Cube
 

You must have done lost your cotton-pickin' mind. Samuel L. Jackson will be in any movie you ask him to be in. Just pay him. He is a fucking whore, whose only talent was displayed in "Jungle Fever" and "Pulp Fiction." Everything he's done after those two flicks has been crip crip crap. He does one thing. Why people think he's so cool is beyond me. Does it make you a bad motherfucker if all you do is say it over and over again?

At least people have finally grown sick of John Travolta (who was up there on my list of actors who needed to be fitted with exploding collars). But I don't think they'll ever get sick of Jackson. He is beyond tiresome.

If I were a big time Producer/Director, I might have one big name in every movie I made. The rest of the actors I hired would be no names. Give someone else a fucking chance already. Jesus. The thing to do would be to sign talented nobodies to a big flick and make them sign away a percentage of earnings on five future flicks of your choice over a 5-10 year time period. What young, unknown actor wouldn't agree to that?

Thurgreed(in the wrong fucking business)Marshall

Pizza Dude
 

Sometimes, though, that's the difference between a good movie and a bad movie.

Pizza Dude
 

Much like the posts on this board.

Dua(note to self: bring a flask to work from now on)lit

Edited to note (with great surprise) that The Hobbit now has an avatar!

Cube
 

Well, I liked Pulp Fiction and I liked Jackie Brown, but everything after that has been crap. I'm just saying, for as big a name as he is, I'm sure he must have gotten a better offer than XXX. Or maybe they just paid him $$$$$, whatever the reason, I still can't see why this movie was so popular? It just sucked. The special effects were laughable - especially the motorcycle tricks.

rainy labor day weekend
 

This weekend I watched the 2003 VMA's and years 1976-1979 of I Love the 70's, so now I am hip to all of your assorted rantings.

VMA's -- Listening to Xtina belt out the songs at the VMA's made me actually consider buying an album of hers. She can sing. The kisses were too fast to really judge, though I did notice a little tongue touch btwn Britney and Madonna. Chris Rock was very good. Good to see him doing new stuff.

1970's -- Anyone here watch that Warriors movie? I'd never even heard of it before the 10 minute exposition on it. Sounds like it was quite funny though. I did have recollections of everything else that they talked about, which is interesting to me b/c I was pretty young during the 70's.* Totally random group of "celebrities" giving views on those shows...


* This is not intended as a slam on bilmore's or taxwonk's age. Ah, who am I kidding, it totally is meant as a slam. Gramps.

breasticle day (again)
 

I've been asked if we will cancel breasticle day if we don't get more submissions.

The answer is probably. At this point we have 6 people participating, 3 men and 3 women. I'm not sure that is enough that it is fair to those individuals to be the only ones put on the spot, anonymously or not.

I'll leave it to those 6 people to PM or email me privately and let me know how they feel on the matter however.

I am.
 

It made me pretty.

Pizza Dude
 

Dude, that avatar is tiny. Would you like me to make it bigger for you?

rainy labor day weekend
 

Yes, I have seen the Warriors and I really enjoyed it.

Of course, I also enjoyed Dogma, so . . .

Cube
 

Well, from the sheer number of movies that Sam Jackson accepts, one or two of them have to be good. The man is notorious for signing on to any production that asks him to be in a film. From 1990 to 1999 he had over 45 film credits from Jurrasic Park to Star Wars to Loaded Weapon to Pulp Fiction to the Great White Hype. In the current decade, he has 20 films completed or in production. The man has never seen a script that he didn't like.

rainy labor day weekend
 

That would be a "Freedom Kiss."

Pizza Dude
 

I'm glad you offered. If I offered to make it bigger, my reputation would be ruined.

Dua(besides, I'm not a size queen)lit

Can You Dig It?
 

The Warriors? Of course. That movie kicked ass. And back then it was enjoyed by many in my neighborhood because you got to see a movie with white people as gang members (imagine the shock!). It didn't do much for most stereotypes, but it was a fun movie. Can you dig it?

CAN YOU DIG IT?

CAAAAAAAAAAAAN YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU DIG AAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

Reminds me of another very underated movie: King of New York -- Walken, Snipes, Fishbourne, Caruso. Great Flick

Thurgreed(I never killed anyone...that..didn't...deserve it -- Now WALKEN out-cools Samuel L. Jackson every day and twice on Sundays)Marshall

Pizza Dude
 

Good to know, except I was talking to Bilmore. And he's probably a size queen.

