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Funny People Funny People (FP) is both amusing and touching at the same time. FP isn’t Judd Apatow best or funniest movie, but it certainly is his most personal film to date. It feels like a faithful nod to the stand-up clubs scenes of today. With a few glaring story structural flaws, the movie still manages to be better written than most of the family seasonal comedies that have come out recently. If you give this movie a chance, it will be rewarding to most. The story focuses in on two comedians at opposite ends of the comedy scene. Adam Sandler plays George Simmons . Simmons is just another version of Sandler. He makes major motion pictures that aren’t exactly that good, but are popular and family friendly. His is a mixture between Eddie Murphy and Sandler. So, Sandler is playing himself here. The other character is Seth Rogen , and he plays the up-in-coming Ira Wright . Here, he is just playing himself as well. These two comedians find common grou...

Quartz (transformers watch) While listening to the Mighty Sabo podcast , they mentioned the old Quartz watches that transformed into tiny robots. I remember having two of these watches. I believe I had the black one. But, they came in different colors. What was cool with the watch was it was actual functioning watch, but was also a toy too. I remember every boy had one of these watches. I would totally sport one of these watches today. Zico made the ones outside the US/Canada regions. However, I do remember some kids having the Zico ones though. You can buy one on E-Bay for about 25 bucks give or take . Man, this brings back memories. ________________________________________ BTW, this picture of Megan Fox came up when I did a search for pics for this topic. I'm sure she is on the phone with her agent trying to get out of showing up for Transformers III.

C hanging my stance on Miley Cyrus ... I used to view Cyrus as no more than a prepackaged Disney product that only the masses of little girls found interesting. I never really gave her much thought and simply overlooked her as an entertainer. Now, she has my complete and utter support. She hates Twilight and doesn't understand the appeal. From MB.com , (("I don't believe in it," said Miley in an interview.. "I don't like vampires. I don't like the wolf that pops out of the screen when I'm watching my TV at night. I don't like it. I don't want anything to do with it. I don't like the shirts. I don't like any of it." )) I like vampires, but not emo ones that sparkle. Tell us how you really feel about the Twilight fans, Miley. ((“I think it’s a cult. I think it’s bad. I think it’s, like, just people get too [much] into it. I feel really lame because everyone is so excited and I’m like, ‘Don’t even talk about it,’” she ...

Ripper (1996) ( Wiki Page ) Here's the amusing Let's Play of the game. Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Do you remember those “interactive” exploring puzzle games? They were all the rage back in the 90s. And the fuzzy FMV scenes were in many of the videogames at the time. Ripper was one of those games with an outstanding cast of actors, but it is clear that most of these actor are phoning it in. Christopher Walken : He is just playing himself here, just a little sillier. I can’t believe they got him for this crappy videogame. He plays such a big role too. Burgess Meredith : This one of his last roles before his death. You can clearly tell that he isn’t all the way there. He looks very sick, yet he sounds more like his character from Batman. Was this really the way people wanted to remember him? Karen Allen : Yes, that Karen Allen. You can tell she isn’t happy about doing this role. I feel bad for her because her career wasn’t exactly on fire during the mid...

Steve Kragthorpe fired from Louisville From the Courier Journal, ((The University of Louisville fired head football coach Steve Kragthorpe Saturday after a tumultuous three seasons. Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said he made his decision “mid-week” and met with Kragthorpe in the morning to tell him of the decision to terminate his contract, which had two years remaining.)) I’m no sports fan and this is neither a sports blog, but it should be noted that the big news to come out of Louisville is the loser coach Steve Kragthorpe has been fired from U of L. He was able to get fired from his job from sheer suck-ness and without any sex scandals or other issues. I hate going to sporting events and watching them on TV, but even I knew that Kragthorpe was a terrible coach. (I haven’t seen a single game from his losing seasons.) When you get a non-sports fans attention, you must be doing something wrong. Part of me feels bad for him, but he just wasn't cutting it....

Chris Brown's Crawl First off, the hot chick that looks like Rihanna is named Cassandra Ventura . She has the walk and look of Rihanna down in this video. I have to agree with the writer in the EW post , something is very uncomfortable about this video. Listening to the lyrics, it is certainly a 'love letter' to Rihanna. He talks about having “one more chance” throughout the song. It feels like this is merely another PR move in order to save his career, but the song isn't that bad. I just can't get that image of Rihanna's beaten-up face out of my mind every time I see Chris Brown. Sorry, Chris, I can't forget that. The actual video isn't that bad, but the Rihanna hairstyle is a bit much. Notes: -MJ Style: He even does a Michael Jackson tribute. But, I'm not sure if he's a Jumper, because he jumps from the wet streets of a nameless city to the middle of a desert. -Did someone fool with the heating controls in his hotel room...

