Roundup: Mark Wahlberg Apologized For His Insensitive 9/11 Comments, Vanilla Ice Will Perform at a Pistons Game & Watch Gang Brutally Beat Chicago Teen
Elisha Cuthbert … there’s a Ferrari buried in your backyard … Kodak has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection … Mark Wahlberg apologized for his dumb 9/11 comments … Wikipedia and SOPA … above-the-fold “taypayers” typo … the basics of SOPA … teenagers show affection by sharing passwords … Jamie Moyer signed a minor league contract … George Lucas is done ruining Star Wars… Rihanna and Chris Brown are secretly hooking up, which should end well … why did this man shoot a laundromat change machine? … Obama has rejected the Canadian pipeline … occupation for one Survivor contestant: “Former NFL Player’s wife” …
Hey, Giants fans. Remember Trey Junkin? [NY Daily News]
Down goes Trinity! Yale hands Trinity its first squash loss since 1998. [Yale]
Get to know UVa’s 67-year-old student. [Began in '96]
Cincinnati 70, UConn 67. Huskies’ struggles continue. [Courant]
Eminem talks NFL. [GQ]
Former NBA player and current assistant coach Darrell Armstrong was arrested this week. [LA Times]
Vanilla Ice will perform at a Pistons game this season as part of Totally 90′s night. [Freep]
The Kings only shot 30 percent from the field, but still beat the Pacers. Jimmer Fredette was not part of a spirited rally; he only played six minutes. [Sac Bee]
John Grisham is writing a baseball novel. [USA Today]
Tom Crean’s Indiana Hoosiers lost their third straight game, this one to Nebraska, 70-69. [Star]
The two best NFL playoff interviews in recent history. [The Legend of Cecilio Guante]
The Italian cruise ship wreck in big pictures. [The Big Picture]
Murray State is 19-0. [AP]
Here’s an article about how BenJarvus Green-Ellis has never fumbled in his NFL career. Expect the ball to hit the turf on his first carry this weekend. [Wall Street Journal]
Why no film should be considered “unremakable.” [IFC]
Difficult-to-watch video of a gang beating up a teenager in Chicago. [MSNBC]
Dan Le Batard and his father giggling about hummingbirds.
Pretty creepy Rugrats parody. Featuring Maeby and Ann Veal.
Some tool got tossed after attacking the Lightning mascot over a little silly string. [Puck Daddy]
Anyone in the mood to check out the new Bruce? Anyone? Hello?
- Fight Master: Bellator MMA: Freshening Up a Tired Format
- John Wall Tattoos Are of the Raleigh Skyline and ‘The Great Wall’
- Neymar’s Silky Dribbling Schools the Mexican Defense, Sets Up Another Brazilian Goal [Video]
- Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler Help Mets Get Last Laugh, For One Day At Least
- Johnny Manziel Update: He Was Suspended By A&M Before the 2012 Season, Tweeted About a Parking Ticket, Looks Like a Grizzled Old Man in NCAA 14
- Babar 2.0 on John Wall Tattoos Are of the Raleigh Skyline and 'The Great Wall'
- Nada on Neymar's Silky Dribbling Schools the Mexican Defense, Sets Up Another Brazilian Goal [Video]
- Liquor on Johnny Manziel Update: He Was Suspended By A&M Before the 2012 Season, Tweeted About a Parking Ticket, Looks Like a Grizzled Old Man in NCAA 14
- TheRealAC on Johnny Manziel Update: He Was Suspended By A&M Before the 2012 Season, Tweeted About a Parking Ticket, Looks Like a Grizzled Old Man in NCAA 14
- spencer096 on Johnny Manziel Update: He Was Suspended By A&M Before the 2012 Season, Tweeted About a Parking Ticket, Looks Like a Grizzled Old Man in NCAA 14
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January 19th, 2012 at 8:05 AM
i remember the blatant PI that wasn’t called even more
January 19th, 2012 at 8:08 AM
Very excited to never read that.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:09 AM
Nickelback was already booked.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:10 AM
his football novel blew. it read like the final game of Varsity Blues.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:11 AM
Nah. Nantz tries to jinx this weekly.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:12 AM
Its a shame this typo didn’t happen with Fuji.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Why must there be a daily beating video?
/Seriously
January 19th, 2012 at 8:14 AM
Justice would be served if those shitheads get ass raped in jail and then died a slow excruciatingly painful death from HIV. I just cannot stand bullying and abusing weaker people regardless of gender, race, creed, religion, etc. Hypocrisy? Perhaps, but the only way for assholes like these to attain empathy is to taste their own medicine.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:15 AM
Rihanna and Chris Brown are secretly hooking up, which should end well
/smh
I wish the women who hang out here would explain the phenomenon, how a woman who has been abused can willingly hang out with her abuser months or years after the abuse. What’s the draw?
