I love the "I love the 70s"
 

What's a "no-sex crush list"?

More importantly, what is the point of being on a no-sex crush list? I doubt I'd view membership on that list as a compliment.


Sidd(would prefer being on a no-crush sex list)Finch

rainy labor day weekend
 

You missed my point entirely. I love it. I watch it almost every time it comes on cable.

I love the "I love the 70s"
 

It means I heart him and have a crush on him but have no desire to depose him. I simply want him to come to my party.

It is definitely better to be on a no-crush sex list, but it is hard to make this list since you don't typically know the names of the people on the list. For example, an entry on a sex crush list might read "Johnny Depp." Same entry on a no-crush sex list might read "some random wino." See what I mean?

I confuse me.

Thrashers Fan's team
 

It is like we are the same person (same backyard rink, same frigid miserable hockey-watching climate). Except (as I've mentioned before, I think, perhaps ad nauseum), I'm rather fond of the scarred, beat up, teeth knocked-out look.

rainy labor day weekend
 

Similarly*, an "R" rating used to mean you were pretty much guaranteed some gratuitous breasticles, and maybe even a muff shot (Porky's, anyone?). Now an "R" rating means they say "fuck" a few times.



*Or differently, since as usual I don't quite understand your point, perhaps because I don't know if you can say "penis breath" on primetime non-cable TV.

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No, you understood my crotchety point entirely. The world has changed since E.T., in that now parents think PG means the film has been vetted for general appropriateness. It doesn't --- it simply means the MPAA won't stop your child from seeing the movie.

Pre-"Gremlins," there was no PG-13. PG meant that the film had adult themes that required parental guidance, but the film might be harmless --- even healthy --- for children under 18 if that guidance was forthcoming. Because of the broad range of films in the PG category, adults had to make a decision about whether an individual film was appropriate, because the MPAA was merely putting up a yellow light. (My parents pre-screened "Star Wars" for my six year old self, and decided I could handle it if I watched it with them.)

Now, with the creation of PG-13, all need for parental guidance for straight PG movies is off the radar screen. If it's PG, it's appropriate for kids both over and under 13 (sayeth America, though in fairness the MPAA didn't desire this result). So many parents now just use all ratings as an index of the number of times the "s" word is used.

The whole rating system is mostly fucked. Roger Ebert recently made the point that "Whale Rider" got a PG-13 because of one "shit," one "damn," three non-sexual references to "dicks," and a hash pipe in the background of one shot. Meanwhile, all of the Star Wars movies got straight PGs, even though a few of them involved entire planets of people being murdered in wide shots. Ebert went on to say that any film rating system that puts "Whale Rider" in the same category as "Charlie's Angels Full Throttle" and "2 Fast 2 Furious" vis-a-vis their appropriateness for kids has "lost all reason." I think he might have intended the double entendre.

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"Red Dawn" was actually the first film released as PG-13, oh Mr. Pedantic one.

Movie Timmies
 

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"The Flamingo Kid" was the first film to be given a PG-13 rating, but sat on the shelves for five months before being released, during which time "Red Dawn" was released.

What do I win?

rainy labor day weekend
 

The subdivision of PG into PG and PG-13 doesn't really explain the purging of breasts from R-rated movies. Which I personally view as a cultural tragedy (though, as always, it depends on the tits).


Violence has never been on a par with sex or swearing in the MPAA world, or in the world of Middle America. Violence -- unless it's really bloody, ugly violence (as opposed to the clean and fun kind of killing) -- is just not viewed as that big a deal.

I remember in college, an older student commented how she couldn't protect her teenage kids from watching videos at friends' houses, and mentioned Top Gun -- she thought the flying parts were fine, but the "other stuff", shudddder. In other words, blowing people up, good. Tits, bad.

This contrasts sharply with my worldview.

rainy labor day weekend
 

Things are different now.

rainy labor day weekend
 

My post remains a true statement, Monsieur Assclam. As any schoolboy knows, the PG-13 rating was created in response to the furor over the cartoonish gore of "Gremlins" (PG) and "Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom" (PG). That's why I used it as the watershed, though admittedly it's just opposite "Red Dawn" on the other side.

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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch

I'm not surprised you grew up in a locale where movie theaters actually enforced the ratings system. I credit your effeminacy to insufficient exposure to cinematic sex and violence in your youth.

rainy labor day weekend
 

As further proof that the world was made worse, not better, by the creation of PG 13, older PG movies occasionally involved revealed breasticles. Two examples I found were "Logan's Run" and "Clash of the Titans."*

*bridge of love disclosure: Contains Googled information.

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Originally posted by Sidd Finch

No duh, when Midnight Cowboy was originally released, it was considered shocking that Voight was a "hustler." In contrast, the countless casualties in "Red Dawn" raised few eyebrows.

