Review of "Batman Begins"

I finally got to see this movie! I had to settle on seeing it in Fremont, but now I want to go to Omaha and see it. This movie was absolutely awesome. I had doubts way at first when they were talking about doing the Scarecrow and Ra's Al-Ghul because tehy are not the villians you think ofwhen it comes to Batman. Now I understand why they were chosen. They best tackle this part of Batman's story and they are so real in the best sense of the word. There was a paranoid message boarder I foud the other day that said people are going to start believeing that there could be a real Batman because of how this movie plays it. I like the subtle and not so subtle cues at a sequel and the possiblity for returning characters.

On another note, I really like how they did the Scarecrow. He's freaky and as Nick put it, "You wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley." Mr. Nick did say he say this with comic book freak Heath and said that Heath loved it. This coming from the guy who has a list of critiques about the new Superman outfit.

Oh well, if you love movies go see this
My Rating: 9 out of 10, seriously, that good
DVD-worthy: Midnight pickup

Dave & Busters

I was reading the Omaha World-Herald at lunch today and noticed that a Dave & Busters is opening soon at 132nd and Center. If you've never heard of this place they have food and tons of video games for adults. No, not adult games, it's jest themed for adults. Anyways, I went to one in Chicago back in 1999 and I looked around and found my old card to play the games. I was excited until it said it would only work at the issuing store at Clark Street @ Oak in Chicago. Oh well, I was the 7,870,706th person to get a card there. So, I'll put this back into storage for another 6 years and see if it still works then! Until then, I can't wait to see what it's going to be like in Omaha.

Comic Book Store Run

Yesterday I ventured into the deep sections of Omaha to find some unique Miniatures. I went to Coliseum Gaming & Collectibles in La Vista and they really had nothing I was looking for. I then went to Ground Zero Comics at 50th and L and found some great but few Miniatures. I got a Princess Leia, 4-LOM, IG-88, and some fringe for a scenario I'm planning. I went up to Krypton Comics and bought my super-articulated Darth Vader figure from their huge wall of Star Wars. I saw Jen there and we talked about many things including how comic book stores really don't want business. You can look over the same product behind glass for an hour and they don't perceive it. Anyways, I went to Dragon's Lair and got another destroyer and some extra fringe and a booster. The booster had 3 of the ones I just bought. That's OK though, I guess.

Anyways, next weekend I'm heading up to Norfolk and Wayne. If anyone wants to do anything, let me know soon or I may call some people. I do want to go to Hastings and maybe a comic store there, but I'm up for anything including Felicity marathons to do during that weekend.

At the River

Last night, we went to Rick's Cafe Boatyard place-thing down by the Missouri and that was cool. I don't get to bring my spycam around too much due to security at work so I went a little nuts that night.

The Missouri from the restaurant:


Downtown O:


ConAgra geyser:


Almost news backdrop-worthy:

Top 11 Rejected Star Wars TV Shows

11.	The Fresh Princess of Na-Boo
10.	Two Guys, a Girl and a Wookiee
9.	Darth Trump's "The Padawan"
8.	Touched by a Sith Lord
7.	Star Wars: The Next Generation
6.	Extreme Makeover: Death Star Edition
5.	Survivor: Hoth
4.	Emperor Palpatine Controls the Universe
3.	Everybody Hates Anakin
2.	That Long Long Time Ago's Show
1.	Queer Eye for the Jedi

Why I don't want to be connected

I consistently get these emails from people wanting me to join some online community thing at hi5.com and it scanned my Hotmail and found emails. It sent an invitation email to everyone on that list. If you got one of those emails, disregard it or join it or whatever. I didn't mean to send it. If it had said, "We will invite your friends via email" or something to that effect, I would not have sent it. I don't work that way. If you want to be connected with me, bookmark this page. I don't need another login to some crap I won't use.

Give me a reason

I'm somewhat bored around here. I really want to go to Norfolk. I want to go to Hastings in Norfolk and load up on retro Miniatures. The problem is that I'm not in a position to just up and go 1 and a half hours away for that. So somebody give me a reason to visit...

Friday Night Fun

I'm so lazy I don't update. On Friday I went into Omaha to trade in my duplicate fringe Miniatures for the Anakin they had. I got rid of all but 4 and they are playing the game. Granted there was a bunch of like 10 year olds, it's still fun. I may have to come back because they game Miniatures every Friday night. I then went to Best Buy and got the Franz Ferdinand CD which is awesome. Then I went to Matt's to play DnD. I'm a ranger named Jolan who was beat to pieces. Fun. It was Dan, Andie, Matt, Me, Will, and the other guy whose name I have forgotten. I'm looking forward to seeing how that progresses. They left and Matt and I played a few rounds of Miniatures and I think he liked it. I was trying to download one of the Episode III games for my cell but my phone doesn't support it. Oh well, I hope they are still up when I get a new phone sometime.

Speaking of my phone, I think I found a way to make it ring at home. When I plug it in, it actually gets calls. If not, I've turned on text messaging through MSN and I get those when I have a signal. Sorry there hasn't been much to blog. There's just nothing interesting going on a work that I'm allowed to post onto the Internet.

Anyways, when you see Episode III, here's a list of the Easter eggs to catch in it.

My cell

I've got a cell now. It took me a while. I'm not posting the number here because that's just stupid. If you want it, email, comment, or IM me sometime. I decided on Cingular because they're the only ones that work here and Wayne that's not Alltel. Alltel sucks.

Words of advice: We get little coverage in the hole that is my house, but everywhere works fine. If you call not during work hours (8-5) and it doesn't go through, I'm at home, call my home number. Sometimes my phone is on at 3 because that's when I'm allowed to have it on, and I might have it on for lunch from 1-2. I might activate text messaging, we'll see how much minutes I use up.

Lack of updating explained

OK, the wind moved our Internet antenna. It's down. So here's a recap:
Star Wars, good
Star Wars on Saturday night, good
Bought more Miniatures, got a Dooku
Got a cell phone, email or comment for number.

I think that's all. I'll try to Audio Blog sometime if something is good.

