After a break, the Bastards regroup for an all-new episode.

This week the B3 crew look at the demos for UFC Undisputed 3, The Darkness 2, and Quarrel, and Blueonic shares his reasons why Call of Juarez: The Cartel is such an awful game! Anvil gives his weekly sports report, the Bastards give their Super Bowl picks, and reveal a special bet they have made with Toronto rockers Hunter Valentine on what happens if their Patriots win or lose. An Oh For Fuck's Sake about annoying people in the movie theater is thrown on the table, and Contraband and Haywire are both reviewed.

Don't tap out just yet! It's Episode 126: Thank You, Gina, May I Have Another?

The three Bastards and Bastette-In-Training rev one up filled with tangents and topics galore!

This week the B3 crew review Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Green Lantern, and Colombiana, and King Baby Duck gives a rundown of the demos Final Fantasy XIII-2, EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis 2, Asura's Wrath, Amy, and Choplifter HD. Anvil gives his weekly sports report, and a quick look at one of 2011's best albums from The Knux.

Buckle up your seatbelt! It's Episode 125: I'll Show You A Ghost Protocol!

It's that time of year again: our two-part Best-Of 2011 show! WITH SPECIAL GUESTS!

In the first gigantic part of our 2011 wrap-up show members of B3, ElectricSistaHood, and The Issues Program meet up and pick out the best & worst movies of 2011. Plus Anvil and Issues Guy share their favorite highlights in the year of sports.

Here comes a super-sized line drive right out of left field! It's Episode 122: We Never Speak Of Zookeeper!

Get your jollies on for a brand-new holiday-filled episode.

This week the Bastards share their favorite (and least-favorite) Christmas films, recipes, classic specials, songs, and gift ideas for all your loved ones. And yes, Anvil does another sports segment.

It's the happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby danced with Danny Fucking Kaye! Here's Episode 121: Boston Bastard Brigade's Christmas Vacation!

With Blueonic gone the Bastards decide to give this week's show a bit of a feminine touch.

Bastette-In-Training Saignement joins the crew, as she and Anvil give their take on Batman: Arkham City, but not before going on a crazy tangent over which actors should play the people of Gotham. King Baby Duck gives his reasons why Saints Row: The Third is the most fun game out there of 2011, Saignement goes into detail on how the anniversary edition of Halo: Combat Evolve redoes a classic and Anvil goes into the good (Bruins and Pats) and bad (Penn State and NBA) of the week in sports. Plus Saignement gives a review of the new movie In Time, and an Oh For Fuck's Sake! on why those Occupy Wall Street people need to just go away. (Didn't expect that from us, did ya?) And did we mention another beta code for Defenders of Ardania?

It's all pack in neatly in Episode 119: Catwoman's Training Sessions.

When Pandalicious visits, you know tangents will be flying!!!

This week the Bastards give their thoughts on the World Series, the recent letting-go of Patriots player Lee Bodden and the recent happenings with their friends at Team Pradal Seray. The demos for Need For Speed: The Run, Kinect Sports: Season 2, Real Steel and Sonic Generations are on the table, and Pandalicious & King Baby Duck share their thoughts on the musical Spring Awakening. An Oh For Fuck's Sake! about a controversial (but recently taken down) Men's Fitness Article gets a wag of the finger, and Anvil reviews Never Back Down 2 and Paranormal Activity 3. Plus listen in on how you can get the first of many free beta codes for the PC game Defenders of Ardania.

It's all packed in here on Episode 117: It's The Bitch Of Gaming.

The folks from GamerReaction return to the Bastard realm for show that had its share of "technical difficulties."

This week Alex & Dianna guest-star as the B3 crew discuss the recent lawsuit regarding a woman less-pleased with the film Drive (with Dianna doing a not-so-subtile plug for MoviePass). The new video game Batman: Arkham City is placed under the microscope, and Anvil shares his take on the fiasco in the Red Sox bullpen. Busdriver's new collab work Flash Bang Grenada is looked at, and Dianna & King Baby Duck chat about the demo for Dance Central 2, a game that the other Bastards wouldn't touch with a 40-foot pole.

The Joker-like craziness can be found here on Episode 116: Two Babies In A Blanket.

After dealing with the flooding situation the Bastards return for another new episode.

This week the B3 crew mourns the death of Steve Jobs, and show somewhat indifference to the death of Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis. Baseball playoffs are on the table, as well as the first game from Stanley Cup Champions Boston Bruins and the current world of MMA. The movie Fast Five is reviewed, and a plethora of demos are looked at, including NBA Jam: On Fire Edition, Forza Motorsport 4, Orcs Must Die! and the Battlefield 3 beta.

It's all right here on Episode 115: Only The Good Die Young...And Then There's Al Davis!

King Baby Duck and Anvil come together to bring you Bastards, Bastettes and Wenches another short, informative show.

This week the duo chat about the recent Fucked Up/Wavves show at the Royale, and tell why Damian might be one of the world's best frontmen. KBD gives his reasons why Drive might be one of the greatest films ever made, and Anvil pulls a double-duty with the films Paintball and Paul. The demos for NBA 2K11, Burnout Crash! and Renegade Ops are placed under the microscope, and Anvil wraps it up with the week in sports.

It's all right here on Episode 113: The Renegade Driver.

With Blueonic absent the other two Bastards march on to bring you a brand-new episode.

This week the B3 crew discuss Manny Ramirez's recent arrest, and get into an informative discussion on the legality of certain muscle enhancers. The duo talk about two recent MMA events, Cage Titans: United and AFO's The Perfect Storm, and give their thoughts on the goings-on around the settings. A compare-and-contrast look is taken at the demos for Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 and FIFA 12, and King Baby Duck states his argument on why BloodRayne: Betrayal's new look is a good thing. Finally an under-the-radar British action comedy called Wild Target is given its proper dues, and Anvil shows why he's excited for the new season of Sons of Anarchy.

Get your bets placed for Episode 112: Let's Get Ready To Rumble!!!

MMA takes center stage in another short episode from the Bastards.

This week the B3 crew discusses the upcoming events within the MMA realm, including the Cage Titans event and UFC main events. Then the trio reviews the movie Warrior, and end it with a dismal look at the Supremacy MMA demo. Plus the Bostonians look back at the event that changed America ten years ago.

The Bastards want a good clean fight! It's Episode 111: Rise of the Warrior.

The Japanese underground music movement is hard to both describe and showcase, let alone the J-POP scene itself. Director Lewis Rapkin can only try, and in Live From Tokyo he and his film crew seeks through every crevice of the Japanese capital to capture its true essence. What we get out of it is a very unique look of a thriving and awe-inspiring music community.

Through the streets of Shibuya, Shinjuku and even the alleyways of the smaller areas like Koenji Live From Tokyo takes its viewers on a trip that is both a treat for the ears and the eyes. It's interesting to point out that these artists admit that -- for the most part -- Japan doesn't have much of a rock background, so many of the artists spotlighted here have to do everything within their imaginations to produce something new from an old formula. However while they try to make a name for themselves with Western-inspired melodies the musicians featured also do what they can to keep a Japanese identity within the essence of their harmonies. (A good example of this would be Tokyo Pinsalocks, who mixes Japan's poppy style with European dance rock beats.)

For what it's worth the experimental aspect of these acts are truly amazing at what they do, especially one act calling themselves d.v.d. This band in particular creates its sound via two drummers, video game-inspired visuals and guitar sounds using (surprisingly) a Wiimote. Another band called Optrum features a frontman wearing a steampunk skeletal bird mask and making music from a fluorescent light setup. (How he doesn't burn his hands during a live performance is quite baffling.)

One of the bigger bands featured in Live From Tokyo is Zoobombs, who recently came to America to perform at the annual SXSW Festival. Speaking in pretty good English one of the band members presents his music collection from all around the world, including a jazz funk group from the Congo. He then admits that he doesn't listen to Japanese music, as he finds that the rest of the world's music better enhances his creativity. Sexy-Synthesizer, on the other hand, takes the gaming elements d.v.d. used for the rock scene and places it in the electronica genre, creating one killer soundtrack for a massive party . (Here's hoping an opening slot on a Deadmau5 tour is in the future for them.)

Live From Tokyo is also filled with some eye-popping facts, such as how it's harder for indie artists out there to know they're fairing in gaining new listeners as record sales are affected by illegal downloads. While they know that their music is being spread across the world thanks to Internet sites like [mixi] and MySpace many of these artists still don't have a fair grasp at how big fanbase is getting. It also doesn't help their finances with the fact that most of these bands have to pay to play in many of the clubs in Japan if they don't sell enough tickets, a sad fact for those already trying to earn a buck for their art.

While Live From Tokyo offers a fishbowl's look at an astonishing music world it does suffer from a couple flaws, one of which is it tends to go all over the place, lacking a sort of narrative to piece every scene together. The other flaw is far wider: for a 78-minute film what we get is but the fingernail of the Japanese music underground body. As mentioned in the film thousands of artists perform in Japan every day, so what is featured in the film is a dust flake of the melodies Japan pumps out in a mere night. I am also puzzled by many of the bigger-named artists in the underground music world missing from the film, including Electric Eel Shock, BORIS, TsuShiMaMiRe and Omodaka. (There's some footage of Melt-Banana on the film's official YouTube page, but even their absence from the final cut left me scratching my head.)

Perhaps somewhere down the line Rapkin can expand on this documentary with a TV series, creating a sort of Austin City Limits that is focused on the Japanese music world. Until then viewers interested in checking out a fast-paced look at the Japanese underground music scene will find much to enjoy in Live From Tokyo. You might be pleasantly surprised by what you discover.

**** (out of five)

Review copy provided by Good Charamel Records.

The B3 crew punched Hurricane Irene in the face to bring you an all-new episode!

This week the Bastards chime in about why the Oakland Raiders have the worst fanbase on the planet, and wonder when Tim Wakefield is going to get his 200th win. The 2009 film Blood and Bone is on the table, as everyone wonders why Michael Jai White doesn't get the proper respect he's due. Anvil "reviews" the anime Tiger & Bunny, and the demos for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and NHL 12 are examined.

It's all fresh out of the box here on Episode 109: Breaking Bones With Warhammers!

Music, anime, movies, games and sports! It's a big-assed smorgasbord on this new episode of the B3 show!

This week King Baby Duck gives props to the female bands on the Lady Killer Tour, promotes the local band The Battleships and looks at the recent album from Lady Killer Tour group Vanity Theft. The anime Baka & Test: Summon The Beasts is on the table, and the King is quickly reminded why he doesn't review anime without a second otaku in the room...