Cube
 

Traci Lords was blackballed (so to speak) from the Adult Video Industry after nearly destroying it with her underage performances. The only legal Traci Lords adult title is Traci, I Love You, which she self-produced. (Haven't seen it, that's what Less is for.) While being a porn auteur might be her calling, I think she's still going to try (and fail) to be a mainstream star.

Tara Reid, on the other hand, is about one meth binge away from a weekend in the Valley where she (and the world) discover her true talent lies in not merely playing Bunny Lebowski but in being Bunny Lebowski. Picture a world where she and Asia Carerra triumphanty reunite for Logjammin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Oh, and Cube was good. I don't normally like horror/thriller movies, but it was an exception. Dogma was not good, but I think Alanis peaked on "You Can't Do That On Television."

nycfashiongirl
 

This is from an article at Salon.com. I think that you can see it for free, but you might have to click through an ad for Salon premium. And I would post the URL to it, but I think that the only URL I can get for it has all my Salon Premium subscription[1]information, and I don't want you vultures to figure out that I am actually one of atticus's socks.

www.salon.com

"The woman, identified in court papers only as "nycfashiongirl," is contesting a copyright subpoena served by the music industry on her Internet provider, Verizon Internet Services Inc., to turn over her name and address in preparation for filing a lawsuit.

She is the first to resist such a subpoena.

The RIAA, which has served more than 1,300 such subpoenas, accuses "nycfashiongirl" of offering more than 900 songs by the Rolling Stones, U2, Michael Jackson and others for illegal download, along with 200 other computer files that included at least one full-length movie, "Pretty Woman.""

Sounds like one of ours.

[1] My first foray into pay-for-content. I'm pretty happy with it. I just got sick of clicking the same annoying ads everyday.

For Love or Money, boy meetsboy
 

Question. Does Aaron get to keep the one million she originally pocketed, or is this double or nothng? IF its the latter, she is a fucking moron. Her odds would be better if she had invested in tech stocks. BUt I admire the confidence. Her girlfriends must tell her she is pretty a lot.

Boy meets boy


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Its good to be right. And to only go for straight guys. The three guys on the show I would do were all straight. May Wes and James find happiness and a better plastic surgeon to tighten up those Tori nostrils.

Can You Dig It?
 

boy meetsboy
 

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I haven't watched it yet, but having read this, I doubt I will. The only reason I hoped F was gay was to make the show less stereotypic. How disappointing.

Can You Dig It?
 

Ditto. I wish I had bank like Frank White.

boy meetsboy
 

Now I feel bad. Except that I did the spoiler space. I only watched the last ten minutes and can say








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that the only interesting part was when Franklin had to admit he was indeed the straight and applogize. he was on the spot for sure. and james said the only reason he didnt pick him was bc he was the straight. poor wes. like he is gonna want to hear that. then we had to hear the whole bullshit about the real reason frankiln, like sean, did the show, to change the stereotypes of gay men. of course, all the effort is washed away by Carson and crew coming on after the show.

and franklin said come out of the closet again.

reality tv recap
 

1. QE

I'm not leaving spoiler space for this because I don't think the show can be spoiled. Executive decision here (it's like spoiler space for Trading Spaces - eh?). Anyway, last night's show was nothing great. There is some possibility that this will be played out soon because there are only so many tips they can give out... Carson dressed that guy horribly. Thom's rooms were less inspired than usual. Making a guy shuck oysters is cruel. And who really thought that he would be able to dance after one lame lesson that involved sliding across the floor on his knees? Really.

2. FLo$

Watched the reunion show. Ho hum. Vic is still the coolest person they've had on that show. Rob's hair, while better, was still whacked.

3. Boy Meets Boy

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I called it in the first week with Wes. Brian seemed like the most genuine mate though. And his dazzling white teeth...

4. Joe Schmoe

This show is just mean. Kind of funny though. Interesting that it is on Spike TV and all the women are gorgeous. Coincidence? It think not.

Way Too Funny
 

The owners of Kazaa (the P2P software for downloading music) are going after people for copying, and infringing upon, Kazaa.

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(Like Dillinger complaining about his bank's accounting system.)

reality tv recap
 

The only really funny parts are their spoofs of reality tv bits, such as the contests and ceremonies. Joe is dumb, but he also may be the only genuinely nice person to appear on any reality tv series. The producers should recognize this and twist it to their advantage, but I am not hopeful they will do so because they seem to intent on staging ideas they have already worked out.

I also thought that none of the actors were particularly convincing in their roles. The bitch wasn't bitchy enough, the prick wasn't prickly enough, etc. And none of them appeared skanky enough for reality tv. There may have been the odd crab or random case of chlamydia, but they generally looked too STD-free for reality tv (this may become my personal motto).

