Remember when we all heard about that GOD-AWFUL Tekken movie? You all probably thought if we ignored it it would go away, right? Well, folks, we couldn't be more wrong. You know what is worse than that? Wanna know who's in this ass fest? Well number one we have MMA fighter Cung Le as Law. Not bad, I guess. He's Asian, he can fight, and I think he's kind of badass.

BUT. Wanna know who's playing psychotic cyborg, Bryan Fury? None other than that white asshole who played Kenshiro in the live action Fist of the North Star!

A teensy bit of me just exploded in rage. I guess the best we can hope for now is that this will be not just bad, but fantastibad. At least Vice and Mature look like they kind of fit the part? Maybe? ::sobs::

If you haven't already heard, they're doing a movie based off of the videogame series The King of Fighters. It seems that Hollywood didn't learn their lesson from their attempt at making a Street Fighter movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038685/

I wouldn't say that I had high hopes for this movie, but I gave people the benefit of the doubt. I figured "Hey, Hollywood made a huge pile of crap, so how could they possibly make the same mistake twice? I mean this movie won't be what I think it should be, but it won't suck that hard." Thanks for proving me wrong yet again, American movie makers and producers. I feel that if this had been handled by a foreign production company, that it might have had some hope of being kind of cool.

Instead, they change names of characters (Ryo Hazuki is actually supposed to be Ryo Sakazaki. Kara "King" Hazuki is supposed to be just King, and she is NOT Ryo's wife.), cast inappropriately (Mai is being played by Maggie Q? Really? I hope they CGI up some boobs.), and fuck up the game's timeline. Granted the movie is supposed to have "time travelling" in it, but I don't see them handling any of this well. No. Not at all. The casting choices and roster of characters appearing in this film has confirmed for me that this movie will probably end up being WORSE than the live action SF movie.

And I'm sure KoF: The Movie: The Game won't be too far behind this ridiculous ass movie.

EDIT:

To save Hollywood the trouble, here is my idea for the next fighter made into a fucked up movie.

GUILTY GEAR XX: THE RECKONING

Sol Badguy (played by Michael Clark Duncan) is on a quest to stop the insane Gear known only as Testament (played by Jason Statham. Why the fuck not, right?) from destroying the few remaining Japanese fighters left in the world: May (Mary Kate Olsen), Baiken (Mariska Hargitay), and Anji Mito (Toby McGuire).

Meanwhile Chipp Zanuff (Ho Sung Pak) is busy fighting Johnny (Antonio Banderas) over who is the most badass sky pirate.

There's also some explosions and a talking dog named "Snuffy".

And Ky Kiske isn't in the movie because that would make sense.

This is a little late, but the actor who played Sho Nuff in the blaxploitation karate flick, The Last Dragon, died two months from cancer.

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/rip-shogun-of-harlem.php

He was the baddest, and he will be missed.

...to reflect upon the passing of Kevin Dubrow, frontman for the metal band Quiet Riot.

Damn.

So I found three of my friends from highschool on myspace. Which is awesome. One of them is even a Marine now.

But the more people I find from school, the more I find out about how bad things are getting back in my hometown.

People I used to be cool with are heroin addicts now, two people I know of are dead, and one is in jail for shooting his girlfriend in the head three times.

It's true what they say about getting out of your town before it sucks you in. Some places just take more than others.

While my wife was walking the dog, his owners were driving by. They stopped, called out to him, and he immediately recognized them. What other choice could she have? At least he's back with his old family....

I really wanted him, but I guess it just wasn't in the cards. Maybe he'll get loose again. If THAT happens, I'm not giving him back.

I told my wife I wasn't going to post about this because it required too much effort, but a member of a horror movie community I'm in posted a positive review of this abortion. So, here we go.... I'll try to keep it as spoiler free as possible for those of you who actually will want to see it after reading this.

While there was time spent giving Mike some back story, the majority of it was cap you could have pieced together on your own. I will give Zombie big ups for doing the first half of the movie well, up until the point where he's grown up. If they had kept that momentum, it would have been great all throughout.

And while it is a retelling of the story, I feel they left out significant parts of the original backstory, such as Myers obsession with the Pagan god of death (or whatever the hell it was). They just made him a psycopathic man, while is fine, just doesn't fit to me. Especially when you think about things like how he got so strong (and huge. They made him a damned ogre) in confinement with no weights, or hints as to it being a side effect of any meds he was on.

And I hate, hate, HATED the victims. The girls were all so "ZOMG We're teens in high school!", and I found myself waiting in anticipation for him to off the bitches, and their 2-D boyfriends. I found every character in the movie BUT Myers to be charicatures of what they were portraying.

For me, the movie was akin to trying to push out a big crap for two hours until the sweet release of the credits let me go.

Feel free to discuss, especially if you've seen this garbage already.

