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F A C T ! I hate every single human being who uses "friendzone" in a serious manner.

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Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle - A mini-series consisting of three hour-long episodes covering everything from the begining og the superheroes and the creators influences, until today and all the films based off superheroes. Obviously, they're trying to cover 75 years in thee hour, so there's a lot missing. But if you are like me, someone who loves superheroes, but doesn't know too much about the origins, then this should entertain you. It contains interviews with creators and artists, historians, film directors and even a couple of actors that has played superheroes (Batman and Wonder Woman) and much more. This was really good! Europa Report - Deent found footage-sci-fi that's decent, but nothing more. I hate a lot of the camera effects in the film. It just gets too try-hard to be honest. Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain - Great fantasy-adventure that's got a lot in common with Big Trouble in Little China aka the best film ever made, but that shouldn't be surprising as Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain was the main influence on Carpenter when he made Big Trouble in Little China. No Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountan = no BigTrouble in Little China. It's very over the top, especially on the special effects, and while some will tell you that it hasn't stood the test of time, I will have to politley disagree as the special effects are the best thing about this film together with the main actors. Crazy film, and that's in a good way. The Conspiracy - Found footage-thriller/horror that actually feels original, and is very well done. Lots of cliches, but that actually helps this film a lot IMO, and it never feels as if I am watching a film with actos. It feels like a documentary, and it gets creepy as fuck. It really did put me off. Effective stuff.

THe cover of the upcoming Electric Wizard album: Not their best yet, but it's cool allright. Very cool. New song: http://noisey.vice.com/de/blog/electric-wizard-i-am-nothing-listen Awesome song, and they seem to have kept their word as well. They said they would go away from the 70's sound they've had on these last two albums and more back to Dopethrone territory, and so they've done. This is heavy as fuck. Sounds massive!

Been spinning Vintersorg's Naturbål a lot lately. With Cosmic Genesis, released in 2000, Vintersorg moved away from his well-known folk metal sound and stepped into progressive territory, and lyrically he moved from nature and paganism to cosmos. While there was still elements of both the folk and black metal sound in the music, it was a huge change and while a good album, it's inferior to the three albums relesed before it. With each album he got gradually worse and reached a low with the progressive The Focusing Blur. Not bad, just not very good either. Then came Solens rötter and we were promised an album that would be back to the roots with folky metal and lyrics in Swedish. Well, it was a bit folkier, and it had Swedish lyrics, but it wasn't much about it that reminded anyone about the good, ol' days of Vintersorg. With that album I stopped checking out his new albums. He also got gradually more annoying vocal-wise, and went to become awful in both Vintersorg and Borknagar (both bands got worse with each release anyway, so it did not matter). I accidently came over his promo video for Lågornas rov and it was such a surprise. Once again he was playing around with folky black metal with a progressive and symphonic touch, and it was by far the best song he had done since Ödermarkens son. The album is amazing, and VIntersorg finally sings good again as well. The album feels like the natural follow-up to Ödermarkens son. Well-written and interesting songs with lots of catches, fantastic choruses, a production with a few, lovely faults and great vocals. His best album since Ödermarkens son, and perhaps even better than that, and it feels like a natural follow-up to Ödermarkens son, without him just copying himself. It's new and fresh, yet so familiar. Because of this I also decided to check out Jordpuls and Orkan, and he got more and more back to his roots with each album. Both which are decent, and both song-wise and vocal-wise he's gradually gotten better with each of the four last albums. None of them are nearly as good as this, though, because this album is fantastic.

Tape: Dracula - Open Graves at Midnight Vinyl: Tokyo Blade - Tokyo Blade Hin Håle - Beyond Daaaaamn, the Tokyo Blade vinyl is seeeexy. Or, the whole package is sexy as fuck. Beautiful.

A recommendation for all of you who loves old school gaming: Shovel Knight I played this at my brother this week. It's a retro action game wich, due to different reasons, brings video games like Super Mario Bros 3, Megaman, Castlevania, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Duck Tales to mind, without being a copycat in any way. It takes element from all these games and makes it into something new, fresh and unique, and despite it being modern (as in the creaters doing things that wasn't possible in older games), it gives you the feeling of playing, looking and listening to an old game. The gameplay, story, humour, visuals and soundtrack is all top notch. I haven't played through it yet, but I've gotten pretty far and it is nothing short of genius. 10/10 wihout any doubt whatsoever.

Perturbator - Dangerous Days (splatter) I got home a few days so I finally got to open the package that had been lying around my house waiting for me to get home. The album is great and the whole thing is just really well done. It's so fucking sexy. I miss a booklet, innlay or something like that, but everything else is top notch as always from Blood Music. Quality label. Sooooo sexy! I've also bought some tapes: Sigh - Scorn Defeat (single tape version, I already own the 2xtape version) Orcustus ‎– Anthology (2xtape) Obtained Enslavement Centuries of Sorrow (2xtape) Great releases.

