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If you haven't seen this, you should. It's pretty interesting and original. It may even make a pretty decent t.v. show, but that may just kill the premise since it's based on a guy who's life is exposed on the internet. Plus, I think the short episodes (they're only four to five minutes long) is what makes it kind of indearing.

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Will Ferrel is the Man...Freaking Hilarious

You gotta love Will Ferrel, from his first skit on Saturday Night Live ("I'm going to punch you in the FACE if you don't get off the shed!")to Frank the Tank in "Old School" (I never did care for "Taladega Nights") This guy is pure comedic genius and these two videos just further along that theory.

R.I.P. Chris Benoit & Sherri Martel

When I was watching Hannity & Colmes on the FOX News channel and I saw the ticker at the bottom of the screen say "professional wrestler Chris Benoit found dead with wife and son in Georgia home" I couldn't believe it. Two years ago, Eddie Guerrero died to me and the rest of the wrestling world's shock and surprise, now Benoit is gone. Apparently he killed his wife, Nancy ("Woman" of WCW fame) and their 7-year-old son, Daniel. Early reports are that Benoit poisoned them; his wife on Saturday, his son on Sunday and then he killed himself, early Monday morning.

I remember first seeing Benoit in Stampede Wrestling from Calgary, thinking that this guy is gonna be huge. Well, it only took 20 years,but he finally became a world champion at WrestleMania XX, defeating triple H and Shawn Michaels in a triple-threat match in the main event, the first time the "rabid wolverine" had ever headlined the Super Bowl of pro wrestling.
Benoit was without a doubt one of the top 5 technical wrestlers ever to step inside the squared circle and was one of two of THE best mat technicians in the last 10 years, the other being Kurt Angle. This is really unfortunate. On one hand Benoit entertained us for some 20-odd years with his superior skills and really gave the sport some real legitimacy. On the other hand, if all these reports that are coming out are true, then he was a psycho. We can't take away his in-ring legacy, but at the same time, how can you possibly escuse this? He just had to have snapped.

Although it's been two years since a major wrestling star has died, every time it happens I think that they're dropping like flies. Like everything else, these things always seem to happen in three's. This brings me to "Sensational" Sherri Martel. I didn't even know Martel had passed until I was surfing the net, trying to find more information on Benoit. I had no idea. She is another performer who has died from an overdose. At this time I have no idea from what. She had just been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2006, an honor I questioned at first, but then I remembered how she used to annoy the hell out of me, showing how good she really was. Plus she did play an integral part in the rise to stardom of Shawn Michaels.

Two great talents dying just a few days apart, unbelievable. But, like I said, these things come in three's, so unfortunately, I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop.

UPDATE: Apparently, Benoit strangled his wife, smothered his son, then hanged himself.

Here's a preliminary report from the Citizen. And some more from Breitbart.com/AP

More info from a couple of emails sent to me:

The Associated Press is reporting that Chris Benoit is believed to have strangled his wife Nancy and smothered his son Daniel before hanging himself, citing a source close to the investigation.

Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard told The Associates Press that they are investigating what role, if any, steroids may have played in the incident, i.e "roid rage".

NANCY BENOIT FILED FOR DIVORCE IN 2003; CITED DOMESTIC ABUSE
By: Bob Ryder
6/26/2007 12:54:44 PM

Nancy Benoit filed for divorce in May 2003 and claimed domestic abuse in her court filings. A petition seeking protection from domestic abuse said she was intimidated by threats of violence from her husband Chris Benoit.

A restraining order was issued on May 12, 2003 against Chris Benoit that barred him from the couple's then residence in Peachtree City. On August 19, 2003, Nancy Benoit filed to dismiss the divorce petition as well as the protective restraining order.

Friends close to the couple tell us that they had a very rocky relationship and would often have "blowups" that would lead to Chris Benoit leaving for a day or so to "cool off".

Sorry, I don't have the original source.

Another thing I'm wondering is, normally any performer that has an untimely passing is posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the very next year, or when the next ceremony is held, such as in the case of Eddie Guerrero and Curt Hennig. However, due to the extenuating circumstances of his death (and that of his family) will he be eligible. As I much as I respected Benoit's ability in the ring, I'd have to say no. Even if it wasn't his "fault" due to his head not being right, because of this so-called "roid-rage". He shouldn't have been on the drug in the first place. But I'll bet dollars to donuts, he does get the nod.

