Well, I thought about it, and I decided that I like both Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds. I always liked her, but I didn't care for him until he married her. His roles on TV like "Two Girls & A Guy (& A Pizza Place) from the 90's did not inpress me too much, to tell the truth. But then he started doing movies like Van Wilder (which I still haven't seen), Just Friends (which I saw cause I also like Amy Smart), the trendy theme restaurant comedy Waiting... (that one was OK, but I have no interest in the straight-to-DVD sequel), and of course, the well-received comedy The Proposal, which pretty much revitalized his career. It co-starred Sandra Bullock, who had both a really bad movie (All About Steve) and a great movie where she won an Academy Award (The Blind Side) both in the same year. Yes, she won an Oscar and a Razzie in the same year, just like Halle Berry did a few years ago!
Then came the Wolverine prequel, and I think Reynolds played a fine Deadpool. In the Marvel comic books, the Deadpool character is an assassin-for-hire who has razor-sharp wit and a really sarcastic sense of humor, so Ryan was right for that role in the movie, because he can play characters who are real smart-mouthed.
And now he will be playing the Green Lantern (the Hal Jordan version) in next year's adaptation movie of the DC Comics character. That should be interesting, I have been doing a lot of research into the DC Universe for a while now. Before that, I was just reading Marvel, but now I like DC as well.
As for Scarlett, well, I had been wondering something for a while now. In my previous blog post I said that I had seen both the Nanny Diaries and He's Just Not That Into You and that for the most part, I enjoyed both. But as I also said, she was brunette in Nanny and blonde in Into You. Plus, in Into You, her breasts looked much larger than in Nanny. Perhaps it was the clothing she wore for the two different roles. In Nanny, she played a young and intelligent aspiring business woman who has an interest in anthropology, and as the title implies, she becomes a nanny for a wealthy couple in Manhattan's Upper East Side, and her outfits are, I suppose, relatively conservative. Her breasts do not stick out all that much, nor does she show much cleavage. But like I said, that was proabably because of the character whe was playing, and the director wanted the audience to tak her seriously.
But in Not That Into You, the story is a lot different. In this movie Scarlett plays a young, fairly naive yoga instructor who is also an aspiring singer. This leads her to meet a guy (played by Bradley Cooper) at the store, they get to talking and he says he works for a record company. He also tells her he is married, because at first he is not intending to cheat on his wife. But his attraction to her grows, as does hers to him. One night after a yoga class, they go to the gym's pool, talk briefly, and then she strips her clothes off and dives in. She then asks if he would like to come in the water as well. Anyway, they do end up having sex, and hiding this from his wife (played by Jennifer Connelly) is putting a major strain on their releationship.
I must point out that in contrast to her Nanny character, Scarlett's character in this movie is more impulsive and less inhibited, so I suppose that explains why she ends up sleeping with a married man who may or may not be able to help her with her singing career.
Anyway, some time later, the two are going into his office, and he locks the door. They discuss how the (whoever does this sort of thing) loved her demo, and she is very excited that her career is getting a shot in the arm. So they proceed to passionately kiss and he gropes her buttocks and begins to remove her dress, as they move over to his desk. She then reveals her magnificent breasts in a sexy red bra, and then he gropes them too. At this point when I was watching the movie in the theatre, I was thinking "OK, NOW I'm getting excited!" However, they are interrupted as his wife knocks on the door, and she wonders why the door is locked. He attempts to regain his composure and motions over for Scarlett to go in the closet, and he practically shoves her in there. So his wife comes in and decides that she wants to seduce him, as their sex life has been nonexistant for a long time. He succumbs, and during this, Scarlett is forced to listen to them while in the closet. Afterwards, the wife leaves, somewhat satisfied. But when he lets Scarlett out of the closet, she is furious, saying that he is a "pathetic excuse for a man" and she ends their affair right there by saying "You will never touch me again!"
All this time, Scarlett's character has been friends with a real-estate agent who is frustrated at her lack of interest in him, romantically and sexually. After breaking up with the record guy, Scarlett goes to the agent and passionately kisses him, and we are led to believe that they do finally have sex. She then, at the end of the movie, decides to not be with a man for a while and talks about going on a yoga retreat to India for six months.
Oh, in case you were wondering about the guy's wife? She was suspecting him of smoking, and whenever she would confront him about it, he would always deny it. But one night she find the cigarettes, and just like Scarlett was, she becomes furious that her husband would lie to her. She throws his clothes out of the closet and smashes a large mirror on the floor. But after she has calmed down, she cleans up the mess, writes a note for him, and leaves. When he comes in sometime later, he finds the note with a carton of his brand of preferred cigarettes. The note reads "Knock yourself out" on the front. And when he flips the top over it then reads "P.S. I want a divorce."
