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A Sweaty David Tennant In Leather Pants May Only Be Reason Number Ten Why You Should See Fright Night, But He's A Perfect Ten.

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (20)



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Hello honeys! Did you vote for Skyler Durden and Tammy yesterday in the “Mad Men” casting contest? Good. DO IT AGAIN TODAY. After you do that, you get to read the new David Thorne. His fingers drip with hilarity. (27b/6)

Speaking of hilarity, I’m sorry my delicate East Seaboard flowers, but this earthquake situation is still cracking me up. It’s not you. I’m sure it was super scary and I once thought a particularly loud thunderclap was a terrorist attack, so I’m with you. It’s THEM. THE MEDIA. I’ve come across eleventy billion stories this morning about earthquake preparedness etc. So, yes, folks, I know, I know, the quake caused a crack in our nation’s phallus, but let’s get a grip. On ourselves. Not the phallus. Here’s the least useless story I read which is bout an iPhone app that warns you seconds before an earthquake hits. I say just get a lemur. (GOOD)

What’s that, 3 For $10? I thought those things were free.
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Well, okay, after hospital costs and food and clothing and FINE. $10 is a bargain. SOLD. You wanna talk about destruction, though, where’s the blog dedicated to sh*t kids destroy? Right? I mean where’s the real tru-oh, hey! Here it is! (The Curious Brain)

Speaking of kids, here’s an Oatmeal comic that sticks it to all the teenaged gamers out there. S*ck it n00bc*cks. (Oatmeal)

Because you know what grown-up geeks get to do if they wanna? Watch Star Wars XXX at the Exxxotica Convention. “Lady geeks can get into EXXXOTICA free on Friday.” So, um, LA-based ladies, who’s going to go cover this event for Pajiba? I will pay you ALL the Monopoly monies. (Bleeding Cool)

Did I just go from talking about kids to talking about porn? SHORE DID! That’s Pajiba Love. And while we’re on the subject, here’s an interesting article about the Wikipedia page for “Lolita.” Apparently it’s been edited 2,303 times. Thanks mswas. (The Awl)

Speaking of editing, RUMOR HAS IT that George Lucas has added some more unwanted bits to the Star Wars Blu-Ray edition. I’m not buying, Lucas. In the words of another famous George, “Jar Jar me once, shame on you, Jar Jar me twice, well, um, that’s a shame or something.” (Nerd Approved)

Listen, okay, it’s fun to mock the GOP (Like, really fun. Like BINGO fun.), but Seth sent me this very thoughtful piece on asymmetric insight and the “Us vs. Them” mentality and I think it’s well worth your time. (You Are Not So Smart)

Because most days, you know, I just want to preach a little peace love and understanding. Doctors have confirmed that there were no illegal drugs in Amy Winehouse’s system when she died. I’m not saying her substance abuse didn’t play a role (it most certainly did), but maybe this news will quiet all the hateful cries of “JUNKIE.” (Evil Beet)

No? Okay, fine, I’ll just drown them out with my new 10th Anniversary O Brother Where Art Thou? Soundtrack. So damn good. (NPR)

While we’re on the subject of bluegrass, there are at least 99 reasons to see Fright Night, and this closing credits song is one.

Finally, my darlings n00bc*cks, I don’t play video games at all, but word on the street is that this Portal fan video r0xx0rs, or something. So this one’s for you:

Joanna Robinson also thinks you should see Fright Night for the witty banter (really!), Toni Collette, the perfect amount of McLovin’, a tasty cameo and, to quote Optimus Rhyme, Anton Yelchin’s wispy sideburns.









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Comments

You wanna talk about destruction, though, where’s the blog dedicated to sh*t kids destroy? Right? I mean where’s the real tru-oh, hey! Here it is!

Hey! Where's the photo of my post breastfeeding boobs? Where's the photo of my husband's sex drive?

Posted by: Vicki at August 24, 2011 1:16 PM

I'm still all battered-wife-syndrome for those Blu-Rays.

Me and my friend haven't watched any Star Wars for a full year to prepare for our all day Episode 1-6 fest on Blu-Ray. It's been torture. Maybe we did it to condition our brains into accepting the purchase? I don't know.

Posted by: =DocDoom1= at August 24, 2011 1:23 PM

Funniest comment on the earthquake that I read yesterday:

New York earthquakes are better because our crust is thinner.

Posted by: PaddyDog at August 24, 2011 1:24 PM

Thanks for the link to the "Asymmetrical Insight" essay. really good.