OT: watching “Grace Potter: Guitar Center Sessions”. She’s got big-time talent, and she seems real cool.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:15 AM
It’s part changing (or not changing) Star Wars every 5 minutes so that the geeks can buy their SEVENTH box set. It’s also the way you show such contempt for your loyal fanbase by threating legal action on them every time one of them makes a tribute video on youtube.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
I think you would need similar experience to understand the phenomenon. I dont. My uneducated guess would be low self esteem, but I dunno.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
That one kid from the beatdown video will be easy to identify.
Enjoy juvy and then the big house for your hate crime.
Would have been funny if they ran across 10 brothers with all their ‘N’ talk.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
why did this man shoot a laundromat change machine?
Not unlike the scene in “Dr. Strangelove”, where Bat Guano shot the soda machine for change.
Initially, I thought “Florida, of course”, until I looked at the screen capture.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:19 AM
I just cannot stand bullying and abusing weaker people regardless of gender, race, creed, religion, etc.
This.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:19 AM
I really should start considering a new professional basketball team to root for.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
In that article Marshall claims fandom for Pittsburgh, Dallas and Detroit. Lebron thinks thats bullshit.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
be patient. things will begin to change come March. That’s when Stuckey and Prince (and their new very friendly contracts) become expendable. someone will be willing to trade for them. villanueva will be amnestied next offseason.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
I think you would need similar experience to understand the phenomenon.
Actually, CJ, I have had the same experience (hence my divorce). Not as abuser, though. If I’d done the hitting, I’d probably still be in jail.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
why did this man shoot a laundromat change machine? …
I know nothing about guns/bullets. Wouldn’t that seem to have potential to ricochet and injure him?
Laundromats are great investments from what I understand.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Mark Whalberg has made two good movies in his life, and in one he played himself. How he continues to get work astonishes me. He is the Adam Sandler of middling action films.
And fuck George Lucas. Him running away from Star Wars is the best thing that could possibly happen to that property.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Laundromats are great investments from what I understand.
I can dig it. Probably controllable fixed expenses (power, water, maintenance). Minimal manning required. Sounds like it could be a solid investment.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
I prefer execution this weekend, but the offseason will do. Beggars can’t be choosers.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:28 AM
The one kid watches too much MMA – he tried to pull guard with a guillotine.
Seriously though, the fact that the Asian kid even got up after a few of those kicks and blows to the head (including one with his own shoe?) is amazing. I hope Marky Mark takes cares of those punks.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:28 AM
A former friend was like this. She would only sleep with married guys, then ended up marrying this complete bastard so she could be married and have a kid. This guy abused her physically and emotionally, heck at one time he pointed a gun at her and their kid. He has been arrested twice for domestic battery. She stayed with him as far as I know.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
The victim in that video seems tough as nails.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
It would have been great if he was successful and emptied all the coins out of it only to find out when he got home that they were all tokens.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Still be??? There’s a story there…
January 19th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Boogie Nights, Italian Job, Departed, Fear, etc. I’d give him a little more credit. For some reason I laughed a decent amount at The Other Guys.
/he shot Derek Jeter
January 19th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
That video is the worst Christmas Story tribute I’ve ever seen.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
He has been arrested twice for domestic battery. She stayed with him as far as I know.
This is so heartbreaking, and more widespread than most folk realize. I have no pity for domestic abusers. Hammer ‘em as much as the law allows.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Good morning all..it’s -10 in Minneapolis it now with -35 wind chill. Just a wee bit chilly.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
Boogie Nights and Departed were the two I was referring to. Forgot about Italian Job, though. Decent flick.
The only time I laughed during The Other Guys is when Sam Jackson and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson jumped off the 20 story building. That was pretty good.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Three Kings, Shooter, and of course Renaissance Man.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:33 AM
7 kids from the beating video have been arrested or detained. Unfortunately only one of them will be charged as an adult. Turns out the one who will be charged as an adult is the son of a Chicago police officer. There is more to the story here. Some stories say this beating was in retaliation for a previous incident, not that that makes it right. Also the beating victime had $180 cash on him. That seems strange and may call into question what the victim was mixed up in himself.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Shooter – He really is a national hero that can stop terrorism, forehn and dahmestic.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Fuck, forgot about Three Kings, too.
Let me rephrase — Whalberg has only toplined one good movie (Boogie Nights)
January 19th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Gator’s bitches better be wearin jimmies.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
I didn’r read this link, but there is a fantastic article with the 20 best job quitting scenes at the bottom of it that is well worth the time.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
HTown, no actual jail time; that statement was just a cliche.
Briefly, my ex had an explosive temper. After she hit me the second time, I had to ask myself how to respond.
I was still in uniform at the time, and was concerned that if I ever hit her, I would do time/lose my job/lose my clearance/lose part or all of my retirement pay. But, if I didn’t hit back, I was considered a “punk-ass bitch” who was afraid to stand up for himself. A real dilemma, to be sure.
