You know what? Fuck you guys. I just discovered that I can watch Three Amigos right here on my computer at work and so instead of doing lawyerly things, the next hour-and-a-half of my productivity is utterly, totally and completely fucking shot.
And if I’m going down, I’m taking all of you fuckers with me.
Buckle up, and I’ll see y’all in the unemployment line, Jefes!
I can't even really hate on any of these three guys for their (colossally) bad career decisions, because of how inordinately much I love this movie.
"My little Buttercup has the sweetest smiiiiiiiiile..."
Posted by: Tammy at December 18, 2008 10:18 AM
Sew, very old one... SEW LIKE THE WIND!!!
Posted by: TK at December 18, 2008 10:20 AM
Hulu and the full seasons of Lost at abc.com have completely ruined my work ethic.
Posted by: Patti at December 18, 2008 10:22 AM
I never had a shot at resisting this one.
"Jefe, you do not understand women. You cannot force open the petals of a flower. When the flower is ready, it opens itself up to you."
"So when do you think Carmen will open up her flower to you?"
"Tonight, or I will kill her!"
Posted by: branded at December 18, 2008 10:23 AM
In the vaguest terms, admin, a website like Hulu has to make a licensing agreement with the company that owns the rights to the film. This agreement is easiest to negotiate within one country's legal framework, in this case America, because every country has different variations of intellectual property rights. So Hulu only streams in America because they only obtained the rights to stream in America. Any other use isn't permitted by the license.
In other words: why the fuck can't we create some kind of international framework for intellectual property rights management? Because people are lazy and don't want to negotiate, that's why.
Does anyone else ever refer to their life trials as their "Personal El Guapo's"? Because I sure do.
"I'll come back some day"
"...why?"
Posted by: HB at December 18, 2008 10:24 AM
Ah, the eminently quotable Three Amigos. I still use some of their lines today. My personal favorite is "You son of a motherless goat!" I use that at least once a week, yelling at people on the road.
Posted by: Snath at December 18, 2008 10:28 AM
Seth, there's a relatively new Mexican tapas restaurant in Philly called Distrito that, in addition to being decorated in luchador masks, plays The Three Amigos on its huge projector screen. It is beyond fun to be eating ceviche and drinking flights of tequilla while spontaneously shouting "It's a sweater!!"
Posted by: Julie at December 18, 2008 10:32 AM
To Robert who asks, "Why the fuck can't we create some kind of international framework for intellectual property rights management?"
It's because that sort of legal wrangling requires lawyers and apparently they're too busy at work watching shit movies to act on this sort of necessity.
Posted by: Duane at December 18, 2008 10:33 AM
Thank goodness I live in the very most bestest country in the whole entire universe! I can watch Hulu anytime I want! Or not! I have the option! Haha super!
I'm going to say an extra special prayer tonight for everyone who lives in countries that don't have Hulu, that maybe, someday, the USA will conquer their poor, crappy country and annex them, so that everyone can watch The Three Amigos anytime they want!
Godtopus bless us, every one!
Posted by: Clee Shay at December 18, 2008 10:34 AM
"You shot the invisible man!!!"
Posted by: Fuel at December 18, 2008 10:38 AM
Whatever. It's been on YouTube for ages. We don't need your Hulu-shit!!!
Posted by: AlwaysConfused at December 18, 2008 10:53 AM
Fuel, I believe the line is "You killed the invisible swordsman."
Also good: "Whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will, look-up-here, look-up-here, LOOKUPHERE."
Posted by: Gin Monkey at December 18, 2008 10:58 AM
Must be nice working on billable hours.
Posted by: Melody at December 18, 2008 11:01 AM
"They called us scum-sucking pigs! Us!"
Posted by: Todd at December 18, 2008 11:03 AM
Whatever. It's been on YouTube for ages. We don't need your Hulu-shit!!!
Shit. I guess that's what I get for trying to spread some motherfucking holiday cheer. That's the problem with all these non-American countries; they just don't appreciate when we try to do nice things for them, like invasion and the forcible spreading of democracy. It's almost like you guys don't want our help.
Posted by: Clee Shay at December 18, 2008 11:05 AM
I can't join you in the time wasting at the moment--or at work, really, that's just too much risk; however, I did want to say that I love The Three Amigos!
My little buttercup has the sweetest-
SMILE! SMILE!
My little buttercup, won't you stay a-
WHILE! WHILE!
I quote that with some frequency.
Posted by: tamatha at December 18, 2008 1:04 PM
Godtopus, the spambots are out in full force today...
Posted by: figgy at December 18, 2008 1:49 PM
... and to this day, I'm still not sure if it's pronounced PLE-tha-rah, or ple-THOR-a.
Posted by: ciji at December 18, 2008 8:17 PM
Rachel, you fucking ROCK!! Thanks for the lifehacker link -- I've been trying to hack into Hulu from here in Asia ever since it came online.
Who ever said that Pajiba was a complete waste of time!
Motherfucking hulu! Can one of you lawyerly types clarify why many of the video streaming sites can't/won't stream cross border?