Okay. Meet the ultimate collaborator of YouTube entertainment, Jon Bailey as he shows you his main gig with the channel Screen Junkies call Honest Trailers. I call him a collaborator because he has worked with the likes of; Smosh Games, Cinema Sins, Brotherhood Woodshop and How It Should Have Ended (HISHE). He also has his own channel where he does short review videos in what he calls his epic voice. Yes, he does have a good movie trailer voice, but................ok. Anyways, some of his best works is on Honest Trailers that he does for both Screen Junkies and Smosh Games. He is very funny doing these especially when he says, "BEEEEWWWWBS". Que my wife shaking her head.
It is pretty much the only thing I watch on Smosh Games and Screen Junkies because the rest of their work is either way to long (around an hour or so) or are kind of annoying, especially when their main host is, well, hosting. The subject is interesting, but then I just stop their. I tried, but no. I digress.
Check out the Honest Trailer below and then check out the others that I'm sure are on playlists at Screen Junkies or Smosh Games. Or you can go to my channels' playlist at CocoaVision or Becauseimwil.
Enjoy
Monday, September 7, 2015
YouTube Empire: Cinema Sins
Ah, Cinema Sins. This site had turned into one my all-time favorite channels to watch. It is hilarious to watch and may open your eyes to a point that a movie you used to love very much may now annoy you to the point of anger. Now that is a quote (not verbatim) from my wife, but I don't fully agree. It does open my eyes to something I may have missed, but it actually doesn't change how I felt about the film.
The host, Jeremy is a bit annoying simply because I feel he has a holier than thou complex. No one knows more than Jeremy in the entertainment business or that is how I see him from his voice and mannerisms. He has a personal channel where he does Q&A's, Dear Hollywood Letters, and Preview/Reviews of movies. He has now taken up the watch me while I game concept, which I have a separate blog about that coming soon. He also has 3 other channels in his arsenal; Music Video Sins, Brand Sins (Hosted by Bobby talking about companies) and Couch Tomato (don't know the name of the host, where he compares why 2 movies are or are not the same).
All this stuff is entertaining, but at times could be as equally annoying. I am drawn to it though and like I said, it is among my all-time favorite YouTube channels (I know I started off singular and now plural. I am talking about his empire ya'll).
Below is one of his movie sins, which I found hilarious and I haven't seen the film yet. BTW, make sure you see the film before seeing the sins of the film. SPOILERS!!!!! It has a sins counter, timer and gives you a sentence at the end.
Enjoy.
The host, Jeremy is a bit annoying simply because I feel he has a holier than thou complex. No one knows more than Jeremy in the entertainment business or that is how I see him from his voice and mannerisms. He has a personal channel where he does Q&A's, Dear Hollywood Letters, and Preview/Reviews of movies. He has now taken up the watch me while I game concept, which I have a separate blog about that coming soon. He also has 3 other channels in his arsenal; Music Video Sins, Brand Sins (Hosted by Bobby talking about companies) and Couch Tomato (don't know the name of the host, where he compares why 2 movies are or are not the same).
All this stuff is entertaining, but at times could be as equally annoying. I am drawn to it though and like I said, it is among my all-time favorite YouTube channels (I know I started off singular and now plural. I am talking about his empire ya'll).
Below is one of his movie sins, which I found hilarious and I haven't seen the film yet. BTW, make sure you see the film before seeing the sins of the film. SPOILERS!!!!! It has a sins counter, timer and gives you a sentence at the end.
Enjoy.
YouTube Chanel: Brotherhood Workshop
Brotherhood Workshop is outstanding. They do shorts of current and great films. Come up with what ifs. And fill in some gaps in movies. Also, many, many more. Check out their YouTube Channel.
Brotherhood Workshop
Brotherhood Workshop
Sunday, September 6, 2015
It's Been A While
It has been about more than 20 years since I went to my first concert with my roommate Sherina at the time. The headliners were New Edition with the opening group 702. This was in Milwaukee, WI at the Bradley Center and it was for my roommate's birthday. We collected some swag before we left that looks like so:
I cannot wear it now, but hopefully if I lose enough weight, I will sport it someday. Anyways, It was a great concert, but before and after that, I still rather not attend concerts because I find them very overwhelming.
