Pajiba Love 09/03/09

Do You Realize...That It's Not Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots?

By Drew Morton | Posted Under Pajiba Love | Comments (41)

The Flaming Lips have released three tracks from their upcoming double-album, Embryotic, through the iTunes store. (Flaming Lips)

And, in slightly lesser music news, Michael Jackson’s Captain EO has returned to Disneyland! (The Playlist)

Want to hear a verbally dexterous British-born Australian review the latest video game? My favorite video game critic, Ben “Zero Punctuation” Croshaw, reviews Tales of Monkey Island this week at The Escapist. (The Escapist)

While running the press circuit for his upcoming film The Informant, Steven Soderbergh was recently interviewed about his involvement on the failed adaptation of Moneyball and his other forthcoming projects. (Orlando Sentinel)

Want to watch a featurette on Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox? Head on over to Film School Rejects. (Film School Rejects)

The Matthew Vaughn helmed film adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book Kick-Ass finally has a release date. (Variety)

Nic Cage, who co-stars in Kick-Ass, is in negotiations to join the currently expanding cast of The Green Hornet. (IGN)

With the lukewarm response to the Avatar preview, what does the future of Hollywood and 3-D really look like? Film scholar Kristin Thompson has some ideas. (David Bordwell)

Roger Ebert’s editor, Jim Emerson, has posted a thoughtful analysis and response to the controversy over the “real” meaning of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. (Scanners)

Continuing with our film criticism trend, the Library of America’s complete collection of the late Manny Farber’s criticism will be hitting bookshelves in October. (Amazon)

To any interested Los Angeles area Pajiba readers, the American Cinematheque’s Stanley Kubrick retrospective just added a special guest. Malcolm McDowell (Alex DeLarge) will be attending the screening of A Clockwork Orange. (American Cinematheque)

Could FOX’s mishandled Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles be coming back? (The TV Addict)

While we’re on the topic of media conglomerates, I’ll leave you with this:

Your Studio and You by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

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Comments

I really like you, Drew, but to be completely honest these thoughtful and intellectual Pajiba Loves are hurting my heart. I need some mindless links but NOW. Come back, Stacey!

So, I have to put this somewhere...

if anyone wants to have a really fun time wanting to stab people through your computer screens, I suggest reading the comments on this post:

http://cuteoverload.com/2009/09/02/hum-dee-dumm-laa-dee-daaa/

Really, that place brings together the dumbest Clutching-their-pearls commenters on the internet. I've been reading for like an hour and haven't stopped laughing.

Posted by: figgy at September 3, 2009 1:29 PM

3D in movies is like propellors on hats.

Ha ha...cute...yeah...ok let's drop it and get back to the hard work of trying to make better movies.

Posted by: laredo at September 3, 2009 1:30 PM

The ONLY movie news I want to hear regarding Mr. Cage in an action movie with a prominent Asian character is also the only news I want to hear regarding Rob Zombie EVER attempting to make another movie.

Oh, and Yay Flaming Lips!

Posted by: laredo at September 3, 2009 1:42 PM

Zero Punctuation on Pajiba Love?

*blinks*

The Internet is a glorious place.

Oh, and The Flaming Lips rock.

Posted by: NJ at September 3, 2009 1:43 PM

OMG, Figgy, I saw that first thing this morning and there were something like 475 comments. I just went back at lunch and it's up to ~650. Holy crap, insanity. It's why I don't read the comments there anymore, usually. Except for how I read about half of them on this post. D'oh!

P.S. I am enjoying Drew's thoughtful and intellectual Pajiba Loves...

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 3, 2009 1:44 PM

about time that Pajiba linked to a REAL review of Inglourious Basterds...

Posted by: Ted at September 3, 2009 1:45 PM

Thanks for that Basterds article.

Okay, here ya go, figgy:
http://egotastic.com/entertainment/celebrities/morena-baccarin/morena-baccarin-nude-video-from-death-in-love-004907

Posted by: Jay at September 3, 2009 1:46 PM

NJ,

Zero Punctuation is the man. His review of "Burnout" has to be up there with the Angry Nintendo Nerd reviewing "Back to the Future" for the NES (the first game I ever owned).

Re. Flaming Lips:

Let's hope this album rocks, I'm a little worried after hearing those tracks.

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 3, 2009 1:48 PM

Drew, I couldn't agree more. He is the man. I'm just surprised and delighted that I'm not the only Pajiban who thinks so! Yay to not being alone in a nerd Venn diagram! Exclamation marks!

