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There’s always a certain amount of anticipation accompanying Quentin Tarantino projects. Whether you write him off as derivative, worship as innovative, or just enjoy living in the tension between the two poles the man seems to occupy, it’s hard to deny that he’s talented at making his movies seem like events unto themselves. The Tarantino news this week isn’t about filming, or casting, or even the start of production: All he’s done is finish the script for Inglorious Bastards, a World War II epic he describes as “modern” and “in-your-face,” presumably unaware that “in-your-face” is pretty much how things have been going lately in the genre since Saving Private Ryan. Tarantino broke news of the script’s completion at the recent Provincetown Film Festival in Massachusetts, saying he was a “real happy dude” at finishing the job. (One assumes he used up all his good dialogue in the screenplay.) Tarantino said that he plans to head into preproduction as soon as possible and that he wants the film ready for next year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Anna Faris has already signed to play porn star Linda Lovelace in Matthew Wilder’s biopic Inferno, but it looks like she’ll be sharing the screen with Sam Rockwell. Lovelace starred in Deep Throat at 23 and spoke out against porn later in her life, and Rockwell will play one of her husbands. “I think we’re still working on the money bit,” she told MTV, so who knows what that means as far as actual casting or shooting. But Rockwell’s an actor of considerable talent, and it’d be interesting to see him play a guy reported to be a pretty big tool.

Here’s the worst news I can possibly report. It’s the kind of terrible, fucked-up bit of information that’s doing all it can to bring me down from my weekend high and grind me down into the gritty paste Hollywood sometimes wants me to be. Roadside Attractions has acquired global rights to Beer For My Horses, a film (a) written by, (b) produced by, and (c) starring Toby Keith. Do you understand what this is? This is like Carlos Mencia got elected to office. This is pure black glistening evil. The film is a road trip movie about a pair of deputies who defy their sheriff and save one of their girlfriends. The film’s title comes from a song by Keith that’s just as awful as you think it is. Everything about this will be bad.

Gah, I gotta get that taste out of my mouth. Let’s move onto the trailer watch. First up is the clip for Swing Vote, a comedy starring Kevin Costner:

Here’s a look at August with Josh Hartnett, who may or may not be a piece of animated plastic:

Finally, here’s a preview for a documentary called Trumbo:

Daniel Carlson is the managing editor of Pajiba and a low-level employee at a Hollywood industry magazine. You can visit his blog, Slowly Going Bald.


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Comments

1) Quentin T confuses the hell out of me....Pulp Fiction rocked, but since he has begun the slide into self-parody, and that wasn't far to go. I loved Planet Terror, but really could have lived the rest of my uunatural life without seeing his rotting, dripping whang.

2) Sam Rockwell is a god. I want to have his 2- headed quirky children and prove he is the plucky comic relief and that I believe he is a CIA hitman. Please come find me.

3) Kill me....just.....kill me. I live in a town in a state that worships at the altar of Toby Keith and his boot-up-your-variously-different-ethnic-ass-ilk, so ...... just kill me before this happens. Just give me one more chance to smoke weed with Willie again.

KEVIN COSTNER HAS MADE A MOVIE THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS KIND OF FUNNY??????? When he reverts to scruffy, "Tin Cup" KC, he stands a much better chance of making a pretty good movie, as long as it doesn't fall into the "feel good" trap, which it looks like it might. Looks like a pretty good supporting cast, too. VOTE HOPPER!!!!!!

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 24, 2008 7:06 AM

What's so wrong about Toby Keith? Isn't he just your run-of-the-mill country singer? What unspeakable evil has he caused upon mankind to leave you in such shivers?

Posted by: Adere at June 24, 2008 7:13 AM

"...maybe not." Hee! I think I might actually put a Kevin Costner movie in my Netflix queue.

Posted by: Cara at June 24, 2008 7:42 AM

Sweet. Baby. Godtopus. No. I'm crying tears of acid like Pandora after she looked into the box. In all likelihood, there was probably a very tiny Toby Keith in there, doing unspeakable things with a Bratz doll sized Tila Tequila.

Posted by: Jeremy at June 24, 2008 8:17 AM

Oh Quentin. You maniacal genius you. We've had a rocky relationship, you and I. Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs blew me away...except for your "performances". From Dusk til Dawn was highly enjoyable...Jackie Brown bored me to death. You almost had it right with Planet Terror...it could have been perfect (El Rey is now my number one action guy...the first hispanic action hero we're not ashamed to claim!)...but you just had to put yourself in it, didn't you? When will you learn?

Toby Keith? If this is the douchebag I think it is...I may have a new target dummy for the cyber-squirrels.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 8:49 AM

Jeremy - unless Tila Tequila sprouted a big bleach-blonde hairdo and learned to speak with a Southern twang, I doubt Toby Keith would want to have anything to do with her. He makes my Middle-Eastern blood boil.

Posted by: Kolby at June 24, 2008 8:52 AM

Sorry for the nitpickery, but wasn't Robert Rodriguez responsible for Planet Terror? I do believe Mr. Tarantino's half of Grindhouse was Death Proof.

Posted by: wuggle at June 24, 2008 8:58 AM

"Jackie Brown bored me to death."

Shadows: We're finished. You understand? You're officially dead to me.

Also, re: Toby Keith. Let's not be too hasty with our judgment. Maybe he's smarter than we think, maybe he'll actually deliver on this. There's no reason to assume that just because of his music, a movie written, directed and starring him will be -

*SMACK!*

You're right. I needed that. My bad.

Posted by: TK at June 24, 2008 8:58 AM

Yes, Toby Keith is bringing the pain "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" (he didn't claim to be ignorant of geography like Alan Jackson the year before, but still). That sorta jock rock country Garth Brooks helped open the door for. Makes me nostalgic for Travis Tritt, he didn't seem to be so self-congratulatory and aggressive.

I believe "Beer For My Horses" was his duet with Willie Nelson an album or two ago. Does this mean Willie will have a role? He seemed to have given it up after "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Songwriter". And how weird that those movies exist. Not in a bad way, just...weird.

To be fair, and to give proper credit, "Planet Terror" was Robert's movie (I love "Jackie Brown", but that's just a matter of taste), BUT he did give himself a big hammy bit in "Death Proof", which I didn't mind, but he sure didn't resist the urge.

Posted by: Jay at June 24, 2008 9:04 AM

Swing Vote: Will probably see it, mostly because it'll be one of those rare occasions my girlfriend and I agree on a movie, and Kelsey Grammar needs work.

August: Possibly, but mostly because David Bowie as a businessman should be interesting.

Trumbo: I can't see a reason not to see it, particularly with the cast it attracted.

Beer for My Horses: Excrement from the backside of Satan himself. An epic PASS.

Good selection of trailers, and try not to mention Carlos Mencia and elected office too much, I hear McCain is looking for a running mate to balance the ticket, and frankly that'd be too much concentrated evil in one candidacy.

Posted by: Mike R. at June 24, 2008 9:07 AM

Tarantino will forevermore be known to me as Shovelhead. I thank Erin at TWOP for the name. It is so fitting. Reservoir Dogs was awesome, I liked Pulp Fiction, and I hated him when he guest starred on Alias because he tried to hurt Spydaddy. I will reserve judgement on this newest project until a later date.

Adere, Toby Keith is not a run of the mill country singer. Toby Keith used to be, but then he started making songs that are inflammatory to anyone who is not Anglo-Saxon. A typical, good country singer is one who does not insult broad swathes of humanity. Those of the Toby Keith persuasion do not hit this mark.

I grew up on country music and to me it will always be people like George Strait, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Charlie Daniels, and yes, Willie Nelson. Real country music is, in my opinion, the older stuff. Toby Keith is an insult to that music and those artists.

Posted by: Melody at June 24, 2008 9:08 AM

but wasn't Robert Rodriguez responsible for Planet Terror

Oooh...you're right...confused the two movies again...so you lose yet again, QT...

TK...what could possibly possess you to like that movie? It was nothing more than a vehicle for Pam Grier to relive her Coffy days...it sucked. Yes, I said it, and I'll say it again: IT SUCKED. Not even a stellar cast and decent characterization could save the half-ass writing and slow plot from sucking the energy from me.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 9:12 AM

All three of those movies look great. Especially Trumbo. I love movies about Hollywood.