Any fans of Old Man's Child here? I've had a massive kick on this band/project lately. For those not familiar with the band, Old Man's Child is Galder's (of Dimmu Borgir fame) baby, which he started out with some friends in the late 80's under a different name. Old Man's Child is a melodic black metal band that at time have been flirting with the symphonic side of black metal, without getting to much into that. And unlike so many melodic black metal bands, these guys always manage to remain black metal at heart. While always being Galder's baby, Old Man's Child ahve had other members and session members such as Tjodalv (ex-Dimmu Borgir), Nicholas Barker (ex-Dimmu Borgir and ex-Cradle of Filth), Brynjard Tristan (ex-Dimmu Borgir), Gonde (Minas Thirith), Aldrahn (Dødheimsgard), Gene Hoglan (ex-Death and Death Angel) and others. So he's had some great musicians helping him out as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlnvncBA904 Superb band! It's a shame Galder uses all of his time with the inferior Dimmu Borgir nowadays. Rewally a shame.

These Amazing Shadows - These Amazing Shadows is a documentary that uses the National Film Registry as a platform to show how important films are as a reflection of our culture and heritage. It's a documentary about the importance of films. It'sa great film, and you'll get interviews with members of the National Film Registry, directors, actors, critics, journalists and all that. It's a great film, and a film for anyone that sees films as something more than just your saturday entertainment toget through a boring evening. It's a tad short, though. There should've been way more info on the pictures. More people should have talked abou each film and decribe as to why they are as important as they are and so on. Great film. The Slanted Screen - A film about Hollywood's racism (yes, I'll go as far as calling it racism) towards asian americans in the film industry, both in treatment (or lack thereof) of asian americans and how they are portraied. I was shocked at the info about The Replacement Killers, the one The O.C. episode and Romeo Must Die. Truly shocked. Eye opening stuff. This too is too short, clocking in at 60 minutes. Would've wanted more interviews with different people. But it's a good one for sure.

Lynch all the way. Better songs, an overall better sound where everything fits well and not overproduced to the point where it becomes unlistenable. Even the very few Deathgaze songs that shouldn't suck, because the songs itself are actually allright, sucks because of their choice of production. CLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLIK < Deathgaze's bass drum sound. Fucking typewriter "bass" drums. Annoying band!

Vidoll. They were good for many years before they went just decent. Phantasmagoria never made a single listenable song. Pathetic band.

Laraine all the way. Their 90's stuff were pretty good as far as I remember. Versailles have never made a single second with good music. I can't decribe with words how much I dislike Versailles and their awful brand of power metal.

Exist Trace by a long shot. Danger Gang never did anything for me. Not bad, just not very good or interesting either.

Yes. I love the madness that urrounds the film. How it portrais what your brain can do if you believe in something. Awesome stuff!

Cool! I really liked Rise of the Planet of the Apes, so I am really looking forward to Dawn... Should be good. The Hands of Orlac - Had a reunin with this masteriece the other day. Fantastic film. Atmospheric, moody and mad. It's way more easy watching than Robert Wiene's über classic The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, both visually and story wise. Especially visually. It's not as dream-like and colourful as Dr. Caligari. It's a very staight forward film like that. But it's a great film, and well worth watching for horror maniacs who likes old horror. The Big Doll House - Another reunion, this time with cult classic The Big Doll House. Pam Grier, Sid Haig and other awesome actors. It's not a very good film, but it's still a great film. Very standard WiP (women in prison) with lots of skin and titties, eroticism and some violence. Great stuff! Jack Hill, man. Love that guy. Made some fantastic films.

You don't have to take me seriously, or believe me when I say it is power metal, but anyone with a slight knowledge of the genre will hear that it is power metal. Simple as that really.

No. All the ones I mention are power metal. I know because I've heard all of them. I've only heard Simphony of the Vampire, but that EP is pure symphonic power metal and therefore I consider Kamijo power metal. Unlike Kamijo, Megaromania does bring in more elements from other genres to their music, but the band are rooted very much in power metal. I never tried to show anyone what a certain genre would sound like, I just thought your comment on VK power metal were a bit silly since someone like me, someone who doesn't like much modern sounding power metal bands at all, easily could mention more than a handfull VK power metal bands. Was nothing more to it. On topic: only heard Lycaon which are awful. Doubt Calmando Qual can be any worse, but since I only heard one I won't vote.

