Monday, August 31, 2020

Fitness Boxing Resulits 8/31/20

 We got things off on a good foot today, and we'll see ya'll late for Super Mario Odyssey!



 

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Twitch Sings Duet Set List 8/29/20


 Here is the list of duets performed during the August 29, 2020 Twitch Sings stream over at twitch.tv/fredcasden

 

  1. Duet with kalenal: Evermore (Dan Stevens)
  2. Duet with GrubbyTheGoblin: Bad Moon Rising
  3. Duet with saiyrbear: Yesterday
  4. Duet with Lina_Bean: Eleanor Rigby
  5. Duet with Sedeyice_: Hallelujah
  6. Duet with foxy_melly: With A Little Help From My Friends
  7. Duet with foxy_melly: You Raise Me Up
  8. Duet with shadowbear: Paint It Black
  9. Duet with ChantryRae: My Girl
  10. Duet with LeticiaLikePatricia: Strangers In The Night
  11. Duet with Lina_Bean: Crazy
  12. Duet with LadyTwoSocks: Over The Hills And Far Away
  13. Duet with joejlevy: Baby I Need Your Loving
  14. Duet with TomTuffnuts: We're Not Gonna Take It
  15. Duet with Wightwulf: White Wedding
  16. Duet with CougarTai: Take On Me
  17. Duet with PrincessPashley: Bad Romance
  18. Duet with kalenal: Can You Feel The Love Tonight
  19. Duet with WolverineGuyKev: Suddenly Seymour
  20. Duet with Sujidu: Imagine
  21. Duet with PorkMarshmallow: Copacabana


Best of the Week August 23-29, 2020

These are highlights from all the streams done over the week of August 23 to 29, 2020 which featured Overwatch, Fitness Boxing, Super Mario Odyssey, The Division 2, Star Trek Online, WWE 2K20 and Twitch Sings!

Saturday, August 29, 2020

Quick Thoughts: Men In Black


For this week's watch along over on my discord channel, the movie was Men In Black starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, and safe to say unlike it's sequels it certainly holds up. Sure a lot of things are quite dated with it, such as the existence of the Twin Towers and the New York Mets playing in Shea Stadium, basically dating the film to be prior to 2001, but the pacing of the movie along with the score certainly keeps a viewer invested. 

Actually, the pacing is what's really key with Men In Black, because when you really break it down, it takes place over the course of a handful of days. There isn't a montage to show a large passage of time other than to show James Edwards suiting up to become Agent J, and there is a gradual increase of urgency when plot elements like the Galaxy on Orion's Belt and the presence of the Bug alien being revealed. 

In terms of the actors themselves, Tommy Lee Jones basically has the same approach as he used in many films in 90s, but when he's not as stoic and straight-laced, there are signs of some goofiness as best seen in his turn as Two-Face in Batman Forever. Will Smith was at the height of his 'charm' at this point, with snappy one-liners and enough comedic moments to make one take notice that he's at his best when he has someone to play off of. Vincent D'Onofrio probably steals the show with all the physical acting to portray the movements of the Bug hiding in a Human body, such as various unique and awkward contortions of the arms that just make him come across as obviously alien.

One more note, I have to mention the animated series which unlike the follow up films, did include the character of Laurel Weaver as Agent L, to this day it annoys me that the character was not in Men In Black II because of how old Linda Fiorentino was combine with wanting to bring back Tommy Lee Jones. I understand why, but considering the animated series placed Laurel in a lab setting at MIB HQ, that would have worked great in the sequels. 

Anyway, the plan for next Saturday's watch along is Pulp Fiction! 


Fitness Boxing Results 8/29/20

We started off on a good foot today!




Friday, August 28, 2020

Talking About August 2020 Twitch Things

August was an interesting month for me over on Twitch, and since I have nothing else to talk about, let's just keep it positive!


Fitness Boxing Results 8/28/20

 I hate left-right step combos as for me they are more MISS than Hit! 



 

Thursday, August 27, 2020

Fitness Boxing Results 8/27/20

 According to my scale I'm down to 270 LBS / 122.47 KG.... on July 15 I was at 288 LBs / 131 KGs!



 

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Fitness Boxing Results 8/26/20

We were dialed in as we did today's session live on my twitch channel! People seem to enjoy seeing me punching air lol



 

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Sunday, August 23, 2020

Fitness Boxing Results 8/23/20

 Not a bad start to the day as the high calorie burning routines continue



Best of the Week August 16 to 22, 2020

Here are highlights from the week of August 16 to 22, 2020, featuring Overwatch, Mass Effect Andromeda, The Division 2, Star Trek Online, Minecraft Story Mode and Twitch Sings! 

 

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Quick Thoughts: Jackie Chan's First Strike

This week's Discord watch along was Jackie Chan's First Strike, starring of course Jackie Chan. It's been a long time since I sat down and watched it, so this was a real treat. Something that totally got my attention was how similar the limited music is to that of The Living Daylights, as the hook heard in the opening credits is very close in tone. Of course this movie has a spy plot and a couple of lines referencing James Bond so I can't be too surprised now that I think of it. 

The ADR dubbing is fine for the most part, but there are times where it can get really silly, most notably with some of the henchmen.Granted we were watching the New Line Cinema version of JCFS, so the dubbing was from the late 90s, which means it wasn't quite as sharp as things are today. 

Of course, Jackie Chan's stunts are the real highlight of this movie, in particular the ladder fight. Something that always sticks out about Chan's films is that since he did pretty much all of his own stunts, you get to see the effort going into every movement he makes, and be amazed at how coordinated everything is, while also keeping in mind that in the end credits there are going to be some outtakes involving the mishaps that happened along the way.