Well, that was a bit of drama right there, wasn't it! Anyway, I was just wanting to compare the two charcaters that Scarlett Johansson had played in two decent movies that I had watched recently. That's all, nothing more!
And if you were wondering if ScarJo ever got a boob job? No, she hasn't, they're all natural, and all spectacular! It's just, like with other women, certain clothes press the breasts down and make them less prominent or visable. And then there are the outfits that leave very little to the imagination. Especially in the summer!
Like I said before, I haven't seen Iron Man 2 yet, but I suspect that she has done a good job of playing Russian super-spy Black Widow. In the Marvel comics, she was a long-time love interest for Tony Stark (Iron Man). But in real life, Scarlett is twenty-something, and Robert Downey Jr is in his mid-forties! Nice work if you can get it, that's what I say!
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Well, here I go again...
.....with having crushes on celebrity babes, that is!
I started having a thing for Scarlett Johansson a few years back. I think the first movie I saw her in was Lost In Translation. I never saw the Horse Whisperer where she was a kid, but I did just watch Ghost World, where she was still kinda young. I've noticed that she goes back and forth from being a brunette, like in The Nanny Diaries, and being a blonde, like in He's Just Not That Into You. I really liked both of those movies, and I still want to see her in The Other Bolyn Girl and Iron Man 2. Of course, she married Ryan Reynolds and the two are said to be adopting a child soon. Good for them, I wish them well. She is a hot babe, and he is a hunk stud muffin. At least according to a female friend of mine. When we were talking about Scarlett and Ryan, I jokingly suggested that we both go to Hollywood and break them up so that we can be with the one we like. Ha, that sure is funny, I guess it is the fantasy of many people to be able to seduce a hot celebrity!
The one actress I have loved from afar for about 20 years now is Winona Ryder, and I just saw The Darwin Awards, one of her post-shoplifting incident movies. Believe it or not, she is actually a natural blonde, but she has had either black or brown hair for so long, it's easy to forget that fact. As for the length of her hair, I liked her fairly short dark hair in Reality Bites, and I also liked her really short dark hair in Girl, Interrupted. Also, she wore a blonde wig for Edward Scissorhands, the only time she was ever blonde in a movie that I know of. Some other movies she did I liked were Beetlejuice, Heathers, Mermaids, Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Some of her not-so-good movies were Alien Resurrection, Lost Souls, Mr. Deeds, Sex & Death 101, and A Scanner Darkly, because the animation used in that movie was absolutely terrible! However, I have yet to see Little Women, The Crucible, How To Make An American Quilt, The House Of The Spirits, and Autumn In New York.
As for my "thing" for her, I have liked her for a long time because she is an attractive petite brunette, unfortunately, she is a chain smoker. And then there's that incident at Saks Fifth Avenue back in 2001. She was removing security tags from items of clothing and the security cameras captured the whole thing. Also, she was in possession of non-prescription medication, but that might have had to do with the fact that she broke her arm filming a scene for Mr. Deeds earlier in the year. As far as I know, she paid a fine and served community service, as it was her first offense they did not punish her too harshly. I suppose that's for the best, as Bill Clinton said about Monica Lewinsky, she's basically a good girl.
Anyway, I sometimes dream about being able to meet Winona and go on a date with her. That would be great. She has dated many musicians and some fellow actors, and I guess we will never find out about why she and Johnny Depp broke up. Was it him or was it her? Oh well, I suppose it's irrelevant now. I do however, wonder if she will ever get married.
Anyway, I don't really care for the movies she has been doing since her arrest, I feel the earlier ones are much better. Also, I remembered, she will be 40 next year. Wow, time flies, that's for sure.
I guess that's it for now. Until next time...
I started having a thing for Scarlett Johansson a few years back. I think the first movie I saw her in was Lost In Translation. I never saw the Horse Whisperer where she was a kid, but I did just watch Ghost World, where she was still kinda young. I've noticed that she goes back and forth from being a brunette, like in The Nanny Diaries, and being a blonde, like in He's Just Not That Into You. I really liked both of those movies, and I still want to see her in The Other Bolyn Girl and Iron Man 2. Of course, she married Ryan Reynolds and the two are said to be adopting a child soon. Good for them, I wish them well. She is a hot babe, and he is a hunk stud muffin. At least according to a female friend of mine. When we were talking about Scarlett and Ryan, I jokingly suggested that we both go to Hollywood and break them up so that we can be with the one we like. Ha, that sure is funny, I guess it is the fantasy of many people to be able to seduce a hot celebrity!