Pizza Dude
 

I don't think you know how long Bilmore has been waiting for a female to say this to him. He's already spent like $300 thousand on those email offers.

TM

Pizza Dude
 

All part of Leagl's master plan. I know because isaw a rough draft of it a few months ago when I was going through her trash. It read as follows:

1. Set up bulletin board for lawyers under guise of helping them out of bad Stalin Board situation

2. Build their trust.

3. Sucker Hobbit out of $300 for fake penis enhancer.

4. Laugh really hard to self.

5. Kayak.



[yes, I realize I somehow posted too soon, but I plan to ignore it, so you all should do the same.]

Mellow. Positive.
 

You seem very bitter and negative. You should try to be more mellow and positive. Like me. I recently made a mixed CD with a lot of down tempo, ambient lounge-electronica, world beat-electronica, and other mellow, positive songs on it. If you want, I can send it to you and you can listen to it and maybe it will help you to become more mellow and positive. I think there are a few others around here who probably should listen to it as well, but I get the sense that they would not react well to constructive criticism of the type I am now offering.

rainy labor day weekend
 

I wasn't allowed to see R-rated movies in 1979, but I recall thinking the same thing: "If this is such a seminal movie of the era, why has no one ever mentioned it since 1979?" It looked like it was ripe for some MST3King, that's for sure.

I suspect that some of the panelists for "I Love the '70s" were given advance notice of the topics. In particular, Mo Rocca, Michael Ian Black, and to a lesser degree Hal Sparks always looked polished enough that they'd given some thought to their witticisms before delivering them.

Pizza Dude
 

Damn. Foiled again. And I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for the meddling fire-headed thingy.

rainy labor day weekend
 

I wasn't either, but I did manage to see Used Cars at the drive-in with my family in '76. Mom was none too pleased to discover it was R rated for more than just foul language. I spent a good portion of the movie with mom's hand over my eyes and dad got a good bawling out. Good times.

rainy labor day weekend
 

My parents had no strong views about the rating system until that fateful evening at dinner when my then 5 year old sister called my then 8 year old brother a faggot at the dinner table. The Breakfast Club was blamed, and we were grounded from rated R movies for a few months after that.

rainy labor day weekend
 

The Warriors is a classic. I have probably seen it or parts of it over 10 times. "Warriors, come out and play-ay-ay" was in the vernacular of my entire high school.

What is sad is that, given the advance notice, most of these people still have nothing to say worth the breath they expended on it. "Princess Leia had stupid hair." Gee, thanks.

One small step on the road toward the long-awaited robotic sex toy
 

So, you know the Roomba? The robotic vacuum cleaner? Well, now there's a webpage for a small community of Übernerds who want to share information on hacking their Roombas. That's right --- we, as a society, will now have to address the social repercussions of hacking a vacuum to change its behavior.

Can You Dig It?
 

Totally and completely agree on Walken. Love him in just about everything, even that stupid video where he dances by himself.

That said, what's the deal with his new release? Where he gets back billing to the Rock? I saw the poster and could not believe that the Rock and Seann William Scott get billing over Walken?

Edited to add...back to the jungle? Return to the jungle? Title is something like that.

I love the "I love the 70s"
 

Michael Ian Black's cumultive performance in "I love the 70s" and "I love the 80s" should garner him an Emmy. Mo Rocca and Hal Sparks rise up to meet the challenge on rare occasions, but it's MIB's world. I cannot WAIT for "I love the 80s Strikes Back," coming in October! It's a good time to be alive.

Warriors was big in certain circles around my high school. The dialogue on this board today shows why it's going to be remade by a big hollywood studio in a year or two. It'll be good and slick, but by its nature has no chance of having the cool cache of the original; kind of like the Italian Job.

I've always wanted to try to fight my way from Central Park back to Coney. But how come they're supposedly safe once they get there? Even if it is their home turf, there's no way they wouldn't get their ass beat by everyone else. IThough I wasn't a New York gang-member in the late 70s, I kind of have the feeling it captures its time and place perfectly, much the way Swingers did with mid-90s LA.

rainy labor day weekend
 

I still remember the firestorm of controversy over the use of "penis breath" as an insult in "E.T." This was back when PG meant that parents were urged to be present for the movie and provide some guidance. Now, of course, it means that it's perfectly in line with primetime television and therefore entirely healthful for any child over the age of ten to watch -- i.e., "not R."