Posted by: NJ at September 3, 2009 1:58 PM

I want Zero Punctuation deep inside me.

And damn you to hell Figgy. I hope that whatever level of hell you are sent to, it is poulated solely by those fucking people. NUF!

Posted by: admin at September 3, 2009 2:04 PM

Pajiba Love needs more wackiness. Like Black Devil Doll!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anbJlErYA94

Posted by: Sofía at September 3, 2009 2:15 PM

I’m a one movie review website type of guy, I don’t go around posting comments on other movie review websites. I’m loyal I shoot my load here and only here. Some of you people don’t know what loyalty is. Do you people even know much I’ve been courted by other websites offering me things just to be a part of their team? But I said no, pajiba is something special. Listen Morton, I don’t know a goddamn thing about you, everyone here seems to think that you are the tits, just don’t go get no big head with all the praise you are receiving. From the little I know of you, you seem to be sharp in your thoughts not like that fucking Goss character.

Posted by: Guess Who! at September 3, 2009 2:25 PM

Can't access the 'The Playlist' link up, whilst here at work.
This one's for all the MJ Fans ...

Re Captain EO at D-land?
Arrival is in Jan 10. Not currently playing.

And now ya know. ;-) [evil laugh]

Posted by: Ms MoMo at September 3, 2009 2:30 PM

Damn, I wish that SK retrospective would hit the east coast.

Posted by: Cindy at September 3, 2009 2:37 PM

Those Universal Studios videos are witheringly funny! Is this an inside job? Do all those people really work for Universal? Either way, it's pretty hilarious. I guess they would have needed some sort of permission to make fun of their incredibly obsolete shark attraction...

Posted by: Bluesilver at September 3, 2009 2:37 PM

Geez, Jay, a little warning next time! Some of us are at work, you know.

...so is she naked the entire.. what is that, movie? TV show? 'Cause I'm gonna need to know what that is.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 3, 2009 2:51 PM

I warned ya yesterday!

Yes, there's no clothes at all.

Posted by: Jay at September 3, 2009 2:52 PM

MoMo,

Thanks for the clarification. The Playlist's headline was very misleading (Returns is not the same thing as "To Return"!).

Blue,

Parker and Stone made the video during their time producing "BASEketball." Not sure why James Cameron is there, but Spielberg definitely worked for Universal.

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 3, 2009 2:54 PM

goddammit, Figgy.

Posted by: Jackseppelin at September 3, 2009 3:08 PM

Thanks for the link to the Jim Emerson piece on Iglourious Basterds.

I usually enjoy the video you link, but todays was some boring shit. I couldn't get half way through the first one.

Posted by: EricD at September 3, 2009 3:14 PM

Great.
Now I am going to be haunted by intrusive thoughts of poor little kitties being blended by maniacs. I'm not really a pearl-clutcher, I'm all for inappropriate content when it involves adult humans, but implied kittie snuff porn, not so much.

I do love that Figgy reads Cute Overload though. If 'read' is the right word.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 3, 2009 3:23 PM

Heehee. Did you see that they had to shut down comments? Holy Godtopus, those people are insane. I mean, I get that it was a little morbid, but to start crying bloody murder and demanding the poster's head is a little over the top.

I do love Cute Overload, though. Who doesn't, aside from soulless people and liars?

Posted by: figgy at September 3, 2009 3:43 PM

That was awesome, Figgy!

I didn't read all the comments but I did like the indignant response from someone named "Bunnystew". I wanted to post as "KittenSmoothie" but the comments are shut down now. Reminds me of Banzai kitten, that was a fun one too.

And Zero Punctuation kicks all kinds of ass. I think his review for Resident Evil 5 was the funniest in some time.

Posted by: TylerDFC at September 3, 2009 4:03 PM

I can't believe I didn't see that Parker and Stone clip before today. Pure gold.

Clearly I need to work on my modrenizing techniques.

Posted by: Recondite at September 3, 2009 4:16 PM

Tyler,

His endorsement of "Saints Row 2" made me pick it up. It's not a great game, but it's like revisiting "Vice City" all over again.

Recondite,

I show the Parker/Stone video and the SNL/Conspiracy Theory Rock on media conglomerates to my media studies students each year. Those discussions rank at the top with unleashing "Twin Peaks" on young undergrads. ::Wipes a tear from his eye::

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 3, 2009 4:41 PM

I got through, like, a hundred of those comments, Figgy, saw how little I'd actually read, and had to stop. That was both hilarious and depressing.

