Fitness Boxing Results 9/30/20

I think we had a solid session today... well if the scores were anything to go by it certainly was excellent lol 

 

Quick Thoughts: Demolition Man

This past Saturday as apart of my weekly watch-a-longs in my Discord Channel, we watched Demolition Man, which starred Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes... and of course over the years many have come to realize that this movie was way ahead of its time, and is probably more relevant today than it was back when it first came out. Everyone knows the plot, John Spartan (Stallone) is released early from cyro-prison to once again capture Simon Phoenix (Snipes) who has been enhanced to take down a supposed threat to a 'perfect society'.

In terms of action, with the exception of the rather small explosion of the cryo-prison at the end of the film, everything holds up quite nicely, nothing is too over the top and there are lot of practical stunt work done where you could see anyone who is in good enough physical shape would be able to do such feats. A lot of the comedy and wit is still quite clever, from various one liners in reaction to what's going on or full on exchanges that explains the rules of the in-film universe..Sandra Bullock (who plays Huxley) certainly is a great foil for Stallone's Spartan in that regard.

Now there are those who uses this film as an example of Government overreach, and to an extent that is true if you're looking at how dangerous and restrictive Conservatives have become in recent years. Think about it, the extreme-right have basically been wanting to restrict as many personal freedoms as possible that go against their ideals in order to create an 'order society', in terms of restricting access to information, entertainment and basically wanting to turn back time to the 1950s. Yes there are those on the extreme-left that could describe as well, but let's be honest, it's often those on the right saying things are immoral while basically doing them behind closed doors. They don't want you to think, they don't want you to question the status quo.... hell this could probably be summed up by the rant of Edgar Friendly (played by Denis Leary):

"You got that right. See, according to Cocteau's plan, I'm the enemy. Cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm the kind if guy who wants to sit in a greasy spoon and think, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecued ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol. I want to eat bacon, butter and buckets of cheese, okay? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in a non-smoking section. I wanna run through the streets naked with green Jello all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to. Okay, pal? I've seen the future, you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sittin' around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake singing "I'm an Oscar-Meyer Wiener". You wanna live on top, you gotta live Cocteau's way. What he wants, when he wants, how he wants. Your other choice: come down here, maybe starve to death"

Hell, that is really quite relevant to today when one considers that later today (at the time of this writing) there is going to be a President Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, where Trump basically will be appealing to those on the extreme right to not question his lack of integrity and competence and that anyone who does is the enemy.

Fitness Boxing Results 9/29/20

 Today's Results.... felt a bit off on weaving today

Fitness Boxing Results 9/28/20

Solid work out, biggest issue was primarily with the green screen as I was standing so close to it that it was causing distortions lol

Fitness Boxing Results 9/27/00

 Tried a new set up during today's session so timing was often a bit off

Best of the Week 9/20 to 9/26/20

These are the best moments from the game features on my Twitch Channel this week including Overwatch (Both PC and Xbox One), Marvel's Avengers, Gears of War 2, Star Trek Online, Fitness Boxing, WWE 2K20 and Twitch Sings! Be sure to follow me over at twitch.tv/fredcasden for daily shenanigans.

Fitness Boxing Resulys 9/26/20

Another long workout session to start the day!

 

 

New Line Up

This week we wrapped up Marvel's Avengers, Gears of War 2 and WWE 2K20 respective stories which means there's going to be a change in the line-up over at twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Sunday: Overwatch

Monday: Kingdom Hearts

Tuesday: Kingdom Hearts

Wednesday: Stranger Things 3 The Game

Thursday: Star Trek Online

Friday: Injustice Gods Among Us

Saturday: Twitch Sings

 

 

Fitness Boxing Results 9/25/20

"I believe things cannot make themselves impossible" Solid 50 minute workout session today, we'll be back over on twitch.tv/fredcasden at 9:30 PM EST with WWE 2K20

Thoughts on Marvel's Avengers

Recently we finished the main campaign of Marvel's Avengers and here are my thoughts on the game itself. 

Fitness Boxing Results 9/24/20

 “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Today's Workout was really focused on Cardio :) 

 

Fitness Boxing Results 9/23/20

 "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." Today started off good, and we'll be back later with Gears of War 2 over on twitch.tv/fredcasden

Fitness Boxing Results 9/22/20

"With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." We'll be back at 9:30 PM EST with Marvel's Avengers over at twitch.tv/fredcasden!