Blueonic and the King review the Grindhouse flick Hobo With A Shotgun, the demos for Bodycount and Fruit Ninja Kinect are looked closely at and Blueonic shares his reasons why Toy Soldiers: Cold War might be the best Xbox Live Arcade game of the year. Finally Anvil gives his weekly sports report, sharing his thoughts on what seems to be Tim Wakefield's never-ending quest for his 200th win, the Pats pre-season and the goings-on in the MMA world.

It's all here in a neat little package on Episode 108: Going Commando On The Cold War!

It's Podcast time again, with an episode filled to the brim with gaming, sports and recent movies!

This week King Baby Duck looks at the demo of Driver: San Francisco, comparing his experiences with the game both with this version and the one he played at E3. Blueonic reviews From Dust, revealing that even an atheist can have a god complex, and a roundtable discussion on how often companies should release sports-related games.

In the world of sports the Red Sox and Pats are once again on the table, along with the current ranks of the PGA Championship and the Arena Bowl Championship. Finally Mr. Cuse looks at the film 30 Minutes Or Less, Blueonic shares his thoughts on Captain America: The First Avenger and Anvil chimes in about a little-known film called D.O.A.

It happens right here on Episode 107: He Drops Back...He Passes...TOUCHDOWN!!!

Get your hate mail letters ready...

This week the Bastards celebrate gay marriage in New York, spare no punches when one-hit wonder (song-wise) Amy Winehouse kicks the bucket, and the recent Cage The Elephant album Thank You, Happy Birthday is on the table. The demo for Xbox Live Arcade game Bastion is looked closely at, the most uneventful week in sports is covered by Anvil, the Duck reviews Horrible Bosses and a preview of some of the most hotly anticipated films is brought into the spotlight.

It all happens right here on Episode 104: The Winehouse Is On Fire!!!

Editor's Note: While we may not have been fans of Ms. Winehouse -- and make light of the situation -- it is a sad occasion when someone passes away, especially at such a young age. Comedian/actor Russell Brand recently posted a very well-worded eulogy regarding her, and personally I think it serves as a fine rebuttal to what we said in this episode. Take a moment and read it.

Everybody loves donuts, especially those who love blowing shit up!

This week the Anvil rants on the week of sports -- including the MLB All-Star game and the Roger Clemens mistrial -- and King Baby Duck & Blueonic looks at the heavily-underrated Jim Carrey flick I Love You Phillip Morris and the recent price hikes at Netflix. Plus the Bastards are split in regards to the new Limp Bizkit album Gold Cobra, the demos for Catherine and Ms. 'Splosion Man are put under the microscope and Blueonic reviews the new Annihilation pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops.

The fun begins now on Episode 103: Annihilation By 'Splosion!

Not even giant robots can stop the Bastards from recording their weekly show!

This week King Baby Duck and Mr. Cuse share with dismay their viewpoints on the latest film Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Blueonic reviews Bad Teacher and Anvil gives a second opinion on True Grit. King Baby Duck goes hands-on with the Uncharted 3 beta, Blueonic gives a 21-gun salute to Trenched and the demos for Sonic Generations and Lucha Fury are given a close look at. Then Anvil and Mr. Cuse give their weekly sports report, King Baby Duck gives a thumb's up to Matt and Kim's live show (but a thumb's down to the rowdy crowd), and he and Blueonic look at the debut album from Foster the People. (Plus a little movie news and a small "Oh For Fuck's Sake!" is tacked on at the end for good measure.)

It's all right here in Episode 101: 101 Problems But A Bitch Ain't One!

The funniest cartoon ever!

100 episodes! Time to start making up the syndication rights!

This week King Baby Duck, Blueonic and Anvil look back at their childhood for their most precious moments in cartoons, movies, video games, music and sports. The POGs, the blue hedgehogs, Ninja Turtles, Huey Lewis, Nolan Ryan and much more make up who the Bastards are today!

It's all in this milestone program! Episode 100: Cowabunga Nostalgia!!! (Listen after the end theme for an extra smile and a half.)

Bruins, Bruins, Bruins!!!

The Stanley Cup is ours, and Vancouver doesn't take it so well. Hear King Baby Duck and Anvil's take on the celebratory parade, as well as the rest of the weekly sports report from him and Mr. Cuse. King Baby Duck shares why Kung Fu Panda 2 is a worthy sequel, and Mr. Cuse give his take on Super 8. Anvil also looks at the films Sniper: Reloaded and No Strings Attached. King Baby Duck and Anvil review the demos for Eat Them! and MotorStorm: Apocalypse, and Blueonic hails to the original king with his first-thoughts on Duke Nukem Forever!

Sing along with the King & Anvil in the beginning! It's Episode 99: In Thomas We Trust!

Still groggy from LA the King returns with Anvil and Mr. Cuse by his side.

This week King Baby Duck reveals his top ten picks from this year's E3 Expo, and Anvil shares his thoughts on the debut performance from Contemporarily Out of Order. The trio look at the film The Hangover Part Two, Mr. Cuse reviews Water For Elephants and Midnight In Paris and Anvil & KBD give their reasons why X-Men: First Class might be the best prequel ever made. Plus Anvil quickly looks at Just Go With It and River of Darkness, and throws a plug in for the folks at Cage Titans Fighting Championship.

It's all packaged here in Episode 98: The E3 Hangover.

The Bastards welcome a couple guests, who in return bring them into their world.

This week Anvil & Mr. Cuse give their weekly sports report, including their feelings on the playoff losses of both the Celtics and Bruins. Then special guests Locke and Adie of The Vagabonds take the B3 crew on a strange trip through the world of steampunk. Hear their thoughts regarding the recent International Steampunk City in Waltham, a semi-review of Sucker Punch (with spoilers!) and various other films, games and TV series that feature steampunk predominantly, and give their thoughts on why steampunk isn't "the new goth."

It's all right here in Episode 95: Leave It To Steampunk; a tuition-free, lesson-filled show that will give you the 411 on one hell of a genre!

The Videocast:

The Bastards this week spend zero time paying tribute to their mothers, and instead pull back in a comrade that hasn't been around much.

This week the B3 crew share their thoughts on the death of Osama Bin Laden, as everyone else seems to be. King Baby Duck goes hands-on with the Gears of War 3 beta, and looks at the demo for LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game. He and Blueonic review the demo for Red Faction: Armageddon, Blueonic gives his reasons why the Call of Duty: Black Ops - Escalation pack is a must-own and Shades Blackflame leaves first impressions of Portal 2.

Anvil, Mr. Cuse and King Baby Duck share their reasons why Thor is a must-see, and Blueonic tells the listeners to stay away from the direct-to-DVD S.W.A.T.: Firefight. Finally Anvil and Mr. Cuse look at the week in sports, and what they expect of the Bruins during the next round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

It's all right here in Episode 94: Mother's Day Extravaganza (Not-So) Special!

After taking a week off the Bastards are back to get into the swing of things...in their pants!

This week King Baby Duck & Blueonic review the movie Middle Men, the 2010 film starring Luke Wilson. Anvil & Mr. Cuse conduct their weekly sports report, and give their thoughts on the NFL Draft Picks. The new web-series Mortal Kombat: Legacy is on the table, and the B3 crew give their thoughts on both the new Nintendo system and the PSN fiasco.

It's all right here in Episode 93: That's What Your Mouth's For!

The Bastard get a fine invasion from The Issues Show duo!

This week the B3 crew welcome the Issues Guy and JC Sergeant from The Issues Show, a show that will soon be under the Land of ESH. Issues Guy & JC Sergeant give the B3 listeners a taste of what to expect with their segment Epic Queue, showcasing the wins and fails of Netflix rentals. King Baby Duck and Issues Guy review Arthur and Your Highness, and Anvil gives his weekly sports report. Plus more making fun of the French!

The insanity is right here on Episode 92: Two Bastards, A Manson & A Pineapple Hitler!

The Bastards say "Good riddance to bad Ramirez!" in an all-new episode.

This week the B3 crew discuss why they tend to avoid certain movies for obviously good reasons, and why they go too far in some cases. Anvil and Mr. Cuse say adios to the crybaby known as Mannie Ramirez, Mr. Cuse reports on the PGA Masters, Anvil gives his NFL Draft Picks and much more in the sports segment. Then the guys give their thoughts on UFC Personal Trainer, the new Twisted Metal and Sonic Generations, and King Baby Duck and Blueonic review the demos for Red Faction: Battlegrounds and The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile. Finally Mr. Cuse takes a look at the artist Eric Hutchinson and the others give their opinion of the new album from m-flo/Teriyaki Boyz member VERBAL.

It all happens here on Episode 91: Three Men & A King Baby Duck!

The next installment of Death Race went straight-to-DVD. What can you do? With a film that could be expanded in so many ways in a sequel, they had to do the second one as a prequel, focusing on a character you watched in the first Death Race movie.

Gotta love how they make the trailers look badass!

Death Race 2 has a damn good cast set up, but with a poorly derived storyline. The main character is Carl Luckas, played by Luke Goss (who's been seen in such bad guy roles as Hellboy II: The Golden Army and Blade 2). It's sad to see Goss placed into the second movies, or roles that are generally the bad guy, but here he seemed to be the the good guy forced into being the bad guy. He is the bank robber's professional wheelman, whose boss is Markus Kane (Sean Bean).

Here is a better look at the Ford Mustang.

Carl is supposed to be the wheelman for this bank job, yet something goes wrong when the police show up unexpectedly and screws up all the plans.  They do an awesome little getaway scene, but Carl can't stand that he had killed someone. He lets the other bank robbers go, and distracts the police and get captured.

There is the Shelby GT 500 Super Snake, a sexy car whose only problem is it's a Ford!

Carl ends up on Terminal Island, where they have a setup like the gladiators in which prison inmates battle it out in a caged area with different weapons. Two men enter, and only one leaves.The problems they have with this is that the head of the prison system is a corporation that decides to put the fights on the TV to make money. The story gets interesting, as Kane thinks that Carl is going to talk, so he wants him killed. The upper people find out about this, and want him to fight in the death match. Carl refuses, but they force him anyways. Along with that he finally gets his jail duty: taking apart cars and other things. He finds a Ford Mustang laying around, and starts up the idea of the Death Race.

