Wednesday, January 3, 2007

News and Tidbits
Transformers
Not much interesting entertainment news to comment on today, other than Will Ferrel having a second kid. Does Will Ferrel need to be funny in everything he does...I mean, he named his second kid Matthias, and this is after dubbing his first born Magnus. Mangus and Matthias Ferrel, now the kids names from Talladega Nights don't seem to be too much of a stretch for the guy ("I want to praise the lord, Baby Jesus, for my two kids, Walker, and Texas Ranger...")

Other than this, a new international Transformers preview hit the net (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/31130). The highlight here is that Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg actually appear on screen and speak Japanese. Is it just me or is Steven Spielberg putting his faith in Michael Bay a little disturbing. I loved Bad Boys and The Rock, but Armageddon is one of the most devilishly bad movies ever made, only disguised by the pretty kick ass cast ("Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms yo!"). How painful is it when Affleck cries and tells Willis he loves him at the end...painful, in a "there's a career going down the toilet" way. And let's not forget Pearl Harbor, or as I like to call is I Love My Steady Cam and Techno Crane So Much I Think I Am Going to Make An Entire $200M Movie With Just Those Tools. I do have this to say about him though, The Island got a shit on for no reason. The film is actually pretty good. If you haven't seen it...go rent it, and if you have seen it, see it again. Again, a great cast - Ewan "I am totally under rated" McGregor, Scarlett "I keep forgetting you are younger than me because of your boobies" Johanson, Sean "Has got to work much more because I rock" Bean, Steve "If I didn't talk I could be mistaken for Ernet Borgnine's ball sack" Buschemi, Michael "I knocked it out of the park in The Green Mile, but now am banished to playing Bruce Willis' sidekick" Clarke-Duncan, and Djjimon "I think I know that guy from that movie" Hounsou. Either way...the Transformers preview kind of rocks, and I want it to be good.

Bob Dylan
I want to take a second to mention that Bob Dylan is threatening to sue the makers for the new Sienna Miller film Factory Girl because it supposedly hints to the fact that Edie Sedgwich committed suicide because Dylan broke her heart. I have two things to say about this (1) who the fuck is Edie Sedwich and (2) it's Bob Fucking Dylan, I am sure he's had multiple people commit suicide under his name. You can't write those fucking brilliant songs and not have some (cue up the rim shot) blood on the tracks. Bob should just suck it up, and go back to doing concerts where he plays the piano behind his drummer.

Disney
Although they pay my bills, I have to say that they can be nucking futs sometimes. Supposedly, Disney is "reexamining" their marketing strategy for the new Pixar film coming out this summer titled Ratatouille because Cars did not live up to BO expectations. This is just stooopid, Cars sucked compared to all the rest of the Pixar films. Ratatouille has too many good things going for it...(1) Written and Directed by Brad Bird. He's the dude that did The Incredibles, by far the BEST Pixar film to date (and probably one of the best films of the last 10 years), (2) the main character is voiced by none other than Patton "I am a living god of comedy" Oswalt, and finally (3) it's does not have talking cars in it. Why doesn't Disney pull their panties out of their asses, and realize that a film that grossed them over $150M world wide is a success, and that they should trust Brad Bird because he is fucking cool as all sheeeee-yit.

New Shows
Tonight one of the funnier TV shows since Arrested Development premieres. It's called The Knights of Prosperity. The writing is snappy, but more than this, the characters and the actors playing them are hilarious (you'll get this tomorrow if you watch it, but "You IN, You IN, You IN"). I truly doubt this fucked up, bass awkward, no taste for the abnormal work will ever allow it to last, but nonetheless it is funny as hell. Check it out.