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May 23, 2014

MOVIE REVIEW: X-Men: Days of Furture Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past promised to be the most epic and best X-Men movie yet. It just may have indeed accomplished that.

Professor X and his proteges are faced with an alternate future. The Sentinels are anti-mutant robots, designed by the anthropologist character Bolivar Trask. They were originally created in Trask’s eyes to supposedly save mankind from mutants. In the alternate future, the Sentinels evolved into machines that could not be stopped.

In this future, the Sentinels are on the verge of defeating the X-Men. Professor X, Magnito, and Wolverine are among the last remaining. They search for and find a mutant that can send one of them back in time to alter the past.

Wolverine is the only one who can endure the time travel. He goes back to attempt to unite a young Professor X and Magnito to stop the course of events that created the unstoppable Sentinels.

Hugh Jackman is the man again as Wolverine. This character gets more and more fascinating with each movie. James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart are very believable as a young Charles Xavier and a fully mature Professor X. Halle Berry’s version of Storm is starting to age a little bit, but she’s still sexy. Weather control is pretty impressive any day.

Time travel is a very difficult to deal with. No matter how many times they try, movies and TV shows usually leave huge gaps when they try to tackle this part of science fiction.

However, the X-Men franchise nailed it. There’s a thin line between entertaining your fans, and pissing people off. X-Men: Days of Future Past does an excellent job of tying the entire franchise together. Watch the other X-Men movies in order first to fully appreciate this film.

It is notable that Bolivar Trask is portrayed by ‘a little person’ (). This is a change from the original comic book version of the character. Fresh new approaches for this character is nothing new, as Bolivar Trask was African American in X-Men: The Last Stand (portrayed by Bill Duke).

X-Men: Days of Future Past is highly recommended. It is indeed worth paying the extra couple bucks to see the 3-D version if you can afford it. Go out and see this movie right away. If you haven’t seen the previous X-Men movies yet and you’re wondering if you should watch them first… then fire up the on demand options and have a marathon. Then go see this movie. It’s worth it.

This movie is directed by Bryan Singer. The action scenes and special effects are very pleasing.

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Published on May 23, 2014 14:56

May 21, 2014

Murder Trial Brought to a Halt Due to Couple Having Sex

GENOA, ITALY – The trail of a Romanian man accused of murdering a 40-year-old Moroccan homeless immigrant came to an abrupt stop as the Judge noticed two people having sex.

Two staffers at an Italian court house took advantage of time alone and decide to have sex in a room adjacent to a court preceding. They apparently thought they couldn’t be seen, but the judge noticed their silhouette through the fogged glass that separates the rooms.

At one point during the hearing, the judge cast his gaze upwards and noticed their silhouettes, clearly visible behind the frosted glass.

Their discovery caused a commotion in court and forced a suspension of the trial of a Romanian man accused of murdering a 40-year-old Moroccan homeless immigrant in gardens next to a railway station last year.

The judge dispatched a court official to confront the lovers. (Telegraph.co.uk)

I know it caught them off guard when the “court official” busted in on them. I don’t know if I would’ve been willing to be the one to confront two of my co-workers in the middle of having sex on the job. But then again, maybe I would’ve love to have been the one. Whoever it was, has to have the best jokes. I had to have been either funny as hell, or it gave them nightmares.

The two reportedly “may be subjected to disciplinary measures.”

The Italian court system is unusually quiet at that time of year because many magistrates and officials take advantage of a series of public holidays to take off a week or more.

It seemed the couple were taking advantage of that and did not expect to be found out.

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Published on May 21, 2014 13:39

Child Porn Sweep leads to the Arrest of 70 ‘Regular People’

NEW YORK, NY – A recent investigation into child pornography lead to the arrest of sixty-nine men and one woman. Most of the people arrested are not psychopathic maniacs. In fact, the people accused include police officers, paramedics, and Boy Scouts.

Consuming child porn “is not something that is just done by unemployed drifters who live in their parent’s basement,” said James Hayes, ICE’s New York office. “If this operation does anything, it puts the lie to the belief that the people who do this are not productive members of society.” (Huffington Post)

This makes me think of an episode of The Cosby Show where Theo refers to working class individuals as “regular people.” Police officers, paramedics, and boy scouts definitely fall into that category.

Authorities say some of the defendants had access to young children, though there were no reports of abuse. The Boy Scout leader also coached a youth baseball team. The rabbi home-schooled his children and others. Another person had hidden cameras used to secretly film his children’s friends.

This people are indeed very regular, but they are also very sick. Police cuffed over 600 computers, tablets, phones, and other digital devices. They found over 175 terabytes of digital storage. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children will examine the images to determine if it will bring any leads.

This type of thing goes on more than we realize.

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