The Real Bitch of the new 90210

Let me catch you up. The new "90210" update will premiere on The CW in the Fall. Jennie Garth and Tori spelling are reprising their characters on the show and it will star new kids, mostly multi-cultural. One magazine wondered who was going to the new bitch. And they said Shannen Doherty was in talks in coming back. Now TVGuide says she is to have a recurring stint as a director to a school play. But I think the new bitch will definitely be played by AnnaLynen McCord. She recently played the big psycho bitch Eden in "Nip/Tuck." HollyScoop wonders if she is going to a Kelly or a Valerie.

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3 Ninjas

3 Ninjas was this movie in 1992 three Caucasian brothers who inexplicably had the Chinese Prof. Howard Birack (Victor Wong) as a grandfather. It was a wuxia comedy, they were taught to be ninjas and kicked butt. My cousin and nephew and I watched it like crazy, over and over. My cousin was Colt, my nephew was Rocky and i was Tum-Tum and that was upside down because Rocky was the oldest and I am the oldest and my nephew is the youngest. This was before our Power Rangers obsession and during the Ninja Turtles one. Mine never ended.

The second movie 3 Ninjas Kick Back (1994) but the third to be filmed. They traveled to Japan to save their grandfather, and met a girl ninja. I liked the aspect of Japanese culture in this movie and seeing a modern Tokyo. Also it had the cute Sean Fox, who I saw previously in an ep of "Full House." He took over the roll as Rocky. Tum Tum was also replaced, Max Elliott Slade (Colt) was the only to return. Michael Treanor didn't like Hollywood so chose not to continue.

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up was released in 1995 while being shot before 3 Ninjas Kick Back. This the only movie to be rated PG-13 and to have the original trio back. The reason why this was late to release has not be divulged. It was probably shot in 1993. I did not see this one.

3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain famously starred Jim Varney and Hulk Hogan. It was also Victor Wong's last movie. Michael O' Laskey II played Colt but played a young Rocky in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I did not see this one either. This one came out in 1998, two years after Laskey did PR.

Dr. Horribe's Sing-Along Blog Review

Each act starts with Neil Patrick Harris' puppy-eye face. In th first act, he answer questions to supposed readers of his blog. The first half establishes the story of Dr. Horrible being a regular guy Billy who wanted to be part of a villain league and the leader is so horse guy (Bad Horse--could be a cowboy). His sidekick is a sweaty guy played by comedian Simon Helberg. The story is pretty cut and dry, heroes vs. villain and boy likes girl (Felicia Day) and other guy gets girl. His plan is to make a freeze ray to conquer the world and win the heart of a girl he is in love with and hasn't ever spoke to her. Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion) is Dr. Horrible's rival superhero, who is stuck-up one-dimensional dense guy. When you think the songs won't come, they do, 3 minutes into the first act. Whedon hasn't let go his musical M.O. from "Once More With Feeling" of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." The lyrics are still witty and thoughtful, there are overlapping codas and characters sing their songs together with similar music but not the same lyrics. The songs aren't very sing-along-y because we don't know the songs and sometimes the lyrics aren't so audible. I guess if he wanted to have people singing-along to the songs, he would have added lyric subtitles. But I think that would be garish and annoying.

Quotes: "How is cheesy on the outside?" "Oh goodness, would you look at my wrist?"

[Cast and Crew (from L to R): Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Joss Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, Felicia Day, Zack Whedon]
In Act Two, Billy/Horrible contemplates killing Mr. Horrible and doesn't he can do it. But, when Captain Hammer discovers that Penny's friend Billy is really Dr. Horrible and that he loves Penny, so Hammer threatens that he will have sex with Penny because she is in love with him. This opens up a great song "It's a Brand New Day." As for the performances, Niel has a great singing voice and he is just plain adorable, very cute in many scenes. Those eyes, swoon. He makes you feel for this pathetic, delusional and complicated schlub. He has good timing but sometimes when being 'romantic' with Penny, it comes up more disinterested. Nathan Fillion is just hamming it up, he is a formidable opponent in Act 2, personally, more than fighting-wise--which is classic Whedon, hit them where it hurts. Felicia Day as Penny has a great wardrobe and enforces her place as cute and sweet leading lady. I have loved her since she was Vi in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." At least one song of each act is memorable and catchy. The directing and cinematography are good. Some shots are victim of bad daylighting and seem to be doctored digitally.

Act 3 has cameos from Marti Noxon and David Fury, who sung in "Once More With a Feeling." Fury was the Mustard Guy and Noxon was the Parking Meter Lady, which they reprise in the episode "Selfless" in voice-over when Anya sang. They cameoed as newcasters here. Act 3 is much more hilarious, with plenty of what I call good gay jokes, positive I mean. Captain Hammer does a speech that slowly transforms from a speech to a poem to a song, real cool. Do you get the feeling that the Dr. Horrible will win? Not really. But there is a good twist. When the good guy doesn't turn out to be so good. It's not about the win. And of course, Whedon always goes for the hurt. And hurt is good. It is expected but it's good, it's Whedon.