Midnight Star Wars Showing

Yippie! We got to Oakview at around 6:30-7:00pm after loading up at HyVee and got in a line. There were so many people there it was unreal. There was a Toys R Us Geoffrey dressed as Vader there among the nerds. The nerds were using lightsabers and dressed up so I laughed. I also noticed people have much more money than me. There was a bunch of PSPs and iPods around it made me depressed. Anyways, we found out we were in the wrong line and got into our correct, shorter line. The staff told the geeks that they couldn't bring their lightsabers and lawn chairs inside so they lost their spots I assume. A guy dressed as Master Chief showed up though. They let us in at about 9:00pm and then the nerds ran into the theater to wiat for 3 more hours.

We had bought tickets at different times so we had to smuggle some people into our showing. We had a couple Jedi and a Padme in our showing so I laughed. The were cheering the preshow countdown, the trailers, and then the logos. They also had $1 pop and popcorn which was nice. The movie was great. I think it was the best of the prequels and maybe knock down an original, maybe. I got back around 4:00am and had to go to work. Now I hope that we can start the DnD Fridays.

Darth Geoffrey loses his Frisbee


The Mass of Sub-humanity that is Star Wars Nerds


The Green Guy is Master Chief


The Nerd Vader approaches the Nerd Master Chief (a clash of the franchises!)

Killers Concert

Dude, The Killers, August 10, Sokol Auditorium, likely to sell out soon, anyone want to go?

Busy Days

Well now that I'm actually in customer service among other jobs, my days are becoming less enjoyable. I'm so excited and a little stressed about Wednesday but that's ok. So yeah, if you actually call the bank with an account question, you might be unlucky enough to get me. Right now I'm doing three people's worth of work for this week only until the new person gets in. People got new offices today. Nick Vrba was one stuck behind Jill and he always looked like he was working on the printer over there. I laugh to myself. Also, because my lunch is at 1:00, I must watch As The World Turns, as if I had a choice. It's funny to see people's reactions to those cheesy soaps.

I admit it, I'm an impulse shopper. I saw only one Miniatures booster left at Walmart so I got it. And I'm glad I did! It had many repeats, but had General Grevious, Jedi Hunter. This is the 4-lightsaber version that gets Quadruple Attack but is weaker and loses the commander effect. The plot thickens.

Also, I've been shopping for a cell phone now. We hate Alltel, so I've looked into Cingular and going to look at Nextel. Cingular might work where I live and will at the end of the year when the tower is done and works at Wayne, so they're the best bet. I just don't want to be stuck out here with ½ bars until college. Nextel works here, but might not in Wayne, we have to find out. They are expensive though and I know I won't use the walkie talkie feature. So many decisions. If any of you Omaha metro-areans use a company other than Alltel and it works well in Wayne, let me know...

One of the Best Times of the Year

This is awesome. The Star Wars promotions are in full swing. There's one thing I don't understand. If this movie is for kids, why are there kids shoes with Episode III branding on them? Along with Darth Tater for ages 3+. Anyways, I was in Walmart and picked up some more Miniatures including Wat Tambor, leader of the TechnoUnion. He allows you to repair droids and have someone else draw fire. He also allows you to bring in 20 more reinforcements after seeing the Republic's army letting you have up to 120 points of people on your side. Oh well. I was browsing through the many toys and I got around to one circular display of action figures and something stood out. Not kidding, I was like "Oh my God! The Red Guy!" and grabbed in within 2 seconds and walked off. I finally have one of the hard-to-find Emperor's Royal Guard to match my blue guard. So I'm happy, how are you?

Review of Episode III the Video Game

It's not often I review video games so this may be fun. The game is very fun to play. You basically have complete control of Jedi lightsaber combat. Force powers almost seem random to use. I'm also not sure how to gain additional experience once you've beat the game. It also seems that blocking can be not enough. The enemies can always hit you in sets but you're lucky to get two combos out without getting damaged. It's somewhat hard to do combos because you never know when it works and you have have to wait for the whole sh-bang before you can do another. Somehow General Grevious can block Force powers despite not being Force-sensitive and not just MagnaGuard battlestaffs are the only thing that block lightsabers. Seriously, near the end the Neimoidian brutes will swing back their axes, while blocking you somehow, and swing and hit you. I swear I was just hacking away at them with a lightsaber. Seriously, way too many things can deflect a lightsaber. Anyways, they don't really tell you how to fight Jedi effectively so I had to cheat to keep going.

The thing that saves this game is the multiplayer stuff. It has a Tekken-esque versus mode where you pick from between Anakin, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, two game Jedi, Count Dooku, General Grevious, Darth Vader, and old Obi-Wan. I would've included Luke and Maul just because they're the only others left and that would be fun. I'm not looking for continuity with saber hits, because this is just fun. I'm not sure though why Grevious's 4-arm mode has a time limit. That's like losing control of a leg for a while. There's also some bonus missions that let you play as a MagnaGuard or Yoda, etc. That's fun along with the final bonus mission of replaying the Episode IV battle on the Death Star. Let's just say that makes that saber battle much more climactic.

On the whole it's a fun game and a good rental. I would probably purchase it when it goes below $30 just because of the annoying non-lightsaber blocking, but the Tekken is awesome.

Bad Slim PS2!

I went over to my cousin's house for a party yesterday and he said his PlayStation was acting up and he had a new backup. Well, we wanted to play Episode III and it was acting up so he broke it out. It was one of the little things. It is so small. The disc goes in a popup door on the top and not a drawer like before. It's pretty nice except for one thing: the multitap doesn't fit. The old PS2's has the memory card slots and controller ports at the same level, but now the controller ports are recessed in comparison to the memory card slots. So when you plug in a multitap, the memory card works, but the controllers don't. What moron at Sony thought of that? I was amazed by how the PS1 and PS2 were interchangeable with their cables, except now the power cable is different. Why would they mess with that? Anyways, if anyone know where I can find a multitap for him that fits a slim PS2, let me know...

Weekend Fun

I went to Walmart on Friday. That was fun. I picked up the Episode III soundtrack. That's cool because the movie starts off with a battle and instead of the main title fading away into peacefulness, it just screams action after the crawl. Fun! They also had Revenge of the Sith Miniatures fo $10! I'm surprised they have them and for cheap. By the way Rachel and Jodie, Walmart only has gay PEZ dispensers such as Pumbaa or Donald Duck. Where are the Star Wars ones? I also rented the Episode III video game. It's not bad. I'll review it further later.

