As promised Cee Diddy Holla has returned.
The good news is you can now expect updates and opinions on a semi regular basis again. Fan favorite articles like, News You Already Know, Movies Making Money, Reviews in Ten Words or Less, and Civil War Breaking News, are all back. New to Cee Diddy Holla will be a feature article titled, There Can Only be One!
The bad news? None if you're Shane. Everyone else, why are wasting your time here??
~Cee Diddy
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Sunday, September 03, 2006
Monday, August 07, 2006
News You Didn't Know
So here's the deal.......
The month of August is going to be a rough one for Mr.CeeDiddy. I won't go over all the details but will reveal that Cee Diddy Holla is going on vacation for the rest of the month. The site will return with updates on Sept. 4th 2006. That is a promise. So please make sure to return to the site on Sept 4th for big updates. Until then...........
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CeeDiddy
The month of August is going to be a rough one for Mr.CeeDiddy. I won't go over all the details but will reveal that Cee Diddy Holla is going on vacation for the rest of the month. The site will return with updates on Sept. 4th 2006. That is a promise. So please make sure to return to the site on Sept 4th for big updates. Until then...........
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CeeDiddy
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Superman Shouldn't Have Returned!!!
Now that I've got your attention, let me explain.
I've watched Superman Returns a few times now and I've finally come to the conclusion that Warner Brothers and Bryan Singer dropped the super monkey ball.
First let me talk about the positives. The casting was perfect. Kevin Spacey, Brandon Roth, and that Jimmy Olsen kid was great. Kate Bosworth did an ok job with Lois Lane but I think they should've cast someone else. Also Kal Penn was GREAT as "The Guy Who Nods". The movie was also shot very beautifully. Some of the scenes are really quite amazing. Bryan Singer is a great director and I believe he's only getting better and better.
Now everything else. You have a property that was officially dead after two shitty sequels and you wait almost 20 years to make a new one and this is what we get? Why make a movie that's a sequel to a dead franchise when instead you could build a whole new franchise.
For example, the Batman franchise DIED after "Batman & Robin". There was no saving that so instead they waited for just the right time. They got a great director, a whole new cast, and started all over. When putting together Superman Returns, Warner Brothers went out and got a great director, a whole new cast, and MADE A SEQUEL TO A MOVIE FROM 20 YEARS AGO. Superman 2 wasn't that great. The beginning was cool and the fight scene in Metropolis was a highlight, but then it went to shit. Superman bones Lois Lane, gives up his powers, gets them back, then TRICKS the bad guys with Batman tricks. Then to top it all off he KISSES Lois Lane and makes her forget the super sex and everything else. I hate to use coarse language but, HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT WORK?!?! Christopher Nolan didn't sit down and say, "I wonder what Batman and Robin did after they stopped Mr.Freeze." He decided to screw all that and start over fresh.
So instead of doing a brand new Superman, Bryan Singer did a tribute to Richard Donner and made a film filled with plot holes and reshots from the first film. Let me start with the plot holes. Clark Kent leaves for a few years and then just comes back and gets his job back. Also the day Clark comes back, so does Superman. Lex Luthor gets out of prison after trying to sink California in to the ocean, AND helping General Zod take over the White House. Lois Lane has a Super-Baby. Soooooo..........I don't even know how to explain that. Sure she had super sex with Superman but in theory she doesn't remember it because of the Super Kiss. Not to mention she should've died from labor. Finally, Lex beats the shit out of Superman and that's it. Superman doesn't even throw a punch in this movie. Lex ends up on an island? Did they run out of ideas at the end?
I also mentioned reshots from the first movie. Let's start in order. Opening credits, seeing young clark on the farm, Superman saves Lois on a plane, mentions how safe flying is, Lex steals kryptonite, Lex decides he wants land, tells Superman his whole plan, Lex sticks kryptonite on Superman and drops him in water to drown, Lex's gf makes sure that Lex in screwed in the end, Superman flies away. They looked great but I've seen all of THAT before.
