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PICTURES: 4 new photos on my Flickr!

Clint — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:13:00 +0000

4 new photos uploaded just now (January 29, 2012 at 02:57PM).

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LINKS: Weekly link summary in case you missed any of the individual posts (weekly)

Clint — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:30:50 +0000

SHOWS: The Walking Dead with Growing Pains theme

This… is… frickin’ hilarious. More current shows need 80′s-style theme song parodies!

tags: media video TV shows AMC TheWalkingDead zombies parody mash-up GrowingPains sitcoms comedy YouTube videos
WISHLIST: Goo Gone Gallon

I recently started using Goo Gone to get the stickiness off of jars (when removing their label to recycle/re-use them for food/small object storage).

Then we got roaches in the house, and we had to clean the underside of our oven. OMG this stuff really works well!

So now I want a full gallon of the pro-grade stuff. I think it’s pretty much a lifetime supply for us!

tags: Clint Wishlists GooGone Pro gallon house cleaning cleaningSupplies
Very Bad Things (1998)

Clint: 4/5, 8/10.
Carolyn: 4/5, 7.6/10.

VERY dark, morbid, black comedy. Dark enough that a lot of people don’t see the humor in it at all.

But it’s fucking hilarious! This is of the “fuuuucked UP” genre of dark comedies.

Descent into madness–And living with consequences in the end! This is like The Hangover meets Donkey Punch.

Never has Christian Slater come off sleazier and smarmier.

Never has Cameron Diaz been so undesirable, due to her crazy bitch personality in this movie (she’s hotter when she has a good personality that makes up for her lack of tits). This is a really good movie, and I’m sorry I waited this long to finally see it.

Native ratings: Netflix:3.3/5 stars (3.8 predicted for us). IMDB:6.1/10.

tags: media video movies reviews Clint Carolyn VeryBadThings ChristianSlater CameronDiaz JonFavreau LelandOrser JeremyPiven JeanneTripplehorn IMDB links comedy darkComedies blackComedies comedies
JOURNAL: HANGING OUT: Did I Hear Something About Forks?!? « My Stupid Blog

John The Canadien reviews the conversation we had — and shows we watched — with me, Carolyn, and Mark, this last Saturday night at my house.

tags: personal journal friends hangingout Rummikub games MarkI johnTheCanadien Carolyn Clint music Metallica chocolate media video audio TV shows cartoons AdventureTime Archer EveC NepoleonDynamite TheOffice Portlandia TheLifeAndTimesOfTim reviews
CORPORATIONS: Iceland Declares Independence from International Banks

The same Iceland the rewrote a new constitution recently?

It’s seeming that Iceland is becoming a new example of how a democracy for the people should really be run.

Too big to fail? Fuck you. Fail all you want. No bailout. No capitulation to outside interests.

Iceland is acting more american than the USA!

It’s sad that they had to mention the tea party as the only americans who get this. I think the occupy movement probably should have been mentioned as well.

tags: sovereignty economics economy EconomicCrisis Iceland TooBigToFail corporations Bailouts UK Netherlands investors centralBanks independence NetRightDaily news articles
VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) | The Life and Art of Vern

OutlawVern’s review of the Dragon Tattoo american remake.

(His reviews speak to me more than anyone else’s ever, even though I don’t always agree with him.)

tags: media video movies reviews OutlawVern TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo DragonTattoo girl

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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PICTURES: 1 new photos on my Flickr!

Clint — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:13:35 +0000

1 new photos uploaded just now (January 28, 2012 at 12:02PM).

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VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: Made For Each Other (2009)

Clint — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:06:21 +0000

[IMDB link] [Netflix link]

UNCOMFORTABLE PLOT SUMMARY (inspired by this): [highlight for spoilers]→ Crazy sisters mess up man’s sex life.

PEOPLE: The main character is played by Christopher Masterson (the oldest brother in Malcolm In The Middle, Scary Movie 2), who I thought was Neil Patrick Harris. The 2 *lovely* sisters are played by Bijou Phillips (Choke) and Lauren German (A Midsummer Night’s Rave), who were both in Hostel 2. It is strange for a woman who’s last name is German to play a character who talks in a German accent when she gets horny. Patrick Warburton (crippled Joe Swanson from Family Guy, The Tick from The Tick‘s live-action series, Brock Samson from The Venture Bros., Buzz Lightyear from the Buzz Lightyear cartoon, Seinfeld, Men In Black 2, Scream 3) plays the typical kind of self-obsessed character he usually plays.

Also with Samm Levine (Inglourious Basterds, I Love You Beth Cooper, Pulse, Club Dread, Not Another Teen Movie, Freaks And Geeks), Danny Masterson (Hyde from That 70′s Show, Yes Man, Puff Puff Pass, The Trojan War, The Faculty), George Segal (Jack Gallo from Just Shoot Me, Dr. Benton Quest from The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest), Leslie Hendrix (Law & Order).

QUIRKS: Infidelity. This movie is basically the same plot as Extract: Guy has an affair, so he tries to get a guy to have an affair with his wife, to even things out. This is a straight comedy, not a romantic comedy.

