Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 5:01PM
Rob Dean in AV Club, Book of Mormon, Captain Planet, Comic Books, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mexico, Movies, Nathan Rabin, Screech, X-Men: First Class, Zelda Convention
That escalated quickly...
You Have Disparaged the Good Name of Kelly Kapowski, Sir; I Demand Satisfaction!: I would recommend reading Dustin "SCREECH" Diamond's tell all book, but that might result in him getting money. And for such a douchebag, he deserves a fate that would fit in with the denouement of Requiem for a Dream (dying penniless while asian men scream at him to orgasm). However, read Nathan Rabin's AMAZING review and recap of this execrable human being's mind-boggingly awful book. It's funny, it's sad and it is awesome.
How Good Is This Trailer? I Don't Mind Listening to Led Zeppelin in It. Yes - THAT Good: Here's the intense, pretty amazing trailer for David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, featuring a cover of "Immigrant Song" by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (featuring Karen O.):
You Just Got Served, Gay Geek Style!: People are discussing the (not very subtle) metaphor of mutants = gay people/oppressed minority that is a recurring theme in X-Men (especially in the past 15 years). One dude refuses to buy it and thinks everyone's projecting. That's when a writer of the latest film steps in.
...When Would There Ever be a Sound Attempt?: A great/depressing/hilarious collection of 60 unsound attempts at Captain Planet cosplay. Isn't stopping this act of sadness reason enough to get eco-friendly, corporations? How many lives must you destroy?!?!?
I Gotta Believe!: Here's the awesome Tony performance of the great "I Believe" from The Book of Mormon:
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