Fitness Boxing Results 8/22/20

 The intensity was there even if I wasn't quite in rhythm today lol


 

Friday, August 21, 2020

Mass Effect Andromeda Is A Good Game

 That's right, I'm someone who likes Mass Effect Andromeda, which is why it's the topic of this week's video commentary!


Fitness Boxing Results 8/21/20

 Not as crisp as yesterday, but still a solid work out



Thursday, August 20, 2020

Fitness Boxing Resulys 8/20/20

Yeah I was dialed in this morning... nearly perfect, I think I broke my personal best on the 'Fitness Age' score, which as near as I can tell reflects my 'reaction timing'

Note: I was right, but when I managed to score below 20 it was in a 25-minuet session back on August 2. Obviously today's was 45 minuets!

 


 

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Fitness Boxing Results 8/19/20

 Switched to using the Switch undocked today... seem to track me a little better than than normal.



Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Fitness Boxing Results 8/18/20

 Weight Check is about 275 to 277 lbs



Artwork: Overwatch 'An Unlikely Team'

 

Since Overwatch is such a big part of my weekly lineup, I went to DaemonsW0lf with the idea of Moira looking less than thrilled teaming with Reinhardt and Torbjourn! As usual, she  knocked it out of the park! If you're looking to have some things done, visit her site at https://www.darkwolfcreative.com/

 

 

Monday, August 17, 2020

Sunday, August 16, 2020

Fitness Boxing Resulys 8/16/20 - I Slept In Edition

 I will admit... I slept in today, so shorter workout because there's a huge difference in how I feel when I wake up in the mornings compared to afternoons lol


 

Twitch Sings Duets Set List 8/15/2020

 Here's the complete List of Duets Performed During my August 15, 2020 Twitch Sings Stream over at twitch.tv/fredcasden! Twitch Sings is featured every Saturday Night!

  1. Duet with ChunTaiLi: Old Time Rock & Roll
  2. Duet with joejlevy: Ring Of Fire
  3. Duet with saiyrbear: Kokomo 
  4. Duet with poppinbuckets: Out Of Touch 
  5. Duet with Lina_Bean: Hero
  6. Duet with ScruffyPigeonFromHell: 18 And Life 
  7. Duet with Phoenix_face: Bodies
  8. Duet with MonkeyRetch: Whiskey In The Jar 
  9. Duet with ValleyTheVampire: Uptown Girl 
  10. Duet with BluVelvet: Behind Blue Eyes 
  11. Duet with SomethingCreepy: Gaston
  12. Duet with NiaBellagamba: Can't Help Falling In Love 
  13. Duet with froggieshow: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  14. Duet with RancePrease: King Of The Road 
  15. Duet with Pandasweet81: Your Cheatin' Heart 
  16. Duet with FattyTwoBits: Come Together 
  17. Duet with SomethingCreepy: Shallow
  18. Duet with NCarolinian: Angel
  19. Duet with Flint_Locke: Twist And Shout 
  20. Duet with MerlynTemple: Sleeping Sun
  21. Duet with Aphoticphoton: Everybody (Backstreet's Back) 
  22. Duet with PorkMarshmallow: Only The Good Die Young
  23. Duet with BadB3CKS: Belle 
  24. Duet with kalenal: Royals
  25. Duet with dani89: Bad Guy 
  26. Duet with AnnieTalksShow: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
  27. Duet with sombreartist: Friday I'm In Love 
  28. Duet with countrymom1970: You Gave Me A Mountain 
  29. Duet with ryuuthekitsune: Sharp Dressed Man 
  30. Duet with LilStoneRoom: Let It Go
  31. Duet with JusticePirate: Hard To Say I'm Sorry 
  32. Duet with docmcstreamy: Ain't No Sunshine
  33. Duet with SpicyAvocado781: Landslide 
  34. Duet with LadyTwoSocks: Bad Moon Rising *
  35. Duet with MissSharahzard: Put Your Head On My Shoulder **

*Done after the stream was over because I was testing camera and microphone placement
** Originally done during the stream, notice Twitch saying there was an issue with the upload, re-did after the stream was over

 

 

Best of the August 9 to 15, 2020

Here are the highlights from the week of August 9 to 15, 2020, featuring Overwatch, Mass Effect Andromeda, The Division 2, Star Trek Online, Minecraft Story Mode and Twitch Sings! Changed the intro a bit so it features all the game titles upfront because two nights are currently dedicated to ME:A! 


Friday, August 14, 2020

Ghostbusters: The Original Movie Novelizations Omnibus Audio Book Review

On August 11, 2020, the Audio Book for "Ghostbusters: The Original Movie Novelizations Omnibus" was released, and as a Ghost Head I made sure to get it and give it a listen, and here is my review of it. Also you can get the audio book at https://amzn.to/30U40Zw

Artwork: Superman

 Took me a couple of hours to do between late last night and this morning


Fitness Boxing Results 8/14/20

 Today's results, felt it was better than yesterday lol



Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Fitness Boxing Resulys 8/12/20

 Another fun way to start the day, surprised that Fitness Boxing is on a trend of easy going workouts. Again I haven't changed any settings.




Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Fitness Boxing Results 8/11/20

 Note: I don't make any setting changes, everything is set for strength and cardio and about 45 minuets.... and clearly this was a lighter day than yesterday lol

 


 

Monday, August 10, 2020

Sunday, August 9, 2020

Achievements and Trophies Earned This Week

Smart Is New Smash in Marvel Rivals As Bruce Banner, land 1 KO within 3 seconds of calming down from the Hulk to Banner. Terror of the Ten R...