Look, I get it. He's a badass dude who made his own way by being the meaner motherfucker. A tough guy that only has two things in the world, his balls and his word, and he doesn't break either. He lives by the sword and dies by it; he goes from absolutely nothing to running most of the world. Like I said - I get it.

But even with that aforementioned stuff, there are four things that pretty much kill any reason why people should emulate Tony "Scarface" Montana. These are aspects of his character that should be "deal breakers" to his ever increasing fanbase, but for some reason people overlook them just so they can speak in a bad/borderline offensive Cuban accent.

There's an obvious appeal to Montana, a reason why Scarface is the idol of millions, but for people that watch Scarface obsessively - it seems odd that these 4 dealbreakers are ignored. Don't get me wrong - a Latin stereotype delivered by the constantly screaming Pacino who whacks Salieri and Robert Loggia is cool. Again, it's a badass thug who makes his own rules and takes nothing from nobody. But to celebrate the movie and character without acknowledging some serious character flaws seems like a pretty dumbass move.

Here's a true story to illustrate my point: a friend of my (then) girlfriend had a foreign boyfriend with a lot of money. He was an odd European fellow, let's call him "Don," who came from a lot of money, hobnobbed with the elite in society and eventually begin traveling with a bodyguard. One time we're all at a birthday party at a bar and Scarface is playing on several television screens. Don can't stop watching it, no matter how much people try to engage him in human interaction. Now I hate interacting with people and, worse yet, I'm bad at it. But I can talk movies with anyone. So I start asking him "oh you like this movie?" and he responds "oh man i love it. it's the best. it's like - live like that, right?" To which I nervously chuckled and realized I needed to escape this conversational cul de sac toot suite. A few months later, Don was indicted on a number of felonies and spent some time in the clink. Oh and that money he had wasn't there either, and he has fallen from grace in a spectacular, if a bit ignoble, fashion. My point, and the reason for my awkward reaction to his adoration of Scarface, is that if you model yourself after Scarface - your life is fucked.

So keep sampling the movie, rappers, and hanging the poster up in your dorm room, frat boys - but next time you introduce people to "your little friend," think of these 4 Reasons why Scarface is a pretty shitty role model to have.

[SPOILERS for a 28 year old movie that has been referenced and riffed on ad nausem lie AHEAD]

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Double Dip Demands is a column in which I propose films that deserve a re-release on DVD/Blu-Ray with more special features, better transfers and other nerdy bits. Some of the films have no DVDs out there for Region 1 viewers, and some of them have a really crappy version that's bare bones or poorly put together. Who speaks for these films? I do.

The Film: Idiocracy (2006)

Cast & Crew: Mike Judge (writer/director); Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews

Plot Synopsis (via IMDB): Private Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

Is it Out on DVD Currently?: Yes - but in a bare bones release with no real extras to speak of.

Why Does it Deserve to Have Special Features?: Idiocracy is Mike Judge's parodic take on the dystopic future Sci-Fi movie. Much like his previous film (and future Cult Classic) Office Space, Fox did a crap job promoting it in theaters and hasn't shown it much love on home video - despite the fact that it's generally beloved, infinitely quoteable and unfortunately relevant to our society. It's funny, insightful, original and unique in its willingness to gleefully indict people and corporations. There are many aspects of the world Judge has created that are worthy of exploring. Additionally, with so many funny people involved and with so many comically absurd situations in the film, it's a fair bet that there'd be a lot of good material available to entertain Idiocracy fans.

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"Be an astronaut?  Sure!"

NASA has discovered a bag of cocaine in one of their hangars.  Seriously?  What the hell, NASA?  The centrifuge, giant gyroscope, rockets, jets and zero-G's aren't enough excitement for you?  You have to bump rails on top of it?

Also, this case combined with this earlier report, why is Coke everywhere?  Aren't we going a bit too far with this whole retro thing?  I like Scarface as much as the next person (providing the next person doesn't really like Scarface), but come on people.  It's the 21st century.

It's meth's time.