Now that I have THAT rant out of the way, I need to post another (bear with me)...Lindsay Lohan's going to jail. Ninety days for violating her probation. Ms. Lohan broke down in tears in the courtroom when she found out the actual CONSEQUENCES of her actions. Careful, LiLo, you're gonna melt your face. But at least you got your lesbian practice in with Samantha Ronson so you're ready for "Pat" in Cell Block A.
Hey, remember last week's blog when I wrote the New York Post was reporting Jay Leno has been bleeding NBC dry since his "triumphant return" to The Tonight Show? It gets better...Emmy nominations came out this week. Nominated: "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien." Not nominated: anything Jay Leno has done in the past year...that includes TWO shows. Maybe nice guys DO finish first...
Let's take a moment to talk current events. I want to update you on a very serious debate taking place right now in Arizona:
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I wanted to give The Daily Show a double-shout-out today for two reasons: I needed to fill space; and the show has come under fire this week. The blog Jezebel.com put up a post recently that suggested there's some sexism at the show. Someone at the blog reportedly spoke to several former female staffers. So, in an open letter, 32 female producers, writers and production assistants wrote that the post was absolutely false and they are not mistreated. Now, I'm not saying the sexism doesn't exist there...I don't know. It might only be that certain women were targeted. I'm just here to report the facts. Also, I don't know that the show did itself any anti-sexism favors by hiring the curvy and young Olivia Munn. Yes, she's viewed as a sex symbol in the geek world. So, Daily Show, to quote a popular segment you occasionally run..."You're Not Helping!"
Hey, there's a new movie coming to theaters soon...it's called...let's see...oh, here it is..."Avatar." Wait, WHAT?! Yes, that's right. Due to what James Cameron calls "popular demand" (dammit, Pasquarella, STOP EMAILING HIM!), he's re-releasing the film with a BONUS EIGHT MINUTES of creature and battle content! Be sure to see the movie for that extra flying thing you didn't even notice was missing in the first movie...and keep your eyes peeled for an epic battle between Generic Army Guys #32-36 and Generic Alien Guys #54, 62 and 3. OH MY GWAD YOU GUYS!
You know what I enjoy? When graphic novels are made into movies. Now, generally, they're not very good. I went to "Watchmen" and while it DID stay spot-on with the source material, it was just as long. I could've sat in the theater and read the damn thing and been through it before the movie was done. But there's an unusual trend lately of turning book (ACTUAL books) into graphic novels (I believe that's called "lazy reading"). They did it recently with the "I'm told it's funny" novel "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" (it's exactly what you think it is) and NOW they're making a graphic novel adaptation of "The Diary of Anne Frank." Now, I've read the story AND seen the play. But a graphic novel? REALLY? Are we going to give THAT to the kids to read in class? Wait, wait...does she fight zombies?
With that, Thinking Hard is going on vacation. See you next week!
-B-
1 comment:
Guess you were right all along picking Ms. Lohan as the winner of this year's hottest mess! Who knew? Thinking hard did!
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