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Susan Sarandon and John Goodman think it's their time and call in KEVORKIAN!

Hmmmmm by DoctorZoidberg	Jul 13th, 2009 05:56:26 AM
Sounds intriguing
Dan by Beniffer	Jul 13th, 2009 06:09:43 AM
good old dan
Dammit, Janet! by CuervoJones	Jul 13th, 2009 06:11:09 AM
Susan Sarandon: You killed them!But I thought you liked them. They liked you. Goodman: THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME! THEY NEVER LIKED ME!
Please no "NeilF" this week! by Flyingcircus	Jul 13th, 2009 06:32:40 AM
Shut the FUCK UP, thumb dick. Jesus, enough.
Kevorkian? by Nachokoolaid	Jul 13th, 2009 06:36:27 AM
You know what's not dead? THE ZONE! http://zone.aintitcool.com/ind ex.php
Okay... by stvnhthr	Jul 13th, 2009 07:14:56 AM
It does seem a little odd to do a biography of a killer who is still alive, but if this helps to stop him from ever assisting another hurting confused person again I guess it could be a good thing. There is a lot of star power involved and they can help illuminate one of the darker chapters in Western medicine.
NO NEIL F this fucking week, please GOD by Hint_of_Smegma	Jul 13th, 2009 07:15:20 AM
Neil, seriously, fuck off.
God damn skippy SPEED RACER is a good movie. by Darkman	Jul 13th, 2009 07:30:38 AM
Nice to see Sarandon and Goodman together again. I hope Levinson brings his game. Wanted to like WHAT JUST HAPPENED, but it was pretty 'meh' to me.
"Speed Racer" was horrible; Christopher Walken is a god. by Fareal	Jul 13th, 2009 07:34:17 AM
You are dead wrong about "Speed Racer"; it was a horrible, souless movie overloaded with CGI. However, I agree with you about Christopher Walken. He is one of the greatest actors of all time, and he doesn't get the credit he deserves. I do not know why he wasn't nominated for an Oscar for the role of Gabriel in "The Prophecy". I am surprised that John Goodman hasn't dropped dead yet from a heart attack. I keep expecting to see a story on the news about the "surprise" passing of Goodman from heart failure.
Goodman IS a dick..... by pdennett316	Jul 13th, 2009 07:38:10 AM
He never called you back man, plus I have it on good authority that he eats all the food and won't let his family eat till he's done. But there's never any left.....the horror! Also, Speed Racer was fun. And we put animals to sleep to ease their suffering, yet some will happily allow fellow humans to live out their last few months in agony rather than help them die with some dignity left. Those people are assholes like Stvnhthr.
call it Dr Death by kafka07	Jul 13th, 2009 07:44:44 AM
and make Kervorkian kill the characters from Speed Racer.
Speed Racer was actually a dope movie. by dr sauch	Jul 13th, 2009 07:48:46 AM
The acting outshined the CGI. There was so much CGI that you actually ignored a lot of it and focused on the acting. It did what those awful Star Wars movies couldn't, it took a script that would've worked on a small budget and made it work on an outrageous budget. IDK why all the hate. Fat fucks, I guess.
Speed Racer by Bloo	Jul 13th, 2009 07:50:56 AM
is a good movie, I enjoyed the hell out of it...but if I remember correctly the AICN staff was pretty divided by it...someone put it as the worst movie of the year and someone else put it as the best movie of the year as soon as I saw Sarandon's name I knew just KNEW she was going to be playing a right to die supporter that would probably face that decison in some form. It's typical Sarandon political move 'acting'...if she really wanted to act she'd play the opposite of her beliefs
Hey Bloo, Richard Dreyfuss does that all the time. by Cotton McKnight	Jul 13th, 2009 07:58:50 AM
He always plays smarmy republican politicians. I don't think that's good acting, that's just political move acting, as you said. I bet you a dollar that Hollywood is already putting together a script for that abortion doctor who died.
And why do idiots not want SG posts? You hate tits? by dr sauch	Jul 13th, 2009 07:59:48 AM
Does it really make your life any harder to scroll past one extra post on your way to the anime column?
