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secretagentman
10/16/09

In reply to Spike Jonze, An Evil Stepfather and Black Dynamite Await Your Movie Dollars
Save yourself some time and expense and rent the original "Stepfather" w/ Terry O'Quinn (Lost). It's pretty good and scary. I saw NY I Love you at the Filmfest and it sucked with the exception of Robin Wright Penn. #wherethewildthingsare
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snugbug
10/16/09

In reply to Spike Jonze, An Evil Stepfather and Black Dynamite Await Your Movie Dollars
Shouldn't the fact that Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman wrote and directed two of the "New York, I Love You" segments be a greater Cause for Concern? Anyway, the powerful suck comes across loud and clear even in the Spanish-dubbed trailer.

I love how they chose to relocate the premise of the original ("Paris, Je T'Aime"), which for the most part registered as a series of after-hours commercials paid for by the French Board of Tourism. Well, except for the Alexander Payne segment. Which was genius: #wherethewildthingsare
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mslewis
10/16/09

In reply to Spike Jonze, An Evil Stepfather and Black Dynamite Await Your Movie Dollars
Having only seen still pictures, I honestly thought "Stepfather" had Penn Badgely as a young man who marries a cougar and becomes a stepfather. Now, I find out it's just another teenage boy who is mad at his mom for having a boyfriend. Oh well.

As for "Law Abiding Citizen" . . . there is no court of law in the U.S. that, if they have evidence, would allow a killer of a child to go free or make any sort of agreement with him. Maybe I'm not understand the premise of this movie. And, besides that, Gerald looks blotted and Jamie looks nasty!! He really needs to do something about those black lips; perhaps stop smoking!!

I think "Wild Things" will be an initial hit but will fade badly once parents find out how dark and depressing it is.

In other words, nothing to see this weekend. Perhaps later in the year there will be some good movies out. #wherethewildthingsare
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snugbug
10/16/09

@mslewis: "Law Abiding Citizen" (Subtitle: "Can I Get a Hyphen for $400, Please?") sounds like it could turn into a fun drinking game once it comes out on DVD. Whiskey shots all around every time something absurdly implausible comes up on screen!

That's been the sole appeal of "Angels & Demons" for me. Scientists at CERN wear white lab coats? Drink! "Antimatter bomb" could actually explode and obliterate the world? Drink! You can rip a page from a priceless 15th-century manuscript stored at the Vatican Library and walk right out the door? Drink!
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Airvault
10/16/09

In reply to Spike Jonze, An Evil Stepfather and Black Dynamite Await Your Movie Dollars
Another cause for hope regarding Wild Things: Denise Richards and Neve Campbell totally make out in the pool! #wherethewildthingsare
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MyNameIsChris
10/16/09

@Airvault: There's a freeze frame of them in the bed that has my favorite face Matt Dillon has ever made. #wherethewildthingsare
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psybab
09/22/09

In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Douchebaggery
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blix
09/23/09

@psybab: +1
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PattiF
09/22/09

In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
I hate it when people do things.
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Drunken Economist
09/22/09

In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
Re; The last two, I'm trying to remember the iPhone reading apps that used to do that before the devs 'fixed those bugs.'

Stanza? Kindle? Oh well, you steal old stale or even sample code, you get what you pay for.
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olafhumbert
09/22/09

In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
App of the future: For $6, a the McSweeney's author of your choice will come to your kid's party and make balloon animals and/or blurb your unpublished novel.
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Julia Allison
09/22/09

@olafhumbert: HA
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NigelAstydameia
09/22/09

In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
"a half year of surprises, delivered straight to your pocket."

Personally, I'd rather be surprised by finding the six bucks in my pocket.
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TedSez
09/22/09

In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
I've always been impressed by the fact that McSweeney's manages to do so much with what must be a relatively meager indie-press income.

Still, since they're now charging $12 a year for these subscriptions, you'd think they could start paying something to the website contributors who'll be providing much of the material.
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SpyMagician
09/22/09

@TedSez: You obviously don’t know Dave Eggers beginnings and the sad source of the funding. As much as I want to be annoyed by him, he could be doing worse things with his resources. And his whole childhood reading/tutoring thing is quite great.
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snugbug
09/22/09

@SpyMagician: True dat. I volunteered for a few years at Eggers' 826 tutorial hubs in LA, and I relished it. I had so much fun reading books to these disadvantaged, public school kiddos, and leading them on field trips. Not a fan of Eggers' writing, per se, but I love how he uses his powers for good.
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TedSez
09/22/09

@SpyMagician: I don't know what Eggers' beginnings have to do with a publication paying its writers if it becomes profitable enough to do so.
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straightbuggin
09/23/09

@SpyMagician: Seconded. As one of the early products of The 826 in NYC(though pfft, like kids in Park Slope are 'disadvantaged'), his reach does a lot for many kids.
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SpyMagician
09/23/09

@straightbuggin: Well, it's not like kids in Park Slope are disadvantaged, but it is a good central location for a children's program and ever since I was a kid, parents from all over the city come to Park Slope for children's programs.

Will say that an 826 Coney Island would be interesting. Could be a good fit actually if you think about it.
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straightbuggin
09/23/09

@SpyMagician: perhaps it is, but when you think about, kids like me who really needed that outlet(I'm from Brownsville, people can't even pick it out on a subway map) have little to no access to it. I had to go halfway across Brooklyn to a shitty high school in order to even find 826. So the location hurts a little more than it helps.
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shostakobitch
09/22/09

In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
roast beef and molly won't have that app either.

[achewood.com]
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Mediahohoho
07/16/09

In reply to Dave Eggers Confident that America's Literature-Devouring Youth Will Save Print
I also think advertisers have to decide what kind of options they want. If you only want chronic wankers who never leave the house, by all means, advertisers, continue to shift all your dollars to the web.
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Mediahohoho
07/16/09

In reply to Dave Eggers Confident that America's Literature-Devouring Youth Will Save Print

This is my best reason for believing print will survive.

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DavidWatts
07/16/09

In reply to Dave Eggers Confident that America's Literature-Devouring Youth Will Save Print
I dunno, Mr. Boy, I think there's some merit to what Dave is saying, but to me the problem is that he's describing a viable model for a weekly/monthly/quarterly publication that doesn't expect to make much money. Still, that vs. a daily paper that doesn't make ANY money . . .
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wertherian
07/16/09

In reply to Dave Eggers Confident that America's Literature-Devouring Youth Will Save Print
It's not an illogical argument to think that in a world where every yahoo can publish something to the web that the physical obstacles to (quality) printing will make it so only "the good shit" makes it to print. Or that, over time, we'll view what little print we have left as a bit more highbrow or something.

Of course, to get there, we have to finish killing off all of the shitty magazines that still have yet to die, somehow, inexplicably.

We could do worse things than listen to a guy who owns a profitable periodical, profitable publishing company, and runs non-profit reading centers in like 12 cities about where print's headed.
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raincoaster
07/16/09

@wertherian: Really, a print model only sets the barrier of entry at "shit that can be commercialized," not "shit that has merit."

Although I love Eggers and didn't realize he was getting better-looking with age.
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