I am a foot taller and 100 lbs heavier than my ex. I guessed if the cops got involved, I would be the one charged with domestic abuse. So, I divorced her and set her free. We haven’t spoken since.
I’ve known quite a few folk, male and female, who are victims of domestic abuse, and the ones who didn’t leave the relationships have myriad reasons for staying. Their calls, to be sure.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
The Fighter?
January 19th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
he’s like a real life internet tough guy.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Vanilla Ice will perform at a Pistons game this season as part of Totally 90′s night.
I always preferred the metal version of “Ice, Ice, Baby”
January 19th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
merry metal mursday!
January 19th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
Clown – can’t find this jam on Itunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYj6F06aUTk
i know you have it on your ipod. where can i find it?
January 19th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Wahlberg is a limited actor…he is the same whether it is Invincible or The Fighter or The Perfect Sorm. He does a great job at producing movies and TV shows that make him lots of coin.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Considering everyone but him won awards for that film….
Never saw The Fighter actually, so I can’t comment. It’s been in my Netflix Q for months.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Elisha Cuthbert in ‘Girl Next Door’ is amazing — that movie is underrated.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
the movie? not really. just seems like an updated version Risky Business.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Lebatard’s show is fun to watch. There’s no angry pseudo experts yelling their opinion, just some bad jokes… Speaking of which..
Where do you find a dog with no legs? Right where you left it.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
I liked Wahlberg in I Heart Huckabees as Tom Corn, failed movie but well played. He was also good in Fear and Basketball Diaries.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
I see what you are getting at, but is $180 really that much money? I mean I don’t carry around that much money too often, but it’s not like he had a roll of hundreds or something.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Do what now?
January 19th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
The Big Hit
January 19th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
the movie? not really. just seems like an updated version Risky Business.
I’m not saying it should be in the conversation with Shawshank and The Godfather — I’ll watch it every time it’s on TV though, it entertains me.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
draw your own conclusions
January 19th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Olyphant as the porn director is awesome.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Whoa, no mention about Rockstar? Steel Dragon rules! Starring Mark Walberg, McNulty, and Glenn Gulia.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Also, Timothy Olyphant is in Rockstar.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
the judas priest story deserved better than turning one of the greatest metal bands ever into a fucking neutered def leppard wannabe.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Merry Metal Mursday to you.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
She sounds Trinidadian, not a fan of stereotypes but 100% of Trinidadian women are crazy.
/Small sample sized’d
January 19th, 2012 at 8:50 AM
“Hey Peterson, I haven’t seen your black ass in ages!”
January 19th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
She’s been much funnier this season on Happy Endings. And her boobs look bigger, I’m a fan.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Was -12°F when I walked out the door this morning. This type of cold is more manageable with a good layer of snow on the ground.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Of course. Because when you walk around with $180 cash, you are just begging to be beat senseless by a bunch of masked thugs! What in the world was he thinking?
January 19th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Shooter – He really is a national hero that can stop terrorism, forehn and dahmestic.
The Legend of Bobby Lee Swagger
“I am a Euniteed States Senatorrr.”
January 19th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Could have gone from good to great if we saw her tatas. Big tease the entire time.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Those were the exact temps outside when I went skiing over the weekend.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Mario Lopez Boxing Documentary (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
Walberg’s upcoming IMDB credit. Can’t be that good, Slater wrestled.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
now, i dunno, but it seems like $180 in cash would be about a half ounce of some nuggy if they get the bro deal. just sayin.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Considering everyone but him won awards for that film….
Right, b/c the rest of the cast were terrible actors/actresses and so many other people could have pulled off his role.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
I rarely have less than $100-200 bucks on me at all times. Guess I’ve been lucky?
January 19th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
I’ll keep that in mind this weekend when I am in short sleeves on the golf course and it is 65* suckers.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
She sounds Trinidadian, not a fan of stereotypes but 100% of Trinidadian women are crazy.
Ha! I’d better file that away for the time when I decide to date again.
Actually, she’s Amurrican. She’s a “Tyler Perry”-type (“I’ma slap the taste outta his mouth”) sista. I’m tired of the stereotypical “angry black woman”.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Just saw the long trailer for Will Ferrell’s movie. His wife in that is incendiary.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
oh well look at mr. high roller and his paper money…must be nice. WHAT’S YOUR TAX RATE?
January 19th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Probably not many pickpockets or street gangs in the Hamptons, you rich fuck.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Anyone in the mood to check out the new Bruce? Anyone? Hello?
Bruce Springsteen = Bob Dylan
January 19th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Certainly didn’t mean to say that $180 in cash on him was an astonomical sum. And obviously carrying some cash doesn’t mean he deserved to get beat up. But it still does seem strange to me, and to me it may be a clue that he had some involvement in drugs. If he just had the cash on him because he was on his way to purhcase a new pair of Jordans, then so be it.
Final thing on the cash, the kids who beat him took it but threw it in a sewer. So apparently they weren’t after money.
