It’s the popular thing to take 80’s and 90’s action icons and re-introduce them to the world in some kind of parody such as a t-shirt or internet meme. It’s all funny, but nothing that I have seen has reached the awesomeness that is the Robocop Rap. I forgot how great Robocop was to watch.

Check out the video. The music comes from a group called the Anomalies.

BONUS PREDATOR RAP! (from the same group)

[via Topless Robot]

As Christmas is just around the corner, I wanted to start writing about some neat gadgets and gizmos that anyone in our nerdy culture could appreciate, yet might have looked over.

We will start off today by reviewing Mylo. The portable internet / media device by Sony.

Mylo stands for “My Life Online”, so this would lead one to believe that this device offers maybe some internet, maybe some instant messaging, and perhaps an RSS reader?

Well if you guessed all of the above, you are correct, but you sorely under estimated all of the available features on Mylo.

Mylo is a media monster. Yes it DOES have a web browser and AOL / Yahoo / Google Instant Messenger, but it also stores a library of other useful features such as Skype phone, Facebook, SHOUTcast Internet Radio, Youtube, downloadable Adobe Flash based games, MP3 music player, MPEG4 video player, Photo viewer, and built in camera.

Keep reading down below for the Pros and Cons.

The Pros:

1. As I stated before, Mylo is a media monster. Mylo is similar to your common media phone such as Blackberry or the iPhone, but with a cleaner interface and more focus features. Also instead of using a cell phone carrier service (AT&T, Verzion, T-Mobile, etc…) like a common cell phone, you have the ability to make phone calls with Skype (free).  The ability to use Skype is quite useful on the go. Everywhere I go generally has WiFi these days, it is great to use the Mylo to dial up a friend over Skype and avoid using up my cell phone minutes which I am already frugal with.

2. The ability to download and play flash games was pretty sweet. A lot of mobile devices offer few trial games and then you have to pay a over priced fee for a poorly made game. With Mylo, you can download games off Mylo’s official site or move downloaded SWF files (published Adobe Flash file) to your games folder on your Mylo.

3. Other perks include the MP3 & MPEG4 video player. Music and movies are easy to migrate to your Mylo. Once migrated, the media player can que up videos and music within 1-2 seconds.

Just a note, Mylo carries 1 Gig (enough to carry a couple hundred songs depending on file size) of on board storage with the ability to add more via Sony Duo Memory Card.

4. Widgets are a useful tool, giving you the ability to check out the hottest Youtube videos and login to Facebook among other things.

5. Mylo also comes with a built in 1.3 megapixel camera. The camera only takes a few seconds to turn on, and uses digital zoom.

6. Mylo uses a slide out full QWERTY Keyboard that doesn’t scrunch all the keys together and feels quite comfy when in use.

The Cons:

The downfalls of the Mylo aren’t anything that would turn a person away from using the device, but could occasionally make you sigh with disappointment. Here are a few of the things I ran into.

1. I wanted to post some picture of Mylo’s web browser on this article but I kept running into memory glitches with the browser. Now most of the other sites I jumped to loaded fine but Nerd Fellowship and a select few other sites for some reason wouldn’t load and kept running image memory errors. I ran into this issue with Sony’s PSP and their solution was to increase the available memory allowed to the browser. Unfortunately most people aren’t gonna know what the issue is and will brush it off as an un-fixable error.

2. Expanding your Mylo storage is as easy as sticking a memory card into the device, but since it’s a Sony product, a regular SD Card will not work. No, you need Sony’s Memory Duo card which is some what a pain, because now you have to run out and get a new memory card instead of using the small pile of SD cards most people have built up around in their house.

3. Having a built in camera with the Mylo is awesome, but with the low 1.3 megapixel picture quality won’t you give you any bragging rights when all your friends are taking pictures on their camera phone with 2.0 megapixel or higher. The photos are some what blurry and there is no built in flash.

4. WiFi…it’s a love hate thing. Yes, most WiFi is free, which makes using the Mylo all the better, but not every place you go will have WiFi. So if your in the car / restaurant / where ever…you maybe not be able to use all the features Mylo has to offer if there is no WiFi floating around.

Now we can’t blame Sony for this issue because they have nothing to do with the area you live / travel in.  But it is a CON none the less that everyone should be aware of.

