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    Michael Cera's Arrested Development

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    Image of ngonzogo ngonzogo
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    I'm beginning to wonder if Perez Hilton's sister doesn't ghostwrite here, too. Meh, maybe snark is just a requisite for sites like this. BUT not to worry. I'm sure Cera will realize soon enough that his evolution as an actor will require he bulk up, start accepting roles in testosteronic CGI-fests, and otherwise become indistinguishable from every other cookie cutter actor out there.
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    lukeoneil47 promoted this comment ngonzogo was starred ngonzogo was unstarred
    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    08/09/09

    @ngonzogo: because that's the only other option besides playing the same twee twerp in every film.
    [putthatshitonthelist.blogspot.com]
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    Edited by lukeoneil47 at 08/09/09 12:17 AM lukeoneil47 was starred lukeoneil47 was unstarred
    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    this little fucker knows where the bread gets buttered. who is he supposed to be, the lead in "machete" or maybe a grizzled old oil tycoon?
    play the simpering puff, fuck the a-list women, start a production company and churn out some dumb sitcom aimed at the same demo that laps up his "quirky" pablum. sounds like a decent life to me.
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    Image of ambitiondude ambitiondude
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    Nobody complained about Woody Allen's characters all being of the same ilk.
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    Mikey-B promoted this comment ambitiondude was starred ambitiondude was unstarred
    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    08/07/09

    @ambitiondude: So we've come to this. Comparing Michael Cera's body of work with Woody Allen's.
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    Image of ambitious ambitious
    08/07/09

    @ambitiondude: I did. But that's his very self-conscious thing. If Cera starts acting like he knows, he'll probably get a pass.
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    Edited by ambitious at 08/07/09 2:14 PM ambitious was starred ambitious was unstarred
    Image of debbyherbenick debbyherbenick
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    It's all good though... John Cusack has been playing the same awkward adult for years and it hasn't seemed to hurt him any. I love his work and can't wait to see the latest.
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    Image of SpyMagician SpyMagician
    08/07/09

    @debbyherbenick: Yeah, but Michael Cera can’t hold a boombox over his head. So Cusack wins!
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    His Hamlet will make all of you eat crow.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    08/07/09

    @iplaudius: "To be or not to be, that is the question. Well, it's not the only question... I mean, it's important um but there are probably other uhmmm questions out there that we - look all I'm saying here is that maybe someone else has a good question. Is that okay?"
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    08/07/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Genius. (You should have a blog with famous-people editorials, like the Huffington Post, except that you would be the one doing all the writing. I nominate Thomas Friedman for your first post.)
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    08/07/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Just add a "lalala" at the end, and it's art.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    Is it just me or does everyone think of their annoying little brother, the one who used his Lite Brite to burn your Barbie's face, and told you all your EZ Bake oven brownies tasted like cow patties (they did) when you think of Michael Cera? He makes me want to tell him he's an adopted dingus, stick a wet finger in his ear, and lose him in the "woods" behind our house that's really the equivalent of an unmowed lawn. Yeah, he conjures that image for me.
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    Image of TabithaIapetus TabithaIapetus
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    It's going to suck for this guy when he hits 30. Nothing is more unattractive than a 30 year-old man behaving like an awkward teen. It's creepy. Of course he is Canadian....
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    secretagentman promoted this comment TabithaIapetus was starred TabithaIapetus was unstarred
    Image of secretagentman secretagentman
    08/07/09

    @TabithaIapetus: What does that mean? Canadians are creepy? Why I oughtta send you a stern letter....
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    Image of TabithaIapetus TabithaIapetus
    08/07/09

    @secretagentman: Oh wait... That's not what I meant! I just meant Canadians act like awkward teenagers. There... that's better. Have a good day-a!
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    Image of EleanorRigby EleanorRigby
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    Does Charlyne Yi irk anyone else like no other?
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    Image of JacquesPaysan JacquesPaysan
    08/07/09

    @EleanorRigby: *pushes glasses up nose*
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    Image of Recently Newly Redundant Recently Newly Redundant
    08/07/09

    @EleanorRigby: Ergh. I'm so tired of seeing her in dopey ads for this stupid movie!
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    JacquesPaysan promoted this comment Recently Newly Redundant was starred Recently Newly Redundant was unstarred
    Image of leytpr4 leytpr4
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    To be fair, Michael Cera is playing "Michael Cera" in Paper Heart so to criticize him for acting like a "precious bumbler" isn't really fair since he pretty much acts the same way in interviews.
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    Ryan Tate promoted this comment leytpr4 was starred leytpr4 was unstarred
    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    There is a big difference between Arrested Development and all this other crap.

