Coupla things...
* It's been suggested that PJ's Place is not as female friendly as it could be. Apparently, it's been suggested that the fairer sex is not that interested in video games, sports, and lists of hot women. I started talking about doing a top five list on what makes women cool, but the person (we'll call her "Nirupa") and I couldn't agree on five things. We settled on this: women smell good. Hell, I'll go with really good.
Except Autumn. Ask Jamie; she thinks she smells funny.
Anyway, I'll try to do some more things for the ladies in the future. But not that much more--I'm staying true to my target market.
* Good luck to Sam today on his first college job interview! We love you Slammy!
* Does anyone like daylight savings time? Even Farmers?
* Heard a good joke the other day: What does it mean when the Post Office Flag is flying at half mast? They're hiring.
* As you may or may not know, I really don't like football. Okay, I hate football. There. I said it. I'm the only heterosexual white American male in the world who hates football. Hunt me down and kill me now. Anyway, even with that being said, any person/organization/etc. who schedules anything for Super Bowl Sunday (other than a Super Bowl party) is a FUCKING IDIOT!!!
* It's official: Ben's gone. :-(
* I've got to admit, I read the Scoop section on MSNBC.com every day. It's the Hollywood Gossip part, for those that don't know what it is. Before you make fun of me too much, it's not to get the Hollywood inside; it's for the FANTASTIC quotes you get from there. It is AMAZING what those idiots will say, and with a straight face! That incredible Paris Hilton quote about privacy came from there. If you want to see that quote again, check back tomorrow.
* Single people, quit bitching about not having a Valentine's Day date. It's not that big of a deal. It IS a Hallmark holiday, and it's about the most expensive day of the year.
* Couples...if you need a holiday like Valentine's Day to get you to be romantic/do something nice with each other, you've got a problem.
* Reminisce sometime. It's fun, and should make you feel better.
* Barry & Robin and Marc & Julie inspire me.
* Any club that charges a $20 cover is going to have wicked expensive drinks inside, too. I don't know why people are surprised by this.
* I forget how good The Fifth Element is.
* I so look forward to getting my Darwin Awards email every year. If you need it, shoot me an email and I'll send it to you.
Except Autumn. Ask Jamie; she thinks she smells funny.
Anyway, I'll try to do some more things for the ladies in the future. But not that much more--I'm staying true to my target market.
* Good luck to Sam today on his first college job interview! We love you Slammy!
* Does anyone like daylight savings time? Even Farmers?
* Heard a good joke the other day: What does it mean when the Post Office Flag is flying at half mast? They're hiring.
* As you may or may not know, I really don't like football. Okay, I hate football. There. I said it. I'm the only heterosexual white American male in the world who hates football. Hunt me down and kill me now. Anyway, even with that being said, any person/organization/etc. who schedules anything for Super Bowl Sunday (other than a Super Bowl party) is a FUCKING IDIOT!!!
* It's official: Ben's gone. :-(
* I've got to admit, I read the Scoop section on MSNBC.com every day. It's the Hollywood Gossip part, for those that don't know what it is. Before you make fun of me too much, it's not to get the Hollywood inside; it's for the FANTASTIC quotes you get from there. It is AMAZING what those idiots will say, and with a straight face! That incredible Paris Hilton quote about privacy came from there. If you want to see that quote again, check back tomorrow.
* Single people, quit bitching about not having a Valentine's Day date. It's not that big of a deal. It IS a Hallmark holiday, and it's about the most expensive day of the year.
* Couples...if you need a holiday like Valentine's Day to get you to be romantic/do something nice with each other, you've got a problem.
* Reminisce sometime. It's fun, and should make you feel better.
* Barry & Robin and Marc & Julie inspire me.
* Any club that charges a $20 cover is going to have wicked expensive drinks inside, too. I don't know why people are surprised by this.
* I forget how good The Fifth Element is.
* I so look forward to getting my Darwin Awards email every year. If you need it, shoot me an email and I'll send it to you.
posted by Michael Pondrom at 8:16 PM
15 Comments:
Speaking of reminiscing, I heard that MC Hammer is going to be in one of the Super Bowl commercials...
Ray, all I have to say is Stargate SG-1. Any person who watches that, and bitches about any other form of Sci-fi is a hypocrite, and a douche bag.
Bob says...
a) Anybody who watches a Sci-fi original series doesn't know shit about quality Sci-fi. Anybody who likes a Sci-fi original series, especially as much as you like that lame piece of shit, is forbidden to speak against any Sci-fi movie or TV show, no matter how bad, ever again.
