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[rockmarooned]

Screw the New York Times! I link to me and me alone!

This week I expound upon the merits of Beavis and Butthead. I had forgotten what a good show it is. For seriously! It holds up. Then I cough up a pretty meager column that touches upon a bunch of things I've probably kinda already said in my LJ. Oh well. I think it's because I used up all

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[slightlyoffaxis]

Er, nice photo of Charlize.

[wmetoile]

So the gossip on the Visiting set yesterday was that Get Rich or Die Tryin' was the movie Poland eviscerated. If that's true, he said he'd tell us . . .

[rockmarooned]

I thought about that... very well might be it, especially considering the on-the-weak-side (compared to typical Sheridan or even to 8 Mile) critical response... but:

(a.) he said he wouldn't talk about it again until the movie opened... maybe he just doesn't care enough to bring it up again immediately, but the movie opened yesterday, so I'd be surprised if he didn't at least mention it in passing yet, if that was it.

(b.) the level of badness he was describing didn't exactly match the negative words I've scanned on Get Rich -- they make it sound more rote than the kind of unique horribleness he was trying to convey. But maybe they just see it differently.

But he also wrote in a way that implied it was something opening before Thanksgiving, which pretty much narrows it down to Get Rich or Derailed (unless he's really not with the sorta-positive notices Zathura is getting). Unless I'm wrong and it's something way off in the future.

Did you meet Nicky Kids? Did she ask about me?

[wmetoile]

Hmm. We were also speculating about Derailed. I thought Get Rich opened tomorrow, so maybe it's the former.

Yes, and no. Busy shooting sked and all, I'm sure you just slipped her mind. But she was very nice, even when she called me a child (as in, met me, shook my hand and exclaimed, "But you're just a child!" Kiddies gotta pay rent, lady), and visibly uncomfortable with interviews. Oh, and I'm formally endorsing New!Bond.

[slightlyoffaxis]

Ugh. I think calling someone young to their face is just as rude as calling someone old! Maybe it's because I get that all the time and I'm just sick of it. But I can't believe people say "You look like you could be 15 years old," and when I scowl at them they say "But I mean it as a compliment." Oh, so I'm also supposed to thank them, too?