Kevin Costner wins for 'The Upside of Anger,' which was surprisingly good, and though I've said it before here, even 'The Postman' was the best movie possible from that trainwreck of a book.

He has that obsession with turning himself into the Great Hero, but wevs, still more hits than misses.

Posted by: twig at June 24, 2008 9:16 AM

BUT he did give himself a big hammy bit in "Death Proof", which I didn't mind, but he sure didn't resist the urge

He never does Jay. He never does. And as interesting a quirky action director as he is...he's an annoying actor.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 9:20 AM

Shadows:

I will spend every night this week plotting your death. It shall be glorious.

That is all.

Posted by: TK at June 24, 2008 9:24 AM

I simply choose not to believe in Mr. Keith. Look, I feel better already. Trumbo looks good or I'm just a whore for typography.

As for Tarantino, I'll get excited when I actually see some casting news or a trailer. Even though I liked Death Proof, I liked Planet Terror more. Even now, whenever Death Proof is on TV, I usually just skip to the second half.

Does anyone else think Anna Faris is a weird casting choice for Linda Lovelace. Is it gonna be a comedy?

Posted by: jM at June 24, 2008 9:28 AM

RE: TK,

Plot away. You can't touch this. I should be plotting your death for your exceedingly bad taste, but I'll just be nice this week and let you flail around like a madman after a kitten orgy-bender.

Besides...I got llama power. Beat that.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 9:46 AM

Shadows, is that an Emperor's New Groove reference?

Posted by: Melody at June 24, 2008 9:49 AM

i've always been vaguely suspicious that "beer for my horses" is actually a congratulatory song about lynching. by which i mean making it into a movie seems like just about the worst and most offensive idea ever.

Posted by: janana at June 24, 2008 10:05 AM

Swing Vote. I'll be damned, it might warrant a rental.

Well the music for the August trailer was kinda catchy ... zzzzzzzz .... what was it about again?

Posted by: Mick J at June 24, 2008 10:05 AM

Janana: If not for lynching, then at least for the very worst kind of vigilante justice.

Well a man come on the 6 o'clock news
Said somebody's been shot, somebody's been abused
Somebody blew up a building
Somebody stole a car
Somebody got away
Somebody didn't get too far yeah
They didn't get too far

Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in Texas
Find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys
Hang them high in the street for all the people to see that

(Chorus)
Justice is the one thing you should always find
You got to saddle up your boys
You got to draw a hard line
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
We'll all meet back at the local saloon
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses

We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds
We've got too much corruption, too much crime in the streets
It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground
Send 'em all to their maker and he'll settle 'em down
You can bet he'll set 'em down 'cause

(Chorus x2)

Posted by: elizabeth at June 24, 2008 10:13 AM

with Josh Hartnett, who may or may not be a piece of animated plastic

Didn't know this was up for debate?

Posted by: Brian at June 24, 2008 10:14 AM

That was supposed to be italicized in toto, but I clearly don't know what I'm doing.

Posted by: elizaboops! at June 24, 2008 10:15 AM

Melody...not really (I mean, it's not like I just watched it this weekend because I absolutely love it) ...it's more of a continuation of a discussion between me and Julie about my superior llama-calling powers.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 10:22 AM

Toby Keith is the same kind of excrement as Dennis Miller. Both of them saw a commercial opportunity to salvage dead-end careers out of 9/11 and have leveraged it to a sickening extent by appealing to the xenophobic mob mentality. It almost makes me respect Billy Ray Cyrus for taking the honorable route and exploiting only his underage daughter for personal gain instead of the fears of the illiterate masses.

Posted by: PaddyDog at June 24, 2008 10:28 AM

...WHAT THE FUCK?! I thought "Beer For My Horses" was going to be about feeding beer to horses. I didn't think Toby Keith was actually in posession of enough brain cells to mislead me in such a way. Well, time to "find a tall oak tree" and "round up all of them bad boys" (and/or girls, I'm not picky.)

I am personally going to lynch Toby Keith for taking away the one laugh I actually got out of his inbred redneck ass today. TO THE MURDERTANK!!!

Posted by: Mike R. at June 24, 2008 10:50 AM

Here's my friggin' problem with Toby Keith - Not only does he reinforce his own dipshit stereotype, but he also makes the rest of the country look bad - "We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way"... Brilliant, isn't it?

As far as his stupid ass idea of a flick goes? Here's the problem: "We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses"
. What the hell does he mean, "evil forces"? Is there some ancient cabal chock fulla pagan rituals intent on conjuring up some benevolent Dark Lord? When I hear "evil forces", I'm thinking the friggin' Eye of Sauron, ogres, black magic, Dark Willow, Four Horsemen type of shit... And what's the idea with getting your horses drunk? You might knock down the first onslaught of "evil forces", but you go celebrating too quick you wind up with a RUI (riding under the influence) and your horses eviscerated by Lovecraftian beasties.

My only hope is he casts the Badonkadonk douche in place of Willie, the horses actually do get drunk, and the both of 'em get their asses trampled from hell to breakfast*.

*(no idea what "from hell to breakfast" means - it's something my grandparents say when they get agitated)

Posted by: Skittimus Maximus at June 24, 2008 10:51 AM

"Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in Texas
Find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys
Hang them high in the street for all the people to see that"

Texas + "back in the day" + tree + grandpappy = lynching song

Elizabeth, are those really the lyrics of that song? That shit is cree-pay, if so.

Posted by: samantha t at June 24, 2008 10:52 AM

Bubbles!

Posted by: WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot at June 24, 2008 11:00 AM

but you go celebrating too quick you wind up with a RUI (riding under the influence) and your horses eviscerated by Lovecraftian beasties.

O Captain, my Captain...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 11:01 AM

How could Kevin Costner even CONSIDER voting for Dennis Hopper? Does he not understand that Hopper's environmental policy will cause the polar ice caps to melt, turning the world into post apocalyptic war zone covered in water, and Dennis Hopper will leave his role as president to run a band of gasoline guzzling, fascist freaks who will reign down terror and mayhem all across the oceanic land? I mean naturally Costner will learn to adapt by evolving into a Mer-man, but what about the rest of us? Call it a comdedy, but it doesn't seem like a laughing matter to me........

Posted by: TheObviousChild at June 24, 2008 11:05 AM

Confession: I live in a smallish town in Montana and last year, on the 4th of July, part of our fireworks were choreographed to "Beer for My Horses." Swear to god! I almost got tarred and feather for laughing through the whole spectacle and not giving Toby Keith the respect he deserved.

Posted by: LyL at June 24, 2008 11:05 AM

Shados, it is okay. (psst...I adore that movie. It is one of Spade's career highlights.)

Squeak, squeak. Squeaky squeaken.

Posted by: Melody at June 24, 2008 11:06 AM

That should be addressed to Shadows, not Shados.

Posted by: Melody at June 24, 2008 11:07 AM

Screw Toby Keith, I can't get past the documentary about Dalton Trumbo.
He wrote one of my favorite books EVER.
I will be seeing it.

Posted by: Courtie at June 24, 2008 11:08 AM

Toby Keith is the dickhead who hung out with the football players in high school. He never actually did anything worth anything himself, but it made him cooler-than-thou by association. The kind of guy who's happy to kick some ass as long as he's got a crowd behind him that's assured of winning.

Give him ten more years at the top, and then see where he ends up. I predict he'll be a regular at the bar, whining about how his bitchy ex-wives took him to the cleaners.

Posted by: Wednesday at June 24, 2008 11:09 AM

LyL, not only is that badassed, but it sounds like something very much out of Donnie Darko. I don't know why...

Posted by: Mike R. at June 24, 2008 11:13 AM

No kidding, We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces has got to be the most idiotic lyric ever written. I only had to hear that song once (and not even the whole thing - because I totally missed the lynching theme) to know that dipshit can barely make his letters.

I wish he'd fall under the wheels of a speeding Ford F150.

Posted by: Kolby at June 24, 2008 11:14 AM

LyL, your little town in Montana sounds an awful lot like my little town in Indiana.....

