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Last month, there was a movie called The Devil Inside. I decided to avoid that release, but not just because of its godawful reviews. I avoided the film because I knew exactly what was going to happen based purely on the trailer. The film opens with a title card implying that the footage shown is real, we're introduced to our annoying cast of characters, freaky paranormal shit happens, the whole thing is captured on an impossibly durable yet incoherently shaky camera, everybody dies, the menace remains entirely mysterious and ready to kill again, cut to black, add a title card saying that no one was ever found, The End.

I could've told you all of this without seeing the film or reading any spoilers online. You know why? Because I've already seen that movie over and over and over and over and over again.

In all of cinema history, I don't think there's ever been a sub-genre that grew more stale more quickly than the "found footage" mockumentary. I'll grant that Apollo 18 took place on the moon, Troll Hunter was a microbudget foreign film, and Cloverfield revolutionized the use of viral marketing and secrecy in promotion. But when you get right down to it, these superficial differences are all for naught because they all follow the exact same goddamn plot. Every single one of them follows the story beats and points that I just listed, down to a T.

[NOTE: I'm not counting Catfish. That isn't really a "found footage" film, since the characters didn't leave their footage behind to be found. They set out to make a documentary about online relationships and that's exactly what they did. The fictional characters successfully made their movie, and it was the mockumentary screened in theaters.]

Part 1 includes cameos by Obscurus Lupa, Oancitizen, Phelous, Diamanda Hagan, The Blockbuster Buster and more!!

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Hello everyone! I like to write so I deiced to enter a writing contest for Latin Club convention. The subject was to create an original myth. So I decided to make one about snow. Now the contest is coming up again and I plan on entering something again if I can think of an idea. Anyway I just wanted to share some of my non-blog related writing. Any suggestions how to improve my writing is welcomed. I would have been a bit more descriptive but I had to work with a word limit. 

There once was a young woman named Lucretia who didn’t fit in well with the people of her village. She loved to wander the woods by herself and sing. She also had a tendency to talk to herself and she wasn’t good at weaving or cooking or any of the other skills that were valued in a woman, so she was often called an oddity and people would treat her as such. She acted as if this didn’t bother her but she could never shake the feeling of being alone and unloved. On one winter’s day, Zeus was traveling though the skies when he heard a sweet, haunting sound. It was a woman singing.

“I must find the owner of that voice.” He whispered enchanted.

Before Watchmen – Should It Happen?

As many of you know, DC has recently announced that they would be releasing a number of mini-series under the title of Before Watchmen. As the title implies, the books are prequels to Watchmen. The titles announced are as follows: Rorschach (4 issues), Minutemen (6 issues), Dr. Manhattan (4 issues), Comedian (6 issues), Silk Spectre (4 issues), Nite Owl (4 issues), and Ozymandias (6 issues). The books will all feature a backup titled The Curse of the Crimson Corsair and will conclude in an Epilogue one-shot.

Using WWE 12 on the Xbox 360, I created 20 different personalities from TGWTG and BT to duke it out in a Royal Rumble match, Enjoy

What up wrestling fans, I'm the WrestlingNerd bringing you another written review. Today, we take a look at TNA Impact Wrestling on 2/2/12. How will TNA do with the show taking place in the UK? Let's find out and start the review. 

Before I start the review, I need to address how this company builds up tonight's show. Before this show went on the air, they do a mini promo for the show. That's pretty common with television programs, especially pro wrestling. My problem is they already gave away that Hulk Hogan was going to return tonight. Talk about taking away the element of surprise. Not only that, but Dish Network said that Hogan would show up tonight. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Direct TV said the same thing. If you have been watching the show, then you already know that TNA already gave away what's going to happen by spoiling Hogan's return. I don't like this move since a reveal like this should be a surprise, but where is it now after this? To be honest, I felt TNA did this so they can get some extra ratings. Casual fans will be flipping channels and be like "Oh, Hogan is going to be on tonight. I'll stick around". It does the job, but they really shouldn't have advertised it since it gave away a storyline they have been working on for the last few weeks. TNA would continue to add insult to this aspect as the show continues. I think I've wasted enough time on this subject, so let's just get started already. Despite how much I hated how they went about Hogan's reveal, the show was better than some of the past episodes.