Comments on: Shorter Rick Moran

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:34:47 +0000

He called me a dick! I’m flattered.

Though I hope that’s not a pass. I mean, not that there’s anything wrong with it or anything.

By: Foo

Foo — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:13:21 +0000

Fun with trolling the Moran:
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2008/12/27/is-barack-the-magic-negro-racist/#comment-1756058

By: actor212

actor212 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:57:54 +0000

Ah, the Ghettoblaster…

*joins in*

By: RyRy Cooter

RyRy Cooter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:40:49 +0000

Martini?

Hmm, yes, indeed. *pours self a glass of cheap vodka and gin and some Thunderbird then promptly knocks it back*

By: actor212

actor212 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:05:07 +0000

RyRy, well put!

*polite white Republican applause*

Martini?

By: RyRy Cooter

RyRy Cooter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:21:14 +0000

True enough, actor212. I guess it would be more accurate to say that the goals of the villains are made to appear political (in 2 it would be freeing the Noriega stand-in) when they are actually monetary. Though I guess in 2 releasing bizarro Noriega was actually one of their goals. I believe this only serves to reinforce my point.

(Bonus George Carlin joke: “If crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never get to that part.”)

By: actor212

actor212 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:12:32 +0000

Actually, speaking of Die Hard, has anyone else noticed the common theme in all of those movies that the bad guys always appear to be (and actively promote the notion that they are) political terrorists but always turn out to just be money-hungry crooks?

I’d make a quibble about Die Hard 2 having “political terrorists”. One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter and while I may consider the military assisting in a coup d’etat “terrorism,” I’m not sure that Willis or Harlin did.

By: actor212

actor212 — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:10:37 +0000

Sexy Beast. Actual underwater heist movie.

Thunderball.

By: RyRy Cooter

RyRy Cooter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:24:30 +0000

Shit, I spend one day shrooming and listening to music, and I miss all the movie fun. (In my defense, it was on a $5,000 pair of electromagnet speaker drivers and, no offense, but you fuckers don’t have shit on that.)

kiki,
Totally agree with your take on the Johnsons in Die Hard. I think the line you’re thinking of is something like:
White Johnson: “Yee-haw! Just like fuckin’ Saigon!”
Black Johnson: “I was in junior high, dick.”
I actually think there’s a bit of deliberate playing with stereotypes going on there, if only because they’re listed in the credits as “Big Johnson” and “Little Johnson” (and the black one is Little Johnson).

Righteous Bubba,
I was initially ashamed to actually know what kiki was talking about with Predator II, but at least I remember Die Hard. Yeah, it’s shit, but it’s entertaining shit assuming a BAC >0.1, and way better than most other Christmas movies.

Actually, speaking of Die Hard, has anyone else noticed the common theme in all of those movies that the bad guys always appear to be (and actively promote the notion that they are) political terrorists but always turn out to just be money-hungry crooks? And that government counterterrorism people are always either in on it (2 and 4) or supremely incompetent (1 and 3)?

Everyone should probably just ignore my blather — I’m interested in hearing more about these underwear heist movies.

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:57:34 +0000

Sexy Beast. Actual underwater heist movie.
That may well be so. I can only say that “Ocean’s 11″ was a vast disappointment.

By: Another Kiwi

Another Kiwi — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:45:49 +0000

One can lack to intensity . It’s quite simple.

By: Another Kiwi

Another Kiwi — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:44:43 +0000

I quite liked De Palma’s “Dressed to Krill” but “No Country for Old Men (and the sea)” lacked to intensity of “3.10 to Paua”.

By: kiki

kiki — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:31:32 +0000

I lament the absence of any decent underwater heist movies.

Sexy Beast. Actual underwater heist movie.

Bubba – eh, who cares. That’s why it’s called ‘free time’.

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:25:54 +0000

“The Thong Remains the Same” was a documentary, wasn’t it?

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:00:22 +0000

I think everyone’s missed what King Leer was all about.

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:58:21 +0000

For the Coleridge fans: Little-known film noir, “This Earth in Fast Thick Pants”.

By: Smut Clyde

Smut Clyde — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:55:52 +0000

Not to mention another bizarre Shakespeare adaptation that was ALSO an underwear heist movie — “A Little Brief Authority”.

By: OneMan

OneMan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:42:48 +0000

“Perhaps I can interest you in my script for Criminal Negligee.”

Is that the one about the Jockey who was also an attourney who kept filing his briefs?

By: Xecky Gilchrist

Xecky Gilchrist — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:35:36 +0000

Yes, I am trying to get us away from puns…

Puns are still better than idiocy, thank you very little.

By: actor212

actor212 — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:30:32 +0000

Perhaps I can interest you in my script for Criminal Negligee.

Basque Me No Questions…you wrote that, didn’t you?