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 24, 2008 11:20 AM

I can't stand country music, nevermind a while movie based on a country music song (especially one that appears to be about lynching)

will not even be going near the theater when this plays

oh! Kolby! if you are still around this thread, I heard an interesting (read: all sorts of weird and amusing) suggestion at a baby shower this weekend.
When you go grocery shopping (or anywhere public) always carry a jar of pickles, so if your water breaks you can just smash the jar of pickles and nobody will ever know. then your excuse for going to the hospital would be you got a shard of glass in your foot.

one of my friend's mothers told her this at age 7....kind messed up

but kinda funny at the same time, figured I'd share :)

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 11:21 AM

Is it bad that I couldn't pick Toby Keith out of a lineup?

Posted by: Jen Diff at June 24, 2008 11:26 AM

(psst...I adore that movie. It is one of Spade's career highlights.)

Between that one and 'Lilo and Stitch' I swear there's some kind of Alternate Universe Disney that slipped into frame now and then, just long enough to pop out an insane gem.

Except now Pixar runs the whole works, has reinsituted the 2-D animation department and the 'Lilo' guy is in charge. Hooray!

"Yeah! That's for kidnapping me and taking me back to your village! Which I'm still gonna destroy, by the way. Hehehe. ... No touchy!"

Posted by: twig at June 24, 2008 11:29 AM

Twig, really? I though Chris Sanders left after his project American Dog was retooled to become the abomination we'll all have to suffer through Bolt, starring Miley Cyrus and John Travolta. (I really wish that was a joke.)

Posted by: Mike R. at June 24, 2008 11:36 AM

Samantha: Yep! Fresh and hot off the internets. I'm not sure I've ever heard the song, myself, and now I'm pretty thankful for that. Cree-pay, indeed.

Posted by: elizabeth at June 24, 2008 11:38 AM

starring Miley Cyrus and John Travolta

Wtf...when did the apocalypse happen? I know I wasn't goofing off in the bathroom that long..

Melody, twig...I love you both. You make me feel better about my secret love for the last good disney movies.

"Why do we even have that lever?"

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 11:44 AM

I love you people. I've been having a really shitty few days but I come here and you make me snort black coffee out of my nose.

Re: Costner - I think he's found his niche with the Tin Cup and Upside of Anger character type. Washed up, doesn't give a shit, get me a drink kind of guy. I'm seeing it.

Posted by: Nicole at June 24, 2008 11:46 AM

Ripping on all of country music is a bit harsh, no? If it's new pop country that you're talking about, fine, and this yippee hippie ra ra Toby Keith-style junk is certainly lame.

But expand the horizon! There is some amazing country music that's come out of this country. For god's sake, Elvis was hugely influenced by country and returned the favor in dramatic fashion.

And seriously. Bluegrass is off the f*cking CHAIN! Banjos, harmonies, fiddles? Love. It. And you can too!

Give it a whirl! Everyone knows grass-type pokemon are the cutest anyway.

Posted by: David at June 24, 2008 11:47 AM

Ditto, David. Sorry if I gave the impression that country music sucks hobodick. I likes me some real country music. Bluegrass kicks ass. Toby Keith eats ass.

Posted by: Skittimus Maximus at June 24, 2008 11:54 AM

RE: David...

Your embrace of Tila Tequila and now your self-proclaimed love of country music has compelled me to add you to TK's list surreptitiously. I hate you, in oh so many ways, and hope you drop dead in the pool during a live screening of A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila: The Down South Edition (And We Don't Mean Geographically!)

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 11:57 AM

"I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless, little flea. Then I'll put that flea in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives....HA! I'll smash it with a HAMMER!"

That is all.

Oh, and Deathproof rules. Zoe Bell is a car hood riding daredevily goddess who can beat the shit out of me with a metal pipe any day of the week.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 12:01 PM

Zoe Bell is a car hood riding daredevily goddess who can beat the shit out of me with a metal pipe any day of the week.

Was...was that sexy talk? Cuz you really gotta brush up on that...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 12:03 PM

Aw, Shadows...

You make me feel all warm and happy inside.

I'd love to speak further about plotting my death, but I'm very busy right now, so how about you run with it, and we'll catch up soon?

Posted by: David at June 24, 2008 12:05 PM

Nah, that was "I got kicked in the head by a livid horsey as a child and am therefore slightly touched" talk. :)

Patrick Warburton as Kronk is some of the most inspired voice casting ever ever ever...no one deadpan quite like him.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 12:05 PM

Curses...that's all I had...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 12:06 PM

Tarantino will forevermore be known to me as Shovelhead. I thank Erin at TWOP for the name.

HA! Melody, I do the same thing :)

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 12:14 PM

Kronk's Shoulder Angel: You're not just gonna let him die like that, are you?
Kronk: My shoulder angel.
Kronk's Shoulder Devil: Don't listen to that guy. He's trying to lead you down the path of righteousness. I'm gonna lead you down the path that *rocks*.
Kronk's Shoulder Angel: Oh, come off it.
Kronk's Shoulder Devil: *You* come off it.
Kronk's Shoulder Angel: You.
Kronk's Shoulder Devil: You.
Kronk's Shoulder Angel: You.
Kronk's Shoulder Devil: You infinity.
[Shoulder Angel grrs]

That and all battles between Kronk's conscience may be my favorite parts of that movie. I have to search for the whole exchange.

Posted by: Melody at June 24, 2008 12:15 PM

Damnit...now I'm gonna go watch it again tonight.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 12:21 PM

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I completely agree with Twig about the alternate Disney-verse. If they would put more thought into new ventures, rather than trying to whore out all their past princesses they could do good. But no, instead we get Cinderella 5.

Okay, Toby Keith. I know this is going to get me a lot of flack, but yes, I do believe in the death penalty. I even think that there should still be public hangings- for some offenses of course, not for stealing a car or the like. But you don't have to sound like a complete dumb ass in order to get your point across. GODDAMN HE MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL! I live in a town that also worships at the feet of that horrible too expensive-booted man! I thought that my head would explode if I heard "boot up your ass" one more time. When we were driving in my dad's truck and he laughed at that line I cried; I have never detested my dad's hick-ness more (usually I love it). Toby Keith and the GODDAMN Larry the cableguy (I refuse to Google him and see if I spelt it right) is the one of the worst stereo-types to come out of the south. I hate the thought that my great state (believe me, I am one of those people) is even remotely associated with these two horrible, vile people. They can eat my goddamn box! COCKSUCKWEEEEEEEERRjksfdaljklasfdljRDSS!!!!

Oh, I had a stroke.

Posted by: Emily at June 24, 2008 12:26 PM

oh! Kolby! if you are still around this thread, I heard an interesting (read: all sorts of weird and amusing) suggestion at a baby shower this weekend.
When you go grocery shopping (or anywhere public) always carry a jar of pickles, so if your water breaks you can just smash the jar of pickles and nobody will ever know. then your excuse for going to the hospital would be you got a shard of glass in your foot.

Dang, that seems kind of complicated. I suppose, if my water were to break in the grocery store, I wouldn't be waiting around to smash anything, except perhaps any little old ladies who dare to get in my way as I rush out the door.

Posted by: Kolby at June 24, 2008 12:27 PM

Hey now, let's not abuse the "TK's People to Kill List™". David gets a pass, for while I loathe Tila (in fact, she's on the list - right before Shadows), I actually really love country, bluegrass, alt-country... David's right. The new, pop-chart country is fucking garbage and is ruining the genre.

Posted by: TK at June 24, 2008 12:27 PM

I love them too...man I need to watch this movie again. I only own it on VHS, which means I can't watch it since I sacrificed my VCR to the gods of inferior technology.

Kronk Angel: "We've been through this. It's a harp and you know it."
Kronk Devil: "Right. That's a harp. And that's a dress."

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 12:28 PM

The thing about Larry the AssfaceGuy is that he's not really even Southern. He's from Nebraska or something. So, yeah, he's basically a giant fake loser.

Posted by: Kolby at June 24, 2008 12:29 PM

Was...was that sexy talk? Cuz you really gotta brush up on that...

It worked on me...

Damn you, Kevin Costner. Why must I continue to be affected by your charms? I don't want to like you. But I do. You seem to try hard, but you always get on the bad side of certain movies. You are like the proto-Affleck. Damn you to hell.