More than a decade later I attended a fundraiser event that featured a concert towards the end. The featured act were the Pointer Sisters. Like New Edition, I grew up with this group and loved most of their songs. This was the first concert that I ended up singing along and acting silly. It was a lot of fun. I had a blast. Neutron Dance, Slow Hand and even Jump was performed by these ladies and it was great. I thank my wife very much for bringing me to that event.
Almost another decade later, in last August 2015 I attended my third concert at the Gexa Engery Pavilion in Dallas, TX. It featured Kelly Clarkson with Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson and Abi Ann. I know the last two (or three) seemed unfamiliar, but they were all great. I won't go into detail on them, but they are good to check out via Google, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.
Of course, Kelly Clarkson's set was the best and she was hilarious in between songs. From blaming being emotional on her being knocked up to letting the audience know that she was singing one of her favorite songs and if we didn't like it, suck it (or something like that). She was just non-stop. I has stopped buying CDs and even slowed down in downloading. It's pretty much streaming music for me and I do it on Spotify. I plan to check out all the albums of the opening acts and Kelly's newest release.
After the concert I told my wife that I would like to attend future concerts there, but I will be very selective on who. Sorry heavy metal, rock or gangsta rap. I guess I am coming more out of my shell some more. I just wanted to share with you my concert experiences and I plan to see more.
Feel free to follow me at Instagram, Pinterest and/or Twitter @becauseimwil.
Subscribe to my YouTube channels, CocoaVision
And of course, leave your comments below.
Later............
I cannot wear it now, but hopefully if I lose enough weight, I will sport it someday. Anyways, It was a great concert, but before and after that, I still rather not attend concerts because I find them very overwhelming.
More than a decade later I attended a fundraiser event that featured a concert towards the end. The featured act were the Pointer Sisters. Like New Edition, I grew up with this group and loved most of their songs. This was the first concert that I ended up singing along and acting silly. It was a lot of fun. I had a blast. Neutron Dance, Slow Hand and even Jump was performed by these ladies and it was great. I thank my wife very much for bringing me to that event.
Almost another decade later, in last August 2015 I attended my third concert at the Gexa Engery Pavilion in Dallas, TX. It featured Kelly Clarkson with Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson and Abi Ann. I know the last two (or three) seemed unfamiliar, but they were all great. I won't go into detail on them, but they are good to check out via Google, Spotify, Apple Music, etc.
Of course, Kelly Clarkson's set was the best and she was hilarious in between songs. From blaming being emotional on her being knocked up to letting the audience know that she was singing one of her favorite songs and if we didn't like it, suck it (or something like that). She was just non-stop. I has stopped buying CDs and even slowed down in downloading. It's pretty much streaming music for me and I do it on Spotify. I plan to check out all the albums of the opening acts and Kelly's newest release.
After the concert I told my wife that I would like to attend future concerts there, but I will be very selective on who. Sorry heavy metal, rock or gangsta rap. I guess I am coming more out of my shell some more. I just wanted to share with you my concert experiences and I plan to see more.
Feel free to follow me at Instagram, Pinterest and/or Twitter @becauseimwil.
Subscribe to my YouTube channels, CocoaVision
And of course, leave your comments below.
Later............
YouTube Channel: First Person
This is an interesting series from PBS Digital Studios. It is an entrance into the world learning about gender, sexuality and the queer community. The videos are not really long averaging 6 minutes and you learn a great deal in a short period of time. Check out the trailer below:
Later..........
Later..........
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Pause
So, I must apologize for the very long time since I have posted on this blog. The reason for my disappearance is because I was diagnosed with a blood cancer called Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (A.L.L.) in November 2013. Immediately after that I went into treatment. During the early stage of the treatment, one of the chemo medicines had a bad effect on me with the combination of steroids. I had to go off treatment and went into rehabilitation at a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF). That went for 6 weeks then I went into outpatient rehab.
Shortly after that I returned to treatment, but on a different protocol mind you they were not sure if I was able to return at first. From February 2014 through June 2014 I went through this protocol with no issues. At least none like what happened during the first protocol. Before the end of the treatment, we (My Oncologist, my wife and me) discussed doing a transplant. After learning the level of survival percentages, we decided to proceed with the transplant. The transplant ended up being stem cell and my younger brother became the donor. I actually went through 2 transplants where the first one failed to graft in August 2014 and the second became a successful graft in October 2014.