    AD doesn't try so hard to make anyone likable, where these other movies do, and therefore (unawares) suffer from the same dorkiness they also try to lampoon.
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    Edited by Niko Bellic at 08/07/09 12:33 PM Niko Bellic was starred Niko Bellic was unstarred
    Image of bluebears bluebears
    08/07/09

    @Niko Bellic: agreed. The AD character wasn't "twee" or vaguely hipster either, just straight up dork.
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    Image of ambitious ambitious
    08/07/09

    @bluebears: Exactly. Those windbreakers and pleated fronts were not ironic.
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    ambitious was starred ambitious was unstarred
    Image of cmd cmd
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    I'd still bone him in a second.
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    Image of mrconsig mrconsig
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    How is Cera any different than other big comedy actors right now? Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, etc... they all play the same part in every movie. Even Will Ferrell plays the same 'ol narcissist every single time. And it's funny.
    Sometimes.
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    Ryan Tate promoted this comment mrconsig was starred mrconsig was unstarred
    Image of leytpr4 leytpr4
    08/07/09

    @mrconsig: Not just that, but their jokes are all the same formula. When I saw the Funny People ad where Adam Sandler makes fun of his doctor by saying "Were you mad when you died at the end of Die Hard?" it was like every other joke in Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin, etc.
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    Mikey-B promoted this comment leytpr4 was starred leytpr4 was unstarred
    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    08/07/09

    @leytpr4: So who's funny?
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    Image of Bedheadjc Bedheadjc
    08/07/09

    @Mikey-B: Tracy Morgan
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    lukeoneil47 promoted this comment Bedheadjc was starred Bedheadjc was unstarred
    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/07/09

    @Mikey-B: Here, let me diagram this for you:
    From funniest to unfunniest: Jason Segel > Paul Rudd >Jonah Hill > McLovin> Bill Hader > Michael Cera > Seth Rogen.
    Though none of them are as funny as Russell Brand. (Who he gets to star in an upcoming "Forgeting Sarah Marshall" spin-off, yay!)
    PS: I can do same for the actresses tenured at the Judd Ap Cinematic School of Meh Comedy, if needed.
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    Image of Balsa Wood Balsa Wood
    08/07/09

    @snugbug: Funniest is Jason Segel?
    Yeesh, our strokes are dissimilar.
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    snugbug promoted this comment Balsa Wood was starred Balsa Wood was unstarred
    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    08/07/09

    @Balsa Wood: Paul Rudd FTW.
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    DahlELama was starred DahlELama was unstarred
    Image of WhitneyGH WhitneyGH
    08/08/09

    @snugbug: Dude! Paul Rudd > ......(near infinity)... everyone else, ever.
    I would rank Bill Hader and Seth Rogen a bit higher.
    Best of all is when the David Wain/The State crew and the Judd Apatow/Freaks & Geeks crew team up.
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    snugbug promoted this comment WhitneyGH was starred WhitneyGH was unstarred
    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    08/09/09

    @Bedheadjc: I can't figure out this new fangled kudos system for the life of me. Someone take away my star.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    I just worry for him that he won't be able to get any work when he goes through puberty.
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    DahlELama was starred DahlELama was unstarred
    Image of The Fort Hill Blues The Fort Hill Blues
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    I hope this little shit doesn't ruin Scott Pilgrim.
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    goetz promoted this comment The Fort Hill Blues was starred The Fort Hill Blues was unstarred
    Image of goetz goetz
    08/07/09

    @The Fort Hill Blues: He won't have to. That the project is even being made is enough to ruin Scott Pilgrim.
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    Image of JPropaganda JPropaganda
    08/07/09

    In reply to Michael Cera's Arrested Development
    Just a quick note - those clips are from Arrested Development, Nick and Norah's, Juno and Superbad. None are from Paper Heart.
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    naugahydeinplainsight promoted this comment JPropaganda was starred JPropaganda was unstarred
    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    08/07/09

    @JPropaganda: Also, it's Charlyne Yi, not Charlene Li.
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    DahlELama was starred DahlELama was unstarred
    Image of Ryan Tate Ryan Tate
    08/07/09

    @JPropaganda: Indeed, thanks for catching that.
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    Ryan Tate was starred Ryan Tate was unstarred
    Image of Ryan Tate Ryan Tate
    08/07/09

    @DahlELama: Ditto
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