Roundup: Ben Sheets is Back, Gnarly Shark Attack in Australia & Monday Who Pulled the Plug on Springsteen and McCartney?
Kristin Kreuk … the Yankees beat reporter who also sings Sinatra … here are the most-watched sporting events in Canada so far in 2012 … 32-year-old mother of three arrested for sex in park with a 14-year-old boy … why you don’t want to go to the hospital in July … 42 years later, this man got his car back … who pulled the plug on the Springsteen/McCartney concert? … well hello there, Kayla Collins … the global fat scale is neat … when lightning arrives, never run under a tree for shelter …
The curse of the 10-win comeback season. [National Football Post]
Why didn’t this beat writer ask hard-hitting questions to the President of the Florida Panthers? “Also, I’m just doing some summer replacement spots on station which I hope turns into something more permanent.” [Sun Sentinel]
Ben Sheets – yes, that Ben Sheets – pitched brilliantly for the Braves over the weekend, picking up a victory. [AJC]
I like how Tiger’s already building in excuses for when he doesn’t win the British Open. [Guardian]
Go swimming in Australia at your own risk. A 15-foot shark killed a surfer there. [ABC News]
Kyrie Irving broke a bone in his hand and is out 6-8 weeks. He suffered the injury slapping a padded wall after a bad pass in practice. [Plain-Dealer]
A behind-the-scenes look at how the Minnesota Wild landed Parise and Suter. [Star Trib]
Another Auburn/Alabama situation involving a recruit. Love that rivalry. [War Eagle Reader]
Former NFL cornerback talks about his addiction to painkillers. [JS Online]
Reeves Nelson, the former UCLA troublemaker, is playing for the Lakers’ summer league team. [LA Times]
“A civil suit filed by a South Jersey police officer who was targeted in 2010 when a Marlton deli cook put body hair in the officer’s bagel sandwich as payback for a traffic arrest has been settled.” [Inquirer]
A whopper with 1,000 slices of cheese. Get your barf bag ready. [via Jimmy Traina]
Brandon Jennings highlight reel from last season, anyone?
Nice dunk from a high school kid. [via Rob Dauster]
This is one lucky dude.
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July 16th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
I was really hoping this article was about an assault for which several Yankees were arrested. Let down.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Man, that pic and the dress is awful. It looks like a blue wetsuit.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
A HERO
July 16th, 2012 at 8:29 AM
Is it required under Soviet rule that all cars be equipped with video cameras? All these crazy Russian videos on Youtube involve near fatal/fatal crashes
/paints with broad stroke.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
I’m most likely from Venezuela.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
That wasn’t even trying by the truck that pulled out and started that mess. He just heaved out there and hoped for the best.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:32 AM
I’m from the Sudan!
July 16th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Fucking BMI is a shitty measurement.
/jealous
July 16th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
I believe he slipped a few times and tried not to laugh while reading the statement. These schools have really started to heat it up the last couple of years with the recruit smack talk.
RDT
/awaits NCAA to move in on both schools and level the football programs
July 16th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
FUCK YEA.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Fatty.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
/drinks muscle milk
beefcake.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Why is “Florida” not in the list of tags at the top of this post?
July 16th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
so, what are the odds of a Red Sox-White Sox bench clearing “brawl” this week? I sense a few guys getting plunked the next 4 days.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
What the fuck is this guy talking about?
July 16th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Huh?
July 16th, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Yormark, the Florida Panthers president, is a total jackass. He openly trashes fans on twitter and is fucking clueless. He can’t handle any criticism. heaven forbid you aren’t a season ticket holder and dare give your opinion on the team. LeBatard rightfully crushed him a couple times
July 16th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
CJ – it’s a 4 game series at Fenway starting tonight. Perhaps someone on the Sox will plunk Youk..then again, a lot of those guys don’t like Bobby so they probably wont do anything to their old teammate
July 16th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Chances of that are -%40
July 16th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Chances Carl Crawford last an entire week? -%1,000
July 16th, 2012 at 8:48 AM
I’m like someone from Croatia
/Hostel’d
July 16th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
I just want Boston to issue a PSA advising young children against trying to get Adrian Gonzalez to bend over and hug them.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Chances of that are -%40
Chances would be higher if Beckett was pitching in the series. Apparently those two got into it in spring training because Beckett thought/thinks that Youk was the source for the beer and chicken leak.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
w00t!