Would it have been such a bad idea to just start over and give the fans what they want? I want evil scientist/business man Lex Luthor. I don't want a Super Baby!! Also I like a Superman who beats things up. Brainiac, Metallo, Bizzaro, the Parasite, any of those would have been cool to see. Instead we got a remake/sequel of the other Superman movies.
In conclusion, I can't wait for Spider-Man 3.
I've watched Superman Returns a few times now and I've finally come to the conclusion that Warner Brothers and Bryan Singer dropped the super monkey ball.
First let me talk about the positives. The casting was perfect. Kevin Spacey, Brandon Roth, and that Jimmy Olsen kid was great. Kate Bosworth did an ok job with Lois Lane but I think they should've cast someone else. Also Kal Penn was GREAT as "The Guy Who Nods". The movie was also shot very beautifully. Some of the scenes are really quite amazing. Bryan Singer is a great director and I believe he's only getting better and better.
Now everything else. You have a property that was officially dead after two shitty sequels and you wait almost 20 years to make a new one and this is what we get? Why make a movie that's a sequel to a dead franchise when instead you could build a whole new franchise.
For example, the Batman franchise DIED after "Batman & Robin". There was no saving that so instead they waited for just the right time. They got a great director, a whole new cast, and started all over. When putting together Superman Returns, Warner Brothers went out and got a great director, a whole new cast, and MADE A SEQUEL TO A MOVIE FROM 20 YEARS AGO. Superman 2 wasn't that great. The beginning was cool and the fight scene in Metropolis was a highlight, but then it went to shit. Superman bones Lois Lane, gives up his powers, gets them back, then TRICKS the bad guys with Batman tricks. Then to top it all off he KISSES Lois Lane and makes her forget the super sex and everything else. I hate to use coarse language but, HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT WORK?!?! Christopher Nolan didn't sit down and say, "I wonder what Batman and Robin did after they stopped Mr.Freeze." He decided to screw all that and start over fresh.
So instead of doing a brand new Superman, Bryan Singer did a tribute to Richard Donner and made a film filled with plot holes and reshots from the first film. Let me start with the plot holes. Clark Kent leaves for a few years and then just comes back and gets his job back. Also the day Clark comes back, so does Superman. Lex Luthor gets out of prison after trying to sink California in to the ocean, AND helping General Zod take over the White House. Lois Lane has a Super-Baby. Soooooo..........I don't even know how to explain that. Sure she had super sex with Superman but in theory she doesn't remember it because of the Super Kiss. Not to mention she should've died from labor. Finally, Lex beats the shit out of Superman and that's it. Superman doesn't even throw a punch in this movie. Lex ends up on an island? Did they run out of ideas at the end?
I also mentioned reshots from the first movie. Let's start in order. Opening credits, seeing young clark on the farm, Superman saves Lois on a plane, mentions how safe flying is, Lex steals kryptonite, Lex decides he wants land, tells Superman his whole plan, Lex sticks kryptonite on Superman and drops him in water to drown, Lex's gf makes sure that Lex in screwed in the end, Superman flies away. They looked great but I've seen all of THAT before.
Would it have been such a bad idea to just start over and give the fans what they want? I want evil scientist/business man Lex Luthor. I don't want a Super Baby!! Also I like a Superman who beats things up. Brainiac, Metallo, Bizzaro, the Parasite, any of those would have been cool to see. Instead we got a remake/sequel of the other Superman movies.
In conclusion, I can't wait for Spider-Man 3.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
News You Already Know
Comic Con Edition
So the years biggest convention has come and gone and none of us went. If you didn't want to wait for my lazy ass to update this blog then you did the right thing and went to Newsrama and read their amazing coverage. So if you did that then the title of News You Already Know is very fitting. For anyone who didn't.....Enjoy.
