Jaws: The Revenge

Nothing police related today.

I am really freaked out by sharks and I can blame the Jaws movies for this. The idea of a beast that big which is nothing but teeth and a stomach terrifies me. The original Jaws is arguably one of the best movies made. The tension and fear it brings mingled with the introduction of two great characters - Martin Brody and Quint - really makes it an outstanding film. The fact you don't see the shark much makes it better because it leaves so much more to the imagination. Jaws 2 was also a good movie. It wasn't as good as the first but it still had enough of the first movie in it to make it fun to watch. We then move onto Jaws 3D. Now, this isn't a bad movie but it isn't really a good movie either. The shark effects are dated and awful but it never really crosses over into the bad range.

We then hit Jaws: The Revenge and the whole thing is just a big floating turd. I saw this the other night. Actually, I DVRed it and fast forwarded this the other night. Now, it had been close to 15 years since I last saw this but I had no idea how truly ridiculous this movie was. First, the idea that a shark would seek revenge on one specific family is as stupid of an idea as there can be but, let's just say it's remotely possible, wouldn't the best way to handle this be to simply move to Montana or something? The other things are just movie things that don't make sense like the shark's roaring. I had no idea that sharks were able to speak. Another is in the scene towards the end where the shark pulls Michael Caine's plane into the water and he then reappears beside the boat after swimming over there. When they pulled Caine into the boat, he's completely DRY? WTH?

But the worst was in the version I saw last night. Apparently there are two endings to this movie. In the one I remembered, Mario Van Peebles is eaten and the boat rams the side fo the shark (as it's rearing up out of the water and screaming). One of the last shots of the movie show the now dead shark sinking to the bottom with the front of the boat impaled into it's side. In the version I saw last night, not only did Mario manage to survive this shark swallowing his ass up to his neck but the shark exploded when the boat hit it. That's right. When the boat impaled the shark, it exploded. I had no idea that sharks explode when coming in contact with wood. That's good information to have.

 

Anyway, after seeing this ridiculous ending I did a youtube search to see if I could find the ending I remembered and stumbled across this gem. It's a video of late comedian Richard Jeni talking about how bad Jaws: The Revenge is and I felt it should be shared.

 

 

In closing, here's a quote from Michael Caine discussing his recollection of the movie:

"I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."

 

 

Posted by RogueRedneck @ 1:24 pm EDT | Permalink | 6 Comments

Case Update

A few months ago, I posted some info on a case I was working on. The case involved a man who had died while in the custody of police. There was a question of what caused this man's death. I was unable, and still am, to comment on anything specifically relating to this case but the man's autopsy finally came back and I wanted to at least post the news article that was released. Anyway, here's the article.

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Death by drug, not Taser
The autopsy on a Jackson man who died after being Tasered while in custody of Milan police in April shows that he died as a result of cocaine toxicity, according to the Milan police chief.

 

The report the Shelby County Medical Examiners Office did on Jermaine Ward ruled his death as an accident, Milan Police Chief Tim Wright said Tuesday.

 

A toxicology analysis found 16.5 milligrams per liter of cocaine in Ward's system, Wright said.

 

Ward's mother and brother said Tuesday that they will ask for a federal investigation into his death and the actions of the Milan Police Department. They say they believe Ward's civil rights were violated and that he was a victim of racial profiling.

 

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is conducting the investigation of Ward's death, which is nearly complete, said John Mehr, TBI special agent in charge in Jackson. Information gathered during the investigation will be turned over to the District Attorney's Office, Mehr said Tuesday. He said he could not comment on what the investigation has shown.

 

Milan police officers arrested Ward, 28, on April 27 after a traffic stop. Police have said Ward was resisting arrest and not complying with orders when they used a Taser to help subdue him. Officers said they were trying to get him to spit out a substance he was chewing that they believed was marijuana.

 

Ward was arrested on a charge of simple possession of marijuana, resisting arrest and tampering with evidence, according to police records.

 

Police have said he initially was alert when they took him to be booked. A dispatcher later noticed something "just wasn't right" with Ward as he awaited processing in the Milan police station, authorities have said. Police took him to Milan General Hospital, where he died.

 

His family said they want the video tape recording of the arrest released to the public.

 

"Every false report they wrote will come to light," Ward's mother, Carolyn Nesbitt, said.

 

She said she believes her son didn't receive proper medical attention after being Tasered that night.

 

Wright said the autopsy report made no mention of the Taser being a factor in Ward's death.

 

"I can understand the family feeling the way they do, but facts are facts," he said. "Everything I know based on what the medical examiners told us was the cause of death was the cocaine poisoning."

 

Nesbitt said the family wants an investigation into whether someone could have put the drugs into her son's body.

 

The family did not get a chance to see Ward's body before it was sent for autopsy, she said.

 

"Why was he already being sent to Memphis just before we arrived at the hospital to see him?" Nesbitt said.

 

She said the family is planning another protest in Milan as a follow-up to one that was held in June.

 

Ward's brother Destyon Ward said he wants anyone who has information about the case or who feels they've been wronged by the Milan Police Department to come forward.

 

"We speak on behalf of Jermaine as well as the citizens of Milan," he said. "We come in peace, and all we want is justice done in this matter."

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Posted by RogueRedneck @ 12:57 pm EDT | Permalink | 4 Comments

Gotcha

 

www.tbi.state.tn.us/Press%20Release/TBI%20Solves%20Seventeen%20Year%20Old%20Murder%20Case.pdf

www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article

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2008 2old2pwn Clan LAN

We've just returned from our 3rd Annual Clan LAN in Pittsburgh and we had an amazing time.  I think we spent more time sitting around the gazebothan actually gaming.  During the weekend, a LOT of alcohol and Jello Shots were consumed, Jello was sacrificed, a Ninja Pigeon tried to kill IACO, a cooler was ridden for eight seconds by sleestak, an unsolicited cannonball was performed into the hot tub, and they actually asked us to come back.  Forget Disney World.  THIS is the happiest place on Earth.

Random Friday Night Pics

A Late Night Gazebo Gathering

The Jello Shot Offering

IACO gives Walla the motorboat

The Cannonball Incident and the Aftermath

The Jello Shots

I Desecrate Kid's T-Shirt

The Power Setup Built For Us By The Hotel Engineer

The Clan Banner

Group Shot

Front Row-- Sarah (Mrs. Yount), Missy (Mrs. Cuda), AutumnROCKS, kweenie1969, DixieBelle75, CurvyBunky, Eleana ? (Mrs. DJ)
Second Row-- Gutteral Rumble, Count Fartula, MadDog in OC (holding banner), SirRoberts, KidMach, Djelile, fa1se prophet, NoVA Raif
Third Row-- Ming Li, wat3rboy1011, Cabel, Bob Lahblaw, BlimeyLimey, Barracuda52774
Fourth and Fifth Row-- LB75Player, RogueRedneck, Blue Stiehl, yountdog7, itsbillykiller, IACO, Walladog, Selden007, mr sleestak

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Thanks DEEP NNN

Last night, I encountered Deep trying to comandeer one of our Hornets. I tried to reason with him about his delinquent behavior. Below is a series of photos showing what transpired.

As you can see, I was basically an innocent bystander in all of this. I tried to talk him out of his criminal activities. I had a very polite and reasonable note written on the rocket I fired on him but then he had to fly off the handle and explode his Hornet all over me. Damn Canadians...

(BTW...I truly love the Canadian people just as Deep loves us Americans. I just like to throw a little love to our neighbors that live in America's hat.)

YOU'RE MY BOY, DEEP!!!

 

Posted by RogueRedneck @ 7:23 pm EDT | Permalink | 9 Comments