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Hollywood is a wash, washed up, and washed out. Since the golden age of film, Hollywood has been controlled by popularity and who can make studios the most money. So why all the hubbub about actors outside of the race of white not being honored at an event that has shown bias in the past and not exactly pertaining to race. This is all about money. If you have a bankable actor, studios will put forth money to support that person during the promotional phase of the Oscars. They petition by placing ads in Hollywood periodicals and financing every means to help propagandize their product. Also, factor in the fact that most members of the Oscar judgment panel are Hollywood established and therefore are mostly Caucasian -- this does create bias. But What About The Art... Isn't it the intention of the Academy to focus on the art of filmmaker and in that sense does it seem somewhat wrong to demonize them for judge what is considered art good enough to be honored as the best of the year. Now think about what I just wr

Signs is one of those movies that I can’t understand why people dislike. It is not a horrible film. With a-list actors, Mel Gibson and Jaquoin Phoenix, and great performances from Abigail Breslin and Rory Signs is by in large one of the best movies produced in the early 2k. And although there are flaws — show me a movies without mistakes— you can’t tack up its poor criticism to a lack of inconsideration by the director but we can argue that maybe the director,  M. Night Shyamalan, was the reason why audiences were so torn between whether they liked or disliked this film. In This Episode The Opening Title Sequence As simple as it were, text over a chilling orchestrated score, this opening was very reminiscent to productions of the forties and fifties where such directors, like, Alfred Hitchcock would set the mood of the film by just introducing the music — that would be featured throughout the film— in the opening credits. The Animals Why were the dogs so erratic and violent towards the family? Was there as mu

This is part two of the Alien Invasion episode 28. 

Written in 1898 by HG Wells, War of The Worlds is an eyewitness account of an alien vessel crashing to earth and the subsequent strike upon an English countryside by hostile visitors who are believed to hail from the planet Mars. That’s right, the original Mars Attacks! The book is divided into two parts, Book I and Book2. In Book One, the narrator (Who does not have a name; everyone in the book has a title but no name.) retells the story of how he and his stargazing friend witnesses a flash from a distant planet which crash to earth and later wreak havoc upon mankind. Very little was known to whether this is was worldwide occurrence, however, the reader is given insight into the Martian's excursion into the city of London via the accounts dictated to him from his brother's survival within the city that fought back. Book Two is meat and potatoes as the reader gets to know a lil bit more about the Martians and just how this invasion ends with a kind of thud. I personally found this section quite intriguing as

This is the second episode of a four-part series in which we discuss the existence of aliens. Movie Dish of the Week   Contact Jodi Foster has a life long belief that there are other inhabitants out there in space and one day she is proven correct. This movie portrays the plausible events of what could happen if aliens truly exist and attempted to contact Earth’s inhabitants. From the political aspects to the righteous naysayers, this movie depicts how humankind is not and probably never will be ready to acknowledge the existence of aliens. The Fourth Kind Milla Jojovich, plays Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist who counsels patients who may have been abducted by aliens. These patients are linked by visions and common experiences which reveals the existence of alien life on Earth but questions the reason as to why they are here. Tense scene with an armed man holding his wife and children captive is interlaced with scripted scenes and documented footage of the actual incident. The studio tried to make this int

MOVIE SUGGESTIONS Starman Jeff Bridges portrays an alien from outer space who crashes to earth and seeks the help of a grieving widow to help him get to a recovery ship. FaintingJenny played by watches as this strange thing morphs from a baby to a man in front of her. Instead of fainting upon witnessing this occurrence, she decides to faint after the fact. T-shirt and PantiesDunno, but t-shirt and panties… There’s something so very attractive about that ensemble and wears them well. Bird-like TendencyJeff Bridges studied bird behavior as reference to develop the mannerism of an alien. Immaculate ConceptionThe alien tells Jenny he impregnated her after a very awkward sex scene. Immediately, Jerry thought of the birth of Christ and how a being (God) tells marry she is carrying the Savior of Men. There’s a weird correlation that may or may not be inherent enough for conversation. Magic StickSince Jenny is unable to conceive and the alien gave her a baby, Jerry floors Chris with a quip about the “magic stic

Toonami and the shows we stayed up to watch on the weekends.

Whenever you find yourself in the woods alone and happen to witness a couple of cute cuddly bear cubs frolicking about you can be damn sure there is a momma bear somewhere nearby. Quietly she stalks as you unknowingly lose your sense of awareness transfixed by just how adorable bear cubs are. You dream of that story where you raise a cub of your own until it comes of age and you have to – with great sorrow—give the bear back to its mother nature. Years later you return to the same spot where you released the bear into the wild with hopes of catching a glimpse of your old furry friend. Weeks pass and with every visit you lose hope, and then on the last day you see him, however, you’re unsure of its identity. The bear slowly approaches. Your first instinct is to back away. You step back but there’s something about this bear, “it is you Ol’ Boy?” Ol’ Roy is name you gave him after the bear one day rummage through a bag of Old Roy dog food and made quite the mess. Awww, you chuckle at the memory. You feel its war

In this episode Adam joins us once again for an episode reflection upon 2015 and what to expect from 2016. 