Anyways, yesterday I went with Josh Dahl into Omaha because yesterday was Free Comic Book Day. I found the Star Wars one and picked up a booster of Miniatures. It came with Zam Wesell for fringe. Her card says:

Kouhoun Infestation (Replaces turn: 60 damage to 1 enemy within 12 squares regardless of line of sight, save 11)

Holy crap! That changes the game. Later I got him to play Miniatures and he didn't mind it. We then played Episode III and Battlefront. That was fun.

Only enough room for 0.75 humans 

Summer Plans

I'm almost done! I have to take my Sped final which shouldn't be too hard. Then I pack up the computer, take out the trash, take photos of my empty, echoing room, get checked out, and I'm gone. I have my Sunfire filled to the brim with stuff to take home (photos to follow soon) That will be a fun 1½ hour drive.

Well next week I'll be working from like morning until 5. I'll have time from 6-6:30 on and I'll have weekends off. If anyone wants to get a hold of me for some reason, here's when I'll be available. I'll try to keep blogging so you all can keep wasting time with Jimmy. I might be getting a cell this summer, not sure yet so we'll see.

Hope everyone has an awesome summer and go see Star Wars starting May 19. (If anyone is in the Omaha area and wants to go to the midnight showing at Oakview, let me know sometime, I may be able to hook you up)

Finals suck! 

My Clock Fell

My clock fell down a few minutes ago. It totally shattered which was cool to watch. The neon tube burst. It kinda angers me because it gave me no warning signs, it just went. Oh well, I just really liked that clock. I may have to get a hold of a new one if they're cheap or if anyone knows where I can get neon tubes because the clock part still works. The insanely bright blue light is gone!

And for future reference: If anyone knows how to hang a clock on a concrete wall (no nails) by some other way than two pieces of curled duct tape on the back with two pieces of duct tape going down the sides, let me know!

Couple of Links for Ya

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Nintendo Themes A Capella (outrageous)

Final Excitement

Here's my finals schedule:
T 10:30am - Family and Personal Relationships
W 8:00am - American Experience II
W 10:30am - Government
R 8:00am - Psychology
R 3:30pm - Special Education

I plan on moving my nonessentials out tomorrow as well as studying for the two tests on Wednesday. Wednesday I'll pack more and give back my books and Thursday my mom will come up and take home some stuff for me. If I think I can get all my stuff in by Wednesday, she won't need to come up though. I plan on being outta here on Thursday after my last final. If anyone wants a lunch, dinner, or to hang out with Jimmy before summer, give me a holler by phone, email, or comment.

For once in my life

Today I had one class today. It was History. We had a small turnout on Friday so she said she give us our test question on Monday. Well I get there and there's a cancellation sign on the door. The only time I don't want a class cancelled is when I want a good grade on a final. I hope that someone finds out what is on the final. So I went back to my room and "watched" TV (slept through) and then later watched Star Wars Episode II. Oh well...

For no other reason: the Death of the Nord Chair

Stormtroopers

In the days before the Clone Wars, it was decided that battle droids suck. They suck more than any other kind of army in existence. They hit nothing and had warning labels that say "Fragile." So then, to one-up the battle droids, clone troopers are created. Now they don't look like they suck, considering their enemies, but they do.

There is only one movie that gives them credit, the original. Sure, they're weak minded and such, but they can survive walking into a starship single-file against several Rebel troopers aiming at the door. When the Jawas are slaughtered, Obi-Wan notices that Tusken Raiders could not have killed them and rather stormtroopers "are so precise." Ironic considering Tusken Raiders can pick off podracers going at around 300mph. I think he meant frequent, or he may be remembering how efficient they were in killing the Jedi off. I don't blame them for bad targeting since they can't see a thing in their helmets. Who was the brainchild Kaminoan designer who thought of that? Whatever saving grace they had is now gone after Obi-Wan bites the dust and a squadron of troopers can't hit Luke standing still not too far away from them.

They are able to conquer Hoth, but they were supported by walkers and Vader. Here's an idea: instead of setting up a larger gun to shoot the non-moving starship before it leaves, find a way to open the door! It's worth a try. I also love the great protection their armor gives them. Leia gets shot and "it's not bad" but when a bolt hits a trooper, it burns through the armor and he falls over backwards. I know they can't see a thing, but smoke is also the thing that completely screws with their vision.

It's only in the last movie do we see their crowning moment. Hey, Endor is green, get down their with your white as snow armor. The scout trooper isn't much of a scout considering he stands out from a half mile away. They are supposed to convey this aura of fearlessness, and "we don't need to hide ourselves" mentality. Well that only works when your troops are actually good. Oh yes, it is nice how the Emperor sends his best troops to eliminate the Rebel task force only to have their forces destroyed by teddy bears. Sticks and stones my break my armor but we'll never fire a shot. Seriously, who was the brainchild Kaminoan designer who thought of their armor? Can't see, can't move, no protection from rocks much less blasters, and no camouflage.

Quotes from "North by North Quahog"

"Well, unfortunately there's no more room on the schedule. We've just got to accept the fact that Fox has to make room for terrific shows like Dark Angel, Titus, Undeclared, Action, That 80's Show, Wonder Falls, Fastlane, Andy Richer Controls the Universe, Skin, Girls Club, Cracking Up, The Pitts, Firefly, Get Real, Freaky Links, Wanda At Large, Costello, The Lone Gunmen, A Minute With Stan Hooper, Normal Ohio, Pasedena, Harsh Realm, Keen Eddie, The Street, American Embassy, Cedric the Entertainer, The Tick, Louie, and Greg the Bunny." - Peter Griffin

"Well I suppose if all those shows go down the tubes, we might have a shot." - Peter Griffin

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey...hey...stop it...stop it...OK...All right." - Peter Griffin as Jesus Christ

"...Oh here are the coffee mugs." - Peter Griffin

"What good is mining nose gold if you can't share it with the townspeople?" - Chris Griffin

"How does it smell, Dog? Does it smell like servitude? Hahaha! Aft torpedoes, fire!" - Stewie Griffin

"Hehehehe, gross!" - Peter Griffin

"Peter, what the hell is wrong with you? I fall asleep for 10 minutes and you plow the car into a tree! Oh my God, you gotta pay attention to the road! We could've been killed! I mean, look at the front of our car! It's totaled, it's completely totaled, Peter! Oh this is teriffic! How are we gonna get...oh my God! I knew I should've driven! I should always drive! I cannot trust you Peter Griffin!" - Lois Griffin