You are lame, everyone will now point at you and laugh.
*points and laughs*
Nick
Barry, in response, and remember all that I am a big Stargate fan as well:
A) There's nothing wrong with that name. Like "Star Wars" isn't predictable? That doesn't make it a great movie? What about "Stargate"? Come on. They're good names for good shows. Fifth isn't any more predictable than any Stargate Episode is. Or Star Wars or Trek. Oh, you mean the good guys win in the end? I didn't see that coming!
B) What? You mean it's a movie that appealed to all audiences? Sci Fi for the sci fi fans, good action for the action fans, some good comedy, and a little bit of romance? Why, who would ever want that in a movie! That's what makes it so great; it's like the Princess Bride, in that it has something for everyone.
C) The Blue Chick was weird looking, but she wasn't annoying. All she did was sing one song! She had MAYBE 5 minutes of screen time! Get a life.
The costumes...okay I agree with you on that one. The costumes were retarded. You can tell some silly gay French guy was in charge of making the movie. They were a minus, but they didn't ruin the movie.
D) I liked the car designs. I would think that will be more realistic of a car in the future than some weird ass bubble. Your right; the monks wore brown robes! Who has ever heard of a monk wearing brown robes! Yes, it did look like the jedi robes, but with the way they acted I don't think anyone will mistake them for Jedi.
E) HEHEHEHE...yeah, I loved that one where she's slapping the guys face, and the Mangaloide is just waiting behind her. But you can look at it in two ways: A) it was part of the comedy, or B) it was bad, but it didn't ruin the movie.
F) I'm sorry, I happen to like stories where you battle the Dark Side of the Force, I mean the evil race of G'ould, I mean Invid (or whatever the pure evil bad guys in Robotech are), oh, I really mean Pure Evil.
Do you get my sarcasm? I hope so, cause I'm laying it on pretty thick.
In conclusion...come on Barry. It wasn't meant to be an epic, which means they had to take a couple of shortcuts that made no difference whatsoever. The ended up with an OUTSTANDING movie that had some cool SciFi, a good story, good comedy, good action, and good romance. So it's a kind of SciFi film instead of a pure SciFi. So what?
Watch it again; I'll watch it with you. Give it a chance. You're really missing out here.
Michael
Name a bad Bruce Willis movie. You can't. Not even Hudson Hawk or Disney's The Kid. The Fifth Element rocked my socks off. end of discussion.
Tone-Loc
Wait a minute...How could you not like "Blind Date"?
Barry,
God bless you.
Haven't seen Whole Ten Yards, but I heard it wasn't very good.
He was in CA 2? Was it a cameo? They don't count.
Voice. If you pay me several million to voice some dumb kids movie, I'd do it too. What, that's a weeks worth of work? Kid's movies don't count.
The Whole Nine Yards is AWESOME.
Fifth is AWESOME.
Armageddon did, in fact, suck ass. But let's blame that on Ben Affleck, and not Bruce Willis.
Blind Date is pretty damn funny. It's a good 80s movie!
In conclusions...Bruce isn't perfect, but he's pretty damn money.
Michael
The Fifth Element blows chunks.
I don't care what you say, Armaggedon is fun to watch.
Anyone who *really* likes Princess Bride is harboring homosexual inclinations.
That is all.
Nick
It seems that Mike has a friend called "Nirupa" who implied that this blog has little for the ladies. I am glad to see that every post preceding this one has completely confirmed that statement. Thank you Nirupa. I hope that Mike gets the message before he loses his female readership.
The Whole nine Yards was awesome. Never saw the whole Ten yards so I can't comment. Blind Date was awesome. Any movie that he had a cameo in, (CA2, Rugrats, Look Who's Talking)doesn't count. Ocean's 12 sucked too but that wasn't a "Bruce Willis movie."
Armageddon was an entertaining movie. And don't give me that physics crap. Nobody that's a homer for Star Wars has any room to give a movie crap for not falling within the laws of physics. If you want physics, read Stephen Hawking. If you want a good action movie, completely devoid of any intelligence, it's only purpsose being to entertain, then Armageddon serves it's purpose well. I've seen it more than once and if I catch it on cable I'd watch it again.
