Holy Freakin Awesome, Batman!

Okay, look at this pic and tell me if you think if it's real or not. Apparently not! It's a freakin action figure. 12" toy of supreme awesome-ness. Check out this link and see how lifelike this toy truly is.

I don't know about you, but I don't pay much attention to action figures these days, but if this what they are today, SIGN ME UP!

Back in the day, we had TMNT that could pose and that was pretty kick ass. Or a He-Man that you could twist to one side, press a button, and he'd twist back. Remember when Cabbage Patch Dolls began and they just sat there all hunched over and then with the next generation, you could make them up stand up? That was pretty big news.

This is taking it to a whole different level. This toy seriously creeps me out. Imagine that you're sleeping, wake up and see this beside your bed. Don't tell me that you wouldn't let out a little high pitched scream or two.

If you're big on toys, update me on what's out there. Cuz if this is where it's at, I'm getting back into playing with action figures.

Jumping on the Band Wagon: The Oscars

The nominees for the Oscars were announced this morning and another year goes by that I haven't seen many of the nominees.

Either I used to watch a lot more movies or the Oscars used to select more mainstream films. Which is it?

No nomination for Dark Knight? The flick was a summer blockbuster that was actually good and made more money than anything in a long ass time. If the shitty way too long romantic drama Titanic could take home a shit load of Oscars based on a billion in global box office... why couldn't Dark Knight get a Best Picture nomination?

The only film that I've seen out of the best picture nominees is Milk. This was a good film, but is it an Oscar film? Not so much. Is it Oscar friendly?? Sure, it's a gay success story. Plus a straight actor playing gay. Whoa! What a concept. Don't get me wrong, I liked the movie, but didn't love it.

I've downloaded Slumdog Millionaire and will give it a view in a few days. Fox Searchlight is on a roll with the nominations these last few years. They convinced ppl that Little Miss Sunshine was best picture worthy.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is on my 'to download' list. I really like David Fincher and his style of directing is always good. Cate Blanchett seems to attract nominations to her flicks, yet she didn't get one this time. Instead, Brad managed to over shadow her.

Frost/Nixon?? What?? Why? Anybody seen this? Anybody interested in seeing this?

No clue what The Reader is about. Just that there was a lot of 'controversy' over Kate Winslet winning a supporting acress Golden Globe for what was apparently a lead role.

I'm disappointed to not see Wall-E for best picture too. This film was amazing!!! 2 hours, robots, little human dialogue, and sooo sooo good.

Them my thoughts on the Oscars...what movies have you seen this year?