I don't agree with Republicans at all and in fact I think as they become more and more beholden to the fringe elements of their party, they're becoming outright dangerous to society. That said, Amazing Race is a fucking good show. They're right to watch it.
I wasn't disappointed. I remember watching the first episode of The Tonight Show that Conan hosted and I felt like I was holding my breath the whole time, fearful that the audience wouldn't laugh and wouldn't understand what he was doing. Last night felt pretty much like every episode of Late Night, which was rather nice after so many Tonight Show eggshells. But to Tanis & Gabe's points (I think), "Conan" was almost surprisingly familiar. I thought perhaps the new format would be different, but alas the tried-and-true template remains. And we all could care less about celeb interviews, so why does it continue? Conan doesn't even enjoy them, I suspect. In fact, the only hosts in recent memory who are actually good at interviews are Ferguson, Kilborn, and Kimmel. Anyways, the celeb interviews just bring the show to a screetching halt, and I wish they'd find a new way.
Someone tell me, is the Jimmy Fallon thing really working? I don't bother with it. I watched a few episodes early on and they were brutal and I haven't gone back. Gabe is maybe sympathetic because he knows people who work on the show? I don't know anyone who watches it, so I'm just wondering if others agree that it's getting better. Also, I'm much more skeptical than Gabe about The Fallon Show being this innovative, forward-thinking, illusory-walls-coming-down program. Again, I just don't know anyone who's always saying, "Hey, check out this hot Fallon twitter with a tiny url to a sweet YouTube of the Roots doing stuff last night." ???
While I very much enjoy Gabe's bleak and most assuredly fair & accurate dismantling of "Bride Wars," a part of me can't help but wish Lindsay was still around to add her two cents about a movie like this. I guess I just still miss Lindsay sometimes, that's all. Lindsay, wherever you are, I hope you're well! If you can hear me, how much do you hate "Bride Wars?" Thanks.
Just wanted to second that. If they handed out Clios or Dundee awards for "Best Mad Men Recap On A Blog The Next Day," Gabe, you'd be the lock of the week. Well done, young man.
Mike Cox is THE WORST!! As a Michigander, I've had a front row seat to observe his constant failure. Let's see. Aside from being a smug asshole every time he speaks, he's also a values conservative who's also an admitted adulterer. He tried his damnedest to repeal health care reform - you know, the one that helps more people get the medical treatment they need. Best of all, he helped cover up the legendary Manoogian Mansion party wherein Detroit's then mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick (who is now in jail), held a rollicking party at the Mayor's Mansion which ultimately led to the murder of a stripper named Strawberry. Cox closed down the investigation and claims the party never happened (this after a private meeting between he & Kilpatrick). The good news is that he ran for governor this year and lost miserably, because Mike Cox is a giant, disgusting failure, and I'm so glad you're all aware of how awful he is!
ps. the guy who looks like he will be the next governor of Michigan is named Rick Snyder and his campaign slogan is "One Tough Nerd." True story.
Please help me remember how the whole Don Draper / Dick Whitman thing works. The real Don Draper was killed in Korea, but the military thought he was Dick Whitman. Okay. So Jon Hamm takes the name Don Draper to leave Korea since the government thinks he's dead. Couldn't he have taken any identity? Or invented a new one? Why did he take on the name Don Draper is my question. How did it benefit him at all? Thank you monsters. I bid you good day.
Wow. He really was just the worst, wasn't he? Not that I even know what we're talking about right now because none of it ever happened. But still. So awful. (btw, up-votes X 1,000 for Josh).
So much better than the little kid recaps. What was he called? Ben maybe? Or was it Benji? I dunno. I'm just so glad he's not writing for videogum anymore. Sorry kiddo.
I, too, don't think half of these movies deserve the scorn of The Hunt. However, I'm comfortable knowing "Bride Wars," "Couples Retreat" and most assuredly "Amelia" are bad enough to carry the slack. "Nothing But Trouble" is also a contender, maybe even the favorite to win it all.
I think Tim Burton went from making good movies to shitty remakes and/or adaptations of stories that have already been told much better. I think his - what some might call unique visual style - is supposed to justify the making and remaking of these films, but I think the reality is that his aesthetic has become lazy and overly cartoonish. Pair that with Burton's inability to tell a cohesive / interesting story and you've got the makings of potential All Time failures. Sure, Hollywood makes plenty of below average movies. I could nominate dreck like "RV" or "Soulplane" but those movies had very low bars to begin with. However, when you attempt to remake an actual great movie like Willy Wonka and you fail, the degree of failure is all the greater.
