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Brad Pitt doing an English accent - is he going to manage that? Interesting. Is the Lost City of Z something like Atlantis? Will there be diving?

Normally I trust Brad Pitt, he seems to know his limits, but I'm wary of this Lost City of Z project. I will approach with caution.

Trailers: I hate the first one with my usual hatred of Will Ferrel man-child "comedies", and the second one looks like it either has promise or a talented editor. I'm leaning towards the second.

Normally I trust Brad Pitt, he seems to know his limits, but I'm wary of this Lost City of Z project. I will approach with caution.

Any particular... reason for that? Other than Ocean's Twelve recently, which, well, they gave me 'Oceans Eleven' so that's a freebie, I trust Brad Pitt and Steven Soderburgh to know what the hell they're doing more often than not.

It all comes down to the screenwriter, really, but I can't see a reason not to be at least intrigued.

A British ex-con who spends two hours fixing lamps for a reclusive starlet?

Well, it could go just about anywhere, no? Also, watch Greenfingers. Clive Owen + Jail + Gardening.

Lone Ranger? Yaaay six months of bitching about Tonto. I can't wait. /eyeroll

I'm happy for Shake&Bake to be working together, but I don't think this one's gonna be my thing.

"and know you know who Mark David Chapman is" Dave Foley has Pajiba-prognostication powers!

I would rather watch two hours of "Kissing With Ross"

Why ya gotta fuck with me like that this early? Stellan Skarsgard would never disturb me like that, even when there's anenomes bursting out of his face.

(and hey, fellow educational types, I know there's a few around, I just found out it's educator discount week again at Borders. I'm still giddy every time I get to use it [remember: discount not applicable to items already marked down to an equal or greater percentage, do not give the staff any shit about the details or try to pull a laughable kind of shell game, but I know you wouldn't].) (so obviously buying "Accelerate" would probably not count, but I still have to go in)

All that was bad enough. Then I read about Tom Cruise and Tropic Thunder. I dare anyone not to vomit.

Jay, I have Accelerate on right now! I'd love to hear what others out there think of it. Personally, I'm really enjoying it. Some nice old-style jangly guitar in there. The last track, though, I don't know what to make of yet. Kind of catchy, but very out of character and borderline ridiculous, methinks.

Oh, twig,, if Soderburgh is involved then we should be fine. I just happened to see Ocean's 13 before I left for Ireland and... you know. Makes a girl wonder.

I am not clicking on Cindy's link. Today has been good so far, I'm not going to tempt fate.

"A British ex-con who spends two hours fixing lamps for a reclusive starlet? "

Hum, sounds a bit like Sunset Boulevard. It could be very interesting.

The Soderburgh and Pitt projects are different, but still, way more hits than misses from the both of them, so I'm hopeful... though I just remembered Troy. No matter how hard I try to forget it, it comes back like a bad burrito. But that wasn't Brad Pitt's fault.

Twig: Greenfingers. Clive Owen + Jail + Gardening + Clive Owen, did you mention Clive Owen?

This just went on my Netflix list. Thank you.

Lindsay Lohan and Jared Leto in a movie about John Lennon?

[world explodes]

Oh, I feel old; I have the same burgundy-colored printing of The Catcher in the Rye.

That "Kissing with Ross" was so hilarious/disturbing/I don't know what. I sort of froze and kept staring. How in Buddha's sweet neverland did you find that?

I just read the link to the Tropic Thunder story in the New York Times. Does the NYT always identify people in their articles as Mr or Mrs? Do they use Ms? I confess I don't read links to the NYT often enough to have noticed before. Nothing wrong with a some formality, it's just a little surprising.

ScandinavianBlonde (is there any other kind?):

If you happened to be subjected to Brad Pitt attempting an Irish accent in the Guy Ritchie travesty, Snatch, you have an idea of what we're in for with the English accent.

I remember reading the Lost City of Z in the New Yorker - that was an awesome story.

So the natives didn't think it was accurate, besides the question of whether or not it was offensive? Was it like an Irish version of bad Hollywood Hillbilly? I wouldn't know at all, so that's interesting.

It's not that Brad Pitt doesn't usually pick pretty damn good movies to be a part of (I said usually), it's that he can't manage anything beyond a Midwest accent. And there's nothing more frustrating than having to force yourself to ignore a bad accent just to get into what could have otherwise been a decent flick.

Re: Brad Pitt in Lost City of Z....set in the Amazon, yes? Reason for Brad to take shirt off, yes? I may be in for this one.