The one actress I have loved from afar for about 20 years now is Winona Ryder, and I just saw The Darwin Awards, one of her post-shoplifting incident movies. Believe it or not, she is actually a natural blonde, but she has had either black or brown hair for so long, it's easy to forget that fact. As for the length of her hair, I liked her fairly short dark hair in Reality Bites, and I also liked her really short dark hair in Girl, Interrupted. Also, she wore a blonde wig for Edward Scissorhands, the only time she was ever blonde in a movie that I know of. Some other movies she did I liked were Beetlejuice, Heathers, Mermaids, Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. Some of her not-so-good movies were Alien Resurrection, Lost Souls, Mr. Deeds, Sex & Death 101, and A Scanner Darkly, because the animation used in that movie was absolutely terrible! However, I have yet to see Little Women, The Crucible, How To Make An American Quilt, The House Of The Spirits, and Autumn In New York.
As for my "thing" for her, I have liked her for a long time because she is an attractive petite brunette, unfortunately, she is a chain smoker. And then there's that incident at Saks Fifth Avenue back in 2001. She was removing security tags from items of clothing and the security cameras captured the whole thing. Also, she was in possession of non-prescription medication, but that might have had to do with the fact that she broke her arm filming a scene for Mr. Deeds earlier in the year. As far as I know, she paid a fine and served community service, as it was her first offense they did not punish her too harshly. I suppose that's for the best, as Bill Clinton said about Monica Lewinsky, she's basically a good girl.
Anyway, I sometimes dream about being able to meet Winona and go on a date with her. That would be great. She has dated many musicians and some fellow actors, and I guess we will never find out about why she and Johnny Depp broke up. Was it him or was it her? Oh well, I suppose it's irrelevant now. I do however, wonder if she will ever get married.
Anyway, I don't really care for the movies she has been doing since her arrest, I feel the earlier ones are much better. Also, I remembered, she will be 40 next year. Wow, time flies, that's for sure.
I guess that's it for now. Until next time...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Today's random postings
Two actresses that are still prominent and significant, even though their respective shows are now off the air: Kirstie Alley and Leah Remini. Apparently they are the best of friends. They proved it when Leah appeared on Kirstie's Fat Actress as herself and when Kirstie guest starred on King Of Queens, also as herself. They both did those things as a favor to the other, it would seem.
The problem I have when these two? They're both in the Church of Scientology. I recently learned that the only reason Kirstie never guest-starred on Frasier in her Cheers character is because Fraiser was a psychiatrist and Scientologists don't believe in psychiatry. Or in taking medication for depression either, they think ordinary vitamins work a lot better.
Anyway, one difference between Kirstie and Leah is that Kirstie was originally a movie actress and then moved onto numerous TV show roles. On the other hand, Leah has always just done TV, I don't believe I've ever seen her in a movie.
And Leah gained weight in the middle of King Of Queen's run and looked particularly porky. But then it seemed as if she lost it later on. The same cannot be said for Kirstie. Her whole Fat Actress show was about her life in Hollywood now that she was really big, and her being unable to get work as a result. John Travolta even appeared as himself because the two did the Look Who's Talking movies a real long time ago. His career has had it's ups and downs (Pulp Fiction: up, Battlefield Earth: down) but he seems to still consistantly get work. Kirstie, for a while, did not. Oh, and he and his wife are Scientologists, too.
I cannot properly express just how much I thoroughly loathe and detest Scientology and Scientologists. As I once said, if I were ever to talk to somebody and they said that they were one, I would immediately break off contact with this person and move on. I choose to consciously avoid people for that reason, as well as for other reasons as well. I just have no patience or tolerance for certain things. Life is too short, you know what I'm saying?
In my way of thinking, Scientology is not even a real religion! And this is *my* blog, so I have the right to express my opinions about it. Just so you know where I'm coming from.
There are numerous aspects of Christianity to consider. I was not brought up in any one major religious background, and I choose to not follow any specific one. Not even Satanism! Hey, that's a religion too, and so is Atheism, in a way. I have no religious beliefs of any kind, and I'm proud to say that that's my right! But I can still say what I really don't like about religions in general.
One thing I can't understand is why Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to accept blood transfusions. They would rather let a loved one die instead of accepting a donation of a pint of blood that ordinarily would save their life. Coincidentally, the entire Jackson family are J.W.'s. That's right, the *Jacksons*. As if that family didn't already have enough problems!
As for Mormons, they're too religiously-oriented and incredibly conservative about everything to my liking. Plus the idea in the media that got attributed to them that all Mormons are bigamists certainly doesn't help their image any, either. Plus, their families are absolutely huge! The Osmonds, anyone?
