Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The Shield Season Finale!!!!

I just finished watching the season finale of "The Shield", probably the best series on regular cable, well at least until the new season's of Nip/Tuck and Damages start, and I have to say that I was shocked by the ending. Well if you've never seen it, "The Shield" centers on a corrupt cop, Vic Mackey, and the strike-team he leads. So a few seasons back one of the members of the strike-team, Shane, killed his friend and fellow strike-team member Liam, to save his own ass. Liam was Vic's best friend and was usually just the one hanging around while Vic and Shane were doing' dirt. So naturally Vic wants to find the person behind Liam's murder and he even tortures and kills a partially innocent big time Mexican gang leader that he thought was responsible for Liam's death. That was Season 5. Season 6 consisted of the strike team trying to stay under the radar of Det. Kavanaugh(Forest Whitaker) who suspects the strike teams corrupt activities and ultimately fails to convict them of any wrongdoings. Now that you've caught up lets talk about the current season. To sum up this season, Vic sets up Shane in a meeting between the Mexicans and the Armenians, who don't get along to say the least, and tries to get Shane killed in the mix. Well it didn't work and Shane is pissed and plans to retaliate but Vic still thinks that Shane is clueless as to what happened. Shane retaliates by black-mailing a pimp into killing Ronnie, another member of the strike-team, but he fails, getting caught in the process and he is coerced into telling the cops that Shane sent him to kill Ronnie. When Shane saw that the pimp was going to reveal that he was responsible for the attempt on Ronnie's Life, He runs for it. Vic resigns and plans to go after Shane on his own. The cops convince Vic's wife into helping them catch Vic and she cooperates. Vic makes a deal that would supposedly give both Ronnie and himself immunity from all the crimes they committed. The deal goes bad and Ronnie ends up getting left out of it. The cops get a tip from Shane's neighbor saying that they saw him in his house.(Remember: Shane is on the run and is a fugitive)Shane his pregnant and injured wife, Mara,and their son are in the house planning their next move, but Mara is still trying to cope with stab wounds that she got trying to protect Shane in an attempt to rob some of his old friends. The cops enter the house to find Shane in the bathroom on the toilet, seconds later he puts a gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger...well you know what happened there. So after Shane commits suicide, the cops search the rest of the house for his wife and child. They enter the bedroom to find his pregnant wife Mara and their young son dead in their bed. Shane later reveals in a suicide note that he put some type of prescription drugs in their drinks, which in turn killed them. The show ends with Vic getting off with a desk job and sadly, I can't say the same for Ronnie, who most like will be spending the rest of his life in prison. This show ended an exact 180 from what I thought was going to happen. Either way it's a great and a fitting and realistic ending to a perfect action/drama cop show. If you want any episode from any season of "The Shield" you can go to Ninja Video. They have movies(old and new),Tv shows, cartoons and a lot more.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

One Of The Biggest Disappointments Of 2008......808's & Heartbreaks.

Ok where do I start? After hearing that Kanye West was releasing another album only a year after he dropped "Graduation", I thought, could he really make a good album in a year? A few months after the announcement of his new album he released "Love Lockdown",which premiered at the MTV Awards. Thats when I realized that Kanye would be SINGING on the this album....bad idea. I downloaded "808's and Heartbreaks" yesterday and I couldn't believe it. All of Kanye's albums have been classics until this one. So basically he made a Backstreet Boys sounding album, which did not work at all. There are a few songs that I like on "808's & Heartbreaks" though. "Say You Will" is my new favorite next to "Heartless", "Coldest Winter", and "Amazing", a track featuring Young Jeezy. I think that the untimely death of Kanye's mother, Donda West, devastated him, which in turn affected his music. So I personally think that this is Kanye's worst album and I'm waiting for the album he's releasing next year, which I think will make up for the fail of "808's and Heartbreaks".

Monday, November 3, 2008

Change Is Coming!!

I've been posting new music, clothing, etc, but I think it's time for me to switch to a more serious topic.

Okay so everyone knows that Barrack Obama and John Mccain are both running for President of the United States, but what some people seem to be confused by is the need to vote in this election. We are on the brink of a reccesion with the cost of living at an all time high and the worth of the U.S. Dollar at an all time low. Gas prices skyrocketed for months reaching the $4.00 mark and just recently went back down to an average of $2.50 a gallon. Big companies are going out of business because supply doesn't meet demand, and let's not even mention the 14% unemployment rate. What I'm saying is we need a change! I'm not telling you to go out and vote for Obama but you need to consider eht he brings to the table and the history changing event that will follow if he's elected president. I really think that John Mccain and Barrack Obama are on the same page as far as change, it's just a matter of what change we need. I believe Obama when he says that Americans making less than $250,000 a year will recieve a tax cut, and that he will get our troops out of Iraq as soon as possible. We can't let this same pattern of Republican Supremacy continue! I just hope if(and when)Barrack Obama is elected president that this doesn't spawn violence such as hate crimes. Now I'm sure you've all heard about the woman that was a volunteer worker for the Mccain campaign that said a "big black man" attacked her and carved a backwards "B" on her face after seeing a Mccain bumper sticker.............THIS DOESN'T EVEN SOUND LIKE SOMETHING A BLACK PERSON WOULD DO!!!!! Two  skinheads were arrested when the FBI found out that they planned to kill 14 children in a Kentucky school, behead 8 of them and end their massacre by killing Barrack Obama. This really made me think..Do we really need a black president if it means that a whole race will be under attack? We've come too far just to kneel to the like of white supremacists, so to answer my question I simply tell you to vote for the change we need, the change that will make the most impact on this country...VOTE FOR BARRACK OBAMA!!!

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