The other big name in Death Race 2 is Danny Trejo, who plays Goldberg (AKA the Mexican Jew) the coach on the racing team. (It seems funny that Trejo has been hanging around with the great Eli Roth recently, who played a character in Inglorious Basterds by the name of the Bear Jew.) Sadly I don't think they used Trejo to his maximum capabilities of acting. They more or less just had him hang around explaining some stuff, with the occasional sitting back and looking pretty scenes.

14k rocking the Porsche!

Among one of the actors that transferred from the Death Race movie is none other than Robin Shou, who plays 14K. You might remember him as Liu Kang from the first and second Mortal Kombat films. It was great to see him in this role again, but I still feel that it wasn't enough. Shou is one of those actors that deserves more of the spotlight, but doesn't get the proper respect. He does play a major role in Death Race 2 for the most part, but I feel bad because in the original film he just gets blown up.

Love the Dodge Ram, but don't care too much for the driver.

With that said this movie is pretty damn good considering, but I can see why it wasn't strong enough to be put in theaters. That's how a lot of these film have been going: they don't pass Go, don't collect $200 and find themselves straight-to-DVD. I liked the actors and characters, but the storyline isn't as strong as could've been. However it does get the point across about the man behind the mask from the original movie, seeing as they needed to explain that with him only being in the original for the first 5 minutes.

The first look of Frankenstein!

Death Race 2 gets a rating of 3.9 out of 5. It's a good film, but I think it could've been so much better. There is a way to create a third Death Race movie, so I wouldn't be surprised if they pull it off somehow. It might just just go straight-to-DVD, which would not make me a happy camper. If you can rent this movie before you buy it. I don't count this as a film to hang up on my wall, but I'll do so just so I have the continuance of the series. Just be glad it's not the older series. Otherwise that might just be as bad as the original Death Race 2000 (see trailer below...may David Carradine R.I.P.).

Final Grade: 3.9 out of 5

Official Death Race 2 Site

After a week off the Bastards return to the roundtable! It most pleases the Busey.

This week King Baby Duck wraps up his coverage of PAX East, and the trio share their thoughts on the demos for Mortal Kombat and Tiger Woods PGA Masters 12. Anvil gives his weekly sports report, Blueonic reviews the movie Battle: LA and King Baby Duck says why Prometheus Bound is the first great new musical of the decade. Finally thoughts are thrown around about the new Dropkick Murphys album Going Out In Style, and Blueonic wraps it up with an Oh For Fuck's Sake! dealing with the rise of the minimum wage.

It's all right here in Episode 88: And Starring Gary Busey As Stryker!

The Bastards bring you another fun-filled episode that is sure to turn your frown upside-down.

This week King Baby Duck looks at the demos for Rage of the Gladiator, Dragon Age 2 and Marvel Pinball, and he & Blueonic give opposite viewpoints on the sports demos Major League Baseball 2K11 and Top Spin 4. Plus Blueonic shares his excitement about Mortal Kombat and the ultimate edition of Duke Nukem Forever, and his dismay over the fact that he has to miss out on the fun at PAX East this year. Next Anvil & Mr. Cuse share the sports duties, covering the biggest news from this past week.

Anvil reviews I Am Number Four, Blueonic gives his thoughts on Where In The World is Osama Bin Laden and the B3 crew compare their Oscar picks with their winners. Mr. Cuse shares his opinion on the funk album Inner City Sounds, and the gang end it all with a couple of Oh For Fuck's Sakes!, one dealing with the MBTA (again!) and the other with filthy protesters.

So what are you waiting for? Click on the link here for Episode 87: If It Walks Like An Asshole, And It Talks Like An Asshole, Then It Must Be Phil Collins!

The Bastards gear up for the Super Bowl, even though their beloved Pats are not playing in it.

This week the B3 crew reviews the latest album from Cake, mourn the loss of the White Stripes but praise the revival of Death From Above 1979, as well as share why some musicians should stay on the pipe. Blueonic gives his thoughts on the films What Doesn't Kill You, Frozen and The Secret Agent. Anvil has his sports moment, and King Baby Duck reviews the demos for EA Sports Fight Night Champion, Breach, A World of Keflings, Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 and Trinity: Souls of Zill O'Li.

And if he were nominated, he'd make sure he'd sweep the ceremonies...with his roundhouse kick!

This week the Bastards do everything they can to piss off Glee creator Ryan Murphy, siding with Kings of Leon on why he's such a bitch. King Baby Duck reviews the demos for the WiiWare games Furry Legends and Fish 'Em All, he and Blueonic share their thoughts on the Crysis 2 multiplayer demo, and the Duck goes gaga over the demo for Bulletstorm and somewhat shrugs off the PS3 remake of Dead Space: Extraction. Anvil and Nenya give their take on the world of sports, Anvil takes a look at The Mechanic and the B3 crew give their picks for this year's Oscar Nominations.

After recovering from the bad case of the common cold Blueonic returns for a brand-new episode.

This week the Bastards tackle what happened in the world of sports, and Blueonic chats about the new Sparticus series. King Baby Duck gives a second opinion on Black Swan, Blueonic reviews the movie Knucklehead, King Baby Duck praises the Banksy film Exit Through The Gift Shop, and then both look at the film Operation: Endgame.

The B3 crew share their excitement about the upcoming Duke Nukem Forever game, give their opinions on the demos for Zeit², Spare Parts and Modern Combat: Domination, and Blueonic reviews the games Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam and Naval Assault: The Killing Tide. Angry Birds also gets a mention...

With Blueonic knocked on his ass by a nasty cold King Baby Duck and Anvil do what it takes to conjure up a worthy show.

This week the B3 crew discuss the new movie The Green Hornet, and Anvil gives his weekly sports update. King Baby Duck reviews the games ilomilo and Raskulls, previews Epic Mickey and shares his thoughts on the demos for Art of Balance and Faery: Legends of Avalon. Anvil gives his thoughts on the new Xbox game Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011, and the Bastards give their reasons why the art of trash talking has gone down the toilet.

Blueonic is back in a brand-new episode!

This week the B3 crew discuss the week in sports and so many game demos that we can't list them all! (Okay, we'll try: Robox, Max & The Magic Marker, Dead Space 2, Alien Breed 2: Impact, Risk Factions, LittleBigPlanet 2, Blokus, Microbot AND Ricochet HD! Holy fuck, that is a lot!) Also Blueonic reviews Little Fockers, King Baby Duck gives his thoughts on True Grit and Anvil explains why he thought Black Swan sucked.

The webcast:

The Bastards and friends put on a show so epic it took up two episodes!

The Best of 2010 program is now upon us, and King Baby Duck and Anvil invite their friends Alex and Dianna from Gamer Reaction to give their two cents. In the first part the B3 crew and GR gang give their picks on their favorite movies and sports moments.

With Blueonic out for the week, Nenya steps in and fills his big shoes.

This week the B3 crew share their thoughts on the new My Chemical Romance album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, and Anvil & Nenya give their take in the week of sports. Demos of Fluidity and Super Scribblenauts are looked at, and King Baby Duck puts the free Xbox 360 games Dorito's Crash Course and Harms Way under the microscope. Finally the trio reviews the new Jolie/Depp film The Tourist.

The Bastards are quite joyful this week, and it has nothing to do with the holidays. (That episode's in two weeks.)

This week the B3 crew excitedly chat about the live return of two of their favorite bands, and one of King Baby Duck's favorite anime series is hitting the big screen. Anvil shares his thoughts on sports, and the trio talk about the movie The Warrior's Way. The video game nail'd is discussed more, and K.B.D. gives his two cents on the demos The Undergarden and Funky Lab Rat, Blueonic reviews the game Reload, previews the upcoming Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam and he and K.B.D. look at the demo for Unbound Saga.

After taking the week off the Bastards return refreshed and anew. Plus a lost member returns...

This week the B3 crew review the demos for Saw II: Flesh & Bone, And Yet It Moves, ThruSpace, Bit.Trip Fate and Jett Rocket. The guys take a look at the new movie Faster, and Shades Blackflame gives his opinion on the film Entangled. Finally Anvil delivers a big hunk of sports for all our jocks out there.

The videocast:

So here we are. Thirteen years since the first Harry Potter book was published, nine years since the film film came out. The cast remained changeless throughout the entire series, with the exception of Dumbledore (though death is most certainly to be blamed for that). The past weekend the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows opened around the world, collecting rave reviews and $330 million at the box office. Having never picked up the books (as I am waiting to see all the films so as to not spoil anything) I came into the film without any knowledge as to what I should expect. Once the end credits rolled I knew that I had stumbled on not just the best Potter film yet, but also one of the finest examples of cinematography and character development.

Dark undertones reign supreme in The Deathly Hallows. Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) is dead, and the wizard world has been thrown into chaos thanks to the return of Voldermont (Ralph Fiennes). Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is being hunted by the Death Eaters, putting his two best friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) in countless dangers. Hogwarts is under the control of Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), and the real Horcrux that the heroic trio are looking for is in the hands of the Ministry of Magic, now headed by a group out to rid its headquarters of Muggles in a somewhat Fascist manner. All does not appear well; however, Potter and his friends realize that they cannot give up when things turn bleak, and proceed to do everything in their power to rid the world of Voldermont and his minions.

Director David Yates seems to know Potter from within and out, considering he has been at the helm of the Potter series since Order of the Phoenix. He gets the appropriate emotional aspect out of the entire cast, as well as the perfect aura and mood in each scene. Radcliffe looks appropriately tired in his role, considering his character is being chased down for dead in almost all of his adventures, and Watson & Grint appear ever-so waiting for the moment when things turn their grimmest. The actors have been playing these characters for just about a decade, and it shows that they let themselves grow with the characters we've all grown to love. It's also easy to see why J.K. Rowling continues to look towards Steve Kloves to adapt her novels (the exception being Phoenix, which was written by Michael Goldenberg). While things are omitted and changed here and there for the sake of moviemaking Kloves continues to keep the core storytelling intact within the films. (Of course this is from what I have heard from friends and colleagues who have read the series, so I can't be a true judge to that.)

The special effects showcased in the first half of The Deathly Hallows shine brightly, but it's when Harry, Hermione and Ron are merely sitting and hiding from the evils of the world where the cinematography is showcased at its finest. One beautiful scene in the film revolves around Harry and Hermione dancing to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' "O Children." Ron has left their side in a jealous rage, and the remaining duo appear broken. The underrated singer plays on a nearby radio, and Harry lifts Hermione's spirits with ease. The tension disappears, and our heroes continue their journey to find and destroy the Horcruxes. It's a moment that lasts only about a minute, but it captures the entire essence of what the emotional world of Harry Potter is all about.

