I have returned from the theaters having seen the sequel to the great 28 Days Later.  If you're planning on seeing the film, don't bother reading the short recap of the film below.  Just skip down to the words END.

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28 Weeks Later takes place, well, 28 weeks after the infection breaks out.  Much of London has been quarantined thanks to US forces.  They are taking in survivors and have somewhere in the number of 15,000 people living within the city.  The movie follows a family more or less.  The father escaped a house in a cottage after it's attacked by the infected and he is forced to flee while his wife is left in the house with the infected attacking.

He later finds his son and daughter, who sneak out of the safe walls of London to go back to their home outside the city.  They find their mother there who was persumed to be dead.  The US forces bring her back to London where they run tests on her.  Seems that she has been infected but something is causing the infection to not turn her into a blood-thirsty monster.  Note: she has two different eye colors and so does her son.

Anyway, all heck breaks loose when the husband finds out his wife is actually alive.  He goes to her, while she's still strapped to the testing table and kisses her.. thus.. spreading the infection to himself.  Yea, not good.  It isn't long before the civilians are being attacked and turned into infected and the US forces are left with no choice but to kill everyone, infected or not.  I'll stop here leaving you all on the edge of your seats so you'll go see the movie.

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Overall I thought this was a fantastic film and better than the original in every way.  The acting, the visuals, the infected, were all better than in the first film.  If you saw 28 Days Later you simply must see this sequel.  There's quite a bit of action and a crapload of gore!  Whoo!  The ending though is.. eh.. not what you would hope for.  28 Years Later maybe? I sure hope so.

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I was wondering if anyone knows a site or maybe even a store that sells foosballs. Just the balls. We recently acquired a foosball table with zero balls. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Anyway, I got some wicked deals at Best Buy this week and I feel like bragging.. maybe even collar poppin'. I finally picked up Clerks 2 and for a smackin' $9. I also got Soundgarden's wicked 'Badmotorfinger' and Steely Dan's grooving 'Aja' albums for $6 each. Werd.

Just a few more days of school left before this semester is over. GAWD YES. Later.

I just found the Jesus of Jelly Beans.



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I've heard some rather interesting things in the movie department as of late. For starters, Darren Aronofsky (director of Requiem for a Dream, Pi, and The Fountain) is working on a screenplay about Noah.. Noah's Ark. Having seen pretty much all his films, I can't even begin to imagine how insane that would be.

The third Mortal Kombat is scheduled to be in theaters by October, although there is like no information about it really.. other than "Kombatant's fight in the tournament blah blah blah."

And lastly, there's going to be a 300.. 2. Aside from the fact there's nothing they can do that would be historical accurate to support a 120 minute film because nothing happened after the events at the battle of Thermopylae, Frank Miller said he will not let another one of his comic book adaptations be made in to a film unless he's directing it.
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Suspension #3 served.

Hi. Just wanted to let everyone know why I wasn't around to post in threads, reply to blogs, and approve submissions. I was suspended for a week from the forums. Unfortunately this site is more riddled with bugs than a World of Warcraft player's pimpled faced, so I also wasn't able to add/edit guides or access my Editor's Queue.

Anyone curious as to what I did? Good. A question was asked, 'what is spam' and I kindly replied to the user with 'a delicious pre-cooked meat made in Austin, Minnesota.'

Yup.

Commandment Number One of TV.com: Thou shall not have a sense of humor.

Later.

So I can blog about Year Zero again. Well, I have lots of cool **** to tell you about.

So the CD itself is a thermo-chrome disc. What this means if that it is heat-sensitive. When I first opened the case and examined the CD, it was all dark, pure black. After listening to it on the ride home, I took it out and realized the CD was now white with binary code across it.

Image.

Crazy, huh? The binary sequence translates into 'exterminal.net,' leading to a website sharing the same URL. It's a crazy site and I'm sure some of the LOST fans here will like how much it resembles some of the technology seen on that show.

Some other crazy stuff is the United States Bureau of Morality. Ever heard of it? Of course not, it isn't real. On the back of the CD case, there is an extra in-lay that reads the following:

USBM WARNING:
Consuming or spreading this material may be deemed subversive by the United States Bureau Of Morality. If you or someone you know has engaged in subversive acts or thoughts, call:
1-866-445-6580
BE A PATRIOT - BE AN INFORMER!

When the number is called, a recording of a woman from the USBM warns the callers that they are "implicitly pleading guilty to the consumption of anti-American media and have been flagged as potential militants." More crazy stuff!

Lastly, in the album liner, if one looks closely at the title "Another Version of the Truth" just to the left a much fainter "http://" can be seen. Inputing this as well as ".com" at the end leads to this faux USBM site. When the mouse is clicked and dragged across the image, a new image appears behind the first. If one clicks on "Another Version of the Truth" in the revealed image, it takes one to a faux message board with apocalyptic subjects and mentions of 'The Presence.'

So yea.. now you know about the secrets of this album. Also, I got pre-sale tickets on TOOL's concert here in Minnesota, which I mentioned before. Yay!