END OF THE WEEK:
An "End of the Week" post on a Saturday... I know, I'm just as surprised as you are. But here I am, after many consecutive weeks of waiting until Sunday (and occasionally even Monday) posting this week's installment on the actual day that it should have always been posted. Hope that you enjoy it.
Movie of the Week: "The Hunger Games"
After much anticipation and hype, the first film adaptation of the Suzanne Collins trilogy about a late 21st Century dystopia that forces teens to kill themselves in a tournament for entertainment hit theaters this past weekend all across the country and around the world. The film is supposed to generates tons of dough in its first weekend alone, with nearly $68.3 million already in the bank for film studio Lionsgate ($19.7 million of which coming from midnight screenings alone) As of now, the film is projected to make $140 million by the end of Sunday. I have yet to see the film, nor have I yet read any of the books, but judging the reaction of the majority of people who have seen it, it's either the most amazing thing ever, a decent but not great adaptation of the books, or just a mediocre rip-off of "Battle Royale." Whichever the case may be, at least America will have yet another young-adult fantasy novel turned film franchise to look forward to for the next few years now that "Harry Potter" is finished and "Twilight" is one film away from wrapping up their joyless and uninspiring saga.
Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: The U.S. Justice Department and FBI Begins Investigation Into Trayvon Martin Murder
The story regarding the death of Trayvon Martin by Samford, Florida resident George Zimmerman is nothing short of a tragedy, one that has brought back the discussion of racism in this country and has even been described as the Emmitt Till murders of its time.
Here's the story that he know at the moment:
On February 26th, just a few days after his 17th birthday, Martin was walking to the home of his girlfriend in Samford when Zimmerman spotted him and, thinking that he looked "suspicious," called the local police and started following him around. Soon afterwards, Martin started running away from Zimmerman, at which point Zimmerman took out his gun and fatally shot Martin to death. The story has since taken momentum in the news, with parents of Martin leading a movement for the prosecution and conviction of Zimmerman to life imprisonment while Zimmerman continues to argue against accusations of racism and claiming that it was all done in self-defense (despite the fact that Martin was an A or B student who had a nearly 100 pound disadvantage on him and who has never done anything to merit such claims of being a threat). Not only that, but the Samford police's actions following the murder has also been brought under the spotlight (with many criticizing them for not arresting Zimmerman hours after the murder) as well as the state of Florida for its 2005 "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law that has since given Zimmerman a potent claim).
What follows next is still a mystery, as Zimmerman has yet to stand trial. There's a chance that Zimmerman may be brought to justice, but there could also very well be a chance of him being set free. Either way, I have a feeling that it will be quite a while before the conclusion to this story is reached.
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Michael Bay to Make "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" With Space Alien Origin
And unlike the "Transformers" films, it appears that a ton of explosions will not be able to help Bay distract the franchise's fans from complaining this time around.
Casting Choice of the Week: Michael K. Williams as Old Dirty Bastard in Biopic
It seems like nobody has gone wrong in casting Michael K. Williams for their projects, from "Boardwalk Empire" to "Community." But as the star of a film about one of the most legendary members of the Wu Tang? Yep, I'd say that pretty much takes the cake.
Video of the Week: "Will the Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up? (feat. Eminem)"
Interesting and provocative, something that the actual Mitt Romney (who, by the way, added more delegates this week by winning Illinois) is not.
Person of the Week: FOX News Correspondent Geraldo Rivera
for setting the bar high this year in the Dumb Observations department for his instantly dumb and controversial "different take" on the Trayvon Martin murder. You know the one. While appearing as a guest on the FOX News morning show "FOX & Friends," Rivera has this to offer about what was people should be considering about Martin's death:
"I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly to not let their children go out wearing hoodies. I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was...I'll bet you money, if he didn't have that hoodie on, that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn't have responded in that violent and aggressive way"
You read that correctly folks! According to Rivera, it's Martin's hoodie that he wore on the night of his death that was just as responsible for his death as the over-zealous, racist piece of crap that pulled the trigger on him, essentially the equivalent of blaming the whole thing on Martin like when someone blames the victim of a rape for dressing inappropriately, saying that they "asked for it." Never mind how it's essentially impossible for blacks and other minorities to not look threatening to racists unless they dress like Urkel for a living, or that there are millions of people out there who have hoodies The fact that Martin had the gall to wear hoodies in non-rainy conditions shows about as much irrational thought in the mind of Rivera as Zimmerman stalking him that night because he looked suspicious, and that all his critics are essentially just trying to hide the fact that they're really mad at the society we live in for such an undeniable fact being true. And I thought this guy was supposed to be the sane one at FOX News! Sounds to me like he needs to spend some time back in Al Capone's fault for a while and think about what he had to say.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Hopefully I'll get this Saturday posting habit thing back again once next weekend rolls around.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
If you have any opinions on today's post, or if you just have any suggestions or tips for my next blog entry, e-mail me at: mj1599@aol.com. Your e-mails are greatly appreciated.
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