Although the trailer is intriguing, the "Chapter 27" will probably blow. I think that movie was made a couple of years ago which means they probably had to do alot of extra work on it.

Re: "StepBrothers" all I gots to say is that I love the Pablo Cruise tshirt.

Ooooooh, Chapter 27 is about Mark David Chapman killing John Lennon? I thought that was the chapter in their new book, "Love with Rimmel and Rim Jobs" where Leto applied his eyeliner while Lindsay checked out his wienerschnitzel, they wrote a hit song together and lived happily ever after. They are both so talented I thought that HAD to be the answer! Silly me!

Jay:
I'll admit it was a very difficult accent to pull off. The Irish Traveler accent is unlike any other Irish accent in that it has an almost medieval emphasis on syllables as opposed to the modern way of pronouncing words. He would have been better off doing a straightforward Irish accent (see Johnny Depp in Chocolat) than even trying the Traveler dialect. It just came across as very weird and belonging nowhere.

rlr260:

Yes, the NYT does make a practice of referring to people as Mr., Ms., Dr., etc. I like it. I really dislike the obsequious practice of referring to celebrities as if they are our best friends (Bobby deNiro, LiLo, etc.) when in fact they would probably spit on us in the street if we tried to approach them.

the NYT also converts to just using the last names once the person has died. So Tom Cruise = Mr. Cruise and Heath Ledger = Ledger.

Normally I trust Brad Pitt, he seems to know his limits, but I'm wary of this Lost City of Z project. I will approach with caution.

Brad Pitt is one of those rare people that I generally like anything that they do, with extreme exception about The Mexican or whatever that movie was with Julia Roberts(which was god-awful).

I even liked Seven Years In Tibet, which really was an underrated movie. Pitt's best movie is still A River Runs Through It and I will argue that until the end of time.

I refuse to acknolegde the first trailer..it doesn't even make sense....they need to stop..just..STOP

is it just me or does jared Leto looks like elton jhon in that trailer??

BWeaves;

It's one of those cute little contrived charming comedies that makes you go "oh look, it's one of those cute little contrived charming comedies" but it's enjoyable, and of course, Clive Owen.

... Clive Owen.

You have a very good point there PaddyDog in principle I absolutely agree - I'm now trying to think of whether or not I do it. I think I generally tend to refer to people I don't know as Firstname Lastname the first time and then Lastname in subsequent mentions. I think it's years of working in academia - that's just how we roll, in memos at least.

"A couple of writers from the Pirates of the Caribbean series are going to do a new version of The Lone Ranger for Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. That's the kind of week this has been. I would rather watch two hours of "Kissing With Ross" than another Bruckheimer/Disney movie."

The sad thing is, there's room for a Lone Ranger movie that re-invents the legend. But this won't be it. It won't even be the LR equivalent of "Without a Clue." It'll just be explosions that should be implosions because of how much the movie will suck.

MO and Jay - I picked up "Accelerate" yesterday and I'm so goddamed happy with it... I thought the last three albums were a friggin' struggle and was ready to pass entirely on this one... It's like a cross between "Monster" (which I loved) and "New Adventures in Hi-Fi". As for the last song, I didn't quite dig it at first, but it's growing on me... The album's short overall, but I could give a rip - REM seems to have nailed this one...

Same goes for the Crowes (not Counting or Sheryl), NIN, and Pearl Jam. It seems as though a collective slump has been lifted...

Goddam, I use a lot of triple-dots, don't I?

dammitjanet I had the same initial reaction to the Lost City of Z news, but I figured the other Pajibans, being at least 5 hours behind me for the most part, wouldn't be awake enough for "salacious" yet. I underestimated you.

I thought Brad Pitt was hysterical in "Snatch", but I'm biased because he also took his shirt off in that movie. And it was good.

I'm really excited to hear the new REM, they're one of those bands that I always enjoyed but never really followed.

And I usually like Brad Pitt, I think his pretty boy status overshadows his acting talents. I loved him in Snatch, that accent had me roaring.

"Do ya like dags?"
"Dags?"
"Dags."
"What?!"
"Yeah, dags."
"Oh dogs."

Julie,

The bit that gets me is where you can turn on the 'subtitles' for Brad and there's a point somewhere around the 'matching sackcloth covers' I think where even the subtitles give up.

Reminds me of the bit in "Hot Fuzz."

"What do we need the dog for?"
"It's not the dog we need."

