Edgy MD

Vic Sage wrote: anyone who rules out reconsideration of anything is an idiot. I agree that making decisions reconsideration-proof is wrong. But that's also why I think the Baseball Hall of Fame did the right thing by expanding the Veteran's Committee to all the living members (making them a much tougher body to generate consensus among), rather than eliminating it and refusing to reconsider players passed on by the BBWAA.

These lists seem to be about throwing bones to different constituencies. Forrest Gump at 76? Maybe the 76th best film of 1994. Or the 76th best film about a dumb guy.

Driven is something I got caught with in a hotel room. I found it fascinating. Clearly the Formula One circuit saw the world passing them by as the NASCAR marketplace expanded and theirs did not, so they commissioned this film as a promotional piece. It has a lot of archetypes from sports movies, and a batch from action movies as well --- the green kid with talent and heart who needs to navigate the temptations and politics to realize his championship potential, the rugged veteran whose best days are past but he still has a trick or two up his sleeve along with a willingness to mentor, and the heartless power broker. But it's the European in the films that are spellbinding, because while they're painted as stereotypically as they would be in a Stallone action movie --- the icy German, the goofy Italian --- the sport's biggest stars and fan base are Europeans, so they had to push the theme of the American's determination (the US being their primary target market) while casting these other guys as shallow, but still sympathetic (Europe being their secondary target market, and the director's home continent).

Vic Sage wrote: he was good once, right? WRONG!. I kind of meant to imply that through irony. Even Mike Norris is an unnceccesary sequel.

Most film reviewers seem confused about what kind of minister Rev. Frank is. He seems to wear a Roman collar and operate out of a church called St. Augustine, but he stops being Catholic after that. Whatever did you invest money in this for? Date movie?

a truth thats inconvenient for Al Gore: http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/G/great_global_warming_swindle/index.html sadly the video itself is no longer on google video as it was a few months ago. edit- heres part 1 (of 8) on youtube, sadly it is not available in its entirety in one video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8v5du5_ag There's a lot of sadness in that post.

Maybe they should get a Scandinavian director. Just not Renny Harlin, who has been in a slump since... help me out, he was good once, right?

The kook who headed up the Rogues was also Luther from 48 Hours, wasn't he?

GI Joe: metaphor for the gradual but systematic emasculation of the American male.

The jump from 12-inch to six-inch was so depressing that you had to pay attention to see that it also switched GI Joe from a character to a brand, under which many shrunken characters conducted operations for GI Joe Company, or something. GI Joe works best a the guy Barbie's looking over Ken's shoulder at, as Ken obliviously embraces her. I promise you I'll never see this movie but that review gets a 1010 from me. Uh-huh.

We finally watched this after renting it two or three times. I'll give a thumbs up to the comic-book editing they tacked on, and a big thumbs down to the wanky prologue (read out loud by Hill!). I'd only caught snatches of it in the past. It was more coherent than I thought it'd be. Ultimate director's cut, my ass. I agree with Dickshot, in finding some of the performances were pretty polished and engaging. Pretty funny that, in the end, an Oscar-winner and a Tony-winner came out of the cast. "You see, Warriors?! You see what you get when you go up against the Orphans?!"

Thing about Venom is that he's visually thrilling; as a character, there isn't much there, except an outward projection of Peter's inner demons.

Oh. That might have worked maybe if my setup was the opposite.

I'm not sure I want to know, but... what?

That's some near-Don Martin quality onomatopoeia.

Don't forget Phoebe Zeit-Geist: Damn, Frank. Just... just damn.

I guess that means more pencilling than inking.

How did springer draw Spidey? MJ? Did he get more pencilling assignments or inking?

You're the first I've read who prefers Spider-Man to Spider-Man 2. What's with pounding three super-villians in there?

John Raynor was my high school math teacher.

1) It isn't. 2) I'd rather see that argument made with data.

Something spooky about you becoming Lynch with the end of a rope as your avatar.

Every night. I'm telling you, Will is best looked at through the lens of his entire oeuvre, rather than flim by film. His comedic chops fit in a very small bag, but he's got a big idea.

Yeah, I don't care. Had a Billy Squier song in it.

Philip Bondy thinks martin should be fired.