Archive for November 12th, 2009


The Seth Macfarlane Code: DECRYPTED

Filed Under: across the net, cynicism, tv by Marty Day — Leave a comment
November 12, 2009

I like Seth MacFarlane a lot.  Dude seems like a great guy, seems to be having the time of his life, and despite what his cartoons may make you believe, he comes across as a super intelligent guy.

Heck, even during an episode of the Adam Carolla Podcast, I realized – he and I may not be that different mentally.  We have a lot of the same flaws, we have a lot of the same barriers.

And hey, I still find myself watching Family Guy/The Cleveland Show/American Dad.  Sure, none of those shows are really ever going to win an award for their writing, but even with their not so great hit/miss ratio, when one of those shows hit for me, it’s out of the park.

So, when I watch the above video, the humor for me is in two places.

First, CollegeHumor nailed the MacFarlane tropes to the freaking wall.

Second, it’s not really his fault.  If Fox offered you $100 million to basically do the same show for 90 minutes a week – wouldn’t you take it?

Maybe that’s why Seth always looks so god damn jolly.

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F**K A Lawn Gnome, I’m Getting A Garden Jawa!

Filed Under: movies, swag by Marty Day — Leave a comment
November 12, 2009

Just when you think Lucasfilm has found every available angle for Star Wars merchandise, they turn over another rock, and find something you’d actually want to own.

Taking my favorite alien race from the Star Wars saga, this StarWarsShop.com exclusive Garden Jawa takes everything that’s rad about a lawn gnome, and awesome about these tiny droid-sellers, and slams them together into one bad-ass package.  I especially love his little gardening gloves.

I guess I now know what to buy for a friend’s housewarming gift.

The Garden Jawa can be yours for $35.

Original post: StarWarsShop.com – Exclusive Garden Jawa.

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Another Day, Another Piece of KICK-ASS Media

Filed Under: comics, movies by Marty Day — Leave a comment
November 12, 2009

Man, the team at Lionsgate have this whole internet marketing thing on lockdown, don’t they?

Just a day after launching the teaser trailer for this April’s comic adaptation Kick-Ass, and less than a week after the release of their sweet character banners, we now have a look at the first one-sheet for the flick.

Depicting the titular hero in a reflective moment after some crimefighting, wherein Kick-Ass apparently didn’t get the better of it, I could forsee this image being pretty iconic in terms of the promotion of the film.  That, and I like the tagline. Nice and in-your-face, as the film looks to be.

Well done, poster design team!

Original Post: New Kick-Ass Movie Poster | /Film.

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8-Bit Awesome: A Behind the Scenes Look At CANABALT

Filed Under: gaming by Marty Day — Leave a comment
November 12, 2009

As mentioned here previously, one of my gaming obsessions of this past year was the awesome flash/iPhone freerunning game Canabalt.

Developed in only a manner of days, Adam “Atomic” Saltman’s game took the internet by storm, and has been an amazing success since.

Now, thanks to the gang at BoingBoing, we’re getting a peek behind the curtain at Saltman’s sketchbook, as he plotted out the ideas for the game which became Canabalt.

Something I really loved was the intention of Canabalt being a much more advanced game, and Canabalt proper being a “quick race” option within that game.

I can’t help but wonder – when are we going to see Canabalt 2?!

Original Post:  The Running Man: behind the sketchbooks of Adam Saltsman’s Canabalt – Boing Boing.

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Let’s Have a DATE NIGHT With Tina Fey & Steve Carrell!

Filed Under: movies by Marty Day — Leave a comment
November 12, 2009

Two NBC Thursday night comedy powerhouses collide in a flick coming from, surprisingly, not Universal, as 30 Rock’s Tina Fey and The Office‘s Steve Carell star in Date Night.

Steve & Tina star as the Fosters, a married couple who seem to have lost the spark in the relationship, so they embark on a series of date nights.

One such night sees them take one risk too many, and end up on the wrong side of some shady folks.

Overall, based on the trailer, the flick seems pretty unoffensive, a simplistic cute film built around a fun premise.  Maybe a little too high on the True Lies scale, but I could see this being a great choice for…you guessed it, a date night.  But I don’t see myself rushing out for this.

And yes, nerds, that is Olivia Munn as the hostess.

Date Night is due to hit theaters on April 9, 2010.

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