We cannot forget about any of the supporting cast, of course, and no one brought a bigger smile to my face than seeing Bill Nighy as Rufus Scrimgeour. He is the first person you see in the film, and is the keeper of the objects given to Harry, Ron and Hermione to help them on their dark and frustrating journey. Though is part is small it is very vital to the story. Then we've got Helen Bonham Carter's Death Eater Bellatrix, who seems to take a page out of her husband Tim Burton's book of creepy lunacy. She shrieks, cackles and slaughters the way a Death Eater should be. Other big-named actors like Gary Oldman and John Hurt also have their small roles scattered throughout the film, though you might miss them if you blink. Still it's good to see them in the film.

Overall the first part of The Deathly Hallows is a wonderful start to the end of the Potter story, and its cliffhanger appears in a good moment to split the book in half. It may not be as an exciting film as the previous ones in the series, but here it's the emotion of the characters and scenes that make it one of the best of the Potter realm.

FINAL GRADE: **** ½ (out of five)

The Bastards manage to pull themselves away from the Black Ops to bring you another fun episode.

This week the B3 crew gripes about Christmas coming too early, as well as the BS study that texting can lead to sex, drugs and alcohol. Plus they review the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops, and King Baby Duck shares his feelings about the new CSI: Fatal Conspiracy demo. Anvil gives his weekly sports report, and finish it all up with a few looks at Megamind, Grown-Ups and Jonah Hex.

The Bastards may not be traveling to L.A., but they've got Hollywood on their minds.

This week the B3 crew takes a look at the film Due Date, followed by Anvil's reviews of Paranormal Activity 2, Leap Year and Legendary. King Baby Duck shares his thoughts on the Dresden Dolls reunion tour, and he and Blueonic stand at opposite ends regarding Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band. Anvil gives his weekly sports report, and K.B.D. and Blueonic try to figure out why it's so damn hard to control the games Apache: Air Assault and F1 2010.

The Bastards want you to play a game. It's called POGs!

This week the B3 crew give a more thorough view on the Lovesac furniture, and review the recent demos for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, Dream Chronicles, Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage, Costume Quest, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 and Super Meat Boy. The trio share their thoughts on the recent Blood Red Shoes concert, the week in sports and reveal why Saw 3D might be one of the worst movies of the year.

The Bastards know how to take the pain, too.

This week the B3 crew discuss their thoughts on this year's Lovesac Speedrun Classic, as well as the new album from Serj Tankian. Anvil gives his weekly sports report, and the guys review the film Circle of Pain and the anime Desert Punk.

The video version:

The Bastards believe thoroughly that it's better to be R.E.D. than dead.

This week the B3 crew discuss the rescue of the Chilean miners (seriously, they do!), and an Oh For Fuck's Sake! about alcohol. Next the trio review the new movie Red, and Blueonic & Anvil look at the recent films Couple's Retreat and The Stranger. Video games are on the table with reviews of the demos Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1, Dead Space Ignition and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, along with a full-on look at the game CSI: Deadly Intent. Finally Anvil gives his weekly take on sports.

The video version:

The Bastards bring you another cure for the daily blues.

This week the B3 crew give a couple Oh For Fuck's Sakes about ticket scalpers, officers under attack and the rise in suicides in teens. The guys review the new film It's Kind Of A Funny Story, and Anvil gives his take on the new Karate Kid remake. The week in sports is covered, and Blueonic & King Baby Duck look at the demos for Comic Jumper, Castlevania: Lord of Shadows, Alien Breed: Impact, Hydrophobia and Topatoi.

The Bastards are visited by a slightly intoxicated Panda in this extended episode!

This week the B3 crew (with guest Pandalicious) give their 2nd annual report on the Topsfield Fair, sharing the pros and cons of the goings-on at the grounds. Blueonic gives his view on the new Arcade Fire album The Suburbs, and King Baby Duck & Anvil discuss Roger Waters performing The Wall at the TD Garden.

Anvil presents his take on the week in sports, and the B3 crew take a look at the demos for EA Sports MMA, Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light, Enslaved: Odyssey To The West and ArcaniA - Gothic 4. Finally Pandalicious reviews The Social Network, Anvil takes a look at Abandoned (giving away the entire ending) and the guys wrap it all up with the movie Beatdown.

THE VIDEOCAST:

Repo Men was a pretty badass movie, but I believe it could've had a couple more badass moments.

The concept of this movie is beautiful, but the ending was a little iffy for me. I do like the actors they lined up in this film, though, such as Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Alice Braga and Lieve Schreiber. Jude Law is the main character in this setup, with his sophisticated brilliance used very well. In the beginning of Repo Men Law is trying to provide people with the ethics of a future that's pretty screwed up.

Jude Law (Left)

Jude Law's character Remy works for the company called The Union, where it's capitalism at its best.  It's a company that is built on the fact that people who have suffered either serious accidents or other medical issues can go and obtain the assistance to keep themselves alive. However they are like the bank, and if the person gets an organ and they miss the payments after a certain time "The Union" can go and take it back. This is where Remy comes into play, who used to be in the military at one point and was able to land the job as a repo man. The job entails him to use a special scanner that tells him if people have any overdue products in their bodies. His wife Carol, though, has issues with him being a repo man, and wants him to go to sales.

Forest Whitaker doing the dirty work

Of course Remy is trying to please Carol, and tells his partner Jake, played by Forest Whitaker. Jake doesn't take this too well, as he used to bully Remy back in school. They were also in the military together, and now they are paired up as repo men. While at a cookout Jake gets a call from one of his informant taxi drivers that he's got one guy that has a six month overdue organ. Remy doesn't want him to do it, but the money offer is too good to be true. He takes the job, but while he's doing the dirty deed Carol watches him take out the organ. Carol leaves Remy, and he tries to go to work as a marketer; but before he does that he goes for one more job. He goes to take out the heart of a famous musican that has lost it all, played by the RZA.

When Remy goes on this last job he has to use the defibrillator in order to stop the person's heart so he can take it out. For some reason the defibrillator backfires, launching him across the room. (It's pretty funny to discover how he's been knocked out.)

Things turn to shit for Remy, who discovers that the defected defibrillator destroyed his heart. The boss tells him to buy the mechanical heart, or he'll die. Naturally he takes the deal, and as soon as he is healthy he goes back to work selling the products. Unfortunately his new life doesn't work very well, as he suffers depression due in part to his wife leaving him and his mechanical heart. Remy tries to go back to do repo work, yet he fails epically.

Now Remy can't even pay for his own heart, so he starts to worry if his fellow repo men are going to come and get his organ back. With him trying to get back into the swing of things to be the repo man that he used to be Remy tries to go on another hunt, but gets knocked out again. He wakes up and hears singing. Come to find out it's Beth, the woman that he heard singing at the bar a month or two beforehand (played by Alice Braga). Beth is a drug addict, and has had a bunch of surgeries that she went through in order to be the person she now is.

Remy and Beth become lovers in the long run, as he tries to help her out by getting their organs and equipment put in the computer so they can run away, avoiding any kind of death from the hands of The Union. So they go through the fun run in the movie. In a certain scene, though, it seems that Remy ends up getting knocked out. He wakes up, takes on the whole company and gets to the happy ending...or does it?

Soon you wake up to what really happened. Remy got messed up by Jake, and The Union put him on this neurological net thing where he's in a vegetative state.

Repo Men was really well put together, but it just feels like it could've been so much more. Perhaps they should've done a different ending where he actually takes The Union down, or at the very least takes it over and runs it the way it's suppose to be. I guess you can't get the movie the way you want it.

Repo Men
Company: Universal Pictures
Length: 111 minutes
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-fi, Thriller
Released: 2010
**** ½ (out of five)

]]> http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/2010/09/repo-men-is-a-tough-job-but-someones-gotta-do-it/feed/ 0 http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/2010/09/episode-lxv-how-easy-was-that-a/ http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/2010/09/episode-lxv-how-easy-was-that-a/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:00:55 +0000 King Baby Duck http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/?p=2766

The Bastards are in no need of being saved. They've got enough protection as is!

This week the B3 crew discuss the new film Easy A, and why or why not it's a chick flick. King Baby Duck and Blueonic cover the full games and demos of Worms 2: Armageddon, NBA Elite 11, Dead Rising: Case 0, Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, Blade Kitten, MySims Sky Heroes, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and Blueonic and Anvil give their two cents on the arcade game Terminator Salvation. Plus Anvil reports on the week of sports, accuses a Blue Jay of steroid abuse and speaks his mind on the subject of degenerative brain disease.

The videocast:

Yes, another movie from Netflix, since I didn't get to see in the theaters. For the best, as it was worth more watching The Fourth Kind in my home, rather than watching in a theater full of nimrods who scare easily. After watching this movie I slept better that night than I did in a long time.

This is one of those movies that is supposedly based on a true story. Although I wish I could say this movie looked true it seems that it was a fact/fiction mixture thing. The concept that they are going to try to get through to you is that there's actual video footage from the real incidents, but then spliced in with the video footage they recreated. The issue "watching" what was going on was that you could only hear the audio aspect, since a lot of the video was getting screwed up. The other funny thing is that they blank out the real main characters' faces that are in the trailer, but when you watch the movie you can actually see the person (Dr. Abigale Tyler). However the "real" Abigale Tyler is played by another actress (Charlotte Milliard), with the actual video footage of the doctor only shown talking at the end.

Milla Jovovich (Isn't she sexy?)

The Fourth Kind starts off with the beautiful Milla Jovovich saying that the movie you're about to see has real footage. They also say they had to recreate some of the footage because they were trying to protect the real people from the original footage, so it's really hard to say when it is the actual archive footage or when it isn't.

The real Tommy Fisher (left), Corey Johnson (playing Tommy Fisher)

The film takes place in Nome, Alaska. Apparently the F.B.I. has taken a look at this place about 2000 times, due in part to all the missing people reports and murders. The Fourth Kind takes the archived videos and places it against the actor's video recreation, which is crazy how spot-on they were with making the same movements and speech. This poor fucker above gets put under hypnosis and explains what he has been seeing at night in his subconscious. Fisher explains about this owl that looks in on him, saying that the door then opens and he is attacked. The moment makes Fisher scream and flip out. When he awakes he leaves, feeling freaked out. (This guy's family suffers the consequences of this.)

The way they show the Fisher family murder scene is a standoff (see picture above) where he's on the phone with the police and Dr. Abby, who try to tell him what happened in his dream wasn't real. He doesn't believe them, so he kills his wife and son. His final words goes along the lines of, "They aren't going to bother me anymore," shooting his wife, kid and then himself. As you can see that they set up the real video at the bottom of the screen, then the rest were the film's recreations. They did blank out where Fisher shot his wife in the real video, but when you go to the DVD extras they show everything (though it's hard to tell due to the crappy resolution of the police cam).

