Top ten reasons to see Iron Man 2 (pro tip: go see Iron Man 2)

10. Sam Rockwell is friggin’ awesome as Justin Hammer. Seriously, he’s giving Robbie D a run for his money. He somehow manages to be funny and bumbling while still occasionally being a really good kinda-bad guy. (also, if you haven’t seen Moon yet, drop what you’re doing and see it)

If only he was wearing that bathrobe / smoking jacket thing from the comics.

9. Nerd references galore! You don’t even have to search very hard for them anymore, and it’s great. I guess that’s part of the consequence of these multiple Marvel franchises starting to collide.

8. While not as funny and witty as the first movie, it’s still got some hilarious moments. Sam Jackson has undoubtedly the best line of the movie, which I won’t spoil for you. Trust me, you’ll know it when you hear it.

7. You aspire to see a surprisingly lame “science” moment that will take you out of the movie just a smidge. Like, I realize it’s a comic book movie, and I realize the universe is just silly with crazy fake science. But I think part of the appeal of this movie (and others like Batman Begins / The Dark Knight) is that the characters and situations seem plausible. There aren’t mutants/aliens/omnipotent beings in the movie, and people dig that relatable-ness. (sidenote: mutants/aliens/omnipotent beings are coming soon to this franchise and others that are related, trust me)

6. Scarlett Johansson is, like, super hot and stuff. She’s great in the roll, but I feel like the trailers were a little misleading with the amount of involvement she was going to have in this film.

There was a lot of posing like this during the fight scene, which for some reason kinda killed it for me.

5. Sam Jackson is in the movie with an eye patch. I know he’s supposed to be playing Nick Fury, but I’m pretty sure he’s just playing Sam Jackson. Again, with an eye patch. Please note, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS.

Say 'what' again.

4. “The thing after the credits”. I won’t spoil it for you like it was spoiled for me, but it’s awesome.

3. Iron Man 1 & 2 is how to do comic book movies right. Listen, I love comic books and comic book movies. We’ve got lots of examples of comic books that works great as movies: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, X-Men 1 & 2, Spider-Man 1&2. But then you’ve got those stinkers like Ghost Rider, Hulk (the first one), Daredevil, etc. With a plethora of comic book movies coming out over the next few years, I really really hope they take a que from Iron Man’s playbook: make it fun, believable, and true “enough” to the source material. Fans will be happy, you’ll make money, and everything will be right in the world.

2. If you thought the first movie was great but lacked action or disliked the pace, you will probably really like this movie. I still think the first movie is better, but this movie is fantastic. There is tons of action that looks great, almost no slow moments, and overall the movie just feels really tight.

1. The “suitecase armor” is just as friggin’ rad as you’ve heard. Seriously, it’s badass. I only wish I hadn’t seen it in the trailer and commercials, because that would have blown my mind if I didn’t know it was coming.

Happy now?

Alright, the “iPad” has finally been officially announced. Can we move the fuck on now, tech websites/twitter/news sites?

From Engadget

Year in review – bike edition

So, this is pretty much how my year went when it comes to bikes.

• Rockadile restoration – fixed up my old mountain bike.
• Realized my abilities to “fix up” an old bike were not exactly great.
• Decided to get a super cheap road bike.
• Spent many hours trying to get that damn thing working.
• Got it working pretty ok, did a lot of commuting on it.
• Got hit by a car on said road bike. Not really into commuting as much.
• My Rockadile mountain bike gets stolen from my garage. Road bike is left behind.
• Cry a little.
• GET A NEW EFFIN NOVARA MOUNTAIN BIKE FOR CHRISTMAS
• ?
• Profit!

Emails can be fun

So for the past few months I’ve been receiving resumes via email. That would be fine and all, if I was, you know, hiring or something. There is apparently someone with the same name as me who is too dumb to realize he’s been giving out the wrong email address to potential candidates. What’s worse, he also told the dumb company he works for that my email is actually his as well, so I’ve been receiving resumes from them as well as directly from people looking for jobs. AWESOME.

On many occasions I’ve emailed the sender back informing them of their error, which of course has never been answered or even acknowledged. Well this morning that all changed, and the person at the company decided to give me a “what for” on how I’m not polite. Well, thankfully for me I’m an asshole with some free time and a love of fake religions. Below is what went down:

If only there were a stupid guys’ side

“I don’t have a whole lot of mercy for the bad guys; I’m on the good guys’ side.”
-Sarah Palin

Unfortunately, “bad guys” don’t usually realize they are the bad guy. If things were that easy, the world would probably be a much different place. Here’s to hoping that (god forbid) if she ever regains any kind of political power, she doesn’t use this kind of logic when dealing with foreign policy (or shit, even domestic policy).

Yeah, I took this quote out of context and used it to make my own point. Maybe I should consider running for office? SEE WHAT I DID THERE?

P.S. Dinosaur Train rules, I wish this was around when I was a kid.

New Wax Turds design – XMAS XMAS XMAS

Yep, ’tis the season.

Turkey-inspired bits of tid

So it’s Thanksgiving tomorrow, duders.

I’ve recently taken it upon myself to rewatch all of Arrested Development. Jesus dude, that show was SO good. I really hope that movie they’re making doesn’t blow.

I’ve been playing relatively obscene amounts of Modern Warfare 2. I don’t even really like multiplayer games that much, but I’m hella playing it. The same thing happened with Modern Warfare. Go figure? Controversy aside, that game pretty much rocks in every way possible.

Los Angeles weather in the winter is pretty much the greatest thing ever. It’s like, a little cold at night I guess. But it’s totally shorts weather during the day, with sleeves longer than elbows totally optional.

I’ve been learning to play guitar and stuff. It’s kinda hard, guys. I mean, I like that it’s hard, but it’s just slightly harder than I was expecting. Apparently my Rock Band / Guitar Hero skills don’t really translate to real instruments very well. OK, maybe for singing, if that counts? And I’m pretty sure I could play just about any Weezer song on drums now.

Speaking of music, I dig Them Crooked Vultures. They’re good, dudes.

I’m really much to lazy to blog sometimes.

I’m voting Ham Sandwich in ’12

“Americans would elect a ham sandwich for president if it would promise them jobs and a higher income.” – Ron Bonjean, GOP strategist

Condescending? Check
Ignorant? Check.
Delicious? Check.

Hey lookie, a new site design.

I took down the admittedly awesome Halloween skin for my comic site and decided to actually change more than just the banner and the background back to “normal”. So, bam.

I mostly wanted to start getting away from the mustard orange/yellow color I had previously. I really like that color, but I’m starting to get sick of it. So behold, lighter yellow. I’m toying with some totally new colors, and even some new layouts, but that is a major overhaul and I’m not sure I want to do that just yet. Maybe next year?

I got a guitar!

The rumors are true: I totally got a guitar! No, no, not a Rock Band/Guitar Hero guitar, dude. A real guitar.

I’ve been thinking about getting one for a few years now, but for some reason was too lame to actually go through with it. Well, no more!

Here’s my new baby: a sweet-ass red Fender Squier Strat! It’s totally beginner, but it’s pretty much perfect in every way possible that I can think of.