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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 3rd week of July DVDs: Crime, Dance, Insanity, Campers, Heroes, Kink & Inner Spaces!
Hey folks, Harry here… This week’s DVD column is coming to you early. Yoko and I are off to parts untold to celebrate our Paper Anniversary – So on Anniversaries of this sort one should present a present made of paper – so I’ve gotten Yoko a trip to a place where she needs additional paper. I won’t share with the world because the last thing I want is to be constantly swarmed with well wishers and congratulatory folks – heh – but as a result, I’ll be damned if I’m going to touch my computer on this Anniversary. SO – I had to get this column done for you good folks. There isn’t really a ton of stuff this week – but next weeks looks to be stronger. Till then, this is what I got. As always the box art and titles are clickable to Amazon where you can learn more on the title, and if you’re feeling the urge, you can buy the title in question thus contributing a small percentage towards the continuation of this so unworthy column. Your humble servant as always…
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 – “Harry & Yoko’s 1st Wedding Anniversary”
BIRDS OF PREY: THE COMPLETE SERIES
Ok – the show isn’t very good. In fact – it pretty much kinda blows – but I’m a sucker for funky superhero shit. And on a week where we’re getting a great HELLBOY movie and apparently a great DARK KNIGHT movie… well, here we go, why not realize how much better it is than this!
THE BANK JOB
One of the early wonderful films of the year & one of the best flicks made by Roger Donaldson. Jason Statham is very good in this movie – but me… I could watch the film for Saffron Burrows all by herself. She’s yummy. If you missed this in theaters, but love old fashioned caper flicks that twist and turn and amuse to no end. Well – this is one of those. Enjoy.
STEP UP 2 THE STREETS
Ok – I know what you’re thinking. Harry is one pussy-whipped mutherfucker. That said, MAN! Briana Evigan does this ass tremble and shake that will have your cock thinking about the happy torture that it would inflict upon it. Also – Briana Evigan should play “the cheerleader’s” lost sister on HEROES. Seriously – she’s totally Hadyn’s evil sis. Evil cuz she’d be sooooo good. The film is corny as hell – cheesy as fuck – but ya know it’s pretty awesome too. That end out door in the rain dance is improbable as hell, but fun and stylistic as hell.
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
One of the greatest movies of all time. Has anyone ever played a better cunt than Louise Fletcher’s Nurse Ratched? And just how brilliant was Jack Nicholson’s Randle McMurphy? Winner of Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Screenplay and Director. And now it’s captured exquisitely for home enjoyment. Personally my favorite character in the film is Chief Bromden… and that moment… you know it. I love that moment. So good. So fricken good.
TRAFIC – Criterion Collection
Are you an autophile? You love cars? How about crazy fucking cars? Well this film has the most outstanding camper in the history of mankind. This is a crazy funny movie – and the word crazy is what I think of it. It’s all about the creation of this awesome Camper and the quest to place it in an Auto Show in Amsterdam to enter it for his employer. Hijinks ensue. Very fun film by Jacques Tati – and part of that Monsieur Hulot series of comedies. Criterion has done a great job of putting this disc together.
SWAMP THING: THE SERIES Vol 2
You know – at some point someone is gonna make a truly great SWAMP THING movie. Till then, I’ll make do with Wes Craven’s flick and this series. It’s not a great series, but it had its moments – mainly due to Dick Durock, who was pretty outstanding in the suit as SWAMP THING. Yea! MAN IN SUIT!
NEW ADVENTURES OF THE LONE RANGER/ZORRO Vol 2
Was I the only one of us that tuned in to watch this cartoon series every Saturday morning? Btw… remember when that meant something? Fucking kids today… Remember when you had to rush home after school to catch perhaps a 1 hour block of cartoons… and then that glorious Saturday morning when you had 3 channels that ran 3-4 hour blocks of cartoon goodness? Fucking awesome days. Now – all these goddamn spoiled brats with their whole cartoon network and Disney channels. Fuck them. They’re spoilt rotten. We had to play outside because there wasn’t shit on TV to watch. And we’d play stuff like LONE RANGER and ZORRO cuz we had those cartoons – and not insane baby shit with baby characters, but role models we wanted to fucking grow up to be. Like THE LONE RANGER and ZORRO and FLASH GORDON and shit. Fucking kids these days…
THE FABULOUS JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (aka WHERE TIME BEGAN)
Ya know… Even this 1970’s Spanish Co-Production that cost $2 million 1970s dollars is better than the one that just came out. I’d forgotten this one – but luckily I get sent this dvd and man… I saw this as a kid. Sure – the Dinosaurs aren’t all that… but they also don’t look like cartoons. This film is, in many ways, the most faithful to Verne’s novel – which isn’t exactly totally faithful and takes liberties – as you can guess looking at the cover art… but ya know what? It’s still totally worth the $10 it takes to get it!
