Final Sunset | Fabiano Cruz

Cancelled: Grand Hotel

I really enjoyed this show.  Kind of a modern day Dynasty, but honestly I was not sure how long it will last.  It really have potential, but wasn’t sure how much of the audience it will capture and hold on to.  Apparently it was not enough.   Very sad about that, but I will have to give kudos to Eva Langoria for releasing something very jive and I look forward to her future projects.   

- CocoaVision

Dragon Ball: 10 Insanely Strong Signature Moves Ranked

Response to Screen Rant's 10 Animated Movie Moments That Sent Racist Messages To Kids

Original Video Is Posted Below.  If you want to watch it before reading this, feel free.

Here are my responses:

Sing: I feel you were very off.  You say that the gorillas are depicted to be black gangsters were actually they were more so portrayed as Irish Gang Members.  Now that is still not right, but if you listen to the accents and the actors who are playing them, I don't think they were even accidentally being racist towards black people.

Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs: I feel you were nitpicking.  Of course, this movie and many other old school movies by Disney were racist, but to expect a horrible time in history to produce content not similar to it's time is a bit silly.  Of course, it is terrible that they did it and I don't even count it as accidental.   Now if they continued that kind of content in current cinema, then they should be blasted as hard as you are blasting them now.

Rio 2: Now you are very much on point.  The main protagonist are done by white actors and that was it.  It is not right and it was not fair.  Blue Sky should have done better with this.  Even if all the other actors agreed with doing the movie.

Epic: I am going back to the nitpicking.  It looks like with you only picking on the antagonist in the movie as the horrible stereotype, this movie should not even been on the list.  I think you guys just put this on here as filler.

Shark Tale:  I will give it to you there.  This movie was very racist, but I will not just pin this on DreamWorks.  I will also place it on the actors themselves.  How do we not know that Will Smith or any of the other actors suggested doing these characters this way.  I can seriously see Smith changing things up, especially the lines.  Think about it.

Moana: I loved this movie very much, but I agree with you because I shared some concerns on how they were depicting the Polynesian people.  You would think Dwayne Johnson would have placed his $0.02 in it and maybe he did, but the movie went through and it was not banned much.  The costume of the Demi-God Maui was inexcusable.  I am sure some kids would have found it fun, but it was just in poor taste.

Aladdin: If Robin Williams not been part of this project, I probably would not have seen it or not be quick to.  The portrayal of the Arabians were very bad and I was glad when Disney changed the lyrics to the main theme.

The Little Mermaid: You are pretty much on with the songs and the non-white characters.

The Lion King: The hyenas are not very cool.  Even though most of the cast of the Lions in the Pride were black, to exile the hyenas and depict them as nothing but unworthy and evil is just plain wrong and discriminating.

The Aristocats: This movie depicted the high class cats and alley cats in a terrible way, but like Snow White, they were created in a time where society had mirrored it.  Again, not excusable, but true.

Over all I do enjoy your lists, Screen Rant.  Keep up the great work.

Happy Birthday Darkness

 

Happy Birthday to #PeterCushing, #VincentPrice & #ChristopherLee

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword | Movie Review

 This was an outstanding film by one of my favorite directors, Guy Richie.  If you are unfamiliar with his work, he is the director of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch and the two Sherlock Holmes films w/ Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law.  

In this film, Guy brings back Jude Law and has a great cast lead by Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy & Pacific Rim).  This is was Guy attempt at period pieces and he placed his own flair as usual on to it.  With great dialog and cinematography, Guy brings on what I call, another masterpiece.  

Charlie Hunnam does a great job portraying King Arthur as he tries hard to take on his destiny welding the mighty Excalibur and leading a small band to take over the thrown.  Jude Law was also great as he did a good job making me not like him.  Not as comedic as his precious roles, but a nice performance nonetheless. I also give a nod to Aidan Gillen, Eric Bana and Djimon Hounsou.  Great supporting cast.  

Scores (out of 4)

Charlie Hunnam: 3.5

Jude Law: 3.2

Djimon Hounsou: 3.4

Aiden Gillen: 3.3

Eric Bana: 2.7

Writing: 3.7

Cinematography: 3.9

Production: 3.5

Soundtrack: 3.8

Direction: 3.3

Overall: 3.4 (B+)

Al Madrigal Stand-Up | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

He still got it!  Love this dude!

Marvel’s The Defenders | Official Trailer | Netflix [HD]

So I need to get caught up on all four series by August.

THE DARK TOWER | Official Trailer

Little Boxes | Movie Review

 Grade: B-

So we stumbled in to this film late on Monday night on Netflix as it recommended it based on my wife's interest.  It stars Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men), Nielsen Ellis (True Blood), Janeane Garofalo and introducing Armani Jackson.  

A family up roots themselves from Brooklyn, NY and moves to Rome, Washington for a job at a university.  They encounter some new things in this new small town and experience in a sense corruptions that changes them in a drastic way.  

There are some senses of racism, but not in an evil way and the folks of the small town are way more welcoming than expected.  Adjustment in a new house while waiting on their product from the movers prove to be very difficult how they fair by the end of the movie?  Well you will have to check it out and see. 

A was a very intriguing film.  Definitely not very predictable at all.  The performance was subtle by the main cast and the supporting cast showed some eye opening moments.   Especially this young lady who befriends Clark.  

Check it out if you like.  Pretty good film to stumble on to. 

And yes.  They do play the song.  