Will Patton (as Sheriff August)

The town sheriff August is played by another amazing actor: Will Patton, who was in another movie that seemed to give people the creeps (The Mothman Prophecies). Although they didn't really give a description of how the actual sheriff acted, Will Patton always does a great job portraying him. (I wish I could see him in more movies.) Sheriff August is portrayed as a douchebag with his head stuffed up his ass, where he seems to be headstrong on the fact that people are dying.

Supposed video archive footage

The picture I have provided you with above is where they put one of the other people who've been talking about the owl under hypnosis. He wakes up in a scream, creating a distortion from the aliens that are talking through him. (They talk in ancient Sumerian, if you were wondering.) After he stop floating off the bed, the guy suffers a broken neck and becomes a quadriplegic. (Now that would be hard to explain why you ended up in the wheel chair. It's not saying you were in an accident of sorts. No, this poor fucker has to say that something took over his body so hard that it broke his freakin' neck.)

Dr. Abbey then has her child taken away, so she goes to the extreme of putting herself under. The video gets screwed up once again, and you can only see certain things (i.e.: moving back and forth as if she's having a conversation, screaming loudly at the aliens). The alien thing apparently has a God complex as well, as you can see what was translated from the aftermath in the audio. (I wonder, though, if today's cameras would have messed up as much, seeing that have such great visual qualities.)

After she is done screaming her face looks like a mac truck just rammed into it. (Me wanting to be a jerk would've asked, "Why the long face?") So more or less she just got her jaw unhinged by the damn alien bastards. Something weird goes on when they get close to her, like some sort of static comes in her mouth. All of a sudden the camera flips over and they suddenly disappear, a scary thought within the idea of getting some alien that likes to do some weird probing on you; it just doesn't sound like a good time to me. All in all this movie is pretty good in my book, but if you're at home and watching this in the dark it will most likely mess with your mind. I suggest getting your girlfriend or boyfriend to watch it with you, as it seems like it's a good reason to claw in to each other when you're afraid.

The Fourth Kind
Company: Universal Pictures
Length: 98 minutes
Genre: Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller, Horror
Released: 2009
**** (out of five)

]]> http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/2010/09/hypnosis-caused-by-the-fourth-kind/feed/ 0 http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/2010/09/episode-lxiv-knockin-over-bostons-cathedral/ http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/2010/09/episode-lxiv-knockin-over-bostons-cathedral/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:00:05 +0000 King Baby Duck http://www.bostonbastardbrigade.com/?p=2707

The Bastards are men about town in this episode!

This week the B3 crew discuss the week in the sports, the new movie The Town and give their two cents on the recent demos for Quantum Theory, NBA 2K11, TerRover, Legend of the Guardians and FIFA 11. Plus they tackle an Oh For Fuck's Sake! dealing with the anti-smoking campaign at Salem State University.

Videocast below (with bonus Oh For Fuck's Sake!):

I didn't mind The Wolfman, I'm just wondering if Hollywood is just wanting to take the old movies, slap them on to some film with the new great graphics and top-end actors, while trying not to mess up the actual story. Either that or Hollywood is really just running out of new and clever ideas to put on film, even though there is a ton of screenwriters writing good movies that get shot down on a daily basis. Maybe it's just me, but I really wish that someone could shut down the M. Night Shyamalan/Hollywood nimrods of the world.

In The Wolfman you got some serious front-running actors. The main character is Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro), an actor of the stage for those times. You first get introduced to him doing Shakespeare's play Hamlet. After his show he gets a knock on the door from the character Gwen Conliffe (Emily Blunt), Lawrence's sister-in-law, who tells him that his brother is missing. Lawrence, being stubborn, says he doesn't want to go home. The explanation comes late in the story, but it's mainly because of his mother who supposedly killed herself when he was younger.

Despite Lawrence's stubbornness he decides to go back to look for his brother, only to find he had been killed. His father Sir John Talbot (Anthony Hopkins) says his brother was found dead in a ditch, and that he has arrived just in time for the funeral. A weird feeling arises when the father and son meet up again, due to the fact that the father went a little off the mark after his wife's death. He wound up sending his older son to the mental hospital, screwing up Lawrence life.

Lawrence goes about trying to figure out who or what actually killed his brother, along with the other people who were getting slaughtered by what people think was a beast. Lawrence visits a gypsy to talk to her about the medal that he found on his brother's body. The politicians and police believe the dancing bear of the gypsies was the one who mutilated the people, only to be mistaken when the group of people are attacked by the actual werewolf. (Of course the movie tries to keep it mysterious by not giving a full-on of what the wolfman looks like.) Suddenly Lawrence gets attacked by the werewolf after trying to save one of the gypsy boys that ran away in the forest.

Somehow Lawrence survives, but it leaves this strange scar on his neck. As the movie goes on we are introduced to the investigator of the mind-blowing tales of that era: Inspector Abberline. This is funny because of the fact that this is the same character from the movie From Hell, with Johnny Depp playing the inspector trying to solve the Jack the Ripper murders. Now the funny thing I have to say is that didn't work with The Wolfman, as the Inspector Abberline in From Hell had died of an opium overdose; yet the Abberline who is in The Wolfman is alive and well. The actor they picked to portray Abberline is one of the best actors they could've chosen, in my opinion: Hugo Weaving.

Although I'm not an expert on the whole story behind Abberline, it seems that someone didn't do their homework in regards to crossing over the two movies. With that said the movies do seem to draw on each other a bit. I don't really want to go any further, as I might give away the little twist they have done with the movie. However The Wolfman was certainly interesting on how it portrayed the beast's story. Despite this I beg and plead to Hollywood to stop taking classic movies and turn them into these high-end movies that won't create the revenue that was needed to make the movie in the first place.

So if you didn't go and see The Wolfman in theaters, you definitely saved some good money. I say rent it on DVD or On-Demand, but if you can wait just a little longer it will be played on the movie channels in a couple months...constantly.

I give it a Benicio Del Toro frozen bathwater dip out of 5 stars, um, I mean 3.5 out of 5. (I had to give the star rating system for this because there are those damn people that like to jump in fridged water for fun. What's that club's name again? Oh yeah, The Polar Bear Club!)

The Wolfman
Company: Universal Pictures
Length: 103 - 119 minutes (depending on the different cuts)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller, Action, Sci-fi
Released: 2010
*** ½ (out of five)

Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! Im Boston Saukerl Mannschaft, au Brigade Bâtard Boston, to Boston Bastard Brigade!

This week the B3 crew takes a second look at A.R.T.'s production of Cabaret, as well as the recent concert from the_Stampede and friends. Plus the guys look at the new film Resident Evil: Afterlife, and give their two cents on the video games and demos for DJ Hero 2, Moto GP 09/10, Plants VS Zombies and R.U.S.E. Anvil gives his take on the week in sports, and D-Rock brings to the table a game of Three Album Island.

The unedited videocast:

YouTube Version:

The Bastards kill the bad guys dead!

This week the B3 Crew (and special guest Pandalicious) attempt their first live webstream of the Podcast show using some sweet Blue Microphones. On the table this week are new music from Disturbed & Limp Bizkit, the week in sports, demo reviews of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 and VANQUISH, PAX Prime news and a look at the films Machete and The American. And a little fan interaction, too.

The Bastards break the world record for "Most A.D.D. Moments In A Podcast Episode."

This week the B3 crew welcome D-Rock to their crew, and discuss the new movie Takers and the new album from Apocalyptica (as well as their concert at the Royale). Next the King and D-Rock review the Flaming Lips cover album of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, and Pink Taco rants about her love for Mumford & Sons. Anvil and the rest of the crew choose their picks for UFC 118, and talk other various sports. Finally the crew puts their two-cents in on the video game Shank, and Blueonic looks back at the XBOX 360 game Darkest of Days.

Apologies in advance for the audio quality. Our current microphone does not work with the Mac, so hopefully by the next episode we'll have one.

Yesterday the world lost truly one of the greatest animation directors of all time. Satoshi Kon, whose work included Perfect Blue, Paprika and Paranoia Agent, passed away at the age of 46 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer.

Satoshi Kon got his start working with Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo's manga World Apartment Horror, and would later serve as an animator for Otomo's Roujin Z. His first big break came when he wrote the "Magnetic Rose" section of the 1995 film Memories. When finally given the chance to direct his own feature Kon decided to direct an adaptation of Yoshikazu Takeuchi's novel Perfect Blue, about a member of a J-POP group that decides to start an acting career. Almost overnight he became a household name in Japan, and his work started gaining buzz all over the world. Perfect Blue would go on to win a number of awards acros the globe.

Perfect Blue

Three years later Satoshi Kon would direct Millennium Actress, a film that followed the life of an actress whose story blended in her truth with the works of film she did. Millennium Actress would go on to receive universal acclaim, winning Best Animation Film and Fantasia Ground-Breaker at the 2001 Fantasia Film Festival and the Grand Prize in the Japan Agency of Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival (tying with Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away). Kon would next write and direct Tokyo Godfathers, the story of three homeless people who find an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve.

Millennium Actress

Kon would take his skills to television with Paranoia Agent, an anime that followed the lives of numerous people connected to an incident involving a boy with a golden bat. Its visual style and storytelling was -- and still is -- unmatched, thanks in part to its psychological nature and stunning animation. The series would air all over the world, including in America on [adult swim]. Though it didn't fare well ratings-wise in the States it still gathered a large following in the anime community.

2006 would be the year when Satoshi Kon would direct what many people consider his magnum opus: Paprika, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1993 novel. The film followed a psychologist who used a machine to travel into patients' dreams to help cure them, but winds up becoming dangerous after three prototypes are stolen and used to create chaos in both reality and the dream world. Paprika would go on to pick up the Best Feature Length Theatrical Anime Award at the sixth annual Tokyo Anime Awards, and recent news has shown that director Wolfgang Petersen is working on a live-action adaptation.

Satoshi Kon was currently working on his next film Yume-Miru Kikai, when he got the devastating news from his doctor on May 18. "My wife and I received the following prognosis from a cardiologist at the Musashino Red Cross Hospital: 'The pancreatic cancer is terminal and has metastasized to the bone. You have at most a half year left'," said Kon in a posthumous blog post published today. "When I conveyed my concerns for Yume-Muru Kikai to Mr. Maruyama, he said, 'It's fine. Don't worry, we'll do whatever it takes.' I cried. I cried aloud."