January 19th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Not as difficult to watch as the video where they try to attack someone with a concealed weapon.
/right to carry states = defend your ass from shit like this
//understands everyone involved were minors…..this time….
January 19th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
who is that?
January 19th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
=overrated
January 19th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Very solid read on the board of trustees actions at PSU. Really explains why the university looked so caught off guard, that slimy bitch Spanier had been burying everything. Fuck that dirtbag, I always thought he was shady.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/sports/ncaafootball/penn-state-trustees-recall-decision-to-fire-paterno.html?hp
January 19th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
That Girl Next Door Movie had the dirtiest “brief nudity” trick in the book. Man ass. But yeah, Elisha Cuthbert missed her nudity window. she’s a little thick for it now, for movie nudity.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
/shrugs
//at least I can make the ° symbol!!
January 19th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
I don’t see the need to have more than $60 on my person at any time.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
I walk around in a top hat and monocle all day long carrying a sack with a dollar sign on it. Never been touched.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
genesis rodriguez, believe she was an entourage girl and also in the “Man on a Ledge” too.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
This whole “George Lucas raped my childhood” thing is beyond ridiculous at this point.
It’s his movie. He can do what he wants with it.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I haven’t lived in the US for over 10 years, but I can say that there are very few pickpockets / gangsters in my neck of the woods (Asia – Hong Kong / Tokyo / Singapore).
January 19th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Just saw the long trailer for Will Ferrell’s movie. His wife in that is incendiary.
CRM, when you decide to do “Roundup Girl of the Year”, I vote for her.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
thanks for rubbing it in, asshole.
lol
January 19th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
I usually have around 40-60 in cash. I have a habit of paying everything on my debit card.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
I walk around in a top hat and monocle all day long carrying a sack with a dollar sign on it. Never been touched.
One year you can go our for Halloween as The Monopoly Man, and with some slight alterations, you can use it the next year and go out as The Planters Peanut Man.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
No need to rob you if you’re just handing out $200 to everybody that passes by.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I walk around in a top hat and monocle all day long carrying a sack with a dollar sign on it. Never been touched.
Stylin’ and profilin’. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
January 19th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
It’s his movie. He can do what he wants with it.
Is the original version out there on DVD/Blue Ray, or can you still only get the fixed up versions?
/has Lucas in the Jerry Sanduscky pool
January 19th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Comment of the day so far? Comment of the day so far.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Was -12°F when I walked out the door this morning. This type of cold is more manageable with a good layer of snow on the ground.I’ll keep that in mind this weekend when I am in short sleeves on the golf course and it is 65* suckers.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Same here…the orange on my debit card is well worn at this point…
/figure out the bank that issues orange debit cards
January 19th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
SROD, I think it’s nearing time for a full bio on you. The bits and pieces are intriguing…
January 19th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
It’s simple, really. SROD = Mark Wahlberg
January 19th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
We got a Yakuza commenter.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
this.
i enjoyed star wars in my youth, but became disenchanted when i noticed all the cash grabs made on the products. THe blu rays are the last star wars products i’m buying for myself. ever.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Yeah, but you should see the looks I get when I tell people to advance to St. James Place. People are mean.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Was -12°F when I walked out the door this morning. This type of cold is more manageable with a good layer of snow on the ground.
10-15° C warmer today than yesterday.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
I have $0 at all times. Occasionally I will have my bank card with me but usually not, because then I am helpless to not eat fast food.
/Team No Willpower
January 19th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
the original versions were released on DVD a few years ago with some really crappy sound and video quality.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Happy Archer-mas!
January 19th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Vincent, my bio would bore you. But, anyone who lives 50+ years is bound to see stuff, stumble over things, etc.
I know I sound like a “topper” around here sometimes, but I’ve met some interesting people over the years – just like you and everyone else here.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
i’ve lost will power and i’m fighting to get it back. winter is the worst time to try this.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
I refused to buy the blue rays for myself; got them from the GF for Christmas. No one says we have to have these things.
The other side of the coin is my kid. He is in a big Star Wars phase right now, so I find myself spending money and putting George Lucas’ grandkids’ grandkid’s through private school with my expenditures. He is pretty excited, actually, to see Phantom Menace in 3D.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
It’s simple, really. SROD = Mark Wahlberg
/doubled over in laughter
January 19th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
uh, I was born and raised in Great Falls, VA.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
And the people who brag that it’s 70 degrees at those who are living up in the far north, it makes you sound like a total douchebag.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Anybody who brings up my Chinese or American heritage…I collect your fucking head.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
At least George Lucas had enough sense of humor to allow Blue Harvest.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Which Will Ferrell movie?
/sold some props to WB for an upcoming Will Ferrell movie
January 19th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Obama has rejected the Canadian pipeline
For now.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
As a military man, I doubt that. And up until that post about your ex, I had pictured you as a white guy (may still be true I guess). It’s funny how you picture people that post here going off little to no information.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Its difficult to ruin two franchises simultaneously. That shit will wear you down.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Anybody who brings up my Chinese or American heritage…I collect your fucking head.