* Marvel made it official that Venom will be in Spidey 3 and even showed some early footage. My prediction is that Spidey 3 will shatter all records at the box office. Screw you Pirates!
* Brian Bendis and Frank Cho will be bringing us "The Mighty Avengers". Now most details were kept secret but I assume that this will be the Captain America team that will be working out of either Canada or a Space Satellite, and taking care of problems that are not happening in the United States. Expect more details after Civil War. Feel free to pick your seven hero roster for the team. I'm going with, Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Thing, Ms.Marvel, Hellcat, and Thor. See I didn't say Hercules because he's not gonna survive Civil War.
* The fake Daredevil was revealed as Iron Fist. Told ya so!
* Doom Patrol and Deadman are headed to the silver screen. Both could really end up being really good.
* This October Richard Donner and Geoff Johns will be co-writing Action Comics with Adam Kubert.
* Robert Kirkman called out Todd McFarlane!! Kirkman was like, "Dude why don't you draw?" and Todd was like, "Dude I make toys now." and Kirkman was like, "Dude just draw again." and Todd was like, "But Dude I make toys now." and then Kirkman was like, "Dude I will write it if you draw it." and then Todd was like, "Talk to my editor, but keep in mind, I make toys now."
* Adam Hughes will be writing and drawing All-Star Wonder Woman.
* The Mandarin will be the bad guy in the Iron Man movie.
So the years biggest convention has come and gone and none of us went. If you didn't want to wait for my lazy ass to update this blog then you did the right thing and went to Newsrama and read their amazing coverage. So if you did that then the title of News You Already Know is very fitting. For anyone who didn't.....Enjoy.
* Marvel made it official that Venom will be in Spidey 3 and even showed some early footage. My prediction is that Spidey 3 will shatter all records at the box office. Screw you Pirates!
* Brian Bendis and Frank Cho will be bringing us "The Mighty Avengers". Now most details were kept secret but I assume that this will be the Captain America team that will be working out of either Canada or a Space Satellite, and taking care of problems that are not happening in the United States. Expect more details after Civil War. Feel free to pick your seven hero roster for the team. I'm going with, Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Fist, Thing, Ms.Marvel, Hellcat, and Thor. See I didn't say Hercules because he's not gonna survive Civil War.
* The fake Daredevil was revealed as Iron Fist. Told ya so!
* Doom Patrol and Deadman are headed to the silver screen. Both could really end up being really good.
* This October Richard Donner and Geoff Johns will be co-writing Action Comics with Adam Kubert.
* Robert Kirkman called out Todd McFarlane!! Kirkman was like, "Dude why don't you draw?" and Todd was like, "Dude I make toys now." and Kirkman was like, "Dude just draw again." and Todd was like, "But Dude I make toys now." and then Kirkman was like, "Dude I will write it if you draw it." and then Todd was like, "Talk to my editor, but keep in mind, I make toys now."
* Adam Hughes will be writing and drawing All-Star Wonder Woman.
* The Mandarin will be the bad guy in the Iron Man movie.
Movies Making Money
I guess this edition should really be called Movies Not Making Money. It wasn't the best weekend for new openers Clerks 2, and Lady in the Water. Clerks 2 only made 10 million opening weekend. To date it's made 12.5 million BUT the bright side is it only cost 5 million to make.
Lady in the Water didn't fair to well. Lady in the Water took in 18 million opening weekend. To date it's made 22 million with a budget of 55 million.
Pirates is still a juggernaut, but who cares? Now on to Superman Returns. Supes has had a rough summer but the good news is it finally made it's money back. The movie has hit the 290 million dollar mark beating it's budget of 260 million.
Lady in the Water didn't fair to well. Lady in the Water took in 18 million opening weekend. To date it's made 22 million with a budget of 55 million.
Pirates is still a juggernaut, but who cares? Now on to Superman Returns. Supes has had a rough summer but the good news is it finally made it's money back. The movie has hit the 290 million dollar mark beating it's budget of 260 million.
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