I'd like to ask for you patience as posts from Palaba here on Palaba's Post are going to be even more stagnant than they have lately. I know it may be hard to bear, what with the vast internet and all its cool free music, movies, games and opinions without the lazy rants of a guy trying to enjoy the internet on the cheap but take some solace in knowing that while I'm not here I'm preparing for my wedding at the end of May. I wouldn't expect to see posts around here on a daily basis until late June. So please enjoy your spring and check back from time to time as I'll update when I can, but not with any regularity.
Over at Entertainment Weekly's online outlet EW.com, Marvel showed off it's newest summer "event" Secret Invasion, by giving the readers the first 10 (Well 8 really) pages of the first issue. I am quite excited about the new comic crossover, but don't feel to crazy about it taking 8 months to reslove. I'm just not that patient, thats why I usually just buy the trades when Marvel releases them a year or so later. Check it out here at EW.com
EW.com also has an interview with Secret Invasion's writer Brian Michael Bendis HERE
And check out the new TV trailer for Iron Man Here...
The brilliant Trey Parker and Matt Stone along with the wonderful people at comedy central have started streaming virtually every episode of South Park online Hulu style. The site looks great, you can choose from a small fan favorites section or select the season and episode and magically a new window pops up for your viewing pleasure! The site is entirely add supported with both banner adds and some commercials during the episode, it's still less than on TV. The site also has flash games, a production blog, forum, an episode guide and clips from the upcoming episode. The site is still in it's beta, only problem I had was with the chat, but a friend told me he couldn't get full screen to work, but mostly it's very smooth. I don't know what you're waiting for go, watch the episodes, and click on the adds so with any luck Comedy Central will realize what a good idea this is and put more shows on the air. (With any luck Reno 911) Check it out at www.southparkstudios.com when your done please come back here and tell me YOUR favorite episode in the comments so I can go watch and laugh too.
My Favorite small comics site has just recently re-launched with a more "bloggy" feel to it. You can check out current 0r upcoming releases for comics and action figures, listen to the podcast Comic Book Conversations or read news and reviews for the in house review guy Shawn Douglas. Shawn's reviews are always an entertaining read, I don't always agree with him, but since vowing to only review what he likes put him quite ahead of all the amateur bashers who call themselves comic reviewers that in my opionon. plauge the web. Not that i want every review I read to be flowers and sun shine, but sometimes it seems like bloggers play a game called "Who can bash it first!" Any way it's a good group of people who are always entertaining to listen to or read and the site is currently add free. (unless you count the fact that the site is kinda an add for the comic store)
Finally we get a glimpse of the new Incredible Hulk movie. As a big fan of both Ed Norton and the not-so-jolly green giant, I'm quite excited to see a more "in your face" Hulk Movie
You no longer have to receive an invite to watch all the shows and movies on Hulu.com. In addition to all the shows and Hulu now has a total of 74 full length movies. If you haven't had a chance to check out this free site I highly recommend it. I get my Simpsons, My Name is Earl and 30 Rock from Hulu. (They just need to hullry with the full episodes of Futurama)This site is totally free, which as I'm sure you can guess means it's supported by adds, but it seems to me to be far less adds than network/cabel TV. I just hope that under the new contract the writers are getting paid off this too, I'd hate to think that sites like Hulu could be the demise of new quality shows. Although I think the WGA took care of that with the latest strike.
Just in case you haven't noticed we here at Palaba's Posts are big fans of HBO's The Wire, but believe it or not we're not the only ones! It seems the series finale of The Wire has inspired many a post, especially at The New York Entertainment's blog Vulture. So for you other blog readers who can't get enough of The Wire here's some of reading material:
I was discussing with a friend what to serve during the gathering he's hosting for this evenings Wire finale. We both came to the immediate conclusion that steamed crabs or crab cakes would be the best, but since Maryland Crabs are out of season and no one wants to clean up after crabs at 10:30 at night we came up with a great Baltimore themed snack assortment:
First up is UTZ's Crab Chip, a favorite Baltimore Snack featured in several episodes of The Wire
One thing anyone who has eaten crab chips before will tell you is that they make you thirsty! What better way to quench that thirst than with Baltimore's favorite cheap beer National Bohemian or as we call it Natty Boh
If you need more proof that UTZ and Natty Boh go together better than PB and the J check out this billboard as seen from I-95 in Baltimore
What snack assortment would be complete without some sweets? A must have is Baltimore's Bergers Cookies
And in honor of the fictional detectives of the Baltimore City police department we have Jameson Whiskey
Well it's here. We all knew that eventually what has been called the greatist show on television ever, is coming to an end. The Wire has changed what millions of people expect from television, shows who's theme is meant to be gritty or "real" seem like Fisher Price compared to The Wire. As most Baltimore natives who watch the wire will tell you, every character no matter how minute or major, is based on at least one real person. Events like Hamsterdamn or McNulty's serial killer may be completely fictions, but their reaction and message is very real. Join us here at Palaba's post as we take a quick look back at the Best Television Drama Ever! If you feel the need to say goodbye HBO has a "Public Record" for you to leave your mark HERE. I left my words HERE
For an extra treat check out this interview with the phenomenal 12 year old actor Thuliso Dingwall who plays Kenard aka Omar's killer
If you loved building your own LEGO designs as much as I did, I have found a must download free app, the LEGO Digital Designer! The LEGO Digital Designer allows you to select from three LEGO themes and 763 different blocks. The graphics rich interface allows you to rotate and connect bricks, move any hinges or levers and move the "camera" 360 degrees. Of course there is a link to the LEGO store so you can purchase your creation, which even comes with custom step-by-step directions so you can re-build you digital creation with the real blocks.If you're having a creative mental block the Digital Designer comes with 17 models ready for you to customize. All the options combined with the heavy graphics can be quite the memory hog, so I suggest closing every thing else before you give it a try, but I DO suggest you give it a try.
If you have ten minutes to kill check out Mr. Picasso Head. The name pretty much everything you need to know, but just in case you can't quite picture it I'll give you a brief run down. You start with blank canvas in lieu of a potato, and instead of shiny plastic appendages to bludgeon the potato with Mr. Picasso Head allows you to arrange Picasso-ish graphics which can be enlarged, rotated, shaded, etc. Create your own or browse the user created gallery HERE
So far, judging solely on the trailers I've seen it looks like the movie strays far far away from the comic. Also solely judging on the trailers, I really want to see this movie!
I am by no means masochistic nor do I have a bunker full of spam, with the intention of out living everyone with out spam. (No you can't have any) But I do enjoy a good movie where everything goes to all hell. So today I took in three of my favorite sci-fi/survival/horror movies perfect for your own lazy Sunday.
First up is the definitive 1968 Zombie classic George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. I've herd over and over people whining "I can't watch black and white movies" well if you can't watch movie than you just don't like movies period. If you have never seen this ultra classic, written and directed by the man who re-invigorated the zombie genre and is either directly responsible for, or inspires just about all today's zombie movies, please, please, please do yourself a favor and watch this movie.
Next up is Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men, Set in 2027 in a world where no babies have been born in over a decade. With people panicking and societies crumbling, Theo (Clive Owen) must escort the first pregnant woman to safety. An action packed epic with a great performance by Michael Caine.
Last we have one of my absolute favorite Sci-Fi movies of all time, 1973's Soylent Green. Superstar Charlton Heston plays a cop in 2022, where overpopulation has endangered the worlds food source. With a blockbuster performance by not only Heston, but Edward G. Robinson as well, if you've never seen Soylent Green you don't know Sci-Fi
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