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  1. Let's see: Check marks for A Perfect Circle, Aiden, Bullet for my Valentine, Coheed and Cambria, Dropping Daylight, Eighteen Visions, Flyleaf, All that Remains and As I Lay Dying. That Flyleaf CD has been growing on me and I missed Bullet for my Valentine in concert a few weeks ago but I was there for Chevelle. Let's add another one to the list then: The Dreaming. They haven't exactly had a wide release yet but they have been together for four years and they've had a few EPs out that I've been listening to. Chris Hall of the late Stabbing Westward is on vocals. I doubt anyone has heard of The Dreaming.
  2. And to keep in tradition of things, a brand spankin' new wallpaper. All in a day's work. As you can see the proportions between the nose and the lips are off, the eyes are off too, and the right jaw is a little too pronounced... I'm still happy with it but I might have to make another. An improvement hopefully. Not of the same picture though. If anyone actually cares about what I'm doing they can even suggest a picture. But if that doesn't happen I'll still end up doing it anyway.
  3. I wasn't very satisfied with that one sketch I made so I made a better one. I was definitely more detailed but if I want it to look really good I need to break out the charcoal. I'm not really into the charcoal experience. Anyway, being the perfectionist that I am, I still don't like the new picture but it is an improvement nonetheless. So the original: And my sketch: The best part none of that damn text on the bottom of the picture. Nice.
  4. Episode: Folsom Prison Blues I'm catching up on some old episodes. Man, Dean's character is awesome. Dean has been arrested and is getting his mug shot taken and does the Zoolander Blue Steel imitation. Great stuff.
  5. Hyperion replied to a post in a topic in Funny Stuff
    Judging from the posting date of this video, this is old news. But I just learned about it a few weeks ago and it is hilarious. I really don't know how these people could be serious about this. I almost think they are screwing with the media. But there are some great lines in this clip. And you have to love the amateur sketch. Without further ado...
  6. I'm fairly certain that no one posted her entourage premiere photos. Here's some low quality pics: And one of higher quality:
  7. I knew that I wanted to do a riff on a wanted poster and here's what I did. I'm not sure if I like the scale between the poster and the doors but life goes on.
  8. Hey I made this wallpaper and I like it but it's really cheesy. Haha, can you imagine a Miranda comicbook? I mean I'd read it. Hell, I'd draw it. I have some others on the way as well.
  9. It's never who you think they will, it's who you want but there's nothing wrong with that. I would like to see Caroline Fransischini and Jarah Mariano. They both have had some great pics for VS recently. But whether they make the cut is not in my hands. You know VS should have some campaign that lets fans vote for the last model to make the cut. That would be sweet. It would be sort of like the MLB All-Star game procedure. Yes, this must happen. But as usual I'll take whoever we get.
  10. There's definetely some inside joke that went way over my head, but I digress...
  11. http://www.bellazon.com/main/index.php?s=&...st&p=690300 I guess that's what I get for being lazy. Maybe I can find something more obscure. I really don't think I can search all those pages to see what's been posted. Hmm... Haha, this movie was so terrible. And it was a Marvel movie too but I don't think that will help. I pray to God that no one has seen this movie.
  12. Hyperion replied to Snow Angel's topic in Television
    My direction for the show with what I wanted to happen: Sylar should have destroyed NYC. Check. Hiro would have transported the Heroes away. Check. Then the Heroes would be blamed for all the death and destruction. The government would hunt them a la Prison Break. Corny as it sounds they would solve a mystery here or there an elude the authorities with their powers. They could split up but they would have a reason to stay together as a group. Introduce something from Claire's father's past -- the whole DNA manipulation of the Heroes or something along those lines. In season two they get to discover what happened to them.