Really?. Jupiter, Versailles, Megaromania, Kamijo, Ruiza, Ancestral, Candy Drugers, Hikoboshi, Orochi, Falaris, Sex Virgin Killer, Vertex and Nameless One are a few of the ones I've stumbled upon, and I don't even look for these kind of bands as I don't like the type of power metal most of these are playing. People into this type of music could probably mention a lot more than this.

I don't have high standards at all to be fair, but it just didn't grab my attention. I wasn't entertained by it. It kinda reminds me of The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Returns, which both shares the same problems as Iron Man to me. Can't stand any of 'em. I can see someone running around in Iron Man and Batman suits, but I don't get any Iron Man or Batman feeling from them. This doesn't necessary mean that it's bad, though. But it doesn't help. I like Judge Dredd with sly, but as soon as Sly takes off his helmet it doesn't feel like Judge Dredd anymore. If he had kept it on it would've been an even better film, because it would've given away a Judge Dredd feeling. Not a very good film, though. But nostalgia keeps me attrackted to it. I'll also add that I am a huge Robert Downey Jr. fan. Love him, but he didn't do much for me in Iron Man. Just like I love Christian Bale, but he didn't do it for me in the last two Batman films.

Vent to a garage sale and picked up a few vinyls today, most of them I choose because of either cover or title. Negerkvartetten fra Rhodesia - Negerkvartetten fra Rhodesia (synger negro spirutals og afrikanske sanger på stamspråket) Industrials - Voodoo Island Twiggy Bop - Don't Forget Philip Bailey / Little Richard ‎– Twins Rebel Sisters - Breaking My Heart M.C. Hammer ‎– (Hammer Hammer) They Put Me In the Mix Steely Dan ‎– You Go Where I Go The Miracles - Love Crazy General - Heart of Rock Sequal - Sequal Dead or Alive - Youthquake Break Machine ‎– Break Dance Party Break Machine seems like a good hit. Sounds great!

In my eyes there's no doubt whatsoever that someone like Yngwie J. Malmsteen just loves to show of and adds things to his albums just because he loves to show off his skills, and not because they add anything to the music itself. I consider both Rising Force and Marching Out as masterpieces, and I fucking love me some Yngwie. But let's be honest, it's obvious that a lot of the solos on both albums are there just for the sake of being there, and a lot of them are long just for the sake of being long, and a lot of them are technical as fuck just for the sake of being technical as fuck, and not because they add anything to the songs themself, because they don't. But don't get me wrong, I love it and a lot of there obviously is there because they add something extra to the music. Fantastic!

Both me and my girl are looking very much forward to Deliver Us From Evil. The first half of Sinister showed glimpses of genius from Scott Derrickson, but the second half was poorly executed and ruined the whole film. But the first half really gave me great hope for Scott Derrickson. Zodiac - Rewatched this today and it's still a damn good film. Very atmospheric and nice film, despite its few falts. But none are big, and all in all it's a very exciting thriller. The Avengers - Very positivly surprised, and a bit impressed actually. The two first Iron Man films are awful (not seen the third), but ron Man actually works really well here. Good one lines, huge personality and just damn good. Thor works good enough, but I think his personality is a big weak here. Should've had a bigger personlity. Captain America, which I thought would be and look awful, was damn fucking cool. Excecuted perfectly! Him and Iron Man almost made this film on their own. Hulk was decent when being Dr. Bruce Banner, but Hulk looked as awful and retarded here as in The Incredible Hulk. SHame, because Hulk is such an awesome character. Black Widow was really bad, but I don't think that's because of the character, because the character itself is awesome, and was so here. I think the main reason for it failing here was because of Scarlett Johansson's very punchable face. Really dislike her. Hawkeye was a pussy. Weakling. Kinda awkward character here. Loki was boring. And the Chitauri looked like some awful shit from a bad The Asylum film. And that says it all. But Captain America and Iron Man worked so well here that the whole film worked out. I was impressed by this. I need to check out the two Captain America films, Thor films and maybe give the Iron Man films a new chance. 12 Angry Men - This is hands down one of the best dramas ever. 93 of the films 95 minutes happens in the same room, with the same 12 faces talking and discussing a murder case. You might not get excited by that, but if you haven't seen it you should do yourself a favor and check it out. It's actually interesting enough that it's sniffin on a 10/10. It's that incredibly good. The dialogue, characters, acting and direction is top fucking notch. Do yourself a favor and check it out. Classy film. Anatomy of a Murder - Unlike 12 Angry Men this ain't a jury film, but a courtroom film with the always impressive James Stewart (Vertigo), Lee Remick (The Omen), George C. Scott (Dr. Strangelove) and many other great actors. Anatomy of a Murder is a crimedrama that follows a lawyer, and it follows him though all the boring work a lawyer spends the most time doing; research. But despite this, they manage to keep it interesting through the whole film. Again, the dialogue, characters, acting and direction are top notch. Classy film. Witness for the Prosecution - Another courtroom film, but this uses a lot of humour as well. Through the first 3/4's of the film it's not even close to reaching the greatness of 12 Angry Men or Anatomy of a Murder, but there's one thing about this film that makes it almost as good.

