I got my editorship! I am now the editor of the Metalocalypse guide! I've been submitting like crazy! And there is still HEAPS more to add, there were missing cast and crew, recurring roles, and now removing all musical guests who have not had three TV appearances... The TV.com guidelines were VERY specific about that And then there's adding the musical guests who have had more than three appearances.

On the subject of appearances, here are some musicians who have voiced a character in Metalocalypse:

• Angela Gossow and Michael Amott from Arch Enemy
• Warrel Dane, Steve Smyth and Jeff Loomis from Nevermore
• King Diamond
• George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher from Cannibal Corpse
• Marty Friedman
• James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett from Metallica
• Gene Hoglan (Also Dethklok's drummer )
  
• ICS Vortex and Silenoz from Dimmu Borgir
• Ihsahn, Samoth and Tyrm Torson from Emperor
• Devin Townsend

Alot of them have voiced more than one character, too

About Metalocalypse: It is a show about a ficticious death metal band. The main highlight of the show is the music, but the fact that the band members are stupid makes it all the more funnier. The show is rated MA, for violence, gore and swearing (although most swear words are censored). There is a lot of gore, basically, the writers think of as many opportunities to kill anyone or seriously harm someone in each episode

But yeah, their music is awesome. Here is Dethklok's Myspace. Their best song on there is Thunderhorse, but Murmaider and Go IntoThe Water are awesome! Hatredcopter... Not so much

And as a result of many contributions, my levelling has increased dramatically, and I'm now on level 18

Here are some moments from Metalocalypse that made me laugh. I wanted to start with season one, but I currently don't have it on my computer, so here are some moments from season two:

Metalocalypse funny moments.

Be warned, this probably shouldn't be viewed by any kiddies ... I've tried to cut out the gore, but its more the use of certain words... They're not swears, but they're the kind of "what does that mean" words that kids will ask

I'll be adding more funny moments soon

And, of course, you can check out the guide itself:

Metalocalypse.

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THE DARK KNIGHT

Spoilers below!!

Possibly the MOST AWESOME Batman movie ever! (I haven't seen Batman Begins, but from what I've heard, The Dark Knight kicks its butt!). My favourite Batman movie before The Dark Knight was the first Batman movie (mainly for the Joker), but this movie is just so much better! I had serious doubts that they could revive the Batman franchise after George Clooney killed it (which was the reason why I didn't see Batman Begins), but they've done it! And thank GOD the Batsuit no longer has nipples!

But aside from that, the best performance from the movie was from Heath Ledger. His interpretation of the Joker was outstanding. Every scene with the Joker was fantastic (His disappearing pencil trick was the best ), but the best scenes were how he would manipulate everyone in his favour, how everything was one big grand plan. Then there were also the little things that Heath Ledger did to make the Joker as phychotic as possible, which included the Joker's voice, the way he walked and the way he would interact with different people. Heath made the Joker one of the most feared, scary and awesome bad-guys ever!

Christian Bale = Best Bruce Wayne/Batman ever! He has this look about him, a tough-guy look, which enabled him to pull-off Batman (instead of George Clooney who made a mockery of Batman. The "Oh, look at me, I'm a pretty-boy who gets all the girls" take was just awful, and the only person who could truly pull it off is Robert Downy Jr, which he did in Iron Man.)

And then there's Aaron Eckhart. Before seeing this movie, I didn't like him. I didn't like his acting. But the way he managed to play a man of the people turned homicidal maniac in the space of two-and-a-half hours was fantastic. Definitely one of Aaron's best performances (out of the three movies I've seen him in ).

Its definitely worth watching, even if you're not a fan of Batman movies. Although, I probably am biasedm because I LOVE the Joker, and even before Heath passed away, I would have seen it, for 1: The Joker, and 2: Heath Ledger in a role that is opposite of most of his other work.

But do see it. It is SO worth it.

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STARGATE ATLANTIS - 5.02 - THE SEED

A great episode. We get to see how Wraith ships are "grown"! We've known from season one that Wraith ships are organic, but we didn't know how they were made. We now know they were grown - Totally awesomely brilliant! A great performance from Jewel Staite, but the best performance was from Robert Picardo. Woolsey, a by-the-book IOA official gets thrown so far out in the deep end he couldn't reach the bottom if he tried! He learned that not every situation is by-the-book, and that rules sometimes have to be broken to save lives. I've always been a fan of Robert Picardo (since seeing him on Star Trek Voyager), so I was really excited when he became a permanent cast member this season of Atlantis.

