Month: May 2010

JusWondering… Who Are The Hepburn And Tracy Of Today?

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Nobody else is like Spencer and Tracy... or so I've been told.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I. Know. Films.

But only after the release of Die Hard in 1988.  It was around then I started reading Entertainment Weekly (this was my first issue) and began my film studies at Wayne State University (go Tartars, I mean, Warriors!)…

So needless to say (yet I’ll say it anyway), I’ve never seen any of Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy’s films, but I do know that they are a beloved (or at least famous) Acting! pair, the likes of which no longer exist.  Or do they?

I tried scouring the TripleDoubleU for Actors! that were in more than one movie together, and alas, I found nothing definitive.  So I had to scour my own brain, and this compilation was the best I could do.

(NOTE: I didn’t count sequels or comedy duos, but all you’ll see… most were only in two films.)
(ANOTHER NOTE: I know there are more – please add the ones I’m missing in the comments.)
(A FINAL NOTE: I did not count John and Joan Cusack either, sickos.)

JULIA ROBERTS and RICHARD GERE

  • Pretty Woman
  • Runaway Bride

JULIA ROBERTS and CLIVE OWEN

  • Closer
  • Duplicity

KATE WINSLET and LEONARDO DICAPRIO

  • Titanic
  • Revolutionary Road

GEORGE CLOONEY and TILDA SWINTON

  • Michael Clayton
  • Burn After Reading

KEANU REEVES and CHARLIZE THERON

  • The Devil’s Advocate
  • Sweet November

ADAM SANDLER and DREW BARRYMORE

  • The Wedding Singer
  • 50 First Dates

SIGOURNEY WEAVER and KEVIN KLINE

  • The Ice Storm
  • Dave

MICHAEL DOUGLAS and KATHLEEN TURNER (and DANNY DEVITO)

  • Romancing the Stone / Jewel of the Nile
  • War of the Roses

TOM CRUISE and NICOLE KIDMAN

  • Days of Thunder
  • Eyes Wide Shut

RALPH FIENNES and, um, LIAM NEESON

  • Schindler’s List
  • Clash of the Titans

KATE BOSWORTH and JAMES MARSDEN

  • Superman Returns
  • Straw Dogs (coming soon)

KEVIN SPACEY and KATE BOSWORTH

  • Beyond the Sea
  • 21
  • Superman Returns

TOM HANKS and MEG RYAN

  • Joe Versus the Volcano
  • Sleepless in Seattle
  • You’ve Got Mail

JOHNNY DEPP and HELENA BONHAM CARTER

  • Corpse Bride
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Sweeney Todd
  • Alice in Wonderland

Drunken Recollection… Dream Cast Of X-Men: First Class

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Sega had a different idea than me.

With the new (first?) (only?) A-Team movie coming out, we got to talking about the cast over some beers.  We decided this dream cast (not the one above) would have been quite a coup:

The Dream Team

Bruce Willis as Hannibal, Brad Pitt as Face, Jim Carrey as Murdoch, and Michael Clarke Duncan as B.A. Baracus would have been expensive as hell, and I’m not calling the current cast the B-Team (ha!), but these guys would be totally worth it.

So then we started discussing that Matthew Vaughn (the guy that made Kick-Ass independent of any studio) will be helming X-Men: First Class. It should be noted that he was set to be the original director of X-Men 3 (which he hated).  Since our train of thought was already on IRF (Ideal Role Fulfillment), this was the station our one track minds arrived at:

Yes, please.

Michael Rosenbaum could replace Patrick Stewart as a younger Professor X.  Rosenbaum already carries comic credentials under his belt (he plays Lex Luthor on Smallville), so he already has the experience of playing the earlier version of an icon.  Plus, DC owes Marvel someone since Green Lantern took Ryan Reynolds from Deadpool.  Besides, audiences don’t care if Actors! double up on beloved characters (Captain Jean-Luc Picard held his ground as Professor X, Human Torch as Captain America, Han Solo as Indiana Jones, as so on).

It's the hair that won the job.

Replacing Magneto was tough.  I started with Jude Law, another Brit, taking over for Sir Ian McKellen.  But then we tried thinking about perhaps an Actor! of Jewish decent, since Erik Magnus Lehnsherr happened to be, and we could think of none.  So they fought Law, and Law won.

And as for Cyclops / Scott Summers, this thought popped in our head…

Please no.

…and the game ended.

A Handful Of… Toys I Always Wanted To Exist

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As a kid, was a skid, and no one knew me by name.  Trashed my own house party ‘cuz nobody came.

Oops, I’m already off topic…

As a kid, there were a few toys that never existed that I always wish existed.  Shall we reminisce together?

1) BOBA FETT (WITH FIRING MISSILE)

Everybody had a friend that had one.

Call it a choking hazard, call it natural selection, these toys never made it market.  But I swear I knew a kid– ah, forget it.

2) GLORIA BAKER AND SHARK (FROM M.A.S.K.)

Thank T-Bob the fan-fic pic is clean.

I’m not sure why this toy was never made.  It’s not like Kenner hadn’t made other water vehicles, or other female action figures (Vanessa Warfield).

3) HOVER BOARD

Wasn't this supposed to be close to market fifteen years ago? How about in five from now?

After the time travelling DeLorean, of course, there was not much more I wanted from the Back to the Future films.

4) ROCKETEER’S ROCKET PACK AND HELMET

Scary. but fun...

…that, or his girlfriend…

Jenny, Jenny...

