July 05, 2010
— Gabriel Malor I'm out for a while, so tawk amongst yaselves.
Some movie stuff to get ya buzzing is below the fold. The first action shot of Jason Momoa as Conan:
Still underwhelmed?
And the squee-tastic poster for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Yes, I'll be seeing all three films. (And I'm gonna enjoy 'em too.)
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Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 09:45 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 09:46 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: Ed Anger at July 05, 2010 09:46 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 09:47 AM (132iP)
Posted by: Conan at July 05, 2010 09:49 AM (IhQuA)
Why are they releasing HP7 in two parts? Is it to better capture the spirit of the book or just bilk movie-goes for even more dough?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 01:46 PM (9hSKh)
Ding-ding-ding, winner, winner chicken dinner. I forked over $32.50 the other day for The Last Airbender. Yep, its true, a fool and his money will part.
Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 09:49 AM (t72+4)
You couldn't pay me to watch those movies.
The first for very obvious reasons.
Harry Potter? Never understood it. Esp for adults. I'd be scare that Queen Olbermann would sit besides me in a magicians hat. Some things you can never unsee....
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 05, 2010 09:50 AM (IIQIM)
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2010 09:51 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 09:51 AM (132iP)
They are remaking Predator with Michael Cera as Dutch.
Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 01:47 PM (132iP)
So far Topher Grace, Adrian Brody and now Michael Cera, seriously? Its like they're going for an all out beta-male vibe in this remake.
Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 09:51 AM (t72+4)
They ceased being children's books after about the 4th one. By the time they reached the 6th it was all dark fantasy.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2010 09:53 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 09:53 AM (132iP)
Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 01:47 PM (132iP)
And Urkel is taking over the Carl Weathers spot.
Posted by: Conan at July 05, 2010 09:54 AM (IhQuA)
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 05, 2010 09:54 AM (UCHP/)
17 But why were adults reading them in the first place?
(pass if you have kids, otherwise, it's nonsense.)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 05, 2010 09:55 AM (IIQIM)
Dude, I made that up. If it had been true, the oceans would boil and the Earth would collapse into a micro-black hole and vanish.
Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 01:53 PM (132iP)
However the part about Topher Grace and Adrian Brody is true. Not mention a 450 lb. Larry Fishburne is also in it.
Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 09:55 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 05, 2010 09:56 AM (IIQIM)
Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 09:56 AM (132iP)
They ceased being children's books after about the 4th one. By the time they reached the 6th it was all dark fantasy.
The fourth one should come with an extreme parental warning. I think it's almost darker than the fifth.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at July 05, 2010 09:56 AM (1TvCg)
Posted by: gator at July 05, 2010 09:57 AM (aOKEC)
My grandson had the entire series and I started the series because I was out of fresh material. The current run of writers with one book every two years just can't keep up.
After I finished the first one I thought it was pretty good so I read them all.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2010 09:57 AM (6taRI)
Posted by: davidt at July 05, 2010 09:58 AM (HtIec)
I call this post "America and the Death of Shame".
Posted by: gator at July 05, 2010 01:57 PM (aOKEC)
Thank you. I really didn't want lunch anyway.
Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 09:59 AM (t72+4)
Yeah, Harry Potter is so silly.
Posted by: Twilight gator, member of Team Jacob at July 05, 2010 09:59 AM (aOKEC)
That could be true. I was working from memory there from a few years ago. I knew it was around the 4th one when they started getting dark.
And true, I would not recommend any of them around and after the 4th one to very young kids.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2010 09:59 AM (6taRI)
Funny, I was making a sound similar to that while watching the video. Mine had a happier ending though.
Posted by: Guy who Loves Whales at July 05, 2010 10:00 AM (IhQuA)
Thank you for posting that link. I'm sure it will help immensely with my weight-loss goals.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 10:01 AM (9hSKh)
You're gaotse'n us, motherfucker. I don't care who you are back in the world, you give away our sexual position one more time, I'll bleed ya, real quiet. Leave ya here. Got that?
Posted by: Perez Hilton as Mac at July 05, 2010 10:01 AM (t72+4)
Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 10:02 AM (132iP)
Men: this is what happens when you go to see creepy tween movies.