Also... I don't know who you could be talking about that likes chick flicks Barry. I don't know anyone that actually paid $15 for the collector's edition of Bridget Jones' Diary. Certainly not Nick. But I think we all know I have no room to talk on this issue so I'll leave it alone.
P.S. The Princess Bride is a good movie! Not worthy of buying, but if it's on TV and there's nothing better on... I'll watch it before I turn the tv off
Everyone, point at Nick and laugh.
YOU BOUGHT BRIDGET JONES' DIARY?
Wow...wow.
Nirupa, thanks for posting. Maybe if our female readership interjected their opinions more often, we would have more conversations with them. Until then, when in Rome...
Michael
Yeah, yeah... I do like romantic comedies. I refuse to like any movie as gay as Princess Bride, though. There is a line, and it stops well short of movies like Princess Bride and The Notebook (yeah, I put them on the same level, what now?!)
And yes, I did purchase Bridget Jones Diary. After 4 trips to Blockbuster with it being completely gone, I broke down and bought it so I could see it for the first time. I only bought it to "rent" it, although I can say with confidence that I enjoy it and am a proud owner -- it's a very funny movie. At least I have the balls to watch what I want. SOME PEOPLE let girls push them into watching movies that blow chunks. Is there anything more pathetic than watching a girl turn a man into another girl? I submit there is not. Put the lotion in the basket! PUT THE LOTION IN THE BASKET!!
So yeah...to defend my own movie manhood before I lose my membership card, I will state the following 4 things:
1) The only other DVD I've purchased in the last 2 years is Blade.
2) My favorite movie of the past year is Saw.
3) If I were to go buy a DVD right now, I'd buy Shaun of the Dead (if Tony didn't already have it).
4) The movie I'm most anticipating right now is Ring 2.
ANYWAYS... Of course I rate movies based upon what I like to watch. Citizen Kane? Sucks balls. Dumb and dumber = hysteria. Of the two, yes, I will say that Dumb and Dumber is a better movie than Citizen Kane. Sound crazy? If you don't agree, then you go watch Citizen Kane, and I'll go watch D&D. You tell me who will have the better time. Who goes to Blockbuster and is like... lets rent... The English Patient! Or how about .. The Piano! You and I both know we're walking out of there with Harold and Kumar, anything 90s Van Damme, or some other 2-3 star movie. The best movies in the world, with few exceptions, fall between 1.5 and 3.5 stars on a 4 star scale. Too low and you're watching Freddie Got Fingered, too high and you're watching Gosford Park.... or again, stupid Citizen Kane. (BTW after writing this... I went to IMDB.com and checked the "ALL USERS" ratings on The English Patient and Harold and Kumar.... they TIED at 7.1/10. I rest my case.)
Back to Bruce -- Willis is as can't miss as Hollywood gets. He's always in the good movies. It's kind of the same way with Vince Vaughn (in a 2 star kinda way to Bruce's 3 star) -- he's just so fun to watch that any movie he's in is automatically upgraded to "watchable."
And after all that being said...The Fifth Element still sucks.
Nick, your resident "female friendly" poster.
I cannot fathom a man who owns the Bridget Jones Diary says that The Princess Bride is gay. It's awesome! It's funny and has great action! It's one of the most popular movies of all time! Come on Nick. Don't be like that.
BTW...do you guys realize this is 19? Yay for us!
Michael
There is no questioning that Princess Bride is gay.
The only question in comparing Bridget Jones to Princess Bride, is whether or not:
A) Bridget Jones is not gay.
B) Bridget Jones is less gay.
C) Bridget Jones is equally gay.
D) Bridget Jones is more gay.
In true Princeton Review fashion:
If you've watched both movies, you can throw out (A) and (D) immediately. (A) can be ruled out because at one point in the movie Bridget is drunk singing sappy 80s love songs with the radio, and at another point is debating whether or not to go with sexy lingerie or "control-top" panties. (D) can be ruled out because the whole movie is a woman making a complete ass of herself, instead of the usual romantic comedy schtick in which the man is the idiot. Any movie that involves girls admitting their utter idiocy cannot be ruled more gay than Princess Bride. It's like trying to say that John Stamos is more gay than Elton John. No matter how gay you think Uncle Jesse is, when placed side by side with a flaming homosexual, the result is clear, (B) is the correct answer.
Nick
WOW! WE HIT 20!
Sniff...I'm so proud.
Of course I disagree with you, but I think I'll let it be.
BTW...I'm keeping up the Paris Hilton quote today; it's just too good to take down.
Michael
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