FAREWELL PRISON BREAK

I was going to do a post on what a bitch Carrie Fisher is, but then I stayed up late watching the series finale of Prison Break.
Now, before I start to spew hatred, let me give a little background.
Four years ago I happened upon this series and watched it from episode one. It was smart, a constant cliffhanger and all of the characters, even the most despicable ones, were interesting to watch. Season one was a prison drama. Season two was a chase drama. Season three was back in prison and steeped in conspiracy. Season Four, the final one, was a Chinese puzzle box of intricacies.
Now for the obligatory SPOILER ALERT. Because, oh yes. There will be spoilers galore and I could care less.
For me and a lot of other viewers, Prison Break was about the loyalty of two brothers. Two brothers that had less than perfect lives with less than perfect parents. One was a troublemaker and the other had a hero complex. As long as at the end when all is said and done the two brothers made it out safely, then I was going to be happy with any conclusion to this series.
And it looked like I was going to get my wish.
Everyone made it out with full pardons. T-Bag went back to prison. The General was caught and convicted for his crimes. Michael and Sara were together and she was going to have his baby.
At that point it was time to fade to black and let a perfect series end on a perfect note.
The the screen flared to life and the words, 'Four Years Later' appeared. Some of that was good. We got to see Lincoln with his woman. Alex had a new love with an old friend. Sucre was with his daughter. And we saw Michale and Sara's little boy Michael.
...as they all gathered at Michael's grave.
WHAT THE HELL?????
What did this do?? I saw no reason to take the star of the series and kill him off with no regard to the viewers that have invested four years of their lives on this show. As I mentioned before, the series was about Michael and Lincoln. They were the heart of the program and what they did for each other was what made it work. Now to make some kind of morbid capper to the show they decide that the operation that cured Michael didn't take? Hello! The same operation that they performed on his mother that did take? The same operation that had the advantage of decades of additonal research and planning all of a sudden didn't take?
Why would the people who created this show insult the viewer like this? The rest of the series was smart and made sense. Sure, there were some stretches of the imagination to the entire thing, but it made sense in its world.
It does make me glad that I didn't buy the series box sets. I told myself that they would come out in one huge box set and I would wait for that. Well, thanks Fox for saving me a lot of money. The final scene of this television series has managed to corrupt and ruin the previous four years for me. This might go down in history as the worst ending to a series of all time.
What a waste.
I think I'll go back to watching wrestling. At least I know what to expect and as of what I saw at the tail end of RAW last night...Ric Flair will never die.
Thanks for being there for me, Ric. I wish I could say the same for what was my favorite show for four years.
Excuse me while I go simmer my hatred.

MOTOR CITY COMIC CON 2009

Martha and I made our yearly journey to Novi to attend the Motor City Comic Convention. It was a lot of fun and since they say that a picture is worth a thousand words, I am going to let thse pictures speak for themselves.
Okay, a caption for each picture, but that's it. Tune in next week when I lambaste Carrie Fisher.

A trio of Batman villians


A roaming Star Wars monster


I am an action figure. Check out all the accessories I come with!


We called this guy Twinkie Spawn.


Stormtrooper and a big gun


The head of the Rancor.


A cool critter.


If you keep up with what I write, this is the yearly spotting of Captain Ree Ree. Martha is pretty sure that he was Twinkie Spawn as well.


Man, Poison Ivy must get cold.


Evildoers beware! Captain Ohio is here!


Where else are you going to see Mick Foley and Darth Vader together?


Coolest costume at the show.


Me and The Ghoul rocking the show!


A very nice homemade R2-D2


And we finish with a cute anime girl.

There ya go folks. Hope you enjoyed the pics.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS FRANCO!

79 years young and one of the best film makers on the planet. Of course the idiots over at IMDB couldn't see their way into putting him in the little birthday post with the so called famous people. Sheesh!
Happy Birthday, Senor Franco and here is to many, many more.

MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS

Rarely do I cover flicks that I haven't seen yet. And even rarer is when something like this comes along and is so ludicrous that it is going to be fantastic. Check out the trailer;

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Come on! Lorenzo Lamas and Debbie Gibson?!? How can this go wrong? This is one that everyone with a love of super cheesy movies needs to see. I know I will.

A Quick Post

Apparently I have been invited to something called Horror Blips. Not sure if this is a good thing, but we will soon find out. They say that I am number 107 in the ratings. Is that good? Beats me.
Have a good day peeps and donate if you can.
Seeya!

Plan 9 From Outer Space....IN COLOR!?!?!

Yup, I was at my local Big Lots this weekend after a severely disappointing Free Comic Book Day. They had a ton of 3 dollar DVDs available. Lots of crap, but this stood out and screamed at me:



How could I turn this down? Being a huge MST3K fan I knew that Mike Nelson is funny. Sure, not as funny as Joel Hodgson, but still pretty funny. Anyway, this disc is as loaded as Ed Wood Jr. was in his hey day! Besides the colorized version of the flick there is a B&W version as well. The commentary is Mike Nelson poking fun at the flick in true movie riffing style.
In addition to that there are some bizarre commericals that Wood shot. There is a section for Ed's home movies that seem a little bittersweet and not at all funny. A little sad really. There's even a trivia track, kind of like Pop Up Video, but less intrusive.
All in all this is an excellent package. Especially for three bucks! Everyone should make the trek to their nearest Big Lots to see what awaits them there. You won't be sorry!

Here's a trailer for the flick;

DEADLY PREY

I have this friend who co wrote a book called TOUGH TO KILL VOL.1:The Italian Action Explosion. You can buy that here. But be warned. It will cause a sickness. The kind that can only be satisfied by flicks like this one.
DEADLY PREY
See, there was this distribution company called Action International Pictures a few moons back and they did what they do best. Cheesy, low budget action flicks. They had a director named David Prior and his brother Ted was an action star. Blonde, muscled and all the dramatic delivery of Dolph Lundgren without the accent. In other words, perfect.

In DEADLY PREY we have a group of mercenaries who kidnap people off the street to practice hunting and killing. This goes well for them until they kidnap Danton. An ex marine who has been trained by the head of the mercenaries. Clad in a glorified pair of Daisy Dukes, Danton manages to decimate the mercenaries with his superior training.

This is high concept stuff here people!
Forget your Steven Segals and your Jean Claude Van Dammes. Ted Prior is the classic action star and this movie delivers in spades. Action, blood, explosions...you get everything an action movie was meant to be on the budget of a new automobile.
Anyone looking to further their education needs to get a hold of David Zuzelo's book and be sure to start their journey with Action International Pictures and watch DEADLY PREY.

Here's a trailer to whet your whistle.
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