Cube
 

You could say the same for Leonard DiCaprio. He was good in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, the whorred himself out in forgettable flicks like Gangs of New York, the Three Musketeers and Titanic. Even DeNiro (Rocky and Bullwinkle), Sir Lawrence Olivier (Clash of the Titans) and Traci Lords (CryBaby) betrayed their craft for the almighty dollar. At least will still have some people like Anastasia Blue who make films worth watching.

One small step on the road toward the long-awaited robotic sex toy
 

I thought it would be fun to read but it's so nerdy (i.e., technical) that I don't understand enough for it to be funny.

Speaking of Spooge
 

One small step on the road toward the long-awaited robotic sex toy
 

$199 at Bed, Bath & Beyond, and the subject of a favorable article in the NYT in the last week. I think the Mrs. may finally give in and let me get one of these.

Atticus, I know you're dying to come over and hack it, and when I finally bring one home you're welcome to do so.

Cubes, Warriors, Spooge and the Bible Belt
 

Cube: I stumbled across it on SciFi about a year or two ago (can't remember so don't start fucking with me about how it is so cool that I saw a movie before it was released -- I am having a Monday kinda Tuesday). Recently rented the follow-up, HyperCube. Why do they spoil good indie flicks with flashy (okay, semi-flashy) sequels? HyperCube is okay, not great, and would have been more impressive had I not seen the first Cube.

Warriors: Cool flick. And I was only 9 when it came out. Matter of fact, I rented it for shits and giggles a couple of weeks ago (do they just choose not to put certain films on DVD?) which I like to do every year or so. Any remake will certainly include lots of gore in the fight scenes which, I hate to say, would sort of ruin it. The cheesy costumes worn by each gang to identify the members is a hoot. I particularly love the baseball gang. Embrace the 70s-cheese and the film is a masterpiece.

Seven: I don't want to know how you happened across that.

Bible Thumpers: Today the Atlanta Journal Constitution (our only newspaper -- what happened to having more than one paper in big cities anyway?) printed an apology for putting the Britney kisses Madonna picture on the corner of the front page. The editor stated that it was not news and should have been inside the paper rather than on the front page. Give me a fucking break. Who writes to newspapers to complain about this shit? Don't these people have anything better to do. The kiss made me hurl but it just is not important enough to waste on a letter to the editor. Every time I think we are advancing down here we sink into some sort of Alabama-funk.

rainy labor day weekend
 

Warriors is one of the quintessential "so-bad-it's-too-fucking-funny-for-words" movies. It's up there with Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and anything by Ed Wood in the pantheon. The soundtrack even sucks in a funny way. Rent it, spark up a spliff or crack a bottle of Mateus Rose, and get ready to howl.

Tax(NCS, come out and plaaaaaa - aaaay)wonk

I love the "I love the 70s"
 

I want to throw a party and invite these guys. The entire series is pretty funny, but these three always have me ROFLMAO.

I love the "I love the 70s"
 

You are kidding, right?

Someone should beat the living shit out of that smug, unfunny jackoff.

not7yS

I love the "I love the 70s"
 

I decry Slave's advocacy of violence against that particular protected class.

Because, um, my mother was a smug, unfunny jackoff.

I love the "I love the 70s"
 

I agree. I hate him. He's all forced and annoying.

In answer to another question, at this point people should assume we are going forward. If I get a couple more pictures, and I've been promised at least 2 more at this point, we'll go forward with breasticle day.

If you plan on submitting by midnight on the 4th, please send me a PM or email at info@lawtalkers.com, so I can get a sense of whether we will in fact have enough.

Thanks

rainy labor day weekend
 

Count me in among those who have seen it before. The original Gangs of New York. I'm not sure why Taxwonk hated it so much. A Beau Geste of modern life.

Not to change the topic at all, but what about the Wanderers? That movie is even more of a classic, right up to the point where it used to be run serially on A&E. And Ken Wahl's later short-lived series, Crime Story or whatever, was the Wire of its time.

Hello

I love the "I love the 70s"
 

Well, he is on my no-sex crush list. I totally love MIB.

rainy labor day weekend
 

See, that's why having you old farts around is so rewarding (even for a nearly old fart like me). I haven't thought about "The Warriors" since I watched it on HBO back in junior high.

In addition to being just plain goofy (remember the way the leader of the Riffs talked? "I want all of these War-ri-ors"? remember the Furies, a gang that donned full baseball uniforms and face makeup to go out and fight?), the initial premise of the movie was a rip-off of a science fiction story.

Nowhere to run to, baby, nowhere to hide......