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That British band that plays backwoods music. I forget their name but they had Ed Helms and Will Forte in one of their music videos. Another trope about quirky indie romantic comedies I find is the shot of fireworks launching into the night sky. There was one movie I saw with Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg where they were launching fireworks at a wedding! A WEDDING! I laughed out loud at that in the theater and I know it made other folks uncomfortable.

Well, I only saw the trailer, so I can't comment on the whole film. But I've seen so many eps of Eastbound and Down, the Apatow movies, the fairy tale movie he and Franco made, that in my mind he's funny dude. I've type-cast him already. I remember when I went to go see an action movie and all of the characters are in a mission control-type room with lots of monitors, and one of the techs turns around...and its ED FUCKING O'NEIL! Me and everyone in the theater were like, "AL BUNDY!" Some people are cursed with too much success at one thing.

The Speakeasy ep with Aziz Ansari is soo good because at the end, they totally go into suit talk -- they talk about tailors, brands they like, their particular styles, etc. At one point, Paul is like, "is anyone even still finding this interesting?" and Aziz says, "Fuck those people, because the suit talk stays in!"

Wait a second...In The Army Now and Solo were bad movies?!?! I demand a recount!

This does look sort of interesting, if only to see Franco franco-ing it up and doing stunts. Sidenote: Franco directed a film adaptation of "As I Lay Dying" and it has Danny McBride in it. I saw the trailer on TV and as soon as McBride's face is on screen, I burst out laughing. I don't think I could ever take him seriously in a dramatic movie.

Its in the Farts and Procreation 3. Starts around minute 47.

Boring? Did you see the passion that was expressed in the trailer? The passion and energy was so high that the guy had to talk real slow and throw books.

Remember to vote this November, guys, because people like him sure will!

You and me both, man...you and me both. I do believe that some crazy person did do a switcheroo on a trick-or-treater at one time. I sort of remember a news story about someone getting pills in their bag instead of candy, but it could all be urban legend. Halloween was never a big deal in my family and my parents would just buy us a huge bag of candy and let us stay up late instead taking us trick or treating. And when my mom got into church, she would just take us to church on Halloween, where we would listen to gospel songs and eat a big bag of candy.

Have you forgotten the Jeff Garlin ep?

Good looking out, Wien. We need Shannon to do use her thread merge powers.

Ooh, I like the idea of the candy turning the kids into killers. I remember growing up there were always these stories about people finding razor blades in apples. How great would it have been if a movie honed in on that fear that parents and kids sort of have about Halloween?

This is a movie made by someone who thinks that stuff about the Deep Web is true. There is a whole new breed of crazy that says the center of the Internet is an ancient Mesopotamian god who feeds off of electricity(?) and fiber optics(?). Who knows, but I do really want to see this movie.

Yes, to everything y'all are saying right now! A million times, "YES!" People are so without any sense of self that just mere act of enjoying a piece of content (music, movie, book, etc) is an integral part of how they see themselves. Just because you like X doesn't mean anything more than you like X. It does not bestow extra attributes to your personality and it doesn't make you special or unique for liking it. I think there is also this idea that people who consume the media now have "ownership" over it. I believe that some of the entitlement comes from that. Just like cat & beard said, people feel that them and only them were touched in a "special" way by this media and all others that come after are not as touched or as special. There is a book called "Jennifer Government" that sets up this dystopian world where people are so attached to brands and companies that they take on the company name as their surnames. I feel like that is the next step in all of this intense clinging to corporate media. I hope with all of my heart that the writers, directors, producers of the new Star Wars films don't listen to anything that any fanboy has to say. Those new Star Wars movies are not for anyone but teenagers and young kids of this era. If you're in your mid-20s, the Prequels is your version of Star Wars (sorry!). If you're older than that than you experienced the original trilogy either in the theaters or on TV. Step aside and let a new generation grow to love the story (or not), but we already had our introduction, and like rcavannah said, those circumstances can't be recreated.

I wish I could like this 1,000 times! I agree that it is a matter of decreased perspective, but not of movies, but of a person's place in history and time. Star Trek is a very popular sci-fi franchise that has been made for "the masses" (more on the usage of that term in a minute) in many different mediums -- cartoons, tv shows, movies, comic books, novels, etc. There is a big backlash to the Abrams Star Trek films because Abrams has said explicitly that he wanted to make the movies appeal to more than die-hard Star Trek fans. And so now, you have people -- people who mistakenly believe that Star Trek is a niche subculture instead of a 50+ year old corporate entertainment franchise -- nitpick everything that they believe is "dumbing down" Star Trek for "the masses." They nitpicked the casting choices ("they're just models in space"); they nitpicked that old cast didn't get major roles; they nitpicked how the ship looked; they nitpicked the science (which is fucking strange since the bedrock of Star Trek is the warp engine and transporter, neither which exist in reality). The lack of perspective extends even further when you see people use phrases like "the masses" when describing people who they feel are "bringing down" the franchise. Like I said before, Star Trek is a fucking 50+ year franchise. Several generations have grown up seeing either a movie or a TV show set inside of this world. They are not ignorant to its existence. They get the general gist of what is going on and the characters. But there is this weird winnowing of what defines a "true" Star Trek fan and that "small" group( remember its a 50+ year old franchise) should be able to dictate how everyone else gets to consume, feel, and say about the movie so that the "masses" (the same fucking people who have been exposed to the story for 50+ years) properly "get it." Hearing "nerds" go on about how X is getting "dumbed down for the masses" is like listening to a fundamental Christian talk about the "war on Christmas" and how Christians are prosecuted in the United States. In both instances, both groups lack a perspective to see that they are the majority, have ever shifting standards of what define a "true" member, and feel that they should be allowed to dictate how others digest a popular aspect of culture.

I screamed in my apartment when I saw them in that movie! "Roseanne?!!!! What the hell are you doing here?!!!"

Oh man, the one where Freddy is killed by his long-lost daughter is crazy campy. He turns one of his claw gloves into a version of the Nintendo Power Glove so that he can play a video game that will eventually kill one of the characters.

Just like to let everyone know that I'm making Marge Gutterman, from Union Square in San Francisco, the aunt of Eric Gutterman, student in Marina Del Rey Stars Program, a part of the Comedy Bang Bang cannon. You're fucking welcome.

Jason making fapping sounds during the dramatic reading was great. And June, this was in the 80s, a time when guys didn't need swag to get laid. They just wore real short shorts (aka penis holders) or skin-tight jeans so they would be able to show their penis outline.

I swear to God, if June starts wearing white shirts and grows a beard like Jason, I am going to flip my shit.

They are running these non stop on AMC right now, and as an adult, I am amazed that I ever found any of this shit scary at all. Like they showed all of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies, and watching them as an adult, they were not scary or frightening -- but they were rather gruesome, slapstick horror live-action cartoons. The Chucky movies are even more perplexing because it is just a doll. Why not just burn the doll? Why not break the doll? Are they not stronger than a plastic doll? And what happens at the end of those movies -- who gets the blame for all of those deaths? Do you tell the authorities that a doll came to life and killed everyone?

Second listen thoughts: Howard's new verse was good. Is he gonna make this a ongoing feature? New verses for each ep?

I just like the videos for Karma Police and Paranoid Andriod. Other than that I have no idea about any other songs they have done. What do elements do you think others have used from them?

They had Pharohe Monche on Shots Fired this week. It was a good interview and when they played his songs, it was a stark, stark contrast to what on going on now.

There were a couple of things that Howard said in this ep that I was like, "huh?"