I'm going to reserve judgment on the other major religions, such as Judism, Islam, and Buddhism, as my knowledge of them is incomplete. I need to do further research before I decide to comment on them. I don't know of there being anyone against Buddists, but both Jews and Muslims have had to deal with a lot of prejudice against them for thousands of years.
That's it for now. Until next time...
The problem I have when these two? They're both in the Church of Scientology. I recently learned that the only reason Kirstie never guest-starred on Frasier in her Cheers character is because Fraiser was a psychiatrist and Scientologists don't believe in psychiatry. Or in taking medication for depression either, they think ordinary vitamins work a lot better.
Anyway, one difference between Kirstie and Leah is that Kirstie was originally a movie actress and then moved onto numerous TV show roles. On the other hand, Leah has always just done TV, I don't believe I've ever seen her in a movie.
And Leah gained weight in the middle of King Of Queen's run and looked particularly porky. But then it seemed as if she lost it later on. The same cannot be said for Kirstie. Her whole Fat Actress show was about her life in Hollywood now that she was really big, and her being unable to get work as a result. John Travolta even appeared as himself because the two did the Look Who's Talking movies a real long time ago. His career has had it's ups and downs (Pulp Fiction: up, Battlefield Earth: down) but he seems to still consistantly get work. Kirstie, for a while, did not. Oh, and he and his wife are Scientologists, too.
I cannot properly express just how much I thoroughly loathe and detest Scientology and Scientologists. As I once said, if I were ever to talk to somebody and they said that they were one, I would immediately break off contact with this person and move on. I choose to consciously avoid people for that reason, as well as for other reasons as well. I just have no patience or tolerance for certain things. Life is too short, you know what I'm saying?
In my way of thinking, Scientology is not even a real religion! And this is *my* blog, so I have the right to express my opinions about it. Just so you know where I'm coming from.
There are numerous aspects of Christianity to consider. I was not brought up in any one major religious background, and I choose to not follow any specific one. Not even Satanism! Hey, that's a religion too, and so is Atheism, in a way. I have no religious beliefs of any kind, and I'm proud to say that that's my right! But I can still say what I really don't like about religions in general.
One thing I can't understand is why Jehovah's Witnesses refuse to accept blood transfusions. They would rather let a loved one die instead of accepting a donation of a pint of blood that ordinarily would save their life. Coincidentally, the entire Jackson family are J.W.'s. That's right, the *Jacksons*. As if that family didn't already have enough problems!
As for Mormons, they're too religiously-oriented and incredibly conservative about everything to my liking. Plus the idea in the media that got attributed to them that all Mormons are bigamists certainly doesn't help their image any, either. Plus, their families are absolutely huge! The Osmonds, anyone?
I'm going to reserve judgment on the other major religions, such as Judism, Islam, and Buddhism, as my knowledge of them is incomplete. I need to do further research before I decide to comment on them. I don't know of there being anyone against Buddists, but both Jews and Muslims have had to deal with a lot of prejudice against them for thousands of years.
That's it for now. Until next time...
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Some musings on pro wrestling
I've been a fan of the WWE, and to a lesser degree, TNA, for a while now. Generally I will check TNA's website to check their current roster in order to see who has been newly signed, or has has been released. That same page also shows that company's current champions. I don't have cable so I do not watch the Impact program TNA does every week, nor do I subscribe to any of the pay-per-views. I just like to check the site from time to time to see what's going on.
As for the WWE, I first became a fan back in 1991. I also started following the now-defunct WCW a few years later. I followed both companies until mid-1996. About that time the famous "Monday Night Wars" were going on between WWE and WCW. Also, in the mid-to-late '90s wrestling underwent a considerable change in content, it became decidedly more adult-oriented. It was referred to as the "Attitude Era" for WWE, and in WCW, the NWO, led by newly-turned-heel Hollywood Hulk Hogan, had pretty much taken over the company, and it led to considerably risque content bieng aired on their weekly Nitro program.
Unfortunately, I was not following the companies at that time. I took a long break from watching the shows and buying the magazines. But I decided to come back to following wrestling around 2006-2007. The Attitude Era was over and WCW had been bought up by WWE's chairman Vince McMahon, and programming was pretty much back to normal, the way it had been before. Wrestlers I had never heard of were now in WWE, and I started buying the DVD's of the pay-per-views, and I starting watching Smackdown on my local FOX affiliate so I could catch up with the feuds and the championship holders at the time.