July 16th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
What the fuck is this guy talking about?
that was not well said. I do agree with his larger point.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Spencer – Hit the 910, Razr Fit, Ping G15, and R11s this weekend. Was most partial to the R11s and the 910. Probably going to go with the R11s because they had a nice used one there and then reassess in the spring if need be.
Also really liked the RBZ fairways and hybrids. the 910′s were good too, but man those RBZ’s where awesome.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:54 AM
I only want Carl Crawford back if he could pitch for the Red Sox.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:55 AM
that’s a clown opinionator, bro.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Breaking Bad getting its own post today?
July 16th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
i propose a ban on golf talk in Roundup until Thursday morning when the Open starts.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:58 AM
A.P. – don’t intend to talk golf all morning. gotta run soon, but figured i would drop a line and follow up later.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
32-year-old mother of three arrested for sex in park with a 14-year-old boy
Florida!
Is it required under Soviet rule that all cars be equipped with video cameras? All these crazy Russian videos on Youtube involve near fatal/fatal crashes
That is what I was thinking.
July 16th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk!!!!!
July 16th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
golf talk > [insert popular tv show here] talk
/I don’t even play golf
July 16th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
ohheelyeah…cant go wrong with anything above, really.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
heel, it’s all in good fun. I just like seeing spencer get all pissy when golf gets mocked
July 16th, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Shit, forgot the season opener was last nite. Will have to pull it up On Demand tonite.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Even if Dylan Axelrod tries hitting a player odds are only about 20% that he’d hit his spot
The ChiSox haven’t been a team over the years to get involved in such things anyhow, not since the violence against the Tigers in 2000 that I think still holds the record for most combined suspension days
July 16th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
There’s a FIFA joke in here somewhere, I just can’t seem to find it.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Yeah, i thought so too. The 910 stuff sounded a lot better.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
How is that even possible? People on my twitter have been counting down for two weeks. People in here have been talking about it for over a month.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
You’re most like someone from …
South Africa. DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY BITCHES!!!
July 16th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Also really liked the RBZ fairways and hybrids.
they are about as good as it gets. I bought a AP 2 712 7 iron this weekend to see if i could hit them well. I really am curious if that set would lower my handi more than the jpx has.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Blood Diamonds mother fuckers.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
hope so, can’t wait to talk about how Walt Jr shot Hank and Gomez then took off with Mike to Costa Rica.
/seriously there are still posting issues?
July 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Great weekend. Toby Keith FRI eve. Shot a personal best at my home course on SAT morn. Took my sons fishing SAT evening and we landed a bass for each of them.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Agreed. You’re really only screwed if you need weekend emergency heart or brain surgerying.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
I had it on my FB wall with several posts about the show, but come sunday nite, I was outside with my boy playing baseball and then we made a fire in the backyard. just lost track of time
July 16th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
If Sanders doesn’t like a picture of her, then we know it’s an awful pic.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
July 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Priorities, brah. Fix yours.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
fuck you quote code.
Caribou was probably too busy planning a way to beat sense into his carpool people.
/psu callback
July 16th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
who pulled the plug on the Springsteen/McCartney concert? …
i need to find out and buy them a beer. springsteen and mccartney suck hard, mainly mccartney.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
But is she hot?
/Checks link
//Hotter then Grimace in the Roundup pic
July 16th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
Just saw on the AMC website that Dish Network will no longer carry AMC channel. Glad I switched from Dish to my local service provider back in the winter.
/got unlimited Showtime/Encore/Starz with the switch
//screw this 3-month tease that Dish network gives you
July 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Courtney Thorne-Smith, Summer School Edition, knew how to pull off that look.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
yikes. on purpose? hopefully it was a free concert at least.
/still wouldn’t go
July 16th, 2012 at 9:16 AM
Cliffs on that NFP article: San Fran may win 8 games this season. I can buy that. Alex Smith is still a liability.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Great pull. That movie was on tv the other day. Always a fun watch.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
At 1am???
TBL Up All Night
July 16th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Owe it to yourself to look at a Fast 12 LS or the 9064 LS.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:24 AM
1987, when Kirstie Alley could get it.
/not really, but was a better decade for her then than now
July 16th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Micronesia up in this bitch.