Pizza Dude
 

Yes, please, ma'am.

reality tv recap
 

The only actor who was convincing was the cuban gay man. Otherwise they all totally sucked. The virgin and the military guy in particular. Did they eliminate anyone last night or will the first one be next week? I switched over to Boy Meets Boy at some point and I don't know how long the show was supposed to last...

reality tv recap
 

Jai, the culture guy, is utterly useless. And Kyan's pleasant, but how many times do we need to hear him say which direction to shave and put in the hair product? Thom really likes to paint stripes on walls, which is nice enough I suppose. Carson wears hideous cartoon clothes so I don't see trusting him to dress anyone else.

Ted, however, is the man. He dresses the best of all of them, and at least he gave the guy that steel glove so he wouldn't kill himself shucking.

gossip
 

So JHo has pushed up the wedding date from October to Sept. 14. What's the rush? She wants to lock that thing down befroe Ben has second thoughts or the scandal gets worse? bc she cant handle two divorces and a broken engagment esp after the publicity

and is it true that kournikova pregnant? I guess you can take the girl out of her poor country, but you cant take the poor white trash out of the girl. bitch please, you know this is gonna be the first of many many illegitimate Iglesias kids.

rainy labor day weekend
 

I agree with you. And this brings us to Old School. What the fuck? This movie would have been about 10,000 times better if there were more than two topless women* (who appeared in the same 2 second scene and were both built exactly the same -- think: Tara Reid). If any movie was made for nudity, this was it (well, this and Tomcats which had NO NUDITY WHATSOEVER). What a waste of time.

TM

*I don't even count the gang-bang scene (at the beginning) that wasn't.

playmakers
 

Has anyone been watching this? I did last night and wondered why the actors looked familiar (they're Canadian). Anyway, it was cheesy, but is it true the average life span of a football player is 58? that seems outrageous.

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You're also probably not counting the many gratuitous shots of Will Farrell's naked butt (even more in the dvd if you buy it!). Old School cracked me up. I laughed and laughed. (mind you I was a little drunk).

breasticle day (again)
 

I have a photo ready, I just literally have been so swamped since the weekend that I haven't had a chance to load it onto my computer.

I would make the Mr. remind me, but he would be kind of pissed if he realized I wasn't submitting the pedicure picture that he approved for public viewing.

BR(writing on my hand in pen)C

reality tv recap
 

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Gina (reality tv expert) got booted. Matt voted for Molly (virgin) and Gina voted for Matt. The remaining votes were for Gina. A nice touch was the smiley face dotting the i in Gina on one of the ballots. Matt was shocked that Gina voted for him because he thought they could trust each other. I think it was wise of Matt to drop out of law school.

gossip
 

If it's perfect, why wait?

Can You Dig It?
 

Well, I actually didn't even like him in that movie. But, he was very good on NYPD Blue. He just fucked up by thinking he was hotter shit than he was. I mentioned him because so few people have heard about the movie and whenever I describe it to anyone, they're always surprised at the number of big names in it.

TM

playmakers
 

I am watching the show. Not all of the actors are Canadian. (DH, for example, is the brother of Cuba Gooding.)

Frankly, I am surprised the average life span is so high. I talked to my ex last night about the show and he thinks it does a great job portrying the team and off-field issues -- though it condenses five or ten guys' problems into one person.

Of my friends who played professionally, I cannot think of a single one who left his time in the league unscarred. Whether it is a slight limp, or difficulty moving around in the morning, or some cognitive difficulties (as a result of the constant head trauma), they all have some remnant of their playing days.

survivor: rehab
 

from realityblurred --

The Smoking Gun has uncovered various drug-related information about three Survivor Pearl Islands cast members. While Christa Hastie's CBS bio mentions she "was once arrested for a misdemeanor and charged with 'disrupting an officer's ability to perform his duties,'" it doesn't mention that she posted messages about methamphetamine and "getting the most out of your cocaine" on publicly accessible newsgroups when she was in college. She's not alone: Morgan tribe member Ryan Shoulders posted about "the difficulty of scoring acid" and elsewhere about "tripping." Additionally, Christa's tribe mate Jon Dalton "was arrested last February by Los Angeles cops for driving under the influence, a misdemeanor," the site reports.


I guess after posting here, I'll never be elected to public office...

Can You Dig It?
 

I think you're just describing it to too young a crowd. It was very popular at the time.

playmakers
 

Another thing is that apparenlty a lot of the linebackers (?) turn into motherjumpin hugesters from continuing to overeat to the extreme without doing the exercise, and then die of obesity related shit by their late thirties and early forties. I know this from watching Real Sports.

rainy labor day weekend
 

The director's commentary option with Will, Luke and Vince is just great. I've never watched that option all the way through b/c it usually gets boring with other movies. Not with them.

And we get new terminology: "Six weeks ago Abdul here had a one way ticket to an arranged marriage with a broad he never met in Bangladesh. Now he's crushing ass every Thursday night at our mixers."

Crushing ass.