I went into a laughing fit in the theater after she did this guy, and my friend I went with didn’t get the over-the-top Tarantino style, was ready to leave me. He still gives me grief fot that.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
i loved you in ballistic: ecks vs. sever with antonio bandares.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
You are not John Travolta?
January 19th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
And up until that post about your ex, I had pictured you as a white guy (may still be true I guess).
Wow. I do the same, though. I picture some of the folk here based on their screen names and comments.
Actually, I am a grey-haired black guy, born and reared in Memphis during the height of the civil rights movement.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
And fuck George Lucas. Him running away from Star Wars is the best thing that could possibly happen to that property.
the south park episode where lucas and speilbergo rape indiana jones and some star troopers was on last night. good stuff.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
casa de mi padre (sic)
January 19th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Anybody who brings up my Chinese or American heritage…I collect your fucking head.
That’s a great line!
That really was a Hattori Hanzo.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
/has Lucas in the Jerry Sanduscky pool
yowza.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:25 AM
And you’re able to put up with us knuckleheads?
January 19th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
The prequels and Jedi are his movie. A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back are really Gary Kurtz’s movies. There are only two watchable movies in the entire series, and only one actually good one. I think people get pissed about the Star Wars shit because as they get older they realize the movies really don’t hold up very well.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Always wanted to go to Memphis. Must have been a great time SRORD to grow up back then.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Steph Tanner turns 30 today. She grew up.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
i see people as their avatars. i expected butters to look like kreiger at the iowa trip.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I think people get pissed about the Star Wars shit because as they get older they realize the movies really don’t hold up very well.
They’re so fucking slow.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Steph Tanner turns 30 today. She grew up.
Yowza!
January 19th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
she methed up too.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
That’s a really bad loss for the Hoosiers. Nebraska is terrible at basketball.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:28 AM
i see people as their avatars. i expected butters to look like kreiger at the iowa trip.
Me too. I pictured spencer as Brutus for about 9 months, now I imagine I’m talking to Payne Stewart’s ghost.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
well, out more than up.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Ridiculous. Bruce still puts on phenomenal 3 hour shows and sounds great live. You may not like the newer material but that hardly matters at this point. Dylan overrated? You bet your ass he is. Great writer, pathetic singer/performer. But Bruce brings it on a nightly basis, at a higher level than bands half his age do with their 90 minute sets.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:29 AM
I watched Skytanic and Diversity Hire from Season 1 again last night just for the hell of it. It’s incredible how funny an animated series can be with excellent writing and voice work. The editing and timing on that show is just brilliant.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
i see people as their avatars. i expected butters to look like kreiger at the iowa trip.
Don’t know why I thought Spence was short.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Indiana isn’t as good as everyone would lead you to believe. Live by the jump shot (three), die by the jump shot, with a mix of shoddy defense… a Tom Crean special.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
because a certain danger seeker photoshopped me to be like 2 feet tall.
/glares
//team six foot
January 19th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I actually have more appreciation for Empire and A New Hope as I get older. Partly because I have a greater understanding of cinema, but mostly because the new ones were so bad it made me realize how difficult it was to create a fantastic movie in that world.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I look nothing like my avatar. Slight similarity to my Twitter avatar.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
No mention of his actual songs?
/point, me
January 19th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
When Eddie Vedder grows up, MAYBE he’ll be Bruce Springsteen.
Maybe.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I wish had Sean Taylor’s phsyique.
/I’m not black
January 19th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I think people get upset if you jerk with their childhood memories. If they put out updated versions of The Catcher in the Rye with a glossed-up ending people would get riled up. Nostalgia is a normal but strong emotion.
Yeah it’s sad when you go on your favorite rollercoaster from your youth and it’s not reall scary, but in the end you just want to take your kid on it and hope it scares them. Shared experience. These hard core Star Wars convention types are holding on too tight.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
All I heard out of this was Memphis and it reminded me a dry rub BBQ.
/swoons
January 19th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
I read the first line, and thought this was a continuation of the George Lucas discussion. Then I thought the basketball analogy was a little weak, then I got to the last line, and had to reread it over again.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
St Bear, I love this place. Probably a little too much…
Reggie, even with the overt prejudice, Memphis back then could be fun. As kids, we used to wander around the wooded areas, pretending to be John Wayne and whatnot.
Now, with the unemployment and folk just hanging out not trying to better themselves, I don’t enjoy the town as before. My folks are still there, so I still go back to visit.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Watching them with my kid, and his two favorites are “A New Hope” and “Empire”. The other ones, he can take or leave them.