SECRETARY
This is, essentially, the exact same thing as the previously released version – with a new cover – and released to coincide with Maggie Gyllenhaal giant introduction to the entire world as the girl that tickles Batman and Two-Face’s fancies. And man – if you haven’t seen SECRETARY – go get your kink on. This movie will give you a roadmap for how to live your BCD life. This movie will make you wish you had learned all those knots they were trying to teach you in Boy Scouts. And you folks scoff at my Eagle Scout status. Bah.
That’s it for this week – next week I’ll be back with a look at SPACED: THE COMPLETE SERIES, THE MUMMY series on Blu Ray, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, Robot Chicken Star Wars, 21, VAMPYR Criterion, HIGH AND LOW Criterion, THE PERFECT STORM BluRay, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER BluRay, Season 2 of the Masters of Horror, BLUES IN THE NIGHT, BIRD, Daft Punk’s ELECTROMA, HELP ME EROS, THE ADVENTURES OF TEDDY RUXPIN: RETURN TO RILLONIA, TWIN DAGGERS and more or less!
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Woohoo!
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Oh wait, no I didn't. Woohoo!
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest was a continuous sequence of great moments.
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I don't even see anything worth downloading.
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Jul 14, 2008 12:20:34 AM CDT
Roeper says DARK KNIGHT is best picture worthy
by the guy who slept through everything.
Maybe he's not a douche, hmm...
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this week blows. I already own One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest on DVD and I don't care about next gen stuff for at least a few months, or when I finally am rich enough to buy a blu-ray player. I have heard good things about Bank Job. Maybe I will rent it someday.
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Like walking through the theatre parking lot, still high off it and declaring BEST FUCING MOVIE EVER in fanboy glee. If you know what I mean.
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yeah, fuck this week.
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You got my attention. Never heard of that and I wonder why.
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Those legs...
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it will nominated but won't win, ledger will win for best sup actor, nolan will probably be nominated for directing and writting but won't win either, the DP will win though
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maybe we should have had another post with ScriptGirl. More fun to look at anyway.
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Jul 14, 2008 1:48:14 AM CDT
my mind would be blown if DARK KNIGHT got the nom.
by the guy who slept through everything.
a comic book movie, nominated for best picture and it's not for the MTV movie awards? It almost sounds to good to be true.
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I'm experiencing a fucking summer movie season where motherfuckers are already talking about TWO potential best picture nominations.... this early in July!
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Beautiful Trafic cover is beautiful. Lone Ranger and Zorro = Ace and Gary. Maggie Gyllenhaal's snatch. Jason Shit-ham.
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i know that it's really looking super dooper great and slick, with that almost mythic stature of ledger's joker and the bits we see of him, but so many scenes on there even though cool have been done ad nasseum. like how many times have we seen the villain and his gang crash a party and walk around scaring the shit outta the people? yeah it's cool but how many times can it be done before it's just unoriginal. or the bank robbery? c'mon folks, just get that extra punch to think up something really original and cool!
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I've seen her compared to Darth Vader, and Harry just called her a "cunt." But if you watch the movie she's not really evil, she thinks she's doing the right thing. She has a chance to get rid of McMurphy but she doesn't do it because she wants to help him. I don't approve of what she does to him at the end, but it's only after he tried to strangle her and fucked up her throat! Back then they thought it was okay to lobotomize a lunatic and after he tried to kill her he sort of qualified.
So cut the bitch some slack fellas -
Takes a cue from the Dark Knight when it comes to Gyllenhaal. Because she is just awful. I don't understand her appeal. Well I'm glad someone was man enough (maybe?) and had a baby with her and thats all she wants to do now. Now if we can just convice her to make her brother do the same.
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I was actually considering getting the Birds of Prey set, as well as the Fastlane set that came out a week or so ago. Both shows are dumb, but fun in a guilty sort of way. There's a great moment at the beginning of Birds of Prey with the Joker - who's only seen out-of-focus - but his voice is supplied by Animated-Joker Mark Hamill, who does the best Joker laugh ever. At any rate, both shows were produced in widescreen, and aired that way on HD. But, full-screen DVD sets. They don't even MAKE full-screen TVs anymore! Oh, well, it saved me money, and the indignity of buying them in the first place.