Douches of the World Unite ! by ScottinDC	Jul 13th, 2009 08:00:22 AM
Well, at least that's what happened when Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins got together. Seriously - why does everyone feel the need to inject politics into privacy issues? Doesn't anyone else (regardless of political persuasion) feel these people are smug insufferable pricks? What's Susan going to do next? A biopic on Terri Schiavo where she drools on herself for two hours until her husband (played by Sean Penn while being assisted by a doctor played by Alec Baldwin) pulls the plug on her then removes her skull-cap and finds her brain is a sponge the size of a walnut? Bloody fucking hell.
Sarandon? On a death-related flick? Oh boy... by ricarleite2	Jul 13th, 2009 09:01:00 AM
Is she going to be the "face of love" again on this one?
Hollywood once again by SmokingRobot	Jul 13th, 2009 09:11:54 AM
Will give us their looney tunes version of reality. I wouldn't touch a Hollywood movie 'based on a true' story with a ten foot pole.
Sorry Quint, but Speed Racer was not good. by HoboCode	Jul 13th, 2009 09:42:33 AM
It was seizure-inducing, lamely-executed, convoluted mess that didn't appeal to any demographic.
SPEED RACER = Great Family Movie! by FleshMachine	Jul 13th, 2009 09:47:11 AM
it really was. it was cool and had heart.
ScottinDC by HoboCode	Jul 13th, 2009 09:47:42 AM
Ummm...I think you're a tad confused. It's the right-wing lunatics that tried to prevent Schiavo from dying and Kevorkian from providing dignified death to the terminally ill that were injecting politics into privacy issues, not Robbins and Surandon. Hopefully that is the point of this film.
TITBAG by stvnhthr	Jul 13th, 2009 09:48:05 AM
What?! What the heck are you talking about?
THE SEAGULL by DoctorWho?	Jul 13th, 2009 09:50:08 AM
That's one hell of a cast.
Speed Racer was Great!!!!! by frongbak	Jul 13th, 2009 10:16:13 AM
10 years from now people will be heralding that movie for how ahead of it's time it was. The Wachoskis are one of the most interesting writing/directing teams out there right now and will go down as the Sci-Fi equivelent of the Cohens, fuck all the haters.
And... by frongbak	Jul 13th, 2009 10:18:06 AM
This movie looks to be great. I'm not a huge bio-pic lover but Dr. K's story is great and hopefully ethunasia will be an option for me should I ever need it. The 'moral' right's stance on the sanctity of life is a sick joke.
Killer who is still alive by frongbak	Jul 13th, 2009 10:23:48 AM
Helter Skelter anyone. Your moralizing makes me vomit, confused, hurt people, who just want OUT!!!
Why did John Goodman do the late show circuit for Speed? by Series7	Jul 13th, 2009 10:28:02 AM
He is great on late night shows, and all the host love him, why didn't he make the rounds and get the word out that he was in the movie? FUCK Rain Wilson was on Letterman last week promoting Transformers 2 and he's in what one scene?
John Goodman by Series7	Jul 13th, 2009 10:29:45 AM
Has gone sober now as well.
Something about Sarandon's by Series7	Jul 13th, 2009 10:32:44 AM
Sweater puppies in Speed were part of the excelence that was that movie. Probably my favorite non CGI part. But that movie is awesome. Though is it not now the biggest flop ever? It didn't even break $100 million world wide? It was such a piss poor handled marketed movie. And putting the first 7 minutes online I think hurt it, it is a movie with a 30 minute learning curve built in.
I love John Goodman by D.Vader	Jul 13th, 2009 10:34:18 AM
He seems like a fun dude to be around.
"Allright, everybody freeze, everybody down on the ground!" by D.Vader	Jul 13th, 2009 10:34:54 AM

DrSauce, I don't want SG posts because... by D.Vader	Jul 13th, 2009 10:39:17 AM
Because I've been here since 1996 and I've loved this site for a long time, having spent a lot of my formative geek years here and learning so much from the people that run and frequent this site. ScriptGirl is just such a shallow attention-grab that it really hurts this site's overall credibility (what little it has left) and almost makes me feel ashamed to say I've been here for this long. Its like watching your favorite athlete or actor turn into an asshole, punching little kids and showing up to work drunk, shouting out racist epithets and ruining his life and reputation and making you feel embarrassed for ever having been a fan.