"Stand perfectly still, Lois. They're vision is based on movement." "Where'd you go?" - Peter Griffin and a hooker

"That show only furthers the stereotype that George Lopez is funny." - Chris Griffin

"Wear it now!" - Chris Griffin

"I don't have to listen to you. You're a dog, you don't have a soul!" - Chris Griffin

"Diane, I'm standing outside Park Barrington Hotel because they don't allow Asians inside." - Tricia Takinawa

"You don't want to hurt yourself dancing. Make sure you stretch out those creamy hamstrings." - Creepy Old Guy

"Yes, I've put on a few pounds for my next role. I play Peter Griffin, a heroic warrior who defied the English to free England from the English." - Peter Griffin as Mel Gibson

"Almost...almost...almost...there we are." "Well done." - High-class British porn

"You know, Margaret, we could have sexual intercourse right now." "Yes, yes we could." "But let's not." - High-class British porn

"Well what are we supposed to do, Lois, just admit that there's no excitement left in our marriage, go home, and spend the rest of our lives looking at each other across the breakfast table talking about how much we each like Total?" - Peter Griffin

"Ooh, actually so do I. And it's healthy for us, too--Oh God! It's starting already!" - Peter Griffin

"Peter, are you crazy? Look, stealing Mel Gibson's towels, bathrobes, and Nazi paraphenelia is one thing, but this is a multi-million dollar film and he's a very powerful man." - Lois Griffin

"This is even more intense than that time I forgot how to sit down." - Peter Griffin

"Mr. Tucker, it seems your son, Jake, had some vodka at the school dance, and, uh, Chris got blamed for it. This, uh, this whole situation has just really turned his whole life upside-down face." - Brian Griffin

"Yeah, look at this! Oh yeah, you don't like this! Yeah, this is what Benji would do! Oh yeah, that feels so good! That feels so good!" - Brian Griffin

"Well that may be, but what were all forgeting is: Anyone who doesn't want to go to war is gay." - Peter Griffin

"Don't worry, Lois. There's a dog turd in there. By the time he finds out, we'll be long gone--" "There's a dog turd in here." - Peter Griffin and Mel Gibson

"I know this is the wrong time to be star-struck but, Mel Gibson is shooting at us!" - Peter Griffin

"Hey Lois, look. I'm a booger!" - Peter Griffin

"Of course he did. Christians don't believe in gravity." - Peter Griffin

"Hey, hey, Jefferson. Check it out. Chick getting nailed on my head." - George Washington

"He gon' get it!" - Ollie Williams

"Don't let it get the best of you. I used to be a lawyer. See ya next week! Glad to be back, America!" - Greased-up deaf guy

Shortest Post Ever!

A lyric has been ringing in my head more than the entire song "Somebody Told Me" recently:

The meaning of life will come in a dream
This is why we must never go to sleep

Late Nights

Last night Morey provided food for people at 1:00am. That was fun. I ended up talking to Heath and others about many things and it lasted until 5:15am. We started off talking about superhero movies and the he said we should have a Geek Fest.

We then talked about WillyCon. This was good because we need to improve our turnout. He made a list of improvements for WillyCon/Sci-Fi club starting with Halo Tournament. I said yes so fast because I've been trying to do something like that for some time now. He also thought we should do more contests such a comic or squiggle contests. He put down costume contest and I told him we have a masquerade and he brought up a good point: Why do we limit the parameters of what counts? We have such a limited turnout that we probably should not limit what you can be. On that, a good fundraiser would be going to schools in costume to take pictures with kids. I do feel the club needs some reform beyond promotion. If there is anything such as DnD Fridays, let people know. So many people game such as Magic or Warcraft and Sci-Fi should be the vehicle that starts it.

We then talked about other topics such as Catholicism, religion, aliens, and time travel. That was interesting. I'm not one on physics but don't really believe that light is the absolute limit. Anyways, it was fun. Let's say I woke up for History, but set the wrong alarm for government and woke up at 11:49, then again at 3:08. Time for the CF walk. Fun as always.

Ding, Dong, the class is dead!

Yay! I'm done with Psych! Man, I hate that class. I'm also done with Family and Personal Relationships, Sped, and Professional Ed. This has been my least fun semester yet. I've really only enjoyed Government with Sped at a close second if it weren't for the eternal projects. Oh well, I'm done almost!

ACM Farewell Party

We had our farewell party for our graduating seniors. It started at 5 and I brought Miniatures, Risk, and my external. Nick and Sam played Miniatures and Erik, Randy, and Warner brought an Xbox and played Madden. We provided pop, cake, and a party sub. After a while, Roger, Dan, and I started Risk. Dan never played. After a while people got bored and soon they left and it was just us. I was bored so I started the new episode of Family Guy, an Enterprise episode, and two episodes of South Park. During the game, we each had taken over most of the map, but spread ourselves too thin. In the end, Dan won by finally conquering my Australia. That's OK, it was fun.

Get the Presents!

I bought me some presents today. I picked up a couple of boosters of Rebel Storm Miniatures because Hastings has a surplus it seems. I have greatly increased their forces so they're actually playable. Oh well, I'm done with my Education Portfolio. I was talking to Biskuit and he says that he would rather do Chemistry than busy work. I'm glad that his major. Finally, for no other reason, here is the insanely bright blue light that now eminates from my room.

Morey's Trash Bash

Last night was the trash bash. I enjoyed it a lot. There was 4 square which makes you feel like a 5-year old again. There also was Tony's Skee-ball table. I mainly played volleyball with the Walmart bag net that fell down 4 times. I had some of Jessie's Kitty Litter Cake. Afterwards, there was prizes. I won in each category. I got a broom and dustpan in the small category. I also got a pool cue and played lightsabers until I exchanged it for an enormous frisbee. In the large category I got a neon clock which is cool. It will look so awesome in my pad next year.

First New Episode of Family Guy has been leaked

The first episode: North by North Quahog has been leaked on the 'net. I'm downloading it as I type and am excited. I was probably going to download it like South Park after it airs. Don't worry, I won't spoil it here by posting my Live Quotes yet or spilling the jokes when it airs. By the way, my stance on downloading TV shows is I do it because there is no legal way of purchasing it. I also typically get the lowest quality so that buying the DVDs is worth it. There is one exception: Enterprise. I get HD quality with that, but they aren't out until May and they are expensive, but I still want those DVDs.

