Monday, November 26, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Showdown Rocks Your Face Off!
Most of you know I am a metal head. So, if you aren't... you might not care about this post. I just discovered a great metal band (new to me): The Showdown!
http://www.myspace.com/theshowdown
Their first album wasn't that great. For their second album, they changed styles a little - probably influenced by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster (another great band). They stopped screaming so much, added some southern rock influences in the mix, and BAM! Hi-Voltage Heavy Metal Advisory. And they are currently on the OzzFest tour - they are that good.
http://www.myspace.com/theshowdown
Their first album wasn't that great. For their second album, they changed styles a little - probably influenced by Maylene & The Sons of Disaster (another great band). They stopped screaming so much, added some southern rock influences in the mix, and BAM! Hi-Voltage Heavy Metal Advisory. And they are currently on the OzzFest tour - they are that good.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Heroes and Time Travel
Yes, I still love Heroes. I still think they are doing a great job. Just like last season, they are setting some stuff up. I guess some people have forgotten that once you get into a show, you are supposed to care what happens to the characters and not all of this silly stuff about "going to the next level." Ummmm..... when you start at a high level, you don't need to go up.
Why is it that whenever a Sci-Fi show introduces Hispanic characters in a new season, people automatically hate them? Nikki and Paulo in Lost, the Wonder Twins in Heroes? (and that whole "Wonderless Twins" label is getting waaayyy, old, waaayyy fast). The only problem with the twins in Heroes is that they are way more interesting if you follow the Heroes Evolutions online stuff. I think the show producers did make a mis-step there assuming that everyone would be following that and realize that the black tears in the eye thing is part of a Mayan prophecy about the end of the world.
Anyway, I had a random thought about time travel. When Hiro stabbed Sylar at the end of season 1, he was flung away and then teleported back in time. The big explosion was stopped because Nathan decided to step in, change the future, and take the exploding Peter away. Of course, Hiro doesn't know this in the past. He will still have to come back to the future, find out that the explosion was stopped, and find out his father is dead. Good and bad for him.
But, there was that episode that was five years in the future and tells what happens if Peter does explode. there is the ultra-cool "Future Hiro" there. I was thinking that Hiro would never become this future fighter because the explosion was stopped. The trippy thing is - that "Future Hiro" had still been flung into the past and had still interacted with with his hero Kensai. Learned to fight, go through trials, etc. And then came back to find that the bomb had exploded. Weird. Future Hiro learned to fight in past Japan. So, current Hiro could still become kick-butt Future Hiro. Sweet.
Random, I know. Some day I will actually blog about something other than Heroes.
But the upcoming episodes look soooo cool:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34696
Why is it that whenever a Sci-Fi show introduces Hispanic characters in a new season, people automatically hate them? Nikki and Paulo in Lost, the Wonder Twins in Heroes? (and that whole "Wonderless Twins" label is getting waaayyy, old, waaayyy fast). The only problem with the twins in Heroes is that they are way more interesting if you follow the Heroes Evolutions online stuff. I think the show producers did make a mis-step there assuming that everyone would be following that and realize that the black tears in the eye thing is part of a Mayan prophecy about the end of the world.
Anyway, I had a random thought about time travel. When Hiro stabbed Sylar at the end of season 1, he was flung away and then teleported back in time. The big explosion was stopped because Nathan decided to step in, change the future, and take the exploding Peter away. Of course, Hiro doesn't know this in the past. He will still have to come back to the future, find out that the explosion was stopped, and find out his father is dead. Good and bad for him.
But, there was that episode that was five years in the future and tells what happens if Peter does explode. there is the ultra-cool "Future Hiro" there. I was thinking that Hiro would never become this future fighter because the explosion was stopped. The trippy thing is - that "Future Hiro" had still been flung into the past and had still interacted with with his hero Kensai. Learned to fight, go through trials, etc. And then came back to find that the bomb had exploded. Weird. Future Hiro learned to fight in past Japan. So, current Hiro could still become kick-butt Future Hiro. Sweet.
Random, I know. Some day I will actually blog about something other than Heroes.
But the upcoming episodes look soooo cool:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34696
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