HoboCode by FLESHTONE	Jul 13th, 2009 10:39:35 AM
I love your posts but you need to read before spouting - as I said; the criticism is politically agnostic. It's not about whether it is Republican or Democratic injection....the Schiavo example is tough in cheek and not meant to be taken literally. The point is that too many actors are injecting their personal politics into their performances rather than leaving some matters (like the right to die) private. There is no forthcoming Schiavo project - the example was hyperbole to demonstrate a point about the tackiness of pushing personal politics into private citizen's life choices. All the best mate.
BTW Hobo by FLESHTONE	Jul 13th, 2009 10:42:19 AM
(This is ScottinDC sorry....alternate login). Didn't mean to confuse bud!
I've only watched Script Girl once by Series7	Jul 13th, 2009 10:45:17 AM
There is only so many lame attempts at humor one can take in a lifetime. I'd rather fucking see Beetlejuice do her job (the Howard Stern guy, not Batman).
it seems that Speed racer by emeraldboy	Jul 13th, 2009 10:51:22 AM
is a rel divider. Some love it some some hate ie.
Something tells me Yoko will show Harry this movie by ricarleite2	Jul 13th, 2009 11:38:33 AM
Kervokian gets cash, Harry can have an option out, we get rid of chocolate-pussy related reviews, and Yoko inherits the website and can review her crappy CDs again. Everyone wins.
DVader by DinoBass	Jul 13th, 2009 11:44:20 AM
Which is it? If'n I freeze, I kin't get down on the ground.
ScottinDC by HoboCode	Jul 13th, 2009 12:04:09 PM
So you're saying that by taking a part in a film like this Sarandon or whoever is interjecting her beliefs/politics into a person's private life choice? Interesting but I'm not sure I agree with that idea. It seems to me a person's private choice should be and is their choice regardless of Sarandon's or anyone else's opinion of it. Sure the actor is taking part in a dialogue on the subject matter, but that private choice isn't affected by the actor's or the film's politics, is it? Unless the intent of the film is to prevent that person from making that personal choice by influencing public opinion or endorsing legislation that prevents it. But in this case it's the opposite. In my opinion Sarandon is making this film in an effort to convince Americans that such matters should be private and that politics should not be interjected into one's decision to die.
And if'n I get down on the ground, I'ma be in motion. by D.Vader	Jul 13th, 2009 12:15:10 PM

So who will they get to play by skimn	Jul 13th, 2009 01:15:42 PM
Geoffrey Fieger? Put Craig Bierko or Jeremy Piven in a wig?
And how has Goodman not been plagued by skimn	Jul 13th, 2009 01:30:37 PM
by diabetes, heart disease, stroke, etc.etc.etc. The man has been as big as a house for eons now.
hahaha Speed Racer by manifestchaos	Jul 13th, 2009 01:38:33 PM
One out of ten, half for John Goodman and half for the chimp. You have to be fucking retarded to enjoy that movie -- and I really like the Wachowskis. Maybe you're looking at it through rose-tinted glasses because of your affinity for the source material, but as someone who doesn't care one whit about the lineage/evolution of the story I can tell you that no objective observer would ever enjoy that awful piece of garbage. It was in the same league as Passchendaele, Vantage Point, and other claptrap crap of that ilk.
JOHNN GOODMAN IS THE WORST ACTOR by livingwater	Jul 13th, 2009 01:58:52 PM
He should have "THIEF" written on his gravestone.
Speed Racer wasn't bad....It was trippie by theycallmemrtibbs	Jul 13th, 2009 02:38:54 PM
It is interesting how people bitch about Hollywood not doing something new and original yet Speed Racer was highly inventive. It was a live action Anime, It had a story and the visuals were unlike anything that was done before it. The movie was different but it wasn't this horrid deal you guys make it out to be. It would've been cool as shit to see in 3-D. As someone who grew up watching Speed Racer, not that next generation bullshit but the original Speed, I thought the movie was entertaining. Sarandon and Goodman were great in the scenes they had together, glad they're working together again. Maybe they should've handed out mushrooms to all the A.D.D kids in the audience before each viewing, maybe they're wouldn't be as much internet hate.
Quint, what are you, 15 years old? by Ray Gamma	Jul 13th, 2009 02:47:41 PM
You discovered his Coen brothers work in your teens?
id be scared of walken too by hulkbuster	Jul 13th, 2009 03:46:08 PM
hes a creepy batstard. I mean that in the nicest way
livingwater by Series7	Jul 13th, 2009 03:57:43 PM
What did Goodman steal?