I finally made it home early November 2014 and now in the post-transplant stage, which could bring a whole new slew of possible problems. The two largest are the return of cancer (same or different) or Graft verses Host Decease (GvHD). So they and us are on constant monitoring of me and making sure neither of these and some lesser issues rear their ugly little heads. During the treatment and even now I am what they call immunosuppressed, which means in a nut shell my immune system is very low. Now my system is stronger, but one of the medicines I am on now keeps it kind of low or stagnant. I should end sometime within the year. I am now considered in Complete Remission which makes me a Cancer Survivor, but the journey is far from over.
Coming up on October 9th is the one year anniversary for my Stem Cell Transplant that actually took. We plan to have a party to celebrate this and I also have to go for a series of tests (no fun, but.....) just to make sure nothing bad is happening.
There is a plan for me to return to school hopefully in Spring 2016 and I can finish that journey.
If you want to learn more details of our journey to Fight The Big Fight please follow our blog at http://fightthebigfight.blogspot.com/ also if you are on Facebook, find our page (same name) and click like to get smaller updates counting up the days from the successful transplant. This blog was started by me at first, but then when I started to have problems, my wife took it over and now it is in the eyes of the spouse/caregiver.
BTW, this is Day +327.
It may be a while until my nest post on here, but like I said we plan for me to return to school in Spring 2015.
I am currently posting on my other blogs: Because I'm Wil my main sort of venting blog, Sifl And Olly for only entertainment and Brainstorm! for Trivia, Riddles, Mind Games, etc.
I also have a YouTube page called CocoaVision (Click to see).
Take care.
Shortly after that I returned to treatment, but on a different protocol mind you they were not sure if I was able to return at first. From February 2014 through June 2014 I went through this protocol with no issues. At least none like what happened during the first protocol. Before the end of the treatment, we (My Oncologist, my wife and me) discussed doing a transplant. After learning the level of survival percentages, we decided to proceed with the transplant. The transplant ended up being stem cell and my younger brother became the donor. I actually went through 2 transplants where the first one failed to graft in August 2014 and the second became a successful graft in October 2014.
I finally made it home early November 2014 and now in the post-transplant stage, which could bring a whole new slew of possible problems. The two largest are the return of cancer (same or different) or Graft verses Host Decease (GvHD). So they and us are on constant monitoring of me and making sure neither of these and some lesser issues rear their ugly little heads. During the treatment and even now I am what they call immunosuppressed, which means in a nut shell my immune system is very low. Now my system is stronger, but one of the medicines I am on now keeps it kind of low or stagnant. I should end sometime within the year. I am now considered in Complete Remission which makes me a Cancer Survivor, but the journey is far from over.
Coming up on October 9th is the one year anniversary for my Stem Cell Transplant that actually took. We plan to have a party to celebrate this and I also have to go for a series of tests (no fun, but.....) just to make sure nothing bad is happening.
There is a plan for me to return to school hopefully in Spring 2016 and I can finish that journey.
If you want to learn more details of our journey to Fight The Big Fight please follow our blog at http://fightthebigfight.blogspot.com/ also if you are on Facebook, find our page (same name) and click like to get smaller updates counting up the days from the successful transplant. This blog was started by me at first, but then when I started to have problems, my wife took it over and now it is in the eyes of the spouse/caregiver.
BTW, this is Day +327.
It may be a while until my nest post on here, but like I said we plan for me to return to school in Spring 2015.
I am currently posting on my other blogs: Because I'm Wil my main sort of venting blog, Sifl And Olly for only entertainment and Brainstorm! for Trivia, Riddles, Mind Games, etc.
I also have a YouTube page called CocoaVision (Click to see).
Take care.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Movie Reviews: Inside Out of this World
It has been a long while since I have done these, but I am back. I will try to do more since me and my wife are seeing more films. I will try hard not to spoil anything. If you are worried, stop reading this until a later time. And now............
Inside Out
This film created by John Lasseter and Pixar is a flick about feelings understanding feelings. We start out with the birth of Riley and the feelings she develops in time. The five feeling portrayed were Joy by Amy Poehler (SNL and Parks & Recreations), Fear by Bill Hader (SNL and Skeleton Twins), Disqust by Mindy Kaling, Anger by Lewis Black (Stand Up and The Daily Show) and Sadness by Phillis Smith.
