Almost FRIDAY..!!!!!!!!!!!!

National Treasure 2...

Not as good. Not horrible, but not as good as #1. For some reason Nicolas Cage and Bridget Von Hammersmark hate each other at the beginning and there's a romantic comedy subplot between Jon Voight and Helen Mirren (!) that must have required all the jack-hammers in Burbank to jam in. Ed Harris sleepwalks his way through "Character #2" from his "Bad Guy" catalogue. Also, there were more times in this movie where I said to myself "Are you kidding me?" than in the first one, where I mostly said "Hmmm, okay. I'll buy that." (And the blatant set-up for "National Treasure 3" was a bit distasteful.)

I Have to Say...

..."National Treasure..." Not too shabby so far. It's taken me this long to see it and I have to admit it was a glimpse of an intriguing scene in "National Treasure II" that made me say "Wait a sec. I'd better start all this from the beginning."
FULL DISCLOSURE: I was a 2nd A.D. on Jon Turteltaub's very first movie and he was a Great Guy.
(It also doesn't hurt that this movie also stars "Bridget Von Hammersmark.")

FRIdAy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awwwwww! Remember "Pheely?"

MERENGUE!!

I think this guy's gonna be very disappointed once he takes his beer-goggles off.

The Simpsons

I know this question might seem very 1998 but did anyone watch "The Simpsons" tonight? ("Angry Dad: the Movie") When did "The Simpsons" get so pissy? Slamming people who left "The Simpsons" in their dust so long ago they probably don't even remember doing it. Are the creative minds behind the show upset that while they've spent the past 10 years coasting a whole new pool of writers and animators long ago out-cooled them? Don't have cow, man.

Portlandia

Do you think Fred Armisen knows "Portlandia" is a satire? Because in every interview I've seen him he gives me the impression that he's in a loving homage. They've told him it's not, right? Again, I've never met Fred, but I wonder that while he knows how to perform things funny, he actually might not have a sense of humor. Full disclosure: I've never seen an episode of "Portlandia." My "twee" glands couldn't handle the overload.

FRIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHERE DOES THE MOVIE THEATER LINE START...??!!

"Hello, Pot -- this is Kettle. You're Black."

...whenever you're forced to watch another one of those "don't pirate movies" ads in the theater, just remember that these same companies who are "outraged" at the thought of pirated movies began their careers as Actual Movie Pirates! Arrrrrgh... and CUT!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Patents_Company

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!

What's really cool is you can see how this footage from one particularly talented camera-man was eventually cut into the actual "Top of the Pops" show...

Do Bears...?

It Was 20 Years Ago Today...

I married my beautiful and lovely wife. It was right after she and her girlfriends got together and made me this video...

GLEE!

I watched "Glee" for the first time the other night and yep -- this is a stupid stupid show.

"Just because you're gay doesn't mean you're talented." -- Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr.

I Just Heard...

..."like a piece of poo stuck in a sheep's anal shrubbery."

-- Jeremy Clarkson, "Top Gear"

House of Negroes

I watched an episode of "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" the other day and I swear to god it was like watching a Wayans Brothers 1998 parody of a white network executive's version of a "black" sitcom. But it was a REAL, 2010 sitcom!!! From Tyler Perry -- the guy who invented Black People!! WTF??

Puppy Bowl VII Tomorrow!!!

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!

Obamalocialism at Work!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020305323.html