More information here and here.

If it wasn't "roid rage" and given the "deliberation" as stated in the latter article, then his actions surely cannot be defended. Not that they could or should be anyways.

UPDATE: It's looking more and more like this guy was just another paranoid, domestic abuser. In short, he just may have been another piece of crap. It looks like the WWE concurs, as more information comes out, they're distancing themselves from this guy as much as possible, as they've removed any all "tributes" to him from their website along with all merchandise adorned with his likeness and rightfully so. Even Vince McMahon said that last night's taping of Smackdown! and ECW would make no mention of Benoit's name. Remember what I said about his Hall of Fame induction...well, forget that.

UPDATE: From the WWE website

Here's one final UPDATE until the official word is known. An interview with Bret Hart


And until we know all there is to know, here's the final word on the subject:

The Sopranos

So I just saw the series finale of The Sopranos, everybody's favourite mob family from New Jersey. If you haven't seen it (and if you haven't, you're most likely not a fan of the show, so you won't care for the rest of this anyway) I won't give away anything important like who got whacked and things like that, but I am going to spoil the ending a bit by saying the show ended much like the ending of last season. I was disappointed. That's it, figure it out from there yourself. Jut one question, though...what was with the cat?

Oh wait. Maybe you should see this first. It might catch you up a bit on what's been going on since Season One, if you can follow it.



Got it now? Ok, moving on...

Besides the last episode, I was surprised that Paulie Walnuts wasn't killed by Tony a few episodes back when they were on that fishing boat, especially when Paulie had flashbacks about he and Tony whacking Big Pussy in the same fashion. And did anybody and I mean anybody see Christopher's demise come in that way? And such non-chalantly (sp?) on Tony's part.
I think there's only one scene that still sticks with me. That's the episode a couple of seasons back entitled, "Long Term Parking" in which Sil whacks Adriana in the woods. I liked the character, plus she was kind of hot.

So, there goes the arguably the best drama that television has created in...well, ever. I do believe, however that there is still a lot of loose ends to tie up and the rumor is there might just be a movie in the offing. Although this is just a rumor and will remain one, because of James Gandolfini's getting away from the character and being type-cast. Although, honestly when you see Gandolfini in any role, do you think of any other character other than Tony Soprano? I mean everything from the hit man in "The Mexican" with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt to the Colonel in "The Last Fortress" with Robert Redford, all I can think of when I see him is Tony Soprano. Sorry James. The same can be said about Carmella (Edie Falco)

Where do the actors go from here? Well, Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Meadow) is young enough to find and get involved in other roles and characters, as in the Broadway or other stage roles she has done. Robert Iler (A.J.) may not be as lucky. I mean, he has had a couple of roles since the shows inception, but even after all the critical success of the show since 1999, he's still getting "unnamed" roles, such as in 2003's "Daredevil" with the unforgettable Ben Affleck in which he played "Bully #1". Good luck Rob.

It may another 10-15 years before we see a show of this calibre, so try and enjoy what you get.

UPDATE:
Well, I've been around the net for a couple of hours now and since everybody else has let the proverbial cat out of the bag, I shall do the same.
Phil Leatardo (the NY boss) is killed and his head run over by his run away SUV while his wife looks on as do witnesses that begin to vomit seeing Phil's head popped like a pimple.
That's about all that happens that is of any interest, except for the non-ending ending (I'll get to that in a second) and Paulie refusing, then eventually accepting a promotion from Tony based on the fact everyone that headed the job, died "prematurely". Plus the strange fascination/hatred of Paulie's towards a orange tabby-cat that Tony takes an instant liking to. The weird part is that the cat is always staring at a picture of the departed Christopher.

As for the ending itself, well some may say it was perfect in it's ambiguity that has become the show's trademark of originality. Others will no doubt (like myself) will throw their hands up in disbelief, thinking this is the absolute worst time for the cable to go out. It didn't, creator David Chase decided to actually be quite artistic and original, yet again. In short, I believe Tony Soprano is dead.

