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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    Is this bolded-caps listicle a new Gawker prose form? Because, um, it's making my eyes hurt.

    Having said that, bring on the film snobs. A last hurrah against the idiocracy.
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    Image of Halo_Override Halo_Override
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    They're about an inch away from just renaming the show Look, We're Sorry, Okay? We Fucked It Up.

    Is it naive fantasy to hope someone executivey got fired?
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    Image of Halo_Override Halo_Override
    09/01/09

    @Halo_Override: And now I've watched the clip... Wow... Disney may as well have just mailed Mankiewicz a box full of human shit.
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    So I guess across the length and breadth of the land there is not a single talented, telegenic woman film critic?
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    09/01/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: When Richard Roeper was trying out guest reviewers (both critics and celebrities) after Ebert got sick, he included several women. As I recall, the most engaging were Aisha Tyler, who probably has better things to do, and EW's Lisa Schwarzbaum, who was hired by a different review show.

    In the end, the only critics he kept bringing back were, um, Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott.
     Reply
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    Image of icestorm icestorm
    09/01/09

    @TedSez: What happened to Roeper? Why didn't he stay?
     Reply
    TedSez promoted this comment icestorm was starred icestorm was unstarred
    Image of TedSez TedSez
    09/01/09

    @icestorm: He and Ebert were mad about the dumbing-down of the show. Supposedly they're working on their own version, which will bring back the thumbs-up, thumbs-down ratings system because Ebert has that trademarked.
     Reply
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    Image of FrozenHaddock FrozenHaddock
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    What's a "whistful retelling"? A nineteenth-century anecdote about losing a game of cards?
     Reply
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    09/01/09

    @FrozenHaddock:

    Rebelotte!
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    Image of FrozenHaddock FrozenHaddock
    09/01/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: Had to look that pretty word up, and I'm adding it to my vocabulary. At first I thought it meant 'rebel underwear'.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    09/01/09

    @FrozenHaddock: On a warm summers evenin on a train bound for nowhere,
    I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
    So we took turns a starin out the window at the darkness
    til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    09/01/09

    In reply to At the Movies to Avenge the Public's Rejection of the Two Bens
    I'll bet they think Jerry Lewis is a genius.
     Reply
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    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    Now that Ben Lyons has been muzzled, clearly it needs to become the Stop Roland Emmerich blog.
     Reply
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    Image of taco-flavored-kisses taco-flavored-kisses
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    This is the greatest, most inspiring news of the week!
     Reply
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    Image of eorbital eorbital
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    Am I the only one who liked I Am Legend? I mean it wasn't the best movie of all time, but it was pretty good.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    08/06/09

    @eorbital: The movie certainly has some arresting moments earlier on, but once the feud between Will Smith and the "Zombie General" begins, the movie just goes completely downhill. The movie could have been quite good if it didn't follow the cynical Hollywood truism that we must have a recognizable central villain, and that he must yowl at the audience in an extreme close-up so we know he's the bad guy to focus our attention on. And god, the ending was just ... horrid. Why am I supposed to be touched by an ending which lionizes the martyrdom of a fictional figure? That move only works in biopics and documentaries.
    Wait, did "I Am Legend" really happen?
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    Image of HandsomeBwonderful HandsomeBwonderful
    08/06/09

    @eorbital: Yes.
     Reply
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    So the Monica Bellucci ref was just a tease? Geez, Cajun Boy, you do play hardball.
     Reply
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    Image of 1.1.1. 1.1.1.
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    They couldn't have made one of the replacements a woman?
    I never watched this show, but Mankiewicz is fine on TCM, nothing special, but perfectly pleasant. I remember when TCM supposedly had a major search for a host for the weekend program and came up with someone who clearly was an insider. When I saw that the other show had been staffed with two insiders, I threw up my hands.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    08/06/09

    @1.1.1.: Hey, as long as it's not Salon.com's Stephanie Zacharek, I'm fine with that!
     Reply
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    08/06/09

    @1.1.1.:
    True Ben M. is okay on TCM. He at least knows what he speaketh of.
    Having seen a pirated version of "I am Legend", and not ever seen Ben Lyons, I can only ask is he retarded or does he just enjoy having a studio's hand up his ass?
     Reply
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    Mankiewicz still has his day job at TCM, he will be fine. I just hope that Ben Lyons has to go on unemployment and eventually realize that he has no place on either side of the entertainment industry fence, and get a job as a faux barrista somewhere. He just sucks that much.
     Reply
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    I'm happy about Lyons, but sad about Mankiewicz. I liked him. Plus, the poor man managed to sit across from that useless waste of skin for months without once punching him in the face, and this is the thanks he gets?
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    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    08/06/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: I agree. Wouldn't it have made more sense just to bring Robert Osborne on? Disney could do worse than mimicking TCM's stellar roster.
     Reply
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    Image of OldTowneTavern OldTowneTavern
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    First the liberation of our two journalists from N. Korea, and now this. Oh, if only I had a sailorman to dip and kiss me.
     Reply
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    Wasn't Michael Phillips supposed to join Richard Roeper in some new Ebert-supported review show? Now we'll never see "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" again.
     Reply
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    Image of Peoplefamiliarwith Peoplefamiliarwith
    08/06/09

    In reply to Disney Finally Kicks 'The Bens' to the Curb For Sucking
    Will Leitch would have been perfect for this job. I wonder what the people at Disney have against him?
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    The Cajun Boy promoted this comment Peoplefamiliarwith was starred Peoplefamiliarwith was unstarred
    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    08/06/09

    @Peoplefamiliarwith: Unfortunately, Will isn't the son of film critic. Certainly that's a big strike against him. And he says "sir" way too much.
     Reply
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/06/09

    @Peoplefamiliarwith: Isn't Will Leitch the guy who ran deadspin?? Why would I want him to talk about movies?
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    Image of The Cajun Boy The Cajun Boy
    08/06/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: He is the guy who ran Deadspin, but Will's life goal is to be the next Roger Ebert. He's an incredibly knowledgeable film historian and writes reviews frequently on his Tumblr.
    [leitch.tumblr.com]
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/06/09

    @The Cajun Boy: Well what do you know! I'm very surprised and pleased by this news. Good for him!
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