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THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF MICHAEL BIEHN, FINALLY
I like to imagine that instead of this diatribe coming from Aaron Sorkin it's actually spoken by one of the West Wing characters (preferably Josh, though that doesn't seem likely), in an actual confrontation with Sarah Palin, who is also a character on the West Wing, and not an actual person voted into a position of government by real Americans.
Ahem..."Solsbury Hill." I'll grab my things; I'm going to take me home.
I don't understand the tone of this movie. The preview with the horrible cutesy/weird voiceover (please Hollywood, no more voiceovers for anything, ever) leaves me confused. It's like the disconnect of the College Humor/Salisbury Hill Shining re-cut, EXCEPT THEY MADE THIS WRONG TO BEGIN WITH???
I couldn't agree more re: the sisters' conversation. That was very melodramatic, lazy writing. It was that scene that made me start really hating this show's writing. Bad dialogue can be grating in a way that is hard to forgive. Basically, I've seen quite a few shops [bad dialog] in my time.
Yeah, but "Pumpkin segregation forever" from two Halloweens ago was probably one of the funniest things I've ever heard on the Simpsons. I know this wasn't your point, but I don't really understand why so many people say the Simpsons is so bad and has been for ten years or whatever, because in my mind, it's still the Simpsons, and still smarter and better than most crap out there. I agree that this year's Halloween episode was meh, though. I think I am just not swayed by the "current Simpsons ruins old Simpsons because nostalgia" argument that many people support.
Lock Stock ain't just for the dudes. MEEEE-OOOOOOWW
"Oh, now I have three kids and no money. I wish I had no kids and three money!" -Homer
I thought of this when they called the fairies "fae" on the show, because it just sounds like a purposeful amalgamation. "Fae" = "fake and gay."
When Jason Stackhouse brought Tara that breakfast-in-bed-recovery-from-trauma tray, it made me think maybe this show needs like, 500 more breakfast-in-bed-recovery-from-trauma trays, per character, per episode. Not to mention one for each viewer.
Why do I feel like these are all Nic Cage movies waiting to happen?
I'm still lolling over 'that one black kid from the Wire."
My reaction to this movie reminded me a lot of my reaction to the South Park movie: I laughed hard throughout both, but much of the laughter was "shock" laughter (especially during the ghost and non-ghost sex). I don't know how funny I would think it was if I saw it again. Still, I think this is getting hit too hard by critics. Will Forte is so talented, and McGruber's character made me die (the soft rock, the car stereo, etc.).
Millhouse (evil Locke) bought Bart's (everyone except Michael and Walt) soul(s), but then Lisa (Jack) bought it back for $5 (delusional dream sequence) and they all rowed off to heaven (heaven) together.
He has a fascination with sentient life, you know, a fascination with eating it.
Maybe this is beyond picky, but "The police discovered four bodies early this morning. All of them had been tortured and brutally murdered" makes it sound as if the killer was killing "bodies" instead of people, which is...weird. No self-respecting newscaster would fuck the chicken like that. Am I using that right?
This WMOAT doesn't even begin to describe how bad this movie really is. Though it did pioneer the "lap dance yourself out of a jam" move: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI6RjglvMjY
The best comment on that article: "There is no reality and everything is permissible." I can't figure out if I want to make a joke here about hippies, grad students, the Matrix, or some spectacularly awful combination of the three.
New in Town? More like Poo in Town, AMIRITE?!
Yay for picking Domino! Boo to picking The Notebook! I'm a girl!
This is my first comment, and I would like to devote it to agreeing wholeheartedly with both Smokin' Aces and Domino. Smokin' Aces has some of the worst Piven ever, and Domino truly has to be seen to be be-heaved (get it? Barfs!).
I'm confused about the general reaction to True Blood. Is it possible that it's purposely campy and in some way self-conscious about its own ridiculousness (e.g., the BBC Robin Hood)? This show is stupid in many ways, but I still love it. So let the true True Blood audience have its fun--that is, and audience of grad students who are too old/coherent for Twilight, and stream HBO on the internet.