Posted by: Fredo at August 24, 2011 1:32 PM

I know I named myself after a lemur, but I find them very unattractive creatures and the ring-tailed ones particularly so. Oh, the irony. Or, perhaps, the morony.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 24, 2011 1:54 PM

I enjoyed that asymmetric insight piece enough to put the guy's book on my wish list.

I'm well aware of my tendency to join the team and vilify the other side, and I've decried the pep rally mentality of politics for a long time, even as I'll sometimes fall back into the practice. These aren't sports teams, and it's to our detriment that we treat the issues, parties, and candidates as such. When closely examining many of the differences that I have with the other side of the political spectrum, I frequently find that our divergences merely come down to a case of prioritization. It's very difficult to argue personal priorities with someone.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at August 24, 2011 1:56 PM

Holy shit! People write articles about Wikipedia articles?! And it's about Lolita?!! That was the first Wikipedia edit I ever made*. And I just checked and it is still there (the word after "stillborn", ahthankyaverymuch). Anywho, thanks for the link.

* - I noted that Lolita had a girl because the article only mentioned that she had a child.

Posted by: pissant at August 24, 2011 2:25 PM

okay, I know what the Assymetrical author is saying and it's a fair point, but mostly the article reinforced my belief that Boy Scouts are creepy little fuckers.

Posted by: PaddyDog at August 24, 2011 2:26 PM

I want to be bitten by a radioactive lemur so that I can have precognitive powers.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at August 24, 2011 2:41 PM

Do you also want a scent gland in your bottom so you can dip the tip of your tail in it and wave it in the other lemurs' faces to show territorial dominance?

That question is silly. Who wouldn't want to be able to do that?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 24, 2011 3:10 PM

And for a prime example of assymetrical insight, go read the comments section of Dr. Pisaster's latest and ask yourself why Pajibans...a lot that preaches "peace, love, and understanding"...find no issues with demonizing religious people who are attempting to deal with reality according to their deeply-held beliefs.

It's one thing to disagree, it's another to vilify.

Posted by: NateS1973 at August 24, 2011 3:11 PM

But we can make fun of Scientologists with impugnity, right?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 24, 2011 3:36 PM

Oh those nutjobs...fer sure. :-)

Posted by: NateS1973 at August 24, 2011 3:55 PM

But we can make fun of Scientologists with impugnity, right?

Seriously, I'm fairly certain that I've seen Scientologists ridiculed on this site, and not just in the comments. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am. So, when are we gonna start ridiculing Christians, Muslims, etc.?

Posted by: pissant at August 24, 2011 4:13 PM

With all the material provided by cultists who pay for the privilege of enlightenment, why would we need to include anyone else?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 24, 2011 4:19 PM

I realize everyone has their obsessions, but I would pay serious money never to have to look at David Tennant's face or hear about Doctor fucking Who ever again.

Posted by: KXJXBX at August 24, 2011 4:29 PM

Um, just because they didn't find ILLEGAL drugs in Winehouse's system doesn't mean they didn't find any drugs. And prescription drugs can, and do, kill you just as readily as "illicit" drugs do.

The only real differences between the drugs deemed illegal by the govt. and all the other drugs is politics and hysteria. I'm not sure why Winehouse's family thinks the distinction is important enough to announce, as if it's somehow so much better that she probably died because of alcohol mixed with some prescription drug, or perhaps just alcohol alone. She's still just as dead, at the age of 27.

You can be an addict on prescription drugs, people do it all the time.

Posted by: Slash at August 24, 2011 4:55 PM

KXJXBX:

1. I can't believe the record locator for my flight tomorrow is posting on Pajiba. Machines have far too much power these days.

2. Do yourself a favor: never link to Pajiba again and I think you'll find your Tennant/Who problem is solved.

Posted by: PaddyDog at August 24, 2011 4:57 PM

With all the material provided by cultists who pay for the privilege of enlightenment, why would we need to include anyone else?

I seem to recall their beliefs being ridiculed. Their beliefs are just as valid/worthy of ridicule as anyone else's beliefs. Hell, at least they know who wrote their books.

Again, I'm fairly certain what I'm saying is true, but I'm unable to point to specific examples. I just recall having this feeling on multiple occasions.

Posted by: pissant at August 24, 2011 5:20 PM

A. I loved Fright Night

B. I immediately went home and found that version of 99 Problems and have been listening to it nonstop since.

Posted by: DominaNefret at August 24, 2011 10:04 PM