Yume-Miru Kikai

Satoshi Kon's wife Kyōko published a statement regarding her husband: "Satoshi Kon passed away due to pancreatic cancer on August 24 at 6:20 a.m. He was 46. His funeral service will be held for family members only. We are respectfully and deeply grateful for your kindness during his lifetime." A similar statement was released by Madhouse, the studio that animated most of his work.

It will be years before we see another anime director like Satoshi Kon. His storytelling style was like that of Hitchcock's, with thickening plot lines and mind-numbing visuals that were on par with Kubrick. I was first introduced to Kon through Millennium Actress, a film whose storytelling techniques are still unrivaled today. How he easily weaved this actress's life with the films that she made were truly awe-inspiring, and it was something that not even Studio Ghibli could've even accomplished; and while Miyazaki is a master of playing with one's mind, Kon was a master of screwing with it (especially in Perfect Blue and Paranoia Agent). Yet underneath all the confusion and disturbing elements Kon was always able to sneak in a slice of humor, similar in the veins of Terry Gilliam. I am sad that I will never be able to shake Satoshi Kon's hand to thank him for his hard work in the anime industry, but I hope he's up there knowing that he inspired millions of people throughout the world.

I don't think there is a more fitting way to end this tribute than with the final words of Satoshi Kon himself: "With feelings of gratitude for all that is good in this world, I put down my pen. Well, I'll be leaving now."

Oh, how the Itis fails to keep a Bastard from speaking one's mind.

This week the B3 crew discuss the new XBOX Live game Monday Night Combat, the demos for Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 and NHL '11, the week in sports and movie reviews for Vampires Suck and Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia.

Okay, what the fuck people! I thought Mutant Chronicles was going to have more action. But NO!!! It left me high and dry. These somewhat all-star actors kind of got hosed in this movie, seeing that the actual writers of this film screwed the pooch. If I was an actor, and I was suffering for money, then I might've done this movie. Actually I would've rather slept in the gutter.

The map shows what the four factions of this World War I looked like

In the beginning of the movie you have the voice narration of the character Brother Samuel (Ron Perlman), who is explaining why he's a religious figure, and how a meteor fell from the sky and landed thousands of years ago. What was in the meteor was this machine that planted itself in the ground and started making humans into mutants. It's basically a machine that was supposed to be the end all, be all for the world (AKA an apocalypse). The religious groups back in the year that the machine landed had a great battle where they were able to defeat the mutants. Then -- doing what every culture does to something they don't want anyone knowing about in their lifetime -- they buried the machine. Of course I can't really state when and where this time is suppose to be, but I think the person who wrote this was thinking a futuristic version of WWI. They are in a trench warfare, but have futuristic guns, dress up like style soldiers (i.e.: the dough boys), and have shitty vehicles that are all run by coal steam power. Not to mention the four corporations are fighting over the world's last supplies.

The shot that cracked open the Machine

When they finally finish explaining about everything, they have the fight that deals with the actual trench warfare between the Capitol (America) and Bauhaus (Germans), where in-between them and under the ground the Mutant machine is planned to rise up. The reason that it opens up is because the attack by the Bauhaus started on the Capitols, where the Capitols fired the artillery shot. This somehow cracked open the Machine, where the Bauhaus end up on the Capitol's side kicking their ass. Then, all of a sudden, these Mutants start pouring out and start slicing up the soldiers. The humans can't kill them because they are too strong.

The last stand of Capt. Nathan Rooker (played by Sean Pertwee)

Well to just cut this story short and save everyone the time and effort, Mutant Chronicles was not one of my favorites. I liked the cool action scenes in the opening, but while the story goes on it seems to just drag. It's as dry as a piece of four month-old toast being flipped around in a dryer. I was thinking -- from reading the reviews and all other things -- that this cast was going to be able to keep this movie going, but it was dead from the start. (It must have been some side project to see how they could do on the graphics of killing people or other such things.) This movie is no booster for these actors careers; in fact it's more of a downer. Let's take Thomas Jane, who played the title role in 2004's The Punisher (he wound up turning down the next Punisher film, and was replaced by Ray Stevenson) and can now be seen on the show Hung. (Click here for Thomas Jane's list of roles.) Well Ron Perlman, as I see will almost play anything, does a lot of these side movies that go straight-to-DVD. Unless you have been living under a rock these past few years, he has played as Hellboy in the two critically-acclaimed movies. He's been in countless movies because he's such a great actor, and he's one guy that can actually do whatever you toss at him. My only wish is that he would actually start reading the scripts beforehand. (Click here for Ron Perlman's list of roles.)

It's sad to see that Perlman turns into a mutant. Whoops, did I ruin the movie?!

With that said Mutant Chronicles could have been so much better. Along with that if it's suppose to be a "Chronicle," is that suppose to mean there's more to come? Unless the writer can find the money to put it all together on the next installment, it'll probably turn to absolute shit. If you have time to kill -- or want to take a nice nap -- Mutant Chronicles is the movie that will knock you out cold.

Mutant Chronicles
Company: Edward R. Pressman Film
Length: 111 minutes (Told you it was long)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Released: 2008
** ½ (out of five)

Holy crap, Clarissa has gone CRAZY! (WARNING: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!)

Most of us remember the lovely actress and girl of my dreams back when I was young boy from watching Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All. I was always wondering what ever happened after the show dropped off.  Turns out Melissa Joan Hart has been a busy girl. (To see what she has done click here.) She has done so major things and not so major things, such as Sabrina The Teenage Bitch.... I mean Witch.  That very popular show that was always mind numbing to me. Then she was on the show Law and Order: Special Victims Unit for an episode, as well as Robot Chicken. But nothing since Sabrina have I seen her in where the role actually made her the main character.

So here we go with the actual review of Nine Dead. If you are to check on the IMDB rating board the film isn't doing so hot (5.2 star rating out of 10). Usually that means it's bad, and the thing about that is I didn't check that before I watched this movie. I'm glad I didn't, otherwise it would of screwed the pooch on how the movie actually was. Sometimes you just got to go out on a whim and try to watch a movie and see how it goes (and I do have to say thanks Netflix for giving me the capability of watching these movies live stream, with no product placement intended). With that out of the way, the movie really had a weird feel to it. It didn't go right into explaining what was going on, yet it was fun to watch the masked villain going from place to place picking the nine people up in the fashion he did. He used methods such as mace, taser, guns, and various blunt objects.

Daniel Baldwin (Left)  and William Lee Scott (Right)

One thing that made me laugh was the fact that it said in the starting credits that Danial Baldwin was in the movie. I personally think that was a waste to even put his name on the picture. The reason for that is he got maced, and his friend that was with him was the one who got tased and dragged into the car. So throughout the movie I sat there wondering when the fuck Daniel Baldwin was coming back into this. Believe me: I was thinking where the angry detective that would be on the outside of the situation was pulling strings pissing and moaning trying to find his partner. But no! He never came back into Nine Dead, not even as a flashback. Talk about a waste of a cameo, if you can call it that.

The Room

So after all that fun running around tasing and macing people it finally brings it to the room they all ended up in. They have nine poles that they are handcuffed to, and the objective is that the masked man gives them 10 minutes per person that he picks at random order to shoot. Yet the main thing is that they have to find what all their connections are and why they have ended up in this room together, and if they don't they all die one by one. Now you might be saying "Hmmm...why does this sound familiar?" Well I got the answer: it's another version of Saw, except there are no crazy-ass death traps for each individual. I wish they did do it in the Saw fashion, since it would've been cool to have a Domino Rally setup of the machines killing the people instead of the guy coming in and executing all of them.

The masked killer (gotta admit: that's a cool mask)

So after the masked killer leaves the room they have a special timer in the room that keeps ticking away for the ten minutes. The characters that pertain to the story deals with an insurance person, a Chinese woman, a police officer, a priest, a district attorney, a child molester/rapist, a loan shark, a small time crook and an illegal gun trafficker. (Sounds like one of those type of jokes where all you need to do is end it with "walk into a bar," and it would be all over.)

With the story going on it seems that the characters like to piss off one another, but then it finally gets to the point where they finally start figuring out little tid bits of why the hell they were in the room. Personally I feel Nine Dead is a must-see. I want to say that the ending is a pretty big shocker in my opinion. I liked how the movie presented itself, and it seemed like if it had more backing of money it wouldn't have had gone to the straight-to-DVD setup (but that's just me). If you got an hour and-a-half to kill Nine Dead would be well worth it.

NINE DEAD
Company: HartBreak Films
Length: 93 minutes
Movie Type: Psychological Thriller
Released: 2010
**** ½ (out of five)

P.S. Maybe the title of this article should of been:

Don't worry: you're safe from any evil ex-boyfriends when the Bastards are around.

This week the B3 crew discuss the film The Expendables (followed by a comparison between The Losers and The A-Team) and the week in sports. Also on the table is a three-course Scott Pilgrim meal as King Baby Duck, Blueonic and Anvil talk about the movie Scott Pilgrim VS The World, the movie's soundtrack and the new PSN (and soon-to-be XBOX Live Arcade) video game based on the film and graphic novel series.

The Bastards make sure those other guys don't have the cojones to take over their show!

This week the B3 crew discuss the week in sports, the new movie The Other Guys and the video games Snoopy Flying Ace, Try Not To Fart and Pokémon HeartGold Version. Plus the gang tries their hardest to bring back a childhood classic...

While the Duck is high in the clouds, Blueonic and Anvil take over recording duties to create a lively show.

This week the Bastards discuss the new movie Salt, as well as the films Half Past Dead 2 and Contract Killers, the week in sports, the video games Baby Maker Extreme, Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, and a follow-up on their discussion on the problems of the opposite sex.

The B3 members try their best to record after a day of celebrating and drinking. This will explain their raspy vocals during the episode.

This week the Bastards put their two cents on the demos for Medal of Honor, DeathSpank, Limbo and Death Track: Resurrection, as well as the full game of Skate 3. Plus Anvil gives his take on the week in sports, and the Bastards review the movies Universal Soldier: Regeneration and Undisputed 3: Redemption.

You know there's not a whole lot to do during hockey season other than watch movies. Luckily, for a girl like me, the summer is packed full of blockbuster premieres. Not every summer film is ideal for every summer moviegoer, and for my fellow Bastards, I knew that getting them to see the newest of the Twilight movies would be a next to an impossible task. So I phoned my best gal pals, left my dignity at home, and headed out to tackle what was surely to be the highest grossing film this summer.