Overall:

Mylo is a great media device for a young teen who is looking to listen to their MP3’s and chat on AIM / Skype and browse Youtube videos when they are away from a computer…or for the business minded adult who is constantly traveling from hotel to hotel and is looking to call his / her family (Skype) without using up cell phone minutes, as well as making use of all the great media features on the Mylo for those lengthy plane trips.

As I stated above, yes Mylo does depend on WiFi, and there will be times where WiFi is not available, but in the society we live in, WiFi access is only getting more and more accessible. Cities are already planning on offering city wide WiFi access.

I give the Mylo an 8/10. It makes a great gift for teens and young to mid-aged adults.

You can read up on Mylo at Sony’s product site by clicking HERE.

The Sony Mylo is available at Amazon.com.

Unfortunately at the time when 50 Cent’s first game came out (50 Cent: Bulletproof), I was unable to obtain it due to lack of funds. Not that I was in desprate need of it, I just wanted it for the “LOL WTF” value.

It seems god has given me a another chance with 50 Cent’s second venture into gaming: “50 Cent: Blood on the Sand”.

And what is the plot to this delicious mix of rap, gangsters, terrorist stereotypes, bullets, rockets, and more rap? This is what gamespot.com has listed under the game’s synopsis.

“50 Cent and G-Unit are hunting down the gangsters who stole their diamond-encrusted skull.” Yeah…that’s it.

Now watch the preview.

That’s how gangster 50 Cent is. You steel from him, and he will come to your country and take on your whole terrorist cell. Solid Snake ain’t got nothin on Fiddy.

Was just browsin through the many bays of the net when I came across this little gem. I really wish I knew what the hell they were saying, but I guess not knowing makes even more interesting.

The video is called Rocket by the Japanese Pop/Techno band Polysics

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Gotta love Japan.

[via mr.west]

Who are The Protomen? Four words: Mega Man Rock Opera. You sold me!

Their self-titled album follows the struggle of Protoman and his younger brother Mega Man as they fight for humanity in the post-apocalyptic world of the tyrannical Dr. Wily. This isn’t the Mega Man canon fans are familiar with but an elaborated universe with twists inspired by the creative license of the band. Though it may not be straight from the boys at Capcom, I’m confident that most Mega Man fans will gobble up the story. If anything, The Protomen transform the story of Mega Man into a more believable, more realistic one, delving far deeper into the human psyche and focusing on our role in the battle between man and machine than the games ever did.

One of the things I appreciate most about the album are the philosophical questions and social critiques it offers. Is humanity doomed to fall into the background of history as machines take over not just our tasks but our livelihood, as well? Are we such a cowardly species as to not stand up for our own freedom, forever dependant on an outside source to break us from whatever chains bind us? The Protomen’s 1984-esque world evokes questions like these and more.

But what exactly do The Protomen sound like? Well, it’s hard to lump these guys into a single category. Their depth and range are definitely illustrated throughout the album. “Unrest in the House of Light” reminds me of a modern day Johnny Cash song. “The Will of One” is electric popish. “The Stand” is a beautiful pseudo-rock-ballad duet. And “Due Vendetta” has an air of hard rock and electronica. But none of these tracks seem out of place. The change in genre from song to song keeps the album fresh and interesting throughout. Think of it like a Gorillaz’s album.

The best part: these guys go on tour to put on live productions of their work. A quick YouTube search will supply plenty of videos of their live performances, which are quite interesting to say the least.

Any Megaman fan should definitely check out The Protomen. They’re available on iTunes, but you can certainly take a taste-test if you search around YouTube.

One thing that I have always found interesting about movie trailers is the choice of song that goes with them. Most of the time a trailer will include some old hit song that uniquely relates to the movie’s plot, or just a current catchy tune to throw in the background.

There is an art to matching the perfect song to a movie trailer, and it is a rare case when a movie actually nails the perfect song. But when it happens, it will send chills up your spine and give you goosebumps.

Here is a list of top 10 songs that made its movie trailer awesome. Some from 2008, and others from the early 2000’s.
(You might ask why are all the great trailers from back in the 1990’s not on the list. Two words, Don Lafontaine. Narrative destroys songs in movie trailers.)

Honorable Mention: The Beach
Song: Moby’s Porcelain

The beach almost makes it onto the list, but unfortunately it loses out to the bad editing job. Moby’s Porcelain was a perfect match for the movie trailer, but they didn’t show enough of the beach to go along with the music. I blame bad 90’s editing. Too much narrative.