Fitness Boxing Results 9/21/20

Tried a more Cardio focus routine today, it literally got off on the bad foot with the Double Combos (which involve step forwards and step backs) and as I've mention, I hate it when I have to move my feet doing this. 

 

Fitness Boxing Results 9/20/20

 We had a nice and easy going session this morning, perfect for a Sunday

Best of the Week 9/13 to 9/19/20

This week's highlights for 9/13 to 9/19/20 included things from Overwatch, Marvel's Avengers, Gears of War 2, Star Trek Online, Fitness Boxing, WWE 2K20 and Twitch Sings!

Fitness Boxing Resulys 9/19

 Today was a light workout when one compares it to the last three days

Quick Thoughts: The Whoopee Boys

I firmly believe everyone grew up with a movie that they watched repeatedly and as they grow older can go back to that movie time and time again, and enjoy it, even if out of date. For me I have several that fit that description, but the one most won't believe is a little 1986 film called 'The Whoopee Boys', which stars Michael O'Keefe who is best known for his role in Caddyshack, and Paul Rodriguez, one of the most quick-witted stand up comedians of the 80s and 90s.

The general plot is that Jake and Barney (played by O'Keefe and Rodriguez respectively) are two con-men who make their way down to Palm Beach looking for a big score. They meet an heiress named Olivia (Lucinda Jenney) who is looking to get married to inherent a fortune to save her school, and with Jake falling in love with her, but she's not quite willing to marry him because her uncle has to approve of her choice of husband. Jake and Barney head off to a charm-school to get the skills and traits they needed for Jake to pass himself off as the perfect gentleman to get the girl and save her school while dealing with the typical snobbish rich elitists. 

The Whoopee Boys is very much a 'Slobs versus Snobs' movie, but we don't get much time spent with the antagonists, other than Strobe (Stephen Davies) who gets a couple of scenes to really push forth he's the villain, but outside of the revaluation that Jake and Barney are not who they seem to be to set up the films climax, the result of Olivia and Jake ending up together is never in doubt. This is also in part due to the charm school aspect of the movie where a number of secondary characters are introduced and used as allies to help our heroes.

That said, there is a sense of improvisation with this movie, as Paul Rodriguez has a series of one-liners that exists from the start of the movie all the way through the credits song at the end, and it seems as if a number of his lines were quite off the cuff because it always seems like when he speaks anyone else on camera with him appears to be seconds of way from cracking up. In does get to a point where it sounds as if several of his lines were recorded in post-filming because there are times he doesn't quite sound the same and as if something was dubbed in.

One final note, the sound track of this movie screams early to mid 80s, particularly with music heard during the three montages, which are anchored by Stages by ZZ Top (during the opening), That Was Then This Is Now by The Monkees (during Jake and Barney helping around Olivia School) and I Still Believe by The Call (during the trip to the Phelps Institute). It's really a nice selection of tunes to fit the narrative of the film. The question of if a film needed more than two montages is always a question, but since one was an intro, another was used for character development and the third was the transition to next act, I think the use of them in The Whoopee Boys actually works nicely. 

Classic Fred Casden: July 18, 2017 - Star Trek Online

Some of my content form my original YouTube Channel survived over on Twitch, and this was from the day the Star Trek Online featured episode 'Brushfire' was added! 

 

Classic Fred Casden July 23, 2017 - Basement Saturday Night

I had some of my old YouTube content over on Twitch, and now we have some of my older stuff here. This was from a series I did called Basement Saturday Night, which kind of my way of talking about multiple things, in this case an episode of Moonlighting and Orphan Black!

 

Classic Fred Casden: January 23, 2018 - Tales From The Tardis

 I forgot I had some older content from my original YouTube Channel over on Twitch, and found an episode of my Doctor Who review series Tales From The Tardis, this covered the episode The Savages!

 

Classic Fred Casden July 3, 2017 - Saints Book (Saints Row The Third)

Found Some of my older YouTube content on my Twitch Channel buried in the uploads, and so I'm bringing them back here! This was from a series of Saints Row The Third Videos where where I was going through the Saints Book missions one by one!

