Apple Disaster

Today is iPhone 3G day and Wow! has Apple has really screwed it up! Everyone is trying to download the new iTunes 7.7 software, iPhone 2.0 update, the new applications and games in the App store and set up new iPhone 3G activations all on the same day! Apple's servers are down, phones can't be activated and 1st gen iPhones are being bricked upgrading to the new software. I'm a HUGE Apple supporter but this is really unacceptable and could have been avoided by doing the following:

1) iTunes 7.7 should have been released last week to get everyone ready.

2) 1st gen iPhone users should have been able to download the new 2.0 software on Monday as a thank you gift from Apple and been able to play with the new apps and games before everyone else. This would have made the early adopters happy and given Apple more free publicity that the new 3G iPhone was coming Friday.

3) With all this traffic out of the way, the servers would be open to handle all the new 3G activations on Friday making a great worldwide launch!

It makes no sense to expect your servers to handle all of this traffic on one day and after having launch issues with the original iPhone, I would have expected Apple to be more prepared this time around. Apple FTL

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Seven7th Day

Today, July 7th, Bungie has released a new Halo 3 map on Xbox Live for FREE!!! It's called "Cold Storage" and is a remake of "Chill Out" from the original Halo. You will need the Heroic map pack (it's free), and the Legendary map pack (it's being dropped from $10 to $7.50 today) to play this new map online. If your still waiting for the Legendary map pack to become free, you can still download this new map and play it in custom and offline games.

Get Smart

In "Get Smart," Steve Carell re-creates the bumbling Max Smart character, with Anne Hathaway playing the capable (and hot) Agent 99 as the duo try to stop a plot to arm unstable governments with nuclear bombs. Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson also co-stars as a superstar spy colleague.

Let me preface my review with stating that I've never seen the original TV show so I really didn't know what to expect. With that said, this movie is really good and funny! If you like "The Office" and Steve Carell's 2007 movie, "Dan In Real Life" you should really enjoy this. This is one of those movie's where you may think you have seen all the best parts in the trailer and commercials but that is not true. This movie is funny from beginning to end.

My only small criticism of the movie would be the story line was pretty predicable and weak. Surpisingly though, it doesn't hurt the movie that much and I still really enjoyed it overall. Exp. Rating +5

UFC 2009

Below is a link to the first trailer released for the upcoming UFC video game titled, UFC 2009 Undisputed. This game looks absolutely amazing and I can't wait to play it! Click Here to watch

Kung Fu Panda

"There is no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness." One of the best opening lines by Po (Jack Black) in Kung Fu Panda. I have been wanting to see this movie since it came out, a few weeks ago, and finally got to see it. If you think this movie is only for kids you are so wrong! Jack Black is hilarious as Po the panda. This movie reminded me a lot of Nacho Libre and is just as funny. The animation is amazing and the movie, story and acting are as good, if not better, than a Pixar movie! I really enjoyed every minute and laughed A LOT! Kung Fu Panda and Iron Man are the two best movies so far this summer. Exp. Rating +10

Virtual NES

This is beyond awesome. VirtualNES.com is the largest Virtual Nintendo Entertainment System online with 765 Games! It's all free too! Go check it out!

Incredible Hulk

Let's get the obvious question out of the way first. Yes, it's MUCH better than the last Hulk movie. This is the movie they should have made the first time. Now that that is out of the way, this film was not amazing like Iron Man. It's pretty much a 2 hour chase film. The story is not that great and predictable. The special effects are an improvement over the first film but they are still disappointing. The Hulk still looks fake! Why does Hollywood always feel the need to go over the top with everything? It's time to go back to the "less is more" style of movie making. Let the audience use their imaginations a little. It's difficult to believe that a human being can transform into a giant Godzilla like monster. It would have been more believable to have a human actor become "enhanced" physically with special effects instead of becoming an animated character that looks like it came out of a video game. On a positive note, the acting is great in this movie and Ed Norton is a much better Bruce Banner than Eric Bana and Liv Tyler is way hot as Betsy Ross. Comic book fans will enjoy this version also because the Hulk has been provided with a more reputable villain to fight: The Abomination. Marvel really needs to ditch the over the top CGI and hire better writers next time if there is going to be a Hulk 2. Exp. Rating +1