The... Mr Coco

For those following the whole late night stuff that is happening, you will now know that Jay Leno is being moved back to 'The Tonight Show' and Conan O'Brien has been paid roughly $30 million, and is allowed to move to another network, most likely being FOX.

Conan showed on his show a video that has popped up on the internet showing a Taiwanese news report (though it has been incorrectly attributed to the Chinese), where they have made a 3D re-enactment detailing the whole story of what is happening.

The problem is that it is in Taiwanese... so alot of English speaking people cannot understand it in the proper context of what it is, because it involves Conan turning into the Incredible Hulk, and other things of that nature.

Well, if you've seen the video and been wondering what it says, then don't worry about not understanding Taiwanese... as I have graciously translated it into English for the public at large.

My god that video is insane. I love it. I like the way that it is utterly insane, yet it completely tells you everything that you want to know about the situation... well, until it devolves into the respected parties turning into superheroes and fighting physically that is.

Update: So, the video is now around 60,000 views, easily making it my most popular video to date. It was only at about 11,000 yesterday when it suddenly got a massive jump in views. I've now found out that the views are mostly from Time.com, where it was featured in a 'Top 10 Moments from the Late Night Wars' segment and was embedded on the site instead of the original video.

So that is awesome. Thank you Time.

The... Stupidity

Okay, a few days have past since the big Australian dust storm made everything look like a fucking scene from Doom or Superman 64, or something... but it has confirmed for me that most of the people in this fucking town I live in are idiots.

For example, the photo to the right is of my fathers car the day that the storm happened. The dust on it is what made it through a cover he puts on the car during winter to keep ice from forming on the windshields and shit.

When the dust storm had finally passed, he eventually cleaned the car before driving it. A logical thing to do.

This is however, my point. The logical thing does not occur to people in this fucking town. Later on in the day, driving around, we saw people driving their cars who hadn't even bothered to wipe the dust off of their front windshield. THEIR FRONT FUCKING WINDSHIELD!

They were struggling to see through it to drive. Others hadn't wiped it off any window bar the front one, so reversing parking cars became annoyingly stupid in the main street. Not to mention those people that made left or right turns who couldn't see through their fucking side windows because they were plastered with red dust.

Seriously people. Use your fucking brains.

The... Justice League

I had some spare money this week after my routine "buying food to survive the fortnight", and managed to snag a copy of the recently released 'Justice League: The New Frontier' from DC Comics.

I liked it mainly for the fact that it focused on two of my favourite comic characters: Hal Jordan aka Green Lantern of Sector 2814 and J'onn J'onzz aka The Martian Manhunter.

The direct-to-dvd release is essentially a quick retelling of the start of the Silver Age of Comics, and for fans of that era of comics, it does a pretty good job.

The Golden Age heroes had been forced to retire after the McCarthy hearings, with people fearing them for their use of masks, wondering what they were hiding. Batman is considered a vigilante and is wanted by the authorities, whilst Superman is a registered hero under the government. Barry Allen, the second Flash, is already active and is already gaining a few of his famous rogues gallery such as Captain Cold and Gorilla Grodd.

Hal Jordan has returned from Korea after the war has ended, and is enlisted in the ranks of Ferris Air. It takes a fair while for him to get the Green Lantern power ring, almost near the end of the movie, but the buildup is good.

They nailed the Manhunters origins quite well, with him being transported accidently to Earth by a scientist who ends up having a heart attack at seeing the Martian's true form. He then goes into seclusion watching television to learn of Earth customs and shit until he finally takes the form of a noir detective and becomes... well, a police detective. The only thing I was disappointed about was that he wasn't shown to be eating any Oreo cookies.

That's all i'm gonna say for now. Off to space!