Comments on: Episode 135 http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:09:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/#comment-645 Rob Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:45:32 +0000 http://paunchstevenson.com/?p=1274#comment-645 Esteban, obviously your MP3 player can't get past the fact that Michael Jackson died. Esteban, obviously your MP3 player can’t get past the fact that Michael Jackson died.

]]> By: Esteban http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/#comment-644 Esteban Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:01:23 +0000 http://paunchstevenson.com/?p=1274#comment-644 WHoa! If <a href="http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/behind-the-bell.php" rel="nofollow">this is really an excerpt</a> from Dustin Diamond's tell all book "Behind the Bell" then it's going to be the only book I read this year! WHoa! If this is really an excerpt from Dustin Diamond’s tell all book “Behind the Bell” then it’s going to be the only book I read this year!

]]> By: Esteban http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/#comment-643 Esteban Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:46:58 +0000 http://paunchstevenson.com/?p=1274#comment-643 I still haven't heard your review of the biggest grossing terrible movie ever! The problem is with my stupid MP3 player. Its buttons are really touch sensitive so I'll get about an hour into the show with the MP3 player in my pocket and I'll sit down or make some other movement and the stupid thing will skip to the next track! And it only has three buttons-next track, last track and play so I have to start all over again from the beginning! I've listened to the first hour of this show like three times already! It's driving me crazy! I still haven’t heard your review of the biggest grossing terrible movie ever! The problem is with my stupid MP3 player. Its buttons are really touch sensitive so I’ll get about an hour into the show with the MP3 player in my pocket and I’ll sit down or make some other movement and the stupid thing will skip to the next track! And it only has three buttons-next track, last track and play so I have to start all over again from the beginning! I’ve listened to the first hour of this show like three times already! It’s driving me crazy!

]]> By: Greg http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/#comment-642 Greg Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:10:05 +0000 http://paunchstevenson.com/?p=1274#comment-642 Dennis, just write the truth, usually comes out well. G.I. Joe looks really stupid. Again, these properties excelled for a reason during the 1980's, and the producers, directors, writers, actors and studios will not concede this. They automatically assume there is something wrong with them, because they were done years ago, and therefore require massive changes. They also greatly discount the fact that people might really care that the characters don't resemble their former selves. Dennis, just write the truth, usually comes out well. G.I. Joe looks really stupid. Again, these properties excelled for a reason during the 1980′s, and the producers, directors, writers, actors and studios will not concede this. They automatically assume there is something wrong with them, because they were done years ago, and therefore require massive changes. They also greatly discount the fact that people might really care that the characters don’t resemble their former selves.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/#comment-641 Dennis Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:38:22 +0000 http://paunchstevenson.com/?p=1274#comment-641 It's hard to do my blog review after hearing all the comments about Transformers 2. I watched all three movies in 1 night and boy the animated movie holds up way better than the Michael Bay evwn with most of the focus on Hot Rod. BTW, I heard the GI Joe live action movie has the worst test screening scores in Paramount history. It’s hard to do my blog review after hearing all the comments about Transformers 2. I watched all three movies in 1 night and boy the animated movie holds up way better than the Michael Bay evwn with most of the focus on Hot Rod. BTW, I heard the GI Joe live action movie has the worst test screening scores in Paramount history.

]]> By: Greg http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/#comment-640 Greg Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:32:19 +0000 http://paunchstevenson.com/?p=1274#comment-640 The Angry Video Game Nerd also attempted an <a href="http://www.cinemassacre.com/new/?p=1725" rel="nofollow">audio-only review</a> of the movie with I think a friend. They were very serious, and didn't go anywhere near the bash-mode we were in. But it was clear they weren't thrilled with it. I've been posting on message boards lately that this is one of the worst science fiction motion pictures ever released, up there with <em>Howard the Duck</em> or <em>Superman IV: The Quest for Peace</em>. Honestly, if not for the money spent on CGI, done well by ILM, nobody would go see this thing. I'm not going to stop. People have been making fun of George Lucas for the prequels, and Spielberg for last year's Indiana Jones, but this garbage is 100 times worse than anyone could argue those were. Again, this damn idiot Bay will not get it through his head that 99% of the movie going public don't care about the humans in this movie. They want to see Transformers. He tried to pimp out Megan Fox, and that doesn't work, and she apparently was not happy about it. I would probably give his Transformers movies more credibility if they were about the robots. That's despite the terrible way they look, and the poor choice in some of the voices. The Angry Video Game Nerd also attempted an audio-only review of the movie with I think a friend. They were very serious, and didn’t go anywhere near the bash-mode we were in. But it was clear they weren’t thrilled with it.