In other words, yes, I will be seeing Swing Vote.

So, I suppose Kill Bill is now considered persona non grata in any Tarantino discussions? Or is it just too obvious a pick?

Anna Faris? As Linda Lovelace? I need to lay down for a moment, I am about to swoon.

Trumbo looks awesome. I was always interested in that period of American history, where hysteria was the law and insanity and paranoia held sway. Good thing that could never happen again, am I right? Hahhahahahaaaa...eh...mm.

But seriously, when are there going to make a film about the comic book industry back then? EC Comics, Wertham, the Comics Code. So much history, so many intriguing stories.

Posted by: Vermillion at June 24, 2008 12:30 PM

I would love to get into some honest to goodness alt-country or bluegrass...I think the only album I own from someone who could be even slighly considered as country is Wrecking Ball by Emmy Lou Harris.

When I picture Toby Keith I think of lyrics like "I threw my Forty of MGD at my dog and now he's sleeping with my wife in the back of my red white and blue van, oooooooh these colors don't run and neither does my fridge, damn you bin Laden!"

Or something.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 12:33 PM

"I threw my Forty of MGD at my dog and now he's sleeping with my wife in the back of my red white and blue van, oooooooh these colors don't run and neither does my fridge, damn you bin Laden!"

If I choke on my PB&J and die, Julie, it's all your fault.

Posted by: Kolby at June 24, 2008 12:36 PM

oh! Disney talk!!

yes!!

whenever I pass by a llama farm I have to say "yaaaay, I'm a llama again!". I can't help it, it is a curse.
the Boy and I have an impressive Disney/Pixar collection right next to the Boondock Saints and Scarface and I dragged all my friends to the Lilo and Stich ride (formally the Aliens ride) when we were at Disney World (this was only abotu 2 years ago...)

this day is the best!

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 12:39 PM

I think that I have more kids movies than adult movies at this point in my life. I don't even have kids.

Sadly, both Emperor's New Groove and Toy Story I and II are on VHS.

I have a right to own kids movies. Most kids are taller than I am once they hit 5th grade anyway. I love my stash of Pixar/Disney/Dreamworks animated fun.

Posted by: Melody at June 24, 2008 12:43 PM

I have A Bug's Life and Monster's Inc. on VHS as well...damn it, I need to upgrade.

"Tra la la la la, spring is in the air. And I am a flower...with nothing interesting to say."

Fuck it. I'm using at least $30 of my tax return to buy a dvd or two.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 12:46 PM

But seriously, when are there going to make a film about the comic book industry back then?

The "Kavalier and Clay" movie never really got off the ground. I fear that it's better that way, but who knows?

Posted by: Jay at June 24, 2008 1:02 PM

I though Chris Sanders left after his project American Dog was retooled to become the abomination we'll all have to suffer through Bolt,

Yeah, Wikipedia agrees with you. I have no idea what I thought I read - but still, 2-D is back, and this: "Supposedly, people weren't interested in watching hand-drawn animation as much as computerized animation," says Lasseter, weeks after announcing work had begun on The Princess and the Frog. Due in 2009, it's Disney's first true 2-D fairy tale since 1991's Beauty and the Beast. "But what people weren't interested in was watching bad movies. It's as (Finding Nemo director) Andrew Stanton said: 2-D became a scapegoat for bad storytelling."

This gives me some small modicum of hope.

"Um, I've been turned into a cow. Can I go home now?"

Posted by: twig at June 24, 2008 1:20 PM

Sniff...I love you guys. You're all so great and worthy of being my friends.

Except David and TK, of course.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 1:31 PM

That statement by Stanton and Lasseter is so true Twig...2D can be as gorgeously rendered and affecting a medium as the Pixar films (as we've seen with Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Sleeping Beauty, etc). It was never the animation, it was the seemingly (I say seemingly because I never saw them) crappy storytelling of Treasure Planet, Home on the Range, etc that made people flock more eagerly to the Pixar stuff.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 1:37 PM

Do not mention Home on the Range to me. I only see red. That abomination does not exist.

Nor does Meet the Robinsons...crappiest movie ever. Ratatouille was awesome though.

2-D is only a tool, directors of the world. You still have to put thought and effort into a good product. As they say, Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 1:46 PM

I will have to defend 'Treasure Planet' just slightly - it's not a great movie, but it's not easy to figure out just what went wrong, and where. Setting the whole thing in space wasn't a bad idea, the visuals were spectacular in places, the setup had potential.

It was the script that pretty much sunk it, but that wasn't so much crap as an absolute and total lack of risk-taking. It was a pirate movie in space and it was dull, which was really twice as damning considering the movie it should have been.

I'm still glad Pixar's at the helm now. Even if they can't salvage every idea there's at least half a chance it won't be a total crap factory.

Posted by: twig at June 24, 2008 1:53 PM

now I want to go home and watch cartoons...

[thinks longingly of the Robin Hood DVD sitting on the shelf...that foxy hero]

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 1:54 PM

Shadows, if you kill TK, can I have his zombie horde? It would go great with my personal assassin and the MurderMaid (I'll let you keep his death list). I'm pulling for you (after all, there's serious money riding on this contest and it's 5:1 odds on TK right now). My one nitpick - the terms "good" and "Disney" are mutually exclusive. Once you come clear on that, I might let you borrow my assassin to help with the whole mess with TK.

TK, zombie horde and mean fashion sense aside, anyone who extols the virtues of any kind of country "music" gains my enmity in a fight. It's been nice knowing you. Enjoy what's left of your life. Go Dakaron!

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 1:54 PM

In other news, the coolest movie title that's most likely to suck: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 1:55 PM

Oh, my. Another thread that has gone off the rails. Let's see, we've got:

Disney
TK vs. Shadows
Zombie thieves
VHS
Who references
2D love
Tarantino
Attempted murder of a pregnant woman by PB&J

I love this place.

Posted by: Nicole at June 24, 2008 2:01 PM

lordhelmet...of course you can...I don't need a bunch of undead bumbling around, knockng precious vases over. But you do know it's gonna be awhile, right? You heard what he said up there...he has Slutty Drunken One-Night Stand Bobblehead™ on the list right before me. It's gonna take him awhile to take care of her...the zombies are just gonna get confused and think her one of them, and he has no real power on his own, bulletproof sweatervest notwithstanding. By the time he gets to me, my cybersquirrels will just rip him to shreds.

However, I do have to take issue with your Disney attitude. You do realize they're taking over the world, right? I would get in good with them right now if you knew what was good for you. Your lack of faith disturbs me...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 2:05 PM

Cybersquirrels sound super cute.

May I pet them?

Posted by: David at June 24, 2008 2:08 PM

Nicole! I watched the first three episodes of Dr. Who. I am quite intrigued. And excited for David Tennant, because as much as I enjoy Eccleston so far, Tennant is far prettier.

Was anyone else obsessed with Faerie Tale Theater as a kid? Disney's The Princess and the Frog immediately made me think of Robin Williams as the Frog Prince, and Terri Garr as the Princess. God I loved that show.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 2:10 PM

Julie: A guy I went to high school with seems to have hit it pretty big in the country/bluegrass genre with his band called "Old Crow Medicine Show." I own two of their albums and saw them live in NH. It was a fantastic show, but maybe the best part was the diversity of the crowd: red necks, hippies, white hats, soccer moms, hipsters, bikers, etc. and everyone sang along to "Wagon Wheel."

If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.

Posted by: elizabeth at June 24, 2008 2:10 PM

Dammit, you're right, Shadows, maybe if he promises to return her to me straight away I'll let TK use my personal assassin on the Bobblehead so we can get through this quicker. Thanks for the zombies, though. I'd rather have them than cybersquirrels. Now, for my master plan: zombies+Disney=wacky fun & better movies! (Why would I want to get in good with them when I've got my own plans for world domination. Geez!)

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 2:14 PM

Was anyone else at the Liz Phair show at the Fillmore last night? She's touring to support a re-issue of Exile in Guyville, and the show consists of Liz and her very spare band playing the entire album straight through.

I've never seen an artist do that before, and I really liked it. That's not my favorite of her albums, but the format is pretty cools. Also, Liz is hot. Also, there was copious drinking and a contact high from the audience around us.

