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Is This What Rock Bottom Looks Like? Ryan Reynolds Continues His Free Fall From Grace

By Joanna Robinson | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (36)



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Though we did pay our respects to Steve Jobs in yesterday’s Pajiba Love, I didn’t write an official obituary. People obviously care about Jobs (as well they should), given that his Stanford University commencement address was viewed over 8 million times yesterday. So for those of you who need more in-depth closure, here is a round-up of the best tributes to Steve Jobs. (Fast Company)

I’d like to compose an obituary to Ryan Reynolds’ dignity. RyRy, already in trouble, image wise, given his underperforming films, was caught making out with Blake Lively in a train station in Boston. Okay, maybe, maybe this is false gossip, but if it’s true I’m sorely and irrationally disappointed Even more than I was when he married ScarJo. You were a Pajiba Darling, Ryan, we do not confer that honor lightly. Go back to hiking in the woods with Sandy. I beg of you. (Celebitchy)

Sorry, is that too harsh? Blake Lively IS a lovely girl with nice hair. Speaking of lovely girls with nice hair, enjoy this nifty feature which allows you to use a sliding graphic to see what models look like before and after make-up. (Times Magazine)

Speaking of models, check out Rion Sabean’s series of men in traditional pin-up poses. Uncomfortable. (Flickr)

While we’re on the subject of extreme discomfort, the first three Twilight movies will be rereleased in theaters. You know. For arti$tic reasons. (Indiewire)

Did you just do Extreme Terror Face? I hope it looked something like these photos of Haunted House visitors caught mid crouch/scream/clutch. Thanks, Captain Tuttle. (Nightmares Fear Factory)

I’m a fan of Halloween. That should be pretty obvious by now. Check out this cool book which gives you creepy silhouettes to Halloweenify your house. (Craft)
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Speaking of all things macabre, check out this Zombie Run McSquish sent me. That’s one way to get the blood pumping to your brraaaaaaiiiins. (Run For Your Lives)

Also check out this supremely great Halloween costume courtesy of BierceAmbrose. (The Chive)

Though the film won’t be released until March, the trailer for John Cusack’s Edgar Allen Poe flick The Raven gives off quite the Halloween vibe. In fact, I’m going to call it Sherlock Holmes (the RDJ version) meets Sleepy Hollow. The English Lit. Major in me is not really amused. (First Showing)

I am even more appalled by this Top 100 Movies Based On Books list. I skipped right to the top to find To Kill A Mockingbird. When it wasn’t there I kept scrolling…and scrolling…it’s not on the list at all, you guys. One Hundred Movies. Zero Atticus Finch. (All Top Movies)

And since it’s Friday, Optimus Rhyme would like to GIFt you this “Parks and Recreation” (Gif.TV)

Finally, a friend of jM and a truly talented graphic artist, Juana Medina, is petitioning for a visa that will allow her to stay in the country. I think her work is amazing and I’m hoping you do to. The more you talk about, link to, and retweet her stuff, the more viable her chances are to stay. So, you know, DO IT. (Juana Medina)

TK sent me this brilliant ninja puppet short that somehow packs in more girl power that the entirety of Sucker Punch.

Ninja from Olivier Trudeau on Vimeo.

You know I’m a sucker for Jurassic Park. So it’s no surprise that I enjoyed the crap out of this video which puts words to the famous theme. (ahem, Laura Dern)









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Comments

Those are some seriously homely models. Wow.

Posted by: TylerDFC at October 7, 2011 2:12 PM

Is one of the pictures supposed to look better?

Posted by: Jay at October 7, 2011 2:25 PM

(WHY ARE COUTURE MODELS SO CREEPY????)

Posted by: Jay at October 7, 2011 2:28 PM

If nothing else, Ryan Reynolds is pretty enough that he can still cop a Thomas Jane. I'd hire him in a hot minute. Can anyone else see this? Ryan Reynolds hustling his box on Santa Monica Boulevard for Chipotle burritos?

Posted by: Jerry at October 7, 2011 2:30 PM

TK sent me this brilliant ninja puppet short that somehow packs in more girl power that the entirety of Sucker Punch.

she was getting her ass handed to her so she cheap shot-ed him with some throwing stars.

that's girl power? might as well just kick him in the nuts.

Posted by: Dr. Emilio Lizardo at October 7, 2011 2:38 PM

(Because only people with unearthly looks can make couture work?)

Those creepy silhouettes make me wish we got Trick or Treaters in our neighborhood. And that I had more than 4 windows to decorate.

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at October 7, 2011 2:43 PM

Those "men in cheesecake poses" photos are sort of sublimely ridiculous.

Also, I'm actually surprised how NOT different the models look after their makeup.

Posted by: MM at October 7, 2011 2:46 PM

Dr. Lizardo, she was playing rope-a-dope until she got her shot. Plus, ninja don't play that straight up fair bullshit. She walked away, he fed the worms-that's all that fucking matters. Go back to your home dimension and leave our John Lithgow alone.

Posted by: Mrcreosote at October 7, 2011 2:48 PM

That list is bullshit. I didn't make it through the last 10 before I was like "y'know what, if THESE are that low on the list, there is no way I want to know what tops it" and gave up.

Posted by: KatSings at October 7, 2011 3:01 PM

How is using throwing stars a cheap shot? Also, a day in which you all reference Buckaroo Banzai is a day which pleases me immensely.