VISUALS: Two smokin’ hot babes.

MORALS: Apparently cheating is okay if you both do it?

BAD STUFF: People complain that they ripped off the movie Extract. A LOT of hate on IMDB.

CONCLUSION: Although this is the same plot as Mike Judge‘s Extract, which came out just a few weeks sooner — we unfortunately (because we love Mike Judge) have to conclude that this movie is funnier. The humor was more laugh out loud, and less dry than Extract. We did rate the two exactly the same, though.

RATINGS:
Clint: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 8/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 4/5 stars. IMDB: 8/10.
We both thought this was a “4.4 out of 5 star movie”. In other words, it’s almost a 5-star movie.

The native public rating for this movie is: IMDB: 6.0/10, Netflix: 3.0/5 stars (Netflix‘s predicted rating for us was 2.9/5 stars — totally wrong).

RECOMMENDATION: A funny, non-romantic comedy about marital infidelity!

SIMILAR MOVIES: Extract. VERY VERY similar. Similar plot AND quality.

COINCIDENCES: My blog review for Waterworld had JUST posted. This movie featured a pretend musical theater version of Waterworld.

Mood: 2 broken cars.. now this??
Music: Dr. Dirty – Hark The Herald

Filed under: Carolyn, Clint, Media, Movies, People, Reviews, Video

LINK: SHOWS: The Walking Dead with Growing Pains theme

Clint — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:39:48 +0000

LINK: SHOWS: The Walking Dead with Growing Pains theme

This… is… frickin’ hilarious.

More current shows need 80′s-style theme song parodies!

TAGS: media, video, TV, shows, AMC, TheWalkingDead, zombies, parody, mash-up, GrowingPains, sitcoms, comedy, YouTube, videos LINK URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WtJ5cyzMbhc

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PICTURES: 1 new photos on my Flickr!

Clint — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:15:17 +0000

1 new photos uploaded just now (January 25, 2012 at 12:06PM).

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VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: Very Bad Things (1998)

Clint — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:52:18 +0000

Very Bad Things (1998)

Clint: 4/5, 8/10.
Carolyn: 4/5, 7.6/10.

VERY dark, morbid, black comedy. Dark enough that a lot of people don’t see the humor in it at all.

But it’s fucking hilarious! This is of the “fuuuucked UP” genre of dark comedies.

Descent into madness–And living with consequences in the end! This is like The Hangover meets Donkey Punch.

Never has Christian Slater come off sleazier and smarmier.

Never has Cameron Diaz been so undesirable, due to her crazy bitch personality in this movie (she’s hotter when she has a good personality that makes up for her lack of tits). This is a really good movie, and I’m sorry I waited this long to finally see it.

Native ratings: Netflix:3.3/5 stars (3.8 predicted for us). IMDB:6.1/10.
January 24, 2012 at 01:45PM media, video, movies, reviews, Clint, Carolyn, VeryBadThings, ChristianSlater, CameronDiaz, JonFavreau, LelandOrser, JeremyPiven, JeanneTripplehorn, IMDB, links, comedy, darkComedies, blackComedies, comedies http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124198

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PICTURES: 2 new photos on my Flickr!

Clint — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:59:39 +0000

2 new photos uploaded just now (January 24, 2012 at 12:50PM).

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LINKS: Clint’s latest links 01/24/2012 (a.m.)

Clint — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:30:40 +0000

JOURNAL: HANGING OUT: Did I Hear Something About Forks?!? « My Stupid Blog

John The Canadien reviews the conversation we had — and shows we watched — with me, Carolyn, and Mark, this last Saturday night at my house.

tags: personal journal friends hangingout Rummikub games MarkI johnTheCanadien Carolyn Clint music Metallica chocolate media video audio TV shows cartoons AdventureTime Archer EveC NepoleonDynamite TheOffice Portlandia TheLifeAndTimesOfTim reviews
CORPORATIONS: Iceland Declares Independence from International Banks

The same Iceland the rewrote a new constitution recently?

It’s seeming that Iceland is becoming a new example of how a democracy for the people should really be run.

Too big to fail? Fuck you. Fail all you want. No bailout. No capitulation to outside interests.

Iceland is acting more american than the USA!

It’s sad that they had to mention the tea party as the only americans who get this. I think the occupy movement probably should have been mentioned as well.

tags: sovereignty economics economy EconomicCrisis Iceland TooBigToFail corporations Bailouts UK Netherlands investors centralBanks independence NetRightDaily news articles
VIDEO: MOVIES: REVIEW: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) | The Life and Art of Vern

OutlawVern’s review of the Dragon Tattoo american remake.

(His reviews speak to me more than anyone else’s ever, even though I don’t always agree with him.)

tags: media video movies reviews OutlawVern TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo DragonTattoo girl

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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PICTURES: 3 new photos on my Flickr!

Clint — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:47:27 +0000

3 new photos uploaded just now (January 23, 2012 at 12:28PM). If this post is fresh, take a look at my photostream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/ If this post is old, look at the latest photo from this upload batch here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/6749896423

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