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The Bank Job will be in the queue. That movie Trafic looks pretty interesting. I am still making my way through Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, which I kind of knew nothing on going into.
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fuck that, I hated that condescending bitch from the moment she appeared
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...was played by the same actress who was Kai Winn in Star Trek DS9. (Who is probably one of my favourite TV-villains ever.)
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Can't decide which crazy bitch i hated more.
Louise Fletcher sure knows how to play evil cunts. btw. Harry better shave his chest. Looks like an ape on that Journey to the Center of the earth cover. -
Much of her evil would have dissipated if she could have just found herself a good man and gotten laid. That's what it boils down to for most evil women. I've met nurses, a nun, teachers, and other women like Nurse Ratched, and the combination of trying to rise to a position of authority in a male-dominated world combined with bitterness from the inability to find a good man mixed with sexual frustration creates a vengeful spirit. For me, the scene that really pissed me off was where Billy finally got laid and was starting to get confident, and she made him feel guilty and embarassed like he'd done something dirty, and he started stuttering again. That all boiled down to her jealousy that he got some.
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Jul 14, 2008 5:55:50 AM CDT
can't wait for the I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER blu-ray
by the guy who slept through everything.
will your review have more than 5 words, Harry?
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Well done.
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Um Harry . . . where was the review you promised us?
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I still think you need to make up for the lack of mentioning the Joe Strummer documentary last week.
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It is true she is not evil. She spends her whole day surrounded by broken, abnormal people. It is easy to. At best, people like her become patronizing. At worse, they dehumanize the people they are caring for. It allows them to be cruel without knowing it. Her problem is she has lost perspective. In a way, she is the most tragic character in the film.
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You really do like everything!
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Jul 14, 2008 8:25:30 AM CDT
Wasn't Ratchet that Cunt from Flowers in the Attic?
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
I know she was, just had to point out another Cunt role.
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I totally fell in love with her watching Secretary. It really is one of the sweetest cinematic love stories in years. Great little movie. Birds of Prey may not be one of the best shows ever made (the first episode was okay), but it's not any worse than Smallville. Most plastic show ever. Actors that look like porcelain dolls. Sets that look like sets. The most artificial lighting ever seen. Monotonous music (sorry, Mark Snow). Dull writing. Ugh. Also, Nurse Ratched may not be evil, but she sure is a cunt.
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Oh, oh my...
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Asshole.
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What would make someone want to go into every thread and post that? Did you not get enough tit as a child? Too much? Never got the proper amount of affection from your father ever since he caught you playing dress-up in your mother's clothing? Or were you just pushed around a lot in school? Please, I need to fucking know.
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I would never call her evil in the classic sense. However, there are some looks exchanged between her and McMurphy (especially towards the end) that clearly show she understands his "condition" and her willingness to exercise her power against his perceived and growing threat.She was a button pusher, that's for sure.
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While comparing the book to the movie is flawed because thy're seperate products, it's hard for me to seperate Nurse R's motivations from Big Nurse. The book is about power and control. . . the Big Nurse was a dominating figure who seemed to control Time and Space itself, and sat at a center of power like a spider pulling threads. McMurphy was an affront to that control, and she did what she could to stop him. The movie plays it straighter, so it's harder to see the undercurrents of power, but I think they're there.
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this is a weird one, the show will be full screen as the advertising says but it'll actually be a matted widescreen. so basically it'll look like it did on regular tvs, with the little black bars. those of you with a widescreen tv will probably be able to use one of the zooms and make it LOOK like a proper widescreen. its weird that they did this...i mean tv shows are usually widescreen or not, being a big tv-on-dv buyer, this is a new one for me.
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shouldn't be used to describe anybody. It offends me, NOT because I'mn sensitive to dirty words or because its degrading . . . it's unoriginal, uninspired, and inaccurate, the tool of a weak mind who falls back on shock and stupidity. Grow a lexicon before you become monosyllabic.
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...man myself. Now, Tarzan and the Lone Ranger stumble upon Secretary tied up on the train tracks you say?...I'm listening...
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Shut up you cunt.
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When I first heard that they were using letterboxed widescreen instead of anamorphic, I just assumed it came down to the same reason my Justice League Season 2 DVDs were released that way as well, it was just cheaper and faster for them to master the DVDs from a set of SD broadcast masters that they already had lying around than go back and make up some proper anamorphic masters. At least we're finally getting this show at all, it's been what 6 years since this show was on? And fans like myself have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting... At least they're not going bare-bones on this one, they've got the original cut of the pilot plus the entire run of the flash-animated 'Gotham Girls' web series included as well.
