Shamoozal’s state-of-the-art prima donna, Man-bot, has sent in a prerecorded statement for his fans regarding his feelings about WALL-E and his absence from the Hollywood scene. As usual, Man-bot is full of piss, vinegar and whatever else he runs on. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from Man-bot in the very near future! Hit play on the flash player below to hear the message, and if you’re subscribed to the podcast feed you’ll be getting it as a download soon!
An animated robot.
A secret group of assassins.
Two more summer flicks join the box office showdown.
Last week Get Smart took the #1 spot; can one of these knock it down?
Will kids think a robot is cute?
Wall-E – a robot specifically made as a trash compactor soon realizes there is more to life than cleaning up after humans. He falls for another robot and sets out on a journey through the galaxy to be with her. Animated film by Pixar.
God, she’s just so badass, right? ….Right?
Throughout the years, professional wrestlers have tried making the transition into the acting world. And why not? Their jobs are to act on television already so why not try to launch that into a movie career. Well, there have been some good, some bad, and some UGLY! This is the best and the worst (in no particular order) of movies starring wrestlers.
Suburban Commando – Hulk Hogan was the most popular wrestler of all time. He was a household name in the 80s and most of the 90s. Hell, you could even say he’s a household name still today. Most people know the name without ever watching a single professional wrestling match in their lifetime. He attempted a movie career starting with a small part in Rocky III as Thunder Lips. Stallone hand picked him for the role of the wrestler who challenges the boxer. His movie career didn’t exactly pan out but he has a good amount in his Filmography.
Suburban Commando is a family comedy from 1991 where Hogan stars as Shep Ramsey, an alien whose ship is damaged in an interstellar battle and must hide on Earth until he can make repairs. He befriends Christopher Lloyd and lives with his family. So he tries fitting in with the Earthlings and helping out with daily activities. If you’ve seen it then you’ll probably remember the skateboard scene where the Hulkster shows off his moves to the neighbor kids. Or maybe the cantaloupe scene where he “finds a good one”. This is one of my favorites from the ‘so bad its good’ category. Hogan is a terrible actor but you can’t help laughing at the ridiculous plot. Extra tidbit of information: the movie also has a cameo from The Undertaker as a bounty hunter in his only movie role ever. He has one line, You’re A Dead Man Ramsey!
I bought the late GBA title Drill Dozer a few months ago based on the fact that it was made by GameFreak (the Pokey-man guys) and was super cheap at Target. Aside from that, I knew nothing about the game other than what I heard from EGM’s glowing review a few years ago.
Drill Dozer is essentially an SNES game that somehow got stuck in limbo and emerged 10 years later on the GBA. Well, that’s how it feels anyway. It’s a somewhat slow paced action/puzzle platformer that features a rag tag group of some rather unlikable character designs. The game reminds me of an SNES title (aside from graphics) because the whole concept is designed around the L and R triggers, sort of like the first few SNES games where Nintendo built games around those two triggers (see F-Zero and Pilot Wings).
I’m going to be completely honest here, I played 75% of Drill Dozer while taking a shit. It was enjoyable enough to keep me company while I did my business, but I was never so into it where I needed to play it off the ‘ol hopper. In fact, it’s the most perfect toilet game ever conceived, as the game lets players save their progress just about any where they please. I appreciated the occasionally smart design choices, and there are a handful of really creative boss battles, but playing it off toilet just never happened.
It’s funny, we hyped the absolute shit out of Metal Gear Solid 4 around these parts, and since the actual game has dropped we haven’t written a single Nerdlog post about it. I’m here to remedy that.
Steve and I have already beaten the game. We’ve talked about it at length through the Smorg and through IM. To cut to the chase, we love it. Frank is currently in the middle of it, and I let Sith borrow my PS3 and the game so he can play catch up. I guess that’s the thing about MGS4, it’s hard to talk about the game without going into specifics. Once you go into specifics, you go into spoilers.
Kojima has done such a fine job of hiding what this game is all about through the 4 grueling years we had to wait. In this day and age, you can easily see everything a game has to offer by reading previews and checking out the latest screen grabs. Of course days before MGS4 launched you could ruin the entire game for yourself. I feel bad for anyone who blew all the big surprises before playing the game. For me personally, I have waited much to long to watch a bunch of Youtube videos to get my fix. In a way, I’ve waited close to 7 years for this, as it’s really the proper follow up to Sons of Liberty.
In Bruges – Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are hitmen who screw up their latest job. Instead of paying for their mistake, they run and hide in a small city in Belgium. Eventually the man (Ralph Fiennes) that is helping them decides he might be better off without them.
10,000 B.C. – a young mammoth hunting caveman journeys through uncharted land trying to track down his lady and secure the future of his tribe. From Director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow).
The Spiderwick Chronicles – twin brothers (both played by Freddie Highmore) move into the Spiderwick Estate with their mother and sister. They find out that their relative who previously lived in the house discovered creatures in an alternate reality.
Like I mentioned during the latest and greatest Shamoozal Radio Podcast, I was submitting a skateboard for this year’s annual 3 Feet High show. I haven’t used actual paint in over eight years, so I was a bit daunted when I was about to start working on it. However, I had a blast doing this. Hopefully after GFG#3 is finished and I get through a certain sneaking mission I’ll be able to paint some more. Head here to check out previous year’s entries. There’s a lot of really great work by some amazing artists a few of which I am happy to have worked with both in the past and present.
Above is my submission titled “Hang’n Out”. I have a few other pics over at my blog. If you live in the area, head on over to Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ at 7PM this Monday June 23rd and check out the show. See ya there!
An eccentric guru teaches us about love.
A dimwitted agent saves the world.
Lets Get Down To It Boppers!
Smell my fingers. That’s Albariffic.
The Love Guru – Mike Myers is Pitka, the world’s second most famous love guru, who is an American raised out of the country. He returns to the States to start his own business. He is hired by Jessica Alba to settle the romantic problems between a star hockey player (Romany Malco) and his wife who left him for another man (Justin Timberlake) before the Stanley Cup Finals.
Agent Michael Scott will save us.
Our two year anniversary in the podcasting world. I can hardly believe it myself to be honest. The crew goes over their favorite Shamoozal moments, touches on GFG#3 again, goes into crazy MGS4 talk, battles it out over The Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls, and of course go through our current Whore Daddies. Listen to the show, and then tell us some of your favorite moments. We wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t for you guys.
Be Kind Rewind – Mos Def works at a video store. His buddy (Jack Black) erases every tape in the store due to magnetization on him. One of their loyal renters is an old woman. They don’t want to let her down so they start recreating every movie in the store and gain a cult following. Directed by Michel Gondry.
Fool’s Gold – A married couple (Matthew McConaughey & Kate Hudson) are separated but the romantic flame is reunited when a new clue surfaces regarding the whereabouts of a lost treasure and an adventure begins. So the couple gets back together in search of the GOLD!
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins – Martin Lawrence is a successful talk show host living out in Los Angeles. When he decides to reunite with his family in the Deep South, he bring his girlfriend along with him. Shenanigans ensue and he learns a lesson about family.