Saturday, October 29, 2011

Real Steel Review

Introduction: Real Steel is a weird movie. You walk into that theater knowing the movie is going to suck balls, but then you leave with a big stupid grin on your face. What the f*ck just happened? Let's find out.

Robots: The best way to describe this movie is Rock Em' Sock Em' Robots except without the licensing. And it's not just that each and every robot here is unique and has it's own personality, but it evokes that childhood fun of playing with robots. Hell, a kid is the contender. Anyways, robots are now the next form of boxing since people want more carnage in their fights (Yeah! Look at that engine fuel! Brutal!) and are controlled on the sidelines by a, well, controller.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Revolving: Sgt. Pepper

Introduction: The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper has been called the greatest album ever made...of all time...of any genre. I don't know about you but that has never scratched me the right way. One of the best albums ever made? Gawd yes. The best album ever made? I don't think so. And that's coming from a huuuuuuge Beatles fan. That's mainly because of my mother who even had some old Beatles' records. She would always hold Sgt. Pepper on some sort of higher ground with it's use of classical music and being a concept album. What? The Beach Boys integrated classical music with pop a year earlier and Frank Sinatra made a concept album about the moon a year earlier too. *sigh* Let's start this thing...

Friday, October 14, 2011

Revolving: Introduction

Anyone who know me knows that I love music. I love it to death. They also know that I rarely listen to modern music unless it's hip hop. Maybe because hip-hop is still relatively young and when I was young Eminem was the gateway for me into all things hip-hop with his lyrics that reminisced Rakim's and beats from the Doctor. I think that maybe I don't listen to a lot of modern music is because I'd rather try to absorb as much of what came beforehand to really grasp the influences. Though it could also be because I'm afraid. I'm afraid I'll see music's current face as something distorted and ugly with glitter and glam plastered over it's face to hide the truth...