No doubt he died of shame.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 05, 2010 02:01 PM (IIQIM)
I wonder if he was caught in a stampede of overweight middle aged women ?
Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 10:03 AM (t72+4)
Harry Potter and the Secret Locker Room Parts I and II
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 05, 2010 10:04 AM (KPT/i)
I get a tinyurl fail page when I click on that.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 05, 2010 10:05 AM (KPT/i)
Here we are again bro... Just you and me. Same kind of moon same kind of jungle. Real number 10 remember... Whole chorus line, 32 men chopped into meat... We walk out of that Chippendale's show just you and me, nobody else. Right on top huh? Not a scratch... Not a fuckin' scratch. You know who ever got you. They'll come back again. And when he does I'm gonna cut your name right into him... I'M GONNA CUT YOUR NAME RIGHT INTO HIS COCK WITH MY TEETH!
Posted by: Perez Hilton as Mac at July 05, 2010 10:06 AM (t72+4)
Do not worry - the cat is ensconced in one of the massive fat folds. Much cushioning there, yes?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 10:07 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: The Great Satan™ at July 05, 2010 10:10 AM (BedzM)
She called it big body parts, and I call the fat folds the best place to hid M&M's or lose the clicker.
Posted by: Fish at July 05, 2010 10:10 AM (v1gw3)
Men:this is what happens when you go to see creepy tween movies.
No doubt he died of shame.
The Goat did!
Posted by: Kemp at July 05, 2010 10:10 AM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 05, 2010 10:10 AM (KPT/i)
You don't sell 70 million damn books just cause you whipped out a cute kids story. She's got some deep stuff in there, she only lets you experience it and doesn't tell you about it.
Life, death, loss, perseverance against all odds, victory. The Potter books have my highest accolade which is "multi-reads" books I'll read more than once (at least).
I picked up the first one about the time the third one came to see what all the fuss was about. Ripped through it and the next and the next then started over again.
Posted by: Kyle Kiernan at July 05, 2010 10:11 AM (ElIcD)
We're gonna need a bigger boat, 'Nam Grunt.
Posted by: gator at July 05, 2010 10:16 AM (aOKEC)
Discrimination!
http://tinyurl.com/5gor6f
Posted by: Billy Goat, Goat Pimp at July 05, 2010 10:17 AM (2+9Yx)
How was it Blazer, Was it as lifeless and unable to generate emotion as it looked? Did M. Night decide he needed to shove his short annoying ass into this one too?
Posted by: buzzion at July 05, 2010 02:14 PM (oVQFe)
Its every bit as bad as you can imagine it is. My 15 yr. old and 11 yr. old fell asleep halfway through and it was a matinee.
Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 10:19 AM (t72+4)
Funny, I was making a sound similar to that while watching the video. Mine had a happier ending though.
Well, then, here's your palate cleanser.
It doesn't have much of a beat, but you can eat to it.
Posted by: gator at July 05, 2010 10:20 AM (aOKEC)
http://tinyurl.com/36hgf6t
Posted by: Charles Tombe at July 05, 2010 10:22 AM (2+9Yx)
Posted by: gator at July 05, 2010 02:16 PM (aOKEC)
FIFme
Posted by: Mohamed at July 05, 2010 10:23 AM (YVZlY)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at July 05, 2010 10:25 AM (rurh0)
Posted by: The Great Satan™ at July 05, 2010 02:10 PM (BedzM)
Okay, that's just fuckin' stupid. You know Conan pre-dated the Ahnold movies, right? The film Conan was not an "original idea" either.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at July 05, 2010 10:25 AM (1TvCg)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at July 05, 2010 10:26 AM (rurh0)
I'm the new dude... sir.
Look, we found your keys. If you want them, you better come and get them.
Posted by: Deputy Van Halen at July 05, 2010 10:27 AM (3BlkW)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 05, 2010 10:30 AM (T1boi)
Okay, it doesn't have a thing to do with movies, but since this is an "opun" thread...
I'm torn. What do you guys think of this story: Italian Resort Turns Against Rich
Posted by: jmflynny at July 05, 2010 10:31 AM (NHK5s)
How would you feel if a bunch of fucktards moved into your town and bought everything in sight causing you to move into the wilderness?
