Well, it turns out that Two and a Half Men is returning for two more seasons, as Charlie Sheen has just signed a two year contract to continue on the show. And here I was, all "the show is coming to an end" earlier. I'm so ashamed that I was wrong!
I honestly thought that Sheen would either be going back to rehab, or even to prison. But he is, of course, getting away scot free with abusing his wife and putting her through all that bullshit. He's a celebrity, what the hell do you expect? They get away with things you or I never would!
Oh well. That's pretty much all I have to say right now. Later!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Two & 1/2 Men has finally run it course!
The new episode has convinced me of that. The show is nearing the end of the seventh season, and I think it's time for it to leave the airwaves!
Frankly, I would not shed a single tear if this show came to an end after this season. Charlie Sheen is rumored to not be returning, and there ain't NO WAY that they're doing this show without him!
I'm sick of the off-color over-sexualized style of humor anyway. It's the same reason I thoroughly loathe and detest the current Alyssa Milano sitcom. Why is she doing this show? It is so beneath her it's not even funny. She is almost 40 years of age and has already done a sitcom as a child actress, then in the 90's while trying to "find herself", she did a shitload of made-for-cable and direct-to-video erotic thrillers, too many to count!
As for her music career, it only existed in Japan, so I shall disregard that. And then there's her love life. She's dated about three or four dozen dudes in the last 20 years (many of them her co-stars) and now she's finally married to a man she loves. Also, she's a diehard vegan as a result of smelling the stench from the burning flesh coming from the WTC wreckage. Tell me, is that REALLY the best reason to mention why you choose not to eat meat? I don't think it is!
Anyway, I wish she was not on this show she's doing now. She is gorgeous and beautiful, I love her face, hair, and body, but her choices for acting projects has left a great deal to be desired!
Plus, Alyssa's mother hates the fact that her little brother was able to see nude pictures of her online, so she started a movement to regulate (CENSOR) the Internet. I don't like that. That makes me angry!
Enough about her. As for the Two Men thing, it can go off the air and into oblivion for all I care!
I just want to see The Big Bang Theory continue for many more years, it's is the absolute best sitcom on TV right now. And many people agree with me!
I'm about done ranting for now. Later.
Frankly, I would not shed a single tear if this show came to an end after this season. Charlie Sheen is rumored to not be returning, and there ain't NO WAY that they're doing this show without him!
I'm sick of the off-color over-sexualized style of humor anyway. It's the same reason I thoroughly loathe and detest the current Alyssa Milano sitcom. Why is she doing this show? It is so beneath her it's not even funny. She is almost 40 years of age and has already done a sitcom as a child actress, then in the 90's while trying to "find herself", she did a shitload of made-for-cable and direct-to-video erotic thrillers, too many to count!
As for her music career, it only existed in Japan, so I shall disregard that. And then there's her love life. She's dated about three or four dozen dudes in the last 20 years (many of them her co-stars) and now she's finally married to a man she loves. Also, she's a diehard vegan as a result of smelling the stench from the burning flesh coming from the WTC wreckage. Tell me, is that REALLY the best reason to mention why you choose not to eat meat? I don't think it is!
Anyway, I wish she was not on this show she's doing now. She is gorgeous and beautiful, I love her face, hair, and body, but her choices for acting projects has left a great deal to be desired!
Plus, Alyssa's mother hates the fact that her little brother was able to see nude pictures of her online, so she started a movement to regulate (CENSOR) the Internet. I don't like that. That makes me angry!
Enough about her. As for the Two Men thing, it can go off the air and into oblivion for all I care!
I just want to see The Big Bang Theory continue for many more years, it's is the absolute best sitcom on TV right now. And many people agree with me!
I'm about done ranting for now. Later.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Random Movie Musings
I am a fan of both "Weekend At Bernie's" movies. Yes, you read that right!
I don't know why, I but I think they are both funny and entertaining for various different reasons. Both movies have different directors, writers, and producers, but they both follow a common theme. That being, a dead guy doing all sorts of crazy and ridiculous things!
Film critic Richard Roeper has listed the first "Bernie's" as "one of the forty worst movies I've ever seen", and he had this to say about it - "Corpse comedy is D.O.A."
Well, that's his opinion. I've certainly seen far worse. "Battlefield Earth", anyone? And how about the so-called "Underground Comedy Movie", brought to us by the same guy who was hawking ShamWows and Slap Chops, before he got arrested for soliciting and assaulting a hooker. Apparently he has crawled back to obscurity as a result!
Trust me, DO NOT waste your time or money with the aforementioned "comedy movie". In my opinion, it is neither!