Oh, and he thinks Darth Maul is cool.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I do.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Welp, PGA Tour season is officially here. I think Figjam misses the cut.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
He is.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
now I imagine I’m talking to Payne Stewart’s ghost.
can’t tell if you got the golfer wrong or if it was intentional. Genius.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
dude, 90 minute sets are perfect…it’s hard to concentrate after that.
gimme 90 great minutes over two and a half hours just for two and a half hour’s sake.
/glares at phish
January 19th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
I read the first line, and thought this was a continuation of the George Lucas discussion. Then I thought the basketball analogy was a little weak, then I got to the last line, and had to reread it over again.
The first and 3rd Indiana Jones movies are great, Temple of doom was kind of weak though. The 4th one should never have happened.
/hops in refrigerator
//survives atom bomb blast
January 19th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
If I have to mention actual Bruce song titles to you, there’s no point in arguing with you, because you have the musical knowledge of my 6 year old.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
I look nothing like my avatar.
Nope, not me either.
I look nothing like my avatar.
I do.
He actually does.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Husker, you got that right. Aaah, dry rub ribs. Mmmmmmm.
I’ll check on all y’all later. I gotta go for a run (actually, “old man shuffle”), get this Taco Bell outta my system.
Later for y’all.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
can’t thank that man enough.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
I can’t believe I ever liked A New Hope. I always hated Return of the Jedi. The Empire Strikes back is still awesome though.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
As long as we can all agree that Springsteen’s best song is Dancing in the Dark.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I am, but I was talking about you guys.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I should have walked out of the theater when Lucas nuked the fridge, but I stayed and it only got worse.
Anyone ever read the synopsis for Darabont’s Indy 4 script? It was fantastic. Like most great Darabont ideas (i.e. what he wanted to do for the season 2 premiere of WD), it was rejected. At least he got the ending he wanted for The Mist.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
boom or bust…he’ll either win or MC. im guessing win since he’ll be motivated to impress clinton.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I can’t believe I ever liked A New Hope.
Looking back, I remember it as a movie where nothing happened until the last 10 minutes.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
ONE TWO THREE FOUR!
Doing things quickly is impossible on those drugs.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
As long as we can all agree that Springsteen’s best song is Dancing in the Dark.
Blinded by the Light!
January 19th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
There’s no filler in a 3 hour Bruce show, trust me. For what I pay for tickets, you owe me 2 hours minimum. If you can’t play 2 hours, fuck off.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
if charlie parker and john coltrane can play like they did on heroin, phish has no excuse.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Bruce Springsteen, hero of the working poor.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Exactly, because even your 6 year old realizes that all his songs are the same.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Temple of doom was kind of weak though
It got banned in India, and with good fucking reason. I don’t get offended easily, and pretty much take things in stride, but that depiction of elements of the Hindu religion were downright fucking insulting.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
As long as we can all agree that Springsteen’s best song is Dancing in the Dark.
Blinded by the Light!
Tunnel of Love. Reminds me of late fall sunsets and the oncoming winter.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
for what he charges, he should probably drop the blue collar schtick.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Being a little older, I refer to them this way: The first movie is just Star Wars, the second two are their titles. Refuse to see the other three, therefore they do not exist.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Noel Gallagher and January Jones are featured columnists on Huffington Post right now and not one of the “most popular stories” is actually news. I hate the media.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Calling that Hindu is the same as saying that Satanism is Christian.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
GET ‘IM.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
I look nothing like my avatar.
I actually am Curt Henning
January 19th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Still laugh every time I see this nickname.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
but that depiction of elements of the Hindu religion were downright fucking insulting.
are you saying they don’t rip hearts out of people who are still alive?
/enjoyed the scene where the bad guys got eaten by the crocodiles
//wished willie would have gone with them
January 19th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
That was perfect.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
And another thing … Steven Spielberg? Has had his name attached to no more than five good movies in the last decade. He and Lucas both need to be taken out of circulation.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
And another thing … Steven Spielberg? Has had his name attached to no more than five good movies in the last decade. He and Lucas both need to be taken out of circulation.
Last great film was Saving Private Ryan, yes?
January 19th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Bob Hope Tourney is on easier desert courses where a pretty low score wins, so you need a guy that can power it and make bunches of birdies. Go with w/ a guy proven to win by going low.
Just curious, what is your basis for picking? Trying to hit FIRST place or do you get lots of points for top 10′s… kind of impacts how you pick, also – can you pick guys more than once? How many choices you have to make, 1? 4?
January 19th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
John Prine > Bob Dylan > Bruce Springsteen
The Boss may put on a great show, sure, but he falls short of Bobby D in any other measurable category IMO. Now John Prine on the other hand is better than both of them and is a true American treasure. He, however, would also fall short of Bruce’s stage presence.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
How old were you and when did you see it? Seeing it in the theater when I was 10 or so blew me away. Star Wars was the shit back then. I don’t think many who saw it in the theaters as a young ‘un would agree with you.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Joe Flacco thinks he’s Tony Hawk.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Minority Report
January 19th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
from beyond the grave, no less. Impressive
January 19th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Last great film was Saving Private Ryan, yes?