/fatty
July 16th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
BMI, what a joke.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
only fatties hate on BMI.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
errors again?
July 16th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Bought the TM Burner Irons this weekend and love em
July 16th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
according to BMI, a man who is 5’11″, 200 lbs, is overweight. BMI is flawed because it assumes everyone has the same metabolism and genetic makeup and should be held to the same standard
July 16th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
And guys with Popeye arms like J-Mac
July 16th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
that’s true. i know i’m a fatty, BMI isn’t required here.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
sub-130 comment roundup this morning? Tough sledding on a Monday.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I don’t need BMI to tell me what the mirror shows.
/keeps on walking
July 16th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
because it says im obese. i have a tiny gut, but im far from obese…i can’t get leaner than 180 lbs, which is still considered overweight.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Yikes @ that opinion.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
glass half full: everyone is commenting too quickly and the server won’t let anyone post a comment
glass half empty: the end is nigh.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
It’s the right one. Both wretched.
In lieu of a proper mobile site, for iphone users Chrome actually makes the site navigable as opposed to Safari. No multiple reloads while scrolling. Shocking that an Apple piece of software sucks ass.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
obligatory.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Yikes @ that opinion.
dont tell me you are one of those who claim blasphemy to dislike those 2. i can stomach some of bruce’s music, but i really dont like anything paul has ever done, on any level. and he wont go the hell away.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Kirstie Alley and Kathleen Turner. Time has not been their friend.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
couldn’t agree more.
/cranks Papa Roach up to 11
July 16th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
bruce was great in Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town. After that i’m not that much of a fan.
Paul McCartney solo, not a fan.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
That’s what happens when you’re a horrid businessman and lose all your money to record executives and a peg legged fat bitch.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
like the Beatles, dislike Paul’s solo stuff. Always thought Bruce Springsteen had a few good songs, but highly overrated.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
same with beverly d’angelo, unrecognizable from the Vacation movies.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
That’s the kind of encouragement I need during a incredibly haggard and still drunk Monday morning.
We are fellow country men. I is fat? I blame the hundreds of drinks I had this weekend.
/Low 3 figures
July 16th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Comments getting swallowed as “You’re posting comments too quickly.” I hit submit one time.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Paul McCartney solo, not a fan.
his music is just lazy, make a buck, background noise in a small town mcdonalds crap. my skin crawls anytime a paul song comes on.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Fixed
/096′d
July 16th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
same with beverly d’angelo, unrecognizable from the Vacation movies.
ugh. Time had no shot to be her friend.
I like a slight fraction of an over-bite on a woman, but I’m not a fan of buck-teeth.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I have the chance to see the Boss at Fenway when I go up for an elections conference in August. His political leanings aside (not to mention his open republican bashing), I do enjoy a good amount of his catalog and I love a great live performance. May have to go see him for one of those nights.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Albania up in here!
July 16th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Fifth attempt at posting this…
I’m 5-11, 195 with 13% body fat and it says I’m overweight and nearly obese. I don’t know why it is used as an indicator of anything considering that BBC site even says muscular athletes with low body fat can be considered obese.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Beverly D’Angelo had a medical reason for ballooning right?
I believe it’s called “Skylar White Syndrome.”
July 16th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
F*ck Bruce Springsteen. He sucks.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
I just figured it out. Every time there’s a cuss word in my comment, it tells me I’m posting too quickly.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
this pisses me off more than golf hating.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
i think it’s mostly just old age. glad she cashed in and went topless in vacation when she did and isn’t trying to do it now.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
WHERE ARE MY THICK GURLS? THOUGHT THIS WAS ‘MERICA?
July 16th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
lol.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Who knew Kathleen Turner was really a man?? lol. When I was 10 and watched her thru scrammbled HBO soft-porn in Body Heat, couldn’t get enough of her then
July 16th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
FWIW, I haven’t been throttled in 3 days. Maybe HAL and I have finally reached an unspoken agreement.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
motherfucker
July 16th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
spencer, i know it’s not true. just good natured ribbing between two music heads
July 16th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
I think it’d be fun to be an Olympian just because of the copious amounts of sex I could have during the Games.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
i wish it were the halving shark.
July 16th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Well, that’s just unfair, wilhelm.
Let’s try this…
“YES! Magnets, B*TCH!”