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Evolution Evolution is no joking matter. In fact there are schools that refuse to teach the subject of evolution and prefer to focus their student studies on creation. Debunking the latter swings both ways but what does it matter for use common folk who can cares less of whom or how we were created but really just want to concentrate on taking advantage of the life we have in the short time we are given. We’re all going to die right? Biologically it’s a definite. Spiritually we’re just kinda waiting. A Movie Reaction Chris watched Krampus, a movie he’s been anticipating for months now and he really enjoyed its whimsical Christmas horror thrills. Think Gremlins and how much fun it was to be terrified on this holiday of gift giving to the nice while the bad receives just as many goodies. Instead of scaring children with idol threats, Krampus will whoop dat ass and leave you nothing under the tree. Now that’s what a call Holiday Redemption. In This Episode: A Brave Offense Woman was offended by the nudity in the

Most of us fans of the Peanuts comic strip and CBS animated movies believed The Peanuts Movie would be a horrible big screen adaptation. How could they ruin something so pure? The fear that the 'big machine" would take something some simple and untainted by box office scores and critical maleficium presented the uncertainty and fear that Charlie Brown would again, miss the football.  But, wait. Lucy did pull the ball away this time. No, she held it in place and ol' Chuck Brown punted his way into another storytelling medium. So how did the Peanuts movie hit the mark? Very simple. The Peanuts Movie stayed true to it's muse. Not only did the adaptation of The Peanuts capture the sensibility of the comic strip, it will also serve as a great compliment to the many animated movies. Quite often it is difficult to transformed something simple into something that requires many hands and more money than the creator Charles Shultz ever earned from the many years and over 18,000 strips he drew single handily, but someho

Host and friend Adam “Po” Snyder who is leaving the podcast to join the ARMY. Now I would be hard-pressed and dishonest to not mention that I wasn’t in full agreement with his decision to uproot and go. Truthfully, it bothered be a good deal but after some careful consideration I realized that my disappointment did not extend completely from his decision but from my own selfishness to keep him around. I really thought that maybe he’s doing this because of the podcast and how we just haven’t hit it big yet. In my defense, I believed the podcast would keep him optimistic about the future and keep him around long enough to create some cool shit. That’s what I believed. Read More of this blog In This Episode: Medium Salsa Adam decides it's best to stay out of the radar in basic training. Do just the right amount of push up and sit ups and never anymore or less. This way he will not be singled out as an over or under achiever. Strong As Panda Pandas can push over bamboo and bamboo is strong. Church Church for a ne

Many things go bump in the night but what if that thing did not just bump but hold and pin you down so that you can’t move or breath? Completely cognitive to your state of being, however, there is nothing you can do. You scream and no one hears. You’re brain tells your arms to move but they remain immobile. This is what sufferers of dream paralysis experience when they lay down for bed, the fear of sleep. Dreams so lucid they are real. Dreams so real they leave very little hope for an optimistic reality. Ever have that dream you wish you could retell but can’t remember? The good ones [dreams] are those that seem more real. We interact and sometimes can actual feel the dream experience. It’s great but within only minutes of wakefulness those moments are forgotten, swept away by the brain replugging your consciousness into the reality of the now. Time to go to school, work, or commence video gameplay. Life goes on but what if life can go on whilst you dream? Lucid dreaming is akin to the recommendation that we

I Am Legend, published in 1964 by Robert Matheson, is a book that has been adapted into a movie three different times. We dissect each adaption into the bits of the good, the bad, and the imperfect of retelling an awesome tale cinematically. Breanna @bloodyhorrorbri joins Jerry, Chris, and Josh for this episode record in July 2014. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson I Am Legend was a great exploration into the mind of a man trapped within the solidarity of time. After an event transforms the world population into vampiric beings, Robert Neville is seemingly the last man on earth. His only company comes from the haunted calls of an annoying neighbor and flirtatious taunts by naked woman whose sole purpose is to remind Robert that he is indeed still human.   Movie Adaptations I Am Legend starring Will Smith is the best depiction of the solitude Robert Neville experience being the only person living in New York City. Omega Man explores the cult fascination of a subplot briefly mentioned in novel, I Am Legend. This

Spectators sports such as U.S. football liken to the obsession Romans had for the gladiator but how does can fuzzball players today compare to gladiators of an ancient time?

JAC concludes their breakdown of summer movies by listing the movies they did not see but would like to sometime in the very near future. This episode opens with an impromptu freestyle rap with Chris and Jerry. In addition to the main topic we examine the failure that was The Fantastic Four.  

The JAC gives you a A Rupel's Recommendation of the movie "The Green Inferno" and we discuss the state of the horror now and how it's future as a profitable film genre becomes bleaker with every "horror" movie released this millennia.

The summer of movies as rated by JAC.

This episode was recorded in 2014 with JAC featuring Josh Allen @genraldopeness.