Posted by: coveredinbees at October 7, 2011 3:02 PM

That best movie adaptations list should be retitled: "100 pretty good movies that happen to be based on books, 90 percent of which were released in my lifetime." I don't think movies need be slavish to their source material to be good, but if you're talking about the "best adaptations" too much deviation should really disqualify them. You might as well put Adaptation on the list and pretend that Kaufman was anywhere near the same page as The Orchid Thief. (Brilliant film, though.)

Posted by: DarthCorleone at October 7, 2011 3:04 PM

No offense, but it wasn’t like Ryan Reynolds was going to be the next Olivier.

Posted by: Pookie at October 7, 2011 3:06 PM

Jesus. I've counted two pretty girls (who looked terrible with makeup) and one girl who looked better with makeup. Everybody else just looked creepy in anyway.

I guess it's good to know that, even though we're not hot enough to be a Victoria Secret's Model, at least we're not creepy enough to be a couture model.

Posted by: Holly at October 7, 2011 3:16 PM

I loved the men in cheesecake/pin-up photos! Some of them made me laugh out loud. In my cube. Awesome.

Posted by: tamatha at October 7, 2011 3:18 PM

Pookie speaks truth.

Posted by: MM at October 7, 2011 3:19 PM

Thanks so much for the linkage, Wheat!

Posted by: jM at October 7, 2011 3:47 PM

Dude with the movie/book list loses a lot of cred for 1) ranking Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe that high and 2) not specifying that he means the live action instead of the more enjoyable animated one.

Oh, and also - for not mentioning the books & their authors! That would've been kee-razy.

Posted by: Sara Tonin at October 7, 2011 4:05 PM

Also, I have never heard of Duluth Travel before, but I am enjoying its jumping lumberjack ad on the sidebar.

Posted by: Sara Tonin at October 7, 2011 4:25 PM

The comments on the photos of the Nightmare Factory are regretsy-level harsh.

Posted by: shawnp at October 7, 2011 4:27 PM

"she was getting her ass handed to her so she cheap shot-ed him with some throwing stars."

She's a ninja, not a knight of the round table. What's she supposed to do, fight fair? Massage his feet a little? Sheesh.

Laugh-a while you can, monkey boy.

Posted by: Ghisent at October 7, 2011 4:30 PM

I'm totally psyched for Halloween this year because my chronic vertigo was finally cured and I can once again do some haunted house tours. Before that all my blundering about and clutching at walls got me mistaken for one of the zombies. Loved those pictures of frightened folks shrieking and ducking in terror. We are a fuckin' weird species.

The zombie marathon makes me want to get in shape. Can you body check and punch the zombies too? God, that would be fun.

Posted by: DeadBessie at October 7, 2011 4:37 PM

I'm so conflicted about that Top 100 Movies Based On Books list.

On one hand he includes all three LOTR movies in his top five, including the non-facetious (as far as I can tell):
"It only makes sense for [The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King] to be on the top of the list considering I call it the greatest all around achievement in film history (when you take all the elements of effects, cinematography, direction, acting, writing, etc, etc, etc.)"

On the other hand, he put Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins on the list.

Posted by: branded at October 7, 2011 4:52 PM

Uh-oh.

I'm gonna have to...

I don't like the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird.

*Flees*

Posted by: ChristianH at October 7, 2011 4:53 PM

That said, the 100 Movies/Books list is shit shit shit

Posted by: ChristianH at October 7, 2011 5:00 PM

Last thing: That amazing GIF link lead me to what me be the best Paul Rudd GIF of all time:

http://www.gif.tv/#/giftv-1813-paulgreen

Posted by: ChristianH at October 7, 2011 5:32 PM

Don't care what any of you say, Frida Gustavsson is lovely. And young enough to be my daughter. Ugh.

Posted by: The Kilted Yaksman at October 7, 2011 6:37 PM

The Raven looks fun!

Posted by: ChickaBoom! at October 7, 2011 7:26 PM

No "To Kill a Mockingbird?" For reals? How do these people even pretend they know anything about film?

You die! You go to Hell and you die!

Posted by: The Mutt at October 7, 2011 9:59 PM

Based on some of the comments, I was expecting some really rough-looking girls in the models' before/after shots. But were we looking at the same people? I thought several of them were very conventionally pretty, and the others were all very striking, even if unconventionally so.

Posted by: Amanda6 at October 7, 2011 11:43 PM

A disapproving mom when you need one! Thank you Leo's mom.

Posted by: haplo at October 8, 2011 12:02 AM

Temecula, CA is supposedly doing its own Run for Your Lives event next year. I, for one, plan to be there in all my undead glory. Let's all shamble together in anticipation!

*Shamble* *Shamble shamble* *Stumble* *Groan*

Posted by: thenchonto at October 8, 2011 2:34 PM

I'll be running in the Boston one! I have no hope of surviving the race, though. The undead shall claim me, but that's ok because there will be beer, even for zombies.

Posted by: McSquish at October 8, 2011 7:32 PM

I totally didn't realize that Run For Your Lives had spread beyond Baltimore.

Where I will totally be, getting eaten by zombies, because I am terrible at running. But man, will I have a good time. And drink people and party.

Posted by: DominaNefret at October 8, 2011 8:45 PM

Bridget Jones at #89? AND Minority Report ranked higher, at #87? Shenanigans.

Posted by: Even Stevens at October 9, 2011 1:13 AM

FWIW, he's updated the list with a note saying he should've include To Kill A Mockingbird and Jaws.

Posted by: Jim at October 9, 2011 9:54 AM

how are those pics of dudes in pin up pictures uncomfortable? They're fucking hilarious.

Posted by: Benza at October 9, 2011 8:25 PM