What a Difference a Day Can Make

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If you were a fan of “24” then you might want to jump on this great deal from Amazon.  24: The Complete Series (eight seasons, the 24 tv-movie: “Redemption” and a bonus disc of supplemental materials) is currently on sale at 49% off the suggested price of $349.98.  That’s right, you can snap it up for $179.99 and get is shipped to you for free and in time for Christmas!

The dvd set comes available Tuesday and Kiefer Sutherland talks a bit about it and the series here.   “24” is one of the few series that I watched from the premiere until the end without ever missing a single episode… and if the series had continued, I’d have kept on watching.

Ultimate Fighter Results

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Last night SPIKE TV aired UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter season finale.  Let’s check out my predictions and the results:

Kendall Grove vs. Demian Maia.
Prediction: Maia via decision.
Result: Maia won via unanimous decision.

Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson for the title of The Season’s Ultimate Fighter.
Prediction: Bookins via submission stoppage.
Result: Bookins won via unanimous decision.

Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac
Prediction: Bonnar via decision.
Result: Bonnar won vian unanimous decision.

Although there were only 3 fights I predicted, I went 3 and 0.  It’s not often I get 100% of the fights right… guess I should have bet a buck or two.  ; )

UFC Predictions

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Tonight at 9pm EST, SPIKE TV will air free UFC fights.  There are three that interest me and here are my predictions:

Kendall Grove vs. Demian Maia.
Prediction: Maia via decision.

Jonathan Brookins vs. Michael Johnson for the title of The Season’s Ultimate Fighter.
Prediction: Bookins via submission stoppage.

Stephan Bonnar vs. Igor Pokrajac
Prediction: Bonnar via decision.

I’ll post the results tomorrow.

Risso’s Hex

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I’m a huge fan of Eduardo Risso’s art.   I’d buy nearly any comic that he draws.  When I learned that Risso would be pencilling and inking Jonah Hex #62, I was down for a preorder faster than Hex could draw-down on a man.  If you need to know a bit more about the issue, here’s what the tease says…

  • JONAH HEX #62
  • Written by JUSTIN GRAY & JIMMY PALMIOTTI
  • Art and cover by EDUARDO RISSO
  • Happy Holidays, Hex fans! You’ve been good this year, so we got you an issue drawn by the incomparable Eduardo Risso! Jonah Hex was sure he’d seen it all – but that was before he was hired to escort a delivery through the desert. Who or what is “The Package”?
  • On sale DECEMBER 1 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

And thanks to the nice folks at Newsarama and DC Comics, here’s a free five page preview.

John Beatty: The Expendables

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The art above was created by my brother from another mother, John Beatty at our second annual Black “Stallone” Friday. Last year Big Beatty decided to create a new piece for my Stallone art collection live on U-Stream. This allowed Stallone fans as well as fans of John’s art to watch and interact with us live as John created the piece. We called it “Black Stallone Friday” and had a blast.

This year, John decided to sweeten the pot with a free, Expendables Blu-Ray giveaway. We fired up the Beattytron and began broadcasting from the beautiful JBI Studio in downtown Holly Hill a little before 2pm. The show ran until 9pm — and John still had more to do on the piece. Along the way we were joined by Shana, Sophie, Mike aka Killer Karl Krupp, Royce, Rob Smith Jr., The Mad Pirate, Husky Courdoroy, and others. Shana was the lucky winner of the DVD set.

I can’t thank John enough for the art. As great as it looks on screen, it is even more impressive in person. John set the bar high and surpassed all expectations.

EW Covers The Walking Dead

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If you subscribe to Entertainment Weekly, then you’ve probably already received your copy of The Walking Dead issue.  If you don’t sub, then you might want to look for a copy which hits stands on November 29th.  If you’re a fan of the show, then you’ll want a copy because Entertainment Weekly goes behind the scenes to talk to…

“…all the key players, including comic creator Robert Kirkman, executive producers Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd, and star Andrew Lincoln…” and others.

Want to Win The Expendables?

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WANT TO WIN A FREE COPY OF “THE EXPENDABLES” 3 DISC SET BLU-RAY DVD OR A FREE COPY OF “THE EXPENDABLES” SOUNDTRACK?

How to win:

You need to do two things:

  • 1: Re-Tweet this post using the “hashtag” #BlackStalloneFriday
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  • On twitter, follow @CraigZablo or @_JohnBeatty_
  • 2: Be in the room watching the LIVE Ustream show on 11.26.2010
  • Don’t have a Usteam account? Sign up HERE
  • Ustream show link HERE

MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!!!

Ustream Starts At 2:00pm Eastern Time: USA!

Contest will be announced during the stream.

Winner must have valid shipping address in the USA

for physical shipment!

May also choose digital download via iTunes!

Outside the USA a digital download will be available via iTunes!

YES…it’s that simple!