And so totally against Atlantis' usual ways, they didn't kill off the Carson clone! The death of the original Carson was a mercy killing that had a MASSIVE fan outcry, and I think they realised their mistake

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Uni has started again. My subjects this semester are Immunology, Bio-Processing, Applications of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology Techniques. The only subject I'm confident about is Applications of Biotechnology. Immunology requires 5 times the workload of an average unit, Molecular Biology Techniques is a "you do it this way or fail" unit, and Bio-Processing has a 70% exam, which has me freaked out. I need the text books for my unit, but at $100 each, its too much

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Caption competition!

Ianto: The earth is shaking, the world is probably ending and Gwen is coming!

By France

Though, Rob's:

Ianto: Rach must be listening to her heavy metal again!
Gwen: God damn! Turn that down!: God damn! Turn that down!

Is a close second

I have decided to close the caption competition for a while. Its getting harder to find more and more screencaps, but I'll bring it back eventually. Perhaps when I watch seasons 1-3 of Doctor Who

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TOP 5 ACTORS WHO ANNOY ME... JUST BECAUSE!

It got me thinking after watching The Dark Knight, who annoys me... just because. The only reason I thought of this, is because had I done this 6 months ago, Aaron Eckhart would have been number one. And had I done it 2 years ago, Matt Damon would have been number one! So, here is my current list of top 5 actors who annoy me... just because!

5. David Hasselhoff

Who isn't annoyed by The Hoff?

4. Charlie Sheen

The guy isn't that funny. I get a chuckle out of Two and A Half Men, but Charlie Sheen is annoying.

3. Alec Baldwin

He's just one of those people who have a certain look about them... An annoying look.

2. Zac Efron

Annoying pretty-boy metro who all the teeny girls love... Only. Is there seriously ANY adults that remotely like Zac Efron (I'll excuse mothers with pre-teen/teenage girls on this one )

1. Wil Wheaton

Has been part of this top 5 since seeing him in Star Trek: The Next Generation. That would be about 12 years. I was 7 when I first started watching Star Trek, and my hatred for goody-goody child-geniuses stems from his performance as Wesley Crusher. The funny thing is he reminds me of a friend

So, question of the blog: Who is your top actor who annoys you... Just because?

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Song of the Blog: Burning Sermon - DevilDriver.

Torchwood last blog, now Doctor Who this blog

13. The Planet of the Ood

This episode wasn't that bad, it was just VERY corny. I love the Ood, but I don't really like the feel-good stories. Well, it depends, but when its aimed at a children's audience, feel-good endings are just incredibly corny.

12. The Unicorn and the Wasp

Another corny one. I loved that we got to see Agatha Christie, and the story was just like it was out of one of her novels, but the whole wasp storyline was just a little dodgy.

11. The Poison Sky

This episode wasn't terrible, but I see the Sontarans as the Ferengi of the Whoniverse - An enemy you just can't take seriously. It could be because they look like potatoes with legs, or it could be because they weren't all that threatening in this episode, compared to older episodes. Either way, they were threatening when we didn't know who they were then when we knew who they were.

10. The Sontaran Strategem

Again, not a terrible episode. It had promise before the Outer Space Mr. Potato Heads decided to show their faces. Martha was alright in this episode, it was good to see UNIT, but like all military institutions, they're cocky. There were just better episodes this season.

9. Partners in Crime

As much as this episode was fun, the rest are just so much better . I'm the kind of girl who loves cute little things, but the Adipose freaked me out. They're clumps of walking fat, and after watching a liposuction procedure, they were just disgusting . The best part of the episode definitely goes to when the Doctor and Donna first see eachother, and are miming across the room

8. The Doctor's Daughter

A rather cool episode, could have been made a little better with Jenny being the Doctor's actual Doctor instead of a clone from a skin cell of the back of his hand. Theoretically, all of those clones should be infertile as skin cells don't contain have sex chromosomes, and sex chromosomes determine sex and development of sexual organs. So, thinking about it, Jenny should have been a male. She should have been an exact clone of the Doctor, actually... BUT, lets ignore all that and say its because the Doctor isn't human . I was glad to see Donna had a big role in this, in determining how long the war was going on, and Martha on the other side of the war.

7. The Fires of Pompeii

Isn't it cool knowing that the Doctor was responsible for the destruction of Pompeii? . This episode was mighty cool, the prophecies about the Doctor and Donna were fantastic, and the Pyroviles were rather cool too. It was actually good seeing the other side of the Doctor - The "unable to help" Doctor. We need to see more of this Doctor

6. Forest of the Dead

And here's where it gets VERY hard. The remaining 6 episodes are so fantastic, they're practically all tied for the best one. BUT, here is my ranking anyway. Forest of the Dead was great. It was a great conclusion to the Vashta Nerada storyline. However, Donna in the database was a little too drawn out for my liking. But it was a good conclusion, especially how everyone was "saved".

5. Silence in the Library

Great episode. The Vashta Nerada are an awesome enemy, leaving nothing but a skeleton after they're done with the body. And they way they were controlling the skeletons - too awesome. We were also introduced to River, a future companion to the Doctor, someone who the Doctor doesn't know about. And in the end we don't know who she was, or her relevance to the Doctor. BUT, a good mystery didn't do anyone harm

4. Journey's End

This episode was great, but not the strongest conclusion ever. In the end, there were just too many people to keep track of. As soon as the Ostahagan (sp?) Key was dealt with, Martha was practically out of the picture. But not only that, they introduced the second Doctor (not a complaint ), Mickey and Jackie. There were too many people to keep track of, and while it really isn't a bad thing, it just meant other characters were pushed into the background. It was still an awesome conclusion though, but the most awesome part of the episode was this part :

3. Midnight

Such an awesome episode. We have the Doctor, all alone, pitted against 6 confused, angry people who are afraid of him when he had knew more than the lot of them put together. This one played on emotion... We saw what happens when no one is there to protect the Doctor. But the outstanding performance goes to Lesley Sharp. She spent most of the episode copying what everyone was saying, and did it flawlessly. Not to mention she has the scariest eyes, and when she was staring at everyone, it was super creepy. Shivers... Super shivers from me!

2. The Stolen Earth

A great start to the end of series four. We're introduced to Davros and his new super cool army of Daleks, who take the Earth with 26 other planets and place them in the Medusa Cascade. The fact that the Earth was stolen was too cool, but the only reason why its second is because the Doctor and Donna took so long to realise what had happened, and took so long to find Earth, only to leave us with his impending regeneration! I swear, it was the most EVIL storyline anyone could have thought of. Anyway, I would have been happier not seeing the Shadow Proclamation.

1. Turn Left

Yep, my number one is Turn Left. Why? We just see how much better the world is with the Doctor around. David may have been in it for all of 5 minutes, but seeing the destruction of London, hearing that Martha, Sarah Jane, Gwen and Ianto all gave their lives in situations the Doctor fixed - It was too cool. And then there was the focus on Donna's family. I never liked Donna's mum, but she was just brilliant in this episode. She plays a good post-apocalyptic survivor very well. Also seeing Rose save the day, it was all just too good!

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STARGATE ATLANTIS - 5.01 - SEARCH AND RESCUE

A great opener to season 5. Of course, our main characters survived; including Lorne - I was SO glad they kept him . The hunt to save Teyla intensified, and they of course saved her, and she of course gave birth on the Wraith ship, and the baby was delivered by Rodney of course. And while I'm at it, of course Michael got away. As predictable as this episode was, it was still great! But they blew the season's budget on that super cool effect sci-fi shows use when on a fixed planet in space, and they zoom right out through the solar system, until you see the Galaxy, then it zooms in to another point in space. That was the coolest effect used EVER by the guys behind Atlantis, but like I said, it killed their budget, because a mere ship explosion looked dodgy... Like early 1990's dodgy. It was SO bad! But, other than that, a great opener. Oh, then there was Woolsey . I am probably the ONLY person excited about that

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So, while I still have the spare time, I am trying to acquire a TV show guide . The show's previous editor disappeared, and now the guide is editorless. I want it SO bad, because the guide is in such a mess, and its a cool show. Which show, you ask? That'll be Metalocalypse! In a nutshell, its about a Death Metal band who are the biggest band in the world, and the story focuses on the stupidity of the band members, and recording songs. Which brings us to my Metal corner!

DETHKLOK

The band behind Metalocalypse. The album featured in the first season was released (and its a rockin' album!). The band is half American/half Scandinavian. Some awesome songs on the album include:

Thunderhorse

Bloodrocuted

and the Opening Theme.

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And, of course, a very, very, VERY happy birthday to Liv and France Who both share a birthday on Wednesday

Happy Birthday you two

My gifts to you:

Liv:

Not a bad picture, actually

France:

Mannnnnny huggles to both of you!!

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Caption Competition

Gwen: If the Daleks get in, I will sacrifice myself for the cause.
Ianto: Fine by me. Um, did I say that out loud?

The Doctor: This never happens. Where's my psychic paper.
Donna: About that. I might chucked it out by accident when cleaning up.
The Doctor: What?

Both by Shaunie - They were fantastic . Everyone has some mighty fine captions, though

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And cause I can't be bothered scouring for two screencaps, here's one:

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Whoa... That's a lot of pictures

First off - New blog header

Now. I have been meaning to do this for a long time. I'm on holidays, have nothing to do, so I'll share my thoughts on Torchwood season two:

13. From Out of the Rain

This episode saw into the world of the Night Travelers - a group of travelling performers who take the last breath of people, making them a part of their audience. The premise of the episode was good, but little plotholes made the episode less enjoyable. I admit though, watching this episode another time, it isn't as bad as what I first thought, but its one of those episodes where you have to ignore the plotholes to enjoy it. We got a hint that the Night Travelers may once again terrorise Cardiff, but this is one storyline I hope they don't go back to. It could be due to the fact that I don't like circuses, and have a fear of clowns...

12. Meat

This episode saw the dodgy practices of a company using alien meat from a gigantor whale-looking alien (thus called Whalien) being used in food on Earth. This episode saw Rhys get introduced to Torchwood, and he finds out exactly what it is that Gwen does. Rhys knowing what Torchwood does was a fantastic idea, because it meant we got to see more Rhys!

11. Sleeper

A great episode which saw Sleeper agents present on Earth. The cell would become active when they had gathered enough information to infiltrate Earth, which of course happened during the episode. Some rather cool explosions and the mention of other agents present on Earth made the episode great, but the fact the story was never resolved, as in the other agents were never stopped, was a bit of a let down. But, for all we know the case was passed on to UNIT, and they dealt with it. But it was the fact that there was no mention of what happened that was a bit of a letdown.

10. To the Last Man

Interesting episode in which Torchwood has to unfreeze a WWI soldier for 24 hours every year, as he is vital for a mission to be completed. The thing is, Torchwood doesn't know specifically what that mission involves. This episode also saw the tender relationship between Tommy and Tosh, and when Tosh had fallen in love again, Tommy was taken away from her. A very emotional episode which saw Tosh lose someone she held close to her heart.

9. Something Borrowed

Gwen and Rhys' wedding episode. And of course, it wouldn't be Torchwood if there wasn't an alien involved. Gwen is bitten by a Nostrovite which impregnates her, giving her a 7-months-pregnant look to her. The wedding seems destined to fail when it is discovered that Mother Nostrovite is out to kill Gwen when her baby is born. What made this episode good was that it had moments. One involved Rhys and a chainsaw, the other was a very tender Janto moment, where Jack and Ianto share a dance at the reception. The episode itself wasn't bad, but it was those moments that made it good.

8. Reset

This episode saw the introduction of Martha Jones in Torchwood. Granted for the first of three episodes. She was there to investigate incidences of deaths in which the victim had been injected with hydrogen peroxide. After realising the hydrogen peroxide wasn't the cause of death, the investigation leads to the discovery of a drug called "Reset", in which the drug finds and destroys any viruses, pathogens or diseases the person may be suffering from. The catch is it leads to the incubation of a bug, the Mayfly, which incubates, kills the host releasing a new Mayfly. With the professor in charge of the studies unwilling to back down, Torchwood must stop him, leading to the initial death of Owen. Seeing Martha involved with Torchwood was just cool.

7. Adam

This episode saw the introduction of a new character - Adam. An alien that invades a host's memory and "implants" himself in the memory, in order to survive. The false memories he implants causes real memories to disappear, as was seen when Gwen couldn't remember Rhys. After Adam was discovered by Ianto, Adam attacked him, and made him believe he killed people. This lead to Adam being discovered for who he really was, and the team were retconned to forget him, effectively killing Adam. This episode was good because we saw the extent to which Adam went to in order to survive: Altaring Ianto's memories by giving him bad ones of him killing, getting in a relationship with Tosh so he would have someone to fall back on, and putting himself in Jack's last good memory of his family, hoping that Jack wouldn't have the heart to forget those memories. We also learned that Jack and Ianto play with measuring tapes

6. A Day in the Death

Another episode focusing on Owen's struggle to cope being "dead". As Owen was seen as a "danger" to himself and the team, Jack relieved him of duty. Owen's struggle to be seen as normal and important as anyone else on the team is evident when he is given the task to make coffee for everyone. However, a dangerous mission sees Owen's importance to the Torchwood team reinstated when they need someone to investigate evidence of alien technology in a house with heat sensors. While the mission is a relative success, the person with the alien technology soon dies, and Owen realises that being "dead" means he can't save everyone; something he struggled with. This episode was good because while Owen couldn't save one person, he saved another from commiting suicide. This episode was also the final realiser that Owen needed to cope with being "dead".

5.Fragments

In this episode, we learned how each of the team joined Torchwood. Jack joined when it wass discovered he couldn't die and Torchwood took an interest in him. Tosh joined to get out of prison, Owen joined after witnessing the death of his fiance to a brain-sucking octopus alien thing, and Ianto joined, at the time, purely to get his cyber-girlfriend Lisa in so he could fix her. This episode provided us with the pasts of each character, prior to joining Torchwood, and that's why this episode was great.

4. Adrift

This episode showed us that the Rift doesn't just "dump" aliens and technology, but also takes people from Earth. After investigating one missing persons case with Andy, Gwen soon learns that Cardiff has an epidemic of missing people. With the help of Tosh, they realise its due to the Rift. Gwen's constant pleas to Jack to investigate the missing persons sees that he is infact collecting the people taken by the Rift and keeping them isolated, not only for their protection, but the protection of everyone else. This episode also had a rocking Janto moment . But what truly made this episode so awesome was that we were introduced to mother Nikki, who had lost her son due to the Rift. When Gwen thought she was doing Nikki good by showing her her "damaged" son, we were shown Nikki's true pain of losing hope that her son would be back. While he was back, he was not the same as Nikki had remembered. Pure raw emotion.

3. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

This episode takes place after an unspecified time between the season one finale, and the season two premiere. We see how the team has evolved to cope without Jack, and their emotions when he returns. But what makes this episode truly amazing is the introduction of Captain John Hart - a twisted character who uses the team to get what he wants. He provided a slight insight into Jack's past, but also we learned that John was just full of himself, which made him such a wonderful character. Why was this episode great? Two words - James Marsters.

2. Dead Man Walking

The aftermath of Owen's "death". This episode saw the return of "Risen Mitten", but with a catch - It also brought upon Death. On one side we have Owen struggling to cope with being "dead", and on ther other side we are shown that the glove didn't just bring Owen back from the dead. Owen himself has the ability to make Weevils bow down before him, making him the King of Weevils (yes, I couldn't resist ).Why is this episode do great? We are used to seeing Owen as a fearless, not-caring-about-what-everyone-else-has-to-say, to not being able to control his situation. This episode saw Owen come around full-circle: Not being able to handle being "dead", wanting to permanently "die" because he didn't want to be, and accepting that there is nothing he could do, and "lived" with the situation, so to speak.

1. Exit Wounds

The final episode of Torchwood season two. An episode full of excitement and sadness. A few laughs and many more tears. All season we were teased that Jack had a brother. The happy reunion we were all hoping for turned sour when Grey was in fact responsible for the near destruction of Cardiff, and the deaths of Owen and Tosh. What made this episode so great? It had non-stop action, from start to finish.

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Caption Competiton:

Gwen: (To Ianto) OMG, that's what you go to bed with every night?

Doctor answering instead of Ianto:

Doctor: And I could have had him first, what was I thinking...

By France

Too cool. Cause seriously - Jack +Ianto + Doctor = awesomeness

New screecaps:

Same as last time - You can do a single caption for both screencaps, or two separate captions.

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I got the phone call today - I have a job
Its just a part-time job at my local shopping centre, but its a job none-the-less
I'm super-mega excited

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Thought of the Blog - NEVER claim "its a scientific fact" to a scientist. If its crap you lose credibility.