ATO:

Yeah, I think I get it from years of scientific journal reading. Although some of it may be from my grandmother who was the perfect Victorian lady. I don't think there's anything wrong with being informal in general, but I feel only pity for people (including journalists) who try to sound like insiders or as if they know a celebrity by using a diminutive of their name. I mean, I have nothing but an unused uterus in common with Oprah Winfrey so why on earth would I talk about her as if she's a pal? And to refer to her as Oprah gives her far more status than I believe she deserves, i.e., Ghandi. Now if you'r talking about George, that's a different story because Clooney and I are destined to be together!!

Ha! Twig, I never realized that. I haven't seen Snatch in a long time, I'll have to watch that again soon.

I want the guy who did The Departed to come up with some bloody double-crosses and shootouts.

Having just watched Infernal Affairs , (I know, I'm late on that bandwagon), I don't know how much credit I can give to Monahan for writing The Departed . Don't get me wrong, I think American version is waaay better (despite my Asian boyfriend, Tony Leung throbbing hearts in Affairs ), and Monahan did come up with the best part. . .Mark Wahlberg in OR booties.

MO and Jay - I picked up "Accelerate" yesterday and I'm so goddamed happy with it...It seems as though a collective slump has been lifted

ELLIPSES ARE LIFE

That's good news, Skit. I was gonna pick it up then rip wavs so I could take it on a walk with my little player. My longstanding fan club member friend came through and got us tickets for the little GA pit at the show here (he's also the U2 hookup, as long as the presale actually works right). When all was said and surcharged they're expensive, but I'm feeling good about it (though they've always been good live even through the uneven years).

My plate's getting damn full, Spoon's FINALLY coming in two weeks, then New Pornographers three days later in Athens, woulda-been Elvis Costello two weeks after that (but now delayed as the tornado fucked with that building) then R.E.M. in May and The Cure in June. I'm so annoyed that Radiohead sold out in the space of a few emails of "hey, they *are* on sale today, wanna go?" "yeah" "okay, I'll get em!" over about an hour and a half since I was at work that Saturday and couldn't act quick, but who thought it would go that quickly? What a pisser.

Brad wasn't my favorite character but I often mutter "fooker!" as he addressed the dog.

This is insanely off topic, but on the left is that an ad for a bumpaddle (tm Arrested Development) called The Naughty Fox?! Because AWESOME.

Julie I want that.

Hee! I can't click on the ad since I'm at work, but I've been laughing at it for the past 5 minutes.

Coveredinbees, you should buy it. Don't deny yourself some spanking funsies :p

twig! Yes, Greenfingers is awesome.

This is insanely off topic, but on the left is that an ad for a bumpaddle (tm Arrested Development) called The Naughty Fox?! Because AWESOME.

Here's my question:

Um, are those inverted letters raised? So...it's like an ass embosser? Because EVEN MORE AWESOME.

Jay:
We have The Cure here on May 17 so I'll let you know if they're on form.
DOn't et me started on ticket price surcharges. I recently got an e-mail from Live Nation as one of their "frequent customers" asking me if I would be interested in a "special invitation" to join an "exclusive" club for $900 annually that would put me first in line to get tickets for big shows (note: I'd still have to pay the usual ticket price and surcharge per show). I told them where to shove their exclusive profit-mongering. The irony of it all is that it was just after I had purchased some Billy Bragg tickets. I can just see the thought process "Oh she's a fan of Mr. Socialism himself, I'm sure she'll want in on this new way to fleece concert goers.

Forgot to mention that had I been living in Ireland still, I would have signed right up, because $900, that's maybe 2 Euros at the going rate.

As far as I'm concerned, concert tickets should taken completely offline and be made available at the venue as they used to be. I'm so goddamed tired of shows selling out five friggin' minutes after they go on sale. When I was but a wee lad, we fucking camped out for our tickets. You couldn't camp out? You found someone else that was going to it and paid for half of his/her tickets. I can't count the number of shows I've missed due to online bullshit...

Um, are those inverted letters raised? So...it's like an ass embosser? Because EVEN MORE AWESOME.

Yes, yes it is. They even have one that says SLUT and LOVE. Because obviously nothing says "I love my slut" like the words embossed right into your ass.

I'm so glad I'm not at work today because I would probably be scaring my co-workers.

Holy fuzzy baby bunnies, Julie and Sarina, I didn't even notice the bumpaddle! That's hilarious!

