Repeating my link because I'm still furious:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/and6n6m

Link to the scary Air Force uniform story, hat tip phoenixgirl.

A morning without doom is like a squid without a jetpack.

I thought the latest AoS memo reclassified squid as "weasel."

WTH ever happened to the Dwarf rings, anyway? IIRC, they were supposed to be the foundation of the seven great clan's mountains o' gold and joo-els, but essentially lost.

I kind of wonder if, for example, Moria was a template for what happened although it was never spelled out. The Moria ring enabled the dwarves there to find craploads of ore, they flourish and excel at artisan works and engineering, the ring draws in the rot and demons from below.....

OT: Obama to cut medical benefits for active, retired military, not union workers

http://www.examiner.com/article

From above link.

In an effort to cut defense spending, the Obama Administration plans to cut health benefits for active duty and retired military personnel and their families while not touching the benefits enjoyed by unionized civilian defense workers.

>>>Sauron got them when the dwarfs proved unbendable to his will.

O come now. Do you really think a dwarf would give up a magic ring? See also Nibelungenlied

I'm sure all the idiot hippies wearing "Frodo LIVES!" t-shirts would be crushed to     read    VDH's piece.     "But... but.... TOLKIEN, man!"

No, hippies -- LotR is NOT some kind of "make peace, not war"    philosophical metaphor,       and you're idiots to think it is.  

Do you have any good stories from the shooting of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World?

Apropos of nothing, but    I love, love,love that movie.

MPPP:

Do you have any good stories from the shooting of It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World?

I've talked about it before, Ed, but I'll see if I can dig up some things I haven't mentioned.  Here's two short ones - the role of dentist Melville Crump was supposed to be played by Ernie Kovacs (it's Kovacs' wife, Edie Adams, who plays Mrs Crump), but he died before shooting began.

And Spencer Tracy said that, of all his movies, Mad4 was the one he had the most fun doing.

All of us down at the Brattleboro WomanÂ’s Reproductive and Pregnancy Decision Center think that Presdent Obama should attend Henry Chavez's funeral in Cuba with Sean Penn to showe that we do not hate them and that it was Bush thta created all these problems between are two cuntries. This would show the world that we want peece and that the war monering age of Bush is over.

Posted by: annoyed at March 06, 2013 09:18 AM (uEm7J)

ExCUSE me, but I'll have you know that hobbits do not "mind meld."   They "force choke."

Hmph!   Imagine not knowing THAT.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 06, 2013 09:40 AM (1Jaio)

The sequester has an AR-15 pointed at the climate's daughter    and is FORCING global warming to cause    snow, earthquakes,   volcanic eruptions, and meteor strikes.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2013 09:38 AM (4df7R)

FFS. Seriously? There are idiots that think that? The whole fucking series is a call to action, to fight against evil and tyranny.

And here's another - Stooge Joe Besser was supposed to be one of the two gas station attendants whose store Jonathan Winters wrecks, but he was under contract to a TV show at the time and they wouldn't let him film the movie.

Also, I've read somewhere that it's very likely the fireman who tries to rescue everyone from the collapsing fire escape was supposed to be Ed Wynn, since Wynn was best-known for his role as the Texaco Fire Chief, while Sterling Holloway (who ended up with the role) was not so instantly recognizable that he would have stood out in the cameo.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2013 09:42 AM (4df7R)

Climate should've fired off it's shotgun.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 06, 2013 09:44 AM (da5Wo)

"But, you see, these little peaceful people took the big, terrible weapon and DESTROYED IT!   Instead of using it to kill millions, they threw it away!   They     prevented   a massive war!    Peace, man!   Peace!"

Yes.  Yes, they REALLY think that.   

Valerie Harper has terminal brain cancer.

Oh man.  That's awful.       I know nothing about her as a person, but I've always enjoyed her as an actress.   God bless her.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2013 09:45 AM (4df7R)

Garrrrr!!!!! They destroyed it not because it was a weapon, but because it was evil personified.