Now WWE has entered what is referred to as the PG era. There is no more excessive violence or sexually-oriented angles being done any longer. The women wrestlers or "Divas" no longer strip each other down to their underwear, and matches like "First Blood" have been discontinued. In wrestling, bleeding used to be quite commonplace. Now, it only happens by accident, or if it was not previously planned to happen in the script. WWE used to have angles involving either extreme violence, or an insane level of sex, or both. No longer. They have gone back to the early-mid '90s way of doing things - that is, appealing to families and children. Besides the regular WWE Magazine, there is also a WWE Kids magazine as well. Which is all fine and good, I suppose.
I have a few observations I have made about two wrestlers in particular. One is about Sheamus, the big Irishman. I liked him when he first debuted on the ECW brand of WWE (which has since been discontinued) because he was neither a face or a heel, it seemed he did not fit the description for either. However, he proved to be a big fish in a little pond, as he ran roughshod over the limited roster on that brand. He was then drafted to Raw and was immediately thrust into a feud with WWE Champion John Cena. So they had a match for the Title at December's Tables Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view. One of the stipulations was that the title could change hands if Cena was thrown through a table, and if it broke, Sheamus would become the new champion. Well, that's exactly what happened, and some fans were outraged. I felt the same way, I could not believe that WWE would actually let a title change hands in that manner. Also, the fans turned on Sheamus and made fun of him for his bright red hair and pale white skin, heckling him with lines like "get a tan!". It was also said that it was only because Sheamus was good friends with "Triple H" Paul Levesque (who happens to be married to Vince McMahon's daughter Stephanie) that he was pushed in that manner and got the title shot that he did. Anyway, he has since lost the title, and he is now feuding with Randy Orton.
The other wrestler I thought was a big deal was the self-proclaimed "untouchable" Drew McIntyre, who is Scottish. He quietly debuted on Smackdown last August and the proceeded to completely squash his opponent in less than a minute. Drew and his hapless opponent, R-Truth, would feud for the next two months, with Drew annihilating him in every match. During this time, Vince McMahon personally endorsed the arrogant Scotsman and labled him "a future World Champion". Drew must have gotten a swelled head over this because he then set his sights on bigger prey than the mid-carders he was so easily squashing up to that point- John Morrison and his Intercontinental Title. So the two started to fued and McIntyre did indeed defeat Morrison for the title. He held it until about a month ago, but on one Smackdown, his antics and his incredible arrogance proved too much for SD General Manger Teddy Long to handle. He came to the ring while McIntyre was fighting with Matt Hardy, and because Drew would not stop attacking Matt, Long first suspended Drew, then he stripped him of the title and banned him from Smackdown. The next week there was a mini-tournament to crown the new IC Champion. Kofi Kingston won and was awarded the belt, but then McMahon came down and declared that Long had abused his power as GM and reinstated McIntyre on SD and declared that Drew was still the IC Champion. This caused the crowd to nearly boo McIntyre out of the building, and when I heard about this I thought, well, he's done his job, he's now the most hated heel on Smackdown. And he played the part to the hilt, cutting promos where, while speaking in his thick Scottish brogue, how he was the future of the company and that he was now "untouchable" because of McMahon's personal endorsement of him. He REALLY made the fans hate him, that's for sure!
But the story has a happy ending. Remember Kofi Kingston? He managed to do what no other SD wrestler, not even John Morrison, had been able to do: he soundly and cleanly defeated McIntyre for the IC title on a recent SD episode. I like that, it's good to lot a popular face have the title for a change.
By the way, Drew is married to one of WWE's Diva's, Tiffany. And she is very pretty. I suppose Drew must be a decent bloke in real life, but in the ring, he's all-business and the fans LOVE to hate him!
Also, before they both debuted in WWE last year, both Sheamus and Drew McIntyre were frequent opponents in numerous independent federations, both in the US and in the UK. I thought that was interesting. They are both tall as well, about 6'5"-6'6" each!
(This was from 2010. Obviously it is now extremely outdated, as I edited this in 2013!)
As for the WWE, I first became a fan back in 1991. I also started following the now-defunct WCW a few years later. I followed both companies until mid-1996. About that time the famous "Monday Night Wars" were going on between WWE and WCW. Also, in the mid-to-late '90s wrestling underwent a considerable change in content, it became decidedly more adult-oriented. It was referred to as the "Attitude Era" for WWE, and in WCW, the NWO, led by newly-turned-heel Hollywood Hulk Hogan, had pretty much taken over the company, and it led to considerably risque content bieng aired on their weekly Nitro program.