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Jul 14, 2008 9:48:47 AM CDT
WerePlatypus is a Cunt with (bizarrely) a Cock Elbow
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
As an Aussie your name, along with your cuntishness offends me.
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Jul 14, 2008 9:49:57 AM CDT
dammit I spelt that wrong. Looks like I'm the Cunt
by nomoredirtyjokespleaseweareyanks
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Remember Harrys wife likes that shit.
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and fucking brilliant it is too.
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...is a twally. I'm ashamed that he is one of my countries imports.
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Honestly she looks like the cabbage patch doll I had when I was 5.
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They always used to be competent adults but kid's show's nowadays always feature upstart young people as the protagonist. A shame.
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How is it inaccurate? Or, anymore so than calling someone an asshole or a dick? Why should some of the worst words in America (cunt, twat, pussy) be synonyms for vagina? I say we, as a nation, need to embrace the cunt.
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...I recently heard it referred to as a "hot pocket"...made me smile for ten minutes...
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Cunt is the new bitch.
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It's just one letter longer than 'ass' and even genderspecific. It's useful! Say it together with me:
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DEFINITELY WORTH GETTING
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is one of those women that can look great under certain lighting and camera angles, and look like something the cat dragged in under different circumstances.Let me finish the joke..."certain lighting conditions?"..."Yea how about NO light..."
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Yes, but they are experimenting with sex and drugs at a much earlier age, so they've got that going for 'em.
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the cunt shamed a guy into suicide. Nicholson's character could have used some anger management, but he was far from crazy.
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That is why Nickelodeon has been making a mint with Spongebob and the rest of their lineup.
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Ratched wants Murphy to stay not because she wants to help him, but because she needs to win.
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I agree that she was not some evil cartoon character. They did show that scene where she lobbied to keep McMurphy and not just pass him off. She did feel responsibility to the patients and she did think she was helping them but let's review the facts:
1) Several times she changed the rules to prevent the men from watching The World Series. She was a control freak and like McMurphy said "She aint honest".
2. She did the total unforgivable thing of driving Billy to suicide. She used his massive fear of his mother to minipulate him on more than one occasion in the movie. When he finally showed a little self-confidence after getting laid she quickly used his worst fear against him to squash him right back down when he had a history of suicide attempts. How fucked up was that?
One thing I never understood in the movie was if she was supposed to be nicer at the end. She did ask the guy about his dental work (somewhat sweetly) but she probably would have done that anyway. She was always well mannered. -
I don't really know your bio so you might have been joking. I think it is very impressive if you were. I find the thought of a hippie child being an Eagle Scout humorous in an ironic way.
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and that kids doing drugs and having sex earlier these days, so true. i'm sorta jealous, sure some could argue they're too young to really appreciate it but hey...i wouldnt have minded giving and receiving oral sex when i was 12. lol
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According to Wikipedia at least (not exactly the gospel). So you and Gerald Ford have somehing in common. Cool!
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According to Wikipedia at least (not exactly the gospel). So you and Gerald Ford have somehing in common. Cool!
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Don't even get me started. You are so damn right. I thank god I was born when I was. Thank God Thank God. I would hate to be a kid nowadays. Cartoons suck garbage now, except for Avatar the Last Airbender. And cartoons are not the only things that we had much much better than kids nowadays, we had much better toys, and video games that were fun and cool for kids (now kids get shit like "Army of Two"). The ONLY thing that kids have better than we did is Pixar movies, but that is one brief day once a year, compared to an almost endless stream of fun cartoons, awesome toys, and really fun video games. Someday perhaps kids are going to get another golden age, but I dare say, that the 80's was the best time to be a kid in the history of civilization, I challenge anyone to cite a better time in history for kids.
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I remember racing home from school to catch the old spiderman series, scooby-doo, and fucking Star Blazers.
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Makes one antsy to see Harry review I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Daft Punk thingee, and Teddy Ruxpin!
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Will be Maggot Gyllenhaal. Just like how Kat was the worst part of begins. Nolan drops the ball on his casting of females, WTF? But as with begins, Dark knight will still be one of this years best films!
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Use to be special, a treat. When I was growing up, it was Saturday morning toons, once a week, that's it. They concentrated on quality back then because they only had one day a week to get it right. Now with all the Cartoon networks and kid's channells, the quality is diluted. They need to fill so much time now that even the crappiest shit gets airtime, and kids eat it up anyway, because they don't have anything else. There are some decent cartoons around now, but not anything like they used to be, and probably won't be, because there is too much time to fill.