Star Wars TV Show

Here's what we've been told officially about the upcoming live-action TV series from Lucasfilm.

• 100 episodes
• 1 hour each
• based on a spinoff character
• Lucas will direct first season
• write season one at one time
• film season one at one time
• takes place between ROTS and ANH

Personally, I think it's too casual to do one that follows the most recent movie. I'd like them to do post-New Jedi Order (25 years after ROTJ) while the actors are that age. I also have thought it would be cool to wander around a couple years before The Phantom Menace and attempt to make it seem like a better movie. And of course, I'd want Lucas to remain very little involved to allow someone else to come up with something new and interesting to the saga. By the way, you guys know that I already have storylines for these timelines thought up, don't you?

LEGO Chewie

Life-size LEGO Chewbacca at Celebration 3 (no I'm not there!)

Wanna freak people out?

This is a fun site that has an enormous database of payphone numbers and some pictures as well as some stories of phones so you could call someone and act like you know what is going on. It's a fun place to check out and add some phone numbers.

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Twinkle-toes 

Episode III Soundtrack

iTunes has an exclusive track from the upcoming soundtrack to be released on May 3 (the same day of the release of the Phantom of the Opera DVD) so there might be a midnight run for that...Rachel. Anyways, the track is called "Battle of the Heroes" so I wonder what part of the movei that's about? I like the track, as if I wouldn't, and I reccommend it because it won't be on the soundtrack according to Amazon.

Also, there's a new trailer for the video game that look really cool. It probably has few to do with the actual movie, but the game looks awesome. Check it out.

Video Happy Day

Today was a good day for those nerds who get their rocks off for new video clips from Star Wars. There are 3 new TV spots, 2 of which are ironically targeted toward kids despite Lucas not wanting children to see the movie. Also there are clips from a German show that shows ILM clips of the movie. OK, I get the giggles everytime I hear a dubbed video a la Enterprise in Spanish. It is cool because we see Grievous move an we see Matthew Wood, the voice of Grievous talk in normal-speak. In the TV spots you also hear a Grievous sound byte from the movie for the first time hearing an official voice since Clone Wars Vol. 2.

Check them out here.

I see your Schwartz is much bigger than mine. 

3 Short Stories from the Weekend

Into the Dragon's Lair
I started with the plan of getting both the Rebel Storm and Clone Strike starter sets for Miniatures before they are removed from shelves, preferably Rebel Storm. I went to Hastings after school on Friday to see if they had any miniatures...one box...in the back...overpriced. So then the next day I went over to Walmart because I needed to kill time and they had none. They did have the Revenge of the Sith starter for miniatures and TCG. Ironic because they don't sell expansions to either. I then went to Toys 'R' Us and they had none but I did see their display. They had a huge Vader helmet and had free LEGO Mini TIE Interceptors with a purchase of $15 or more. No, I didn't get one. They also had a bunch of other cool crap that I wouldn't mind having at some point. I went to Oakview Mall and Waldenbooks had the new ones and GameStop had a few Clone Strike boosters overpriced. I tried Barnes and Noble only to find the new ones as well. I decided to take a chance, I went to the Dragon's Lair Comics shop in Millard. That place is like a mini-WillyCon (if that's possible). There was some gaming and a ton of crap to get. They had all starters and boosters and sold individual miniatures. Paradise. They also had all expansion boosters of TCG and some Star Trek CCG. Let's just say I got a punch card.

Let's Never Go to Sleep
My high school wanted my to bring DDR for post prom again. I borrowed Extreme from Brenner and set it up they way I wanted it. I got a big screen and this was the first time I used an S-Video cable so it looked sweet. While I was playing I played High-def Battlefront. Most of the people played it and Morgan wants to buy it now. There's always someone who plays it for the first time and wants to get it, myself included. I was happy too because the Karaoke was moved across the room so it was at least possible to play over it. I also played some Rhythm and Police to give them hope. The post prom ended at around 4:15 am and I was asleep at 5. Fun. So I was happy this was better than last year. They probably request it again next year.

Westroads is a Motherlode
Today I went to Westroads Mall and I was pleasantly surprised. Waldenbooks had both old starters and Clone and new boosters, Suncoast had both old starters and Clone and new boosters, and Gamestop had overpriced Clone and new boosters. Where was I yesterday? I knew I wasn't getting the other starter yet because I need some more time but I picked up a Clone booster from Suncoast for no reason and then I got a Cinnabon. Oh, Cinnabon! The booster I got rocked. I got so many good ones. I then went to Target and found Star Wars Risk for 19 f-in dollars! I was really, really, really, tempted to get it. They also had a Puzz3D foam puzzle of Anakin's Jedi Starfighter. I never heard of this and never knew they still made those. Still not clean!

Your Linguistic Profile:

75% General American English

10% Yankee

5% Dixie

5% Midwestern

5% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

My Complaint About Prof. Karen Walker

I've got a bone to pick with Prof. Karen Walker. The first thing I want to bring up is that given a choice of having Prof. Walker use psychological tools to trick us into doing whatever dishonest grizzlers require of us or having my bicuspids extracted sans Novocaine, I would embrace the pliers, purchase some Polident Partials, and call it a day. I can't follow her pretzel logic. I do, however, know that if Prof. Walker thinks that she can make me go crazy, then she's barking up the wrong tree. It may be coincidence that her holier-than-thou attitudes spoil the whole Zen Buddhist New Age mystical rock-worshipping aura of our body chakras. It may be coincidence that they step on other people's toes. And it may be coincidence that they retain an institution which, twist and turn as you like, is and remains a disgrace to humanity. But that's a lot of coincidence!

Don't kid yourself: I do not find methods of interpretation that are ethically bankrupt, sullen, and dictatorial to be "funny". Maybe I lack a sense of humor, but maybe last summer, I attempted what I knew would be a hopeless task. I tried to convince Prof. Walker that we can and we must protect ourselves by any means necessary against the sexist bestiality of brutal, squalid renegades. As I expected, Prof. Walker was unconvinced. While everybody believes in something, her simple faith in mercantalism will make bribery legal and part of business as usual. Now there will, no doubt, be supercilious, blasphemous bloodsuckers out there who will ask, "So what if Prof. Walker's lapdogs devalue me as a person? That won't affect me." Such crippled thinking is the best example there is as to why racialism is not merely an attack on our moral fiber. It is also a politically motivated attack on knowledge. Although Prof. Walker wants to challenge all I stand for, if we fail to speak out against behavior and speech that is intended to expose and neutralize her enemies rather than sit at the same table and negotiate, then we have no one to blame but ourselves. Unfortunately, I can already see the response to this letter. Someone, possibly Prof. Karen Walker herself or one of her emissaries, will write a condescending piece about how pushy I am. If that's the case, then so be it. What I just wrote sorely needed to be written.