Posted by: socalledonlycousins at June 24, 2008 2:17 PM

Nicole...I promise I didn't start this derailing this time!

Damnit, David...stop mocking my attempts to hate you. Fine, yes, you can pet them....grumble, grumble...

Was anyone else obsessed with Faerie Tale Theater as a kid?

And recorded them off the tv, commercials and all? And kept them for years after and watched and loved and laughed and cried...until your mom accidentally sold the tapes to the thrift shop and they became lost forever?

Umm...no....gayyyy....

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 2:19 PM

Ooh, sounds fun Elizabeth!

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 2:20 PM

Ted, I felt disappointed last November when I was flying into Chicago at.....10 am.

Just didn't have the same effect, and certainly not the same lighting.

But one time, I was indeed on a train heaving on to Euston. A high point of my life.

Posted by: Jay at June 24, 2008 2:21 PM

Ah, Sam Rockwell...loved you since Lawn Dogs.
Check out Rockwell in The Search for One-Eye Jimmy, a mockumentary where he plays the title character. Under his name, as a description, it says "fuckin' idiot". And the story of how he became one-eye Jimmy is hilarious.

Posted by: notyocheese at June 24, 2008 2:29 PM

...a contact high...

You, sir, are a bad liar. Contact high, my foot.

Posted by: Kolby at June 24, 2008 2:29 PM

I love Liz Phair. That sounds like a kick ass show. That was the album that first introduced me to her. (She's on my top five.)

Shadows, we're buds and all, but I think I have to throw in with TK on this one. Damn. I hope this doesn't ruin our beautiful cyberfriendship. And play nice with David.

Servo, you have made my day yet again. Promise that you will not start S2 without me. Mmm, Tennant.

Posted by: Nicole at June 24, 2008 2:35 PM

Also, my seat was 26D. You see how frustrating this was?

And I couldn't look into the water below Hungerford Bridge because the sides were all boarded up.

But I did call someone on a payphone on 45 between 6th and Broadway.

Yes, I sought it out!

Posted by: Jay at June 24, 2008 2:36 PM

hey, Disney may be taking over the world Shadows/lordhelmet

but at least they give us cute things to look at while they do it

and honestly, could you really ask for more?

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 2:37 PM

Fine, Nicole, I'll play nice with David...but no more Slutty Bobblehead talk. Oh, and Et Tu, Chica?

Bethy, I never said I wasn't enjoying the takeover! As someone who owns every last disney movie on DVD and goes to Disney World every couple of years, I'm fairly confident they'll promote me when South America is turned into the new It's A Small World exhibit...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 2:43 PM

On an unrelated note...Vermillion! Just noticed you bud! Didja get that thing I sent ya?

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 2:44 PM

Oh, I could ask for more Bethy. I could ask for a lot more. Like a magically refilling beermeister, a version of my dog that doesn't poop and can walk his own damn self, bras that fit perfectly, automatic orgasms, 20/20 vision, Arrested Development to go back on the air, and world peace.

But I guess cute things to look at is a start :)

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 2:45 PM

ahhhh, my mistake Shadows, but maybe it'll help to know that I am totally on your side on this one, TK's goin down, Disney-style

I'm fairly confident they'll promote me when South America is turned into the new It's A Small World exhibit...
so, is this your latest project? I am curious, how did you bribe the Germans to come down to S America? or did you resort to just flat out kidnapping?

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 2:47 PM

What did you think the cybersquirrels were for?

I mean...what are you talking about?

{shifty glance at the shadows behind him, shows the three black circled tracking device implanted in his head...}

RUUUUNNN!!!!

bras that fit perfectly

That's why the might Godtopus saw fit to give men hands...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 2:53 PM

Like a magically refilling beermeister, a version of my dog that doesn't poop and can walk his own damn self, bras that fit perfectly, automatic orgasms, 20/20 vision, Arrested Development to go back on the air, and world peace.

alright, I am starting a petition to Godtopus/Buddah/Jesus/Whomever to get these things under way and taken care of right now

so far we have Julie's and my signatures, but I think to be taken seriously (they get so much junk mail, you know?) we need at least.....14 signitures, maybe 17 if we are really good

who else is on board?? this is the time for change people!!

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 2:54 PM

So the cybersquirrels are militant kidnappers who are planning world domination? Will I have to wear Mickey Mouse ears? I don't look good in Mickey Mouse ears. I'm a Goofy kind of girl.

That's why the might Godtopus saw fit to give men hands...

I think a guy's arms would start to ache if he had to hold my boobs all day. Though I wouldn't mind testing that theory.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 2:58 PM

Bethy, like Julie, I too could ask for, nay, demand, a lot more. Shadows, my friend, you're skating dangerously close to needing an intensive course of electroshock and brainwashing/deprogramming. Your persistent Disney fanboi-ism may require me to change my alliance to TK in spite of his love of country "music". Don't make me go there. Denounce the mouse and save your soul!

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 2:58 PM

Tarantino is probably the best film maker currently. Toby Keith, where to begin? First of all he should be sent to Iraq, seeing as he's all in favor of the war and shit. Secondly, that Tobacy chewing motherfucker couldn't find his ass with both hands tied behind his back. With all that brush to clear, I'm surprised Tex has enough time to make a movie.

Posted by: Pookie at June 24, 2008 2:59 PM

TK:

zombies
sweater vests for all

Shadows, what exactly are you offering up?

I need to know all of the details before making informed decision.

Posted by: Melody at June 24, 2008 3:00 PM

1. I don't know who Toby Keith is.
2. I didn't watch the August trailer because Josh Hartnett bored me after about 10 seconds.
3. Kevin Costner being funny...well I'll be damned. That trailer actually made me chuckle.
4. Tarantino is awesome and if you disagree, I'll hunt you down Bride-style. Yea sure, he fucks up sometimes, and he is symmetrically challenged and he likes to put himself in his films...but so fucking what? Bitches.

Mmmm...cybersquirrels...tasty...

Posted by: Joker at June 24, 2008 3:05 PM

Ummm...cute, cybersquirrels to pet and love on you until you disobey the new Disney regime?

And your choice of iconic character hats (I'm kinda partial to Donald myself)

lordhelmet...I value you as an ally...so I will not insist on you joining my cause. However, you join the enemy, you seal your doom.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 3:11 PM

And bras that always fit...and adjust accordingly...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 3:12 PM

Julie...just out of curiosity...how big are you boobs exactly?

I sign up for that petition too. Shadows what the hell do you need bras for?! Is there something you'd like to share?

Posted by: Joker at June 24, 2008 3:15 PM

I think a guy's arms would start to ache if he had to hold my boobs all day. Though I wouldn't mind testing that theory.

Do you have to get the natives all riled up, Servo?

Posted by: Nicole at June 24, 2008 3:16 PM

Joker, they're impressive knockers.

Posted by: Nicole at June 24, 2008 3:17 PM

I used to think Toby Keith was just that husky singing feller who shilled trucks on TV. I had no idea the man actually has developed a career out of making the most redneck music since Ray Stevens. You folks are so educational.

Say what you will about QT, but the man can pull out some killer performances out of otherwise mediocre actors. I re-watched the Kill Bills recently and had forgotten how awesome everyone is in that. I don't think Uma's as good in anything that isn't helmed by QT.

What I want to know is when is Finding Nemo coming out on Blu-Ray. Dammit.

And if with those mouse ears Julie has to wear a sweater with her name right smack across her breasteses.

Mr. Pink told me this morning that he dreamt about the zombie apocalypse last night. Awesome. Influence of The Pink is strong.

Posted by: Alabamapink at June 24, 2008 3:19 PM

Speaking of animated features that don't suck - Wall-E starts soon! Y'all will have to go without me, though, the trailer alone brings tears to my eyes. I don't think I could handle the whole movie right now.

Posted by: Kolby at June 24, 2008 3:22 PM

I>Shadows what the hell do you need bras for?! Is there something you'd like to share?

They're for Julie! I always take care of my womenfolk! And she needs all the help she can!

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 3:25 PM

Shadows what the hell do you need bras for?! Is there something you'd like to share?

Eeee hee hee hee.

Joker, they're not that big, they fall on the larger side of B but they're not quite C.