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when i read your reviews i dont need or want images of you jerking off to some stupid hip hop dance movie popping into my head - between the reviews full of references to cocks and man-juice - and tit girl, i mean script girl - im beginning to wonder about this site
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she also like very fat guys with orange clown hair
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like Spiderman and his Amazing Friends. And then they added the Hulk for one-two punch Marvel hour. Ah, those were the days. Of course, don't forget the Mighty Orbots.
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I just won ten bucks . . .
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or do you just call her that like referring to Lennon. She's your Yoko?
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You sir, are a grade "A" douchenozzle. Seriously, you fuck, what the fuck is wrong with you? Did your daddy not give you enough head when you were a child? I hope you get cancer in your ass and I hope it's a very long and painful death for you, you shithead troll.
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it up the ass by a strap dildo wearing Nurse Ratched. You heard it here first folks.
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Dude, what was your project? I had the best time in Scouts. Learned to drink and smoke all kinds of stuff and womanize. Sharp metallic edges and fire were also fun. Finally, a certain civic mindedness was begotten, incredibly enough. Be Prepared!
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Regarding the SECRETARY cover:
Looks like his co-star Shatner has taught Spader a few lessons in over-emoting. -
I applaud you. My childhood was precious and I dearly wish I could go back to it. If only because they actually played Looney Tunes (it is a CRIME that they don't anymore) regularly on TV and Animaniacs was awesome. Children are being deprived by having to resort to 12 hour marathons of Chowder and Camp Lazlo on Cartoon Network.
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ah, yes the kids shows of my youth. i remember them well. dr.shock (and his cheesy movies). he was our elvira (or dr. tongue) here in phillytown. plus we had the original spiderman cartoon, hanna-barbara's jonny quest, fantastic four and the herculoids, sally star show with the mind-blowingly creepy clutch cargo and space angel and all the original anime: marine boy, astro boy, speed racer, 8th man, gigantor (kimba didn't do much for me) and the cut n paste awesomeness of Marvel Super Heroes (or whatever the hell it was called.) oh, and UltraMan and Gerry Anderson's puppets. oh and blocks of classic Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Road Runner. not surprisingly i own the originally spidey (robert l lawrence owns, ralph bakshit does not) and jonny quest. what is up with 8th man on dvd. i checked and they have like sets with 4 or 5 from the original series, then full series for a color version years later. does anyone know if the newer versions of 8th Man and Astroboy are any good or are they like the crappy newer version of quest. oh, and i finally caught a few Venture Brothers. brilliant!
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The first thing in the morning it was Rocket Robin Hood and the old 60's psychedelic spiderman. After that, it varied over the years. I remember Plastic man, Super globetrotters, Scooby doo, Smurfs, Spiderman and his amazing friends, Underdog, Heckle and Jeckle, Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner, Mighty Mouse, those funky SchoolHouse rock commercials, and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Plus, I remember a lot of cereal, cookie, and bubble gum commercials sandwiched in between those shows.
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"Harvey Dent dies, he falls off a building. And Rachel dies, in an explosion. Gordon's death is a fake. Joker gets caught in the end. Enjoy." FUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUu
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The person in the best stories who feels most justified in their actions is usually the villain.
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into a sperm recepticle?
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Don't spell out his fucking name in your subject lines, don't retype the whole fucking spoiler post, that's just as much of a spoiler. If this is true I'M REALLY FUCKED OFF!
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is one of those women that can look great under certain lighting and camera angles, and look like something the cat dragged in under different circumstances.
Let me finish the joke..."certain lighting conditions?"..."Yea how about NO light
So your saying she's a 2 face
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But oh man, if Mags was my secretary...
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Eagle Project was painting and renovating our sponsor church... the entire interior. Had to come up with the supplies and the man/boy power to get it all done on a Mon, Tue, Wed, Thur,Fri - and have the place aired out for service Sunday. - Though I always preferred my STAR project - which was to arrange a camp for a MHMR scout unit made up of 50 some odd mentally challenged adults - we pitched their tents - supervised horse rides - and I negotiated with the army to have one of them big double bladed helicopters to give them all rides. And oddly - I can't remember what the project was, if there was one for LIFE - but thems my Star and Eagle projects.
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4th Generation Eagle Scout ta boot. My dad, his dad and his dad.... all Eagle Scouts. And all 3 were Scoutmasters, can't wait for my turn.
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That was seriously the best caper flick I've seen in a very long time.
How the hell did this slip by me?!
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