Each Act is approx. 13 minutes long, the last one is almost 16 minutes. The entire 42-minute show will stay up through July 20. The first act got so many visits, that the server crashed and they had to get a new one. It was written with Maurissa Tanchareon, Jed and Zack Whedon; Joss wrote and directed.

Batman en Español

These days when a American show is translated in Spanish, the main characters' names are unaltered. But back when before 1990, it is very common for the dubbers to change the names of characters to a more language-friendly name, much like in Anime dubs before 2000. For example, the Flintstones are known as los Picapiedras; Fred is Pedro and Barney Rubble is Pablo Marmol. So since I know Spanish and Batman is coming out soon, I decided to share with ya'll the character name changes of Batman and his villains.

El Guasón

While he is called The Joker in other Spanish properties, he is known as 'El Guason' in Latin America. In the American Dominos Pizza commercials in Spanish, he is referred to by this name. It is a literal translation, Guason is a Joker.

Mientras que él se llama 'The Joker' en otras propiedades en Español, él es conocido como "El Guason" en Latino América. En los comerciales Americanos de Dominos Pizza en Español, él es refiedo con este nombre.


Gatúbela
Batman's romantic tease, the woman he thinks he can change but she may be just playing with him. Gato means cat, Gatubela is merely a playing with the word and it emphasizes she is female and also means she can scratch you. I dunno how, but that's been what has been imprinted in my head since I was a kid.

La conquista romántica de Batman, la mujer que él piensa que él puede cambiar, pero ella puede ser simplemente jugando con él. Gatubela no es más que un juego con la palabra Gato y se hace hincapié en que ella es una mujer y también significa que ella te puede rascar. Yo no se cómo, pero eso es lo que se ha impreso en mi cabeza desde que era chico.

El Acertijo/Enigma
In Spain, the Riddler is called Enigma. While in Latin America, he is known as El Acertijo. A riddle is an Acertijo, an Enigma is pretty self-explanatory. In some translations of the comic strip, he has been given the name of El Esfinge (The Sphinx) by mythological beings who wondered riddles to passengers.

En España, el Riddler se llama Enigma. Mientras que en Latino América, el es conocido como El Acertijo. Un Acertijo es un riddle en Ingles, un enigma es bastante auto-explicativo. En algunas traducciones del cómic, se le ha dado el nombre de El Esfinge de seres mitológicos que los enigmas se pregunta a los pasajeros.

Pretty explanatory names are El Espantapájaros (Scarecrow), which is a true translation. Espanta is scare and Pájaro is bird. El Pingüino is the Penguin, Dos Caras is Two Face, Sr. Frío is Mr. Freeze and Batgirl is Batichica. Hiedra Venenosa is Poison Ivy, straight-forward. Clay Face is Carra de Barro, which is basically 'Face of Mud.' In a couple of countries, Bruce Wayne is Bruno Díaz and Dick Grayson is Ricardo Tapia. Ala Nocturna is Nightwing, Nocturna is Nocturnal.

Nombres bastante explicativos son El Espantapájaros (Scarecrow), que es una traducción verdadera. Scare es a Espantar y crow es un pájaro, bueno un Cuervo. El Pingüino es el Penguin, Two Face es Dos Caras, Sr. Frío es Mr. Freeze y Batgirl es Batichica. Hiedra Venenosa es Poison Ivy, que es muy sencillas. Carro de Barro es Clay Face, 'clay' es arcilla. El nombre original de Bruno Díaz es Bruce Wayne y Ricardo Tapia era Dick Grayson. Ala Nocturna era Nightwing, Night significa noche.

Obama and Michelle Illustration in The New Yorker

The media (CNN and Fox News namely) has nippicked Obama about fist bumping, middle fingers, Madrasahs, and such, and now they are angry at the New Yorker? The New Yorker has rarely been controversial. It could be this illustration is in defiance of the stereotypes over Obama and not saying they believe he is that way. I think it would be better things had to stoop to these levels to begin with. It is just so useless and idiotic. It is just stooping low. Grow up media. And this isn't the so-called 'Liberal' Media.

Heroes Season Three - Villains

As many fans already know 'chapter 3' Villains of "Heroes" was going to be in Season 2, but because of the Writer's strike, it has been pushed into Season 3, which will have more than the normal amount of episodes. Now, 'Villains' isn't going to be as simple as it sounds, it will delve into the villain-side of everyone. Especially the highly-publicized dark side of Claire (Hayden Panettiere). Now, one new character has been revealed---a rival for Hiro. Her name is Daphne, or rather, "The Speedster." Her power is super speed, sounds done but listen to this: When Hiro stops time, Daphne slows to regular speed. I rarely gush at actresses... Brea Grant, who played Jean [a sassy brainy rocker who like Landry (Jesse Plemons)] on "Friday Nights Lights." I think this is brilliant casting, Hiro needs a rival that can ruffle his feathers.