Saw Kung Fu Panda 2 today. Now, that, is what a 3-D movie should be: great action sequences, animation work that makes you feel like you're riding a really good roller coaster, and outstanding visual effects! The first movie may have been funnier, but this sequel was still very fun to watch nonetheless, and easily one of the best 3-D films I have yet to see with my own two eye (and much more creative than another certain highly-anticipated sequel that debuted the same week as this film, if you know what I mean). Anyways...what was I here for again? Ahh, yes, "End of the Week"! Well, I have no need to keep you viewers stalled, so here it is: my picks for some of the best and most memorable moments for the last three days of May/first four days of June (2011):
Stories of the Week:
- The Actual Story of the Week: The Space Shuttle Endeavor Retires After 19 Years of Use by NASA
Hope it enjoys the remainder of its life being looked at in museums around the globe.
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Naked Photos of Actress Blake Lively Is Released (Note: Link is EXTREMELY NSFW)
Well, her career just unexpectedly (?) improved by 300%...not that I'm complaining.
Retirement of the Week: Shaquille O'Neal
After 19 seasons, 6 total teams, 15 All-Star selection, 4 NBA championships, 3 NBA Finals MVP awards, 8 first team All-NBAs, 1 regular season MVP award in 2000, a Rookie of the Year award, around 29,000 career points, 13,009 career rebounds, and a countless amount of nicknames ranging from "Shaq Diesel" to "The Big Aristotle," one of the most dominating and talented players to ever play in the NBA retired from the game at the age of 39 Wednesday after a disappointing and injury-ridden season with the Celtics, with a very memorable retirement press conference two days later to boot. Shaq leaves the game with one of the most prominent resumes in the game (with most of those mentioned in the previous sentence), a career where he would seem unstoppable at his peak (especially during the playoffs, where he cared about playing well much more than in the regular seasons) and has probably put himself among the Mount Rushmore of great all-time centers with Bill Russel, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. He will be missed as a player, but I'm sure that a career as a colorful NBA analyst and potential movie/TV roles will keep us all entertained for many more years to come.
Scandal of the Week: Weinergate, a.k.a. the "Did Anthony Weiner Tweet a Picture of His Weiner Story?"
Because even some of the ballsiest and most respected Democrats need to step up with some sort of sexual related gossip.
Death of the Week: Jack Kevorkian
Well, at least he got to see Al Pacino win an Emmy playing him jut in time. In the meantime, it looks like this so called "Dr. Death"...
(puts on sunglasses)
...just got a taste of his own medicine. YEEEEAAAH!!! (cue "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who)
Internet Meme of the Week: Bear Grylls in "Better Drink My Own Piss"
Guess what Bear Grylls did when he first discovered that he was part of an Internet trend? You guessed it...he was flattered and laughed, seconds before making dinner out of badger testicles.
Fact of the Week That Has Been Around For More Than a Week But I Don't Care Because I Really Want to Mention It On This Blog: There's going to be a movie based on the boardgame "Candyland," and one of its writers (Glenn Berger) predicts that it will be like "Lord of the Rings, but set in a world of candy." You know, I know that we've all been joking for years of how the movie business is running out of fumes and have just given up on creating fresh and creative ideas, but....yeah, now we can officially say it in seriousness.
Quote/Historical Inaccuracy of the Week: Potential presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Paul Revere's famous ride:
"He, who, uh warned, uh, the British that they weren't going to be taking away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and making sure, as he's riding his horse through town, to send those warning shots and bells, that we were going to be secure, and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed."
Obviously, Revere didn't actually go through his famous ride to warn the British, but rather the colonists and the colonial militia to prepare themselves for when the British were coming, which is why his famous quote to this day remains "the British are coming!," not "Hey, British, you suck!" But, hey, it's always good to find another reason to make fun of Sarah Palin, so I thank the former Governor of Alaska for this treasure. Still, it's a shame that Revere died over two hundred years ago, because I'm sure that his reaction would've been something like this...
(Ed. note: I have no idea who created this, but I was just want to give a mega-A+ for their effort)
Video of the Week: "Thumbs Up For Rock and Roll" (uploaded in April, made popular this week)
William Wallace in "Braveheart" has nothing on this kid's inspirational speeches.
Person of the Week: Dennis Labonte, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan
Now, I know what you're thinking: "Really?!?! You're actually praising someone from the Ku Klux Klan one of the most infamous organization of the past 150 years? The same KKK that is a symbol of everything that's wrong with racism and prejudice in America? Really?!?!" Quite frankly, I agree with all of this, in fact, I was actually originally thinking of not going through with this. But, here me out!
See, the reason why I chose Labonte was because he led the KKK into doing something that was actually, well...respectable. On Memorial Day, Labonte led a counter-protest movement with 70 other fellow Klan members at the world-famous Arlington National Cemetery, home to the graves of hundreds of brave American soldiers, who gave up their lives for protecting their nation, to stand up against the protests of the loony "God Hates Fags" Westboro Baptish Church, who were also there to remind, annoy, and/or disgust everyone who visited it with their message. Labonte's explanation: "It's the soldier that fought and died and gave them that right to free speech." And, folks, when the KKK says that you're doing something wrong, well...maybe you should reconsider your actions and ideology for the moment.
So, yeah, that's pretty much the only reason why. I still don't respect the KKK or most of the things they stand for, but at least we should still credit Labonte for doing something that is probably their best positive public relations move since....well, quite a while (to say the least). Now, who's up for a classic Ku Klux Klan sketch from "Mr. Show?"
And that's the way it was! Kind of a strange "End of the Week," wasn't it? After all, it's not every day that you get to write a blog post that includes both a link to a naked celebrity and an actual praise of something that someone from the KKK did. Again, weird. Anywho...hope you enjoyed this post! Now, enjoy the rest of the evening, won't ya?
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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