Bad Monkey

So I have been a very neglectful monkey lately to the boggity blog but I doubt anyone is paying attention anyway. Here is the scoop:

Incase you have noticed there was no comic this week. Kyle's internet crapped out and is still not online yet. He has something crazy where I think his whole building shares one feed and the whole building went out. so we plan on having a fresh comic for you next week.

So in the mean time I found a great Mac geek article discussing how the "i" (iMac, iPod. iPhone) came about in apple marketing and what it is like to work for Steve Jobs. Incase you haven't noticed I am a Mac fanboy. Anyway check out the article and enjoy.

http://9to5mac.com/steve_jobs_imac_50017

Star Wars Uncut

Hey folks I just saw this over at Slashdot and I think it is a hella of a good idea. The project is called "Star Wars Uncut" Instead of me trying to explain it check out the quote I pulled below.

"Star Wars Uncut has taken a novel approach to remaking Star Wars IV: A New Hope. You merely sign up for a 15 second clip, film it and submit it. The trailer is now complete and I will suspect you might enjoy the high quality (and low quality) of some of the already accepted scenes. 251 scenes remain in need of claiming with 688 claimed and 291 finished. Do your part to remake one of the greatest movies by filming fifteen seconds of yourself and your friends!"

This is a must for any Star Wars fan. I know if Jeremy, Kyle and I lived closer to each other we would do this since we already have experience in making STar Wars Spoofs in Friday Night Live. If you do this let us know, we would like to post it here on Backspace as well.

So I am back from camping for the past week on vacation and I had the chance to sit down and play some games on my new iPhone. Granted I only downloaded lite versions of everything because I am too damn cheap to pay but I got to play non the less. The reviews are as follows, mega man 2, metal gear touch, assasins creed, force unleashed, resident evil, and iron man.

First up is mega man 2. Nothing like some old school mega man to get your blood pumping. When I say blood pumping it is in hatred of the difficulty of the game. I have never been good at the mega man games especially the older ones. I am not saying they are bad games in fact I love mega man I just suck at them. The port over to the iPhone doesn't disapoint. They game is as good as I remeber the only thing that bothers me is that the A and B buttons are a bit too close together even for my girlishly small fingers. Other then that the touch joy stick works great! Any fan of mega man should pick this up for their iPhone. I am even tempted to pay for the full version.

Now for the game I was most excited about, Metal Gear Solid touch. I am a big fan of this franchise so I was very eager to so how the port to the iPhone came out. Over all I have mixed reactions. The shooting and aiming controls are phenomenal. They are so fluid and so easy to use. Even the zooming in for your scope is as easy as can be. Very nice job on this. The game play however is where the game falls flat. Area 51 was a kick ass game in the 90's. Almost 20 years later I just can't get excited about games where your character stands in one spot and shoots. Thats what Metal Gear does. You stand and duck. That's your movement, basically a shooting gallery. It is too bad too with such good aiming and shooting controls. I hope the next one incorporates movement. Resident evil lets you walk around so it can be done.

Wow this post is getting a bit long. I think I will save the other reviews for a little later. If any of you out there have iPhones or iPod touches and have a good app to recommend send it over to me at contact@backspacecomic.com

Delay

Todays comic will be delayed a day or two due to Kyle being abducted by alien art stars.

Ballad of GI Joe

This is to go along with Jeremy's GI Joe review. I haven't seen the movie yet but I have seen the Ballad of GI Joe! Have you ever asked your self "what do they do when they go home at the end of the day?" Well this provides you with that answer. Enjoy!

The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Olivia Wilde

Warehouse 13

So I have been laid up since last Thursday due to surgery on my ass. I had a pilonidal cyst which if infected can cause staph infections so it had to come out. They originally thought it was on my tailbone but turns out it went from my tailbone to my anus. So instead of chopping my anus and making me poop in a bag they left about 50% of it in hoping the fun meds they gave me will kill the rest of it off. So now I have 10 stitches in my ass that have to come back out next week. The worst part is that it is caused by a stupid ingrown hair. That's it. How r-tarded is that.

The reason why I told you all that is because I finally had some time to go through my DVR and catch up on some stuff. I caught the pilot episode of Warehouse 13 on the Sci-Fi channel. I refuse to call it SyFy cause I think that is more pointless then a prude hooker.

I really enjoyed the first episode. It is a bit slow but then again it is only the pilot. I have to catch up on the rest of the episodes but from what I hear it gets better. Basically take the concept of the warehouse that the Arc from Indiana Jones is hidden in and create a show around it. There is a group of people in charge of finding mysterious and powerful objects in the world and store them safely in the warehouse.

I really like the concept, it's Indiana Jones, meets History Channel, meets X-Files. The casting is pretty good, could be a little better. The warehouse keeper is the best casting with his split personalities of silliness and seriousness. Still haven't decided if he is a bit psychotic or not.

Overall I say give it a try. The pilot is 2 hours and a bit slow but lots of potential for a Sci-Fi show. Give it until at least the third episode before making your final decision.

Oh and by the way enjoy the new comic!

Bubble Boy meets the Sand People

So as I was snooping around the interweb making fun of my sister for finally making it to the facebook world and I stumbled across an article over at Entertainment Tonight with a photo of Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan in the upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie.

I played the Sands of Time and absolutely loved it. Great game even for the Gamecube. Nothing against the Gamecube, I loved that too, but we all know it was weak in the graphics much like the Wii. So why not make a movie out of it.

I like Jake Gykkenhaal, I am a big fan of Bubble Boy, Jarhead, and especially Donnie Darko (a must see). So as an actor I really like him. Never seen him in an action flick but I will give him a try. Never thought Michael Keaton could play in an action flick but he proved everyone wrong.

So hey this could be a good action movie. Not many game based movies have come out well... well has there been any good movies based on video games? Double Dragons...NO, Super Mario Bros...NO, Street Fight... NO. I can't think of one, if you can let me know. But that is not what is really making me struggle with the thought of this movie. One name makes me cringe.

Jerry Bruckheimer

In my opinion he does not have a very could track record for movies that I am a fan of. Must I remind you of Kangaroo Jack and Dangerous Minds? Granted I will give him credit for Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun, yes I liked Top Gun, and Days of Thunder. But the past 15 years are not so good. Oh I almost forgot The Rock, that was a good flick.

So we will wait and see and hopefully it will be a good flick for at least a BlueRay rental on Netflix.

-Casey