For those of you living under a rock for the past three years, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is the third film in the Twilight franchise. If you haven't seen the first two movies, I'd grab the first two on Netflix before dropping the cash on this movie. But for those of you who don't have the time, I'll give you the basic run down so far:

Girl meets Boy. Girl falls in love with Boy. Boy turns out to be vampire. Some other vampires come in and want to eat Girl but Boy saves her and they resume their unnecessarily angsty and obsessive relationship. Part one.

Part two: Boy decides that it's too dangerous for Girl to date a vampire so he selflessly removes himself from the picture. Girl gets depressed, meets Werewolf. Werewolf falls in love with Girl. Girl uses Werewolf to get over her depression. Boy thinks that Girl is dead so he decides to off himself a-la Romeo (sans Juliet.) Girl saves Boy, Boy and Girl reunite, Werewolf gets really pissed off and blah blah blah more angst.

With me?

Part three! Red head vampire from the first book (who is kinda sorta a really awful plot device in the second book) returns for her revenge! But this time she has an army of newborn Vampires to back her up. Meanwhile, Werewolf and Girl are rekindling their friendship and Girl is convincing Boy to turn her in to a Vampire, because, well, let's be honest: Cougars + Young Boys are only sexy within certain limits. More angst ensues! And some fighting! Obviously the Werewolves and the Vampires work together to save the day, only to be ripped apart when Girl not only agrees to marry Boy, but also kisses Werewolf and confesses her love for the two. Werewolf storms off and Girl only feels slightly bad for needlessly leading him on and shattering his heart in to a thousand tiny pieces. Sorry honey, but you can't have your cake and eat it too.

All right, so I might have glossed over a few minor details, but the fact of the matter is that when you compare Eclipse to the first two Twilight movies this film blows the first two out of the water. Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg has slowly been hacking away at the tangled and whiny narrative that is Stephanie Meyer's Twilight books and has finally managed a breakthrough in Eclipse. Despite the complete glossing over of Meyer's version of Werewolf culture, Rosenberg has managed to craft a story that adequately represents each of its main characters while at the same time delving deeper in to minor characters such as Jasper and Rosalie.

Director David Slade, who was new to the Twilight franchise, came in to this project with a vampire film already beneath his belt (30 Days of Night), and connections to the band Muse (having previously directed four of the band's music videos in the early 2000's.) It's in this writer's opinion that Slade breathed a second life into the film franchise. The fight scenes were just enough to drive the tweenies wild without grossing them out, but violent enough that when you see a werewolf sink its teeth in to a newborn vampire for the first time you find yourself pumping your fist and hissing: "Yesss!!" Although I will have to say I do feel like they took that whole vampires being hard as stone metaphor a little too far. Flashback scenes feel artsy and cool, and Jasper's southern drawl would make any girl want to don a hoop skirt and whip up a batch of sweet tea. Jacob and Edward are just the right amount of testosterone, and Bella's grown in to a confident, sexy young woman.

Like every Twilight film, this one has a happy ending that gets ruined as soon as all the characters remember: "Oh, right, this is supposed to be a painful love triangle story," and thus the film is to be continued. For those of you who haven't read the books, I won't give you any spoilers. However I will say that it's going to be a doozie of a conclusion.

And oh, in case any of you were wondering...

The Bastards have prepared a snack-sized version of their show for those with less time to listen (and need more time to dream).

This week Anvil discusses the week in sports, ranging from Celtics draft picks to the death of a Yankee legend. Plus all five B3 members give their take on the new Christopher Nolan film Inception, Dark Heart reviews The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Anvil & Pink Taco give their own opinions of Despicable Me.

Look out, Pixar! You've finally gotten yourself a worthy competitor in the form Despicable Me.

The first film from Illumination Entertainment (founded by Chris Meledanari, the former President of 20th Century Fox Animation) the film opens to reveal the Great Pyramid of Gaza being stolen by an unknown assailant. The news travels to Gru (Steve Carell), who reveals to his yellow minions a plan that will top the stolen pyramid: shrinking the moon and holding it for ransom. The plan is deemed workable, until he reveals to the Bank of Evil's President (Will Arnett) that he lacks the shrink ray to start plan one. Gru flies to North Korea and steals a shrink ray, only to have it re-stolen by his new rival Vector (Jason Siegel). Unable to infiltrate Vector's headquarters Gru plots a scheme involving three adorable orphans.

The orphans -- Margo, Edith and Agnes -- are adopted by Gru, and are used to help steal the shrink ray back from Vector. What he didn't count on, though, was the bonding he would experience with the three girls, and finds that he cannot part with them; even if his assistant Dr. Nefario (Russell Brand) says that they'll distract him from his plan. Will Gru be able to steal the moon without fail while keeping watch on his newly-adopted daughters?

Despicable Me manages to capture the sort of charm and originality that only the likes of Pixar (and, at times, Tim Burton) have been able to create. The character of Gru is a strange one to focus an entire movie on, but as the film progresses you come to realize that this supervillain of sorts is the perfect candidate to captivate an audience. His hunchbacked frame and truly jerkish mindset -- though more in the vein of an asshole than a villain -- is in itself worthy of the center stage; but it's when his frozen heart slowly melts for the three young girls that we truly see a real down-to-earth character be brought into focus. Steve Carell does an amazing job with giving a voice to Gru, and with his strange Russian/German/Kazakh accent he's barely recognizable in this role.

The supporting cast is also noteworthy, with Russell Brand also unrecognizable as Gru's assistant. (He sounds like a mixture of Jack Sparrow and Murdoc from Gorillaz.) Jason Siegel as the rival Vector also shines, and brings forth the balance of wacky villainy needed to differentiate the styles of madcap badness between him and Gru. The three orphans (played by Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier and Elsie Fisher) bring much of the heart needed to push the warmth and innocence Despicable Me does a fabulous job showcasing. (Elsie Fisher's Agnes steals the show from Carell, and will be one of the most-talked about voice-acting roles for the rest of the year.) Finally we can't forget about those pill-shaped minions (played by the co-directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud), who we can expect to helm their own movie in the near-future. (Might I suggest a Minions Vs. Rabbids movie?) When the minions are on the screen viewers will be on the floor laughing their asses off. Trust me when I say that the supermarket scene is one of this year's best comedic moments.

Despicable Me as a whole works, and from start to finish viewers can expect nothing but the best entertainment CGI animation can deliver. However an issue arose from the 3D aspect of the film, as nothing seemed to jump out on me. Perhaps it was the angle I was sitting at (or the fact that Pink Taco & I were wicked close to the movie screen), but I believe that you don't need to see this film in 3D, and instead vouch for the 2D version. Despite this misstep Despicable Me has everything kids and adults can ask for, from fart jokes for the kids to modern-day puns for the adults. Also, stay during the credits for some more menacing minion fun. You won't regret it.

**** ½ (out of five)

The Bastards celebrate their one-year anniversary with a super-deluxe episode!

This week the B3 crew looks back at their favorite moments of the past 53 episodes. Plus they put their two cents in on Toy Story 3, Predators, Wrong Side of Town, Stan Helsing, the week in sports and an "Oh For Fuck's Sake!" over Happy Meal lawsuits.

How bad is The Last Airbender? Really, really bad!

This week the Bastards discuss the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, The Last Airbender, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Onslaught, Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Crackdown 2 and the week in sports.

Attention Bastards, Bastettes and Wenches! ElectricSistaHood Magazine is ready to be viewed with your very own eyes!

Starting right now you can buy the very first issue of the hopefully-soon-to-be-popular-in-the-indie-sense gaming, anime, music, sports and pop culture magazine in America! Check out original never-before-seen articles from the B3 crew, as well as from their sistahs in ESH and brothers in Geek Aggro. Plus get exclusive previews and interviews from top gaming companies and people in the entertainment world. If you want to check out a taste of what to expect, click here! If you want to see more, click on the icon to your left to buy a copy of the first issue (or just click here). Once you get the premiere issue in your hands, sit down, crank some Deadmau5 and prepare yourself for what we hope to be an exciting magazine written by down-to-earth people that speak your vernacular!

When the Duck's away, the other Bastards take the reins!

This week the B3 crew discuss the week in sports, the movies Knight and Day and Unthinkable and an "Oh, For Fuck's Sake!" about the opposite sex!

This week I decided to do something different.

Please enjoy this video interview. Figured you Bastards, Bastettes and Wenches could use a break from reading.

On their 50th episode (already?!) the B3 crew discuss the movie The A-Team, the week in sports, Dunkin' Donuts VS Starbucks VS mom-&-pop chains, the anime Baccano!, the new album by Stone Temple Pilots, the recent show from the_Stampede and the video game The Saboteur.

Calling all bastards, bastettes, wenches, sistahs, brothas, geeks, jocks, otaku, gamers and all-out lovers of pop culture! We've got a shameless plug for you to bite down on and swallow like a tasty chocolate morsel!

After almost a year of preparations the teams of the ElectricSistaHood, the Boston Bastard Brigade and Geek Aggro are taking on the world of printed press (or iPress, if you've got iPhones or iPads to read stuff on). The ElectricSistaHood Magazine will be available in the coming weeks, filled to the brim with articles and reviews from your favorite Bastards, Sistas and Geeks. Want to know what's in store? Check this out:

• Exclusive reviews and articles not published on any of the ESH world sites
• The finest opinions of things big and small from people that actually speak your vernacular! (No offense, New Yorker.)
• Pretty pictures of your favorite (and not-so-favorite) games, anime and comics!
• Exclusive looks on the hottest projects
• And so much more!

More info is coming your way soon, so be sure to check in regularly for all you need to know to get your hands on an issue (or because you really like us, a subscription).

Okay, I have no comment for the picture above.

This week the Bastards discuss the week in sports, Get Him To The Greek, Super Mario Galaxy 2, UFC Undisputed 2010 and Planet MiniGolf.

(Apologies for the audio quality in advance. First time recording with the Mac, and some distortion happened. Our bad.)

After a small absence, Nenya returns to the Bastards! (And yes, the episode title does not lie!)

This week the Bastards gripe about the salaries of the hockey players in the KHL and the MBTA. Plus they give their takes on the new game Split/Second, the new film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and the week in sports.

If Wll Forte offers you some vegetables, kindly decline them.

This week the Bastards give an "Oh For Fuck's Sake!" to those Silly Bandz & overage breast-feeding, as well as review Birdy The Mighty: Decode, MacGruber, Splinter Cell: Conviction, the new demos for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, Rocket Knight & ModNation Racers and the week in sports.