(didn’t work; had to put the asterisk in that word)
July 16th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
There is no cunting way that is cunt true you fucking cunt.
/cunt test
July 16th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
ndub’s computer is such an asshole.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
i don’t think they’re allowed to have sex during the games, bro…gotta wait til post-event stretch and shower.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
i had to submit it about 5 times.
goddamn Nannysite limiting our free speech.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
NDub, it was happening to everyone on Friday. Looks like it hasnt been fixed yet. Email JMac, because he doesnt read the comments.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
2008 Spoilers ahead –
I’m almost through Season 2 of Breaking Bad. Everybody has raved about how good this show is. I’m forcing myself through episodes. Does it get any better? They just had their baby, and just introduced Gus. It just seems slow (in a bad way) and there is too much bad decision making for me to care about the characters. The last three shows that came this highly recommended, I loved (The Wire, Homeland, Sherlock).
Thoughts?
July 16th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
i mean, couldn’t we use like, i dunno, ramajam or billy squier?
July 16th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
how the hell is “fag” not an allowable word on words with friends?
July 16th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
STICK WITH IT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TRUST ME TRUST ME TRUST ME.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
AMERICA!! FUCK YEAH!!!
I think it’d be fun to be an Olympian just because of the copious amounts of sex I could have during the Games.
That’s the plan. Be an Olympian on a fringe sport that plays early (2nd-3rd day). Be done with it and then spend the next two weeks plowing through some of the fittest girls on planet Earth.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Because we are not British
July 16th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
the tri-lam’s of the olympics always get the choicest poon.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Shit, does this mean “cunt” isnt allowed either?
July 16th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
while it may seem slow, everything you’ve seen builds up to the season 4 finale. almost every storyline that’s introduced from season 1 and 2 pay off.
the show typically has a slow build up until the final 3-4 episodes of each season.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I watched Green Zone over the weekend. Not bad, not great. Matt Damon did well with the script he was given.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
Judging by the fact that 98% of female athletes have at least some resemblance to Britney Griner, I wouldn’t be so stoked to plow thru any of em.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
They can do whatever they want! Personally, I’d wait to bang after my events completed. But you know there are plenty there who wouldn’t. The villages are essentially closed off to the outside world. And if I’m training my ass off for months instead of doing what most 20-30 year-olds do (sex, drinking, going out, etc.), then I’m ready to throw down. I can barely stand staying in for one weekend, let alone dozens.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Your name should be Derp Kaiser for that comment. Take it back.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
kinda thought green zone sucked…expected much more. thought it was a real clunky body of lies.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
id like to deflower lolo, that’s for sure.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
And Body of Lies was quite clunky.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Oh come on, of course there are exceptions to the rule, but let’s face it, most female athletes resemble Abby Wambach more than Alex Morgan.
/pretty girls don’t usually play sports
July 16th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
I liked Body of Lies.
Not sure when Hollywood will stop make Middle East war movies though. Nobody wants to watch those.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
spencer, it was just interesting to see a story from that point of view. I agree that it could have been better but it was alright. Greg Kinnear sure plays a great asshole character
July 16th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
exactly but at least russell crowe and leo were awesome.
my fav character in green zone was the delta/seal team 6 guy…only one that was even remotely believable.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
i like kinnear…but, since i was in my green zone when watching green zone, i kept having flashbacks to stuck on you and was wondering why kinnear and damon were fighting. and also, eva mendes’ tits.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Oh man definitely.
What was that one – Syriana or something? The one with Jennifer Garner and Jamie Foxx?
July 16th, 2012 at 10:14 AM
dude, you’re like 5′-1″. 180 lbs on that frame is FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I felt the same way. Seasons 3 and 4 are better. 4 is fantastic.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
The Kingdom. I seem to remember TBL raving about it.
Syrianna, The Kingdom, Hurt Locker, Green Zone, Body of Lies, none of them particularly successful in release.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
ndub – that was The Kingdom. Syriana was a Clooney film.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
The Kingdom. I thought it was a decent action flick.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
something ‘kingdom.’
i love them, are you kidding? so many sociopolitical dynamics that have yet to be explored.
FUCKED UP movie about russia in afghanistan.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
duckworth’d..due to the comment posting issues.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:18 AM
They’re financial failures though. They’re way too close to home to being appealing to the public.