Unfortunately, I was not following the companies at that time. I took a long break from watching the shows and buying the magazines. But I decided to come back to following wrestling around 2006-2007. The Attitude Era was over and WCW had been bought up by WWE's chairman Vince McMahon, and programming was pretty much back to normal, the way it had been before. Wrestlers I had never heard of were now in WWE, and I started buying the DVD's of the pay-per-views, and I starting watching Smackdown on my local FOX affiliate so I could catch up with the feuds and the championship holders at the time.
Now WWE has entered what is referred to as the PG era. There is no more excessive violence or sexually-oriented angles being done any longer. The women wrestlers or "Divas" no longer strip each other down to their underwear, and matches like "First Blood" have been discontinued. In wrestling, bleeding used to be quite commonplace. Now, it only happens by accident, or if it was not previously planned to happen in the script. WWE used to have angles involving either extreme violence, or an insane level of sex, or both. No longer. They have gone back to the early-mid '90s way of doing things - that is, appealing to families and children. Besides the regular WWE Magazine, there is also a WWE Kids magazine as well. Which is all fine and good, I suppose.
I have a few observations I have made about two wrestlers in particular. One is about Sheamus, the big Irishman. I liked him when he first debuted on the ECW brand of WWE (which has since been discontinued) because he was neither a face or a heel, it seemed he did not fit the description for either. However, he proved to be a big fish in a little pond, as he ran roughshod over the limited roster on that brand. He was then drafted to Raw and was immediately thrust into a feud with WWE Champion John Cena. So they had a match for the Title at December's Tables Ladders & Chairs pay-per-view. One of the stipulations was that the title could change hands if Cena was thrown through a table, and if it broke, Sheamus would become the new champion. Well, that's exactly what happened, and some fans were outraged. I felt the same way, I could not believe that WWE would actually let a title change hands in that manner. Also, the fans turned on Sheamus and made fun of him for his bright red hair and pale white skin, heckling him with lines like "get a tan!". It was also said that it was only because Sheamus was good friends with "Triple H" Paul Levesque (who happens to be married to Vince McMahon's daughter Stephanie) that he was pushed in that manner and got the title shot that he did. Anyway, he has since lost the title, and he is now feuding with Randy Orton.
The other wrestler I thought was a big deal was the self-proclaimed "untouchable" Drew McIntyre, who is Scottish. He quietly debuted on Smackdown last August and the proceeded to completely squash his opponent in less than a minute. Drew and his hapless opponent, R-Truth, would feud for the next two months, with Drew annihilating him in every match. During this time, Vince McMahon personally endorsed the arrogant Scotsman and labled him "a future World Champion". Drew must have gotten a swelled head over this because he then set his sights on bigger prey than the mid-carders he was so easily squashing up to that point- John Morrison and his Intercontinental Title. So the two started to fued and McIntyre did indeed defeat Morrison for the title. He held it until about a month ago, but on one Smackdown, his antics and his incredible arrogance proved too much for SD General Manger Teddy Long to handle. He came to the ring while McIntyre was fighting with Matt Hardy, and because Drew would not stop attacking Matt, Long first suspended Drew, then he stripped him of the title and banned him from Smackdown. The next week there was a mini-tournament to crown the new IC Champion. Kofi Kingston won and was awarded the belt, but then McMahon came down and declared that Long had abused his power as GM and reinstated McIntyre on SD and declared that Drew was still the IC Champion. This caused the crowd to nearly boo McIntyre out of the building, and when I heard about this I thought, well, he's done his job, he's now the most hated heel on Smackdown. And he played the part to the hilt, cutting promos where, while speaking in his thick Scottish brogue, how he was the future of the company and that he was now "untouchable" because of McMahon's personal endorsement of him. He REALLY made the fans hate him, that's for sure!
But the story has a happy ending. Remember Kofi Kingston? He managed to do what no other SD wrestler, not even John Morrison, had been able to do: he soundly and cleanly defeated McIntyre for the IC title on a recent SD episode. I like that, it's good to lot a popular face have the title for a change.
By the way, Drew is married to one of WWE's Diva's, Tiffany. And she is very pretty. I suppose Drew must be a decent bloke in real life, but in the ring, he's all-business and the fans LOVE to hate him!
Also, before they both debuted in WWE last year, both Sheamus and Drew McIntyre were frequent opponents in numerous independent federations, both in the US and in the UK. I thought that was interesting. They are both tall as well, about 6'5"-6'6" each!
(This was from 2010. Obviously it is now extremely outdated, as I edited this in 2013!)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Holy shit. These assholes are all fucked up!
That was my reaction to the trailer for "Grown Ups". Here's why.
I hate Adam Sandler. Not because he's Jewish. Because he's annoying and obnoxious. And he is incapable of talking in a normal tone of voice. He always speaks stupid baby talk, or he screams uncontrollably. And he thinks that's funny. Guess what. IT ISN'T!!!!