I actually despise all of the movies I listed, like I actually hold grudges against them. I think they are proof that we are becoming dumber as a society. We go and pay hard earned money to watch these movies in theaters for $10 then we buy them on blu-ray. We pay for 3-D glasses. They always suck and we always go back and pay for them again. I'm tired of it. These movies exist already. Johnny Depp throwing on some clown make-up and trying to act eccentric does not improve anything. Adding back-stories to characters whose back-stories were never important and actually make their characters less interesting does not improve anything. I could go on. I hate these movies, I will not let my children watch them past the age of 6, I hate that they exist, and they absolutely belong in The Hunt.
Sorry, but I must add "Momento" to my list of Movies I Don't Like As Much As Everyone Else. Maybe I just don't like Guy Pearce very much? I dunno. But I just watched "Momento" a few weeks ago. I like Nolan's movies usually. It didn't do it for me. Sorry again. I know it's beloved or something close to that. I blame myself.
Sorry if these have been nominated already, but I need to mention them:
5. Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow"
4. Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes"
3. M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening"
2. Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones"
1. Tim Burton's "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"
honorable mentions: M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" (gratefully, "Lady in the Water" has already been nominated), Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," "The Blind Side."
You are wrong. so, so very wrong. Few films have achieved the brilliance of "Taken," my friend. so quotable. so entertaining. "This next part's very important: they're going to take you."
This might not be the time or place, but in the spirit of Mr. Winwood's contrarian nominations, can I just say that I definitely don't find "LA Confidential" to be as good as it's supposed to be. I'm sure I should be mentioning a thousand other movies before this one, but in my own personal Hunt for the Movie I Didn't Enjoy As Much As Everyone Else, "LA Confidential" would be right up there.
Hey "Steve Winwood," I think the previous poster is referencing the movie 2012, not LOST. But perhaps I am misunderstanding you. If so I apologize. Good day sir.
yes yes yes. preach.
maybe the Third Eagle of the Apocalypse was right all along. In fact, I just poured myself a stiff drink and hit play on "It's Prophesied (End Times Anthem)." I'm listening to it and I'm not fighting it anymore. I'm letting it wash over me with a defeated gaze on my face. I'm laughing hysterically except I might be crying. I'm not sure anymore.
SPOILER ALERT: So everyone's standing around by the water and the lighting is very dim, and someone's like, "Hey Elijah Wood, when exactly did you become such a douche bag? Because I liked you when you were a kid actor but now I just don't know you anymore. You seem to be trying to do an accent of some kind? And you're always wearing tight vintage sweaters and skinny jeans and you look like a poser kind of? I mean you were pretty good in 'The Good Son' and 'Huckleberry Finn' and you're really good in 'The Ice Storm.' And then what happened? Did pretending to live in Narnia or whatever for 10 years do something to you? What I'm saying is: I want the real Elijah Wood to come back. Is he in there? Please, are YOU still in there somewhere?"
And then he's all: "I...I...?" and he swallows his tongue and dies right in front of everyone. And then when Katie Holmes is like, "Hey, mojitos!!" everyone gets distracted and forgets about poor Elijah.
AND THEN, (and maybe I'm borrowing from John Carpenter's "The Thing" here) dead Elijah's head separates from his body and grows spider legs and crawls into the darkness. All the cool kids are partying and decide to go inside to play Boggle or whatever and the last person forgets to shut the back door. We watch as Elijah's Spider Head crawls through the backdoor. We hear awful screams as the screen fades to black.
We're 2 for 4 on Ghostbusters selling-out and voicing shitty CGI cartoon characters. Murray as Garfield. Akroyd as Yogi. Next up: Egon as Jabberjaws and Winston as Huckleberry Hound!!???
I particularly enjoy the climactic lyrical conclusion wherein Our Gentle Performer changes the words of the final refrain from "some will live and some will die," to: "some will live, much more will die." I know I was startled upon learning that so many of us will die. Previously I thought only a few of us would end up dying, but I guess I was wrong about that. Good luck to each of you.
I'm trying to deal with it, but I feel like lebron ruined The League a little bit yet yesterday. The best players are supposed to compete against each other thus creating the human drama that is Sports. But this graphic helps me. I will begin to deal. Thx!!
"Nuke the bastards."
- Bill Pullman, Independence Day
Clearly nuking the ocean is the clear solution and we didn't need James Cameron to tell us that. We needed Bill Pullman.
On the Scales of Happiness in my life, this might not have moved the scales in happiness's favor a lot, but IT DID move it some. And that's all that really matters, right? Particularly around the :48 second mark, the scales move actually quite a bit!
I am henceforth calling myself Metaphor Costumes because that is amazing. You don't know me Gabe, but many thanks are in order, for you have given me a name. Huzzah! May your Light-Hole shine on for all eternity!
Also, if they knew what they were doing from the start, Jack probably wouldn't have dated those skeletons at around 40-50 years of deterioration back in the pilot episode (per other people who told me that so it must be true).
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