QuiJon

So i got a new computer yesterday, and of course it comes loaded with norton, which i know is a total cluster of a system hog.

I had been using AVG for years but it seems like every new version gets closer and closer to being the hog norton and macafee have been. So just wondering is there a good reliable free antivirus out there that all the cool kids are using?

I think this is an obvious case of a cloned show just trying to hit american audiences in the right way.

It was rocky, but i think it also had some fun to it. I think the helicopter case in the first episode was kinda fun. I mean who seriously would not want a kick *** car and to have an entire town to themselves to get chased through.

In the second episode, that aired tonight, they did a race down a hill between a subaru and two skiers. Again was quite fun to watch.

As far as sponsorships i guess we will see. But figuring that in the first episode the reviews were about lamborginis and the second was about austin martins, i dont see them at the moment reviewing cars that are really going to rely on a 30 second ad to sell them anyway.

Well i guess were going to see how it goes. I will say right now im not overly impressed with the chemestry between the hosts. Its like they picked up a funny guy, a country funny guy and a car driver that really have nothing in common. And alot of the commontary at this point seems to be on the level of "OMG that was a kick *** ride." rather then real point by point reviews of the cars.

It wasnt a horrible episode as far as a filler episode goes, and did well to i guess fix some issues.

Issue 1 the shuttle. Sure there was other ways to do it, but atleast now its done and we can move on.

Issue 2, i really think that we all knew that we had not heard the last of those people. Dropped on a manufactured planet with a mystic statue etc. Im pretty sure we had to know it was gonna be revisited. So now it has been, without totally throwing off the structure of the ship beyond that episode and leaving just a hint of mystery as to what is going on to fit into the overall story i would assume they are trying to establish. I dont think it was ment as much to bash religion as much as it will serve to allow some of the real science types have doubts to their own beliefs. Especially with the keno feed at the end of the show.

I also think the episode did a good job of expanding what we know about greer. Military hard *** yes, but its nice to see a human side to him. To show that no matter what he is asked to do he will follow orders, but that he needs to justify it as the right thing to himself and that he has that understanding from others.

Overall i have spent 60 worse minutes watching this show. Here is hoping next week is a valid pay-off for giving the show another chance to fix itself.

Oh just to further IMO show how weak and truely uninspired a crew of writers the show has, but hasnt this whole angle be done to death before? As in years ago with the "Mutant Registration Act" in x-men that had Magneto fighting against it with terrorism and charles fighting against it with heroes. Then recycled to the xmen movie, and then redone again pretty much in civil war cross overs......

Its just really guys? Super Powers needing to register with the government......and no one in that room went" you know marvel has been doing this story line for decades."

I went back and browsed the book a bit just to see where things happened and stuff. One thing that i kinda thought seemed out of place, was that by this point in the story, having gotten to shell collage, the narative of dumbledore in the book is much more advance. Which i think from the pov of anyone having only followed the movies is going to hurt a bit. For instance in the movie they dont really explain who the dark wizard is that harry sees stealing the wand and then how it comes to be with dumbledore. So really at this point they left out pretty much ALL of the dumbledore as a boy, his father dying, his sister being sick, and dumbledores misspent beliefs about magic superiority which eventually leads to the fight with Aberforth and his sisters death. Which in HBP they do infact elude to in that the big D is following the lines from the book asking someone to "leave they alone" or something like that.

I really now only bring it up because frankly that is a big part of thebook to just be completely missing. It really does put harry on a path of doubting Dumbledore and his judgement but also explains how we know where the wand was and why it came to be with Dumbledore but also really does then kinda lend itself to the final scene where they talked about a wand's alligences being won or lost as to why the death stick isnt the weapon it should be for V.

Im seriously getting tired of kryptonite showing up in every script, either by accident or planned.

Last week it was like luck of the draw that they infused their weapons with it, this week the military knew the blurrs weakness even though they apparently have no clue who he was, that he was an alien and that in most cases in the show exposure to that particular rock was responsible for GIVING people powers rather then being a weakness.

And apparently now Darksied is going to be some mystic smoke that feeds off the fear and weakness and such in others. Wasnt that an episode of the original star trek?

But seriously i think the writers cant come up with any other excuse for crappy inexpensive effects so they just basicly use the green rock to limit the need for them. I guess it cost alot of the budget to tint every scene in either blue, or orange etc.

Well i dont see one and search didnt find one so here we go.....Oh and im sure im gonna drop some spoilers.

Went and saw it last night at the midnight show. First off Green Lantern looks slightly less cheesy on the big screen thankfully. And surprisingly the Cowboys and Aliens trailer actually had the audience laughing. I think Fav might want to release a trailer that is a bit more story driven soon so it doesnt come off as gimicky since its not as well known of a comic as Ironman.

On to harry. Honestly about what i expected. It was talky in parts, but had enough action to keep things moving. Had about the cuts i would expect to things like the planning of the raid on the ministry, or the time at the hallows before the wedding. The only thing in the begining that really felt left out was that he hadnt officially broken up with Jennie, so that is left hanging kinda.

