘Waiting in the Wings’ - River Tam is a ballerina. (Season 3)
‘Five by Five’ - Faith arrives in L.A. with a few days to kill. (Season 1)

Angel Scriptbook Volume 2 - I do not own this, but apparently there’s six scripts, not five as is written online.
“Smile Time” - Angel turns into a muppet. (Season 5)
“Not Fade Away” - The series finale. (Season 5)
“I Will Remember You” - Angel achieves his mortality and buffs Buffy a lot. (Season 1)
“You’re Welcome” - Cordelia returns for the 100th episode. (Season 5)
“Conviction” - Angel takes over Wolfram and Hart. (Season 5)
“In The Dark” - Spike arrives in L.A. to get his bloody ring back! Oz guest starred. (Season 1)

No love for season 2.