(If you haven't figured it out, I used an automatic BS generator)

Registration Fun!

Hardly! I guess there's something about not taking an Honors class for a semester doesn't allow you to register first. So I was not sure when I could register if my current hours count or not. They don't. So I've woken up early on Monday, Tuesday, and today! I would've taken an honors class except I'd either taken them all or they would've hurt my major. Well, I wake up today and register to find out that I was not approved. I talked to Dr. Blaser last week and he said I already was by Dr. Garvin. I figured he looked at the wrong term. I waited for him in between his classes and he was shocked too and we got it corrected. I went to register and I got in all my classes with one surprise. When I registered for Sociology, I accidentally typed in the wrong call number. I was registered for PSY 403 - Cognitive Psychology. I'm thinking, "No, no more Psych!" and drop it and add the right call number. So now I can watch both DS9 episodes today because Dr. Leeper is not in today so there's a nice release.

the Reverend Josh Lauridsen

My old neighbor stopped by with a printed-off certificate stating that he was a legal minister in the Universal Life Church. Not kidding, they give away ordainships free online in 3 minutes. For those who have everything...

iTunes Music Sharing

Yesterday there was a crap-load of people sharing their music on the campus network with iTunes. Usually there's like 5 or 6 but last night was an explosion.

Recognizable Foul Stench

This is for Jodie: I found this picture looking up Star Wars TCG on Wizards of the Coast. It's Wayne Pygram a.k.a. Scorpius under heavy prosthetics to play Grand Moff Tarkin in Episode III.

OK, I have to add something. I was bored around IMDb and because I recently watched A Clockwork Orange, I was there mainly. Anyways, I found out that Mr. Alexander's freaky guard guy is David Prowse, the man who played Darth Vader...

Sunday's Con and Registration

Today was fun. I picked up another booster for Star Wars Miniatures and I also got the rest of the trading cards. If I'm in Sioux City again (with time on my hands) I would love to stop at Acme Comics and Collectibles. Fran rocks! It sorta feels weird to not wear my badges now. Oh well. I played Miniatures with Rich. He thought it was weird at first, but after he won he said he liked it. I played Lord of the Rings Risk again and Greg won tremendously again. I held my own for as long as possible. We then went to the dead dog party and were going to play Risk but there was a lot of people there. I went to the dorms to unload all of my stuff and prepare for registration and my Government test tomorrow! Yay!

My Fall 2005 schedule:
MWF 10:00 am - Tech and Society-Honors with Renzelman
MWF 11:00 am - Intro to Sociology with Snowden
TR 11:00 am - American Presidency with Leeper
TR 12:30 pm - Computer Hardware with Lutt
TR 2:00 pm - World Civilizations I with Tabor

I'd like to talk to Bertolas about the rotation schedule and workload for Computer Mapping because I can take Soc anytime. I'd like to take 15 credits because 18 gets really annoying when everything is due at the same time.

Saturday's Con

Yesterday was so fun. I basically hung out at the registration desk all day. Josh dragged himself up to Wayne along with Matt and Jen and that was great. And Kaddy showed up too. Fran at Acme Comics talked me into getting the Star Wars Miniatures game. I love it. I had to buy a booster pack because the characters you are given are really weak by themselves. I played that with Sam (trying to figure it out) and then with Greg (finally got it figured out). We then played a huge game of Star Wars Trivial Pursuit (probably one of the last games I may play with that board if I get the new version quickly) and I won but it was close. We then played Lord of the Rings Risk and Greg on the side of evil won when the found the ring at Mordor two spaces away from Mount Doom. I also got wiped out at Minas Tirith but it was fun. I then watched Zombies until the Masquerade show. Paper faces on parade... And then the door prizes. I watched Munchkin, then Enterprise, and back to Munchkin. And then we had to see the forbidden Fargo tape until I got tired and returned to the dorm.

I do have to say something. WillyCon this year was in combination with the Young Author's Conference which wasn't too bad, except no one from there was working the registration desk. So many times the desk was bombarded with questions about the Conference that we have no idea on because they told us nothing and hey have little information there. Oh well, I'll get over it.

WillyCon VII

OK, I am excited for WillyCon this year! I would like to encourage all WSC students to pay it a visit anytime this weekend. It's all over the Student Center so if you're bored or something just check it out. It's free to all WSC students. If nothing else, take a look at the art show in the Niobrara room and if you feel adventurous, place a bid. There's some awesome art this year.

I'm not entirely sure, but to win or buy anything at the art show or from a dealer, you might need a badge. Well, that's free also, just go down to the Atrium and they'll hook you up. I'll be there at 10am and 4pm if you want to visit!

Sony and Microsoft schedule PS3 and Xbox 360 unveiling's for the same day

Sony and Microsoft schedule PS3 and Xbox 360 unveiling's for the same afternoon, May 16th. Which will get more publicity???

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Halo 2 Expansion Pack

1Up told me about the Halo 2 Multiplayer Expansion Pack. the first two out later in the month are called Contanment and Warlock which is basically Wizard which will be free. Later ones include: Turf, and Sanctuary and will be for purchase at the same time.

• We're releasing a total of nine new multiplayer maps.
• All nine maps will eventually be available as Live downloads and as a normal boxed game disc - available at retail for $19.99 (US).
• The release on Live will be staggered, some paid, some free!
• The first two maps are free and coming in a few short weeks. (late April)
• The same day the 2 free maps are released, 2 additional maps will be available for purchase.
• The remaining 5 maps will be made available as a paid download on the same day the retail package goes on sale.
• The retail disc will contain extras, including a documentary, a cool project from our cinematic and animation team, every Halo 2 update released so far and possily one or two other little treats.
• By late summer, ALL the maps will be available for free.

Speaking of downloadable content, I took the liberty of downloading the Jabba's Palace map for Battlefront on Brenner's box. It's so small that every match is a bloodbath, cool. I know that PS2 has a greyed-out delete function on their maps so I'm sure at some point they'd like to do something like that.