*nerd rage stroke*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2013 09:42 AM (4df7R)

The sequester wrote those racist, "queerphobic" comments and was wearing a KKK costume at Oberlin

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 09:46 AM (Cm7V/)

Looks like it's time to start putting my    "Sacrifice the Wanton Whores" plan into action,   to ease the    anger of the volcano gods.    Someone get Fluke and Dunham to Hawaii, stat!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 09:49 AM (Cm7V/)

Which costume is she gonna wear this time?

Garrrrr!!!!! They destroyed it not because it was a weapon, but because it was evil personified.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 06, 2013 09:48 AM (da5Wo)

*patting your back*    There there.   I know.      Just let it out.    Do you need a bucket?   I find I often do when it comes to    listening to       these idiots.  

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2013 09:50 AM (4df7R)

No, thanks, I think I'll just go watch the Pacific Rim trailer again.

Speaking of which, isn't it about time for another trailer?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 06, 2013 09:49 AM (1Jaio)

Though to be fair,   "forcing" Oberlin to shut down it's operations because of   hate crime phobia could actually be considered a net positive.   So score one for the sequester!

Posted by: pep at March 06, 2013 09:50 AM (6TB1Z)

You're right.    As with all things on the idiot left,   it's a matter of belief.

Posted by: Jones in CO at March 06, 2013 09:51 AM (8sCoq)

I heard that a cocktail waitress dedicated "Can't Touch This" to him and he snapped....

>>Obama to cut medical benefits for active, retired military, not union workers

Now I'm just muttering to myself and making interesting gestures.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 06, 2013 09:52 AM (da5Wo)

*bouncing excitedly*   Yes please!     Come on, H-wood.   Make yourself useful for ONCE and give us a new trailer.

Is there anything else even halfway decent coming out this summer?    I doubt I'll go see anything in theaters, but it's nice to know what's coming up.

>>All of that hysteria over someone wrapped in a blanket.

Good thing it wasn't a camo blanket.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 06, 2013 09:51 AM (QEUX+)

Absolutely!     Nice catch.

*adds to list*

Someone said they were wantin' whores?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at March 06, 2013 09:53 AM (eyJh9)

Yeah.  Yeah, we are, Sandy.   Hey, have you met my    friend    Mona?   Mona Loa?       I think the pair of you would get along like a house on fire.

Well,    something     on fire     certainly.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2013 09:54 AM (4df7R)

Oh goodie. There's a movie called White House Down coming out in June. President is kidnapped by a "para military group". President played by Jamie Foxx.

>>Obama to cut medical benefits for active, retired military, not union workers

*SEETHE*

The trailer for "Olympus Has Fallen" is out.

Better be a good movie. They kept getting in my way last summer while filming it...

Posted by: BCochran1981 at March 06, 2013 09:57 AM (da5Wo)

...So much stupid, packed into such a brief synopsis.  

>>There's a movie called White House Down coming out in June. President is kidnapped by a "para military group".

For a minute, I thought we were talking about the same movie...but no...

Yes, 'think' is far too strong a word. It makes them feel good about their convictions that poor Froddo saved the whole world from nuclear devastation by destroying the nuke... 'feelings, nothing but feelings'

They always seem to ignore the fact that Frodo had to sacrifice his idyllic life and ultimately left    his home and family to sail to the Grey Havens BECAUSE OF THE RING'S CORRUPTION.      It's like they don't realize that    everything wasn't suddenly peachy keen just because the ring was destroyed.  

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 09:58 AM (Cm7V/)

Arrgh, I can't stand to get into another flame war about conservatives vs. establishment on DrewM's post, so I'm going to stay here.  I may end up muttering to myself like a crazy cat lady, but that's cool    by me.