Nicole, yours are much more luscious than mine.

I like it Bama! I tend to forget my name anyhow.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 3:25 PM

Shadows, provided you refrain from actively aiding the Mouse in achieving world domination in conflict with my own ends, I'd be please to keep you as an ally. Especially a like-minded ally who has similar ideas regarding the roles of men's hands a bra replacements. Julie...I understand you're seeking volunteers? I have a list of names I could supply. Bethy, what the hell, I'll sign your petition, I could do a lot worse. I could use better eyesight anyhow.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 3:26 PM

Hey Pink! You're back! How are you doing?

Shadows, from what I hear, bras won't help...perhaps a forklift. Nicole have you met our favourite kinky squirrel? Or mouse...wait I don't get it...how do the Mickey Mouse ears fit in with the squirrel thing? Oh never mind, it's Julie...it's probably something to do with sex.

Posted by: Joker at June 24, 2008 3:29 PM

S.O.D.: The concept of cybersquirrels entices me. However, just to be on the safe side, I'm currently building a cybersquirrel launcher. What can I say? I have a bad habit of being mauled by squirrels.

Posted by: Jeremy at June 24, 2008 3:30 PM

I have already started the movement of Wall-E for Supreme Leader Kolby, fear not

knew I could count on you Joker, I know good folk when I see 'em

3 signatures down, 11 to go!

feel free to add to the list of demands lord h, might as well while we are here, right?

can I lay claim to the Mike Wazowski hat that is him just sitting on your head with his feet danglin down Shadows? it is wicked cute

and I gotta say, Julie as a Mouseketeer, hot

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 3:31 PM

"We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way"

Am I the only one who reads this and thing "No it's not. Putting a boot in your ass is the Australian way. Do you not watch the Simpsons?" Seriously. Bart vs. Australia? Anyone? Anyone? No? Okay... back to my hole...

Posted by: Kizzer at June 24, 2008 3:33 PM

Hey Joker! I'm pretty good, my counts are coming up, but I'm sore from my biopsy today. I probably should be resting instead of interwebbing.

Posted by: Alabamapink at June 24, 2008 3:36 PM

Oh never mind, it's Julie...it's probably something to do with sex.

That reminds me of my poor new roommate. She bought these thingies called Gem Gels last week and put them all over her window...cause she's cute like that. One set of gem gels were in the shape of cats, with various accessories. After walking into her bedroom and seeing them, I proceeded to ask her why she covered her windows with "gel kitties and gel sperm." Yeah. They were balls of yarn.

She'll get used to me.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 3:36 PM

The only thing I hate more than Jagermeister? Toby Keith.

Seriously -- if I ever encounter him in person, I'm takin' a swing.

Posted by: firedmyass at June 24, 2008 3:36 PM

Bethy you're right, I should add something. How about an end to obesity and compulsive public nudity? Easy on the eyes, good for morale and public safety/security, everyone wins! And with global warming, even us Canadians will be able to join in!

I also gotta say - Julie as a Catholic schoolgirl, hotter. Just sayin'

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 3:37 PM

Good to hear you're ok, Pink, yea you should probably rest although I've heard laughter is the best medicine ;)

Oh, Julie...I would love to be your flatmate, just so you can talk about gel kitties and sperm. Also because you'd probably manage to out-weird me and I'd finally feel sane.

Posted by: Joker at June 24, 2008 3:39 PM

Am I the only one who reads this and thing "No it's not. Putting a boot in your ass is the Australian way. Do you not watch the Simpsons?" Seriously. Bart vs. Australia? Anyone? Anyone? No? Okay... back to my hole...

Kizzer! Meee! "I can't believe you were able to write so legibly on your own butt."

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 3:40 PM

good to see you're back on your feet Pink!!
we missed you round these parts

and what IS it with guys and catholic school girls??
can you shed some light onto this lordhelmet?

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 3:43 PM

I get it Bethy, it's the short skirt/knee sock/innocent but SO not innocent persona...I must say me and my friends did look quite fetching in our skirts. But the shoes? Bad bad bad.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 3:44 PM

I'll third the well-wishes, Pink! Go watch some George Carlin and laugh yourself healthy.

Bethy, you may as well ask why are some guys breast men, and others ass men. Who knows? Maybe the schoolgirl thing is the supposedly good girl being naughty. Very naughty. Of course, I can only answer for myself. Vermillion, can a fellow geek weigh in? In the meantime, I'll be in my bunk. 'Scuse me.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 3:48 PM

Shadows, TK, I'm usually a lover not a fighter. But, I am a mercenary for hire. I have a grappling hook, a large rope supply, knot expertise, and while I may not have a basement full of zombies, I do have a pleasure dungeon full of pretty. Man pretty. So, if you guys just email me your bids, we can get this interthread war started.

Posted by: jM at June 24, 2008 3:51 PM

Hey Joker! I'm pretty good, my counts are coming up, but I'm sore from my biopsy today. I probably should be resting instead of interwebbing.

YAY Pink!!! Go rest, we need you here...there's all sorts of people out of control that need some good ole sassy takedowns, and Kolby's just way too glowy and pregnaty to do it!

lordhelmet...that's my fiance you're talking to there...only womenfolk and me are allowed to talk to her like that...cuz I like to watch...

Bethy, you can have any hat you want, you little cutie you. And of course I'll sign that petition...everyone should get automatic orgasms and free ice cream sandwiches after.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 3:52 PM

SoD, um, no hard feelings, k? Maybe if you sold some tapes you could fundraise for hiring jM. And we could watch too. Heh. And welcome to the petition - what's your wish?

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 3:57 PM

WORD, yay for Bama!

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 3:57 PM

So, if you guys just email me your bids, we can get this interthread war started.

Complete control of Europe? All the nuts you can eat? A walk-on appearance on Madagascar 3: The Search for Curley's Gold?

and what IS it with guys and catholic school girls??

Julie's got it...innocent but not innocent...and short skirts. We also like cheerleaders for the same reason. however, personally...I'm an all-over man...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 3:59 PM

Bethy, add me to the petition. I am with ya, baby. And, Julie I can't believe no one noticed that YOU are the next NASHVILLE STAR! Why? Because YOU just wrote the PERFECT COUNTRY SONG!!!! It's right up there with the end of that one about the motherfucking rain and the damned old train hitting my mother in the pickup truck!!!!

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 24, 2008 4:00 PM

Damn it Shadows, did you just cost me a groping? Sigh...I really needed one too.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:00 PM

And, Julie I can't believe no one noticed that YOU are the next NASHVILLE STAR! Why? Because YOU just wrote the PERFECT COUNTRY SONG!!!!

That's grounds for divorce, right there.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 4:02 PM

Julie, I get the feeling you're a bit needy today, so because I'm an old softy at heart, I've got your groping right here. [gropes Julie] Better now?

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 4:04 PM

Ha ha ha! NO. [glares]

Why thank you Janet, it took me approximately 35 seconds to write such a moving tribute to abused canines who fuck their owners. :p

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:06 PM

*sniff * shadows......I.....I was just...*sniff* kidding.....

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 24, 2008 4:07 PM

On Nashville Star last night, Pearl Heart covered "Love Shack" by the B-52's. It was quite an interesting medley, though I agreed with Judge John, Courtney is still not shining as a lead singer.

She's still young though, and with the twins behind her, I'm sure they'll have a great future.

Posted by: David at June 24, 2008 4:08 PM

Dakaron, WORD!

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 4:08 PM

Julie, that is obviously 30 more seconds than most country musicians and/or songwriters spend on anything other than their hair.

You ever notice that? They are "of the people, salt of the earth, workin' mens and womens..." but they have better hair than the cast of "Desperate Housewives."

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 24, 2008 4:10 PM

Janet, have you seen Billy Ray Cyrus? Need I mention "mullet"?

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 4:11 PM

I wrote that in jest! IN JEEEEEST!! Hee.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:11 PM

score! [puts on Mike Wazowski hat, grins like a fool]

well, the polls are in, apparently I have to go shopping for a plaid pleated skirt and a white button down shirt
now what kind of shoes we talkin here Julie? innocent mary janes to provide an offset to the naughty nature of the rest of the outfir and bring it into stark relief? or just go for broke with stilleto heels?

and I am drafting up the first draft of the petition as we speak
it will soon be ready for publication and circulationI will keep you posted

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 4:15 PM

I know, so did I. Its ok, Jules.

