This post is a sort of double-whammy JusWondering. The first part is a legitimate whimsical question; the follow-up is philosophical. Hopefully both are fun.
The first real question that smolders in my, um, title line is
What other president should get rebooted?
Hollywood loves its reboots, re-imaginings, and remakes, and these upcoming films are proof.
But did you also know that FDR: American Badass!exists (or at least will very soon)?
If Hollywood followed these templates, I’d say George Washington or JFK are ripe for action-packed movies:
I’d venture to guess in another twenty years, Ronald Reagan will get rebooted, too.
Now onto my second JusWondering… does anyone else feel slightly offended by Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and FDR: American Badass!? Because weirdly, I do. And what’s stranger, I was born and raised Roman Catholic and these doesn’t bother me one bit:
It’s been a while since I’ve found a true Happy Find. By that I mean I found a website or blog user that’s new to me and makes me happy.
This makes me happy (which is long overdue you horrible, horrible movie):
For the remainder of The Schwarzenegger Follies, you can click here. You’ll find wondrous classics, such as Conan the Barbarian: The Musical and Predator: The Musical.
And because I’m so kind, here’s another called… Commando: The Musical.
I’ve never made it secret that I love my 80’s music satellite station. (I have tried to make it secret that I love the love song station… terribly though.)
So of course it’s natural that I would rediscover The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince That’s Now Known Only As Prince’s I Would Die 4 U while bouncing around the dial.
A refresher from 1984 (in the form of a strange college project in 2009):
Then the thought occurred to me, could this be the first song that used leet speak in its title?
…and in 1990, Sinead O’Connor struck gold with Nothing Compares 2U (which was also written by Prince)
But there was nothing sooner. Or was there?
Now if I had actually done all this homework, I probably would have stopped at Prince’s I Would Die 4 U. I wouldn’t have even delved to the album that preceded Purple Rain and 1999 called Controversy. (Released in 1981, it had a song called Jack U Off.) So does that make it official that Prince started leet speak since he has three of the earliest appearances of it?
But even better than that – the first song on the album is called:
Happ-E-2-C-U-A-Ginn
Can we be sure PR1NC3 knew about Graham Central Station? According to Wikipedia:
In 2011, Graham Central Station opened for Prince on Prince’s “Welcome 2 America” tour.
Isn’t it ironic? Don’t U think?
(SIDENOTE: Thanks to my brother-in-law and fellow blogger, Judd, for the research. Check out his insightful site Pancake Dominion by clicking here (or over there —>)…)
When I lived in West Los Angeles many El Niño’s ago (or were they La Niña’s?), there were two songs that always sort of inspired me to move there: Sheryl Crow’s All I Wanna Do and Everclear’s Santa Monica. Even though I didn’t live in the exact city of Santa Monica, I lived as close as those two songs were actually about the city (more on that in a moment). It was their sound that encapsulated the vibe I was seeking, and they hit the gauge in the earlobe.
Anymalibu, it was a recent song I’ve heard that made me realize that there’s been A Handful Of Songs About Santa Monica, and here they are:
This is the song that launched this post, and if you listen to its words… you’ll have no idea what it’s about, either. He’s talking about someone being tied up and screaming and the British army gets a shout out. He sings of Santa Monica throughout, but it could be a person rather than a place. Malinowski’s Canadian and in a reggae band, so… that’s no help. But I like the song, anyway.
This one specifically talks about Third Street Promenade, which was one of my favorite places to visit, but it’s more about getting lost, or feeling lost, or losing yourself in a popular public place. I never heard this song before writing this post, but man, is it depressing…
Do all these artists want me to slit my wrists with a long board, or what? This one’s about a break-up that begins with a bed full of gasoline. Whether it’s figurative or literal is beside the point.
Finally, an upbeat song! Wait, what? It’s really about attempted suicide?! Plus, it was also temporarily banned from airplay after the attacks on 9/11? Good vibes gracious.
Man, I forgot how big of a crush I had on Sheryl Crow back in the day. This song may not be about the city, but at least it’s a happy tune about urban ennui. In other words, a rallying cry for day drunks on Santa Monica Boulevard.
All Most Actors! have precious egos. That’s why more often than not, they don’t like typecasting.
Now some Actors! benefit immensely from typecasting. If they’re weird-looking, they play weirdos; if they’re pretty, they play pretty people.
Don’t tell me JuliaRoberts or Brad Pitt weren’t playing Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt in most of their movies. The only reason Julia Roberts won her Oscar for Erin Brockovich was because she played outside of her type. She stepped (slightly) beyond her bubble (by showing pushed-up cleavage), just like Halle Berry did (by getting completely naked) in Monster’s Ball and Charlize Theron did (by looking ugly and getting naked) in Monster (those examples are Coinkydinks).
(SIDENOTE: I’m not sure what Sandra Bullock did except get cheated on…)
Anyboobs, Susan Sarandon has had a recurring character this season on 30 Rock. She’s been playing Lynn Onkman, the former teacher and lover of Frank… or in a word – a pedophile:
His hat should have read, "HOT FOR EACHER"... it's funny because the "T" fell off.
Where the Coinkydink or Coinkydonk comes into play is in Adam Sandler’s new movie, That’s My Boy, her daughter Eva Amurri plays – wait for it – a pedophile. Or should I say teacher and lover?
BONUS FIND! Though not in the preview, according to IMDb, Susan Sarandon is listed as third in the billing (she portrays her daughter’s character all grown up, ‘natch).
So is it all on accident (Coinkydink)?
Or is it a serious case of typecasting (Coinkydonk)?
I didn’t have a blog back in 2005, and YouTube was just getting started, so pretend this post took place in that very same year, about a very special brand of hero…
I’m beginning to have my faith restored in humanity, and there’s a very simple reason why:
In case you’re unaware of his credentials, I found a new website called Yourtoob that shows videos with plenty of proof why he would make a good president. I’m sure that he could beat Dick Cheney or Hillary Clinton any day!
He stops at nothing to save the day, even if it’s just a cat:
He was a volunteer firefighter:
He was a valued police officer:
He inspired a haircut craze that was bigger than Jennifer Aniston’s The Rachel:
Metro PCS is to all the other cell phone companies like a hot dog vendor is to chain restaurants. It’s cheap, and if you need it, it’s food a phone.
For their latest ad campaign, they feature a very annoying song (as opposed to racist caricatures*) that for some reason is seeping into the part of my brain that likes hot dogs from street vendors… wait, that doesn’t sound right.
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