Pajiba Love 09/01/09

Putting the January into a Winter-Spring Romance

By Drew Morton | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (36)

Doesn’t putting retired womanizer Jack Nicholson and January Jones, also known as Betty Draper on Mad Men, alone together sound like an accident waiting to happen? (Interview Magazine)

As you Beatles fans are no doubt aware, 9/9/09 is a big day. Not only will Harmonix release The Beatles Rock Band for the Playstation 3, XBox 360, and the Wii but EMI/Capitol will release the entire Beatles catalog…remastered. You can read one of the first reviews of the set at ToneAudio. (ToneAudio)

A quick update on the save the UCLA Arts Library petition (AKA: Where Drew Morton Gets All His Books). As of last night, the petition was locked because library management has decided not to close the library during the 2009-2010 school year. I thank you all for signing and for making my academic year a hell of a lot easier. (Petition Site)

The Seth Rogen/Michel Gondry adaptation of The Green Hornet has been pushed back five months to Christmas 2010. (Dark Horizons)

Brad Brevet at Rope of Silicon has a review of Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, soon to be remade by Guillermo del Toro. I appreciate how his piece draws attention to one of my favorite developments on the home video market, the Warner Bros. Archive Collection. (Rope of Silicon)

Now that Disney has purchased Marvel, how would a Beauty and X-Men’s Beast crossover sound? (Spout)

Having trouble finding the proper song to slash your wrists to? The Onion’s AV Club has 36 suggestions. (AV Club)

The hipster-level readings on Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are are off the charts! Just check out the soundtrack’s art work and track listing, helmed by the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O. (The Playlist)

Rockstar Games has released the box art for “Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.” Sony, when will we be seeing this on the Playstation 3? (IGN)

Speaking of PS3 owners, the long awaited Blu-Ray of David Fincher’s Fight Club has officially been given a November release date. (Amazon)

Damn, all this PS3 talk has me jonseing for some video games. Anyone up for some live-action “Paperboy”?

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Mmmmmm I gotta say Nicholson's rocking a nice pair of cans.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 1, 2009 1:07 PM

Christ. I did not need to see Jack Nicholson's boobs first thing in the morning. I'm about to lose my breakfast.

Posted by: figgy at September 1, 2009 1:08 PM

Good to know!
And thousands of sincere and serious tall people I met on ___Tallmingle.com___ are the most amazing people I ever met! they care nothing but real love and chemistry! that's what we are looking for in today's world! :-)

Posted by: Claekda at September 1, 2009 1:15 PM

I swear I thought that was Slobodan Milosevic.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at September 1, 2009 1:18 PM

What is he eating in that picture, a huge gas station burrito?
Apparently all play and no work makes Jack a B-cup.

Posted by: branded at September 1, 2009 1:21 PM

Branded, that made me laugh pretty hard.

I don't like Jack's titties. I prefer my men to be nice and flat. In this case, a handful is too much.

Posted by: Brie at September 1, 2009 1:43 PM

couldn't figure out how to sign the petition. is there a step I'm missing?

Posted by: withnail at September 1, 2009 1:43 PM

New GTA? Excellent. Xmas present for the pseudo-Mr. AND keeps him outta my hair for at least six months. (Also, I'm getting a little bored with Nazi zombies. I know, right? How could I be bored with such a thing? Because I live with an obsessive gamer, that's how.)

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 1, 2009 1:49 PM

"The Seth Rogen/Michel Gondry adaptation of The Green Hornet has been pushed back five months to Christmas 2010."

...the fuck?

Posted by: chayes at September 1, 2009 1:56 PM

Withnail,

It's closed now, but thanks for trying!

Anna,

What platform does he have? Has he been playing Call of Duty?

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 1, 2009 1:56 PM

Am I the only one that's bored to fucking death of the Grand Theft Auto franchise? Seriously, I sold the last PS3 one back after about two months... it just didn't do it for me anymore. I never thought I'd say knifing hookers and shooting up strip clubs would get old, and yet...

That said - the new Batman: Arkham Asylum?

Holyfuckingcrap. SO. GOOD.

Posted by: TK at September 1, 2009 1:57 PM

As great as Where the Wild Things Are looks, I don't think I'm going to see it at the theater. I think the cloud of smug might suffocate me.

Posted by: Melody at September 1, 2009 2:03 PM

TK,

I refuse to pick up "Arkham" for $60 bucks. I've heard it's great, but I love multiplayer and do not want to spend sixty bucks on a 15 hour experience. The demo was OK and maybe it will be on my Christmas list, but I'm glad to hear you liked it.

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 1, 2009 2:03 PM

Wait a second.

You've a very purdy blonde lady in a push-uppy black bra thing
with her hair all touseled, sitting right there in the pic on the left...
and you're checking out Jack's moobies or his breakfast burrito!

[gasp] Tsk tsk.

Posted by: Ms MoMo at September 1, 2009 2:04 PM

Fair enough Drew. Personally, I never play multiplayer... in fact, I actively avoid it Considering I only buy about 3 games per year, I didn't feel too bad about dropping the $60 on Arkham. Especially since it's got a pretty high degree of replayability (not a word? It is now).