I hate Kevin James. He's fat and he's stupid. Just what the late Anne "Momma" Ramsey said about Danny "Owen" DeVito in the excellent 1987 comedy "Throw Momma From The Train". I LOVE that movie! Plus, it was done back before Billy Crystal became pompous and arrogant and totally convinced of his own superiority over the rest of Hollywood. Trust me, if you ever find out that he wrote, directed or produced a movie he's also starring in, it's bound to be complete crap. AVOID IT!!!!
I also hate Kevin James because he's been really fat for at least fifteen years on both TV and in movies, and hasn't done a goddamn thing about it! He's STILL fucking fat! Plus, he's not funny! And neither is his equally fat, equally stupid brother Gary Valentine. This no-talent shlub would never get any work if it wasn't for Kevin, who for some reason is a big star and throws his weight around to get his brother work!
Moving on. I hate Rob Schneider. Not because he's Jewish, but because he had the audicity to pick a fight he could not possibly win. After his "Deuce Bigalow" movies came out, a film critic commented that there was no such thing as an acting award that would go to "the most unfunny consecutive penis jokes delivered by a third-rate comedian" and that stuck in little Robbie's craw, you see. He wrote a scathing reply in a full-page ad that not only had this critic never received any kind of recognition for his work (which was later proved to be false) he also threatened that if this critic would ever meet him or his friends, he would probably "be beaten beyond recognition". Well, if that don't beat all, so to speak. Anyway, Roger Ebert would review the "Male Gigalo" flick and proceed to completely tear Schneider a new asshole over the fact that he had been so brazen to confront a critic on his opinions, and bluntly informed him that "quite frankly, your movie sucks." Which Ebert would then use for the title of his second book of reviews of movies he gave two stars or less to.
I also hate Schneider because he would never get a single acting job if it wasn't for Sandler, he is basically Sandler's "pet", in a way. Tell me: when is the last time you saw Schnieder in a movie that wasn't a "Happy Madison Production"? Exactly my point. And the same goes for David Spade, I might as well put him in here as well. Don't get me wrong, he *used* to be funny. I especially liked his "Take The Hit" comedy performance from 1998. But everything since then ("Joe Dirt" & "Dickie Roberts", for example) has been absolute drivel! Plus, since he grew his hair long and started sporting a scraggly beard, it makes him look like a sleazy drug-addicted drifter! How he ever managed to seduce a woman half his age is totally beyond me. And he's a father to boot! And like Schneider, he only gets movie roles these days 'cause of Sandler.
I wonder what kind of arrangement Rob and Dave have with Adam. They must be like his bitches or something, having to do everything at his beck and call, and cater to his every whim. Not THAT kind of whim, you perverts! Sandler maybe extremely unfunny and possibly legally retarded, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't swing THAT way!
Last, we come to Chris Rock. Now, I view him a bit differently than the others, not because he's black, but because he is a self-made comedian and multi-millionaire who NEVER needed Sandler's help to get an acting job. I have to say it, Rock is actually *funny*. His comedy albums and cable specials, his late-night talk show, and his "Rock This!" book have proven to me that he is definetly a true talented entertainer. However, I do have to take some points away from him for refusing to stop cursing so that the legendary Bill Cosby would agree to guest on his '90's late-night HBO show. Cosby apparently refused to appear because of Rock's constant use of strong language. That was pretty sad, I thought, I would have loved to have seen the two converse, as Rock not only lists the late Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy as influences on him, but Cosby as well.
On a side note, in 1987 when Murphy was doing his "Raw" concert special, he spoke of Cosby calling him and "chastizing him for being too dirty". Murphy then explained that he then called Pryor up and told him what Cosby had said about him. And then Pryor told him to keep on doing what he was doing, cause he was making people laugh *and* making a lot of money at the same time. Oh well, I suppose that's one way of looking at it!
So, needless to say, I will NOT be going to see this movie, I would rather watch "Bill Cosby Himself", "Eddie Murphy Raw" or even my "Bill Cosby: 49" VHS, as that special from 1987 has not yet been released on DVD. And it's still better than anything the cast of Grown Ups has done!
BTW, one comedian who seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth is Martin Lawrence. He was pretty active in movies, on TV and comedy in the '90's, but since then his many personal problems derailed his once promising career. Apparently he never had any kind of connection to the above mentioned comedians, I guess he just wasn't in their league!
Well, that's it for now. Until next time, this is A. R., and sometimes, ya just gotta let it all out!
