tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27111832834529292362010-03-10T23:02:28.030-05:00Dr. Mohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01877718468289434666deathbypop@hotmail.comBlogger452125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2711183283452929236.post-56143688627729239432010-02-14T17:29:00.003-05:002010-02-14T17:33:57.377-05:00

I haven't been posting many YouTube finds lately (that's so 2007), but this particular video is too awesome not to share.Best of the 2000s is still on the way. Sorry guys, sometimes life gets in the way of blogging, especially when WHAT'S THE POINT!

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Okay, so I figure if we're going to take a sentimental look back at the decade that was, let's get the garbage out of the way first. These were the worst films I saw during the last decade. I'm sure other films could (and possibly should) be on this list, but these are the ones that I actually saw with my own two eyes. Sadly.Some spoilers follow. (We take the hit so you don't have to. Consider it

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Okay.So it’s a new year, and a new decade. And I haven’t updated in a while. Again.Who cares? It’s not like anyone reads this thing anyway.Death By Pop is (and has been) in the process of relocating its home office, so the updates have been and may continue to be slightly infrequent for a bit. But don’t fret; there will be many more bits of interestingness to come. Why, even now I am working on

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I'm not much for skateboard videos (maybe once in a while), so I got into Spike Jonze the same way the majority of us did, the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" video. It's what made me want to make films. Yeah, I talk a lot of game about Star Wars or Terry Gilliam or Early Spielberg or Kurosawa or The Third Man, but ultimately "Sabotage" is what made me realize that you can make something effective,

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People often ask why Boba Fett is so popular. They have a point. I mean, apart from the fact that his armor is awesome, he is completely mysterious, he has (well, had) a gravelly voice he barely uses, he wears braided Wookiee scalps and a shoulder cape and a jetpack and he jangles nonexistent spurs when he walks…apart from all that, he doesn’t actually DO much except watch Han Solo get turned

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WARNING: This review contains spoilers. Also, WARNING: This film was terrible and should not be viewed by anyone.Yes, I've been away from the blog for a while. Heck, I almost shut the place down. But I decided that there are times when the world must know things. Sometimes the things the world must know are grandiose secrets, hidden to the masses but uncovered by people such as myself and

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So you’re a major actor and you and your friend both really like motorcycles and also enjoy world travel. You’ve got some free time in your schedule, so you decide to get some touring bikes and drive from London to New York. BY WAY OF ASIA.This is the plot of Long Way Round, a documentary series wherein Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman (son of the great director John Boorman) took some time off

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Peter Jackson presents (but not directs!) this sci-fi action film about a guy who has a very bad day.When we first meet this guy, Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copley), a film crew is documenting his day. He works for MultiNational United, a company that is in charge of managing District 9. The problem with District 9, though, is that it is an absolute mess of an internment camp right in the middle

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There are no guarantees.You have to remember that, especially when going into a film like this. Sure, it LOOKS like it might be good, it LOOKS like the kind of film that I would totally be on board with in a big way; but sometimes films turn out to be something other than advertised, or have some disappointing elements that soil the experience to some degree.THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE TIMES.Sam

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Apparently he died or something?I don't know, I think there was something on the news about it.Personally, I think he left the public eye years ago. It was when his hair caught fire when he was shooting that Pepsi ad. He got tired of the game and had an impersonator take his place. Unfortunately, this impersonator, while an accomplished dancer and vocal match, was super crazy and ended up making

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So I don't know if you guys heard about this, but they made a new Star Trek movie and it was released over the weekend. Lots of people went to see it and most of them left the theater with big dumb smiles on their faces. It's that kind of movie.Let's get the whole cast thing out of the way first: across the board, everybody does a good job. This is no easy task. Captain Kirk was suitably Kirkish

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Dearest Reader,Our editorial offices at Death By Pop were thrown into complete disarray when our head writer, Mike, came back from holiday in Britain. He began to exhibit signs of illness, and, after running a series of uncomfortable but necessary tests, it was revealed that he had contracted a rare mental illness called Cantgiveacrap's Syndrome. The disease is rarely fatal but always

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I know it’s a full week late, but I kinda don’t even want to review this film. If ever there was an unreviewable film, Watchmen is it.Why? Well, many have tried. Go online and there are a ton of reviews, sure. From people who are huge fans of the book; some of them loved it and there were some who couldn’t get past the subtle (but thematically huge) changes. From people who never read the book

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Eagle Eye does not even deserve a review.It's that ridiculous.I was trying to figure out if it was ridiculously hilarious or hilariously ridiculous, and I've decided it was hilariously ridiculous because it wasn't really hilarious but it was ridiculous to a hilarious degree. A fine line, I know.It does actually seem to follow its own internal logic for much of the film, but it is filled with a

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We're going to take a break from all the TNG Absurdism to present my new favorite commercial.

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I love Geordi in this one, "I'm not gonna stand here and let you do this..." and he sits down! LOL!

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Is this NSFW? I don't know. I don't think so, but the implications here are...well...what the?

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When possible, I'm going to update with one of a series of these videos. They were created by Andrew Hussie and Jan van den Hemel. If you like Star Trek: The Next Generation, you may find them progressively more disturbing as they are posted. The first few are pretty tame but holy cow they get ridiculous after a while. If you don't like TNG, they're pretty ridiculous on their own without much

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Another in the series of educational films.

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If you don't know, now you know.

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Because you should be.Talk about an impressive piece of television.Galactica is in its final half-season, which started last Friday. Picking up from where the previous half-season's cliffhanger ending left off, the show answered questions by raising new ones.If you haven't been watching, do yourself a favor and start with the miniseries and just mainline the DVDs until you've caught up. Hulu.com

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Philippe Petit, a French high-wire artist, saw pictures of plans for a proposed building in New York - the World Trade Center - in a magazine. He immediately fell in love with the idea of walking the space between the two towers. After a lot of planning, practice, and some slightly illegal activities, on August 7, 1974, with the World Trade Center built but some upper floors not completely

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Spike Jonze owns Girl Skateboards. He is also directing the live-action adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are. Slashfilm has a first look at the upcoming Wild Things skateboards Girl will be making, which have photos of the titular creatures on them. They look amazing. This is the one film this year that I am 100% excited about with no reservations.Click here to check them out!

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From the BBC series Look Around You.Look Around You will premiere this Sunday/Monday at 1 am on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

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I haven't even done my Year In Review: People Who Died article yet, and already 2009 is taking some legendary names.Ricardo Montalban was known for his many film and television roles, especially as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island. He will also be remembered for his love of rich Corinthian leather. But mostly, we will all remember Montalban for playing the titular Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek II:

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