  13. Hyperion replied to Snow Angel's topic in Television
    That definitely sums up my feelings. What was the point of saving the cheerleader anyways? She didn't do anything of consequence did she. Note: If you are going to excessively over promote something like "Save the cheerleader. Save the world" then let it pay off. They said something like 'we saved you so that we could save the world which felt like a cop-out to me. I mean she could have shot him - right? Wouldn't he have come back to life? For some reason I would reserve hope for Nathan Petrelli coming back to life. If there's one thing about comic books, it's that if something occurs off panel then anything could happen. He could have easily have done the whole Superman routine and be blasted out of harms way. Or maybe their powers can't affect each other because they are brothers. Or maybe he has a power we don't know about. I really think that Nathan's character is one of the most well rounded on the show. He has an inner conflict of rather he is good or evil which is more gray that the black and white Nikki dilemma. Sylar got away!!? I guess he can't really die so easily because they wasted time with the whole power absorbing scenario. I liked the fact of the 'us' versus 'him' direction for season one, but I hope we have to wait a long time until we see his face again. Create some new bad guy please. I think they will. And then both villains will team up (rolls eyes -- hey, it did happen in Spider-man 3). One other thought: I wonder what the deal with Linderman was. I'm suprised they killed him without replicating his powers. He probably had the strongest powers on the show next to Claire. Perhaps they were good not to siphon off his powers. Another thing that comics do way too much is kill characters and resurrect them. If someone was curing people all over the place, it would just give the writers another deux ex machina in their arsenal.
  14. Hyperion replied to a post in a topic in Television
    Well the number one case obviously would refute Juliet. I can't remember anything about 2 or 3 but it must have been there. It has to be someone who has no friends and who would elicit such a strong reaction from Jack. In retrospect, I suppose most characters don't have many anchors or ties left to the real world. Kate, Sawyer, and Locke all seem like people that could have empty funerals. Desmond would have that one British woman there for him. Claire would have her child there. Jin would have his wife there and vice-versa. Something inside of me wants to think that it would be Ben's death that would really screw with Jack's head. Ben seems to have that effect on people. I mean we all know he has no ties to the real world and we know that the show isn't going to make him go out like a wimp. BTW, I just don't see Jack going crazy on pills over Sawyer. Kate probably would have shown up for him. So my choices would be either Locke or Ben. Just a shot in the dark
  15. Hyperion replied to a post in a topic in Television
    <SPOILERS> I don't mind the whole revelation at the end, although I don't really think that it was what the writers had planned in the beginning. I'm definitely tired of the whole flashback format as it was interesting when it started but it has recently just felt forced. Even though the whole future angle was pretty forced too, I think that it would be interesting next season if we see flashes into the future instead of in the past for each character. That would be pretty daring. The funniest part of the finale: Jack's fake beard. That thing was so fake. Was the beard really necessary? The beard reminded me of something that they would have worn in the SNL skit where Will Ferrel is talking about his luvah and stuff. I just couldn't take his scenes seriously with that thing. The best and worst part of the finale: Charlie's death. I thought Charlie went out in a great way. The character of Desmond has grown on me and I'm happy with Charlie sacrificing himself to save Desmond. BUT (and obviously a huge but, it's capitalized) Charlie didn't have to die. He could have just shut the other side of the door. That's my first scenario which would have been simple. His second option would have been to swim out the hole where the water flowed in from. I obviously have no experience with underwater stations and grenades underwater, but that grenade should have blowed a bigger hole in that rusty hull and Charlie should have been able to wait until the room was close to full and swim out. I could see a case made for the incoming water pressure being too strong but I still like my theory. I think the writers were determined to kill his character becuase there were ways out of it. More questions (which is just what we need): Locke isn't dead because Walt is apparently Jesus, Locke's odd behavior during his whole confrontation with Jack at the end was so random -- 'I'm going to kill you, don't do this, I'm leaving now', Is there another group of people who want to get something out of the island?, How do you kill the Russian guy with the eyepatch?, What's the deal with Desmond's wife?, How can Jin not be able to shoot some sticks of dynamite but then shoot two of the others? I'm sure there were things that I forgot but this show is like some exponential mathematical sequence. I heard that they have been renewed for two seasons. Given the fact of how slow they like to reveal mysteries and always raise more questions in doing so leads me to believe that if they don't start trying to answer things soon the audience will never feel any sense of resolution and be left with a bad taste. My $.02, Stephen
  16. Well I never saw Brick or the Illusionist which might have taken the top spot. I'll go with the Inside Man edging the Prestige.
  17. I guess this topic has gotten stale, but I'll try to put some life into it. This happens to be one of my favorite movies....
