| Ultimate vs. Marvel Round 17: Nick Fury |
| Published: November 20, 2008, 9:30 am |
| Tags: Marvel Comics, Comics, Marvel, Nick Fury, Ultimate |
| A WWII veteran and super-spy, Fury has the vigor of a much younger man thanks to the Infinity formula'. Ultimate Nick Fury was an early test subject for the Super Soldier program. Whether or not this gave him any lasting degree of super strength is not clear, but it has certainly retarded his aging process. He's a bit of a snake, |
| Quantum of Solace: A Review |
| Published: November 19, 2008, 12:30 pm |
| Tags: Drama, Reviews, Viewing Material, James Bond, Spy Movies |
| I don’t mind saying that I was very excited going into Quantum of Solace. As I’d already mentioned, Mr. Hall and I enjoyed Casino Royale quite a bit - it only made sense that we would enjoy this one just as much. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out that way. From the very start, the movie didn’t grab me the way the first |
| Angelina Will Replace Tom Cruise In Edwin A. Salt Movie |
| Published: November 19, 2008, 11:46 am |
| to replace Tom Cruise in the spy film Edwin A. Salt. Of course the script was going to have to be re-written because Angelina is a woman not a man. Also there was talk that Angie was going to have to drop out of the film because of recent birth of her twins. Well rest assured that was all untrue. Angelina Jolie confirmed to the BBC that she |
| Quantum of Unread Book |
| Published: November 19, 2008, 11:37 am |
| Tags: Books, Fiction, Reading, Related Movies, James Bond, Movie Related, Spy Novels |
| I have never read a James Bond novel. I had this fact hammered home to me last night. I didn’t post yesterday because Mr. Hall and I went to the movies with a friend last night and saw the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. I can’t tell you if it’s faithful to the books or not, because I’ve never read one. (I can tell |
| Meet Strategist’s Personal Library |
| Published: November 19, 2008, 2:22 am |
| Tags: Author Interviewers, Blog Tour Hosts, General Book Reviewers, Pod Reviewers |
| more fiction as of late spy novels, mystery, science fiction, fantasy and humor. I’ve even been known to read the occasional young adult book. 4. In what genre do you consider yourself to have the most expertise? Military history. 5. Is there any type of book that you absolutely will not review? Horror, chicklit and inspirational. 6. |
| Remembering the party at Jonestown |
| Published: November 18, 2008, 8:16 pm |
| Tags: Pataphysics |
| Korean domestic flight for a spy relay during a top secret Space Shuttle mission with a military payload. Neither the Tylenol or KAL 007 incident have ever been satisfactorily explained, because the mainstream media has the attention span roughly equal to a lingerie ad campaign, and the liberal media supports the mainstream media, and the |
| Angelina Jolie: The $1 Billion Dollar Woman |
| Published: November 18, 2008, 5:26 pm |
| Tags: Actors Amp Amp Actresses, Celebrity Babies, Celebrity News, Celebrity Sightings, Movies, Out Amp Amp About, Picture Of The Day, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, The Changeling |
| She will next appear in the spy thriller, Edwin A. Salt. This project will reunited her with Phillip Noyce, director from The Bone Collector, which is one of my favorite movies of hers. Filming on the project will start in February, but after that Angelina has decided to take a year off from working. I like being home a lot. First and |
| What’s Hot On TV Tonight - Are We Sure It’s Sweeps? |
| Published: November 17, 2008, 8:57 am |
| Tags: Programming, Dancing With The Stars, Heroes, My On Worst Enemy, The Doctors, Will Kirby |
| is thinking Angie could be a spy and has Dr. Skinner check it out for him. 9:00 PM NBC 19. Boston Legal. Carl and Denny travel to Virginia to help in the defense of a prison guard that shot an inmate on death row when the lethal injection didn’t kill him right away. With a woman reporting to have lost a job because she voted for McCain, |
| Bond Off to Record-Breaking Start |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 11:58 pm |
| Tags: Movies |
| each new chapter in the spy’s capers. Last week’s top film, Madagscar: Escape 2 Africa, dropped a reasonable 43% to an estimated $36.1 million, upping its cume to $118 |
| James Bond Review |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 10:41 pm |
| Tags: Reviews, Stuff |
| boyfriend? Was he a bad spy? There was too much left unexplained. However, it was still an enjoyable shoot- em up movie, as Bond films always are. I look forward to the next one. At the end of the credits it said James Bond Will Return….I thought that was obvious, but at least we know there will be another. Hopefully the next one will |
| Your Division leading Minnesota Vikings…11/16/2008 |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 6:35 pm |
| Tags: Adrian Peterson, Division Leading, Gus Frerotte, Jeff Garcia, Minnesota, Tamba Bay Buccaneers, Vikings |
| the concept of a QB spy. Well luckily The Bears did not show up at all against the Packers, and the Vikes are still on top of the division. Baroo! |
| New Cast and Cancellations |
| Published: November 16, 2008, 12:21 am |
| Tags: Late Night Tv, Primetime Tv, Saturday Night Live Snl, Amy Poehler, Christian Slater, Lipstick Jungle, My Own Worst Enemy, Saturday Night Live, Snl |
| job of playing the super spy with a man-made split personality. The show did have some plot holes, but it was suspenseful and a change from your standard drama/cop/lawyer shows, but alas, it just couldn’t hold the ratings. It probably didn’t help that its lead-in, NBCs heavy-hitter Heroes, isn’t doing all that awesome |
| Missed My Workout Today and James Bond |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 12:47 pm |
| Tags: Health And Fitness, Exercise, James Bond, Quantum Of Solace, Weight Loss |
| life is like for a super spy. He gets hurt physically and is still hurt emotionally from the loss of Vesper. But instead of going through the grieving process, he stuffs it inside and we, the viewers, begin to see what it does to him and how he becomes the cold, methodical, efficient killer for MI6. I think I’ll leave the review at |
| Sarkozy, Brown: A little off on their history! |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 11:13 am |
| Tags: News, Brown, Fact, History, Ignorant, Sarkozy |
| by the way was also a Soviet spy, imposed our will on the whole world in dealing with the economics of the situation. Mr. Brown crows today about it, but back at the time it happened it had to be hard for the British to swallow. They had become second class to the United States at that time. I am sure the meetings will serve to do some good in |
| Quantum of Solace |
| Published: November 15, 2008, 7:05 am |
| Tags: Movie Reviews, 007, Bond, Comic Book Review, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Marc Forster, Movie, Quantum Of Solace, Searnold |
| is a general note about most spy movies but there were aspects of it in Quantum of Solace: why can’t spies ever play nice together? Even spies working for the same government never seem to tell each other what they’re planning. Which means they can’t help each other and thusly get into far more difficult shenanigans than |