Wonder if you can get them personalized: "From the desk of..." or make, like, a brand: "Ridin' High Ranch"

I recently got an e-mail from Live Nation as one of their "frequent customers" asking me if I would be interested in a "special invitation" to join an "exclusive" club for $900 annually that would put me first in line to get tickets for big shows (note: I'd still have to pay the usual ticket price and surcharge per show)

D : Nine hundred dollars?! Thank god I like CD's just fine, and that nobody knows who Amon Tobin is.

Goddam, I use a lot of triple-dots, don't I?

Umm....have you not ever read any of my posts? I'm in love with ellipses...

Because obviously nothing says "I love my slut" like the words embossed right into your ass.

Well, duh...how else are you supposed to show her off? I'm at work, and I know I'm not supposed to look at stuff like that...but I just had to click on it. Wow...it's my site! I may have to make me a few...personal...purchases when I get home.

Julie...I just found a perfect honeymoon gift for youuuu...!

I got very excited recently when I discovered that I could make real ellipses by pushing alt and the semi-colon key, like thus ...

So much better than three periods in a row.

Also, we still do camp out for tickets, we just camp out in front of our computers now. Which is what I'll be doing when they announce when tickets for the Virgin Mobile Festival in Baltimore go on sale. Wooo!

Because obviously nothing says "I love my slut" like the words embossed right into your ass.

Ah ha ha!!

Shadows, make sure you order it with the "To be" speech from Hamlet. If my ass is going to be sore, it might as well be literary.

"Lost City of Z"?

Is anyone else here disturbingly reminded of that old Canadian/MST3K gem "The Final Sacrifice"?

*involuntary shudder*

Thanks, Paddy! Don't know what to expect, but Bob seems so excited about making something really good, having Porl back is good as he's a great songwriter as well as a mother guitarist (and will break your hand if you try to play tablatures of his shit. "Lullaby" is fucking HARD) and buying a single seat got me a great spot so I went ahead and gave in. Plus the money will have been spent so long ago by the time the show actually happens. I haven't been happy that I bought an album since "Wish" but, like R.E.M. they can always play well, the show in 2000 was fantastic (I've heard many "One Hundred Years" and it was the shit that night) even though Simon still hasn't received my telepathic message that he should stop using that thin distortion on "Disintegration". Stop it I tell you, you have effectively left the rhythm section when you do that! Bass is rhythm!!

Pardon me.

And what's takin you guys on those new remasters? Can we please hear the drums now, please? My poor, poor Boris.

I do like the convenience like any good American, but also hate that it often bites one in the ass, and I just force myself to live with my ticket contradictions. It's still a very good point about fucking up the availability.

Now if R.E.M. would just eliminate the "Automatic" songs from the set I'd feel good about every last penny. Don't really want to go paddle shopping, but if I can rant and rave about old bands you go ahead. Just not into the pain exchanging myself, and beyond that, come on, a lot of that DungeonWear (tm) that gets advertised as edgy, thrilling BDSM just turns into a bunch of belts and buckles n shit and not flattering to the female form at all, and then throw in cheap looking pvc and vinyl and big ol glossy piratey boots and...there's just nothing left to pique my interest even style-wise. Don't wanna watch that movie let alone be in the room. A pithy little paddle is surely much better than that. But that's just me.

Rowsdower, I always heard that was a great MST3K episode :)

Jay...the phrase "pithy little paddle" is most excellent.

a lot of that DungeonWear (tm) that gets advertised as edgy, thrilling BDSM just turns into a bunch of belts and buckles n shit and not flattering to the female form at all, and then throw in cheap looking pvc and vinyl and big ol glossy piratey boots

BSDM or Final Fantasy cosplay, this conversation does double duty.

Skittimus:

Some of my best nights were spent camping outside a venue waiting to purchase tickets. My favourite was for the Bowie Glass Spider tour (he hadn't toured in ages so this was a big thing). I made friends in that queue that I still have to this day. Not quite the same sitting in front of a computer screen and hitting refresh every few seconds. The kids these days, they don't know what we went through back then.

I watched "Snatch" in Cork, Ireland with a large group of Irish people. The consensus among the group was that he did a great and hilarious version of an Irish traveller, Paddydog.

BSDM or Final Fantasy cosplay, this conversation does double duty.

I guess I've been mercifully sheltered. People attempt that shit?

Yikes, Rikku'd be iffy enough, let alone Paine or...*gulp*...Fran. What horror. And under that great furry neckline Lulu IS just wearing a bunch of belts like a Rat King. I'm halfway tempted to go look at flickr, but I'm afraid I'll run into some guy trying to be Sephiroth and looking even worse than the Tron guy. At least my girl Tifa kept things relatively simple.