Classic Fred Casden: January 20, 2018 - Talking Anime

I totally forgot I had some of my older YouTube Content on Twitch, and this was part of a series of Anime Reviews I was doing called Talking Anime, where I reviewed some series episode by episode! This was also around the same time YouTube screwed over smaller content creators.

Reaction To The Announcement of Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise

As you (may or may not) know, I've been doing some Fitness Boxing streams in the morning lately, and so with the announcement of Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise I have questions! 

Fitness Boxing Results 9/18/20

Have I ever mentioned that I have left-right step combos?

Fitness Boxing Results 9/17

 Today's Results.... it was a long workout

Fitness Boxing Results 9/15 and 9/16

 Here are the Fitness Boxing Results for yesterday and today!

Fitness Boxing Results 9/14

 It was a solid workout today, as all the routines gradually built up from start to finish

Quick Thoughts; Under Siege

This past Saturday (9/12), over on my Discord channel, we did the weekly watch along and this time around the feature was Under Siege, starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey and and Erika Elenaik. It's probably the most 'fun' of the peak-Segal films, as for one he actually has some decent 'character' moments, the whole of idea behind his character of Casey Ryback is that he's a complete bad-ass ex-Navy Seal who is serving as the ship's cook, and like many other action stars of the era, Segal actually delivered some one-liners with a bit of charm that gives the impression that hey, he could act a little bit.All the action scenes involving Seagal all showed him as the unstoppable stereotype he actually sees himself as, and comes across as being really dry, in particular one on one fight scenes.

The real star of the show is of course Tommy Lee Jones as Strannix, and I forgot how over-the-top and off the wall TLJ's performance is as Under Siege predates Batman Forever by a couple of years, and I'm firmly convinced now more than ever, that TLJ should have gotten a turn as The Joker. The ease he goes back and forth from serious to craze and back again is just remarkable, and you take his character as a true threat that under any other circumstances you know he would succeed. Gary Busey also delivers in his role of Commander Krill, his best scenes are his interactions with TLJ as there was some nice chemistry there. In terms of how they interacted in scenes with Seagal, it's hard to judge as amazingly, each had one scene with the 'lead', 

The actor who got the most screen time with Segal was Erika Elenaik who probably most people remember from her time on Baybatch. In Under Siege, Elenaik played Jordan Tate, a Playboy Playmate who basically got caught up in the middle of everything. Not only was she gorgeous to look at, but she had this way of just portraying that she can't believe the nonsense coming out of mouth of Segal's character. She kind of falls into that plucky side-kick role, but also provides a bit of comic relief at times when the film needs it as the tension of the plot builds up. 

Now there is something about Under Siege that bothers me to this day, and that's when we get to see Segal and TLJ's characters meet on screen, where there is thus realization they know each other. Yes as a Navy Seal, Casey Ryback would've been involved in some covert operations, as would Strannix, she he was an ex-CIA operative. However, the stuff Ryback's character would've been in involved in would have been Government sanctioned, while Strannix's missions would've been more 'under the table' as a driving point for his motivations was the fact the CIA tried to take him out when a operation was canceled. So the odds of them meeting or being aware of one another prior to the in-universe events of the story, does not come across as likely to me. 

 

Best of the Week 9/6 to 9/12/2020

These are the best moments of the games I've featured on my Twitch Channel for the week of September 6 to 12, 2020! Games include Overwatch, Saints Row Gat Out Of Hell, Animal Crossing New Horizon, Gears of War 2, Star Trek Online, WWE 2K20, Fitness Boxing & Twitch Sings! 

Be Sure To Come Over To Enjoy The Nonsense Over At Twitch.tv/FredCasden!

