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1. Bogleech: Here's one guy who's non-flash stuff is just as enjoyable as his Fear Hole cartoons. Thanks to him, I found quite a few Super NES games that were never released stateside and are pretty much unknown. Not to mention his biology related stuff makes for some interesting stuff. Don't know what I'm talking about, just visit his website.

2. Mozilla: What's with the hype? Every time when they release a new version of Firefox or Thunderbird; lots of people consider either one the best things to happen to computers since the graphics tablet. However, when either one of those programs screws up on their behalf; various Mozilla users end up switching back to IE or Opera.

3. Jews: Why are people trashing the Jews, but not other small nationalities such as the Welsh, Belgians, Koreans, Mongolians, Maori people of New Zealand, etc. It's just like Goth-bashing; idiotic, tired, annoying, distasteful, and uncreative. And this is coming from an Atheist Libertarian.

4. Banjo-Kazooie: I loved playing the N64 games, and the Live Arcade re-releases are one of the few reasons to get an X360 that aren't related to Bayonetta or Gears of War. However, I don't like how they made Banjo and Mumbo cubic, the original designs are perfectly fine. Not to mention that they could get actual voices for the game instead of the original pseudo-voice effects for the X360 (seeing that the X360 uses DVD-Rom).

5. Che Guevarra Posters: Revolutionary my ass, the man was a mass-murderer and a poverty pimp. The things that man got away with would make any rational, sensible person recoil with disgust. I commend the Venezuelans who destroyed a Guevara monument.

6. Alvin-Earthworm: I know a lot of you peckers hate this guy for making sprite flash. So what? At least he can put together some entertaining action scenes, and he's a good 3d modeler to boot. On the other had, his jokes really suck. Besides, videogame spoofs have been around since Space Invaders was first released in 1978.

7. Marvel Comics: Even though I laud Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for breaking the comic mould, and like many of their characters; Marvel has pretty much gone off the deep end with House of M, Civil War, Brian Michael Bendis, Rob Liefeld, and the assloads of bone-headed fuck-ups that are too numerous to mention. At least Iron Man kicked major ass and I'm looking foward to the sequel.

8. Happy Tree Friends: It's too bad that Mondo Media doesn't submit their HTF cartoons here anymore, but at least it's like the old 30s to 50s Disney/Warner/MGM stuff; only done on a couple of computers and really violent. Sure there's Mondo Media's other stuff, but that just wasn't meant for YouTube. Here's hoping that it doesn't become too big, too fast.

http://www.lp.org/blogs/andrew-davis/a -message-to-obama

I just had to share this because I love seeing people shit themselves when somebody tears up their sacred cows. In case you have not noticed, I'm Libertarian. If you don't know what that means, it's neither Liberal nor Conservative.

I've already done Princess Mononoke and Ghost in the Shell, so I won't add them here. However, there are anime that I didn't like and need to be mentioned.

1. Tengen Toppa Gurin Lagann: One of my friends on MSN (which is better than AIM I might add) said that I need to see this. I did and it wasn't very good; and after watching fifteen episodes, I had to quit. It was repetitive, the characters were either annoying (Kamina) or useless (Yoko). In other words, just like F-Zero GP Legend with original characters and giant robots.

2. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Although I liked the suit and character designs (as in the EVAs); this was just boring to watch. Sure it had the likes of Jessica Calvello, but there are better shows for her to be on.

3. Chrono Crusade: At first, I liked it. Then I watched more of it and its story started to get obnoxious as well as convoluted; and the characters got annoying. I don't care if it had Brett Weaver and Tiffany Grant (who were also in New Cutey Honey) doing several of the characters, especially when the weakest links were Rosette, Chrono, and Azmaria. I'll give it credit for having great animation, but that's pretty much it.

4. X: I'll give it credit for being bloody, but this movie was convoluted in terms of plot. I'd rather watch the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon over this any day.

5. Lucky Star: I've seen only one episode of this, but this is boring as hell.

6: Dokuro-Chan: This sums this one up quite well:
Dokuro: "Sakura-Kun! I'm going to kill you for no reason" *Whacks him on the head with a spiked baseball bat.*
Random girl in class: "Sakura, I'm going to label you a pedophile without anything to back up my claim."
Sabato: "Sakura-Kun, I'll hunt you down with an overpowered cattle prod!" *Trips and aforementioned cattle prod takes out Sabato herself.*

Regarding Cowboy Bebop and Lupin the Third: I'll give them credit for animation quality, but the hype these franchises have been generating is sickening. For that reason, I avoid them as much as possible.

Happy Thanksgiving Newgrounds!!!

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1. Tool of the System: I am not doing this because I think his cartoons suck (I enjoyed them). However, I've read his reviews and it's ironic that he thinks that "cursing and sex pander to prepubes" while he used clips of Ren and Stimpy, a tv show that has cursing and sex, in two of his cartoons. It's pretty hypocritical when you really think about it.