If you have seen the episode, you'll know that the family met at a diner in the final scene. At first, it's Tony by himself, waiting for the others to arrive. Then Carmella arrives, shortly after that, A.J. shows up. In the meantime, other patrons of the restaurant appear to be ominous themselves, wherein Chase allows our imaginations to go wild in theorizing who is the hitman? Although we don't actually see Tony die, as I've said, I believe he does. Others agree with this scenario. I believe the very last shot or view, is from Tony's perspective. You see, before his family arrives, Tony is mulling over the table-top jukebox and looking up at the door to see who is entering every time the bell above the door jingles. When it does, we are shown Tony's perspective of what he sees. This is done about four or five times before a nefarious-looking man is seen coming in just before A.J. and sits at the counter, every once in a while peering over at Tony and his family seated in their booth. The man (that some may have recognized as Journey front-man, Steve Perry (as it was that band's song, "Don't Stop Believing" that was playing on the jukebox) goes to the bathroom before some very tense moments.

When Meadow finally walks in the diner after several failed attempts at parallel parking, once again we see Tony look up, and the perspective is once again his. At this exact moment, the screen goes black and totally silent. After about five or six seconds (at which point half the countries of both the U.S. and Canada did pretty much what I did-sitting in silence and disbelief at this crappy ending) the credits role (with no music for the first time) This is where I believe Tony is shot by the guy coming back from the bathroom-in the head. The end.

UPDATE: Since I've had a few hours to think about it, this may be one of the greatest finishes to a television series ever. I know, I know, that's a pretty radical change of opinion. But if you really think about my theory of perspective, the ending is pretty cool. Does Carmella and A.J. buy it too? Maybe. That we will never know. Does Meadow witness the slaughter of her entire family? Who knows? But I'm betting she at least saw her father perish.
One last thing. Did anybody else notice the other people in the diner? I mean really notice? Well, if you have been paying attention the last couple of seasons, you may have noticed that, as with the aforementioned "guy at the counter" there were a few other cameos. The boy scouts were in the store when Bobby got whacked, the two black guys that came in looking at what I assumed was the dessert case, were the same two guys that tried to whack Tony, clipping his ear and the truck driver, I believe was the brother of a guy that Christopher had killed.
Bet you didn't see that did you?


Then again, maybe Chase didn't want us to see the REAL ending for a reason. Maybe there was something a bit more nefarious going on...

300

Ok, ok, I know. This film has been in release for about, what, three months now? But, in my defence, I didn't see it until about month ago. Again, I know I should have "critiqued" it then, but I'm not a film critic by any means, plus I'm lazy. Anywho, this flick was great. It deserves all the fanfare it received along with the critical and box office success it has garnered. The only problems it had was that perhaps there was too much CGI technology involved. A few actual sets would have been better. Don't get me wrong, the world that the films special effects team created was awe-inspiring and all that, it's just that...check out "The Fall of the Roman Empire" (1964) and you'll see what I mean about the use of actual sets and locations along with use of real people as extras. I also didn't care much for the computer-generated blood, but that can be forgiven.

Also, it was not entirely historically accurate. I know, a historical epic not being historically accurate, from Hollywood? The dickens you say. There were a few moments and people that simply did not happen. For one, at the end of the movie, there were no 10, 000 Spartans that avenged Leonidas, rushing toward the Persians after the Battle of Thermopylae. The Spartan army defended Sparta, they never left the city. Xerxes never invaded. If you want a more accurate recreation of the battle, go out and rent "300 Spartans" (1962) And this whole "real world" stuff about how Iranians (the Persians) of today are up in arms about how the film depicts them as weak or callous and the filmakers as rascist; um, folks, check your history, they were. However, they also have a undisputed, rightful claim of contributing to civilization, i.e. the alphabet, medical practices and the advent of utensils. Up until then Anglo Saxons (early Europeans) were barbarians and ate with their hands (not to mention, not washing up before and after meals; another trick we got from the Persians)

But let us not confuse the Persians of then with the nutcases that are over there now. And I mean the real nutbags.

Overall, I think the performances were good (I especially enjoyed the portrayal of King Leonidas "There's no reason why we can't be civil" and Queen Gorgo "Because only Spartan women give birth to REAL men" played by Gerard Butler and Lena Headey) and the action is outright awesome.