I’ll have more new tv shows posted this week but of the ones I’ve watched so far, two of them stick out for reasons other than quality. Do Not Disturb and Pretty Handsome are two completely different shows yet both are produced by Fox. Now, could this be a reason that Niecy Nash (needs to update her site) and Robert Wagner are in both? In DND (top pic), Wagner is a hotel manager, Nash is the HR top dog. He’s her boss. In PH (bottom pic), Wagner runs a doctor’s office, Nash is the secretary. He’s her boss (and more) there too. Wagner is practically the same in both parts. I hadn’t seen him since Hope & Faith went off the air (and if you’re a Megan Fox fan then you might wanna give the show a try). Nash is (in)famous lately for that giant, rotund ass in Reno 911. I watched DND and then watched PH and was like, “Huh?” Kinda weird.

DND started out slow and was heavily clichéd but it grew on me after about 10 minutes and I watched it all the way through. Since Jerry O’Connell is here now, I guess that means no more Carpoolers. That sucks. I loved that show. That’s probably the one shining moment of the strike is that this show got a full season. I enjoyed it while it was here. Thanks, writers, for being a bunch of crybaby idiots! The DND plot was strong enough but the acting and comedic delivery were lacking. The show could be stronger. If they make the right changes, I might give it a regular whirl when/if it premieres. I didn’t care for PH. It was interesting but not something I’d watch on the reg. I really have no complaints about it. They developed all the characters and wrapped up all the plot points in one ep and that’s pretty rare. But this type of show just wasn’t my cup of tea. Got nothing to do with the trannies and shit. Just not something I’d watch week to week. It doesn’t appeal to me and wouldn’t keep my interest. But if this type of show floats your boat, you’ll probably like it.

I found out why Adobe product trials aren’t available till July 1st here. Their own fuck up. But they’ve got a fix for it. I’ll just avoid all the bullshit and wait till next month to get Illustrator. And hopefully Acrobat 9 will be available at that time too. Gives me more time to prep for what I wanna do with them.

On last week’s So You Think You Can Dance results show, Flo Rida was performing. He lost pretty much all cred with me cuz he got caught lip-syncing. He moved the mic from his mouth yet he was still rapping? And after that, he held it so close to his mouth it looked like he wanted to suck on it. He did that to hide the fact that he wasn’t really rapping live. What is this, Soul Train? Didn’t help that the camera was all close up on his face either. The Pussycat Dolls weren’t much better the week before but they were at least singing their own shit (horribly at that). Backing lyrics is one thing. Straight up lip-syncing is just unacceptable to me. If you call yourself an artist, live up to that title and perform the way you’re supposed to. 

Taco Bell has offended me! Peep the receipt. Look in the middle on the right. What’s that say? “God Bless U All.” Say what? What the fuck is that bullshit doing on a receipt? MY motherfucking receipt at that! I mean, sure, the Frutista tasted excellent. Even got a brain freeze from it. But shit man, they gotta mix organized religious beliefs into their business plan now? Is that a company-wide decision or some fanatic manager trying to spread the word? NOT Cool! Okay, okay, I wasn’t really offended but I’d rather not see shit like that on the piece of paper that confirms my fast food order and how much my credit card got charged, ya dig?

Had to pass on FXE again this past weekend cuz the person I was going with shit on me…for the last time! And I didn’t wanna go alone. Plus no one else in my inner and outer circle was gonna be there. Don’t worry FXE, next time. We’re gonna make this work somehow. If you manage to stay in biz, that is.

Reading Akira now but that’s only because I’m missing issues from the Supremeverse comics. Had to stop with Squadron Supreme: Nighthawk. The writing was great but I think it coulda benefited from an extra issue to tie up the few loose ends left behind. It felt kinda rushed. The final showdown between Nighthawk and Whiteface (Marvel’s version of The Joker) moved too fast and then it just ended. I’m not knocking Daniel Way. He was up to par with plot and realistic dialogue the whole way through. But I still don’t think the complete story was told the way it shoulda been. A last double-sized issue or an extra issue woulda made that series feel whole.

Akira is a superb read thus far. Moves kinda fast due to limited dialogue but that’s fine. It fits. Each panel serves its purpose. The art is very detailed. The plot doesn’t really slow down. It keeps moving. The characters are limited in number but the few players involved all serve their purpose. Otomo’s panel style reads like a storyboard. Every movement, lighting, expressions, it’s all there. Easily translatable for the big screen adaptation. The only prob I have is I’ve caught some grammar and spelling mistakes. The first book was error free. The second one (a third printing) was littered with a handful of mistakes. How the fuck? And this is the third printing! I’m on book 3 now and caught a couple errors. That’s ridiculous. Fire that editor! I doubt seriously that a true translation would account for such errors. And if those mistakes existed in the original work, at least let a nigger know. But I seriously doubt they did. Fire that editor!

Since it’s my birthday weekend and I’m gonna be at Blizzard Beach the whole day Friday and I don’t have time to fast-track the new media updates this week, I’m gonna have to do it on Saturday. So it’s gonna be a day late. Sorry.

Anybody buy any of the new Incredible Hulk toys? If so, why? They suck. Here’s why: Let’s look at the basic figure. Front and back shots are here. Notice the actual toy has some brown on the body while the pic on the back of the box has none. The shade of green is different along with the pants color. Even the face is different as you can see here. And the foot joints have a different color from the legs. They’re the same color as the pants which you can see here. Yet the pic on the back shows consistent green legs. No miscoloring.

Now let’s look at the Mega Clap version here. Other than skin and pants color differences, everything looks okay, right? Wrong! Look closer. The toy’s body is a different shade of green from parts of the arms and legs. Don’t know bout you, but peep the faces here. The one on the left resembles the back of the box pic (on the right) the most. Look at the eyes of the one in the middle. They should call that one “Glass Eye Hulk.” Yet it’s the same version. Peep the legs here. Miscolored joints like the previously mentioned version.

Then there’s the Power Punch version here. The skin coloring is actually a bit brighter and looks better in my opinion. And we get yet another pants color. Check out the faces here. What the fuck? Is this “Bell’s Palsy Hulk?” At least they got the leg joint color right. Packaging is one thing. The actual toy inside is a completely different story in these cases. Hasbro really dropped the ball with these. Too many inconsistencies. Practically every toy I have, I’ve never seen anything wrong with them that didn’t match the pic on the box. These? Good god, quality control must’ve been high or drunk or both. Not even a purple pants Hulk! There’s the artist rendering on the front with wispy bangs, the toy itself, and then the toy on the back of the box all highlighted and shit. If the plain Hulk toy looked like the one on the back, I woulda bought that with no hesitation. But since these toys suck so bad, he can stick that “steel” beam weapon wear the sun don’t shine. And it’d probably fit too.