didn't hate hancock. it's sometimes bizarre, but it's also possible that it's an overstretched extended allegory burdened by excessive stylization that doesn't fit with the superhero idiom. didn't feel ripped off after i saw it, though. people actually clapped at the end.
if we don't watch it on the quirk, we'll end up with a whole new Lost Generation. just imagine what the internet would be like if Gertrude Stein and Hemmingway made all the moody photo blogging.
i heard him on Fresh Air recently (yuppie nullus) and two things stuck in my memory:
-talking about how he rehearsed for raisin in the sun by re-arranging the furniture in his living room. because "it's about the same size" as the stage, after which he immediately said something like, "because, you know, those stages are pretty small".
-i forget how it came up, but he also admitted to having insomnia, after which he suddenly realized there's an internet now, and he was like, Terri Gross, I have to say, it was just cured. just cured recently. i absolutely have no more insomnia at all. she giggled and congratulated him.
burger king's pr department might do better giving out less free food for life to celebrities and putting better pictures of the food on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whopper
just imagine combining this with a GTA-like New York, where you can smash honking livery cabs into roaring motorcycles at 3am with your mind. or the best selling game of all time, Emotiv Zapped.
gabe & lindsay, i know i'm copying myself here, but i wanted to share this with the world because the image still makes me smile:
there should be some sort of "Hell House" for fleeting "don't you love to hate me?" celebrities, where they have to watch a Dennis Rodman lookalike try to pick up dollars with his ass cheeks at spring break 2013.
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/bad-lieutenant-movie.php
46. Bad Lieutenant "fake throws" ball for Golden Retriever
47. Elderly woman shoved into puddle
48. Sporting mascot married to Chinese woman in citizenship scheme orchestrated by Bad Lieutenant and Bad Helicopter with assistance from Bad Crustacean Notary
49. Kazoo used to frighten rape victim
50. Amish deceived into using computer disguised as plow by Bad Astronaut
51. Nearby tornado ignored by characters without consequence
nah, not wellville. that was bad but not holy-shit awful.
the crow: city of angels is often overlooked, despite staring Iggy Pop (AND Ian Dury) and being pee-in-your-own-mouth unhappy.
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