I've fallen out of the habit of going to the movies for everything I want to see, and only make time for films that I've been dying to see or that must be seen on a big screen (such as Inception or Casablanca).
Other films I'm interested in I put in my Netflix queue, which I now realize may take me several years to get through. At least it's cheaper (in theory) and it's a way for me to keep a list of the films (and TV shows) I'm interested in checking out at some point.
I have been strangely drawn to two new comedies lately, though. I have to admit, I'm a sucker for mass marketing when the ads involve Will Farrell. Maybe these aren't as good as they seem, so they'll go on my queue but I could probably be coaxed into the theater to see at least one of them...
Showing posts with label blow shit up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blow shit up. Show all posts
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
Megan Fox needs to go back to obscurity
This is highly amusing...
Lucky you if you don't know about Megan Fox and Michael Bay. The former is famous for her roles in the heavy-hitting dramas, Transformers and Transformers 2. The latter is the director of such masterpieces.
Well, it turns out that the two of them have had a falling out, and it may or may not be because they screwed. We'll probably never know for sure.
The proverbial shit hit the fan when Fox upped the ante and called Michael Bay "Hitler." At that point, even crew members had to intervene and post a scathing letter on Michael Bay's website.
Some excerpts from the letter (read the whole sordid thing here):
Lucky you if you don't know about Megan Fox and Michael Bay. The former is famous for her roles in the heavy-hitting dramas, Transformers and Transformers 2. The latter is the director of such masterpieces.
Well, it turns out that the two of them have had a falling out, and it may or may not be because they screwed. We'll probably never know for sure.
The proverbial shit hit the fan when Fox upped the ante and called Michael Bay "Hitler." At that point, even crew members had to intervene and post a scathing letter on Michael Bay's website.
Some excerpts from the letter (read the whole sordid thing here):
Yes, Megan has great eyes, a tight stomach we spray with glycerin, and an awful silly Marilyn Monroe tattoo plastered on her arm that we cover up to keep the moms happy.
Michael found this shy, inexperienced girl, plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actresses' life. He told everyone around to just trust him on his choice. He granted her the starring role in Transformers, a franchise that forever changed her life; she became one of the most googled and oogled women on earth. She was famous! She was the next Angelina Jolie, hooray! Wait a minute, two of us worked with Angelina – second thought – she's no Angelina. You see, Angelia is a professional.
We know this quite intimately because we've had the tedious experience of working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox on both Transformers movies.
*****
When facing the press, Megan is the queen of talking trailer trash and posing like a porn star. And yes we've had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set, and yes, it's very cringe-able. So maybe, being a porn star in the future might be a good career option. But make-up beware, she has a paragraph tattooed to her backside (probably due her rotten childhood) easily another 45 minutes in the chair!
*****
She compared working with Michael, to "working with Hitler". We actually don't think she knows who Hitler is by the way. But we wondered how she doesn't realize what a disgusting, fully uneducated comment this was?
*****
On our first day in Egypt, the Egyptian government wouldn't let us shoot because of a permit problem as the actors got ready in make up at the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael tried to make the best of it; he wanted to take the cast and crew on a private tour of the famous Giza pyramids. God hold us witness, Megan said, "I can't believe Michael is fucking forcing us to go to the fucking pyramids!" I guess this is the "Hitler guy" she is referring to.
So this is the Megan Fox you don't get to see. Maybe she will learn, but we figure if she can sling insults, then she can take them too. Megan really is a thankless, classless, graceless, and shall we say unfriendly bitch.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Take over Wall Street from the thieves!
Not sure if you've been following the Cramer vs. Stewart debacle this week, but it's fascinating...
For some background on how truly fucked we are, market-wise, I highly suggest delving into the credit default swap (video that explains it all)/phantom shares (audio) market manipulation that occurred without regulation or oversight for the last several years. We are now in a position where our economy is in tatters and all the money that was "lost" is now in the pockets of hedge funds that benefit from market meltdowns.
Throwing money down the toilet (aka, bailout funds) is not going to fix the problem. We need reform on a wide scale and, not knowing anything about how the market works, it seems like Wall Street should be shut down until there is some stabilization. We shut it down for a few days after 9/11 and somehow our economy didn't collapse.
Anyway, I wanted to post the unedited clips of Jim Cramer's appearance last night on the Daily Show in case you didn't see it. Jon plays clips from a video circulating the Internet where Cramer blatantly and shamelessly explains how you make money from manipulating the market. He describes how "it's easy" to drive the value of a stock down by making up lies about a company and then making sure the rumor makes its way to CNBC and other outlets to help drive down the value. This was illegal for most of the 20th century but was legalized again in 2000.
It's absolutely disgusting that these motherfuckers, who benefit from dropping stock values, have the ability to run companies into the ground and they do so without any guilt or remorse. Somehow it's "legal" even though it is immoral and unethical. See the video I posted earlier about how companies like Overstock and others fell victim to these greedy vultures.
Intro:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3 - Must watch... Jon Stewart doesn't hold back... awesome:
For some background on how truly fucked we are, market-wise, I highly suggest delving into the credit default swap (video that explains it all)/phantom shares (audio) market manipulation that occurred without regulation or oversight for the last several years. We are now in a position where our economy is in tatters and all the money that was "lost" is now in the pockets of hedge funds that benefit from market meltdowns.
Throwing money down the toilet (aka, bailout funds) is not going to fix the problem. We need reform on a wide scale and, not knowing anything about how the market works, it seems like Wall Street should be shut down until there is some stabilization. We shut it down for a few days after 9/11 and somehow our economy didn't collapse.
Anyway, I wanted to post the unedited clips of Jim Cramer's appearance last night on the Daily Show in case you didn't see it. Jon plays clips from a video circulating the Internet where Cramer blatantly and shamelessly explains how you make money from manipulating the market. He describes how "it's easy" to drive the value of a stock down by making up lies about a company and then making sure the rumor makes its way to CNBC and other outlets to help drive down the value. This was illegal for most of the 20th century but was legalized again in 2000.
It's absolutely disgusting that these motherfuckers, who benefit from dropping stock values, have the ability to run companies into the ground and they do so without any guilt or remorse. Somehow it's "legal" even though it is immoral and unethical. See the video I posted earlier about how companies like Overstock and others fell victim to these greedy vultures.
Intro:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3 - Must watch... Jon Stewart doesn't hold back... awesome:
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Space freaks me out
From the interwebs: "Life of a Star: 12 Billion Years in Six Minutes"
Track: "Hayling" by FC Kahuna
Track: "Hayling" by FC Kahuna
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Battlestar Galactica Trailer!
Thanks to Amby for posting this!
WARNING: If you haven't seen season 3, this trailer for season 4 has lots of spoilers!
WARNING: If you haven't seen season 3, this trailer for season 4 has lots of spoilers!
Monday, August 27, 2007
More on Halo 3
Just came across this article in Wired about Halo 3, and how Bungie has been been using psychology to help improve the game. Lengthy, but interesting.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Bungie Podcast
Just discovered that Bungie has a podcast - led by Frank O'Connor (aka Frankie). I think Lars makes an appearance!
Monday, May 14, 2007
My friend can beat your friend at Halo 3
My friend Lars has been working at Bungie on the new version of Halo. They just released a beta version and had a huge to-do around the country for the launch.... Lars happened to be in San Francisco last week promoting the game, but I didn't get a chance to hang out with him!
Here and here are videos of him playing live at the Foreign Cinema soiree (takes a bit to load).
Here and here are videos of him playing live at the Foreign Cinema soiree (takes a bit to load).
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