Posted by: TK at September 1, 2009 2:23 PM

TK,

I am tempted, but Beatles: RB is my next title and then Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Did you play Bioshock?

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 1, 2009 2:28 PM

So wait a minute. I don't have to have surgery to get bigger boobs, just eat burritos?

Posted by: Cindy at September 1, 2009 2:31 PM

I agree completely with TK. Multiplayer is fun, but I didn't get B:AA to play with friends, I got it because Batman can beat the shit out of 15 guys and not take a single hit.

I beat the game pretty quickly but with the Riddler challenges and unlockable Challenge Modes there are hours and hours of replayability (it's a word if it's used more than once).

Posted by: annoyingmouse at September 1, 2009 2:34 PM

To me, all 9/9/9 represents is the day my beloved Scream TV rebrands as Dusk, the mystery/suspense/thriller that had the BALLS to use clips from goddamn Practical Magic in its promo as an example of the "chills" to come.

I hate you, Scream TV. That's actually worse than running RoboCop 2 basically every night since you made the announcement.

Posted by: Melodie at September 1, 2009 2:37 PM

Sadly, Cindy, I don't think that applies to girls. See? Even nature has double standards. Stupid nature.

Posted by: figgy at September 1, 2009 2:50 PM

Yes, Call of Duty, Drew. He's got the 360 (I, being a most loving pseudo-wife, gave it to him for Xmas last year). He plays both online and with himself (*snirk*). CoD/Nazi Zombies is his current obsession; before that, it was the previous GTA. He occasionally breaks for Lego Star Wars or (that one about the giant ants from space, the title of which I have some sort of block against). He was all excited the other night about whatever level he got to, I can't recall what it was. It was kind of precious, really.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 1, 2009 2:51 PM

Melodie,

9/9/99 represents the day I started dating my first serious girlfriend. Yikes, I'm starting to feel old.

Anna,

360? Merde! I was looking for another CoD/Zombie partner. Don't be such a cheap girlfriend/pseudo-wife...get him a PS3. ;)

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 1, 2009 2:55 PM

I knew there had to be a catch. Oh well, I prefer a nice relleno anyway.

Posted by: Cindy at September 1, 2009 3:01 PM

9/9/09 is the day 9 opens in theaters, and that's all that matters to me.

Posted by: Lauren at September 1, 2009 3:03 PM

Listen, I give the man what he wants. He wanted the 360, therefore, he got it. He's the cheap one. :P

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 1, 2009 3:04 PM

Wait, if I want to play Beatles Rock Band, I have to upgrade to a PS3? Fuckers. I don't have that kind of money.

I don't know about you, but 9/9/09 is on my calendar as the release of 9.

Posted by: Jeni at September 1, 2009 3:06 PM

Drew, I do have BioShock, and again, I guess I have to go against the masses on this one - I just didn't really get into it. Part of it is simple mechanics... I really don't care for FPS games anymore. Part of it was s just it being overhyped - the "OMG it's the greatest game evarrrrrr" worked against it. But I'm strangely fickle about my games (hence my buying three per year), which is why I gave up reviewing video games years ago.

Posted by: TK at September 1, 2009 3:12 PM

Count me in with TK and annoyingmouse. The new Batman game is all kinds of cool. And Mark Hamill is THE BEST JOKER. There. I said it.

Posted by: henchman for hire at September 1, 2009 4:31 PM

And that's a hoagie Mr. Nicholson is chowing down on.

Posted by: henchman for hire at September 1, 2009 4:36 PM

On a BOAT. I love how he just doesn't care. He's Jack Motherfuckin' Nicholson. He'll eat a hoagie on a boat and he'll be shirtless and he just don't care.

Posted by: figgy at September 1, 2009 5:22 PM

That's a baguette Jack's eating, folks. I know this b/c I've seen this pic before..it was taken in the French Riveria on a boat, where RP McMurphy and his man-boobs are surrounded by bikini clad babes.

Second on Batman:AA--I'm not into superhero games but this is the real deal. Great action game, great voice acting, and it really 'gets' the BM mythos...i don't care a whit about multiplayer and I still picked this up for $60.

Posted by: stryker1121 at September 1, 2009 7:30 PM

Goddamn I love you fuckin' nerds.

Posted by: TK at September 1, 2009 9:15 PM

TK,

Speaking of bad game mechanics, I hated that Ghostbusters demo. Eeek. Due to the influx of comments, I'll have to give AA a spin.

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 1, 2009 9:31 PM

Drew - apparently Atari released a patch that fixes many of the glitches, freezes and a bunch of other stuff. I'm thinking I'll still wait until I can grab it used somewhere. I'm too much of a Ghostbusters fan not to play it.

Posted by: TK at September 1, 2009 10:09 PM

Nothing wrong with Jack's cans that couldn't be improved by a black, push-up bra.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at September 1, 2009 11:49 PM

maybe it's time for a bro Mr. Nicholson? that weight can't be good for your back!

Posted by: al at September 3, 2009 2:56 AM

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