British Politician: Disabled Kids “Should Be Put Down”

Hey, here's a thought.   How about we start putting down British politicians first?   Seems to me they're the ones who've fucked up Britain so royally in such a short time.   They're the REAL weight on society.  

Posted by: zsasz at March 06, 2013 10:03 AM (wWb/B)

I don't always agree with Carolla, but the thing I love about him is that he does not give a single shit what I think,    or anyone else for that matter.

The trailer for "Olympus Has Fallen" is out.

Another movie that looks stupider than the day is long.   *sigh*  

I think the HQ needs to get together somehow and film a 1980's-style sword and sorcery flick.   None of the crap that comes out now, like the remake of Conan, but something that   really has the tone and feel of "Conan" or "Red Sonja" or "Beastmaster."   We could have our resident authors write the script, and our theater major EoJ could be the director and/or lead actor...

Washington DC calls 5-6 inches of snow "Snowquester." A disaster of epic proportions. Billions Will Die!!!1!!eleventy!!1!

In the immediate DC area?      Promise?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 10:08 AM (Cm7V/)

lol!

Oklahoma looks like a meat cleaver, so better    ban that, too.

Soon they'll     have to ban   Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, all of which look like large blunt objects.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 10:16 AM (Cm7V/)

She attacks Biden for brains and goes hungry

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790736/?ref_=sr_1

Hmmm... R.I.P.D. does indeed sound interesting.   The cast certainly looks good, but    that means next to nothing anymore.   I like the premise, though.

Oh, look.  I forgot about the Steve Jobs movie.   Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs.   Watch how eagerly I DON'T line up    to get a ticket.

Oh FFS.  I forgot they're also releasing another remake of "The Great Gatsby."    Dear God, why am I reading through this crap at IMDB?  It's just depressing me even MORE.

I still haven't bothered to see "Iron Man 2," so "Iron Man 3" doesn't interest   me that much.

The new "Star Trek" should be good, but I'll wait and see how the reviews go.

Ah, and they're doing "Hangover III' and "Fast and Furious 6."   Because creativity!

"Now You See Me" sounds like the stupidest     faux-Robin Hood story ever.

The FBI faces the case of an illusionist gang that rob banks,    and while performing they give the money to the spectators.

For added   stupid,    one of the cast members is    Mark Ruffalo.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 10:25 AM (Cm7V/)

Sounds a bit like it,   doesn't it?

"World War Z,"   starring Brad Pitt.

A researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission interviews survivors of the flesh-eating zombie attack from all over the world in order to put together a post-mortem on a war that destroyed every country around the globe.

A flesh-eating zombie apocalypse in which billions of people were eaten... but apparently not the beautiful people like Brad Pitt.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 10:27 AM (Cm7V/)

I KNOW, right?  I'm sorry, one good movie does not a good director make.   "Sixth Sense" was lightning in a bottle.   Move on, folks.

PS - Though I have to admit I enjoyed "Unbreakable."

"Smurfs 2"

Date of release: July 31, 2013

I have    seen Hell.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 10:32 AM (Cm7V/)

I loved the premise.   In so   many of the    great comic   book     stories --   hell, in many archetypical hero stories  --    the hero and the villain were at one    time friends.       It was really neat to watch that played out in a "real life" kind of comic book setting.  

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 10:33 AM (Cm7V/)

I was always rooting for Gargamel in the original cartoon.   Partly because    the Smurfs were so friggin annoying, but also because he reminded me of my grandfather.    

Not that my grandfather was a mean old man who dreamt of   genocide; they just looked alike   in my childish eyes.

But I like to believe that,    had he been faced with putting up with a race    of small blue people who stood   "three apples high" and    sang that stupid, STUPID song all the time,   my    grandfather would have gone Gargamel on them, too.

Disney is really pushing the creative boundaries.   Their next animated release?

"Disney's Airplanes."

Also known as, "Cars, but with wings."