Jay Leno: “Hey, don’t you want your old time slot back?” Conan O’Brien: “Maybe Later.” ______________________________________ Urban Terms MC has inspired me to start doing a few of these again, and I have some spare time to do it this week. So, let's go through a few of these amusing terms shall we? Stress to Impress : ((Temporary anxiety caused by the need or want to show off a certain skill in front of a person or group. The skill can usually be attained unless others are watching, causing the stress.)) Comment: I've never heard of this one before, but I guess it means showing off. I guess when a boss walks around or a hot chick comes around to watch you. turkey bark : ((Farting after eating turkey.)) Comment: Who knew Turkeys could bark or fart? I knew that eating turkey could make you sleep, but causing you fart is a new one on me. So, does that mean the person that smells the turkey fart will fall asleep? Trailer Fraud : ((When a trailer mi...

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths trailer Well, that certainly looked entertaining. The storyline seems to be loosely based on the Crime Syndicate of America storylines that involve Earth-Three superheroes. What is interesting about this new Justice League project is that it was supposed to be a set in the DCAU . The producers planned on having this movie as a prequel set right before the switch from Justice League to Justice League Unlimited. They took that script and removed all the DCAU info and made it a separate story outside the DCAU. That is a real shame because I still think there are still some stories to be told in the DCAU. I think this one and the Superman/Batman movies could have easily worked in the DCAU.

Get your freak on, Katie! Random Thoughts ~Crocodile Tears: I am always amazed when I get referenced from a site or message board. It seems I am linked to a cool site that explains idioms in a dictionary form . You can see the link is connected to my post on the crocodile tears page . In 2005, I wouldn't believe everything that has happened to me because of this blog. I still can't myself. BTW, I will be using this site like I do with the urban dictionary. ~Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: I rented the first DVD and I have to say I am enjoying what I am watching so far. The series follows closely with the continuity of the first two movies, but resets the events in Terminator III, but doesn't exactly ignore it either. Here's hoping the show doesn't turn the characters too emo. ~ My Life in Ruins vs. I Hate Valentine's Day : I ended up getting confused and thinking these two Nia Vardalos movies were the same damn movie. Nia even wrote both...

Shrek Forever After (Shrek IV ) Yes, that is the title for the fourth Shrek movie that's coming out on May 21, 2010. I'll admit that I liked the first movie and loved the second movie in the series. I thought those two movie combined were good pop cultural stories that gave a huge middle finger to Disney. The franchise hit the wall when they shoehorned in the third Shrek movie. It was by the numbers and not very funny. With this supposedly being the last film in the Shrek main set of movies, Dreamworks can redeem themselves with this fourth movie. Though, I highly doubt it. Plus, I'm willing to bet this won't be the last one. I would also like to point out that John Lithgow will be reprising his role as Lord Farquaad. Is anyone really looking forward to this new Shrek IV?

You would think a vampire that’s been around for a long time would understand how to fix his damn hair in non-D-bag manner. ______________________________ Twlight II makes a lot of money. “ $72.7 million...has the world lost it? I'm done with this planet. ” I wrote this statement on my facebook when I noticed the box office returns for the opening day to the Twilight: New Moon movie. I was bit angry with that, but someone from Film School Reject radio mentioned that this was essentially the female version of Transformers II Revenge of the Fallen. I realized it doesn’t matter what I think, because the unwashed masses will see it anyway. And, at this point, it really doesn’t matter because the damn movie has made $153 million. The person I really feel bad for because of this sequel’s success is director Catherine Hardwicke . She was the director of the first movie (Twilight) and pretty much even the most hardcore fans hated the movie. (Yet, they made it a su...

Tila Tequila and her live Ustream Meltdown She reminds me of that girl at the party that gets a little too drunk and starts stripping down to her panties and making a complete ass of herself. She's the one that ruins a party because it is more sad than alluring. Usually when someone goes bat-crap crazy it is behind closed doors. But, Internet/Reality show hack Tila Tequila had her nervous breakdown live on her U stream Channe l. Thousands got to see her sitting around naked and spouting out illogical nonsense (instead of logical nonsense). Keep in mind, Tila usually sluts it up on her Ustream channel by first talking to her audience and then going into a striptease on air. She never really shows any nudity per say, but this was a little different. While she was naked, she went off on her (possible D-Bag) ex-boyfriend NFL Shawne Merriman. (I think MC saw my reaction to one of her PG-13 strip shows this year.) You can check out a portion of her naked meltdown here ...

Vadim Ponorovsky (One mean a-hole) There is so much wrong with this story that I don’t know where to begin. In New York, there is a restaurant named Paradou. Well, owner of this establishment went off on a little tirade in an E-mail to his employees. This letter comes from Gawker where you can find out more about this story. From the letter, ((Please read this email carefully. This is the last time we will be discussing this. )) Okay, sounds okay to me. It goes downhill from here. ((This weekend, saturday and sunday we had 451 customers. Guess how many emails we collected? 60? 80? 40? No. None of those. We, or more acurately you, collected 2 emails. Thats less than half of one percent. 2 fucking emails.)) You see the owner wants his waiters to collect E-mail addresses in order to contact the customers about things involving the restaurant. He’s attacking his staff because he just got two e-mails out of 451. What he doesn’t understand is not everyone wants to...

