Batman Wins

You'd think the Mortal Kombat well would have run dry by now, right? They really haven't had anything really new or interesting to offer to the series since Mortal Kombat 2 (Liu Kang's a zombie now for god's sake...). Where is a franchise to go?

Apparently to the DC Universe!

Yes, I realize this doesn't make sense in the slightest. I agree that it doesn't.

And yet I'll probably still buy it so I can play as Batman.

The DC character better be able to do fatalities though! If Superman doesn't rip someone's spine out or Green Lantern smash someone to death with a giant green hammer, I'm out.

OMG SMALL TOWN PA PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED VIOLENT BIGOTS!?!?!? DAT STEREOTYPING!!!!!!!!

Barack Obama said small town Pennsylvanians were bitter about losing their jobs left and right and have embraced religion and guns as a result. People are apparently pissed about this. Have they ever been to small town Pennsylvania? I guess not...cause they sure do love Rambo Jesus out there.

Seriously though, hunting's pretty big in Pennsylvania.

Gotta love media overreaction in Presidential races!

Flyers '08: Blocking Out The Sun

I guess Suns would be more accurate. As many of you are aware, the NHL is in an overall slump as far as its popularity goes (guess it's time for Mighty Ducks 4!). What the NHL feels it needs it star power baby! We need Gretzky and Lemieux 2! The NHL thinks they have that in Sidney "Sid The Kid" Crosby and Alexander "The Great" Ovechkin. Both of these players are certainly large on talent and have the stats to back it up. The NHL wants them for marketing and they're all you'll hear about on ESPN (for the 5 minutes they devote to hockey each day...NBA loving bastards...). Naturally, my beloved Flyers get to play in the same damn division as Crosby and have to see him playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins 8 times a year and they get to play Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs!

The announcers focus on Crosby or Ovechkin is sickening. God forbid a Flyer touch a precious hair on either head of these rising stars! "The Flyers are bullies!" they scream. "The Flyers are little more than thugs!" Okay, I'll give you Steve Downie and Riley Cote but that's it! We have some real talent on this team. Mike Richards and Jeff Carter in particular. These guys don't put up the numbers of our young superstars, but they're both extremely talented and Richards is more than twice the leader that either Crosby or Ovechkin will ever be. Philadelphia will love these guys for their tough, solid play, but tough and solid isn't Sportscenter material. Flash and pomp are, and Ovechkin and Crosby (this is directed more towards Crosby) certainly have that.

Don't believe the overhype? Try watching Sportscenter and see how many times they mention the actual teams as opposed to Crosby and Ovechkin. It's an absurd discrepancy. Ovechkin did nothing for 3/4 of Friday night's game, but he gets one nice game winning goal and he is the Hero of the frickin Universe. Ovechkin was completely shut down on Sunday's game, yet he was the announcers could talk about. I guess I should thank them for talking about Mike Richards for two minutes today (who didn't score but had an amazing game as he was all over the ice and was a force to be reckoned with). Ovechkin's goal on Friday was one of the first things shown on Sportscenter on Friday night. Sunday's 2-0 Flyers shutout? Not even mentioned until the end of the hour long show.

The other problem is that the NHL watches the Flyers so much more closely than any other team in the league. Most of that is their historic reputation as a big, bruising team. It's the true that the Flyers have always been tough, and the current team certainly is too, but they don't need to be called for EVERY LITTLE THING THEY DO AGAINST THE PENGUINS AND CAPITALS. This is especially the case for Pittsburgh where Crosby takes more dives than a mob sponsored boxer. But hey, he's got a cool nickname as Sid the Kid and he can score, why should the Flyers, with one of the largest and most loyal fanbases in the NHL, get in the way of that?

It ain't easy bein' Orange and Black.

Evil Empire Wastes Time, Money For Publicity

The New Yorks Yankees and the Boston Red Sox are not known for getting along, some in fact may say that they have a bit of a rivalry. The Yankees also happen to be building a new stadium (which is going to look just like the old stadium...with more luxury boxes and higher ticket prices!!! Yay profit!). So one may suspect a Red Sox fan of some tomfoolery or mischief...

So a construction worker Red Sox fan planted a David Ortiz in the foundation of the new stadium hoping to curse the Yankees.

Big deal right? Somewhat amusing, doesn't make a difference in anyone's lives and people can get a good laugh out of it at worst, right?

Nope.

The Yankees drilled for five hours to locate the shirt through 2 feet of concrete! Wow, that's really a good use of time and money. Is a baseball jersey going to weaken the structure or something?

I really hope the article is joking about this part too:

Trost said the Yankees had discussed possible criminal charges against Castignoli with the district attorney's office.

"We will take appropriate action since fortunately we do know the name of the individual," he said.

A spokesman for Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson said Sunday he did not know whether any criminal charges might apply.

Criminal charges? Appropriate action? For what is little more than a prank? Please. Why are people so stupid?

Tyler Durden Cheese Snacks

So Cheetos has a new ad campaign where Chester Cheetah suggests mischief to people. It's oddly reminiscent of Fight Club and visions of Tyler Durden and Project Mayhem. Is this really the image that Cheetos want?



Yay schizophrenia and cheese doodles!