Chicago PD

This is a very popular television show depicting the life and times of a police precinct in Chicago. Very frequently, you'll see characters from the television show Chicago Fire on here. This show and Chicago Fire have very frequent crossovers, which means that the characters from one show will appear on the other and vice versa.

Summary

-The life and times of two different groups of people in the District 21 of the Chicago Police Department: the Intelligence Unit and the uniform police

Cast

-Jason Beghe: Hank Voight

-Patrick John Flueger: Adam Ruzek

-Marina Squerciati: Kim Burgess

-LaRoyce Hawkins: Kevin Atwater

-Amy Morton: Trudy Platt

-Jesse Lee Soffer: Jay Halstead

-Jon Seda: Antonio Dawson

-Tracy Spiridakos: Hailey Upton

-Elias Koteas: Alvin Olinsky

-Sophia Bush: Erin Lindsay

Did You Know?

-Prior to filming the show, the actors and actresses trained with real Chicago police officers and retired SWAT personnel

-The characters on this show will often appear on other shows by creator Dick Wolf, such as Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit because their story continues on those programs

-Each episode's title is taken from dialogue spoken in that episode

-Out of the entire cast, there are only two cast members who were actually born and raised in the Chicago area: LaRoyce Hawkins, who plays Kevin Atwater, and Amy Morton, who plays Trudy Platt

-Brian Tee, who plays Dr. Ethan Choi on Chicago Med, first appeared as a gang leader on an episode of Chicago PD called "The Three Gs"

-In the squad room, there is an alphanumeric cryptic code next to each suspect's photo, for example M/1/19. This refers to the gender of the suspect (male/female). The third part is the suspect's age. The second part refers to, according to a Chicago Police Directive, racial identification being given a code number. 1-Black, 2-White, 3-Black/Hispanic, 4-white/Hispanic, 5-Native American/Alaskan Native, 6-Asian/Pacific Islander

-The Investigative Response Team or IRT is the department within the Chicago Police Department's Detective's Bureau who investigates officer-involved shootings

-While on TV shows such as In the Heat of the Night (1988), violence was exaggerated, murders being committed every week. This show is different; there is a lot more crime in Chicago than what is depicted

-There is a lot of police acronyms and terminology used on the show and the actors and actresses had to learn to correctly use the police terminology

Chicago Fire

Not only is this the name of the MLS team in Chicago, this is also a popular television show. Very frequently, you'll see officers and detectives from Chicago PD on here. These two shows will over cross over with each other on a frequent basis. Both shows will also cross over with Chicago Med.

Summary

-The show centers around the professional and personal lives of Chicago firefighters and paramedics

Cast

-Taylor Kinney: Kelly Severide

-Christian Stolte: Randall McHolland

-Eamonn Walker: Wallce Boden

-Joe Minoso: Joe Cruz

-Randy Flagler: Capp

-David Eigenberg: Christopher Hermann

-Jesse Spencer: Matthew Casey

-Anthony Ferraris: Tony

-Monica Raymund: Gabriella Dawson

-Amy Morton: Trudy Platts

-Jon Seda: Antonio Dawson

Did You Know?

-There are some scenes filmed on a studio set and others filmed inside an actual firehouse. The kitchen scenes are filmed inside the real firehouse kitchen, complete with Danger Men Cooking sign. If you see a door to the left of the cooking area, it's the studio set. If you see a water fountain, that is in the actual firehouse

-A lot of the locations used on the show are real locations, just given different names for the show. Firehouse 51 is actually Station 18, which is on 1360 S. Blue Island Ave in Chicago. Molly's Bar, which is owned by Hermann, Dawson and Otis, is in real life Lottie's in the Bucktown section of Chicago

-Anthony Ferraris, who plays Tony, is an actual firefighter. He helps plan how each accident in the show occurs, so that it appears accurate for a firefighter

-Whenever the fire academy is shown, that is the actual Quinn Fire Academy, located at 558 W. De Koven Street in Chicago. The academy is built on the former grounds of the O'Leary Farm, where the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 is believed to have originated from

-Most if not all fire departments do not allow facial hair, as seen on Lt. Severide. It interferes with the tight seal on the SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus) air masks worn by firefighters. The seal gasket, which ensures a snug fit, cannot work properly if the wearer has facial hair. Firefighters with too much facial hair will also fail this test. Mustaches, seen on Otis, Chief Boden and Mouch, don't present a problem. Firefighters must be clean shaven at all times to ensure a snug fit on their oxygen masks

-Actor Steve McQueen's grandson, Steven R. McQueen, plays a firefighter candidate named Jimmy Borelli. His grandfather starred in The Towering Inferno (1974) as a fire chief. He jumped into action and assisted real firefighters when a fire broke out on set

-The title for each episode comes from a bit of dialogue from that episode

Since it's Memorial Day...

