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How Ash Vs Evil Dead Took Everything We Loved From The Movies And Made It Better. I'll admit, I didn't really read this article past the first two paragraphs. This show is awesome, go watch it, torrent it if you have to. I won't tell anyone. I'm still pretty far behind, I believe I'm only on episode 5 but lucky for me this isn't like Star Wars where there are internet trolls everywhere just waiting to spoil things for you.

I will complain about one thing though, Starz or whatever monkey they hire at Dish to program their guide, mixed up all the episode numbers this last weekend. I have 10 episodes on the DVR and since they're all mislabeled I have no idea what the real order of them is. I watch TV so I can turn off my brain, I don't want to have to solve riddles every time I want to watch someone take an axe to the face.

The 10 weirdest video game consoles that I own. I've posted a few of these lists from Redditor Zadoc and they're always hella interesting. I was happy to see the Atari XEGS on there, I never owned one but I had a friend that had one. We used to have some series Dr J vs Larry Bird battles on that thing.

Zombie-Town USA. Have a couple hours to kill? Here's a zombie outbreak simulator that runs in your web browser. They might as well call it Unproductivity-Town USA.

George RR Martin 'astonished' by fan support over missed Game of Thrones deadline. In case you hadn't heard, GRRM (which should always be pronounced like a half burp-half growl) made it official, the next Game of Thrones book won't be released before Season 6 of the TV show. I'm glad most fans weren't full of outrage. Book readers have had it to good for to long, always knowing what's going to happen in the TV show. It's about time something was spoiled for them/me.

Ash vs Evil Dead (SQUEEEE)

Holy Shit you guys. The trailer for Ash vs Evil Dead hit the interwebs this weekend after it debuted at Comic-Con. It looks AWESOME. Bruce Campbell is the best (per usual), there's tons of gore, Sam Raimi is actually directing the first episode... I just can't handle it all. Someone wake me when it's Halloween.

Groovy Baby

Hey, here's a reminder that this fall we're getting an Evil Dead TV show on stars. I can't tell you how excited I am to torrent this thing. I mean I love me some Bruce Campbell but there's no way I'm actually subscribing to Stars.

Ho Ho Links

20 People Who Took Gift Wrapping to the Next Level. These are pretty cool, I wish I had thought of a couple when I started wrapping gifts this year. I don't know what it was but this was the year of odd sized presents. Ever tried to wrap a soccer ball? That's like 7th level of hell stuff right there.

'Evil Dead' scoop: Bruce Campbell reveals series details. WooooWoooo, I am on board the hype train for this one. A few years back when they did the Evil Dead remake I finally resigned myself to the idea that there will never be an Evil Dead 4. I mean there's still not, but a 10 episode series on cable is like the next best thing. Too bad I don't get Starz... quick to the Torrents!

Iggy Azalea Has To Be Nice To Azealia Banks Or Her Sex Tape Will Leak. Are there any winners in this story? I'm pretty sure the demand for an Igloo Australia sex tape is somewhere between non-existent and vomit inducing.

In completely unrelated news here's where I'm going to talk about SyFy's big mini-series event Ascension. I finished it last night and I have to say I really liked it. It's not like it was on Lost or Game of Thrones level or anything but for a SyFy original it was pretty darn good. Like a lot of Science Fiction I thought the set up was better than the conclusion but I was always interested in where it was going and I plowed through the series pretty quickly. That has to account for something.

Tracking a Gadget’s Journey From the Mine to Beneath the Christmas Tree. Interesting long form article on the way our beloved doodads get here from China. Being in the import business myself I found the part where they ride on the container ship to be especially cool.

Tarot and the Krampus and the Worst Christmas Story. Tarot is kind of a bad comic but it's an insanely bad comic. Read the review and skip the actual book.

Welp, this is probably it for the year. I'm going to spend most of now through the first at home with the children. I probably won't be doing much blogging. Look for the big 2014 wrap up in another week. In the meantime Merry Christmas, Festivus, Kwanza, Chanukah, Solstice, etc.