Dear lord...I don't think I've had one minute to myself for the past two months. My brain is fried, I'm overworked mentally and physically, and I just want an entire day where I don't have to do anything but sit on my ass and be lazy (and completely silent), followed by another day where I can organize my apartment, car, workspace, and other aspects of my life. I'm done complaining now. Blar.

Okay...so the majority of yesterday was spent recovering from the previous night. Drinking heavily and staying up until 7:30 the next day wasn't such a good plan. The only way I could tell the difference between the real world and my disturbing dreams was the shards of glass feeling that I had in my muscles. I slept all day, with the exception of waking up to take my girlfriend to and from work.

This binge didn't help my virus, however. I feel like I've taken a step back healthwise. The damn doc wouldn't even give me any medication. For a virus! He gave me cough drops, and said I was okay to go back to work. I've been sick for a damn week, and waking up every morning, feeling as if a sponge sapped all the liquid from my body while I was sleeping. I was getting better until I went drinking. But I don't regret it.

It's nice to be around people who don't want anything from you other than friendship, and just have a good time. That's why I miss home sometimes. There's never enough time to be around those that matter. Never enough time to say all the right things, or do everything you can for people. It's especially hard for me, because I come off as a real ass, even to my closest friends. I'm one of those people that others sometimes have trouble deciding if they're being sarcastic or not. Well I suppose I have typed enough on here. I have to do laundry and go to the gym.

I just wanted to post this for everyone I've dealt with in the past two months who have done more damage to my life than good. For things they did (or didn't do). Whether or not they have LJ, read mine, or what have you. Ahem...


Fuck you all. Fuck all of your selfish, whiny, and/or careless ass, pathetic behavior. Thank you for nothing but stress and/or false hopes, and for almost convincing me I had real friends. I hope you get exactly what you deserve out of life, you fucking cowards and no good, dishonest fuck sticks. Get bent, fuck off, and have a nice day. I'm sick to my very core with all of you.


Now that I'm done venting in the most constructive way I can imagine, I'm going to eat my cookies, wash my hands of those who I haven't done so to already, and carry the fuck on.


Oh, and if you haven't already, go see Battle Royale, Blind Swordsman Zatoichi, and any other films starring Kitano Takeshi.

EDIT: IN LIGHT OF THIS ENTRY, I AM MAKING MY JOURNAL FRIENDS ONLY. I WILL ALSO BE REMOVING PEOPLE FROM MY FRIENDS LIST. SO IF YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT READING THE GARBAGE I POST, COMMENT TO STAY ON.

The cut below is intended for two people in specific, but I encourage
others to read it, in hopes that it may open your eyes to your behavior
should you act like those targeted below.

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On Saturday night, we retreived the remains of two Marines killed in
Iraq.
I am providing the Wake and Funeral information for anyone who would
like to
come out and show the family the support of what their son's sacrafice
represents. The other funeral for LCpl Patrick Gallagher is TBD at this
time. Please disseminate to all-hands.

Corporal Brian Robert St. Germain
18 July 1983 - 2 April 2006

To all hands that are interested in showing your respects to Corporal
Brian
R. St. Germain and his family, the following information is provided.
If
there are any questions, please feel free to contact me directly at:
First Sergeant Parisi at (401) 529-6092.

For condolence purposes in the form of mail only, I am providing the
following addresses for both Dad and Mom:

Mr. Robert St. Germain Mrs. Lynn St. Germain
85 Carlson Circle 77 Harris Avenue
West Warwick, RI. 02893 West Warwick, RI. 02893

The WAKE will take place at: Iannotti's Funeral Home on Tuesday,
11 April from 3-8pm. The address is as follows:
Innotti's Funeral Home
415 Washington Street
Coventry, RI. 02816

The CHURCH Service will be held at Holy Apostles on Wednesday, 12 April
at
1000. The address to the Church is as follows:
Holy Apostles Church
800 Pippin Orchard Road
Cranston, RI. 02921

Edit: Please, send a letter to the family of this fallen Marine. I'm sure that you all know at least one person in the military that if they died, it would crush you. I'm fortunate enough to be nin-deployable for the next few years. My brothers in arms, however, are not so lucky. PLEASE show your respects to this family in any way you can because you know you would want the same comfort god forbid this ever hit your home.

Another bodily injury that couldn't have come at a more inconvenient time. Thanks to some fuck stick who doesn't have the basic rythm needed to run in a formation, I fell and fucked up my ankle...again. So I have a choice. I can suck it up and continue my lifting routine and PT, or I can go on light duty until I'm better.

I'm opting for choice A. I refuse to stop training because of some douchebag's carelessness, and he'd better pray he's on my team during the next few sports we play, because I'm going to destroy him if he's not.

At least I still have my he-oh wait! I don't have my health! I'm sick too and have been for over a week! Ya-fucking-hoo!

Anyways, peace, love, and chicken grease to everyone. And may you all not have to hobble around like a wounded monkey.