Thursday, September 14, 2006
This Is Pretty Much How My Mind Works
I bought this week’s Entertainment Weekly.
Not Just for the remarkable photo of Eva Longoria and her pet ass, but for the promise of EW’s 50 Best High School Films Ever. EVER.
Now, I had just purchased the special edition DVDs of both Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful last week. Given that overdose of the John Hughes, a retrospective of the fifty (that’s a five followed by a zero, if you didn’t know) top high school movies seems just perfect.
My complete thoughts on the films that made or did not make the EW high school list will have to wait for another post (I’ve been saying that a lot lately, huh?), but I will say that I was pissed that they only had write-ups for the top 25 films and then just listed the lower half – offering no justification for these bottom 25 picks. Those damn dick-teases over at Entertainment Weekly, they don’t even take the time to explain to me how Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire clocked in at Number 36 (while Some Kind of Wonderful, The Last American Virgin and PORKY’s are overlooked).
Does Goblet of Fire even take place in a high school? I can’t tell since most of the film is just three ridiculous exercises in child endangerment as the four students compete to win of all things, a glass cup. What’s up with that? A world populated with witches and wizards and the best prize they can come up with is a damn soup bowl.
Now, a prize worthy of that magical world would be 72 virgins in heaven or, better yet, immortality. I mean this is the Tri-Wizard Tournament not Fear Factor – why settle for crappy ass prizes, Mr. Potter? Even hockey players get more than the Stanley Cup if they win. Let’s up the ante.
Hell, let’s up the ante on the reality shows. I know if they were offering immortality and a couple of virgins to the winner of Survivor, I’d be more inclined to watch. Much more interesting than the “Segregation Island” fiasco that airs tonight.
Personally, I think Mark Burnett didn’t take it far enough in terms of the race issue. Where are the Arab and the Jewish teams? Let’s have the winner get the Gaza Strip. I bet more people would watch that than a CNN report. If America is already a bunch of infidels and devils in the eyes of the extremists, what do we have to lose?
See what happens when I stare at Eva Longoria’s ass too long? My mind just wonders.
Question for Discussion: which reality show would rather see set in the Middle East: Flavor of Love or Celebrity Fit Club or something else? And why?
wojr
I bought this week’s Entertainment Weekly.
Not Just for the remarkable photo of Eva Longoria and her pet ass, but for the promise of EW’s 50 Best High School Films Ever. EVER.
Now, I had just purchased the special edition DVDs of both Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful last week. Given that overdose of the John Hughes, a retrospective of the fifty (that’s a five followed by a zero, if you didn’t know) top high school movies seems just perfect.
My complete thoughts on the films that made or did not make the EW high school list will have to wait for another post (I’ve been saying that a lot lately, huh?), but I will say that I was pissed that they only had write-ups for the top 25 films and then just listed the lower half – offering no justification for these bottom 25 picks. Those damn dick-teases over at Entertainment Weekly, they don’t even take the time to explain to me how Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire clocked in at Number 36 (while Some Kind of Wonderful, The Last American Virgin and PORKY’s are overlooked).
Does Goblet of Fire even take place in a high school? I can’t tell since most of the film is just three ridiculous exercises in child endangerment as the four students compete to win of all things, a glass cup. What’s up with that? A world populated with witches and wizards and the best prize they can come up with is a damn soup bowl.
Now, a prize worthy of that magical world would be 72 virgins in heaven or, better yet, immortality. I mean this is the Tri-Wizard Tournament not Fear Factor – why settle for crappy ass prizes, Mr. Potter? Even hockey players get more than the Stanley Cup if they win. Let’s up the ante.
Hell, let’s up the ante on the reality shows. I know if they were offering immortality and a couple of virgins to the winner of Survivor, I’d be more inclined to watch. Much more interesting than the “Segregation Island” fiasco that airs tonight.
Personally, I think Mark Burnett didn’t take it far enough in terms of the race issue. Where are the Arab and the Jewish teams? Let’s have the winner get the Gaza Strip. I bet more people would watch that than a CNN report. If America is already a bunch of infidels and devils in the eyes of the extremists, what do we have to lose?
See what happens when I stare at Eva Longoria’s ass too long? My mind just wonders.
Question for Discussion: which reality show would rather see set in the Middle East: Flavor of Love or Celebrity Fit Club or something else? And why?
wojr
Labels: Hollywood, Nostalgia, Snide Remarks
