Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd returns with his next Rocky card.
You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd (and if you’ve never checked out Mike’s site, you ought to if only to see his Walking Dead cards!) and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
UFC 159 was held last night.
Here are my predictions and the results:
Final Thoughts:
– As expected, Jones was the dominate fighter. Although Jones won, during the post fight interview Jones looked down and realized his big toe had been badly broken. If the fight had made it to the second round, there is no doubt that it would have been stopped due to the injury’s severity.
To his credit Sonnen had this to say: “If they would have called the match [in Sonnen’s favor because of Jones’ broken toe], I wouldn’t have had any illusions. I knew in those first five minutes who the better fighter was.”
– Jones will need some time to heal before his next fight, but who can challenge him? Anderson Silva? I don’t think so. I think Jones will have to move to heavyweight if he really wants to test himself.
– Sonnen hinted at retirement. I don’t see that happening. He enjoys the challenge of a good fight too much.
– Roy Nelson is back in the title hunt with his third straight KO. Who doesn’t love Big Country… well, except for Dana White?
UFC 159 takes place tonight.
Starting at 8pm EST we have the UFC Prelims on FX. This portion of the card includes:
Then at 10pm EST we move over to pay-per-view for the main event fights.
While I’ll be watching the prelims, my interest is in the main event. So, let’s take a look at my predictions:
Want to see a featurette for World War Z?
I’d had never seen the Attraction Shadow Group until this amazing performance that will make you smile and leave you misty-eyed.
How do you take Sara Smile, which is one of my favorite Hall & Oates songs, and update it so that it still sounds great?
Simple.
Get Smokey Robinson to join Daryl Hall on the vocals.
I give you Sara Smile by Smokey Robinson and Daryl Hall.
A big smile to Bits and Pieces for the post.
I’m a fan of the original Fast & Furious. I thought Fast 5 was even better.
So I was pretty excited to hear that they were bringing back the whole team for Fast & Furious 6. Yep, they even brought back The Rock and Michelle Rodriguez. I guess the only thing that I’d have liked better is if Fast & Furious 6 had a Stallone cameo and room for Rosario Dawson.
Below is the just released featurette for Fast & Furious 6. Be advised that there are minor spoilers.
The Movie: Sharkey’s Machine
The Pitch: “Dirty Harry goes to Atlanta.”
The Tagline: “Burt is Sharky. Nobody leans on Sharky’s Machine!”
The Story: Tom Sharky is a narcotics cop demoted to vice after a botched drug bust results in a citizen being shot. Sharkey discovers a plot involving murders and a high level politician being manipulated by a crime boss. Sharkey pulls together a team of quirky cops, but as the bodies pile up find they are in over their heads.
The Screenplay: Gerald DiPego from the novel by William Diehl
The Director: Burt Reynolds
The Cast: Burt Reynolds, Vittorio Gassman, Brian Keith, Charles Durning, Earl Holliman, Bernie Casey, Henry Silva, Richard Libertini, Rachael Ward,Suzee Pai, Dan Inosanto .
The Good: The cast. The action. The soundtrack is awesome. Rachael Ward in her breakout role. Reynolds has the right balance of action/violence/humor. The shootout at the start and end of the movie.
The Bad: Henry Silva is a coked-up psycho hitman and that’s good. What happens to Reynolds when he crosses some Yakuza.
The Ugly: The torture scene on the boat.
The Rating: B
As I was going through the latest issue of Previews, I came across this solicitation:
Honey West was a female private eye that first appeared in a series of novels in the 1950’s. In 1965, Anne Francis played Honey West in an ABC tv series that lasted just one season. Although the show only lasted 30 episodes it became a cult classic.
Created by Harry Julian Fink (who also created Dirty Harry), T.H.E. Cat appeared in a 1966 tv series that ran for just one season on NBC. Although T.H.E. Cat only lasted for 26 episodes, it also became a cult classic.
Now nearly 50 years later they are teamed for a 2 issue comic mini-series? How cool is that? The eight year old kid in me says, “Pretty dang-gone cool.”
I’ll be pre-ordering the series. If it appeals to the kid (or adult) in you, then you know what to do.
Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd returns with his next Rocky card.
You can “C” more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd (and if you’ve never checked out Mike’s site, you ought to if only to see his Walking Dead cards!) and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.
Last night Sly sent out a series of tweets (seen above) that puts to rest the speculation on Mel Gibson (or John Woo) as the director of Expendables 3.
According to Sly, he found an EXCITING director… a young lion who Sly believes can help make Expendables 3 top Rambo as a pure action film.
Awesome. Can’t wait to hear who it is.
Last night the UFC along with FX and FOX put on a great night of fights. Let’s look at my predictions and the results.
Final thoughts:
If you’re a MMA fan, then you’re probably looking forward to a full night of fights.
Starting at 5pm EST we have the UFC Prelims on FX. This portion of the card includes:
Then at 8pm EST we switch over to FOX for the main event fights:
While I’ll be watching the prelims, my interest is in the main event. So, let’s take a look at my predictions:
