Geometry Dash

Geometry Dash is a series of video games created by Swedish developer Robert Topala (AKA RobTop). The original edition was released on iOS and Android in 2013 and a Steam edition was added in December of that year. In the game, players control the movement of an icon through music-based levels avoiding obstacles suck as spikes that destroy the icon on impact. You also use many vehicles such as the ship, UFO, and wave and you also can shape shift into figures like the ball, the robot, and the spider. There are also gravity switches and you can get turned around too, all of these things happen when you go through portals unique to whatever's happening. There are also many spinoffs to the game including Geometry Dash: Meltdown (featuring 3 levels with songs from artist F-777), Geometry Dash: SubZero (featuring multiple levels with songs from artist MDK), and Geometry Dash: World

The soundtrack to the original edition is as follows: Song/Level Name - Artist (Album)

Practice (practice mode) Stay Inside Me - OcularNebula

Stereo Madness - ForeverBound (Stereo Madness)

Back On Track - DJVI (Back On Track)

Polargeist - Step

Dry Out - DJVI (Dry Out)

Base After Base - DJVI (Base After Base)

Can't Let Go - DJVI (Can't Let Go)

Jumper - Waterflame (Community Favorites)

Time Machine - Waterflame (Adventure)

Cycles - DJVI (Cycles)

xStep - DJVI (xStep)

Clutterfunk- Waterflame (Showdown)

Theory of Everything - dj-Nate (Best of Geometry Dash)

Electroman Adventures - Waterflame (Community Favorites)

Clubstep - dj-Nate (Best of Geometry Dash)

Electrodynamix - dj-Nate (Best of Geometry Dash)

Hexagon Force - Waterflame (Community Favorites)

Blast Processing - Waterflame (Community Favorites)

Theory of Everything 2 - dj-Nate (Best of Geometry Dash)

Geometrical Dominator - Waterflame (Geometrical Dominator)

Deadlocked - F-777 (Smash It Vol. II)

Fingerbang - MDK (Rise)

by bmhorton August 31, 2022

Avatar

A 2009 epic science-fiction film written, produced, and directed by James Cameron. It is currently the highest-grossing film and has been since 2010. In 2019 it was briefly overtaken by Avengers: Endgame but retook the top spot in March 2021. The film currently grosses $2,788,416,135. It was released in London on December 10, 2009 and premiered in the United States on December 16, 2009. The film received relatively positive reviews from critics. The film is set in the year 2154 on a gas giant's habitable forest moon called "Pandora" in the Alpha Centauri star system and follows Jake Sully, who is a former marine who is paralyzed from the waist down who learns that his identical twin brother Tommy Sully, who was part of the Avatar program, was shot and killed. He is asked to drive Tommy's Avatar body, which is made from blending human DNA with Na'vi DNA (the indigenous, intelligent, species on the moon) because they're DNA code is almost identical. The film also follows, Neytiri, a Na'vi who is the daughter to the chief of the clan, who eventually falls in love with Jake, as they both fight to protect their habitat and they're people. James Cameron also made 2 sequels to the movie, which are set to release in December 2022, and December 2024.

Cast to James Cameron's Avatar:
Humans:
Sam Worthington as Jake Sully
Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quadritch, the head of the mining operation on the planet for Unobtanium (an expensive mineral found on the planet)
Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine, a biologist and head of the Avatar Program
Michelle Rodriguez as Trudy, a pilot who supports the Avatar Program
Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge, the corporate administrator for the RDA mining company
Joel David Moore as Dr. Norm Spellman, a xenoanthropologist
Dileep Rao as Dr. Max Patel, a scientist who works for the Avatar Program

Na'vi

Zoe Saldana as Neytiri, daughter to the leaders of the clan (the Omaticaya) who eventually falls in love with Jake
CCH Ponder as Mo'at, the Omaticaya's spiritual advisor, Neytiri's mother
Wes Studi as Eytukan, the Omaticaya's clan leader
Laz Alonso as Tsu'tey, the clan's finest warrior and heir to the chieftainship, who at the beginning is Neytiri's supposed husband in an arranged marriage

by bmhorton December 29, 2021

Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission Breakout!

Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission Breakout! is an accelerated drop tower dark ride in Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, California. Based on characters from Marvel (mostly from the Guardians of the Galaxy films), it depicts Rocket recruiting guests to help free the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy form the Collector's Fortress. The ride was previously The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror but was re-themed as Guardians of the Galaxy in 2017, however, in Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando Florida, it is still themed as the Tower of Terror. A fun trick to do on this ride: when you're dropping down, hold a coin in your hand and watch it float off your hand. This happens because the huge motors that are used on the ride pull you down a little bit faster than a freefall.

Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission Breakout! has six randomized drop programs or sequences, each one has a song associated with it
I Want You Back by The Jackson 5
Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar
Give Up The Funk by Parliament

Free Ride by The Edgar Winter Group
Burning Love by Elvis Presley
Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf

by bmhorton April 06, 2022

CinemaSins

A hilarious YouTube channel formed by Jeremy Scott (narrator) and Chris Atkinson (producer). They are mostly known for the "Everything Wrong With..." segment offering critique and identifying mistakes on movies. Their slogan is "No Movie is Without a Sin" meaning that even the best movies (like the Godfather) have mistakes. Atkinson and Scott met while working as movie theater managers in 99 and started their channel around 2010, 2011. Contrary to popular belief they love movies and love talking about them so the started a podcast called SinCast where you can find it anywhere podcasts are found like Spotify or Pandora or anything like

i just watch CinemaSins' latest release (at the time of writing) Everything Wrong with Napoleon Dynamite and I think I got a six pack from laughing to hard

by bmhorton March 31, 2021

Steve Irwin

"The Crocodile Hunter". A legend who would free handle agitated crocodiles and even extremely venomous snakes such as a black mamba who tragically died too soon in 2006 due to a stingray sting to the heart

I was only 2 years old when Steve Irwin died but my parents were devastated

by bmhorton March 20, 2021

Centipede

An arthropod containing many legs. Contrary to the name, they only have about 50-60 legs depending on the size of the specimen. The largest species in the world is the Amazonian Giant Centipede (Scolopendra Gigantea) and the largest species in the United States is the Giant Desert Centipede (Scolopendra Heros). Although the venom is not as potent as that of a rattlesnake, the bite is known to be very painful. However this centipede is very doscile (idk how to spell it) and does not run into humans that often. Most bites have occurred either on purpose, or when the creature was trying to be free handled. So the chances of taking a bite while minding your own business is slim to none.

"Centipede" is also a Dubstep song by the Australian electronic music duo Knife Party from their 2012 album Rage Valley. Among its release, it hit #47 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs. It's been featured on notable video games including Guitar Hero Live and Beat Saber

by bmhorton July 31, 2022

Carrie (1976 film)

"Carrie" is an epic supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma. This is the first of many film adaptations of Stephen King's novel of the same name.

The plot to "Carrie" is as follows,

Carrie White is a shy 16 year-old girl who is often mocked at bullied at her school. After gym class while she is showering, she experiences her first period. She then panics because her mother, who despises anything related to intimacy, never told her about it. All the other girls mock her by throwing tampons at her and chanting phrases like "plug it up!". The coach comes in to break it up and excuses Carrie for the day. Her mother tells her that her period is the result of a sin and locks her in a "prayer closet" to pray for forgiveness. The coach gives all the girls who mocked Carrie detention for a week and bans Chris Hargensen from the upcoming prom.

A couple bullies, including Chris, go to a barn to gather pig's blood for a prank on Carrie during prom. Their plan is to rig the prom royalty election to where Carrie would win prom queen, and Tommy Ross, would win prom king. They would put the bucket of pig's blood on top of the stage and dump it on Carrie as she's on the stage. Sue Snell, the only person who doesn't bully Carrie, is suspicious of Chris but never tells anyone. Carrie's mother Margaret, tells her not to go but Carrie goes anyway. During the night of the prom, Chris dumped the bucket of blood on top of Carrie, and the bucket fell down and hit Tommy.

Chris and her boyfriend Billy sneak out right after. After hallucinating that everyone is mocking her, Carrie uses her telekinesis to seal off the entrances to the building, trapping everyone inside. She then uses the firehose to spray the lights to start a fire, killing everyone inside. As she walks home, Chris and Billy try to hit Carrie with their car but uses her telekinesis once again to roll and blow up the car. At home, Margaret explains that Carrie was conceived due to marital rape when her husband came home drunk, she admits she enjoyed and thought that she had sinned and that Carrie must be killed. She stabs Carrie in the back but survives and escapes. As Margaret is about to kill Carrie, she uses telekinesis to throw knives at Margaret, "crucifying" her to the kitchen wall. Carrie then loses control of her power and burns the house down with them both inside. The closing scene is Sue Snell, the only person who didn't bully her, and the only survivor of the prom, has a nightmare where she is delivering flowers to the charred remains of Carries house that has a for sale sign, vandalized saying "Carrie White burns in Hell". As she puts the flowers down, Carrie's bloody hand reaches out from the rubble and grabs her. Sue then wakes up screaming as she is being comforted by her mother.

Carrie (1976 film) is creepy as hell!

by bmhorton August 24, 2022