Beer is the Reason: Heroes sets up for Villains and Macross Frontier ending = Mecha Porn!

Beers to the fandom in September!!

Heroes Season 3 eps 1 and 2.    Great fun and has more oomph then the entire Season 2 put together.  For a show that was much maligned in Season 2(which I did not like either) it still pulled in a respectable number as compiled by Neilsen ratings, down slightly from Season 2's premier but that's to be expected since Season 2 was suffering the sophomore blues.  Not surprisingly all the casual fans/band wagon jumpers didn't tune in to Season 3.   Still it hit a million downloads via bittorrent hours after airing.  Hmmmm....they must be doing SOMETHING right but let's wait and see what the momentum is come the next episode eh? Episode 3 is focusing on the Villains.  I get this from a GOOD source(Jack Coleman).   Psycho Fire power guy, Psycho Magnetism Guy, Psycho Mailman(Echo) sound guy, and Psycho Earthquake guy.  All escapees from the Company's Level 5 holding cells.   Things are going to go BOOM! 

http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/blogs/guest/the-hrg-files/

Quick synopsis of the cast for S3:

Peter's still a moron but at least Future Peter is willing to do stuff instead of being whiny Peter.

Sucks to be Parkman....but at least he gets to go to Africa.

Claire gets another powerup (no pain) and potentially learns to go on the offensive instead of always being the victim.  At least that's what the hints for this season are.  

Mohinder is still the worlds stupidest smart guy.  I say he's turning into a Butterfly(eps. 2 The Butterfly Effect)

Maya is useless.  Get her off the show!  But Pat wouldn't have anyone to drool over.  zing!

HRG.  Yeah he still rocks.

Elle goes Pi-ka-chu!!!!

Nathan.  God man, stay down!  (snicker)

Hiro.  You got pwned by your dad dude!

Ando goes Hadouken!!!

Sylar.  Hmm...they trying to turn you into a Hero?   Strange bedfellows....

Couple more characters but for me to reveal them would spoiler the show so.....onto Macross!!

Yehehehehehehe.  Transforming Plane Mecha Porn.   That's the only way to describe the final episode of Macross Frontier.  See the crappy resolution Youtube videos below.

And if that wasn't enough they announced the Macross Frontier Movie at the end! Woot! Woot!

Beer is the Reason: Your hippocampus is 10% smaller then wine drinkers! And Vegans have smaller brains.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HealthSci/Eating_veggies_shrinks_the_brain/articleshow/3480629.cms

Research shows that if you go Vegan your brain gets smaller!  Oh noes!  Going veggie means you turn into a Vegetable!   Oh and Beer does less damage to you brain.   This is why I'm a meat-a-tarian!  

On the other hand if Zombies ever attacked they'd be less likely to go after you.....

Eating veggies shrinks the brain 14 Sep 2008, 0103 hrs IST,AGENCIES

MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage. 

Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best sources of the vitamin are meat, particularly liver, milk and fish. Vitamin B12 deficiency can also cause anaemia and inflammation of the nervous system. Yeast extracts are one of the few vegetarian foods which provide good levels of the vitamin. 

The link was discovered by Oxford University scientists who used memory tests, physical checks and brain scans to examine 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87. 

When the volunteers were retested five years later the medics found those with the lowest levels of vitamin B12 were also the most likely to have brain shrinkage. It confirms earlier research showing a link between brain atrophy and low levels of B12. 

Brain scans of more than 1,800 people found that people who downed 14 drinks or more a week had 1.6% more brain shrinkage than teetotallers. Women in their seventies were the most at risk. 

Beer does less damage than wine according to a study in Alcohol and Alcoholism. 

Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine. 

And being overweight or obese is linked to brain loss, Swedish researchers discovered. Scans of around 300 women found that those with brain shrink had an average body mass index of 27 And for every one point increase in their BMI the loss rose by 13 to 16%. 

Beer is the Reason: September is going to be a kick ass ride!

Kids are back in school.  Oil prices seem to have dropped slightly.  I've got the final main parts for my home theatre set up.  My birthday apparently is coming up.  Oh and the crown jewel of what was once HD DVD's catalogue is now on BLURAY! 

Yay that's right Transformers Directed by Michael Bay is NOW on Bluray.   The video quality is light years beyond what DVD was able to store, and during a frame by frame analysis by xylon from AVS forums it seems that still picture quality is better then HD DVD.   Watched quality you can't really tell the difference. 

Now for the audio....the BASS is back!  For the brief time I owned an HD DVD player I watched their version of this movie on my THX certified Logitech Z5450's (soon to be replaced by Polk Audio speakers).  It was a showcase movie for the format back then but the audio sound was missing alot of the bass that was present in the movie.   Where was the bassy boom during the EMP attack?  The Autobot's coming to earth?  The city fight?  Well they're back baby!  Feel that floor shake and glass vibrate!  Mmm mmm goodness.  

Next up and also on BLURAY is the legendary first fight between Jackie Chan and Jet Li.  That's right, your chance to enter the Forbidden Kingdom is on September 9th.  Yada yada yada.  All you armchair directors that bitch and whine that they should've done this movie earlier in their careers. That the main story was bad (which it was).  That they were selling out.  You know what?  Who the hell cares?  It's Jet vs Jackie and they're still both freaking amazing.  This was a visual feast for HK Kung Fu fans.  Lots of humor, lots of references to famous old chinese movies, gorgeous scenery and a magical tale of boy meets Monkey King.  

You can somewhat gloss out the obligatory white boy for Hollywood main character since he gets the shit beaten out of him by practically everyone.  Gotta appeal to the lowest common denominator, the North American teen y'know, but the real meat, the main draw is still the fight in the temple between Jackie and Jet.  Yay, when you're that old and the director is still telling you to slow down because your action sequence is still too fast to catch on camera you can criticize.  

September 17 is awesome simply because it's September 17.  'Nuff said.

The hits just don't stop coming.  On September 22, the three hour premier of Heroes Season 3 begins.   The Villains are here!  (and Peter may not be whiny....)  I've seen the first hour and it is good.  I'll blog about it on the 22nd.

And to end off the month comes one of my favorite comic book heros come to life.  Iron Man on Bluray September 30th!   Robert Downey Jr IS Iron Man.

Ah it's a good month to be a Bluray supporter.   As for you HD DVD supporters I'm sure those tears go well with that beer.  Tony Stark says so and he would know.