Damn Random Week #6

"You can buy a pretty good dog with a lot of money, but you can't buy the wag of its tail." - Josh Billings.

I ♥ MJ

So it's been just over a year since he's been gone, and I thought it'd be a good time to look back at the life and times of the man.

Here's Michael with The Jackson Five.




Here's Mike going solo.




Here's him in undoubtedly the single greatest video ever.




Who hasn't done this move?




MJ pimping Pepsi at the height of his fame, with a young Alfonso "Carlton" Ribeiro.




Michael the humanitarian.







There's been so many classic videos he's produced, more than I can post up, so go re-visit your favorites here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/michaeljackson


It's been a hell of a ride, so thanks for the memories.




Rest in peace, Michael.

Damn Random Week #5 1/2

"If you haven't found something strange during the day, it hasn't been much of a day." - John A. Wheeler.

Damn Random Week #4

"The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." - Lily Tomlin.

Damn Random Week #3

"I feel sorry for people who do not drink. When they wake up in the morning it is as good as they are going to feel all day." – Frank Sinatra.

Damn Random Week #2

"Wanting to be someone you’re not is a waste of the person you are." – Kurt Cobain.

Damn Random Week #1

"Cocaine’s a hell of a drug." – Rick James.

Geek-gasm

Just got done watching a fan-made extended trailer of Mortal Kombat, one of countless other such fan-made stuff, and it got me wondering why the actual movies are never as good.





The original Mortal Kombat was a cheesy affair, one to file in the "so bad it's good" category, but this trailer gives the movie a Dark Knight-esque feel to it. Wouldn't mind seeing this adapted to the big screen.

Then there's this one of the Green Lantern.





Again, this trailer has a really dark feel to it which actually goes well with the Hal Jordan character. Of course, there's actually a Green Lantern movie currently in production, starring Ryan Reynolds, but I'm not holding my breath for anything as serious as this. As long as it isn't the Fantastic Four, I'll probably go watch it.

Here's a trailer of the Thundercats. I can't even begin to fathom the hours of work that went into creating this masterpiece, but it really does whet the appetite for an actual live-action version of the popular '80s cartoon show.





Next up, it's The Batman. I didn't think it was possible, but here's a even grittier Dark Knight. This French-made version has the Caped Crusader set in a seedy Sin City type world, and yet it feels strangely fitting somehow.





Finally, not all re-imaginings have to necessarily be for mature audiences only. The pièce de résistance of fan-made trailers has got to be this Iron Man for the Disney crowd.

Lil' Tony is sure to drive the girls ga-ga goo-goo.

Now, if only someone'll make a brilliant movie-version of Ultraman, I'd die a happy man. I mean, how hard could it be?

D'oh!

Why So Delirious?

If the internet crashed tomorrow, never to rise again, I can safely say that this is the single most awesome thing it has ever contributed to my life.





I could watch this all day. Which is more than I can say for the original, just barely made watchable by some booty-shaking dancers.





Kids, there's a lesson to be learnt here - Stay away from drugs.

Smells Like Irony

Does anyone know what irony is? I mean really, do you really really know what irony is? I'm asking because I think I know, but I'm not really sure.

Is it ironic that the lead actor from Diff'rent Strokes died from a stroke?


I wonder whether Willis ever did tell him what he was talking about.


A simple Google search reveals irony to be:

The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.

Three kinds of irony are commonly recognized:

1.Verbal irony is a trope in which the intended meaning of a statement differs from the meaning that the words appear to express.

2.Situational irony involves an incongruity between what is expected or intended and what actually occurs.

3.Dramatic irony is an effect produced by a narrative in which the audience knows more about present or future circumstances than a character in the story.

Sounds simple enough, I guess. Let's see how the real world uses irony though.




















Can you tell which picture is and isn't ironic?

One person we all know not to ask the definition from is Alanis Morissette. Does the fact that nothing she sang about in that song was actually ironic, make that song ironic?




Luckily for her, and for ourselves, the guys at College Humor set the record straight, and what we have now is a song that is actually ironic.





Maybe I should try and learn from this guy, as he seems to have a pretty strong grasp of the concept.





Ummm, okay. Perhaps this chart best breaks down the meaning of irony.




Is it ironic that despite all the above, I still can't explain what irony is? Is it? Is it?! Seriously, I'm asking, because I don't have a clue!