Hmmm...the inclusion of him claiming he's innocent...maybe he really was in this version, giving him even more cause for revenge? Yeah, he looks good in the role.

Yes, it appears so.

First I'll let you in on a little secret – the reason I don't usually post outside the OOWF is because I generally don't have anything interesting to say. For once, I do (I think):

I recently re-discovered that my favorite author, Spider Robinson, does a twice-monthly podcast. It's a mixture of some really good jazz, folk, and blues music, and readings from Spider's works and those of other sf writers.

In the past, I've evangelized the work of Spider Robinson to a few of the folks at Pun's House (the man was chosen to finish Robert A. Heinlein's last book – he must be doing something right), but who's going to buy a book by a hippie science-fiction writer on the advice of some guy on a messageboard? If you were to go to www.spiderrobinson.com and download the podcast from 7/28/08 however, you could hear Spider read “The Guy with the Eyes” - the first story he sold, and the genesis of Callahan's Place. If you are a fan of sf, good writing, and/or good music, I highly recommend checking out Spider's podcast.

So, I just got back from seeing Extract. I was super excited, because it's Mike Judge, and because of the trailers. It looked REALLY funny.

Unfortunately, I have to give everyone a recommendation to take a pass on this movie. It feels REALLY forced, and for some reason, gave me the impression that it was a cheap knockoff of Election (dunno who of you have seen that movie). The only real signature Judge had on the movie was the scene he was in, and even that really wasn't all that funny.

Thinking back on movies like Office Space and Idiocracy, I was really looking forward to this. I guess it's not really fair to compare this to those movies, but when Judge slapped his name (and Office Space) on all the trailers, it's unfortunately going to provide a point of reference in my head.

The story was slow to develop, and actually really rather dull. There were no unexpected twists, and once you realized the direction the plot was going, it went in that same direction all the way to the end of the road. No surprises, and very little humor to support the plot.

Jason Bateman was REALLY disappointing in this movie. I *love* Arrested Development. It seems to me that Mike Judge does also, because every scene that Bateman is in really pushes that character type (the somewhat rational person in an irrational world) to the limit, and not in a very humorous way. You almost feel sorry for his character, but not in a good way.

One shining star of the movie, though, surprisingly, is Ben Affleck. The scenes he's in are actually pretty funny. Granted, I've always been appreciative of stoner humor, so your mileage may vary, but I really liked the drug scenes with Affleck involved.

Overall, I'd definitely recommend holding on this one until it's in the RedBox $1 rental list. Slow to develop. Not really all that funny. And definitely NOT Mike Judge at his best.

no no, not him

Yeah, that disappearing guitar was cool. That was an amazing performance.

Really like this song and the video's something beautifull
Just Jack-The Day I Died

Wow, you'd take Transformers over District 9? Yikes...

Also, wouldn't the Blues Brothers be hard to make as the musical it was with most of the actual rhythm and blues musicians from the original either dead or just really too old? I don't want modern "R 'n' B" musicians filling those roles either.

I went to this last weekend,loved it, perfectly enjoyable popcorn flick.

Our Christmas tradition (watching Christmas Vacation on Christmas Eve) will have a different meaning this year. I will personally raise an eggnog toast to the memory of Mr. Hughes.

RIP

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I gotta say, I got a big laugh out of Nic Cage and Hit-Girl's scenes.

Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did.

Your mother was a hamster... and your father smelt of elderberries.

I think Duke got shot once and it was this whole big drama. And didn't Roadblock get shot in the movie and then spend the next 2 hours trekking through the cold with a giant snake?

Actually, I do see Keanu pulling off Spike. He may actually do a good job, but I think it all depends on the cast he is surrounded with. Anyone with ideas for Jet, Faye, Ed, Vicious, Julia? They may not even have a storyline involving Vicious or Julia. It could be a stand alone story similar to the animated movie.

Red Cliff is a chinese historical war movie about self proclaimed Prime Minister Cao Cao, after conquering the northern regions of China and making the Emperor his puppet, finds his progress challenged by two kingdoms of the south who form an alliance and prepare to meet his army at the titular Red Cliff.

The film's had a rather rocky road to production, with Chow Yun Fat and Ken Watanabe dropping out of their roles and budget problems, but in the end Woo's made his best film in years. It's epic, emotional with great battle scenes and an accessible enough story with plenty of cool characters. The original cut in china was so long that the film got released in two parts over there, being over 4 hours long in total, but for here it's been cut down to 2 and a 1/2. Despite a few niggles and a feeling that the battles had been shortened, it still pretty much feels like a whole film despite this.
No release date for the US is announced yet, but when it comes out, go see it.

Okay, in the part last night where Michael had to get Carver to say all the numbers, I never heard 1 or 7. I've rewatched it on the DVR 4 times now - did they just omit those two or something?

Just saw Doghouse today

Found it a lot of fun. Daft, but a lot of fun. More comedy than horror, though it does get darker in a few strategic places. Lots of laughs and some nice ideas in scenes, and I think the cast all worked really well together, and their characters were suitably distinct enough. Nice twist making one of them gay and falling out with his boyfriend for not inviting him along. Dyer I even enjoyed because his usual blokey cockney geezer characteristics are played up in it as making him rather unlikeable, and he sorta softens a little in it towards the end. The depiction of the infected women and what made them scary was quite well done, and there were some creative kills. I think the film suffers in a lack of payoff to certain things that seem to be set up early on, and I would have liked some more setup to the situation with a look at the village and the women BEFORE they get transformed. Because we first see them already as monsters it feels a bit sudden.
3/5

I hope it gets made, is horrible, and lasts forever. Just because I really want to see a million grown men whine about a show intended for teenage girls.

Although usually they find camera equipment or mirrors set up so the person can watch himself then, or later. I didn't see any mention of that in the article.

That's pretty funny by our French Canuck friend...

1 exalt exchanges for how many purple beavers again?