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10. Max Payne
Song: Marilyn Manson’s “If I Was Your Vampire”

Ok, so the movie wasn’t that great, but the trailer captures the movie’s tone perfectly! The first sounds from the guitar lets you know Max Payne is on a dark path.

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9. American Gangster
Song: Jay-Z’s “Heart of the City”

Unique story here. Jay-Z was actually considered to write song tracks for the movie, but director Ridley Scott declined and decided to include songs from the movie’s time period. Yet they used Jay-Z’s song “Heart of the City” for the trailer.

“Heart of the City” was a great match for American Gangster. Defining Frank Lucas with the powerful opening of the song and giving a soul to the trailer. It fits well with the movie’s setting and time period.

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8. The Spirit
Song: The Untouchables (movie) Theme Song

Although this is really just a teaser, it’s 1000 times better than the rest of the trailers for The Spirit. The music is borrowed from the The Untouchables. The 1950’s sounding theme works surprisingly well as The Spirit jumps from rooftop to rooftop, giving a sense of mystery and adventure that peaks the movie watcher’s interest.

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7. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003
Song: Mortal Coil’s “Song to the Siren”

When it comes to horror movies, music trailers are usually high-pitched eardrum-breaking sounds and lots of screaming. No need to get creative.

The 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre broke ground (trailer wise) by adding a chilling clip of Mortal Coil’s “Song to the Siren”. The song gives a hopeless tone and plays off the movie clips like a tragic memory. Looking into the lives of a bunch of teens who will soon meet their end. Classic.

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6. Pineapple Express
Song: M.I.A’s “Paper Planes”

If it wasn’t for the Pineapple Express trailer, you might not be hearing M.I.A’s heating up the charts with “Paper Planes.” Halfway through the trailer “Paper Planes” starts up with its gangster beats and that’s when you know you’re in for a ridiculous adventure. BEST COMEDY TRAILER EVER!

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5. Watchmen
Song: The Smashing Pumpkins’s “The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning” (alternate version of “The End Is the Beginning Is the End”)

The music starts at the very beginning of the trailer,  and you know immediately something bad is about to happen. The song has a very dark and depressing tone that works so well with the trailer, it’s almost like the two were made for each other. The end shot where the camera zooms out on the giant glass fortress and the music starts really high then dies down is perfect.

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4. 300
Song: Nine Inch Nails’s “Just Like You Imagined”

The trailer starts out with music from the official movie soundtrack, but about 1 min and 20 seconds in NIN starts up with “Just Like You Imagined” just as King Leonidas falcon kicks the messenger into the pit.

The song feels like a musical interpretation of  the Spartan’s unbreakable will to fight to the end. The fact that the song is all techno-y like and yet it still rocks with the trailer makes it all the more awesome.

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3. Sin City
Song: The Servant’s “Cells”

It actually took me a bit of google searching to find who did the song that was played in the trailer for Sin City.  The music starts working right when Jessica Alba starts to do her little show. If you were a guy in the movie theater seeing this trailer for the first time, most likely at that point you started drooling. It’s ok, just blame it on the music being perfectly synced with the swaying hips of Jessica Alba.  Just tell your girl the trailer hit your sexual reflex arc, and hope she doesn’t get mad.

Then at exactly 1 min in, the awesome guitar repeat starts as a car flips over into the frozen lake. Once again, the sound is perfectly synced with the video. I could watch this trailer over and over again.

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2. The Dark Knight
Song: Hans Zimmer’s “Molossus”

Music choice in a trailer can help sell the movie to the audience, and never in all of my life has music in a movie trailer sold me more than TDK. Parts of “Molossus” by Hans Zimmer are mixed into this trailer and make for an epic invitation to a choatic world where 2 forces collide in the battle for good and evil. I can almost see the Joker conducting this song in front of an orchestra . Jerkingly moving his conducting stick, eyes closed, while facing the sky with a brilliant smile.

The ending of the trailer where the Dark Knight logo fades in gave me goosebumps!

The song in the trailer for TDK was also used in Batman Begins as well.

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1. Harry Potter
Song: Harry Potter OST’s “Prologue”

You: “What?! HARRY POTTER?! WTF?!”
Me: “I know, I know…but just listen mmmmmm k?”

Back in early 2001, a trailer came out for Harry Potter. Now, I had no clue what / who Harry Potter was, but from the minute I heard the music in the trailer I knew the movie was going to be a “magical adventure” that would reflect on later in life as an instant classic from my youthful years.