No, I don't think kitteh's should be put in blenders. But my cat climbed into the microwave once, and my response was to run for the camera, not help him out. Actually, my cat is insanely curious, very dumb and clumsy, so a cat in a blender is not all that strange to me. He's squeezed his fat, furry arse into everything else.
Crazy people don't need photos to give them ideas, they come up with them all by themselves. Then they show those ideas to movie studios and that's how you get 'The human centipede'.

Posted by: ScienceGeek at September 3, 2009 5:20 PM

Zero Punctuation is outrageous, I love it.

Can any of you recommend his other standout reviews? Just saw the RE5 and Burnout ones.

Posted by: Mick J at September 3, 2009 5:27 PM

Mick,

Try "The Orange Box," that 50 cent game, or "GTAIV."

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 3, 2009 5:41 PM

Monkey Island!!!!

Um, I also quite enjoyed playing Loom when I was 12. Also, yesterday.

Posted by: myysharona (formerly Sharon) at September 3, 2009 5:56 PM

Okay, I'll bite. What the hell is a nuff?

Posted by: PaleoLithchick at September 3, 2009 7:45 PM

I was wondering when you were going to drop a link to the Scanners blog, Drew - I keep seeing your name cropping up in the comment threads and as a hat tip in Mr. Emerson's posts!

Posted by: Dill The Devil at September 3, 2009 8:12 PM

Dill,

Jim Emerson is not only extremely knowledgeable about film but a hell of a nice guy. I was glad to tip my hat back at 'em!

-Drew

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 3, 2009 9:13 PM

PaleoLithchick: first of all let me say right out that I'm seriously ashamed that I'm admitting to knowing this, but no one else was answering and I can't let someone hang like that. So here goes.

A 'nuffer' is what the CO commenters call someone who's all scandalized or whiny over a picture. They're the type that think if a puppy looks sad it's because it must be abused and how dare they put the picture up?! animal cruelty! etc.

And now I shall go wallow in my shame.

Posted by: figgy at September 3, 2009 9:43 PM

Hey, guess what? I might have just spent the last five hours accidently breathing in Formaldahyde! My nose is burning like a coke addict's, isn't that *great*?!

Forget the co-workers, today I'm going to have to go stab a technician.

I did enjoy the Inglorious Basterds write-up though, so my day isn't completely shot.

Posted by: ScienceGeek at September 4, 2009 2:16 AM

Not that I don't love the short hair, but could some industrious geek please composite long brown hair on Inara?

and hell yeah the Flaming Lips rock

Posted by: protoguy at September 4, 2009 7:32 AM

Good lord! All Tomorrow's Parties...

Flaming Lips, Melvins, Jesus Lizard and David Cross!

Wish I could afford tix, much less a trip to NY

Posted by: protoguy at September 4, 2009 7:37 AM

Well you're welcome, Mr. proto.

Posted by: Jay at September 4, 2009 10:30 AM

Mick J, I've been following ZP pretty much since the beginning.

I recommend (in chronological order, from the beginning):

All of them.

But if you're relatively pressed for time...

Heavenly Sword Etc.
Psychonauts
Bioshock
Tomb Raider Anniversary
Halo 3
The Orange Box
MOH Airborne
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Clive Barker's Jericho
Guitar Hero III
Super Mario Galaxy
Crysis
The Witcher
Call Of Duty 4
Yahtzee Goes To GDC
Turok
Army Of Two
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Mailbag Showdown
Painkiller
Webcomics
The E3 Trailer Park
Too Human
Mercenaries 2
The Year In Review 2008
Awards for 2008
Resident Evil 5
Duke Nukem Forever
inFamous
The Second Annual E3 Hype Massacre
Prototype
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Wii Sports Resort
Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood
Silent Hill 2

Sorry, dude. He's done like a hundred videos. That's over eight hours, at an average length of 5 minutes.

Posted by: Shadowen at September 5, 2009 12:43 AM

Drew: I'm a regular lurker over at Scanners myself - I find Jim's essays on films fascinating and well-informed, even when we disagree about particular movies (how do you feel about Jim's whole "'The Dark Knight' ain't all that' thing, just out of interest)?

Posted by: Dill The Devil at September 5, 2009 3:04 AM

Dill,

I read his piece on "DK" but I disagree with it. "DK" was my favorite film of last year and while it is not a perfect film by any stretch of the imagination, I was willing to be quite forgiving out of my enjoyment of its stronger elements.

Posted by: Drew Morton at September 5, 2009 2:42 PM

Still angsty over being unable to attend...

Posted by: protoguy at September 6, 2009 5:21 AM

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