It's almost impossible to find any words at all to describe the greatness of Sunset Boulevard. I don't believe there's any words great or strong enough. Masterpiece! I should rewatch it sometime. Long time since I last saw it. Possible spoilers in the Godzilla review: Godzilla (2014) - I finally got around to watch this at the cinema, and I was positivly surprised, without that making this a very good or impressive film, because it isn't... at all. Just to make it simple: The positives: Bryan Cranston was great, and the MUTO's looked good, though they should have had more originality to them. They didn't stand out much and could easily have been used in other films than Godzilla without anyone noticing. A bit bland, though cool enough. Lots of great action, good soundtrack and the parachute-scene was immense. By far the most memorable scene in the film, and possible the only really memorable scene in the film. And that makes me want to jump straight to the negatives. The negatives: It is a Godzilla film, and the parachute-scene is the most/only memorable scene in the film. That's not positive at all. I kinda knew what Godzilla looked like from all the promo pictures, and I thought he looked too nice and shit. Well, he didn't look as nice in the film as on the pictures, but he was way fatter, stupider, uglier and boring than on the pictures. Godzilla just looks awful in this film. They also show way too much of Godzilla early on in the film, which is quite devestating to me. It ruins so much of the film for me. The monsters fights weren't powerful enough. They lacked punch, power and badassness. Aaron Taylor-Johnson isn't impressive to anyone except for idiots and mongoloids. I really liked him in Kick-Ass, but here he's out of place and he looks so uninspired. Awful casting. And of course, the script just isn't very good. The dialogue is bland and boring, the characters are uninteresting at best (except for the one played by Bryan Cranston which is decent, but he doesn't last long, does he?) and the whole family drama is awfully weak. You don't need good characters in a film like this, but the problem is that they've put so much focus on the humans and the drama around them, which doesn't work at all and they don't have anything else to rely on because the monsters and their fight isn't good enough to make you forget about the characters. I've got no idea why they put so much focus on the characters when it's so obvious that they haven't worked much on them to behind with. And the film should've been darker. Decent film on a good day (6/10, probably 5/10 on a regular day for me), and I was entertained a bit. But it just isn't anything at all on the Godzilla-scale. It's weak, bland and obviouslly made only to cash in on teenagers and mongers. Also, a huge fucking Wolverine-fist in the face of all the considering mentioning this in the same breath as Gojira, Mothra Vs Godzilla, King Kong vs. Godzilla, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and many more. You're awful. I saw this in Oslo, and it ws a shocking experiense. The Norwegian people lacks class, common decency and respect towards other human beings. Noisy cunts, most of them. I paid almost 20USD (I paid for my girlfriend as well, so 40USD is more like it) and I had to tell people to stay fucking quiet during the film, and I was the only one with the balls to tell them to husj and shut the fuck up. Jesus. Parents bring their kids to the cinema, but when the kids are talking and making noise they don't say or do jack shit at all. Provoking stuff. A fist in the face of the parents, as well as all other talkers. Fuck you all! Let me also add that the cinema doesn't look very ncie when people have left. The majority doesn't clean after them or bring the trash out of the cinema. Awful. World War Z - Decent action-adventure with horror elements. This isn't a very good film, but it's decent entertainment for what it is. If you want a horror film or a good film, you might as well just look somewhere else because this ain't either of those. I watched the directors cut, and after checking pictures of the changes I'm glad I did. Not too many scenes added, but lots of gore and violence, as well as a few scenes to add more suspense to the film. You can see the differences here: http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=594947 worth checking out, especially the theatrical VS directors cut pictures. The blood makes a difference. So yeah, decent film. Carrie - The original of course. Deserved a rewatch again. A film that keeps geting better and better with each watch. The atmosphere is powerful, the characters are good and interesting and the soundtrack is top notch. The mom is amazing. Such a scary creature, and that prom scene is amazing. Sends chills down my spine. Masterpiece!

The things on that list that I have been wanted to hear for a long time now: La Roux (can't believe any of you didn't mention this. The debut is such a great album!) Robin Thicke Wolves in the Throne Room Earth Grimes Run the Jewels A Tribe Called Quest Wu-Tang Clan THere's not too much of interest on that list to be honest, but then again I haven't heard about many of those at all and that might just be why.