Here are 15 songs honoring those who fight and those who have fallen

15
Unknown Soldier
-The Doors

14
For Whom the Bell Tolls
-Metallica

13
Fortunate Son
-Creedence Clearwater Revival


12
Civil War
-Guns N' Roses

11
Remember the Heroes
-Sammy Hagar

10
Far Away Coast
-Dropkick Murphys

9
Soldier's Things
-Tom Waits

8
The Sands of Iwo Jima
-Drive-By Truckers

7
The Good Soldier
-Nine Inch Nails

6
Army Bound
-Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

5
Rooster
-Alice in Chains

4
One
-Metallica

3
The Trooper
-Iron Maiden

2
Soldiers
-Drowning Pool

1
Indestructible
-Disturbed

The Incredibles

The Incredibles

Summary
-Mr. Incredible (Bob Parr) and his now wife Elastigirl (Helen Parr) were the world's greatest super heroes in Metroville. 15 years later, they were forced to hang up their suits and take on civilian lives with their three children, Jack Jack, Violet and Dash. Desperately wanting to get back in action, Bob gets the chance to when a mysterious woman named Mirage calls him for a top secret assignment

Cast
-Craig T. Nelson: Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible
-Holly Hunter: Helen Parr/Elastigirl
-Samuel L. Jackson: Lucius Best/Frozone
-Jason Lee: Buddy Pine/Syndrome
-Dominique Louis: Bomb Voyage
-Teddy Newton: Newsreel Narrator
-Jean Sincere: Mrs. Hogenson
-Eli Fucile: Jack Jack Parr
-Maeve Andrews: Jack Jack Parr
-Wallace Shawn: Gilbert Huph
-Lou Romano: Bernie Kropp
-Wayne Canney: Principal
-Sarah Vowell: Violet Parr
-Michael Bird: Tony Rydinger
-John Ratzenberger: Underminer
-Kimberly Adair Clark: Honey
-Brad Bird: Edna 'E' Mode
-Bret 'Brook' Parker: Kari
-Elizabeth Pena: Mirage (voice)

Did You Know?
-When Bomb Voyage attaches a bomb to Buddy Pine, it foreshadows what happens later, when he becomes Syndrome and his cape gets attached to a plane propeller
-The Parr family's car resembles a 1950s Nash. While Bob Parr's new car is a combination of a 1960s Jaguar E-Type on the front, the hood having a logo that resembles the one for car company Lotus, and the back end from a 1963 split window Corvette
-The first Disney/Pixar film to include a nuclear family (mother, father, children)
-There are many resemblances to another family of super-heroes: The Fantastic Four in here. Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) has super strength like Ben Grimm (The Thing), Helen Parr (Elastigirl) has stretch powers like Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic), Violet can turn invisible like Susan Storm (The Invisible Woman), baby Jack Jack can turn himself into a human flame monster like Johnny Storm (The Human Torch)
-Frozone's after shave is Hai Karate, an actual aftershave brand from the 1960s/1970s
-Samuel L. Jackson was cast as Frozone because Brad Bird wanted the character to have the coolest voice
-Attending Helen and Bob's wedding in order: Gazerbeam, Edna 'E' Mode, and government agent Rick Dicker sitting in front row, Dynaguy, Stratogale, Thunderhead, and Metaman in the pew behind them
-The sound effect of the flying saucers over the ground are the sounds of a muffled Indy car
-When Frozone starts skating, his moves are based off Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis

Taken

This is an awesome movie, but scary at the same time because stuff like the white slavery rings and prostitution rings can actually happen

Taken

Plot
-17 year old Kim is the daughter of Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA operative. He retired from the CIA to be nearer to his daughter in California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and rich stepdad Stuart. One day, Kim begs her father to allow her to travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. He later finds out that they will be following U2 around on their summer tour and that they will not be in one place only.