Catch Me If You Can
January 19th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
How old were you and when did you see it? Seeing it in the theater when I was 10 or so blew me away.
I’m talking about just the first one, I thought Empire was good… I haven’t seen it in probably 10 years… I saw it when the re-released it in the theater… Isn’t it pretty much Luke wandering around the galaxy trying to figure out who is is… spending some time with yoda, and then the big Death Star scene at the end? Those are the only scenes I remember really. Oh, and Darth Vader obliterating an entire planet with a laser or something.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
If you are referring to Springsteen’s work from the past 10 years, you have a point.
If you are referring to Springsteen’s work from 1973 to “The Ghost of Tom Joad” in 1995, you’d be sadly, sadly mistaken.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Spielberg has ‘Lincoln’ coming out this year. That may help his latest rep. I believe his last good movie was Catch me if You Can and that was 2002 so it certainly has been a while.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Courtney Cox. Legend.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
Yeah, both of those were pretty good.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
How ham fisted is Lincoln going to be?
January 19th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town are great, the rest of his albums don’t have the staying power of those two, when he really did capture the popular image of small factory town, USA.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Hey look everybody, it’s Scrooge McDuck.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Jurassic Park 3
January 19th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
How ham fisted is Lincoln going to be?
Ham fisted! I don’t know, Daniel Day Lewis is always going to be worth watching.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I hope not. I’m really looking forward to that one.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Last great film was Saving Private Ryan, yes?
Munich was profound, Catch Me If You Can was really fun. The man is The Titan of the film industry with his hand all over the place. I begrudge him to do whatever he wants and if he wants to direct one film or 10 in a decade that’s fine.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I’m not even one of the Bruce fanatics, been to maybe 3 shows. But to compare him to Dylan is ridiculous. Dylan sucked when he was supposedly good. If you can write, then write. If you can sing, then sing. Don’t try to do both if you can’t.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
War Horse is getting great reviews.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I’d say Munich was his last great film.
Robopocalypse looks very promising.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
The Rising is a very very good CD start-to-finish. And I am not a Springsteen honk.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Munich got a Best Picture nod.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Was going to say Minority Report and Catch me if you Can, but they were already mentioned. Looking forward to his Lincoln film a lot, especially if he keeps it close to Team of Rivals.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Minority Report
Still is the only movie I can remember where they depict the future in a way that seems believable… not necessarily the beings that can see the future.. but the technology, etc. None of that iRobot bullshit. God, what shitshow that movie was.
/2015 is only 3 years away!
//pours one out for Back to the Future
January 19th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
I don’t know what it is, but if I have $200 in cash on me, that money is getting spent. On happy hour. On dinner. Best Buy. Something.
I carry about $20 or $30 in cash at a time. That’s it. Use the debit card for just about all my purchases.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
That joke loses luster once you realize he is making a fourth one.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Munich got a Best Picture nod.
I didn’t really like that movie at all.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
A good joke is to just go on a pre Bruce rant and just make it up as you go, impersonating his voice. Like “This song is about all the little girls that grow up with no daddies, and they want to date the high school quarterback. His name is Bobby Walker, but Bobby has some daddy issues of his own — see, big Bobby Walker is a drunk. I wrote this little song about it, this one is called Badlands — TWO, THREE, FOUR!”
January 19th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Almost all of his movies since then, to me, have been above average but not exactly memorable.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I think the power in that album is what he captured in the wake of 9/11 when he wrote those songs.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Dude puts his name on way too many projects (e.g. as Executive Producer).
As for his last great film he actually directed? About 15 people say it, but I thought Munich (’05) was brilliant and also Minority Report (’02) was a pretty solid flick — both came out after Saving Private Ryan.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Too bad the book was just OK. Could have been so much better
January 19th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Steven Spielberg was the executive producer of the Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Vacation movie. He can do no wrong in my book.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Steven Spielberg was the executive producer of the Tiny Toons: How I Spent My Vacation movie. He can do no wrong in my book.
You’ve obviously never seen the 4th Indy movie.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I guess it’s just not that easy to make a top notch movie.
January 19th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Dire Straits Tunnel of Love >>>>> Springsteen Tunnel of Love
January 19th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
I love how these kids, mostly white I believe, are tossing around “you want me to fucked up n*gger” Pretty sure Tyrone and Jamaal are going to want to know more about you when you get to jail.
/ Ben-over’d
January 19th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Mr. Hockey’s Toughest Fight.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
haven’t read the book yet, disappointed to hear it wasn’t as good as the hype.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
The book fucking sucked. I quit halfway through. Premise is fantastic but the author really ran outta steam after a few chapters.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Are you serious? Unpossible.
Also of Animaniacs.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Did not know Temple of Doom was a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Munich
January 19th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Its getting decent reviews. I honestly think that there has been so many bad movies lately that critics have really worn out their blades. MI:4 got a 90+% on Rotten tomatoes, while it was good I am really surprised that many people like it.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Munich got a Best Picture nod.