2. Gears of War: Even though I would like to play this and the sequel, don't you think that it has become too big too fast? Then again, there are lots of things that ended up that way.

3. Arrested Development (TV Series): Even though I like David Cross as a comedian, the hype this sitcom recieved is just pukeworthy. I haven't seen the show myself, but the fanbase is just distasteful and a little bit nasty to those who disagree with them on the show itself. And If Fox didn't cancel it, it just would end up like the Simpsons and MadTV.

4. Deviant Art: I think that this site and it's competitors are nothing more than dumping grounds. The vast majority of its userbase is just anime/anthropomorphic crap (I hate it when "furry" is used in that context), and its admins are corrupt from what I heard from Sirkowski. Even though many of the people I know use this, I avoid this site as much as I can like crappy conspiracy videos. However, there are quite a few good artists there, but for every one of them; there's at least five or six crappy ones.

5. Not Evil, Just Wrong: I'm plugging this as much I can, because I want to see something like this in theaters. I want people to check this and Mine your own business to see what the enviromental movement is really doing.

6. Doomhammr: I remember playing his Uniwar game eight years ago, and he has some great stuff in recent times. I plan on getting his Uniwar novel when it finally released and wouldn't mind collaborating with him sometime.

7. Movie remakes: I know that a lot of people are getting sick of these, but Hollywood is damn near out of ideas; and can't think of anything else other than remakes, sequels, and adaptations. I would like more original films, but that won't stop me from seeing a new take on an old film or what not. Sure, many of them are shit, but many of them aren't. Besides, there are a fair share of original movies that sucked major ass.

8. About this series of rants: Why do I do these? Simply because I can and want to do these. There's so much stuff out there that I just can't help but say what I have to say. Is that too much to understand?

No, I don't use DeviantArt or SheezyArt (I avoid them as much as possible).

Here's the large version if you want to look.-Note: if it doesn't show on that page, head to the next one.

Plus, here's some Tekkaman Blade for you (I'm not embedding it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbc0Z8O ea9s

1. Ghost in the Shell: Even though Masamune Shirow is a great robot designer, I found this movie to be boring as hell. Sure the animation was nice, and one of the guys from the 80s sitcom Night Court did some of the voices; but this was about as entertaining as watching tumbleweed roll around.

2. Princess Mononoke: What's the big deal!? I find Hayao Miyazaki's stuff flat and hollow, and the fact this has gotten rave reviews over Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is just revolting. Sure it was violent, but so is Fist of the North Star (which was actually entertaining). I've seen better character development in the Gradius anime and a better plot in Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Killer Mutant Snowman.

3. Dogma: I blame the ending for this, but the rest of this movie was pretty damn dull. This is why I usually stay away from Kevin Smith's movies (although I did like Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back).

4. Transformers the Movie (1986): I know a lot of you will hate me for including this, but even though I did like it; it just wasn't very entertaining. As the Transformers, it suceeded; as a movie it failed miserably. Of course I blame the writers for that.

5. Shrek the Third: I liked the first two Shrek movies, but this was just awful. This is why I think that Shrek is a greedy, pointless franchise that exists to produce generic cash-in sequels. Even though I like Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy, this was just too much of the same.

6. X-Men 3: The Last Stand: David Hayter, who co-wrote these, stopped being cool after X2, and aside from Juggernaut; this was just boring as hell to watch. Throw in the fact that Jean Grey was no longer cool, and Wolverine is the most overused character of all the X-Men in the comics. At least they ended the X-Men films with this instead of making a fourth one.

7. Ferris Bueller's Day Off

8. Epic Movie: Even though I liked Scary Movie, this was droll and reeked of cash-in.

9. Young Frankenstein: I like Mel Brooks, but this film didn't live up the hype around it. I'll take Spaceballs or Robin Hood: Men in Tights any day.

10. The Simpsons Movie: Sure this had a few funny moments, but I'm siding with those who are tired of the Simpsons. Then again, Family Guy and Futurama aren't that better.

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1. ZekeySpaceyLizard: I'm getting tired of his attitude towards NG and would like nothing more than for someone to make a flash game where you get to beat the living hell out of him. If he was really concerned about original Flash cartoons; then why doesn't he make more original cartoons? Hell, he took part in the Blamformers Collab, yet he is opposed to parodies. Talking about irony.

2. Seth MacFarlane: I don't really care for Family Guy or American Dad; but I do like Cavalcade of Comedy and I think he's a great voice actor & singer. The only problem with him is that he puts his jokes ahead of his stories.

3. Race-Baiting: I think that this is poinless, retarded, and just exists to make money. Race Baiting is how corruption gets exacerbated; and when you really think about it, doesn't contribute to anything. Hell, a former member of the NAACP once said this: "I can't wholeheartedly say that the African-American community deserves reparations, but I can tell you this: The Federal Government writes a check for 30,000 dollars for my desendency of Hattie Edgerton, I do not want that poverty pimp, Jesse Jackson, taking that and putting it in his pocket. It's a trick amongst my people and I'm sick and tired of that."

