Monster Man(Sy Fy)

Monster Man is a new tv show featured on SyFy(previously called Sci-Fi..which i prefer much more) where the battle between practical effects and digital effects continues....

It features the Special Effects company called Sota FX where they follow around Cleve Hall(distinguishable by the guy-liner and white face) and Constance(best known as the girl with the magically changing hair color).

Constance

This show is good for a few reasons.


1. Cleve drives a Hearse =]

2. It features guys(and girls) who are for practical effects...best said by Cleve, "The best monsters are still hand made" You get to see up and close and personal, practical effects at its best =]

Cleve

3.Cleve works with his ex wife and the "normal" one..the fact that the "normal" one always gets the shitty jobs and Cleve still answers to his ex-wife is hysterical to me.

The Ex

4.It has monsters. They may not always be good but the same can be said about digital effects as well.


On the other side of this...there is ONE HUGE BAD THING about this show as well.

-IT IS THE SAME DAMN  RECYCLED FORMULA. 
Just like most reality shows following a business....the company is always given deadlines for jobs that take months to do, they NEVER finish on time, the client always makes SURPRISE visits, they are always late to their job locations, but in the end they somehow ALWAYS leave the client happy. 

At the end of the day though I still tune in every Wednesday at 10 to see the mess become the monsters I love to watch. If your a horror fan or practical effects fan...just WATCH..I'm pretty sure you have nothing else better to watch....American Idol? I dont think so.

*The Andromeda Strain Pt 2*



The capsule of who's name shall not be spoken



 Ok, well I just finished watching the 2nd part of the Andromeda Strain like literally three minutes ago and all I can say is wow. For the first like 60 minutes after the initial "boom", it was a lot of chaos in the movie. Let me just warn you that if you watch this movie you either have to know your shiz in science or have subtitles on to get half the things they are saying in this movie. There's a lot of theories being thrown around the first 60 minutes and a lot of doctoral degree in science vocab going on too. It's actually pretty confusing and makes you go then wtf caused this freaking thing?!?!? But overall the second part was definitely a lot more exciting. It had a lot more twists and turns, explosions, and oh no "____" didn't?!?! The ending though.....oh the ending...be prepared to be like okayy...so where's part 3? It had a great twist at the end, but they definitely left it open for another movie or mini-series to be made(which the by way hasn't). I don't like to have to wait 10 years to see what happens because then by then I'll forget! Anyways, I recommend this movie for scientists, sci-fi fans, and people who are bored out of their minds. By the way, Andromeda is pronounced...An-Dra-Ma-Da...didn't know how to say that until I saw the movie. So i'm giving you a little heads up before you start telling people your seeing, An-dro-me-da Strain. =] Now here's some snapshots to keep you entertained. 

Its like The Birds all over again!

So what do you think happened? I think they-re all drunk.





~The Andromeda Strain~(TV Mini series) PT 1

The Andromeda Strain Mini TV series didn't catch my eye when it first appeared on the A&E network in 2008. I actually came across this one when I was recommended it on my blockbuster account(Thank you!). Now this review is only for part 1 because that is all I have gotten in my blockbuster by mail account so far, and when it first aired on TV it was in 2 parts as well. The main cast consists of:

• Benjamin Bratt (Law and Order, Miss Congeniality)
• Eric McCormack (Will and Grace)
• Christa Miller (Drew Carey Show, Scrubs)
• Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, Crash)
• Viola Davis (Knight and Day, Doubt)
• and Louis Ferriera (Dawn of the Dead, Shooter)

The whole idea of this movie is that a supposed "alien vessel" crash lands on earth and a couple of horny teens who witness the crash take it home with them and release a deadly virus that kills EVERYONE in the town. Stupid Kids, don't you know you shouldn't touch things that don't belong to you! Especially when they fall from the sky..does anything ever good fall from the sky? Anyways, turns out, and just so you know this isn't a spoiler, that the supposed Alien vessel is from the USA!!!  It's actually a US military satellite that was sent up into space to figure out what the hell a worm hole does that they found in outer space. Curiosity killed the Piedmont, UTAH retards! There are 2 survivors however, and of course they may be the key to finding out what the hell  feeds this disease and how to stop it. I won't give anymore away though because you just have to watch it yourself. I will tell you that of course like any other sci-fi movie with an unstoppable disease, they enlisted the help of scientists, trapped them in a hole way too deep underground that words can't explain, and quarantined them from the rest of the world until they find a cure.Who knows if they will even all survive at the end b/c I haven't seen the ending. The first part of the movie leaves off of course on a cliff hanger, but it leaves me ready to watch part 2, in about 2 weeks when blockbuster decides to send the 2nd half(ugh).
Now, my feelings on the first part overall is that they did chose a great cast because for the most part they are a lot of familiar b-actors faces, especially Eric McCormack. The script however, is lacking the punch that it needs when you want to create a 4 hour long movie ( 3 hours without commercials) and make it entertaining for all those 4 hours. Then again, so little directors and writers can actually capture my attention for that long or anyone else for that matter. But still, I feel that the most exciting scenes of the 1st part of the movie were in the beginning when everyone died and at the end of part 1 which was the cliff hanger. The rest of the movie was more of a transition period from their homes to the lab and trying to figure out what the disease is. There were really no major developments until the end. Its worth a watch though if you have time, like having a plot with a disease in it that causes sudden death, or are interested in science. Who knows whats in store for us in the second part though?!?!  ....I'll keep you updated.