Almost every scene is really directly represented in most ways as it was in the book, or atleast attempted to stay faithful to the spirit of the scene in the book. The effects were well done, and the scene where the locket opens is really impressive looking to me. Its also the scene with the semi-nude harry and herminoe which was talked about. And goes about how you figure, well placed arms ect. Infact that scene IMO was the one scene that looked most CGId almost like they didnt want skin and stuff to be to realistic, especially compared to doby who looks 100 times better in this movie then in the previous one.

I would say that those that havent read the books are going to miss out on some things, not important things mind you but like since this is the first time we see Bill for example, he is already a werewolf and they refference to that, but you wouldnt know the history behind it.

The only question for me that still remains is that other then the locket there is absolutely no mention of the other horcruxes. Infact they basicly say they dont know what they are or where they would be. So that should be intresting to see worked out in july since honestly even going into this movie was one of my biggest questions. That having concentrated so much on the teen/love aspect in HBP they basicly left out all the lessons that taught harry what items he would be looking for.

Overall definately worth the money, and a very nice installment to the film franchise and it on the right track to the final movie.

It might make it seemingly easier, maybe in so much that we dont have to worry as much about getting a bigger boost from a purple set or a LOTG, however one thing to keep in mind is that in most cases the recharge boost from a IO set hits around having 5 peices slotted. So in that manner honestly i dont see alot of options opening up with this slot usage.

I mean it will be nice, and it is a nice boost im sure and maybe will give me a few more seconds of overlap to click again, but i dont see that slotting as really requiring me to change anything in any of my builds as a result of it.

The only thing that concerns me right now is anyone from the cast of Gossip Girl being in the movie, and that in the daylight/normal room shots i think the mask and costume came off a bit to "Green" but other shots looked fine.

Well kinda game related i guess. Just not this game

My 8 year old was taking her turn playing Soul Calibure 4 on my 360. My 10 year old was of course right next to her waiting for his turn and was being bossy with her. My wife and I are up stairs half listening half talking about grown up stuff when we hear "NO F'ING DUH JOEY!!!!" just be screamed at the top of her lungs from down stairs. Only she didnt say "F'ing" she said the word.

After the split second of pure joy i get to experience before i have to become parental, we respond "what did you say?" her excuse was that Joey wouldnt leave her alone to play and therefore he made her say it.

This i think has been long time coming. Ever since G4 dismantled techtv they basicly took out the competition and then started doing just about everything but gaming television.

I can understand to a point off subject shows like Ninja Warrior, but cops and cheaters are nothing to their general demographic. The basicly i dont think even have a solid nightly lineup of gaming related shows anylonger.

If they were smart i say you find a way to bring back Leo Laport and his group to make a few shows a week about new tech, modding gaming ect. and atleast get a block of shows that will have general appeal to your base, and save the crap like cops for 2am.

Was an ok episode. I guess this was their attempt at a halloween story line, but frankly it was kinda terrible. Now if they just wanted to say that there were deposites of blueK around from the metor and that clark was going in and out of having powers as a result i wouldnt have minded so much, but to have the people infected with it from the water, i didnt care for.

Be intresting to see if they really have plans for Lex this year, or are they just attempting to bring him back from the dead in order to make sure that his iconic villian is not dead at the end of the last season.

I know it was ment as comedy but whenever smallville gets clark getting all romantic with someone i always think of that old bit about blowing a hole through lois with his love skills. It would have been kinda fun to have clark have kept a bit of the blue stuff and maybe made a ring or something out of it that he had to wear when they were getting down.

Overall an easily skippable episode though.

IMO it greatly depends on the way in which a show like Glee handles the merchandise, so to speak.

As was linked to other shows have done covers of RHPS, like Drew Carey. Why didnt they get alot of flack? Well first off i dont recall a 3 week media blitz saying they were doing it to get all the fans all wild about it. So obviously part of your blame here is the marketing arm for Glee. They obviously know they are dealing with music that has a big fan base, which is why whenever they do a madonna, gaga or whatever show they make sure to advertise the hell out of it.

Now if Glee comes out and just tries to do a 1 hour version of the RHPS then honestly i would scream foul also. Im not a huge fan of the original or anything. Frankly i saw it once on a midnight movie, however my mother thinks i saw it about 40 times because it became an easy excuse to be able to miss curfew and be out until 3am.

However that being said, i think part of the problem is Glee has its own fan base. And that younger fan base that might not have seen RHPS maybe even ever, IS going to scream about how great THEIR show is, and likely few will set out to experience the original work.

I personally dont care. My only concern is context, if Glee wants to do a parody/homage to RHPS i think thats fine overall. If the point is to userp the RHPS and make it associative with Glee for younger fans, then i kinda see the point of the fanbio rage. Its kinda like i love the Robot Chicken star wars specials. However if they ever just tried to make a remake of star wars, i would hate them for it. I love the parody, i love the comedy, i dont need a remake.