-When they arrive in Paris, they run into a stranger named Peter. Amanda lets it slip they are alone. And that's the advantage the man needs to sell the two girls to a prostitution ring. Kim has barely enough time to call her dad and let him know of the situation before they are gone. Using his CIA skills, Bryan uses the phrase "good luck"  that one of them said and when he arrives in Paris, does a little investigating on his own.

-He then finds the kidnappers and tortures them for information, including sticking metal pins on one mobster's leg and hooking them up to an electrical socket so that every time the light is turned on, he gets a shock.

-So now that he's in Paris, he continues to investigate. And at one point, Bryan is at a private auction where the girls are being sold and he sees his daughter and encourages a man to "buy" her for him. As the movie gets closer to the end, it shows the girls on a small private boat being prepared for this largely obese sheik demanding his girls be sent to him. Bryan and the sheik's bodyguard fight and when he reaches the sheik's room, he holds a knife to Amanda's throat and threatens to kill her. Bryan kills him and he has finally rescued his daughter

Cast
-Liam Neeson: Bryan Mills
-Maggie Grace: Kim
-Leland Orser: Sam
-Jon  Gries: Casey
-David Warshofsky: Bernie
-Holly Valance: Sheerah
-Katie Cassidy: Amanda
-Xander Berkeley: Stuart
-Olivier Rabourdin: Jean-Claude
-Gerard Watkins: St. Clair
-Famke Jansen: Lenore
-Nabil Massad: Sheik Raman

Did You Know?
-The martial arts that Liam Neeson does is something called Nagasu Do. It's a combination of Judo, Aikido and Ju Jitsu
-The singer's name is Sheerah. In Hebrew, shirah means "to sing"
-The knife seen in the final scene in the movie is an Indonesian/Malaysian weapon called a karambit. It has a finger hold, making it hard to disarm

X-Men: The Official Game

I have this game at home. Been forever since I last played.

X-Men: The Official Game

-Video game that covers what happened in X-Men, X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand

-Follows the characters Wolverine, Iceman and Nightcrawler

-Introduces new enemies to the game, such as HYDRA

-Released on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360

-Has several actors from the movie providing voices for their characters, such as:

 1. Hugh Jackman: Wolverine

 

 2. Alan Cumming: Nightcrawler

 

 3. Shawn Ashmore: Iceman

 4. Patrick Stewart: Professor X

 5. Tyler Mane: Sabretooth

Plot
-Professor X asks the X-Men to return to Alkali Lake to get irreplaceable parts for the Cerebro machine. Nightcrawler is given the task of infiltrating the base. Once inside, he discovers that Stryker has a backup plan to destroy the mutants. His plan involves mutant-hunting robots called Sentinels. And together, Storm and Wolverine find the A.I. module for a Sentinel when agents of an organization called HYDRA(terrorists) arrive to take the remaining Sentinels. It's discovered that HYDRA had designed the Sentinels for Stryker. And Wolverine finds that HYDRA has employed Lady Deathstrike.

-Nightcrawler and Colossus work together to destroy the generators at Alkali Lake. Nightcrawler starts being haunted by visions of young Jason Stryker, who is angry and vengeful. He continues to remind Nightcrawler that it was he who left him to die. And it's discovered that Jason Stryker is in fact alive and well. Jason has escaped with HYDRA and now has the Master Mold for the Sentinels. Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike fight and she escapes. Wolverine tells Storm he is following HYDRA and this leads him to follow Lady Deathstrike to Tokyo.

-Iceman also has his own battles to worry about. He is told to fight Pyro, his polar opposite, who is threatening to destroy a nuclear reactor. After fighting, Pyro escapes and Iceman meets up with the rest of the X-Men. Elsewhere, Storm and Nightcrawler must fight Multiple Man, and try to stop him from detonating the Brooklyn Bridge with bombs. After he is defeated, he is sent to a prison for high powere mutants. This storyline is picked up in X-Men: The Last Stand

-Meanwhile, Jason Stryker activates the Master Mold in Tokyo, thus activating the Sentinels. The robots start hunting and capturing mutants, with Iceman setting out to stop it from happening, destroying many of the sentinels.