If we get laid tonight, it’s because of Munich!
January 19th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
also exec producer on band of brothers and the pacific.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Loved Band of Brothers. Can watch any episode, any time. Pacific to me was a let down, not even in the same league.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
my wife hates tom cruise and only saw it b/c i wanted to see a movie on my birthday. she couldn’t stop raving about it, and gasped at several suspenseful moments. she never does that. in movies, that is.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
I loved The Pacific and never watched BOB. Most all people say BOB was better.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
The lead up and the opening days of the war were good. Then the author let character disappear and left too many things unexplained. Real happy I was able to get it from a library and not buy it.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I loved The Pacific and never watched BOB. Most all people say BOB was better.
BOB is probably the best mini-series I’ve ever seen. Phenomenal.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I’m not sure how you can compare those two to Tiny Toons and Animaniacs.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Pacific was disappointing compared to Band of Brothers. Just saying.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Springsteen Tunnel of Love album is perfect to me.
/had my heart broken in two, stomped upon, and thrown in the garbage in 1986
//Dire Straits Tunnel of Love is pretty good too
January 19th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
i guess I’m biased as I’m more interested in the Pacific War more, thought Pacific was better.
My grandfather was on Iwo Jima, never spoke of it. after reading about it and seeing even theatrical portrayals of the landings (the pacific and flags of our fathers), i can’t even begin to imagine what he actually saw.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
I was going to get upset and argue Shogun was better, then thought about it, nope, Band of Brothers is indeed better.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Flags of Our Fathers was probably the most boring movie I have ever seen.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
BOB is really almost like a 10 hour movie in terms of production… everything was realistic, minimal CGI… and the stuff that was CGI wasn’t cheap… it was just really well done.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Letters from Iwo Jima was so much better.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
really? you don’t see the comparison? Tiny Toons was nothing more than an abstract view on Britain’s involvement in the African theatre during world war 2.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Best suicide montage ever.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Flags of Our Fathers was probably the most boring movie I have ever seen.
Agree… couldn’t make it through it. Clint Eastwood is overrated.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
i have a bunch of different criteria…first, think of the course and what type of score will win and then look for players with stats that correlate…like if it’s a birdie fest, i look at putts per GIR and driving distance. for something like a us open or quail hollow or a fedex event, i look at driving distance plus average proximity from fairway, GIR’s, scrambling and putts gained. for narrow courses, driving accuracy and GIR’s and for long, straight courses, driving distance and putts gained are the most important.
so i get my idea of guys that fit that criteria and then think of who’s been playing in good form of late. then i take whomever’s had the most success in previous tourneys here.
then i just guess.
this week i took laird.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
aside from the actual invasion and war scenes I wasn’t too crazy about the film. well done, but could have been much better.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
I wouldn’t go that far. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was the only Eastwood production that I actively disliked.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
this week i took laird.
Me too for my game. LETS GO MARTIN! Just look at that PGA tour picture and not like the guy.
http://www.pgatour.com/golfers/027936/martin-laird/
January 19th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
The only thing that left me scratching my head with Band of Brothers was the casting David Schwimmer as the asshole captain of Easy Company at the beginning.
I couldn’t get whinny/annoying/terrible Ross out of my head.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
“unforgiven” will forever keep him from being overrated. best western since Once upon a time in the west.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
there’s someone he looks exactly like, some goofy celeb, but i can’t put my finger on it.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
I always just picture him doing blow off big fake titties.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
So you never saw Firefox or The Rookie?
January 19th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Martin Freeman.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I thought this too at first, but after watching some of it again I’ve become more impressed with the Pacific. BOB is still much better, mostly because you get to know the main characters much better, but the scope of the Pacific is something else.
The other problem is that the Pacific war is just so nasty I think it’s hard to really capture it.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
I couldn’t get whinny/annoying/terrible Ross out of my head.
perfect casting actually. They loathed Sobel.
Episdoes 4 & 8 are movie-level. Crossroads (night assignment against Germans while in Holland/Belgium?) and the one with Colin Hanks where they cross the German border on that raid.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
This one – and the Carentan one – are favorites of mine.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Read the book. Sobel was hated. He turned in a bitter old man who blamed the men of Easy Company for everything.
January 19th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Read the book. Sobel was hated. He turned in a bitter old man who blamed the men of Easy Company for everything.
Okay… it was obvious that he was hated… I was just saying that I couldn’t get whinny/spineless Ross out of my head when I saw him.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
The Pacific becomes much, much better on BD when you can watch 2-3 episodes in a row. Really underrated miniseries that suffered because everyone wanted it to be one continuous story like BoB.
January 19th, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Also, Sobel gets a lot less credit that he deserves for shaping the men of Easy Company. Most of those guys didn’t like him, but he was instrumental in turning them into an elite fighting force, something Ambrose made sure to point out.