Castle Shima

Ride now! Ride now! Ride for ruin and the worlds ending! Forth Eorlingas! -- Theoden from Lord of The Rings: Return Of The King

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One Ring To Rule Them All
Congrats to Peter Jackson and the team for Lord Of The Rings. Return Of The King won all eleven of its nominations and pushed fantasy movies to the forefront.

If you ever get a chance, check out a few of the other Peter Jackson gems. BrainDead was a hilarious gore-fest which makes me look at lawnmowers in a different light. The Frighteners was just as funny with less gore and abit more star power; Michael J Fox, John Astin, and R. Lee Ermey just to name a few. Heavenly Creatures is more of a crime drama, but was most known for showing Kate Winslet sleeping with another girl.

I have no idea why that one didnt win an Oscar either.. Heh...
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The Devil Made Him Do It
Speaking of movies, there is a story of a man that wore a devil's costome to the "Passion of The Christ" was assaulted by the religious groups that were attending the movie. The wearer, Tyler Wendell, had donned the costume to get a reaction out of the other movie-goers and is currently under investigation for his actions.

So let me get this straight. Wendell was physically assaulted by these so-called Christian groups because they found his outfit offensive and he is the one under investigation?

Although distasteful, at no point did he threaten, harm, or cause harm to any other person. In fact, it was the other patrons that were the disruptive and causing the trouble.

So why exactly is Wendell under investigation? If the comments of "offensive based on community standards" come up, expect the ACLU to review this.

The theater is even thinking about banning anyone who is dressed as, what they call, "evil beings."

What the hell are they going to do when the next Star Wars movie comes out and someone comes dressed up as the Emperor?
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The Kingdom Cometh
Kingdom Hospital is coming out Weds night.

Its based off of the original Dutch series The Kingdom (aka Riget) from director Lars Von Trier. The original series is 15 episodes long and was once described as as "ER" on acid. It is so scary that it even scared the hell out of me.

Normally the only thing that scares me that much is my Visa bill.

Stephen King has revamped the series for American audiences, but after Rose Red, I'm pretty doubtful if this version will be as good as the original one. It makes me wonder how would King handle the sex and gore scenes since Von Trier didnt have contend with US censors, especially after Boob-gate.

So far, there has been at least one bad review. There will probably quite a few more as time goes by.

On the upside, the show's website has a few twists and King pays tribute to the Dutch director with the character Nurse Carrie Von Trier.

I just may have to break out the orginal videos again.
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Out in The Yard
Man tells stewardess that he is a terrorist while boarding an airplane. Umm.. Duh...
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Protesters cry against tiger cruelty at a circus with no tigers. So what the lions and bears, oh my?
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Here is this week's "Things That Make You Go Grrrr!" At least I'm not the only one ranting about those little irritating things.
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Background Noise
Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor

So many times,
It happened too fast...
You trade your passion for glory...
Don't lose your grip
On the dreams of the past...
You must fight
Just to keep them alive...

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* We keep driving into the night
* Its a late goodbye
* Such a late good bye
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