Free Wink, Dynamic Display Pictures

Eager to create a Dynamic Display Picture but short on dough? Then we got an MSN Messenger 7 freebie for you! Just follow these instructions:

1) Sign into MSN Messenger 7 (duh!).
2) Go to Actions > Get More From Messenger.
3) Click Dynamic Display Pictures and select BlueMountain Display Pictures.
4) Click Muggins.
5) Pick your favorite Muggin and start customizing.
6) When you've finished, click Already Have a Pin?
7) Enter this code: bluemountainmuggin.
8) Your free Muggin will automatically download to MSN Messenger 7 (depending on the user activity on that site this can take quite a few seconds).

For FREE Winks:

1) Sign into MSN Messenger 7.
2) Go to Actions > Get More From Messenger.
3) Click Winks (click Ok if a dialog window shows up).
4) Click a Wink of your choice.
5) Click Already Have a Pin?.
7) Enter this code: bluemountainwink.
8) Your free Wink will automatically be added to My Winks in MSN Messenger 7.

For FREE Characters with Moods:

1) Sign into MSN Messenger 7.
2) Go to Actions > Get More From Messenger.
3) Click Dynamic Display Pictures and select BlueMountain Display Pictures.
4) Click Characters with Moods (or whatever it's called in your language).
5) Click your favorite Character.
6) Click Already Have a Pin?.
7) Enter this code: bluemountainmood.
8) Your free Character with Moods will automatically download to MSN Messenger 7.

The clock is ticking and the offer is temporary, so spread the word and tell your friends where you got the codes from ;)

No More BETAs!

Well, the new MSN 7 is out with all the features of my old beta. Hope you all like it! I have been suprised how many people still don't have/use MSN 6. All these no display pictures worry me. Are you using Windows Messenger? Don't you know that's crappier than AIM? Seriously, embrace change, people.

Also, as a word of assumed Microsoft Advice: I think they want you to use a name as your display name and put your stupid quote in the personal message bar because people like to know who you are and the personal message is easy to change so you can keep your name constant. Plus, having 2 quotes would seem redundant, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it?!

English Genius You scored 100% Beginner, 100% Intermediate, 100% Advanced, and 100% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go! Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it! For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 77% on Beginner You scored higher than 76% on Intermediate You scored higher than 92% on Advanced You scored higher than 99% on Expert

Link: The Commonly Confused Words Test written by shortredhead78 on OkCupid Online Dating

I wish I could add

I talked to my advisor today about my schedule. I told him I didn't really expect to be out of here in 4 years with what I'm taking. He told me I'll probably be here another 3 years. I thought to myself "a six-year student!" When I got back to my room, it dawned on me that I'm a sophomore with 2 years in college done. 2+3=5 years, not six. I feel better now. Good thing I'm in college not taking Calculus.

ROTS Changes

The movie's not even out yet and Lucas is changing it. Don't worry, he didn't make Greedo shoot first again, just a few changes to what sound like the end. It's not unheard of especially when he first had Darth Maul fall in one piece and then had Anakin hold on to Padmé on their wedding with his intact hand. Check out the last minute small changes here.

Happy First Contact Day!

Iowegians are so nice

I went to Sioux City today. I went to Hot Topic and they were playing "Smile Like You Mean It" and I was happy. I also went to Spencer's and Sam Goody then left. I then went to Toys 'R' Us. They had Star Wars music playing by all the new toys. They were all out of the BLue Guard action figures. Apparently, the Red Guard will be out later. I did see the Star Wars Risk and I'm a little disappointed. It's not so much a map then a series of conjoined planets. Oh well, I still want it. Like the Lord of the Rings version with the One Ring moving toward Mount Doom, it has the Emperor moving toward Order 66. Well, I got a vintage Stormtrooper I've been wanting.

Anyways, I then went to Target after trying to figure out how to get there for a while. I was looking at the action figures and a Target Security Guard came over and asked which ones I was getting. I told him I was getting the Blue Guard and a Battle Droid. He said he got the Anakin and Vader and that was cool. I went to check out and the cashier shouted out "Star Wars!" How nice. That Target is the nicest ever!

Aftermath of the Concert

Alrighty, 4 bands:
Number One Fan = Very good, but little catchy songs
Action Action = Good also, louder than first
Goldfinger = Awesome! Blows your world
All-American Rejects = Very good, but Goldfinger wore us out
Number of people kicked out (that I saw) = 6, Good work, Brandon

What's a concert without a delay? This one was supposed to let us in at 6:00, but we got in around 6:30-6:45. It's a shame we got frisked because I have no pictures. No lighters, no cameras, no spy.
The first two bands weren't all that memorable thanks to Goldfinger. Yeah, they kinda made an impression. I doubt they'll come back if the school had their way. Popular demand would be there, but no school. Basically when you tell kids to quit school, smoke pot, and form a band, you might not be pleasing the authorities. And if that wasn't it, the profanity and flashing will. Oh well, it was all awesome! Goldfinger brough a crap-load of people on stage and jumped into the audience and whatnot. I feel bad for All-American Rejects. They rocked, but people were tired. All in all it was great. I got free swag such as a poster and some stickers and I got the Rejects's CD. I was disappointed that Goldfinger had nothing because they would've made so much money. Also, I heard All-American Rejects got stoned before Goldfinger took the stage.

Buy some Toys!

Wow, it's been a day. I should've put this up yesterday but I had a wild day of Halo and Battlefront. Anyways, on Friday I took a midnight run to Walmart to get the first of the new Star Wars merchandise. I picked up 4 action figures: Count Dooku, Darth Vader, Clonetrooper, and a Super Battle Droid. I found out later that a more articulated clonetrooper will be out later in the year so live and learn. Vader also isn't very poseable and some weird, sick action. He also has trouble standing up, but he's not too bad. Count Dooku is awesome. He's one of the most poseable ones I've seen. He does come with some spoilers designed in him so that's interesting. His hands come off and his head comes off. Not too much we weren't expecting. I still want to get Mace Windu, a Battle Droid, and the Red and Blue Guard.

I might be making a mad dash into Sioux City on Monday to visit Spencer's, Hot Topic, Sam Goody, Toys 'R' Us, and Target to look for more stuff. I would go today, but I'm going to the concert!