LH, umm, BRC isn't even HUMAN, much less a MUSICIAN. He's some form of amoeba, merely here to feed off it's young, and using it's spawn to pull in the spawn of others......and their MONEY.

Seriously, I HATE cuntry music.

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 24, 2008 4:16 PM

Mine were the traditional saddle shoes...be sure to wear those with knee socks, if you go with stockings I'd recommend a nice pair of heels or fuck me boots if you want to cause a stroke.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:17 PM

Johnny Cash
Jerry Lee Lewis
Uncle Tupelo
Wilco
Emmy Lou Harris
Drive-By Truckers
The Black Keys
Old Crow Medicine Show
Sheryl Crow
Alison Krauss

Country is more than you think it is, folks.

That's all.

Also, Shadows, ignore that sound beneath the floorboards. It's nothing to worry about.

Posted by: TK at June 24, 2008 4:19 PM

Janet, you are obviously an enlightened individual. You are welcome anytime onboard Spaceball Two/MurderMaid, now with more murderin' and leaving-the-solar-system-in-a-hurry capability. You have also earned a pass from my personal assassin. Congratulations!

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 4:19 PM

Bleeding nazi vampire jesus! Why do I always get here after Julie has been groped?

Posted by: J_Capri at June 24, 2008 4:22 PM

Ooh! I own Wilco! So with Emmy Lou that's TWO country cd's then. Does Grant Lee Phillips count as well? Cause then that's three.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:22 PM

You are welcome anytime onboard Spaceball Two/MurderMaid

Janet, how fast do you go from suck to blow?

J_Capri, you need to get here a lot earlier if you want to catch me in an unspoiled state.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:24 PM

And I know that you pajibans went to hell and had an orgy, but who let who bring up the country vinyls from the overwarmed bilous depths of Satan's gallbladder?

Posted by: J_Capri at June 24, 2008 4:25 PM

I thank thee, lordhelmet. I will serve thee well.

Ok, I do have to admit to TK's wealth of knowledge that SOME country is cool, but those are the exceptions, the boundary-breakers, the ones who would not be contained in just one genre. Johnny Cash, Charlie Daniels? Come on. They were WAY more than country. No, my hatred is for the Marty Robbins/TK/Sugarland/Rascal Flatts/Big&Stupid/schools of dipshit whiny-ass country. Hell, even Loretta Lynn can be cool. She cut an album with Jack White didn't she? And sung about women's rights when Tammy Wynette was getting beaten by George "I don't blink cause I'm on so much coke" Jones every night and singing "Stand by Your Man." So, ok, it doesn't all blow. Just......most of it.

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 24, 2008 4:25 PM

lordhelmet, Shadows, watching is extra. And Bethy already knows my contribution to the list; Christian Bale dipped in sangria. The End.

Posted by: jM at June 24, 2008 4:26 PM

Mine were the traditional saddle shoes...be sure to wear those with knee socks, if you go with stockings I'd recommend a nice pair of heels or fuck me boots if you want to cause a stroke.

fuck me boots and stockings it is!!

(although they might clash with my Mike Wazowski hat....)

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 4:29 PM

was that Bubs in August?

Posted by: Le Kim Nguyen at June 24, 2008 4:30 PM

Johnny Cash

Alright...I'll give you him. And maybe Sheryl Crow...but that's it!

Mine were the traditional saddle shoes...be sure to wear those with knee socks, if you go with stockings I'd recommend a nice pair of heels or fuck me boots if you want to cause a stroke.

You're killing me, woman.

My girlriend's gonna think it's weird that I come to a movie review site and get horny for her after...

.I hear nothin, TK...

dammitjanet, I'll forgive you this once. But only because you're damn funny.

David...you still insist on pushing my buttons. I promised nicole to play nice with you...so please understand the cybersquirrel I'm sending over to rip off your fingers will be as sweet and lovable as possible.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 4:30 PM

It's worth noting that equating Robbins/Toby Keith /Sugarland/Rascal Flatts/Big&Stupid with the real country music is the equivalent of equating Britney Spears to the Beatles. They're both pop music, but there's a light-years long chasm between them.

The country that gets mainstreamed in the US is fucking terrible, it's a popstarred, glamorized version of what country music should be, and it's WHY you all hate it so much. The truth is, there is probably more good than bad country music. But since the majority of people have such awful fucking taste, the bad is all you hear.

Anyone who wants to hear the good stuff, you know how to reach me.

Posted by: TK at June 24, 2008 4:31 PM

I dozed off for a minute, so forgive my ignorance - but what is this interthread war ? And this list? And I'd ask why and how TK has such an advanced knowledge of country music, but I learned long ago never to ask whyor how TK does anything. It's just safer the live life that way.

Posted by: Kolby at June 24, 2008 4:34 PM

TK: I believe you forgot the Dixie Chicks. They're like the Anti-Toby Keith. by that count I have...yup. five country CDs. Wilco, Wilco, Alison Krauss, Dixie Chicks and Dixie Chicks. Who'd a thunk?

Pink: OOOOH! You finally broke out of the big house! Yay! Anyways, hope you're feeling a bit better.

David: GASP! Nasville star? Really? You might want to keep that on the down-low, or else the Velvet Mafia will revoke your gay license. Those guys do NOT fuck around.

Posted by: Jeremy at June 24, 2008 4:34 PM

TK, there may hope for you yet, though for obvious reasons I'm still gonna have to side with Dakaron Bethy, are you trying to make my head(s) explode??

Julie, you seem like a kindred. Truce?

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 4:35 PM

Anyone who wants to hear the good stuff, you know how to reach me.

You intrigue me. There's good country music? I might check this out...if I weren't so fearful of hearing the bad and beating someone within an inch of his life.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 4:36 PM

alright, TK, I accept your challenge.

I abhor country (I adore bluegrass/Emmy Lou Harris and the like, but I refuse to equate them as the same genre because of the bad connotation of the former), but am willing to be swayed.

I have a 10 hour flight in a week and a half.

I require mixed tapes.

and........go.

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 4:36 PM

Bethy, if you're serious, lemme get home and peruse ye old music hard drive.

Goddamnit, I feel a blog post coming on.

Posted by: TK at June 24, 2008 4:38 PM

Goddammit!

Women of Pajiba (you know which ones), please stop making me ruin my pants! I only have so many pairs, and I don't make enough to buy them willy-nilly!

You all owe me a pair of Dickies!

And stop that laughing, that is what they are called! Dickies pants!

SHUT UP!

Posted by: Vermillion at June 24, 2008 4:39 PM

My girlriend's gonna think it's weird that I come to a movie review site and get horny for her after...

Tell her I said "you're welcome," Shadows :)

Lordhelmet...truce! [gropes you back]

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:39 PM

Vermillion said "Dickies" AND "willy." My work here is done.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:40 PM

Julie, you're my kind of gal. You get a MurderMaid pass, too. Vermillion, we wouldn't laugh at you if you didn't make it so easy! SoD, TK, you guys aren't going to go and call a cease-fire, are you? I just got my MurderPopcorn ready!

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 4:44 PM

Vermillion said "Dickies" AND "willy." My work here is done.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

And I'm sure that'll only confuse her more, Julie ;)

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 4:47 PM

So if I said "I'm in Dickies almost every day" you'd probably make something dirty out of it, wouldn't you?

Yeah, I thought so.

I could also add.....no, no no no no, I won't.

Posted by: Jay at June 24, 2008 4:49 PM

So if I said "I'm in Dickies almost every day" you'd probably make something dirty out of it, wouldn't you?

I am laughing hysterically right now, so...yes.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 4:51 PM

Jeremy,

You never called, so I got bored and watched Nashville Star. Basically, it's your fault.

Posted by: David at June 24, 2008 4:51 PM

So if I said "I'm in Dickies almost every day" you'd probably make something dirty out of it, wouldn't you?

The best part of this statement is that although I know that Dickies is a brand name, all I can think about is the dickie that is mostly only the neck part of a shirt (usually a turtleneck, I believe). I love the image of Jay having a dickie for each day of the week.