5) GREATEST AMERICAN HERO INSTRUCTION BOOK*

The only book that could be a toy...

*Costume better be included…

6) STAR TREK’S HOLODECK

Doesn't look like much fun now, but neither does a deflated balloon.

If I have to explain this one, I don’t care to know you.  Good day!

7) “THE TOY”

Sorry, I had to...

The Sh– To Just Sh–ty… John Williams’ Theme To Star Wars

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Some days you wake up to find out you crapped the bed.  Other days, you wake up to find out the bed crapped on you.

Today, I found out John Williams (and George Lucas) crapped in my bed.

(more on this here)

So, Duh! Pop Quiz… Movie Trailers Game (UPDATED)

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Yay! A movie quiz!

For today’s So, Duh! Pop Quiz, I’m going to try out something a little different.  It’s a game called Movie Trailers, or at least I call it that.

The concept is simple:

You get three pictures of Actors! (sometimes cut from their respective movie posters, sometimes in their actual roles).  The catch is each title flows into the next.  Say, for instance, the image is this:

The answer would be Iron Man on Fire in the Sky (Iron Man – Man on Fire – Fire in the Sky).

The answer will never involve a trick like these: Blue Steel Magnolia(s), Old School of Rock(y) Horror Picture Show, or Close(r) Encounters of the Third Kind of Wonderful.

The answer will always be individual words like this: Superbad/Bad Boys Don’t Cry,

If there is a number, the style must match.  Plus, “the” must be included: Lethal Weapon 4/Four (The) Brothers Grimm.

Ready to begin?  Good luck!

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(Answers after the jump – special thanks to Chris, Aaron, and Paul for the help) Read More

Worth 1002 Words… Inappropriate Old Comic Book Cover Edition

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Sport'n Wood

Some alterknots:

  • Clint Wood
  • John Wood
  • Wood Wood

Hibbidy-Wah?! Get Out Of There!

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I never realized how often characters in movie and TV shows were in so much trouble, they didn’t know they should leave.  Hence the birth (and overuse) of the infamous uttering, “Get out of there!” and its ilk.

Thank heaven for 7 Eleven that no one’s ever told me to “Get out of there!”

Now “Get out of here!” I’ve heard plenty…

(via The Daily What and Pajiba)

Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? Am I A Trendsetter?

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As I (unabashedly) brought to your attention in my last Happy Find, I started another blog called Micro Mike Rowe.  I began that punny wonder on April 20th.

Then on April 26th, this bit appeared on Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Enjoy Little Danson Man:

Vodpod videos no longer available.

more about “Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk?“, posted with vodpod

Hmm… my cut-and-paste craze is barely off the ground, and one screwball skit makes a trend not.

But then yesterday, on May 3rd’s Attack of the Show, apropos of nothing, co-host Morgan Webb appeared between segments as Tiny Morgan.  Alas there is no available clip of that, but this bit immediately followed it.  As (barely) proof, check out Kristin Adams opening for The Feed (or check this vid at the 2:54 mark):

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Morgan Webb is much more fun to edit than Mike Rowe... Sorry, buddy...

Coinkydink?  Or Coinkydonk?  You decide…

(My Boss) Paul’s Top Five List… Songs About Obsolete Technology

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We’ve been busier at work the last few months (hence me running behind on new posts at times), so my friend/boss Paul has been unable to create a new list to share.  Today, before heading to golf, he created this new list to share.

CD's may soon go the way of the phonograph...

Top 5 Songs About Obsolete Technology

5.) Spiderwebs – No Doubt
What’s Obsolete: screening phone calls over answering machines
What’s Replaced It: caller ID
Shelf-Life for Replacement: indefinite

4) The Letter – Box Tops (or Joe Cocker, or American Idol’s Lee Dewyze)
What’s Obsolete: writing letters
What’s Replaced It: writing emails
Shelf-Life for Replacement: not long… kids today think emailing is outdated

3) You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) – Dead or Alive
What’s Obsolete: LP records

Paul’s additional note:

I felt real old when my five year-old daughter asked me, ‘What’s a record, dad?’

What’s Replaced It: CD’s (also, Right Round by Flo Rida)
Shelf-Life for Replacement: ever hear of iPods or Pandora?

2) Escape (The Pina Colada Song – Rupert Holmes
What’s Obsolete: personal ads in the newspaper
What’s Replaced It: Craigslist and web dating services
Shelf-Life for Replacement: as long as people are looking for other strangers to screw, they’ll be around

1) Beepers – Sir Mix-A-Lot
What’s Obsolete: pagers
What’s Replaced It: cell phones
Shelf-Life for Replacement: until they implant telecommunications into our brains, cell phones are it

(above image via Gizmodo)

In Someone Else’s Brain While Sleeping… (I Need A Break)

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I recently had a dream in which I invented wind-up watches.  I woke up thinking they were a crazy idea, and then I thought about how crazy i was to forget that they existed.

While on the subject of crazy, one of my friends told me about a woman she worked with and the recurring dream she had.

Over the course of fifteen years (FIFTEEN YEARS!), she often dreamed of Morgan Freeman standing in a waterfall, wearing a diaper, and holding her unborn twins in her arms.  She never had twins or lost them, I found out, because then it would have been sad… like Morgan Freeman was playing his usual role of God, and all that other psychoanalytic mumbo jumbo.

So since it wasn’t a downer, I simply could not resist trying to imagine what that looked like, and here was the result:

(Not So) Artistic Representation