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    I think you're a little extreme but I agree with the general point. It's quite easy for a guy whose job is to speak on NPR to criticize other white people for what they choose to do and why its wrong... Should they try to get a job designing yogurt containers or selling heirloom tomatoes at the farmer's market instead? Real respectful to say people should do what they're stereotypically expected to. That Darius Rucker should be ashamed of himself... making 'white' music all these years

     

    I think you need a better example because Darius Rucker should definitely be ashamed of the music he makes.

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    The selfish thought that keeps popping into my head is 'I am never going to hear another Harris's Foam Corner' and it just breaks my heart. I am absolutely gutted, and I have never even met Harris. I just can't imagine what Scott, Kulap & everyone that knew Harris are going through. The only thing I can think to say is we're keeping all of you close to our hearts right now.

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    To be fair, his memoirs are fucking awesome. The push to make him a star was worth it for those alone.

     

    I will offer this, he was great when he worked with Baz Luhrmann. His Tybalt is tops in my book.

     

    I've always wondered how true his anecdotes were. There's an air of plausibility (like that Ahhnuld was a womanizer or that Steven Seagal was an ass or that pretty much everyone he's worked with slapped him at some point) but he tends to play it like he's some kind of iconoclastic anti-hero and you wonder how much he's embellishing & how much he's making up out of whole cloth. Then again, he tends to come across pretty poorly in his own stories, so who knows.

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    There's also the fact that the stars of the movie appear to actively dislike each other, lack even the slightest chemistry, and take every opportunity to remind interviewers that the sex scenes in their super sexy movie about S.E.X. sex were super awkward and not in the least bit sexy.

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    Oh god, don't get me started on Pikeys, as they say in Snatch, "I fucking hate Pikeys".

     

    In fact, too late, I've opened my own floodgates. Here's what it's like dealing with Pikeys:

     

    I was outside my house, changing the light, I had a step ladder (these are important to the story, so remember one thing, "Ladder"). This open top truck turns out, they're "scrap metal dealers" (read that as 'Thieving Pikey Fuck-Knuckles'). Now, this particular summer, we had them EVERY single day (sometimes twice, just to check to see if there's anything they can take, and are absolutely NOT casing the street), with a megaphone, shouting "SCRAP METAL", which seem to be the only words that they can say that even come close to proper english.

     

    So, one of them gets out, and I hear what can only be transcribed as "Hoyoo! Eh yeh neen em lahz!" (Now, I shall translate, "Hello good sir, I see that you have a set of ladders, I attempt to make money by taking metallic things for free and selling them on, do you need those ladders?") At the time, I didn't speak the language, so I asked him to repeat himself, he said "Lahz, yeh neem?" ("Those ladders, are they of use to you?"), I still didn't understand and he said "Eh deff eh sum" ("Are you hard of hearing?"). He then pointed and said "LAH DUZ! YAH WANNUM?!"

     

    At this point, having had these cretins showing up around 10 times a week, and the fact that I was fucking using them while he was asking to take them, I said "No mate, it's alright, I can levitate!"

     

    It seems like sarcasm isn't understood by these people, and he actually thought I was letting him have them.

     

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    IIRC, this one was more science-y (in the beginning, anyway) than Red Planet in that it felt like they were sticking reasonably close to the 'science' part of 'science-fiction'. In the end it kind of goes off the rails with the typical Chariots of the Gods stuff, but it wasn't super crazy. Maybe borderline boring, though? Other than Ennio Morricone's super fun b-movie score.

     

    I remember Red Planet being pure nonsense through and through, though.

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    This was the Gary Sinise one, right? It really wasn't that bad. Mind you, it wasn't great, either.

     

    It also marked a downward slide for Brian De Palma, as after this, The Black Dahlia came out several years later and things were never the same.

     

    They really need to do the Black Dahlia. That climax?! It approaches levels of insanity that might just make Jason's head explode.

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    I actually hated Cloud Atlas for... a lot of reasons, but I am happy the Wachowskis are still around doing these completely insane movies. I am all in for this and I really want to see it. Huzzah for Space Opera!

     

    Don't get me wrong, there are things in Cloud Atlas that are indefensible. Like uhhh this, for example:

     

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    Normally I'd be all in and embrace a crazy Wachowski space opera (I actually enjoyed Cloud Atlas for its unabashed insanity), but it's Mila Kunis that makes me wary on this one. Her acting is just...well, it's bad. It's reaaaaaaal bad. I mean, Oz the Great and Powerful was never going to be a great movie, but she could have had fun with it and just gone for it but instead she just kinda sat there, seemingly confused about the type of movie she was currently starring in.

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    I'm kind of with the crew on Bruno Mars. He is the most boring talented person ever. My peak Bruno enjoyment was when he played drums for Janelle Monae like 5 years ago. And I'm pretty sure that was mostly just excess Janelle charisma spilling over in his direction. He is unquestionably a technically skilled fella, but his stuff is just so bland and soulless.

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    I think this movie is super fun to watch. It is awful, but I love the awfulness. The awfulness is downright delightful!

     

    I honestly wonder how much better the movie would have been had it had almost any other actor in the lead role. Speaking of which, I suspect Michael Beck edits his own [brief] Wikipedia page as it ends in an odd reference to his 30th wedding anniversary.

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    The most enjoyable thing about this episode, was clearly manufactured. I'm talking about 'milky tits', but it's very forced. It's like they knew this episode wasn't going to get out of first gear, and they were going to have introduce 'a bit' halfway through.

     

    June did not set it up correctly, and it was clearly a 'setup', yet both Jason and Paul still immediately played upon a flubbed non-setup for the 'milky tits' thing? It was quite scripted and forced.

     

    I know our favorite trio has a lot on their plate. Maybe dial it back to once a month, or just let the podcast rest for a while until they have the time or interest to return to it as invested as they were in earlier episodes?

     

    Edit: I think this might be the last cast for a while. Wolfpop and things considered. Pauls 'sign-off' to the crew...

     

    Hey, Paul, the people you were thanking weren't 'letting' you do the podcast. They were HELPING you do the podcast. Ungh, that sign-off was weird.

     

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    I'm surprised they were so baffled by how a kid could exist in Schwarzenegger. I mean, there was that story about that one freaky dude who got pregnant for whatever reason (just to prove he could do it?). I mean, I don't care to look it up, but it was a huge story for awhile - I'm pretty sure that would be your no.1 thing to go Google before coming in on the podcast, yeah? Just answer all your questions.

     

    Paul's right though; should've just been some "magical realism" situation. Just needs a flying horse, like that masterclass in Magical Realism, the classic Winter's Tale :)

     

    The guy's name was Thomas Beatie, btw.

     

    The difference being Beatie was born a woman (only later transitioning to a male) and therefore had a uterus that could carry & nurture a baby in the first place.

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