  18. Almost gave the name of the movie away by the picture name, so disregard this post
  19. Definitely My Dog Skip. At the end when the dog waits for the boy to come home when he moves out of the house is too sad. Couple that with the fact that it actually happened to me (although with a cat) and that just makes me even more sentimental. I also seem to recall the Fox and the Hound making me cry. We can't escape our nature or something along those lines.
  20. Hyperion replied to mylovelyangel's topic in Movies
    I am definitely a huge Spider-man fan to the extent that I would call myself an expert (which is sort of sad) but I think the main problem behind the movie had to do with the director, Sam Raimi. Overlooking his limitations, I mean he did make Army of Darkness, I think he wanted to do it all for the third movie and bit off more than he could chew. Anyone who knows who Venom is or has any interest in the character would definitely feel cheated by his short exposure in the film. I don't know how many people thought (myself included) that Venom would be set up for the next movie. Instead his character is pretty bastardized and really didn't appear all that threatening. I mean at least Sandman escaped in his first fight scene. Combine that with the fact that the Sandman is an extremely weak villain. He has no depth in his backstory like Dr. Octopus and the Green Goblin he's just a thug. So the writers wanted to adapt him into a more relevant character and decide that he killed Uncle Ben. Most people who know anything about Spider-man (READ: nerds) know that Uncle Ben's death needs to be a random act. But the Sandman needs to have some connection to Peter in order to advance the plot and make his character interesting. So they took this road. They also throw in the character of Gwen Stacy who is utilized to connect Peter with Eddie Brock/Venom. It just seems like her character could have been any girl. It was basically a waste of her character. Gwen Stacy is probably the most important love interest ever in the Spider-man comics. When she is thrown off a bridge ( a la MJ in Spider-man 1) Peter shoots a web to break her fall and has to come to grips with whether she was dead at the hands of the Green Goblin or whether his webbing broke her neck. This is the most important scene in the comics next to the origin. So her character shouldn't occupy a throw away role. At least this movie nailed the character of Harry Osborn. James Franco did a good job acting and his story line was the most interesting to follow. The movie also nailed the way that the characters should look: Gwen Stacy was spot on. Eddie Brock could have been bulkier for my tastes though. While there was too much going on, I think the major problem was the structuring of the villains. We only need one villain. Or maybe two. Three is definitely too much. If there is anything to be learned from Batman and Robin it's that the more villains in a movie, the worse the movie is. Keep things simple and use the time to flesh out the main villain or even the main character. I for one was extremely pleased with the movie. There could have been less MJ slapping, less Saturday Night Fever scenes, and more Venom and I would probably give this movie a 5/5. But I never give movies a 5/5 anyway. This was a 3/5. But it's a comic book movie. Your expectations can't be too high.
  21. Hyperion replied to Mignonne's topic in Music
    VAST - Here Where do I put the shame? It feels like a broken toy I can't play with anymore Where do i put the hate? To a pixilated screen I can't watch anymore All i know is that I'm here Drifting somewhere in the vast Somewhere in eternity And i never want to leave Where do I put the books There's so many I could read But they all are filled with lies Where do I put the lies There's so many I could say But it seems they're in the books I have faith that you're out there Living high up in the vast Somewhere in eternity And you're never going to leave Have I been telling lies to myself? Hold me now you know I am so afraid to be at all Have i been telling lies to myself? Hold me now you know I am so afraid to love at all I looked up and I saw my place I looked in and I felt no hate Where do I put the love? Where do I put the love?
  22. Has anybody heard of VAST? That's my favorite band that my friends have never heard of for some reason. The band had one or two singles that probably hit the west coast air waves about six years ago. But there have been three realeases in the past four years via the internet that have definitely gone under the radar. Everybody should listen to VAST. And The Rasmus.
  23. Hate to burst your bubble, but I absolutely love The Rasmus. Especially the tracks Liquid, In the Shadows and Guilty. Now I have to listen to their albums. Darn.
  24. People still buy music? This is the internet right? But seriously. I hit up Best Buy for these three: The Exies - A Modern Way of Living With the Truth The Sounds - Living in America Strata - Strata
  25. Remember when I said that the world only needed so many Mini Anden wallpapers. That was a lie. Once again. Freckleless.