Posted by: 'Nam Grunt at July 05, 2010 10:34 AM (UCHP/)
Posted by: Lone Marauder at July 05, 2010 10:36 AM (p1iaB)
$32.50 buys a lot of pron these days....ManCard suspended*
*Ways to earn ManCard back (examples)
-fix a toilet that doesn't drain (no I don't mean call a plumber).
-buy an old muscle car.
-punch some obnoxious punk in the face.
Everybody please add other examples to help this sorry excuse for a man earn his card back so he can get laid again.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2010 10:41 AM (IqfKc)
You can ask me to hand over my man card but you ain't getting it.
Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at July 05, 2010 10:41 AM (W8xmw)
You don't sell 70 million damn books just cause you whipped out a cute kids story. She's got some deep stuff in there, she only lets you experience it and doesn't tell you about it.
Life, death, loss, perseverance against all odds, victory. The Potter books have my highest accolade which is "multi-reads" books I'll read more than once (at least)."
Exactly. I can't even tell you how many times I've read the HP series. I remember having a discussion with one of my more "fundie Christian" friends who had never read the books because she had been told they were "evil" and about the occult. I put my English Major hat on and schooled her on how it's actually a Christian story -- Harry himself could arguably be just as much a Christ allegory as Aslan in the Narnia books. And if it's not a Christ tale, at the very least it's a morality tale. (The first time I ever read "Sorcerer's Stone" was in college right after it came out -- I wrote a paper for my Comparative Literature class about this very topic.)
Good vs. Evil. Choosing to do right over wrong. Loyalty. Honor. The hero has "special" or "supernatural" circumstances surrounding his birth or early life. Voldemort and snakes (even his appearance). And of course what happens to Harry at the every end of book 7.... I was VERY pleased to hear that my fundie friend actually reading the books for herself. Score one for thinking for yourself!
I remember reading a quote from Stephen King a ways back, after someone had asked him the difference between Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" and Jo Rowling's "Harry Potter." Basically he was like "Well, Jo Rowling is a genius, and Stephenie Meyer is a talentless hack." Nail, meet head. Meyer tries to inject intellectualism into her books (equating Edward and Bella to Cathy and Heathcliff or Romeo and Juliet) but J.K. Rowling does the real deal. One of my favorite parts of reading the HP books is picking up on all the Latin, Greek, and mythological references.
Phew - sorry for the, uh, novel. ;o) Time for me to go make some meatballs and spaghetti sauce.
Posted by: CMS2004 at July 05, 2010 10:42 AM (DlVI/)
Conan cartoons? Geek.
Posted by: The Great Satan™ at July 05, 2010 10:43 AM (BedzM)
Actually, you can sell 80 million + copies of pure unadulterated shit.
Posted by: The Da Vinci Code at July 05, 2010 10:52 AM (KPT/i)
Why in the frack are they remaking Conan? That film stands alone. It is iconic. There is nothing that could be added except more gratuitous nudity and vi-
Ugh. I hate all of you. So much. I'll be over here with my Robert E. Howard collection, dreaming of a better world.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at July 05, 2010 10:55 AM (1TvCg)
If you suck on your thumb it may keep you from crying. Laying in fetal position may help as well.
Posted by: The Great Satan™ at July 05, 2010 10:58 AM (BedzM)
When they announced the two-parter, the producers said it was because otherwise they'd have to cut too many great scenes. The only scene they mentioned specifically was the one where "Hermione is held in Malfoy Manor." That's the scene where Hermione is tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange.
What it boils down to is: they're making it in two parts so they can show Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Watson in a B&D scene.
That a good enough reason?
Posted by: Bob Hawkins at July 05, 2010 10:59 AM (CdyZ5)
No, you don't have to sit through anything. No one is holding a gun to your head. Yet.
Posted by: Gabriel Malor at July 05, 2010 11:06 AM (1TvCg)
Really? The Twilight Series has sold 100 million and it's pure shit. Have you ever attempted to read a Danielle Steele "novel"? The woman has sold more than 590 MILLION books. Sales bear absolutely no relation to quality.