Anyway, back to the two Bernie flicks. The first came out in 1989, and starred Andrew McCarthy as Larry and Jonathan Silverman as Richard. A very attractive young Canadian actress named Catherine Mary Stuart was Gwen, the romantic interest for Silverman's character. And Terry Kiser was Bernie. Silverman and McCarthy played young executives at an insurance firm who discover attempted fraud in the company's records. Their boss, Bernie is the one who stole the money, and in order to cover the fact that he had embezzled from the company, asks his criminal cohorts to kill Larry and Richard. Instead, the head mobster orders his hitman to "take care of Bernie" instead, as he has become both greedy and careless, plus, he is having an affair with the head mobster's girlfriend on the side. I think you know about the rest. The hitman takes Bernie by surprise and kills him, and Larry and Richard arrive at the beach house and discover Bernie dead. The rest of the movie consists of Larry and Richard's misadventures as they are avoiding the hitman who is out to kill them for being witnesses to Bernie's death.
Not the most intelligent comedy ever, but it was still, like I said before, funny and entertaining.
Now for the sequel. It was filmed two years later in 1991, but "sat on the shelf" for two years and was not released until the summer of 1993. I actually remember the TV ads for Bernie's II.
Richard and Larry are back, as apparently this movie takes place where the first left off, after they have returned to New York with Bernie's body. To complicate matters, a voodoo priestess has been hired by the mob Bernie was working with. Her plan is to use a magic spell to resurrect Bernie so he can show her where he hid the cartel's money (the $2 million he stole from the company in the first movie.)
Much of this film takes place on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first film was actually shot on the coast of Virginia, but claimed to be on Hampton Island, which is fictional, and is not to be confused with "the Hamptons", an affluent region on Long Island.
Anyway, the scenery is beautiful, and that, along with the music, are two ways the sequel is better than the original. The first film had some good score (like the music during Richard and Gwen's nighttime walk and romantic interlude on the beach) but it had only one decent song in it, "Some Like It Hot", the main theme accompanying the opening and ending credits. However, the second had a lot of great music. Both the instrumental score and the original songs were really good to dance to.
Needless to say, Bernie's II did very poorly at the box office. It was made fun of in an episode of "Seinfeld", and many critics felt there had been no need for a Bernie's sequel. Also, Catherine Mary Stuart did not return. That was a real shame!
So that's my take on the two Bernie movies. Take from it what you will
I don't know why, I but I think they are both funny and entertaining for various different reasons. Both movies have different directors, writers, and producers, but they both follow a common theme. That being, a dead guy doing all sorts of crazy and ridiculous things!
Film critic Richard Roeper has listed the first "Bernie's" as "one of the forty worst movies I've ever seen", and he had this to say about it - "Corpse comedy is D.O.A."
Well, that's his opinion. I've certainly seen far worse. "Battlefield Earth", anyone? And how about the so-called "Underground Comedy Movie", brought to us by the same guy who was hawking ShamWows and Slap Chops, before he got arrested for soliciting and assaulting a hooker. Apparently he has crawled back to obscurity as a result!
Trust me, DO NOT waste your time or money with the aforementioned "comedy movie". In my opinion, it is neither!
Anyway, back to the two Bernie flicks. The first came out in 1989, and starred Andrew McCarthy as Larry and Jonathan Silverman as Richard. A very attractive young Canadian actress named Catherine Mary Stuart was Gwen, the romantic interest for Silverman's character. And Terry Kiser was Bernie. Silverman and McCarthy played young executives at an insurance firm who discover attempted fraud in the company's records. Their boss, Bernie is the one who stole the money, and in order to cover the fact that he had embezzled from the company, asks his criminal cohorts to kill Larry and Richard. Instead, the head mobster orders his hitman to "take care of Bernie" instead, as he has become both greedy and careless, plus, he is having an affair with the head mobster's girlfriend on the side. I think you know about the rest. The hitman takes Bernie by surprise and kills him, and Larry and Richard arrive at the beach house and discover Bernie dead. The rest of the movie consists of Larry and Richard's misadventures as they are avoiding the hitman who is out to kill them for being witnesses to Bernie's death.
Not the most intelligent comedy ever, but it was still, like I said before, funny and entertaining.
Now for the sequel. It was filmed two years later in 1991, but "sat on the shelf" for two years and was not released until the summer of 1993. I actually remember the TV ads for Bernie's II.
Richard and Larry are back, as apparently this movie takes place where the first left off, after they have returned to New York with Bernie's body. To complicate matters, a voodoo priestess has been hired by the mob Bernie was working with. Her plan is to use a magic spell to resurrect Bernie so he can show her where he hid the cartel's money (the $2 million he stole from the company in the first movie.)
Much of this film takes place on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The first film was actually shot on the coast of Virginia, but claimed to be on Hampton Island, which is fictional, and is not to be confused with "the Hamptons", an affluent region on Long Island.
Anyway, the scenery is beautiful, and that, along with the music, are two ways the sequel is better than the original. The first film had some good score (like the music during Richard and Gwen's nighttime walk and romantic interlude on the beach) but it had only one decent song in it, "Some Like It Hot", the main theme accompanying the opening and ending credits. However, the second had a lot of great music. Both the instrumental score and the original songs were really good to dance to.
Needless to say, Bernie's II did very poorly at the box office. It was made fun of in an episode of "Seinfeld", and many critics felt there had been no need for a Bernie's sequel. Also, Catherine Mary Stuart did not return. That was a real shame!
So that's my take on the two Bernie movies. Take from it what you will
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