Posted by: tamatha at June 24, 2008 4:56 PM

Dearest Godtopus/Buddah/Jesus/Whomever It Concerns,

We, the citizens of Pajiba, ever so humbly ask for a few minor changes to the way this world is currently being run. We mean no disrespect, but we believe our lives could be made a little bit easier. We are, afterall, the intellectual elite of our respective cultures.

We submit the following changes in our existance for your purusal and hopeful implimication:
~a magically refilling beermeister
~a dog that doesn't poop and can walk his own damn self
~bras that fit perfectly
~automatic orgasms
~20/20 vision
~Arrested Development to go back on the air ~world peace
~an end to obesity
~compulsive public nudity
~public executions of those "artists" giving country music a bad name
~Christian Bale trussed up ans soaked in sangria

We feel these small things would not be too much to as from such an all-powerful and compasionate deity such as yourself, and would go a long way to the betterment of our collective lives.

Sleep on it.

You Faithful Followers,
(petition signatures follow below)
Bethy
(your name here, leave in subsequesnt comments)

Posted by: Bethy at June 24, 2008 4:57 PM

Oh, I'm sorry David. But you never gave me your phone number, and there are a lot of people in the phone book named David. You still want the blow job? I'll throw in a rim for free!

Posted by: Jeremy at June 24, 2008 4:58 PM

I love the image of Jay having a dickie for each day of the week.

And now I'm laughing hysterically...

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 4:59 PM

And throw my name on that petition, Bethy!

Posted by: Jeremy at June 24, 2008 5:00 PM

Women of Pajiba (you know which ones), please stop making me ruin my pants!

Forgive us, Vermillion, for we know not what we do. We don't intentionally try to...Oh no! I spilled water all over my white t-shirt. I'll just have to take it off...

As I was saying, we don't go out of our way to just...Dammit, I can't reach that top shelf. I keep jumping up and down and up and down but I can't reach. Maybe if I use this trampoline?...

Posted by: jM at June 24, 2008 5:02 PM

that one about the motherfucking rain and the damned old train hitting my mother in the pickup truck!!!!

That is David Allen Coe. It is a nice drunk song.

If ANYONE dares to speak bad about Johnny Cash, you will be on my list. I will find you.

I mean it. I grew up on good country music and will cut a person for speaking ill of the good stuff. I abhor the new crap. It is crap slathered in crap, wrapped in a crinkly, see-through wrapper, and marketed to the lowest common denominator.

Posted by: Melody at June 24, 2008 5:03 PM

jM: ha! Do you need help? I'll be ready to assist once I finish this lollipop and put my hair in a ponytail.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 5:12 PM

That's just mean, jM....

It's unfortunate that we cannot properly visualize this...please include pictures and/or video next time you're so clumsy.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 5:12 PM

Is there any room left on that petition to provide Nathan Fillion with constant employment? They can be any types of roles--he's a versatile man. I will watch him in a tuxedo; I will watch him in fatigues; I will watch him in a suit; I will watch him out of...um. You know.

Posted by: Jerce at June 24, 2008 5:12 PM

Jeremy -- haha, jesus christ, you move fast.

I'm actually more of a get to know you type, before I move into Naked Tuesday territory. Another reason the Velvet Mafia and I have butted heads on several occasions.

Posted by: David at June 24, 2008 5:16 PM

I think Jeremy out-dirties me, and I love him for it.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 5:18 PM

Ladies, I think you might be a little too adept at exploiting your wiles. Vermillion's hyperventilating and Shadows' blood pressure hasn't been this high in hours. So yes, by all means post pictures and put them/us out of our/their misery!

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 5:20 PM

If ANYONE dares to speak bad about Johnny Cash, you will be on my list. I will find you.

I despise country music with a passion that only comes from being a furriner raised in the military and in big cities across the country and most of the world, Melody...and even I love Johnny Cash.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 5:26 PM

I think Jeremy out-dirties me, and I love him for it.

HAH! I think he out-dirties us all. That is awesome.

Posted by: Shadows of Dakaron at June 24, 2008 5:29 PM

Shadows, military you say? Hate country but love Johnny Cash? Care to be the XO on MurderMaid?

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 5:30 PM

What's my job on the MurderMaid? Can I be "random girl who wanders around with her margarita making cracks about swabbing the decks and tightening the hoses and probing the aliens blah blah blah spaceship jargon"?

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 5:34 PM

If not I want to be Scotty, so I can beam people and such and such.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 5:35 PM

Julie my dear, you'd definitely be the morale officer. I've already got Snotty, and when he beams people, it is wonderful. Oh, and when you're on duty, your unlimited drinks and optional schoolgirl outfit are supplied for you. Liver transplants as necessary are part of your health benefits.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 5:44 PM

I'll take that job lordhelmet, but only because I hear that your helmet is sooooo big. And no, I wasn't playing with my dolls again.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 5:48 PM

Hun, you can play with your dolls any time you want. Vermillion would like it very much if you did.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 5:52 PM

Hee! Man, I miss Rick Moranis. I laugh my ass off whenever Colonel Sanders walks in on him, his panicked "WHAT?!" is comedic gold.

Posted by: Julie at June 24, 2008 5:56 PM

Yes, I was improvising that scene - it was a big hit when we looked at the dailies.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 6:00 PM

What the shit?

What did you people do in here? I feel like I need to go take a shower, and Julie can attest that I'm no prude.

*sigh*

TK, blog post, please.

Posted by: Nicole at June 24, 2008 6:12 PM

Another reason the Velvet Mafia and I have butted heads on several occasions.

Someone wrote an article about straight women trying to ruin gay men's lives by influencing too many of them with a lot of "courtship" and "relationship" stuff.

And coincidentally, I've gotta run off now to see the Executive Transvestite.

Posted by: Jay at June 24, 2008 6:40 PM

ooh, ooh, ooh.....lordhelmet...can I be the snark officer? If not, I am one hell of a baker. I will keep us all supplied with delicious scones, muffins, and rum balls.


My comment to add to the petition...

Oh, Godtopus/Buddah/Kalimar/Jesus/Earth Goddess, et all;

We, the women of Pajiba, ask also that you assist the wonderful Nathan Fillion in finding permanent employement which requires him to frequently remove as much clothing as possible, while making snide asides. The same would be appreciated for Clive Owen.

We also ask in your holy name(s) that you eliminate from the face of this, the planet we share, the likes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, the new Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and others of their kind. This would be a gift of your ultimate benificence and show your overwhelming love for man-and woman-kind.

These things we ask in your most blessed name(s),

WoP

Posted by: dammitjanet at June 24, 2008 7:02 PM

Janet, you may face competition from time to time as Chief Snark Officer, as the crew expands, but we'll always need a baker. You do make a good batch of cinnamon buns, right? Welcome aboard either way!

Addenda to elimination: cast and fans of The Hills, the Hogan family, and Flavor Flav and the like.

Addenda to work-list: Kristen Bell in a new, non-lame, noir-ish detective show with narrative voice-over. Including Enrico Colantoni would be a significant bonus.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 7:28 PM

Consider the country music challenge answered.

So there.

Posted by: TK at June 24, 2008 8:45 PM

TK, that is a list all right. I haven't heard of most of that stuff, and since it doesn't contain anything I know to be rancid you're off the hook. Way to rise to the challenge.

Posted by: lordhelmet at June 24, 2008 9:18 PM

Yay! I'm officially dirtier than Julie! Now, I just have to out dirty grinder. I'm sorry, but really, a horse? How are you still alive?

Posted by: Jeremy at June 24, 2008 10:54 PM

I'm not one of those people who go around saying "I like all music! Except country. Pfffbt." But except for stuff that came out three to four decades ago that my mom was into, I just don't listen to any. Unfortunately, I tend to associate country music with a lot of the people I know who listen to it, which I know is unfair. And though every music genre has its idiot fans, nothing quite so much bothers me as the stereotypical country music fan.

Like my brother, who, despite being blood related and raised far away from the bible belt with me, is a roarin' yeehaw country music-loving patriot who will sneer simply at the thought of watching a foreign-language film, 'cause that shit is unAmerican.

Posted by: Roads at June 26, 2008 5:32 AM





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