Posted by: Rocks at July 05, 2010 11:07 AM (UYace)
That's why I'm torn, 'Nam. One part of me understands completely. Here in my neck of the woods we have a neighborhood, San marco, with a beautiful little square, full of locally owned restaurants and boutiques and, to me, it hasn't been the same since Starbucks moved in. It irritates the piss out of me.
On the other hand, those in that little Italian town should also have the right to sell their property to the highest bidder.
Thus...torn.
Posted by: jmflynny at July 05, 2010 11:08 AM (NHK5s)
Posted by: Rocks at July 05, 2010 11:08 AM (UYace)
Another day of getting absolutely nothing done.
Hey. Who would have thought that George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez would be much better together than they are seperately?
Posted by: jmflynny at July 05, 2010 11:10 AM (NHK5s)
Everybody please add other examples to help this sorry excuse for a man earn his card back so he can get laid again.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 05, 2010 02:41 PM (IqfKc)
Trust me, wasn't my decision, the kids forced me too. On the plus side I think M. Night finally cured my kids of their Avatar addiction, forever.
Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 11:11 AM (t72+4)
And it does seem like sacrilege to do a remake. That is until someone does a real kick-ass remake and then the new "icon" is born.
That is what happened to Robin Hood as there had been several movies out before the Errol Flynn version and there have been several out after. Right now the Flynn version is still the king.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2010 11:15 AM (6taRI)
She has a terrific talent for name and word creation, a wicked sense of satire
"Self-Fertilizing Shrubs"
I was reading #4 out loud to my son and read that aloud. Kept reading for a few more words and then went "Wait, what? Ewwww."
I consider dry British humor an essential part of my children's education.
Posted by: Mama AJ at July 05, 2010 11:21 AM (XdlcF)
Posted by: damn skippy at July 05, 2010 11:36 AM (awinc)
Posted by: sTevo at July 05, 2010 11:42 AM (Rcg6i)
) Last Harry Potter in 2 parts? Why yes, Hollywood is desperate to work fanboys and fangirls like a true Pimp Daddy. Those of you who saw The Last Airbender last weekend know what I'm saying, right?
Posted by: exdem13 at July 05, 2010 11:45 AM (beW+t)
Now that one from what I have read has been truly PCized. All the shit that made the original good has been removed and multiculturalism added to replace it.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2010 11:52 AM (6taRI)
Jason Momoa might actually make a really good Conan. I loved the first Arnie movie but the second one kinda sucked and he basically abandoned it after that.
I was reading Conan stories and buying the Savage Sword of Conan comics long before Arnie took it up so I don't really have that 'Arnie is the one true image of Conan' that other people have. As a matter of fact, that picture of Momoa looks more like how I imagined Conan to look.
Just sayin is all...it'll be nice to have some new installments of Conan if he can do a good job of it.
I've read all the Harry Potter books and liked them but I wish she'd shut up in public...it's like she was channeling someone else and her muse has left and she turns out to be dumb as a stump.
Posted by: CanaDave at July 05, 2010 12:10 PM (X2nxz)
That is what happened to Robin Hood as there had been several movies out before the Errol Flynn version and there have been several out after. Right now the Flynn version is still the king.
Are you kidding?...the Costner version is the new standard...it even has Alan Rickman who was excellent in his role.
Posted by: CanaDave at July 05, 2010 12:18 PM (X2nxz)
Surely you jest.
No, I'm serious...I liked it...what was so bad about it?
Anyway, I agree that there were some real stinkers...the one with Sean Connery, 'Robin and Marion' where she poisons him at the end...that was some serious bad sh*t.
Posted by: CanaDave at July 05, 2010 12:31 PM (X2nxz)
It wasn't that it was bad, it just wasn't good. Agreed on the Robin and Marion fiasco. That is probably the worst movie Sean Connery ever made. Even worse than wearing a diaper in Zardoz.
Posted by: Vic at July 05, 2010 12:40 PM (6taRI)
That is probably the worst movie Sean Connery ever made. Even worse than wearing a diaper in Zardoz.
I dunno...Highlander 2 sucked pretty bad....
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I'm taking 20 points more off for lack of consistency.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 09:44 AM (9hSKh)