Sasha Baron Cohen Embarrasses Some Assholes, Part II

[Doctor Rock]

Usually, embarrassing assholes is an amusing, albeit pointless activity... If you do it online.  Very few people have the guts to do it in "real life", where it might dangerous.   But Sasha Baron Cohen as managed to make a living out of it. 

[Doctor Rock]

As far as I'm concerned, this picture explains in part why the last three Stars Wars sucked...

a partial explanation, but it doesn't address the screenplay, which imo, was worse than the cgi.

I'm of the opinion that loads of CGI lead to bead screenplays: instead of working on a logical and coherent history, the director  builds the story in order to connect spectacular CGI scenes together.   The story becomes a pretext to show CGI.  I've compared this way of working to porn movies, where the story, if there's one, is just a pretext to scenes of fucking.  

[Jeff]

I knew The Phlaccid Menace was gonna suck as soon as I saw the opening crawl. A sci-fi epic about regional trade disputes amongst the members of a federated government? Jesus christ, that's a snoozer.

Speaking of crap sci-fi, I watched about 15 minutes of that NBC minseries about meteor strikes, Impact. Now both I and the wife are science nerds with a weak spot for tales of mass disaster. And they tried, as unlikely as the premise is, to find real shreds of science to hang the sensationalism on. Problem was, that meant laying so much expository pipe that nearly every word out of someone's mouth (even children) was setup for the background science.

Plus, it had Natasha Henstridge as a respected astronomer, which just made me giggle.

[captqitn]

Mornin y'all!


Jesse once again makes me hungry first thing in morning.    I didn't know LA had a Two Boots pizza.    Oy, that shit is yummers.      Bayou Beast in that photo, my personal fave.

[Tripp]

I watched about a minute of IMPACT last night.. what a pile of crap..  check out Virtuality though..

[Jesse]

Pretty mellow weekend. Did my research and bought a fancy barbecue, which we'll put into use on Saturday. We planned to have our "media room" finished by the 4th of July, but we haven't exactly... started yet. But I went ahead and got my projection TV anyway, so we're going to use the living room wall as a screen for the time being. It arrives on Wednesday... not sure what movie to use for the maiden voyage of the machine... thinking something cliche but classic, like '2001' or 'Lawrence of Arabia'.

[Jeff]

We've pinpointed a range/frequency of noises that scare the living crap out of Simon. He's not afraid of loud noises in general, just loud, sudden, guttural, vibrating stuff--motorcycles starting, large animal growls (as overheard from tv--not like we go on safari a lot) and worst of all, me sneezing. I am a ferociously loud sneezer, the kind that total strangers whip their heads around to get a sight of when they hear the sound.

And although my kid is crazy about me and generally thinks I can do no wrong, when I sneeze, he's inconsolable for 5-10 minutes. Maybe he's just worried about my health.

[Jeff]

Those are both sound choices, Jesse. May as well rock a nice Blu-Ray of a 70mm print if you want the full effect.

What kind of projection tv did you get? And what kind of grill? Tech nerds want to know.

[captqitn]

2001 seems like a good choice.


We had our big yard sale this weekend and general just got all of baby mama's crap together for the move this weekend.

Best find:  And autographed 8X10 of Keir Dullea  (actor who played Dave Bowman) to Aaron from when he hosted a screening at the local historical theater.

Aaron was only 4 at the time, so he didn't totally get it.    But he was psyched yesterday when I showed him, as he's now a big fan of the movie.

[Jeff]

One of my favorite scenes ever:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ukeHdiszZmE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ukeHdiszZmE</a>

[Doctor Rock]

I've tried to get my stepdaughter interested in 2001, but she doesn't like it much.  Too slow, she says. 

Kids these days... 

[Tripp]

if you're going with David Lean stuff I prefer Bridge on the River Kwai..

[captqitn]

Madoff just got the full 150 years in prison.

Seems like the right call.     He'll die there anyway, not much point in the symbolism of a shorter sentence.

[Jesse]

Those are both sound choices, Jesse. May as well rock a nice Blu-Ray of a 70mm print if you want the full effect.

What kind of projection tv did you get? And what kind of grill? Tech nerds want to know.

The grill is a Char-Broil Red "infrared" 3-grill model. Consumer Reports gave it stellar ratings, a bunch of grill-centric message boards said that last year's model is the one to go for, and since our local Home Depot (I know, I know...) had a few in stock...



As for the projector, I did a ridiculous amount of research and realized that I couldn't afford what I wanted. Then, a couple of months ago, my Mom called to tell me that I was receiving a check for a few thousand dollars from my grandmother's estate (she passed away this year after a too-long bout with Alzheimer's). So our plans for a den are back on - now to be called "The Evelyn Miller Memorial Den". Our first and biggest purchase, the Panasonic PT-AE3000U:

[captqitn]

I made the sesssy sessy music for this food&fucking website video.    seductionmeals.com

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/vF5yj7iHvF4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/vF5yj7iHvF4</a>


hoping to get jobs like this on a more routine basis, so keep yr ears open for me.    i sell out at the drop of a hat.