I hate Adam Sandler. Not because he's Jewish. Because he's annoying and obnoxious. And he is incapable of talking in a normal tone of voice. He always speaks stupid baby talk, or he screams uncontrollably. And he thinks that's funny. Guess what. IT ISN'T!!!!
I hate Kevin James. He's fat and he's stupid. Just what the late Anne "Momma" Ramsey said about Danny "Owen" DeVito in the excellent 1987 comedy "Throw Momma From The Train". I LOVE that movie! Plus, it was done back before Billy Crystal became pompous and arrogant and totally convinced of his own superiority over the rest of Hollywood. Trust me, if you ever find out that he wrote, directed or produced a movie he's also starring in, it's bound to be complete crap. AVOID IT!!!!
I also hate Kevin James because he's been really fat for at least fifteen years on both TV and in movies, and hasn't done a goddamn thing about it! He's STILL fucking fat! Plus, he's not funny! And neither is his equally fat, equally stupid brother Gary Valentine. This no-talent shlub would never get any work if it wasn't for Kevin, who for some reason is a big star and throws his weight around to get his brother work!
Moving on. I hate Rob Schneider. Not because he's Jewish, but because he had the audicity to pick a fight he could not possibly win. After his "Deuce Bigalow" movies came out, a film critic commented that there was no such thing as an acting award that would go to "the most unfunny consecutive penis jokes delivered by a third-rate comedian" and that stuck in little Robbie's craw, you see. He wrote a scathing reply in a full-page ad that not only had this critic never received any kind of recognition for his work (which was later proved to be false) he also threatened that if this critic would ever meet him or his friends, he would probably "be beaten beyond recognition". Well, if that don't beat all, so to speak. Anyway, Roger Ebert would review the "Male Gigalo" flick and proceed to completely tear Schneider a new asshole over the fact that he had been so brazen to confront a critic on his opinions, and bluntly informed him that "quite frankly, your movie sucks." Which Ebert would then use for the title of his second book of reviews of movies he gave two stars or less to.
I also hate Schneider because he would never get a single acting job if it wasn't for Sandler, he is basically Sandler's "pet", in a way. Tell me: when is the last time you saw Schnieder in a movie that wasn't a "Happy Madison Production"? Exactly my point. And the same goes for David Spade, I might as well put him in here as well. Don't get me wrong, he *used* to be funny. I especially liked his "Take The Hit" comedy performance from 1998. But everything since then ("Joe Dirt" & "Dickie Roberts", for example) has been absolute drivel! Plus, since he grew his hair long and started sporting a scraggly beard, it makes him look like a sleazy drug-addicted drifter! How he ever managed to seduce a woman half his age is totally beyond me. And he's a father to boot! And like Schneider, he only gets movie roles these days 'cause of Sandler.
I wonder what kind of arrangement Rob and Dave have with Adam. They must be like his bitches or something, having to do everything at his beck and call, and cater to his every whim. Not THAT kind of whim, you perverts! Sandler maybe extremely unfunny and possibly legally retarded, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't swing THAT way!
Last, we come to Chris Rock. Now, I view him a bit differently than the others, not because he's black, but because he is a self-made comedian and multi-millionaire who NEVER needed Sandler's help to get an acting job. I have to say it, Rock is actually *funny*. His comedy albums and cable specials, his late-night talk show, and his "Rock This!" book have proven to me that he is definetly a true talented entertainer. However, I do have to take some points away from him for refusing to stop cursing so that the legendary Bill Cosby would agree to guest on his '90's late-night HBO show. Cosby apparently refused to appear because of Rock's constant use of strong language. That was pretty sad, I thought, I would have loved to have seen the two converse, as Rock not only lists the late Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy as influences on him, but Cosby as well.
On a side note, in 1987 when Murphy was doing his "Raw" concert special, he spoke of Cosby calling him and "chastizing him for being too dirty". Murphy then explained that he then called Pryor up and told him what Cosby had said about him. And then Pryor told him to keep on doing what he was doing, cause he was making people laugh *and* making a lot of money at the same time. Oh well, I suppose that's one way of looking at it!
So, needless to say, I will NOT be going to see this movie, I would rather watch "Bill Cosby Himself", "Eddie Murphy Raw" or even my "Bill Cosby: 49" VHS, as that special from 1987 has not yet been released on DVD. And it's still better than anything the cast of Grown Ups has done!
BTW, one comedian who seems to have dropped off the face of the Earth is Martin Lawrence. He was pretty active in movies, on TV and comedy in the '90's, but since then his many personal problems derailed his once promising career. Apparently he never had any kind of connection to the above mentioned comedians, I guess he just wasn't in their league!
Well, that's it for now. Until next time, this is A. R., and sometimes, ya just gotta let it all out!
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