Epic Drop 11/2/09: Baseball bat lawsuit, New uTorrent, Google voice blocked, MIB3, Hogan Q&A, Best Picture?

Not a whole lot going on this past weekend.  No big movies unless you are in to Michael Jackson.  I did a bit of bowling, a few drinks and even found time to get my drunk friends home, minus the one I left downtown.  That is what happens when you chase the split-tail and don't close the deal.  +1 for Hurt Locker owning faces

Starting the night off with this awesome video of Manu Ginobili ruining Dracula's night:



Is this what this country has come to?  We are now suing Louisville Slugger for making aluminum baseball bats without warnings on them?  I feel for the family of the 18-year-old who lost their son from a ball hit off of a aluminum bat but this is just ridiculous.  Should they sue Rawlings for the ball not having a warning it?  What about Wilson gloves for not noting "glove should be between ball and face when trying to catch balls in the air"?  I really hope this gets tossed out on appeal.

A new uTorrent is in the works and is beta as we speak.  The benefit this time around is that the protocol uses uTP and not TCP therefore it won't infer with web surfing, games, VOIP, etc.  The uTP transfers will auto throttle when needed providing you with a high quality of service while downloading at the same time.  I like this move though I do have some concerns considering uTorrent's attempt at going semi-legit.  Plus this could have ISPs dragging their feet if it becomes mainstream as they may have less desire to improve speeds considering the high use of BT traffic on their networks.

Google Voice, while simply awesome, isn't appeasing everyone.  It seems Google has taken to blocking certain telephone exchanges that were abusing the system (though legally) and costing them a fortune.  For a free service Google didn't want to pony up the cash to cover the massive amount of calls from these few exchanges (who are making millions off of them) and simply cut them off.  The question we should then ask is if Google Voice should be regulated like a telco.  It sounds more like the FCC needs to overhaul their own rules instead of going after Google.  On a side note, I can't wait to use my Google Voice # with the Android, free calls and txts is a nice bonus.

Men In Black 3 is in the works.  Everyone can rest easy with the presumption that Will Smith will once again save Earth from an alien threat.  I am kind of hoping he can save the theaters from having to run Hancock 2 but that may be hard to accomplish even for someone as talented as himself.

Hulk Hogan is back on the Epic Drop with this candid interview with Time.com.  I almost picked up his book the other day at Best Buy as sounds like an interesting read into some of the crap he has been dealing with since leaving wrestling.  Say your prayers brother!

Firstshowing.net takes a peak at this years potential "Best Picture" nominees.  While it is still a bit hard to handicap the award thanks to all the late movies that will show up I agree with their take on Hurt Locker being right up there near the top.  So far it is probably my favorite film of the year.

AICN has one of the first reviews up on the new Nightmare on Elm Street film.  Unfortunately it doesn't sound all that great at this point even with Jackie Earle Haley.  Just goes to show that the continual rebooting of old-school horror isn't doing all that well.  These aren't hard films to make, it isn't like they were Oscar winners, why can't they make decent remakes?


More sports tonight for laughs this time thanks to the Las Vegas Cobras in what very well may have been "betting with bookie" gone wrong.