4. Terminator 4: I don't know if this is going to be good or bad, simply because it isn't complete yet. How are they going to finish it is beyond me since Stan Winston died a few months ago. I liked T2, but never really cared for T3. I'll stick with Total Recall for the moment (one of my favorite movies).

5. Big name actors in Flash movies: With the Waterman movie with Leslie Niesen, Parody Rangers 2 with various anime VAs (and good ones at that), and Broken Saints with David Kaye and Scott McNeil; Just how long will it be until we see Stick Slayer Ten with John "Spud" McConnell, Project I. V. vs Miss Dynamite with Pam Lauer and Jessica Calvello, Project Freetown: The Movie with Garry Chalk, or what not. I have no problem with this, but it's surprising that a few well-known film actors would want to team up with everyday people who make cartoons on their PCs.

6. Vulgarity in Flash Cartoons: I'm getting sick of people downrating movies just for having excessive swearing, sex, violence, etc. It's obnoxious and irritating. At least I take quality into consideration when it comes to voting and reviewing flash.

7. Oil: Why are certain people trying to wage war on oil? Are they so stupid, ignorant, and out of touch with reality? All the things you hear about alternative fuels is based on misinformation. Here's some things that I will elaborate on:
I: Most of our oil comes from friendly or neutral nations.
II: Ethanol is weaker than gasoline, and producing it is bad for the enviroment.
III: The part of ANWR that has the oil is just a tiny part of the entire reigion.
IV: At least 30 percent of the United States' Oil and Gas is refined in my home state of Louisiana.

8. Conservative Talk Radio: I think that these people are shrill, dogmatic, and annoying. They claim that they're for smaller government, freedom, and liberty while supporting laws that contradict those three things. Are the likes of Glenn Beck and Hugh Hewitt in denial or what? Then again, this sums up the liberal left and conspiracy theorists as well.

I salute and respect the US military even though I don't support the war (I have friends who were or are still in the armed forces, so shove it). Just to make things clear, I am neither Liberal nor Conservative.

Update: Here are things I'd like people to see.

The Skeptic Wiki-I found this when I was reading some stuff in the JREF forum. While incomplete, it is worth your time if you want to learn stuff.

Mine Your Own Business-An informative, independent documentary about how enviromentalists are trying to keep people in Romania, Chile, and Madagascar from opening up mines because the enviromentalists think their lifestyles are quaint

Internet Movie Database's Bottom 100-Special thanks goes to RoG and I-Mockery for a reason to dick around on IMDB.

For those who ignored my post on independent video games here's the link.

Space shooters, a type of video game that has been around since Space War and Nolan Bushnell's Computer Space. They have peaked around the late '70s to the early '80s and had a decent following during the late '80s and much of the '90s. While console space shooters are hard to find (this includes Live Arcade and Wii Ware), PC shmups are easier to find (thanks to Shoot The Core) and obtain. With that out of the way, I think that shmups are an untapped resource on NewGrounds. Hell, one of the first games made for this site was a horizontal shooter that didn't have a name until 2001-2002. While there are lots of ideas for space shooters, the execution is either hit or miss. One example being Space Wing, an attempt at a RayForce clone that suffered from being too slow, repetitive, and had cheap designs. That game, while decent, was a missed opportunity to prove that RayForce could be replicated in Flash. On the other hand, Metal Wrath was well-thought out, had great designs, smooth scaling and rotation, great level design, and had something different (it was right-to-left instead of left-to-right). Sure it used sprites (all of which were custom-made), and a recycled plot (the man versus machine gig is overused); yet it was fun to play.
While actual space shooters are relatively common, movies based on them are hard to find. The most notable one is TFX' Zero Wing cartoon that was made seven years ago. While I would like to see more original Flash cartoons here, that doesn't mean I'm going to downrate a parody of Gradius, R-Type, Darius, Einhander, or what have you. I vote on the actual quality of a Flash cartoon rather than it being video game themed.
One more thing: Buy Space Invaders Extreme damn it!.

It's funny that all of the people who support Obama have a tendency to ignore any facts that they may find hard to swallow. So here's a quick list of why Obama is four more years of Bush:

Bush: Supported government involvement in education.
Obama: Supports government involvement in education.

Bush: Supported Medicare and Medicaid.
Obama: Supports Medicare and Medicaid.

Bush: Supported more government spending and regulation.
Obama: Supports more government spending and regulation.

Bush: Supported the Wall Street Bailout.
Obama: Supports the Wall Street Bailout.

Bush: Supported the War on Terror.
Obama: Supports the War on Terror.

Bush: Broke all the promises he made when he was first elected president.
Obama: Broke all the promises he made when he was first elected senator.

Bush: In favor of nominating biased supreme court justices.
Obama: In favor of nominating biased supreme court justices.

That's all there is to it and a bumper sticker from cafepress.com sums him up well:
"Obama '08: Get disappointed by someone new."
Don't take my word for it, just head to the Cato Institute for an in-depth look at what I just said.