This week the B3 crew discuss the new movie Robin Hood, the week in sports, the demos for Fat Princess and Iron Man 2, APB, Sage Francis, B. Dolan, Free Moral Agents, 21st December and The Failure Initiative.

This week the B3 crew discuss Sgt. Frog, Iron Man 2, the week in sports, new music from Godsmack and the Qemists, Split/Second and UFC Undisputed 2010.

This week the Bastards discuss Death At A Funeral, How To Tame Your Dragon, Furry Vengeance, Zombie Apocalypse, The Darkness, Naughty Bear, the week in sports and a commentary in response to Arizona's recent immigration laws. Plus find out how you can help raise money to help raise funds for the North Shore Cancer Walk.

This week the Bastards discuss the week in sports, the Wii game Gold's Gym Cardio Workout, the pros and cons of crossover games, the anime Soul Eater, upcoming movie previews and the motion picture The Losers.

This week the listeners are introduced to Dark Heart, one of the lost B3 members of years past (listen to the show to understand the reason behind it). Plus the guys give their take on Kick-Ass, upcoming films, the pros & cons of 3D movies, the week in sports, the NFL Draft Pick, the King's new PS3, Dirt 2, Skate 3, God of War 3 and a shit-ton more!

This week the B3 crew discuss their thoughts on the debut EP from Double Nines, the new Steve Carell/Tina Fey comedy Date Night, the week in sports, the new Stan Lee anime Heroman, and the video games Blur & Supreme Commander.

This week the Bastards discuss Clash of the Titans, the week in sports, the video game AaaaaaaAAAAaaaaaaAAaaaaaaaa, the good old days of summer action blockbusters, plenty of Oh For Fuck's Sakes involving school, bullying and McDonald's and what's on the horizon in regards to upcoming movies.

While the Duck and Blueonic were at PAX East playing video games and hitting on booth babes, Anvil & Nenya recorded this bonus show that features their thoughts on the film Hot Tub Time Machine. Plus Anvil discusses the recent Gabriel Iglesias show at the Wilbur Theater, and then the sports-loving duo give their take on the upcoming NFL Draft Picks, the Bruins and more!

By the time you read this, Blueonic will already have control over most of Russia and South America.

This week the Bastards discuss The Bounty Hunter, Alice In Wonderland, the week in sports, the new albums from Gorillaz and Flobots, Making History, Need For Speed: Pro Street, Real Heroes: Firefighters, Build 'N Race, Emergency Heroes, Splinter Cell: Conviction and thoughts on this coming year's PAX East.

This week the Bastards discuss the week in sports, Blakroc, Battlefield: Bad Company II, Toy Soldiers, Green Zone, She's Out Of My League and an have their Oscar recap.

This week the Bastards discuss spider bites, baby showers, Dark Siders, Just Cause 2, Moto GP 09/10, Speed Racer, Nitro Bike, the week in sports, Brooklyn's Finest, Eyeshine, Common Grave and an "OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!" about the r-word.

This week the B3 crew discuss the recent Fucked Up concert in Cambridge, Vivian Girls, Cop Out, Sasameki Koto, the week in sports, MLB 2K10 and Mega Man 9.

On this week's show the B3 crew discuss an idea for a new way to experience movie theaters, Shutter Island, Infinity Ward, Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, Halo 3: ODST, old-school video games, Yatterman and the week in sports (including Olympic updates).

This week the B3 crew discuss Canadian band the Rebellion, the week in sports, Super Bowl XLIV, Alien VS Predator, Tales of Monkey Island, Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and Harry Potter: The Exhibition.

This week the B3 crew discuss the goings-on in sports, Super Bowl picks, From Paris With Love, The Hurt Locker, their picks for this year's Academy Awards, 'Splosion Man, and Candy Striper Death Orgy (which we may have mispronounced).

This week the Bastards discuss the anime My Bride Is a Mermaid, Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, Bad Company II, Second Sex, Jaggery, Edge of Darkness and the week in sports.

This week the B3 crew discusses The Simpsons Game, Excitebike: World Rally, Army of Two: The 40th Day, Legion, HEAD PHONES PRESIDENT, Vampire Weekend, Grayskul and the week in sports.

Yes, Wanted: Weapons of Fate. An awesome game, and I do have one question for you:

WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE LATELY?!!!!

I love that line! Well if you loved the movie, here is the game. I know this game came out in 2009, but I'm glad I waited to get it with the price it had. This game is awesome, but from other reviews that I have looked at, they said the game was absolute crap. Well I do have to say "Screw you!" on that one. This game is fucking awesome, and I like it a lot. The setup on it made me feel like I was actually in on the follow-up of the movie. If your wondering why I waited to buy the game now, it's because I felt like it was going to be another Bourne Conspiracy game. Don't get me wrong, I liked the Bourne game, but they kind of fucked up in the sense of it being too damn short. Also it followed for the most part into The Bourne Identity, and about halfway through The Bourne Supremacy. With the Wanted game it gave me more incentive to look forward to the Wanted sequel that will be coming out (supposedly in 2011).

In this game there are a couple of the voice actors who are actually from the movie, but some that were in the movie weren't in the game. The main character Wesley Gibson was played by James McAvoy in the movie, but in the game it has Jimmi Simpson. Jimmi Simpson has been in a lot of movies, and the thing about this it's actually a good choice that they made; because with James McAvoy not taking on the part of video game, it seems that it would be hard to fill the spot. Yet bringing in Jimmi had the same effect as how McAvoy would of put the spin on it. The one that came back that I thought wouldn't for the part of Cross was Thomas Kretchmann, another great actor I should say. He's usually playing a Nazi, but besides that point, he's just an all-around great actor. It just sucks that the storyline has him dead in the movie and the game, yet in the game you go back to the past to play the father. It's messed up, especially the part where you have to take out the enemies while watching the mother of Wesley run around with the child. It just puts it into perspective about the idea of fate of characters, especially when your trying to save the main character's life when he's just a baby.

One of the characters that really stands out is the Immortal. He's a character of the French fraternity that is trying to kill Wesley, because Wesley is an abomination of what the fraternity stands for. The voice actor for this is another favorite of mine: the Russian grim reaper of Bad Boys 2, Peter Stormare. Adding him to the mix was awesome, and I hope there is a way to possibly put him in the new movie. I can see him really making a badass character to either play the immortal or be a bad guy in the movie. The great thing about him is you can have him play a good guy or a bad guy, since he played the Devil in Constantine. One thing that got on my nerves was the fact that Morgan Freeman didn't do the voice of Sloan, or at least it might not be him. (IMDB doesn't have it marked in for Weapons of Fate.) Whoever did the voice for Sloan, though, did a real good job.

So to move on with the game play, I felt that this game had awesome setup, but I did feel that they had a repetitiveness of killing the same enemies over and over again; even with different setups, such as certain characters like the knife guys that would run up screaming. These guys were annoying, and they had two versions of them: one was just running up and trying to stab you, and the other was running up; and if you shot at him he was able to do this weird little shimmy, and make you miss after you shot at him. Then they had guys that were tougher who could take a lot more rounds. The one thing that I was glad that the enemies used was the Corner shot, which is a weapon that is used in the movie by Fox (Angelina Jolie).

Now with this the set up for other enemies could be a bit annoying, but there were people that had the setup that were easy to kill by bending bullets. I  had a lot -- and I do mean a lot -- of fun with the bullet-bending. The setup they had for doing this was you had to kill a guy in order to gain the setup to bend the bullets. That and when you were able to use Cross weapons in the game, you needed two of the kills marked by the bullets in the top corner of the screen. With this you would use it, and it would fire multiple rounds in the bullet curve time mode, and be more like an explosion when it hit. That was what I used to take out the harder-to-kill guys for the most part, because they were the ones I used a lot of ammo for the regular pistol on. If you play this game, get used to using the pistol, as you can't pick up the weapons of the guys you kill, which pissed me off the most. I wouldn't have mind to used the Mp5's, corner shots, and other things. But I guess that would've taken away from the bullet-bending; yet in the movie, when you got Wesley running down the hallway laying waste to all the people of the faternity, it's like he used a shitload of different weapons then. But I guess that they didn't want to put too much of that into a game, as it also didn't have a multiplayer setup.

So for Wanted: Weapons of Fate I give it two thumbs up, but as you read I still had a couple of issues with it (but not too many). If you got another couple extra bucks laying around, you can probably go and find it cheap somewhere to buy like I did for maybe under 15 bucks.

Wanted: Weapons of Fate
Console/Platform: PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Company: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Gameplay: Shooter

On Episode 28 the B3 crew discuss the week in sports, Wii Fit Plus, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Army of Two: The 40th Day, The Book of Eli, The Spy Next Door, Youth in Revolt and the recent release from Wolfmother.

This week the Bastards discuss the new movie Daybreakers, The Marine 2, recent albums from HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR and Lady Gaga, Verb the Adjective Noun, the TV series A Town Called Panic, Rabbids Go Home, PURE, Lego: Batman, SSX Blur, Dark Void, Rogue Warrior and the week in sports.

This week the B3 crew discuss the live shows from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Amanda Palmer & the Boston Pops, local band Facepaint, Avatar, the week in sports, Anvil's first big MMA match, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Reflex), WiiWare demos, Modern Warfare 2 and Tony Hawk: Ride.

The Bastards' last show of '09 starts off with reviews of Sherlock Holmes, Guitar Hero 5, Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010, demos for Dante's Inferno and Army of Two: The 40th Day and the week in sports.  Plus the B3 crew list their favorites in movies, music, TV, video games and more from 2009.

This week the B3 crew (and Shades's girlfriend Tater Tot) discuss what they got each other for Christmas, sing extremely filthy holiday jingles, talk about up-and-coming rockers Hunter Valentine, the new Mighty Mighty Bosstones album Pin Points and Gin Joints, Avatar, favorite holiday movies and the good (and bad) week in sports.  (Apologies for the Mexican and Irish jokes.  It was the Bastard Nog talking.  We swear!)

This week the B3 crew discuss Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, the week in sports, the new albums from 30 Seconds to Mars and Killswitch Engage, the English vs. Japanese dub of Spice & Wolf, the demos of Bayonetta and Fairytale Fights, a recap of Dissidia: Final Fantasy and the FX channel.

This week the Bastards discuss greatly in the world of sports, the movie "Armored," the new pillows album "OOPARTS," The Mighty Boosh, "Monk" and "Sons of Anarchy."