Evil Links

Horror Classic 'The Evil Dead' Coming to TV With Star Bruce Campbell. I'm not like an obsessive superfan of the Evil Dead series but I'm what you might call a pretty big fan so I'm really excited about this announcement. I have so many questions. Will it be a serialized format? Are we talking multiple seasons or is this a mini series? Is Ash the star or just a minor role? Is Bruce Campbell even playing Ash?

I fall into the camp of actually liking the remake/reboot from 2013. I thought the mythos of the Necronomicon and the time old horror trope of a cabin out in the woods is strong enough to carry a well written movie on it's own. Sure, I'd like to see a Evil Dead 4 just as much as the next nerd but I'm guessing that due to the combo of Campbell's age and Rami's success it's just not in the cards anymore. Assuming it's well done, a TV series is just fine by me.

Megan Rapinoe says playing a World Cup on turf is 'bullshit'. I think I commented on it briefly on twitter but there was a sort of underground social media movement to get the announcers for the World Cup to quit saying that Landon Donovan was the top goal scorer for the US in the World Cup and start adding a bit of a verbal astrisk by saying he was the top men's goal scorer for the US in the world cup. The point being that the women's game matters and should be recognized. The default position of Sports should be both female and male, not Sports and Women's Sports.

With that in mind FIFA is going to hold the Women's World Cup in a bunch of stadiums that use field turf. If it wasn't clear before, it is now just how much they value the women's game.

Man Who Helped Kill Women's Pro Soccer Dies While Playing Soccer. Speaking of Women's soccer, there's something in the above article on Megan Rapinoe that really bothered me. She said that FIFA just maked billions on the World Cup in Brasil, implying that surely they could spend some of that money on the Women's World Cup and find a few stadiums that have real grass. That's pretty much where I draw the line in the field turf. If women's sports are going to succeed they need to do it on their own. Click through all the links deadspin has on this article about the former owner of the Florida magicJack. Women's soccer has always had the athletes, they have the fans they just can't figure out a way to put together a sustainable league.

Ignored Comic-Con This Weekend? Here Are The 10 Most Important Things You Missed. I'll be honest, I wasn't that jazzed for Comic-Con before the weekend started and nothing I saw on the web really changed my default jazz status. Still a couple cool trailers premiered and Wonder Woman got a new outfit that sort of looks like Xena's. I guess that's something, right?

The Biggest Winners And Losers Of Comic-Con 2014! Speaking of Comic-Con. Sounds like actual comic books took an even further back seat to Hollywood this year. Like if Comic-Con was a station wagon they moved from that weird rear facing seat every wagon in the late '70s had to a trailer towed behind the wagon.

Klaatu Barada N... Necktie... Neckturn... Nickel...

The trailer for the new Evil Dead remake hit the web yesterday and reactions have ranged from "meh" to "why?". About a week ago I read an interview from Bruce Campbell and in it he gave all sorts of good reasons why we should give the remake a chance. It certainly looks gory enough, I just don't know. I like the idea of an expanded Evil Dead universe, I'm just not sure we need another straight remake of Evil Dead. Oh well, still looks better than Paranormal Activity #9.

Evil Dead 2 Rotoscoped

One of the things I was thinking about this weekend while spending Easter with the family was how much I miss watching horror movies late at night when my son couldn't sleep unless I was holding him. I'm not sure what that really has to do with this rotoscoped trailer for Evil Dead 2 but it's my blog, I'll do what I want.

Lollipop Chainsaw just got groovier

Ok, so we're all familiar with Lollipop Chainsaw, correct? Turns out if you pre-order it from, I don't know lets say Gamestop, you get 5 extra outfits. Who cares, right? Well when one of those outfits is inspired by Ash from the Evil dead movies, this guy cares.

Of course this guy cares too much, he cares so much he's actually kind of upset that the developers didn't actually give Lollipop (I assume that's her name) a chainsaw for a hand. Instead she's just holding an ordinary chainsaw. I mean what's the point, right?

Oh well, still looks better than Dead Island.

Happy Ash Wednesday

"name's Ash... housewares."