Nick Millis

South Park has been a little less funny to me recently, and last night’s episode was no different. But with clips like this, I will never lose faith.

The most anticipated movie in the World of Nick has a new trailer. I can’t lie to you; it only makes the anticipation greater. Watchmen is based on the acclaimed graphic novel, and is being directed by the same guy who did 300, which needless to say, I was a fan of. I have grand expectations and shall not be disappointed. Or else.

In case you missed it, here’s the first trailer (also fantastic).

I’ve always been a fan of Mike Leach’s “let’s pass on every down” offense at Texas Tech, and I often wondered what would happen if he got top tier athletes in his system. Well he has done just that, with legitimate Heisman hopeful Graham Harrell at QB running the show and the best WR in the country in Michael Crabtree. They are 10-0 on the season after beating Oklahoma State tonight on ABC. You can check the score(s) here.

That’s what I really wanted to talk about. ESPN may be the “Worldwide Leader in Sports,” but that doesn’t mean they are the best. I watch sports to be entertained, but I don’t need the same entertainment when being updated on scores and the like. That’s all ESPN cares about these days, trying to entertain me. Trying being the key word. All they really accomplish is to parade morons on the air, and in this case the web, who do little more than annoy. At least during the broadcast of the game they had competent people doing their jobs, unlike during the Penn State-Iowa game earlier on ABC.

People like to complain about John Madden, but at least he has a successful video game series. That’s more than I can say about the crew that helmed the Sunday Night Football games a few years back. Mike Patrick, Paul Maguire, and Joe Theismann (all right, he won a Super Bowl) collectively made up the worst announcing team in the history of mankind. I don’t know how the three worst commentators ever were selected for one team, but they were, and it wasn’t pretty. All of them should be “retired” and off the air, but I still couldn’t escape Maguire today. As if constantly making claims and almost instantly being proven weren’t bad enough on Sundays, he just has to ruin my Saturdays now. Like today, when an Iowa player was called for roughing the kicker, giving Penn State a first down. The Genius Maguire thought maybe he had touched the ball, nullifying the penalty. “OK,” I think to myself, “let’s watch the replay.” After the first angle, Genius Maguire says it’s clearly roughing the kicker, right as the second angle shows the Iowa player didn’t even run into the kicker (a less harsh penalty), and merely had the punter’s leg come down on his shoulder as he ran past him. Normally I would have been upset by the less than stellar call, but Maguire’s past idiocy only allowed me hate him even more. And his moron buddies from the past. ESPN, please stop hiring jack ass idiots. *Thanks.

*End of venting.

This is probably one of the funniest things I’ve seen in awhile.

Back by popular demand. First word…

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I recently got the best Halloween card ever, or just card in general, and it got me into a Ghostbusters kick. First off, there’s a new game coming out early next year. I’m sure it will be decent, but it wasn’t really news that I jumped for joy over. Then I saw that there is a strong possibility of a third Ghostbusters movie. Now that’s the kind of stuff a guy could get excited about. Then again, it could totally blow, which would be unsettling. It’s supposed to be CGI, which wasn’t all that bad for TMNT, so I’ll cross my fingers.

And last, but certainly not least, Ecto Cooler. Every once in awhile I get an urge for some of that Hi-C goodness. It hasn’t been in stores for awhile, but they could have a replacement for. And they did apparently. Twice: Shoutin’ Orange Tangergreen and Crazy Citrus Cooler, neither of which exist anymore. Just another reason to hate Coke. I never knew Ecto Cooler was an orange/tangerine drink. Go figure. Back to the topic…BRING BACK ECTO COOLER!!!!

I got to see the latest installment in the Saw series the other day. I’m a big fan of the series and am looking forward to the final movie next year, but this one was definitely the worst one to date. Not to say that it was bad, but it just didn’t live up to the standard of the previous movies. The first four all involved some sort of twist that unraveled before our eyes toward the end, something Saw V lacked. It mainly added more to the past story and probably moved forward in the timeline only about an hour, and it served more as a way to show us new traps, and to make lots of money. It’s still worth the watch if you’re fan like I am.

The best part of the movie for me was probably the trailer for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. I love me some Jigsaw, but not much tops a good ol’ Vampire-Werewolf war.