Also, I got dismal results from my previous post, so I won't be experimenting with that, but if anyone on campus has the Pepsi/Mountain Dew/etc. iTunes free song caps and they're not going to use them, let me know.

FreeiPods.com

Hey, I have a question. Now I know it's April Fools Day but honestly being serious. Has anyone heard of freeipods.com? It's real, it's legal. Anyways what you do is you sign up for one offer such as Blockbuster Online, Columbia House DVD club, among others and then they give you a link to give to a number of friends or put on your site or whatever. To get an iPod, iPod mini, or PSP, you need 5 friends and to get an iPod shuffle you need only 3.

They used to have a blockbuster free trial that you would do, then cancel immediately and it would count but now it seems like you would probably be charged for the first month which is $9.95. Now, it's a great deal getting a $200 item for $10, but I am worried that I may not have enough people visiting who would help me and I would lose that money. However, I have become aware that my site is getting a little global. It's not big by any means but I am getting hits. So this is for the casual or steady visitor to my site:

Would you participate in freeipods.com?
	Yes
	No
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The Best Test EVER!

OK, going into this test was awesome. It's an essay test for Sped in class, that she already gave us the questions. There are 20 and we pick 15. So I already studied the crap out of them and then she comes in today and says that she's been getting calls for a fraternity all day and she needs to be in her office. Now, a common teacher would cancel the test, but that's no fun. So she has us put all of our stuff in her office and she gives us a group test. The same questions except we get to talk to each other. I love it!

Now, I know a lot of the questions already so I get done fast. This happens to much to me because I have a talent that I can write compact and quality-filled short sentences. My bane of Comp: 4 page paper due and I can only write 3 because I've ran out of stuff to write about. Anyways, I'm sitting in the class for the longest time until I just leave.

So now all of my stress is gone. I was elected ACM Secretary again for next year and I interviewed Wayne's sped teacher for Sped and I only have to talk to my FieldEx teacher now. By the way, I also have only like 5 hours left of FieldEx so that's winding down too. Whew!

Why Norfolk is Norfork

I was a little bored today, so I was clicking around on Wikipedia, the encyclopedia on everything and stumbled upon Norfolk's listing. Apparently the town was named after the north fork simplified of the Elkhorn River, but the USPS thought it was a mistake so they changed the name to Norfolk and that's why people don't pronounce it as it is spelled. I feel so learned.

I also found out that Wahoo, Nebraska, had the Nebraska legislature proclaim David Letterman an admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska. When Letterman jokingly said he wanted more, Wahoo sent him a '76 Ford Pinto with a sofa attached to the hood, a wall clock made of cow droppings, and two of the town's teenagers, brothers Jeff and Josh Price.

By the way, there is no Wayne State College entry yet so if anyone wants to make one for Wikipedia, go here.

My Relationship with iTunes

When we first met, I love how you were so awesome. You were so open and sharing, until you started moving my stuff around. I do like how you give me stuff with my pop, though. But it would be nice if you got along with my friends better. And I do like your companion, but it just doesn't really get along with my best friend. I wish you could just see what's new with me and adapt yourself to that, but you're a little rigid. I don't mind how you tell all my friends what you're doing, because I expect that from my best friend. Anyways, I'm not ready to breakup yet, I like what you're offering me. I just wish like any other guy that I can have both.

Why Episode III is PG-13

Millennium Falcon has posted some gruesome pictures from a German Episode III book that basically solidifies that Revenge of the Sith will be PG-13 instead of PG. Quite nasty.


(WARNING: Major plot spoliers inside) Millennium Falcon forums

(psst...a little trick whenever bandwidths get exceeded, go File, Save As to save the webpage and view it locally. You will have downloaded all the pictures.)

Battlefront 2?

From PC Gamer:
It will have space battles (Including Ep3’s space battle) where you can board, sabotage, and take control of certain parts of the cruiser class ships. Jedi will also be implemented although not a class in every map. The game will also be more objective driven compared to capturing outposts like the first battlefront.

Connell Fire Alarms Suck!

We had a fire drill in Connell today. I'm not sure why they need an alarm every 6 feet but they are so loud. It's like the sound of my brain mixing together! In retrospect, I wish I had recorded it, but I forgot. And the worst thing is I still had to go to class.

Lessons in Government 

You Belong in the UK



Blimey!

A little proper, a little saucy.
You're so witty and charming...
No one notices your curry breath

What English Speaking Country Do You Belong In?

Visited States Map

Thanks, Rhea! The pic is too big for the main page so see my map here. I would do the countries map, but there would only be the USA.

visited 15/51 states (29%)

My Thoughts on Venom in Spider-Man 3

(I wrote this a while ago, but due to yesterday's announcement of Thomas Haden Church playing Spider-Man 3's unknown villian, I decided now is as good as any to post it.)

When I get bored, I take a look at the IMDb entry for Spider-Man 3. The forums usually go into these topics such as "Venom's in, 100%" or "My great idea" all having to do with Venom. Personally, I love the character, he's cool, but I just don't see it happening.

The movies convey this sense of realism, and usually all it takes to accept the villian's ability is the acceptance of one thing about them that does not exist. Green Goblin had the Goblin formula because I think the glider is pretty plausible. You have to believe that this stuff can make you strong, but mess up your mind which is not too hard to grasp. Doctor Octopus had really the fusion machine to accept. It's not too hard to grasp, humanity has seen the sun for eons, can we duplicate it? The arms might be a stretch but in layman's terms it makes sense to control the reaction. For Venom to work, you have to accept that aliens exist. Wow!

It doesn't help that the fans' scripts always include Carnage in Spider-Man 4. One at a time. Tobey and Kirsten don't really want to continue after 3, so why even think about it. It may be fun to kill off MJ, but how 'bout using her while she's here. Plus, if the series goes too long, it may drag on, regardless of a cool villain.

They probably will do Green Goblin again and Venom is basically an enhanced Spider-Man, so we'd be looking at no new powers of any kind. And even if they did do Venom, the hype created by the fans would be so big that the movie would never satisfy them, i.e. Star Wars Episode I.

Basically it boils down to simplicity. Harry as the Green Goblin makes sense with the existing story and Lizard wouldn't hurt anything. I also heard the comment that they want a celebrity to play villians. I'm sorry, but how long has Alfred Molina been a major celebrity? No offense, he's a great actor, but he's no major celebrity.