Twitch Sings Duet Set List Sept 12 2020

Here is the complete list of all 51 duets performed during the September 12, 2020 Twitch Sings stream over at twitch.tv/fredcasden

1. Duet with Flint_Locke: I Want You Back
2. Duet with lady_vampire: Never Gonna Give You Up
3. Duet with foxy_melly: I Don't Like Mondays
4. Duet with supherbyus: Do You Believe In Love
5. Duet with AlwaysSpazzy: Surfer Girl
6. Duet with vanessabob: You Make My Dreams
7. Duet with Gloopdawg: All My Loving
8. Duet with TimeyLives: River Of Dreams
9. Duet with IamCaTzEyE: Holding Out For A Hero
10. Duet with LadyTwoSocks: Bad Romance
11. Duet with joejlevy: American Pie
12. Duet with Kevin_PlayGames: (Theme From) The Monkees
13. Duet with PorkMarshmallow: Mexican Radio
14. Duet with kalenal: Something
15. Duet with SaintLeumas: Back In Black
16. Duet with Pandasweet81: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
17. Duet with EternaXD: More Than Words
18. Duet with BrunoLarz: Jump, Jive, An' Wail
19. Duet with BluVelvet: It's My Life
20. Duet with tiwaking: Going Up The Country
21. Duet with ErikaMonky: Mr. Sandman
22. Duet with happyjmac: Hard Headed Woman
23. Duet with Luetya: I Only Have Eyes For You
24. Duet with KennethRougeau: (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
25. Duet with springfanS: Last Train To Clarksville
26. Duet with SteveOozaru: Simply Irresistible
27. Duet with Rain101: Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
28. Duet with AlmostPotter: You Can't Always Get What You Want
29. Duet with FredCasden: Get Off Of My Cloud
30. Duet with crystalskyes80: Jumpin' Jack Flash
31. Duet with DannyJJ14: Route 66
32. Duet with Telear: Ruby Tuesday
33. Duet with mrpolite01: Kansas City
34. Duet with idristhegrey: (You're The) Devil In Disguise
35. Duet with Miss_U: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
36. Duet with HalfPastGaming: Out Of Touch
37. Duet with SoyPapiChurro: Secret Agent Man
38. Duet with lorellstan: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
39. Duet with singularinfinity: Under My Thumb
40. Duet with doublechip9: She's Gone
41. Duet with BluVelvet: Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
42. Duet with Xplosiveshot: Reach Out (I'll Be There)
43. Duet with Violinaria: Amaranth
44. Duet with EmptyTheater: I Remember You
45. Duet with Lina_Bean: Son Of A Preacher Man
46. Duet with saiyrbear: Prince Ali
47. Duet with TwilightWolven: Uptown Girl
48. Duet with firemarth: Take Me Home, Country Roads
49. Duet with Coleenali: Sleeping Sun
50. Duet with MarkAMacaluso: Love Potion No. 9
51. Duet with kalenal: Believer
    

Line-up for Week of September 13

Here is this week's line up for my nightly streams over at twitch.tv/fredcasden that are actually scheduled! 

Sunday: 7 PM EST - Overwatch
Monday: 9:30 PM EST - Marvel's Avengers
Tuesday: 9:30 PM EST - Marvel's Avengers
Wednesday: 9:30 PM EST - Gears of War 2
Thursday: 9:30 PM EST - Star Trek Online
Friday: 9:30 PM EST - WWE 2K20
Saturday: 7 PM EST - Twitch Sings

Note: Any Fitness Boxing streams done are bonus, and depends on when I actually wake up in the mornings

Fitness Boxing Results 9/12/20

 Today is off to a good start, for the most part everything went smooth!

Fitness Boxing Results 9/11/20

 We got Friday off to a good start in my opinion

Twitch Sings Is Closing Down 1/1/21

Last week it was announced that Twitch Sings will close down on January 1, 2021, and I have my thoughts on that

 

Zagreus... My Longest Tenured Star Trek Online Character

I started playing Star Trek Online on the day it launched in 2010, got the Lifetime Subscription that same day as well.... my original 'captain' was a Engineer, then I went with a Tactical officer, both had lots of traits that I didn't care then I tried a Science Officer... and 10 years later, that is the one character that I kept. Sure I have had other characters along the way as you know based on my Twitch Streams, but there is one character that has the most invested in them.... Zagreus! 

To mark the occasion, I went to DaaemonsWolf of Dark Wolf Creative (http://darkwolfcreative.com) to do an art piece of my longest tenured original character.... and she delivered big time! 

Fitness Boxing Results 9/9 and 9/10/20

First here are the stats for 9/9/20

 And Here are today's stats.... it was a light workout today

Fitness Boxing Results 9/8

 Lots of Uppercuts thrown today... and I think the floor on the left side of my stream space is a bit uneven lol, makes for a more intense lower body workout cause I'm rocking forward 'up hill' lol