John Goodman is AWESOME by moonlightdrive	Jul 13th, 2009 04:11:58 PM

Ray Gamma, you ignorant slut... by DAVID_CARRADINES_DEATH_SPUNK	Jul 13th, 2009 04:29:20 PM
Raising Arizona came out in 87, thus putting Quint around 36-37 years old.
Speed Racer by Toonol	Jul 13th, 2009 04:58:15 PM
Tied with Dark Knight for best genre movie last year. It was great. And NeilF, please stop posting. Your obsession should embarrass you.
Speed's parents in KEVORKIAN? Trippy! by YackBacker	Jul 13th, 2009 05:03:06 PM
Maybe the death machine can be a Mach 5? I liked SPEED RACER, its haters need to start hugging people more.
manifestchaos, VANTAGE POINT was awesome by YackBacker	Jul 13th, 2009 05:04:34 PM
Actually it wasn't good at all. The handjob my girl gave me during the show was fantastic though.
John Goodman's death machine: Donuts by YackBacker	Jul 13th, 2009 05:11:15 PM
The guy is (slowly) killing himself with food.
I Worry About John Goodman's Health by BoyNamedSue	Jul 13th, 2009 05:48:22 PM
The man is so large that he looks like a heart attack waiting to happen......he always seems out of breath......I was worried he was going to keel over and die on live TV one night when he hosted SNL.
JOHN GOODMAN by frank cotton	Jul 13th, 2009 06:27:43 PM
was great in SPEED RACER. his hooters, on the other hand...
Washups: The feature film by Anything But Tangerines	Jul 13th, 2009 06:34:05 PM
great
John Goodman probably has diabetes & heart disease. by Fareal	Jul 13th, 2009 07:20:47 PM
He is a walking heart attack in waiting. Of course, he can't walk very far without sitting down. On one show he did most of his scenes sitting down. I like John Goodman, and I would have a few beers with him, but he has maybe 5 (or less) more years left on this world. If he died tomorrow it wouldn't surprise me. They would have to put his body into a supersized casket.
TOO SOON!!!! by Pageiv	Jul 13th, 2009 07:33:02 PM
I hope they mention K's lawyer, Jeffrey Fieger was creamed by John Engler in 1998. K ran for Congress last year, a few of my friends voted for him. He got 2.7%.
Kevorkian by Sgt.Steiner	Jul 13th, 2009 08:53:44 PM
Fuck Kevorkian. Schiavo was a real right to die case. Kevorkian was a doctor he did what he wanted, regardless of the law. The law stands to protect citizens from being "assisted" before their time. Kevorkian may have had the best intentions, and the people he "treated" were in great pain, but his actions were the actions of some who just did whatever the hell they wanted because they felt like it. Susan Sarandon is a classy, intelligent lady and a damn good actress. I agree with her politics, but Kevorkian was no hero, no martyr. He thought he was doing the right thing, but so do people like Dick Cheney. No one has seen the film, though, and yet everyone here seems to conclude what the tone of the film will be.
JOHN GOODMAN IS A THIEF IN REALITY by livingwater	Jul 14th, 2009 07:10:19 AM
he has plagiarised some important work of mine..... he is sick in the head and body.
Hobocode by FLESHTONE	Jul 14th, 2009 07:20:52 AM
I see your point bud...but Susan's history is NOT one of subtlety or of espousing the needs for political privacy and subtlety. I point to Dead Man Walking; certainly a fine film on its own merit..but one that also served only to stand as a politicization of the debate about the death sentance. On its own, that would be fine - but the families in the real case this movie was based on found this film INCREDIBLY distasteful since it put their private pain on display. I don't see any reason to believe this film will be any different.
JOHN GOODMAN IS THIN IN REALITY by CHRISTIAN_BALE_TRASHED_MY_LIGHTS	Jul 14th, 2009 09:48:44 AM
HE WEARS A FAT SUIT! IT'S TRUE!!!
Terri Schiavo GOOOD!! Haleigh Poutre BAAD!! by Immortal_Fish	Jul 14th, 2009 11:30:58 AM
I wonder why only one of these names is remembered when discussing the "humanitarian obligations" involved with the euthanization of human beings?

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