© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-thing-fish24 Recent reviews written by member thing-fish24 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_473553145476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Technically speaking, Now Eat is a terrible movie. I would consider myself to be a fan of underground, independent, or otherwise low-budget movies. It's not necessary to have a large budget to put together a great or even good movie. Just look at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473553145476 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:59:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473553145476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471915400836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Robert Rodriguez made an interesting observation while promoting Grindhouse back in 2007: After Spy Kids 3-D, there seemed to be a flood of 3-D based films following in the footsteps of Rodriguez' film. So, would his own Planet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471915400836 Wed, 27 May 2009 23:45:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471915400836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467778506372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Every individual with artistic inclinations continues to gather new and diverse influences throughout their lives. And I am no exception to that rule. However, most will agree that the output of one individual would likely be our earliest influence --... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467778506372 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:43:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467778506372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467785518724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - When Robert Crumb was a kid, he used to draw comics to entertain his siblings. Among the comics he drew featured the adventures of a housecat named Fred, who developed into an anthropomorphic "funny animal" named Fritz. As Crumb grew into a jaded,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467785518724 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:37:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467785518724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467633868420?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Robert Crumb revolutionized comic books by creating works that broke away from the norms of mainstream storytelling. Mainstream comic books usually fell into one of two categories: All-American superheroes who fought for "truth, justice and the American... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467633868420 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:37:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467633868420?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467062394500?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - While Twiztid is often called "horrorcore" hip hop, this shouldn't be taken to mean that their music is shock rap. Actually, Twiztid are more evocative and personal than shlockly, although there are plenty of horror themes in their work. While their... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467062394500 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:37:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467062394500?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467034672772?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Soopa Villainz finds the matchings of two separate sensibilities in the grouping of underground rap legends Esham of Natas, Joe "Violent J" Bruce and Joey "Shaggy 2 Dope" Utsler of Insane Clown Posse, and Lavel of Krazy Klan. By fusing the hard-hitting... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467034672772 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:46:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467034672772?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462422511236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - The promotional tactics of Detroit hip hop label Psychopathic Records have been well-documented. The label, founded by underground rap act Insane Clown Posse, has made a name for itself through interweaving its promotion into the elaborate storytelling... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462422511236 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:47:59 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462422511236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462413401732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - As if things weren't crazy enough in the South, a emcee from Georgia has turned up dressing like a scarecrow with Jack-O'-Lantern facepaint and rapping about rednecks, serial killers and demons. Yes, Boondox is really from the South, and he's fused his... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462413401732 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:46:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462413401732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449620119172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Keith Thornton has been frequently heralded as one of hip hop's most interesting musicians. Noted for truly peculiar efforts like Dr. Octagonecologyst, which feature such odd lyrics like "Instant alien masturbation / Oxidation / Beyond planet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449620119172 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:09:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449620119172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_460350197380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck has always been one of Marvel's more interesting properties. It simultaneously broke away from the conventions of the publisher's usual slant of superhero-based fantasy and science fiction as it parodied these forms... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~460350197380 Sun, 8 Feb 2009 14:03:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_460350197380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_458786967172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - When April 20th rolls around, you might find yourself encouraged to roll up a reefer and play some swing records. But before you do so, let this film tell you why you shouldn't do so! With a cast of clean-cut 30-year-olds playing teenagers, lots of stock... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~458786967172 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:19:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_458786967172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455628459652?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Huntington Beach punk rockers Hed PE made their Suburban Noize debut with their 2006 effort, Back 2 Base X, in which the band returned to the roots of classic punk rock and rock and roll and ended up making one of their best efforts, one that was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455628459652 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:44:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455628459652?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455476153988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - WARNING: The lyrics of Hollywood Undead are not only extremely profane, they are also extremely dumb. Read with caution.You know how you can tell how dumb a band is? As soon as you see their promo, you cannot stop laughing. You are... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455476153988 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:21:38 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455476153988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455464291972?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Well, since I've been bashing some of the biggest names in late-90s popular music, I have been told that the reviews I've been writing might be on the level of kicking a man when he's down, but when these acts are so derivative and uncreative, it feels... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455464291972 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:13:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455464291972?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455423856260?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Cartoonist Juan Padrón moved from the Cuban newspapers to animation, directing Cuba's first animated feature film, Elpidio Valdés in 1979. Following a series of short films and the feature Elpidio Valdés contra dólar... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455423856260 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:25:14 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455423856260?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_451365604996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Hed PE never gained the mainstream success and acceptance that many thought they would gain, but, in the end, this turned out to good thing, because they would be able to keep their punk rock credibility, and even when they crossed a number of influences... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~451365604996 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:36:10 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_451365604996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455335120516?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - WARNING: THE ALBUM REVIEWED CONTAINS MANY OFFENSIVE LYRICS, SOME OF WHICH ARE QUOTED HERE.Before I go any further, I should let readers know that if you are new to the band's music, it probably won't be a good idea to start off with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455335120516 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:33:40 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455335120516?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455247826564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - This is the continuation of a two-part review. To read the first part, click here.The opening of second volume of Judgement Day molds Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" into a tale of God's final... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455247826564 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:53:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455247826564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_455242976900?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - In "How Do I Plead to Homicide?" from the first half of Esham A. Smith's 1992 effort Judgement Day, hip hop's first double album, the rapper plays an incredibly guilty murderer who finds himself before a courtroom that doesn't buy his claims of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~455242976900 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:53:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_455242976900?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_451274378884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Get Rich or Die Tryin' was the second best-selling album of this decade. That's disturbing. In 2003, you could have bought a dozen albums. Just two days before Get Rich or Die Tryin' came out, the Frank Zappa live album Halloween was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~451274378884 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:33:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_451274378884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_450873953924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - We are living in an extremely commercialized society. I cannot lie about that. In the February 27, 2001 episode of Frontline entitled The Merchants of Cool, author and media critic Douglas Rushkoff explores the sociological background in... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~450873953924 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:34:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_450873953924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449880428164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - "All Heathville loved Paul Carruthers their kindly village doctor no one suspected that in his home laboratory on a hillside over looking the magnificent estate of Martin Health, the doctor found time to conduct certain private experiments, weird... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449880428164 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:18:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449880428164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_450048528004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - Edward D. Wood, Jr. has always struck audiences as a fascinating director in the history of cinema. Not because he made good films, however. Quite the contrary, Wood's films have a cult following for being so staggeringly terrible that audiences view... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~450048528004 Sun, 2 Nov 2008 16:33:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_450048528004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_449986072196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author thing-fish24 - The Will Smith vehicle I Am Legend was the first adaptation of Richard Matheson's book to use its original name, but it was actually the third official adaptation of the story (not counting films with similar premises, or rip-offs, such as The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~449986072196 Sun, 2 Nov 2008 02:24:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_449986072196?linkin_id=8003929