Archive for May, 2007

May 25, 2007: 6:33 pm: beezerBeezer, Odd News

Only in Alabama would this happen. This monster pig is supposedly even larger than Hogzilla.

That is either a fantastic photoshop job or they are going to have the biggest damn pork chops you have ever seen.

May 24, 2007: 10:08 pm: beezerBeezer, Movies

Finally saw Spiderman 3.  And I have to say: it sucked.   I’ll try to keep this brief.

For starters, they wasted the 3 villains in this movie.  And I say wasted because there are rumors that the Raimi brothers are going to make 6 of these.  To do six movies about the same superhero, you need villains that the general public will recognize.  Beyond the Goblin, Doc Oc, the Hobgoblin, Venom and Sandman, you don’t have many characters that non-comic book readers will recognize.  So to cram those last three into the same movie is a complete waste.   There is no real character development on Sandman or Venom, so the viewer ends up not really caring about them.  Throw in the fact that with 3 villains, you have to split screen time between them and you end up with what amounts to bit parts for Thomas Hayden Church and Topher Grace.  The only reason Harry had any substance to him was because we’ve followed him through the 2 previous movies.

Add in the fact that we are also having to explore the dark side of Spiderman, and it simply becomes overwhelming.  Each character only scratches the surface and we never really delve into them enough to give a damn about them.

This movie also had a lot more cheese in it than the previous ones.  To make look Peter Parker look tough (after he puts on the black Spiderman suit), he does a disco dance as he walks down the street.  I actually thought that I was watching an updated version of West Side story.  Add that to the dance scene in the club and Peter brushing his bangs in his eyes to denote his toughness and you get an obscene amount of cheese for an action movie.  (Harry acing like a complete tool didn’t help matters either.)

Bottom line, too many villains and too much cheese make this Spiderman one worth waiting for on DVD.

: 9:52 pm: beezerBeezer, Sports

Well, for the second straight season, Bama has been bounced from the SEC tournament.  It seems like Bama always has lots of talent, but never seems to be able to win championships.

I love Jim Wells and I think that he’s a great coach and he’s built the Bama program into a very good one.  But maybe it’s time for Wells to go and bring in a coach who can take us to the next level.  We seem to have plateaued with Wells.  Maybe its time for someone new.

The same can be said for the Bama basketball team and Mark Gottfried.  But that’s another post in itself.

: 9:42 pm: beezerBeezer, Sports

So Jessie Palmer has retired from the CFL to pursue a job in broadcasting in the US.  Such an odd career for one of the most heralded Florida QB’s recruited by Steve Spurrier.

He goes from Gator Golden Boy, to rotating each play with Doug Johnson, to back-up NFL QB, to The Bachelor, to back-up QB in the CFL.

Just a bizarre career path for  a guy who was supposed to lead the Gators to their first title since Danny Wurfuel.

May 8, 2007: 7:36 pm: beezerBeezer, Odd News

This is someone who has WAY too much time on his hands and is apparently a huge Harry Potter fan.

May 5, 2007: 5:08 pm: beezerBeezer, Sports

I finally got my new driver today.  Its a Callaway X460.  I’m not going to lie.  It’s bad ass.
I busted my previous driver while playing in a tournament a few weeks ago.  I managed to rack up $125 in PGA Superstore gift cards and got a sweet deal on my new driver.

I really shouldn’t be this excited about a golf club.