Sushi A-Go-Go

Yesterday I had a little father/daughter time with my kid and we went to, what is now my new favorite restaurant, Sushi Umi. I had pasted by the place many times and always seemed to eat sushi at Ichibon instead, and the last time I did try to stop here it was closed for the season. So yesterday we went into Terre Haute and stopped to eat. I have to say that I was very impressed. It is small with only about 10 tables and the counter and a small tea room off to the side. the very extensive menu offers many Japanese favorites from sushi to a nice loaded Bento box.
I had a very nice selection of sushi, including some delicious Eel and Sea Urchin. My daughter had the Bento box with Teriaki chicken. The Bento included the chicken, chefs veggie, tempura shrimp, tempura squash, 6 pieces of Cali roll and Miso soup. And to finish it off, some green tea ice cream. The presentation is wonderful. the table next to us ordered a large sushi combo and it was served in a ornate boat model. I would give Sushi Umi a 5 star rating for great food and very reasonable price.

For fun I posted the below Sushi "Documentary" it is very funny and should help you enjoy your Sushi experience.

A Lizard,,,Where??? and some Movie News

Let's start this entry off with some viewer mail. A reader, whom I shall call "Little Kyle", from Indiana asked about the Lizard being in Spider-Man 3 because there is a lizard toy in the new Spider-Man 3 toy line posted on Hasbro. Well "Little Kyle", I have done alot of digging and there appears to be no Lizard in S3. Yes the Doc is in the movie a little more than the last two, but it doesn't look like the old one-arm-doc will be going reptile on us yet. I believe Rami has his hands full with Sandman and Venom and the surly Aunt May. The toy showing up in the new line could be just the fact that they have the character rights, why not make a toy. The same can be seen in the new Ghost Rider line with the Scarecrow figure that never appeared in the movie, and in countless other lines. I did notice that there is no Aunt May figure in the new S3 line. She could have super-geriatric action and Ben Gay smell. Thanks for your question "Little Kyle" and thanks for reading.



While we are on Spider-Man. Sony has released the final S3 trailer in connection with Comcast. The new trailer really gives us lots of new views of the movie and some great Venom shots.....Finally. The May release date is coming on fast and it looks like the movie won't disappoint us. You can view the new trailer HERE.



Another new trailer to come out is for Disneys Pirates of the Caribbean : At Worlds End. The trailer is of coarse awesome, as all of the Pirates trailers have been. Lots of quick action, CG shots and little doses of comedy. Some of the visuals are truly amazing, including the 2 ships fighting inside a whirlpool, the ship crossing the desert and a sword battle in the ship masts between Cap Jack and Davey Jones. Check it out (all formats can be found) HERE. They also have a short scene from the movie.

WATCHMEN Peek in 300 Trailer.

Movie and Comic Geekdom is all aflutter today with the release of the r-rated 300 trailer that appeared on YouTube. The trailer of coarse is amazing, and I saw the moie last night it it is truly a great movie (we will cover that later), but the big interest is the brief image inserted at the 1 minute 52 second mark of the trailer. That image is no other than Rorshach from the Watchmen series that is supposed to by Director Zach Snyders next project. He has stated that it is just a test image, but come-on,,,,it is way cool. It will probably be done like 300 and Sin City with heavy use of green screen. Zac Snyder will definatly be the director to pull this project off. After the remake of Dawn of the Dead, and now the amazing 300, he has solidified himself as one of the best new directors in town.

So here it is, our first look at Watchmen made flesh (or test-flesh if you will)

Def Jam Icon Demo on LIVE.

Yesterday morning EA Chicago unleashed the demo for Def Jam Icons on Xbox Live. The free demo is on the small side, under 500mb as compared to some of the whopping 1.5gb ones that have been out lately. The download may be small, but the demo is excellent and shows off the game well.



EA Chicago has crafted a game with the same game-set as the popular Fight Night Round 3. The screen is not cluttered with health bars and weapon meters, or even a score for that matter, you get the game in all its glory filling up the screen. Damage is displayed on the characters themselves. The character models are very detailed and the motion capture is spot-on. Damage shows up as bruises, cuts, blood, even the clothes degrade with damage.



The backgrounds are very interactive and everything looks animated and alive. Gas pumps explode, fire flys and even the background buildings shake during explosions. The whole demo takes place in the gas station arena, but it more than enough to show off what it can do. Controls took a little time to get used to. Left stick moves the player and punches are mapped to the face buttons, more moves are mapped to the right stick (ala FNR3) as well as the grab. After the grab the d-pad pulls off another move such as throws and hits. Blocking is mapped to the the triggers, again like FNR3. One of the cool new features is the way that the game moves along to the music soundtrack and your control over it. Environments move and explosions blow in time with the beat. In the demo case it is to the song Kryptonite. With the use of the left trigger and the 2 sticks you can "re-mix" the song at certain times to trigger explosions and other events. Say if you throw the CPU into the gas pumps, back away quickly and pull L trigger and use the 2 sticks like turntables to change the music beat and make the explosions go off on CPU character.

The demo is very short. After a few minutes of fighting you are throw to the white info screen and the demo starts over. the only problem I saw was some clipping occurring with the characters. I am sure this will all be fixed prior to the official game release. This looks to be a very promising game for fight fans and a big jump from the Def Jam wrestling of past games in the series.

Spider-Man 3 FirstLook

National CineMedia has posted its FirstLook piece online. It shows some new scenes that we have not seen yet, but still no good Venom shots. Also we get a look at Harry Osborn/Goblin 2's new snowboard inspired jet-sled. You can view the FirstLook segment here.

Congrats To The COLTS

Another Super Bowl is in the books and the Indianapolis Colts are the Champs. Being a split household we had lots of cheering going on, especially after the first 20 sec run back. It was a good, close game. And it would have been a lot better if the Bears had remembered to bring a quarterback to the game with them.

How much up-chuck could a woodchuck up-chuck if a woodchuck could up-chuck .

OK, a friend sent me a link to this Family Guy snippet. It pretty much explains itself. Don't eat while watching. You have been warned.