-Wolverine manages to infiltrate HYDRA's main base and get through the forces. The Silver Samurai is consulting with Lady Deathstrike, telling her his feelings about her dishonor, when Wolverine interrupts and Yuriko tells the Silver Samurai she'll handle him. Yuriko and Wolverine fight, with Logan slicing the rope holding a large wooden platform, taking Yuriko with it. Wolverine then meets up with The Silver Samurai on the roof of the base, who tells him that if Wolverine fights honorably, then he will tell Logan what he wants. Wolverine fights him with honor and the Samurai tells him how to destroy the Sentinels through the Master Mold. Wolverine regroups with the rest of the X-Men and tells them how to defeat the Sentinels

-Xavier then gets in touch with Magneto, telepathically, and asks for his help in facing the Sentinels. Now the X-Men are attacked by newer, Giant Sentinels. Iceman is the only one to defeat the smaller ones. He wipes out these robots as the Master Mold lurks in the near area. Magneto arrives and uses his power of metal control to cursh the Sentinels and Magneto sends Sabretooth to find his newest recruit for the Brotherhood: Jason Stryker

-Nightcrawler is now inside the Master Mold. He must disable the control center while he is aided by a kindly spirit of Jason Stryker, who helps the German speaking mutant through the Mold's body. When he arrives at the Mold's main command center, he sees Jason, who hates the "younger", nicer version of the other Jason, representing the split personality. Wolverine is now in the Master Mols and Jason uses his powers to make Wolverine fight himself in a mental battle in the Weapon X lab. As he tries to get to the Master Mold's head, Jason gets a grip on Nightcrawler by entering his mind and tries to convinc Kurt that he is not a mutant, but a real monster. Nightcrawler is successful in dismantling the Master Mold's command center,. Elsewhere, Iceman destroys the Master Mold's core.

-Sabretooth now knows where Wolverine, Nightcrawler are, by knocking out Nightcrawler and kidnapping Jason Stryker, who is wheelchair-bound. Both Wolverine and Sabretooth duke it out,  with Wolverine throwing Sabretooth from a huge height to be impaled. Jason ends up dying in the battle, with the good side winning, and Nightcrawler telling him it's okay to leave him this time

-The Sentinels, Jason Stryker and the Master Mold are now out of the way. The X-men head home. Nightcrawler talks to Professor X, saying he does not want to be part of the X-men because of the violence that seems to happen, that he is a peaceful man. And with that, Kurt leaves, explaining his absence in X-Men: The Last Stand

Gameplay

Wolverine
-Fighting with him involves lots of enemies and soldiers, armed with weapons. He can put his claws back, but if any button is hit, they are back out again. Wolverine's life meter is represented by a yellow gauge on the screen. He can't lock onto his enemies, but, after a while, he is able to go into Berserker Rage, which increases his strength and life bar and also makes his attacks more lethal

Nightcrawler
-Most missions with Nightcrawler are all about stealth. They have him running along pipes, teleporting. He can teleport to any area. Like Wolverine, Nightcrawler can heal by holding down a button.

Iceman
-Iceman's missions have him riding an ice slide like a skateboarder grinding pipe. They have going at fast speeds while he creates an icy path ahead of him. While doing this, he can also shoot ice missiles at enemies and objects, use an Ice Beam to cool things off, and create a Frost Shield, which will protect him


Here's where you can upgrade Bobby's Ice Beam, Frost Shield, or other talents



Cast
-Alan Cumming: Nightcrawler
-Brad Abell: Colossus
-Shawn Ashmore: Iceman
-Greg Berger: Beast
-Steven Blum: Jason Stryker
-Eric Dane: Multiple Man
-Grey DeLisle: Young Jason Stryker
-Kim Mai Guest: Kitty Pryde
-Hugh Jackman: Wolverine
-Tyler Mane: Sabretooth
-Katherine Morgan: Jean Grey
-Vyvan Pham: Lady Deathstrike
-Dwight Schultz: Magneto
-Patrick Stewart: Professor X
-James Arnold Taylor: Cyclops
-Debra Wilson: Storm
-Steve Van Wormer: Pyro
-Keone Young: Silver Samurai