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JusWondering… Who Are The Hepburn And Tracy Of Today?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by sgottahurt

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

Posted on May 10, 2010 by sgottahurt

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

Posted on May 9, 2010 by sgottahurt

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

Posted on May 8, 2010 by sgottahurt

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)

Posted on May 7, 2010 by sgottahurt

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!

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

Hibbidy-Wah?! Get Out Of There!

Posted on May 5, 2010 by sgottahurt

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)

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

Posted on May 2, 2010 by sgottahurt

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

So, Duh! Pop Quiz… Musician Names As Things Edition

Posted on April 21, 2010 by sgottahurt

(Not So) Artistic Representation

This edition is a free-for-all. Mostly because the letters and numbers deal-i-o gets to be a bit much.

Basically, you’re going to look at this giant JPG and name which artist is represented by each image. It will be their last name, or their entire name, but it’s right there in the picture. Some are super easy; some are obscure; some are pushing it.

They are all solo artists, at one point or another. As one parting example, the above graphic is of POP (if you’re in the Midwest, at least)… POP = IGGY POP… Enjoy!

(Answers after the jump) Read More

In My Brain While Sleeping… Taylor Swift Returns To SNL (And I Suggest A Skit!)

Posted on April 19, 2010 by sgottahurt

(I had this dream before I recently revisited New York. That trip will be an upcoming tale I’m sure you will care less about than this trip. You most likely don’t even care about this thing that happened In My Brain While Sleeping, and I’ve already lost you. Have I lost you? No…? I guess if I lost you before reading this, you would have no idea I even cared that you were gone. Because I do. It helps my hit counter. But I guess it counts as a hit whether you keep reading or not, so moving on…)

*Le sigh*

In this dream, singer (and now Actor!) Taylor Swift was making her second appearance on Saturday Night Live.

I was in the audience and a participant of the Try Out as a Comedy Writer Program.

I suggested a skit, and the producers ran with it.

The concept was this: Swift was trying to sell a baby on the black market to none other than Kristen Wiig (she’s like in every skit).

The lovely chanteuse messed up line the punchline about taking the baby for one million dollars, instead of selling.

Wiig’s character finally agrees, and Swift hands the baby over. But the catch is that the infant has a tail (like that one baby in India), but it’s more like a boa.