Eating Pizza Dipped In Milk | Double Dog Dare

Um......I am not sure if I could do this, but I am curious to see if any of you guys would.  If you are willing to try and video record it, submit it to cocoavisionary@gmail.com and I will create a compilation of it.  Your choice,



Video from The React Channel on YouTube

Leia Returns To The Force

I will start off with this: 😭😭😭😡 #FU2016

https://www.google.com/amp/people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/amp/

That is the article from People Magazine of the unfortunate death of Carrie Fisher.  I would say she was my princess 👑 and maybe many others did as well.  This was an amazing woman who worked hard through her journey as an actress and her battles with depression.  Fisher has done tons of work, but none compares to her part in the Star Wars Saga.  Princess Leia was unlike any woman in the Science Fiction or Fantasy world.  She was a woman who took no mess, spoke her mind and took charge when ever it was needed.  She was a master with a blaster and as she got older, she became more and more with the force.  It is unfortunate that she never fully developed her Jedi powers.  I feel she would have been incredible!

Anyways, Carrie Fisher show the same kind of woman that she portrayed in the films as she also spoke her mind and had overcame her battles with depression.  A lot of us was excited to see her alone with Hamill, Ford and other return to the saga for Episode VII, but now she has fallen and our hearts have sunk as she returns to the force.  

So long Carrie.  We will really miss you.  Tell Kenny Baker and the others that we miss them, too.

Goodbye.

Heartbeat Come & Gone

I just discovered this show last night.  Checked out the pilot and we thought it was pretty good.   I was wondering why I had not heard about this show before.  It started in March and I never saw a promotion for it.  It is just weird.  

Well we thought the show was great.  Very funny.  A very unique cast.  We thought it was a keeper until we discovered that it was cancelled in May.  Oh well.  It is sad to see a show with potential fall through the cracks.  

Good luck on your next project Melissa George.  

Don't Breathe | Movie Review

So um yeah.  

The makers of "The Evil Dead" brings a unique and very suspenseful thriller called, "Don't Breathe".  This movie in a nutshell puts a group of young thieves in the hunt for a major cash flow in a house occupied by a old, blind, ex-military man.   They go in thinking it will be a piece of cake, but things take a major turn and discoveries make it more and more difficult to finish the task at hand.  The ending will make probably leave you with mixed feelings.   

To be honest with you I was not sure about this one until I saw a trailer that made me say, "Oh man!  I think I need to see this one."  My partner in crime of Twist Cone was not sure at first, but she changed her mind very, surprisingly quickly.  It turned in to an incredible film that constantly made us ask, "Where the hell are they now?!"  I definitely kept our attention from start to end.  I feel the best performance was from Stephen Lang who played The Blind Man.  

Highly recommended this film in which ever way you please.  

Grade: 8/10

The Nightly Show Cancelled

So Larry Wilmore's reign of being the first black host on Comedy Central has come to the end.  Now the big reason that I read on ismyshowcancelled.com is that the show just didn't resonate with the audience.  The ratings has fallen and the network felt it was time to go.  

Now my thought was this and I talked this over with friends.  The show was probably removed due to complaints by people who either were never happy with a lot of what Wilmore was talking about or simply because a black man is hosting a talk show, but that was my thought.  

I will admit the show was going through some changes and I can see honor can throw people off, but I felt the show was finally stabilizing with some great segments, like Pardon the Intergration, Nightly Nightly and of course The Unblackening.  I am just saying the show should have at least finish the second season and then make a decision.  

This show was great and I am not happy to see it go.  Thank you Larry Wilmore.  You and Trevor were just what America needed, but I guess some out there just can't handle that much blackness.  I look forward to you guys next project.  

Some one should start a movement to have another network save the show or hire you to do a different talk show.  We will miss you all. 

#SaveTheNightlyShow 

#SaveLarryWilmore

- CocoaVision

Movie to Marathon (Independence Day)

Well, I will be honest with you.   This has been a pretty rough day.  Not rough like a extreme issues that you can think of.  More like first world problems rough.   Has some problems that a couple I was able to solve and other that will have to wait until later.  Also, have a really major project to complete that now the timeline has been crunched down more making it a bit more stressful to deal with.   Oh well.  I always say I will make it through and I usually do.  

Anyways, normally, on July 4, I watch the apocalyptic film Independence Day by Roland Enmerich.  Today I am still going to play it, but this time it will act as white noise while I work on this project.   As I progress I made a discovery which helped me make a new decision.   I will make this single movie event into a marathon.  Along with ID4, I am going to watch The Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla.  What do these three films have in common?   They were all directed by Roland Emmerich.  I have been a fan of Roland since I saw Universal Soldier and Stargate.  The fan level was sealed with Independence Day.  

So there you go.   All there of those films will be played, as white noise, while I work on my project.   And yes, I will miss the fireworks, but there is just so much to do.   I do hope to see the ID4 sequel, Resurgence, very soon.  

Have a great and safe Independence  Day!!!!

Trivial Mind Meld: Trivia of the Day (6-1-16)

Like Trivia, Riddles, Puzzles, etc.?  CHeck out Trivial Mind Meld.  New season has started and below is the first question of the month.  You can also check out the Trivial Mind Meld Facebook Group.

Good luck and Have fun!!

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Top 10 Douchebags of Rock

WatchMojo and Mother's Day

Oh WatchMojo and Ms. Mojo.  You guys can come us with some cool and interesting things for almost any occasion.  Here are some Top 10 Lists they created in honor of Mother's Day 2016.

Um Occupied... – Fails of the Weak #293

From Rooster Teeth, Makers of Red Vs Blue and RWBY.  Video Gamers from all over submit their crazy game fails to Achievement Hunter.  Most are just bizarre glitches that do happen from time to time.  Very hilarious and in my opinion, way too short.

Enjoy.........