The movies shows a lot of the aspects of the human mind. The one that I need to yet understand is Abstract Thought. I will need to look that up. Another area that threw me was The Sub-conscience. I thought it had a part in what we call second nature, but this movie showed different. Either way, this movie was very toughing and emotional. It seriously tug at the heart strings and has a great deal of funny scenes. This movie was very well done and I would place it as one of my favorite Pixar films. Highly recommend all to see.
Oh and the short film, that Pixar always shows before the major feature, was wonderful. You will see if you haven't seen Inside Out yet. Enjoy!
5 Stars
Jurassic World
The Jurassic series returns with a whole new cast which includes Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio and Irran Khan. They also brought back BD Wong who was in Jurassic Park. Although they revamped the cast, the storyline pattern pretty much stayed the same. Welcome to the island, see amazing herbivores, learn of great new predator, predator escapes, unusual plan solves situation. I am actually glad they did not change this format because to me it still kept the movie entertaining. I will say this was no better or worse than the others. I still recommend folks to see it, especially fans of the Jurassic Park Series.
It does leave a bit of a cliffhanger that could or could not lead to another sequel. We shall see.
3.5 Stars
We do plan to see more film in the near future and so I will keep sending reviews as we see them. Feel free to leave comments below. See ya soon.
Until then..........
Inside Out
This film created by John Lasseter and Pixar is a flick about feelings understanding feelings. We start out with the birth of Riley and the feelings she develops in time. The five feeling portrayed were Joy by Amy Poehler (SNL and Parks & Recreations), Fear by Bill Hader (SNL and Skeleton Twins), Disqust by Mindy Kaling, Anger by Lewis Black (Stand Up and The Daily Show) and Sadness by Phillis Smith.
The movies shows a lot of the aspects of the human mind. The one that I need to yet understand is Abstract Thought. I will need to look that up. Another area that threw me was The Sub-conscience. I thought it had a part in what we call second nature, but this movie showed different. Either way, this movie was very toughing and emotional. It seriously tug at the heart strings and has a great deal of funny scenes. This movie was very well done and I would place it as one of my favorite Pixar films. Highly recommend all to see.
Oh and the short film, that Pixar always shows before the major feature, was wonderful. You will see if you haven't seen Inside Out yet. Enjoy!
5 Stars
Jurassic World
The Jurassic series returns with a whole new cast which includes Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio and Irran Khan. They also brought back BD Wong who was in Jurassic Park. Although they revamped the cast, the storyline pattern pretty much stayed the same. Welcome to the island, see amazing herbivores, learn of great new predator, predator escapes, unusual plan solves situation. I am actually glad they did not change this format because to me it still kept the movie entertaining. I will say this was no better or worse than the others. I still recommend folks to see it, especially fans of the Jurassic Park Series.
It does leave a bit of a cliffhanger that could or could not lead to another sequel. We shall see.
3.5 Stars
We do plan to see more film in the near future and so I will keep sending reviews as we see them. Feel free to leave comments below. See ya soon.
Until then..........
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Name-Spray
So I am now getting fixated on the show, The Bachelorette. I got pulled into the show by my wife mid-season of the last Bachelor. I always knew the premise of the show, but refused to watch it because I thought it was extremely silly. I did find it intriging, but just would not watch it, until now.
The first few episodes were good. I definitely found a trend where someone gets kicked out or quits before the rose ceremony. The most entertaining one was this Healer named Tony (I think). The show had an event that offended him so much that he ranted for most of the day and then decided to quit. The most hilarious part was even though he was supposed to be a peaceful, mature, and mindful person he is screaming and does a couple spits of to the side of the balcony. We were like "seriously?". It just through us off a bit. It was just too funny.
So I don't know how many of these blog entries I will do on this show, but if I see something that makes me say, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?", I will post about it.
Later.........
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Why, A Centrist View........
So I am a Left-Leaning Centrist or I also call myself a Progressive Moderate. I strive to keep an open mind and understand/consider the whole picture before drawing up my on conclusion/opinion. To some liberals I am kind of conservative, which is true and to the conservatives I am too liberal, which is kind of true. The truth is I am Left of Center but not a leftist. My political history is somewhat complicated, but not difficult to follow.
