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rob morrisonhail to the pretend chief: top 10 fictional presidents
| written by daroff on 07/21/08 | 1 comment |
we’ve all sat back and mused about our favorite fictional characters becoming president. what if jack bauer was president, wouldn’t he kick so much ass? or what if those meat heads from predator got into politics? these are characters from all walks of fiction that took on the office with strength of character or sheer strength of fist. this is fiction’s executive branch of awesome, the 10 most kickass presidents of all pretend time.
#10 - president jack ryan (debt of honor, executive orders, the bear and the dragon)
tom clancy made a career out of turning analyst jack ryan into the world’s biggest bad ass. somehow, having taken down the russians, the i.r.a., and the drug cartels, clancy had nothing left to do but make jack president. remember how bad ass harrison ford was in patriot games and clear and present danger or how much smarter than everyone else alec baldwin was in the hunt for red october. had it not been for the affleck connection, jack ryan could have been number 1.
#9 - president charles logan (24, season 5)
one of the most exciting moments i have ever had watching tv was in season 5 of 24 when it’s revealed that the president, this bumbly, mumbly lump of a man, was behind the terrorist attacks. he wasn’t your average supervillain, though. he didn’t have some master plan. it was like he was playing bad guy just like he was playing being president. that just made him even more bad ass.
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top 10 jackie chan stunts
| written by geoffrey on 06/23/08 | 2 comments |
the angry video game & movie nerd ever runs through his list of favorite jackie chan stunts. #6 is my favorite, because it somehow feels the most believable to me. However, the last one is a real spectacle, especially considering that jackie almost died making it!
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monday internet super links (6/23/08)
| written by geoffrey on 06/23/08 | leave a comment |
let’s all get linked today.
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saturday morning cartoon: beetlejuice
| written by geoffrey on 06/21/08 | 4 comments |
beetlejuice has become less sleazy/rape-y in regards to lydia, which is good for their relationship, since they’re friends who go on adventures now. if he was still trying to forcibly marry her, it’d make for a very awkward cartoon.
in this episode, the skeletons in beetlejuice’s closet expose a host of lies. lies!
beetlejuice - “skeletons in the closet” - pt. 1
beetlejuice - “skeletons in the closet” - pt. 2
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twice upon a time: george lucas’ lost animated masterpiece is now online
| written by asterios on 06/18/08 | 2 comments |
i first caught this movie when cartoon network played it back in the 90s, and it always stuck with me. imagine a terry gilliam style cartoon with the sentimentality of george lucas and the brilliant voice work of lorenzo music (a.k.a. garfield/peter venkman from the ghostbusters cartoon) and you’ll get this amazing feature.
made entirely with cutout animation and punched up by a team of improv comics, it’s still pretty hard to find for a movie backed by the world’s most profitable filmmaker; a VHS/laserdisc release was mounted in 1991, but since, warner home video has done almost nothing with it. WB made it available on amazon.com’s “unboxed” streaming video service for a little bit, but i checked today and it’s down.
thankfully, someone put the whole thing on the internet. above’s part one of the 75 minute cult classic.
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tuvok was in spaceballs?!?!?!?!?
| written by daroff on 06/03/08 | leave a comment |
it seems now that every time i watch spaceballs i recognize another random ass actor delivering a really memorable line. you may ask why i’ve watched spaceballs so many times recently, and i would just tell you to shut up. this time it totally blew me away that tim russ, the black vulcan from star trek: voyager, is the spaceball trooper combing the desert with an afro pick, who responds to dark helmet “we ain’t found shit.” when i watched this movie as a kid it was hilarious because he used a swear word.
ha ha, he said shit. oh man, i just said shit. lol, i said shit twice. three times. cussing is hilarious.
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