There’s a reason MASH was set in Korea rather than Vietnam.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
no doubt…and you hinted at a reason we’ll never see chinese bad guys like ‘red dawn.’ don’t wanna piss em off. and don’t wanna lose european viewers by making the bad guys western european.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
OT…i feel like styx is underrated.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Hurt Locker is one of those great movies that I can never watch a 2nd time. Just..wow…
/mindlessly watched Super Troopers for the 100th time
July 16th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
spencer,
dennis deyoung – what an asshole.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
You’re most like someone from Tonga.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
indeed…but cmon…RENEGADE.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
One of the best action films of all time features western euro terrorists. It’s all about execution.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
FINALLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE EIGER SANCTION!
July 16th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
to a degree. i don’t think the public really knows what to think about the wars yet to really find any subject matter about them appealing.
i wasn’t really sure myself until i read “WAR” by Sebastian Junger.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
die hard? yea, but those were individuals, not countries, like on the scale we’re talking.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
you see restrepo?
July 16th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
spencer, im not disagreeing with you. Just stating that deyoung ruined everything by being such a douche. the band was at its peak when Tommy Shaw joined. Dennis deyoung’s solo stuff sucks beyond belief.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:26 AM
Speaking of OT, I’ve been watching a lot of old Daily Show clips lately. So many awesome field reports from great correspondents like Colbert, Carrell, and Helms. Even guys like Bakkedahl had lot of funny reports. And they weren’t all of political variety. It’s one thing I miss with new direction that Daily Show took once the guys like Carrell and Colbert left the show. It’s become 100% politics related. They’ve pushed correspondents to the back burner and made it mostly about Jon’s monologue and interviews. It’s not a strong criticism as I still watch the show. But I miss the old Daily Show where they mixed in heavy political stuff with silly things like the sketches below.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-15-2006/swift-justice
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-may-1-2006/klassic-kolbert
July 16th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Reggie Bush would be from Micronesia, Maurice Jones Drew would be the fattest fuck ever.
/IT DOESN”T FACTOR IN THE “GUN SHOW”
//Team Obese and complaining
July 16th, 2012 at 10:29 AM
If they made movies like the ones you are talking about, that would just be unrealistic.
You think somewhere in Munich a bunch of German Generals are currently plotting the invasion of New York?
July 16th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Kaiser, This Week in God was one of the best segments.
Colbert getting his own show ruined everything.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
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July 16th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
yeah, saw it once all the way through and caught it in bits and pieces a few times after that.
good movie as a companion piece to the book, definitely recommend both for anyone interested.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
i think they’re in argentina, not munich.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:35 AM
That and Jon has made some horrendous hires when it comes to correspondents. Mandvi, Munn, Cenac, Madrigal etc. Just cringe-worthy. Either their delivery is off, or they are simply not funny. John Oliver was the last good hire.
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July 16th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Nice.
Firm’d
July 16th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Cenac is great. The rest, not so much.
July 16th, 2012 at 10:49 AM
I really liked The Kingdom and I like Body of Lies too. Not a big fan of Green Zone and I couldn’t stay awake during Syriana
July 16th, 2012 at 10:51 AM
The best Middle East war movie/TV was “Generation Kill” I couldn’t recommend it strongly enough. Sorry for posting too quickly
July 16th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
When I was 14 I think I had enough sense to say no to a bat shit crazy 32 year old. God knows what kind of diseases that poor kid got.
July 16th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
The Kingdom. I seem to remember TBL raving about it.
Syrianna, The Kingdom, Hurt Locker, Green Zone, Body of Lies, none of them particularly successful in release.
Part of it the complexities of the issues. Part of it is that we’re just too damn close to the event. Movies like The Hurt Locker work because they’re small parts of a bigger event.
Look at it this way: it took at least 10-15 years before we started getting the good-to-great WW2 movies (Patton, Bridge on the River Kwai, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Midway, The Dirty Dozen, etc). It took another 10-15 years to get the good-to-great Vietnam War movies (Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Full Metal Jacket).
So wait till about 2027 or so and we’ll get the great movies from this time period.
July 16th, 2012 at 11:27 AM
it’s also that the truth is not easy to explain…sure, we could portray an objective view of afghanistan but would be accused of claiming superiority over them. nevermind that they still stone women falsely accused of adultery by a male who was guilty of abusing her…they have feelings too.