The heroine of XIII looks pretty badass though (and makes me want to put on my badass red jeans). Come on, stimulus check! You're getting me a PS3 so I can get that and The Force Unleashed!

I guess I've been mercifully sheltered. People attempt that shit?

Like anything else in the world, it's a Marketplace of Ideas. Everyone loves to mention Sailor Bubba or Man Faye (or Man Tifa) but for every one of those there are usually two who are Doing It Right. I've seen a couple amazing Lulus and a few decent FFX-2 Rikkus (I am as amazed as anyone). No Frans yet.

Play Heavenly Sword if you do get a PS3. It's short but oh, so sweet. The rest of the games haven't impressed me all that much, Folklore is annoying and dull and Burnout:Paradise really suffers from being an open universe game but I have so little time to game and am a slave to pretty graphics so the PS3 suits me just fine.

I have to own whatever system the Shadow of the Colossus team puts their new game out on, anyway.

Jay and twig, I have no idea what in the holy hell you two are talking about. I mean, some video game something or other, yeah, I get that part...but here's how my brain translated the conversation.

What Jay said: Final Fantasy, something about Cosco, Rikki Tikki Tavi is iffy, horror furry neckline belted rat king Secret of Nimh, flickr, some guy trying to be a semaphore, people would make very ineffective and squishy stop lights, Tron, whatever happened to Jeff Bridges anyway, Tiffany, I Think We're Alone Now, badass heroine of something called XIII, 13 Going on 30 was not badass in any way, Jay wears badass red jeans, awww that's so cute, stimulus check, broken brain, totally lost, no idea what's going on, something about Playstation.

The only part of what twig said that made any sense to me was something about Burnout. Here's what I know about Burnout: A couple of years ago I was at a friend's house and her boyfriend and this guy I used to know who looked exactly like a cartoon turtle were playing Burnout, which I had never heard of before. I was stunningly drunk, and one of the controllers was lobbed at my head and I was told it was my turn. I proceeded to kick everyone's ass, and was banned from being able to play ever again.

I tend to get totally lost when discussions turn to video games more advanced than Super Nintendo.

Ha! That was awesome Sarina.

I tend to get totally lost when discussions turn to video games more advanced than Super Nintendo.

Me too. If I'm playing a video game, it is almost certainly either Paperboy, Tetris, or Super Mario Brothers 3.

I proceeded to kick everyone's ass, and was banned from being able to play ever again

Yeah...you'd be banned from our house as well...

Yeah, that was basically it, so worry not.

Unfortunately I haven't procured a Foreigner belt yet, though.

"Stunningly" drunk? That either sounds really painful or really fun. Maybe both with an interval between. What was the fuel?

Is it okay for me to laugh at the fact that Jared Leto's face makes it look like he's been drinking butter & salt milkshakes for the past six months?

Unfortunately I haven't procured a Foreigner belt yet, though.

Hey, I do totally know what that means, though! I love me some Master Shake and Carl.

"Stunningly" drunk? That either sounds really painful or really fun. Maybe both with an interval between. What was the fuel?

I think it was indeed a little of both. This was a couple of years ago, so I don't remember what we were drinking, but if I had any say in the matter it was probably either gin or tequila.

I pride myself on incomprehensibility, Sarina, but here's some more detail if you're bored enough:

The Final Fantasy series is known for its batshit costuming decisions, including a long period of asymmetrical costume design and a general theme of "ha ha ha fuck you, cosplayers."

A short primer:

Lulu

Paine

Fran

Squall

Rikku

"I want the guy who did The Departed to come up with some bloody double-crosses and shootouts."

Especially head shots.

"Here's hoping the novel and film aren't as dry as the logline."

::opens door:: "Oh, I'm...oh."
"What?"
"Oh, I, well, er...oh."
"What is it, Sebastian? I'm arranging matches."
"Well, I thought you...pff. I better go."
"Yes, I think you better had."
[Ooo oo OOO oo.]

You can't eat popcorn to THAT!

Ummmm... Why did Stepbrothers sound so funny? When did Will Ferrell become funny? Am I mad? Hallucinating? Someone slap me!

Didn't Brad Pitt do a smarmy irish-cockney accent way back when and sounded horrible in the process.

As for London Boulevard, it sounds as appealing as regurgitated, refried korean drama plot line. Hopefully, it's not as horrible as I think it is. *crosses fingers*