Oh   boy,   "Elysium" sounds like SUCH a fun movie.  [/sarc]

In the year 2159 two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government official will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn't stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that if successful will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

Why bother with making it the future?      Change the dates and names and you'd have the MFM playbook from the last election.

"The Mortal Instruments:  City of Bones"

Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother (Lena Headey), Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures.

AKA, "Buffy 2.0."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 10:44 AM (Cm7V/)

I get that it'll make them a ton of money, but *yawn*.    SO BORING.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 06, 2013 10:43 AM (4df7R)

It's a double feature with Battleship Potemkin

"The To-Do List"

RATED R for pervasive strong crude and sexual content including graphic dialogue, drug and alcohol use, and language - all involving teens.

They could just call this,  "Lena Dunham:  How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Being A Whore."

'Elysium' yeah will pass. Methinks they are trying to peddle immigration reform. Though perhaps with this movie, maybe James Cameron will finally either make Battle Angle Alita or let someone else do it.

I'm sure if Cameron did it he'd find a way to turn it into another   Gaia-loving   snoozefest like "Avatar."       Very pretty to look at, but absolutely no content worthy of the source material.     Instead of blue aliens he'll have cyborgs.  

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 06, 2013 10:46 AM (1Jaio)

Can we tweak Potemkin so the baby carriage    that goes hurtling down the Odessa Steps is       carrying a baby Obama?

Wish fulfillment!

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 10:51 AM (Cm7V/)

Ditto.       I know there's very little   new   under the sun, but sometimes it gets SO.  OLD.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 11:02 AM (Cm7V/)

Oh God, I love it!

The Dark Artifact of Illusion

The Being From the Scarlet Ship

The Unlicensed Warrens of the Brain

My favorite from AnnaP's link:

"Time's Malevolent Vacuum Tube."

Though it's got stiff competition:

"The Colony From the Enormous Amoeba"

"The Bazaar of the Phantom Freebooters"

"The Fungus That Lost the Robot"

"The Comet That Taunted the Poet"

That last one would be hilarious.

"Betcha can't rhyme me with anything other than vomit."

"Stop it!   Abscond, foul comet!"

"Vomit."

"SHUT UP!"

They are betting that Keanu's impassive, read none, acting style will be mis-interpreted as a samurai's steely resolve.

Kind of like how leftists like to pretend Obammy's utter lack of foreign policy is in fact a "reserved" foreign policy.   

At least it's got Ken Watanabe in it.   Though I wonder if he doesn't look at Keanu and Tom Cruise and other American actors who've been    in movies with him and say to himself,  "WTH?  No, seriously, WTH?"

I'm with you.   Stick with the original. 

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 11:09 AM (Cm7V/)

That's it.  I demand someone write   "Harem of the Aquarium of Darkness."   That would be    AWESOME.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 11:11 AM (Cm7V/)

IT'S PERFECT.

Put that one on the list next to    "Monkey Gun" for greatest to-be-made sci-fi epic EVER.

"The Mist of the Profane Bookseller"

Must be a Berkley grad.

"Kidnapped by the Machinist of the Hovercar"

That's just silly.   We'll never have hovercars!

"Observatory of the Artificial Waitress"

AKA, "Behind the Scenes at the Making of a Hooters Waitress."  

I KEED!

"Crypt of the Carnelian Brains"

I LIKE it.   It's nice and alliterative.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 11:12 AM (Cm7V/)

I'm seeing tentacle porn in this title's future.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 06, 2013 11:14 AM (SAMxH)

"For one night only here in Schenectady,    ladies and gents, give it up for The    Stone    from    the Chitinous Rockets!"

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 11:17 AM (Cm7V/)

lol!   

"Put up, pay up, or be eaten."      The    deep sea version of,     "gas,    grass,    or     ass."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 06, 2013 11:18 AM (Cm7V/)

Oh wow.  It really, REALLY is.   Some kid in Seattle   with an emo haircut    just looked up and said,  "Serious you guys, I'VE GOT IT."