I’ve been posting on message boards lately that this is one of the worst science fiction motion pictures ever released, up there with Howard the Duck or Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Honestly, if not for the money spent on CGI, done well by ILM, nobody would go see this thing. I’m not going to stop. People have been making fun of George Lucas for the prequels, and Spielberg for last year’s Indiana Jones, but this garbage is 100 times worse than anyone could argue those were.

Again, this damn idiot Bay will not get it through his head that 99% of the movie going public don’t care about the humans in this movie. They want to see Transformers. He tried to pimp out Megan Fox, and that doesn’t work, and she apparently was not happy about it. I would probably give his Transformers movies more credibility if they were about the robots. That’s despite the terrible way they look, and the poor choice in some of the voices.

]]> By: Rob http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/#comment-639 Rob Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:02:29 +0000 http://paunchstevenson.com/?p=1274#comment-639 Wow, nobody commented on the biggest, most important episode of The Paunch Stevenson Show besides us. The Paunch luck! I just listened to another podcast <a href="http://thisweekingeek.net/roundtables/twig-transfomers-revenge-of-the-fallen" title="http://thisweekingeek.net/roundtables/twig-transfomers-revenge-of-the-fallen" rel="nofollow">This Week in Geek's review</a> of <i>Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen</i> (2009). I give them credit for taking a serious, in-depth approach to analyzing the movie, but to me (and I'm sure you too, Greg), there's just no point. The movie is an incomprehensible joke, but they attempted to talk about the character development, plot development, etc. Their episode also includes a short interview with Stan Bush, who wrote and performed "The Touch" from the original <i>The Transformers: The Movie</i> (1986). According to him, he recorded a new version of the song and Michael Bay used it in <i>Revenge of the Fallen</i>...but two weeks before the movie was released, Bay changed his mind and removed it. That stinks. To be fair though, I just heard a clip of Bush's new version and it's pretty bad compared to his original. He completely changed the melody and arrangement. I know why he did it - to try to make the song fit in with today's generic faux-edgy rock style - but the original was actually a great pop/rock song. He messed with perfection. By the way, I forgot to mention in our review that Arcee was in the movie even less than Soundwave...and the one shot she was in, it looked like she was riding a unicycle or rollerskates. Why even bother creating her character model? Wow, nobody commented on the biggest, most important episode of The Paunch Stevenson Show besides us. The Paunch luck!

I just listened to another podcast This Week in Geek’s review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). I give them credit for taking a serious, in-depth approach to analyzing the movie, but to me (and I’m sure you too, Greg), there’s just no point. The movie is an incomprehensible joke, but they attempted to talk about the character development, plot development, etc.

Their episode also includes a short interview with Stan Bush, who wrote and performed “The Touch” from the original The Transformers: The Movie (1986). According to him, he recorded a new version of the song and Michael Bay used it in Revenge of the Fallen…but two weeks before the movie was released, Bay changed his mind and removed it. That stinks.

To be fair though, I just heard a clip of Bush’s new version and it’s pretty bad compared to his original. He completely changed the melody and arrangement. I know why he did it – to try to make the song fit in with today’s generic faux-edgy rock style – but the original was actually a great pop/rock song. He messed with perfection.

By the way, I forgot to mention in our review that Arcee was in the movie even less than Soundwave…and the one shot she was in, it looked like she was riding a unicycle or rollerskates. Why even bother creating her character model?

]]> By: Greg http://www.paunchstevenson.com/2009/06/29/episode-135/#comment-638 Greg Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:03:34 +0000 http://paunchstevenson.com/?p=1274#comment-638 I was thinking, and I realized that the plot of this Transformers movie was a total rip-off of the Fifth Element and Stargate. PS: That strange clip of Michael Jackson at the end of the episode is from a Read-along classics audio tape featuring MJ reading the story of E.T. It's available on <a href="http://www.readalongadventures.com" rel="nofollow">www.readalongadventures.com</a> I was thinking, and I realized that the plot of this Transformers movie was a total rip-off of the Fifth Element and Stargate.

PS: That strange clip of Michael Jackson at the end of the episode is from a Read-along classics audio tape featuring MJ reading the story of E.T.
It’s available on http://www.readalongadventures.com

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