The music WAS created just for the movie, so if anything, it is THE perfect song for the movie trailer. I could not think of a more perfect song to go along with the movie trailer. Without it, the trailer would have been nothing. The soul of Hogwarts lies within that song. Absolutely perfect.

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Did you like this list? Then check out our official Imeem playlist from this article.

So, after both reading a small article and going there myself to confirm it, MySpace has blocked out all the independent artists that use MySpace to distribute their music. For those of you that didn’t know, a large portion of MySpace’s success can be attributed to their music database and peoples lust for new, unheard music. Independent artists could place their music onto a page and allow others to download and listen to it as well as display a profile for the band and information regarding them. As it is now, only artists associated with major record labels can be accessed on MySpace (which, as a lot of sites are saying, is probably because those record labels all own a portion of MySpace).

So, why are we using MySpace again? Because I personally have no reason to go there now, how ’bout you folks?

[via TechDirt]

It might just be a MicroSD card you buy next time at the store instead of a CD whenever an album comes out.

So yeah, SanDisk is working on giving physical music sales (CDs) a bit of a boost, or at least hoping too with these new little sales devices. SanDisk has teamed up with a number of large music companies in the United States and began producing microSD flash cards with albums pre-loaded and DRM free.

SanDisk, Sony, Universal and EMI Music are hoping to renew slumping physical music sales as Digital Downloads (such as iTunes and Napster) have become more popular in the past few years.

Gee, I wonder why? It is just easier, for the most part, to download music from a legal source then it is to go out and buy a CD anymore. Though some people like collecting albums for the artwork, simply having a collection, or for use in cars and such, who’s gonna buy these? Where are they going to “plug in” to play at other than a computer, which then leads to you popping them on a cd anyway to play it in your car.

Upside to this though: these may not be anymore expensive then buying an album on iTunes would be, and to boot you have a nice MicroSD card.

“A backlash against the high price of CDs figured prominently in the movement toward online music services, so the price of slotMusic will be crucial to its success. The cards must be priced no higher than what iTunes, Napster, and other online music services charge for an album.” -PCWorld-

In fact, with that statement these might actually be cheaper then purchasing them digitally, which might actually cause people to buy these instead of download songs. On top of that, for all you sound junkies out there, the bit rates pretty high on these songs, playing at 320 Kbps (not lossless audio, but pretty good for flash memory). The cards are also planned to contain album art (desktop backgrounds?), linear notes (might be sheet music, who knows), music videos and “other creative content the artist may choose” (whatever that means). So yeah, maybe they might actually be worth buying.

Will I buy them? Might buy one or two to check them out, but knowing how lazy I am, I’ll probably just hit-up my good old friend tagoo.ru

These will be available at Wal-Greens and Best Buy sometime in the future, release date hasn’t been announced as of yet, nor has a price been released. W00t.

[via PCWorld and PCWorld]

The bio pic for Notorious B.I.G finally has a trailer.

My friend Greg is already booing this movie. I don’t know why. I just got done watching this teaser trailer. I have to say, it looks very appealing. Maybe it is the nostalgic music from my early childhood, or maybe it the fact I never really knew Biggy’s past that aside that he and PUFF DADDY where best buds and this movie seems to promise a good insight to his history.

Check out the trailer and judge for yourself.

I have always been intrigued by rapper lifestyles. I would never want to induldge in that kind of life style, but like a car crash, it is hard to turn away when the these people’s stories are told to you.

The movie is due out January 16th, 2009.

Here is your fix!

If you don’t know who Ben Kingsley is then you probably aren’t going to really care about this post. But for those who do know the legend that is “Sir” Kingsley, you might find this music video a bit…off…maybe?

Just one of those things that makes you ask “ok…why?”. Not in a bad way…just something you would never expect to see.

Like the Terminator eating pancakes with Big Bird or me getting sleep before 11pm…it just doesn’t make sense!

Here is Ben Kingsley taking the mic to sing a little Minor Threat.

Ok, for those who really don’t know who Ben Kingsley is, rent a movie called “Sexy Beast”. No no no, it’s not a porno or anyting like that. It’s a really good movie where Kingsley plays a crazy ass mofo named Don Logan. His character in that movie gave me nightmares.

That’s all for today folks (not post wise…more news coming soon).