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan Coming from a passing fan of the show, I enjoyed the movie. I actually feel it is a more fulfilling movie than Battlestar Galactica: Razor . It plays with a lot of time jumps and a large expansive cast. Part of the credit goes to the writers for making it understandable for even part-time fans. There are many nice little character moments throughout this story. Director Edward James Olmos is a very good director, but he’s only done a few movies here and there. I’ve come to enjoy both movies Walkout and American Me . Olmos transfers his street gritty style into this movie. But, Olmos sometimes goes too far with the camera movements, and it gets a little too shaky. However, his footage does fit with the episodes the story runs concurrently with throughout the series. Let it be known that this is Dean Stockwell ’s movie. The movie pretty much surrounds him. His Brother Cavil is the driving force behind the movie. Stockwell...

Random Stuff ~ Erin Andrews stalker : All stalkers are crazy, but this Michael David Barrett takes it a step further in the stalker department. He followed Erin around wherever she went and called various hotels to find out where she was staying. He used a camera through the peephole. This is a new low. Well, he has been charged with it. ~Glee: Man, this show is surprisingly good. I mean sure the show is fluffy, but there are some great drama moments throughout and superb character development. I'm also surprised how well the show is handling the gay issue, and this is on a Fox network. The latest episode is probably one of the best written episodes this season. The episodes deals with a lot of current issues going on today. They even make the main villain have a heart in this episode. ~ Dalia Dippolito video hiring contract killer (Undercover Cop) video : This is chilling because she sits there and chats about finding money to hire him to kill her husband like ...

2012 Supernova (Wow, that’s original!) I guess this cheap knock off wanted to ride on the coattails of the other 2012 movie. The studio behind this movie, with the fitting name of The Asylum, has made other movies like this one. The funny thing is the studio isn’t making those spoof movies or those porn parodies, but cheap knock offs that are played completely seriously. They’re just cheaper than the ones they’re copying off of. The director of this “wonderful” piece of movie magic is Anthony Fankhauser . Looking at his IMDB, I see other knock off works he’s been producer on. Uwe Boll would be proud of this guy. Hell, he might be related to Mr. Boll. Snakes on a Train : Would you like them on a boat or on a goat? Would you like them on a plane or a train? Really, Snakes on a Train? Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls : Well, the other Quatermain movies weren’t that good either. 100 Million BC : I just have to laugh at this one. Journey...

S pencer Pratt and Heidi Montag vs. The Insider What a great video! First off, is Spencer’s hair is extra Douche Baggy-ness in the video. I love how the interview turns into a five year old argument. Sure it is an act, but why not start a beef with someone like Ice Cube or that Transporter dude? As I stated before, starting a fight with the (Al Roker) wimpiest newsman in the world doesn’t make you a badass. Then you get owned by Roker is just priceless. A billion didn’t tune in to see you, Heidi. And, maybe it's just me, but Heidi's face seems to be getting longer and longer. (I'm I calling her a horse face?)

That New Reebok Commercial (Easy Tone) You tell me why I really enjoy this commercial. While watching Glee on Hulu, this ad came up. I did something I thought I’d ever do for an ad; I paused it and restarted it…twice. “Better legs and a better with every step,” says the commercial. At two points, the cameraman scrolls down on the woman’s butt and lingers. Any shoe company that is willing to do that has my vote, and thank goodness there isn’t a dud version of this add. Maybe because I am a dude, I’d like to see more of these ads. I've been looking everywhere to find out who the woman is in this video. She is obviously an athlete of some kind, because her body looks like a runner's body. So, now people are talking about this ad because of its “butt” focus . People have to remember this is what Reebok wants. The more “sexism” controversy they can drum up, the more free press they get, and more market share they can gain. (Reebok: Take that Nike.) And...

A walk through some Alan Silvestri scores Judge Dredd Score Wow, the score is even better than I remember. For a while Alan Silvestri stopped writing scores like this and wrote smaller scores. He would write grand themes with huge orchestras. Remember, he wrote the music to Predator 1 & 2, and Back to the Future 1-3. There is a certain sound that comes with Alan Silvestri (Early Silvestri) that you can spot his work just by listening to it. Here is the direction Alan has taken recently. Tomb Raider II The Mexican I love his score here because it is a complete departure to his other works. And, it really is a throwback to the old Western movies. He is clearly channeling and paying tribute to Ennio Morricone ’s wonderful scores from the 60’s and 70s. He even has the Native American drums and chanting! Listen for it at the 8:55 mark.