I started in the political world in high school through Civics and Social Studies and became a supporter of the Democratic Party. Now I will tell you that I was still learning about the system, but during that time, that's where I felt my views stood. I didn't identify as a Liberal or a Conservative and to be honest to you, Heck, I didn't know of them at all. I was never introduced to it until my first college in 1991. I then realized my belief system was fairly conservative. Well at least on the economic side, but I felt on social issues I still felt good being an ally with the Democrats. So, that I labeled myself to be a Conservative Democrat. I voted democrat most of the time (yes, I did vote for some Republicans), but then by 1996 I noticed a small shift in the Conservatives and I started to understand the Liberals a bit more.
By 2000, the Conservative base shifted more to the right aligning with the Republican Party, but I remained where I am. I then worked to learn more about the political spectrum and with the help of a great friend, who also is a Libritarian, I finally found where I stood. I am a Centrist or a Moderate. Some even say Independent, but I mostly see that as being part of the Independent Party. Now I say it like that because not only did I accept bring a Centrist, I also decided to no longer align myself with a party. I was never a fan of restriction anyway. Also, not only was I a Centrist, but I was a Left-Leaning Centrist. Here is the diagram or spectum I was shown after taking several test to find where I am:
Marinate on that, though.
Feel free to follow me on Twitter and Instagram @acentristview. You can also follow my blog at http://acentristview.blogspot.com/. Now remember, it's "A" Centrist View not "The Centrist View. I am not that arrogant. I hope this helps in explaining this blog and myself. If you have any questions please comment here or email me at acentristview@gmail.com
You can also follow me @ACentristView on:
That's all for now.
Until next time........
I started in the political world in high school through Civics and Social Studies and became a supporter of the Democratic Party. Now I will tell you that I was still learning about the system, but during that time, that's where I felt my views stood. I didn't identify as a Liberal or a Conservative and to be honest to you, Heck, I didn't know of them at all. I was never introduced to it until my first college in 1991. I then realized my belief system was fairly conservative. Well at least on the economic side, but I felt on social issues I still felt good being an ally with the Democrats. So, that I labeled myself to be a Conservative Democrat. I voted democrat most of the time (yes, I did vote for some Republicans), but then by 1996 I noticed a small shift in the Conservatives and I started to understand the Liberals a bit more.
By 2000, the Conservative base shifted more to the right aligning with the Republican Party, but I remained where I am. I then worked to learn more about the political spectrum and with the help of a great friend, who also is a Libritarian, I finally found where I stood. I am a Centrist or a Moderate. Some even say Independent, but I mostly see that as being part of the Independent Party. Now I say it like that because not only did I accept bring a Centrist, I also decided to no longer align myself with a party. I was never a fan of restriction anyway. Also, not only was I a Centrist, but I was a Left-Leaning Centrist. Here is the diagram or spectum I was shown after taking several test to find where I am:
Marinate on that, though.
Feel free to follow me on Twitter and Instagram @acentristview. You can also follow my blog at http://acentristview.blogspot.com/. Now remember, it's "A" Centrist View not "The Centrist View. I am not that arrogant. I hope this helps in explaining this blog and myself. If you have any questions please comment here or email me at acentristview@gmail.com
You can also follow me @ACentristView on:
That's all for now.
Until next time........
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Gangs Shifting Bridges
So it has been a while since I have done one of these, but I have been watching a lot of TV during my treatment for this cancer. I am checking out a few shows, some are new others I am binging on.
First show is called Gang Related by Fox. It stars Ramon Rodriguez (The Wire & Charlie's Angels), RZA (Wu Tang Clan) and Terry O'Quinn (Lost & Hawaii 5-0). Pretty much a gang task force who works hard to eliminate as much gang activity as possible. It seems pretty ok, but I am not sure if the show will last past one season. If it does survive, it would probably be because it was released in the summer.
Next is The Night Shift on NBC. Stars Jill Flint (Royal Pains), Daniella Alonso (Revolution) and Freddy Rodriguez (Six Feet Under & Chaos). Shows the days of night shift doctors at San Antonio Memorial who were formerly military medics. I think this show is good, but like Gang Related, I am not sure it will not make it past one season. Also, like Gang Related, if it does survive, it would be because it is a summer show.
My final show for this blog is called, The Bridge on FX. This one I am binging the first season (season 2 starts in July) and just a after one episode, I really like it. Starring Diane Kruger (National Treasure 1 & 2) and Demian Bichir (Weeds & Che). This show looks really great as expected from FX. I look forward to finishing the first season with my wife and be ready for Season 2 coming this summer.
So, check these shows out if you haven't already.
Later.........
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)