The Incredible Hulk DVD review

In the early 1980's my father and I used to excitingly gather around the television every Friday night. In great anticipation, we were ready for our weekly dose of "The Incredible Hulk" starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. When David Banner grew angered or outragged it triggered a startling metamorphisis into the Incredible Hulk!!! Lots of fun and good memories. Over 30 years later, my father and I gathered around the television the release night for the new Incredible Hulk 2008 DVD. This was a fun movie and a great DVD. It had some great extras explaining how Ed Norton even got to be involved in the acting facial expressions and motions of the CGI Hulk monster as well as his human character. Lots of fun cameos in the movie and more interlocking scenes connecting current and future Marvel Comics movies. They also played homage to the old TV show very respectfully as well as staying true to the comic. This is a reboot of sorts and is not a sequel to the Hulk 2003 psychotic thriller style movie. FYI. On the Woo Dig It scale, I have to give it a 9.0! Well done!!!

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DC Heroes Vs Mortal Kombat

Another video game VS game is enroute. This time the DC Heroes/Villians take on the characters from Mortal Kombat. The site has a preview and a media clip showing some of the supermoves as well as some pretty neat screen shots. Reminds me of the oldddd days when the first two Mortal Kombat games were popular. website

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

09-26-08

Fox television has started on season 2 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The first season only went 8 or 9 episodes due to the writer's strike, but it seems fans have kept this one going. Sarah Connor and company has continued the story with about 3 episodes (so far) that directly continue from the events so far in the series. Two of the main characters, Sarah Connor and her son John Connor, are both from the Terminator movie franchise but recast to different actors. They are doing a stand up job and bringing to life both old and new elements to the characters. Also along with them, they have two new characters with exciting twists and turns. The show so far has dealt with trying to save mankind from a dark future where robots hunt down humanity. The premise of the show is to stop an intelligent super computer named, Skynet, from existing - thus saving humanity as we know it. Although it may sound "done before" the show is done exceptionally well, from the acting, writing, special effects, and even to the continuity. Well done cast and crew of T:SCC!!!! On the WOO DIG IT scale of 1 to 10, you get a very good 8.5! Well done! 

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City of Heroes

09-26-08
City of Heroes has been an online superhero computer game for almost 5 years or so now. It's a fun game that allows you to create you own superhero or superheroine with distinct costume design and choose your own powers. It has been so successful that it's still going strong and they continue to add new game elements like: better graphics, more character detail options, new missions, and many - many more new features. They have special events with monsters or aliens attacking certain parts of the city and large number of superheroes turn up to help out. You can play solo or join up with up to 8 people (from all over the internet) on a team of superhero or even more for coalitions or special events. Details for their newest updates can be found here. 

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Don LaFontaine Dies At 68

09-02-08
From etonline.com:

Voiceover Master Don LaFontaine has died. He was 68.
LaFontaine, known as the "King of Voiceovers," died Monday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. LaFontaine's agent, Vanessa Gilbert, tells ET that he passed away following complications from Pneumothorax, the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity, the result of a collapsed lung. The official cause of death has not yet been released.
Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the "King of Voiceovers." Aside from being the preeminent voice in the movie trailer industry, Don also worked as the voice of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider, as well as for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors.
He recently parodied himself on a series of national television commercials for Geico. At last count, he has worked on nearly 5000 films, including appearances as the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Based on contracts signed, he has the distinction of being perhaps the single busiest actor in the history of SAG. Don is survived by his wife -- singer/actress Nita Whitaker, and three children: Christine, Skye and Elyse.