Some of you geeks may have already seen this (50 Reasons Why Lord of the Rings Sucks) but it actually made me laugh out loud and I wanted to share. Especially the Homage or Theft? section in the middle.
Oh yeah, and I thought I'd give the Thundersluts a little something to look at. Sure, he could use a bath. And a shave. And probably a little shape to his hair style. And maybe some dental work. Possibly some vocal work. Perhaps even some genital work, although I don't personally know anything about that. Other than the aforementioned details, he ain't so bad!
Posted by witchstone at December 19, 2002 02:31 PMFunny list, witchy.
I was shopping for shoes yesterday and was suddenly surrounded by cute, geek boys of all shapes and sizes and I thought maybe they were all their for me and my totally fab new shoes, then realized the theatre was right beside the shop.
I have been overheard saying the Lord of the Rings movies are overrated, but it brings out the nerd mens in droves, so it gets a thumb up from me.
Posted by: brittney on December 19, 2002 02:44 PMI saw The Two Towers last night. One thing occurred to me. And I say this in the most heterosexual way possible: I'd do Legolas.
Posted by: jpoulos on December 19, 2002 02:46 PMHaving just watched The Prophecy about a week ago. I just keep thinking about Viggo's character (Lucifer) and the little speech he gives to Tom:
Every night, when you finished saying your prayers,
how you were afraid that I was hiding under the bed...
and I WAS!
I love that.
The thing about Rocky...I heard somewhere (possibly on a radio station) that they were considering a new Rocky movie where Mr. Balboa is running a boxing school for kids and is convinced to get in the ring one (last, last, last, last,) time for charity or something.
The baby jesus may commence the crying now.
Posted by: ufez on December 19, 2002 03:00 PMLupo, honey, that heterosexual thing was totally convincing.
Posted by: tizzie on December 19, 2002 03:03 PMWait a minute, this lang guy clubs babies?
That's just sick. You've injured my sensitive soul.
Posted by: jonmc on December 19, 2002 03:06 PMI mean, I'd do Cate Blanchette or Liv Tyler first, but he's probably on the list somewhere. That's all I mean.
Posted by: jpoulos on December 19, 2002 03:06 PMThe concept of the violent dwarf was based on Al Pacino.
HA! (but Joe Pesci would've been funnier)
Posted by: whatnot on December 19, 2002 03:09 PMI have done extensive polling, and who do you think is the number one guy that straight men would sleep with if they "had to"?
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Hint: I had to change the poll question to: If you had to sleep with a famous guy (not Brad Pitt) who would it be?
Posted by: witchstone on December 19, 2002 03:09 PMBrad Pitt? That's lame.
If I like absolutely gun-to-my-head had to do a guy...
John Corbett.
Posted by: jonmc on December 19, 2002 03:18 PMwho was that guy who played jim ignatowski on Taxi?
him.
Posted by: jpoulos on December 19, 2002 03:22 PMChristopher Lloyd??? Christopher Lloyd???
Who's next, Crispin Glover?
Posted by: witchstone on December 19, 2002 03:26 PMI'd probably say David Bowie. Or Jude Law. But ColdChef already has him.
Posted by: kaf on December 19, 2002 03:46 PMApparently a lot of straight men would volunteer to sleep with Brad Pitt before I would.
Posted by: witchstone on December 19, 2002 03:49 PMNot to change the subject or anything, but you'll be shocked to learn that my Togo's sammich was thoroughly manhandled by the hamfisted samichmeister, and as a result looks like it's been kept balled up in someone's pocket for a week.
Don't. fuck. with my lunch.
Posted by: kaf on December 19, 2002 03:50 PMCan I pick Kottke? But only if he brings the monkey.
Posted by: brittney on December 19, 2002 03:51 PMThe last three times I went to Togo's, the whole restaurant was filled with smoke. Not cigarette smoke, like, grease-fire smoke. Don't ask me why I keep going back.
Posted by: jpoulos on December 19, 2002 03:51 PMJust now, in the shower, I had to think really, really hard about whether or not I had already shampooed my hair. How does one forget that they just washed their hair?
That pot delivery service, on second thought, may be a bad idea.
Posted by: brittney on December 19, 2002 03:53 PMI've removed myself from tagline eligibility, but please tell me someone's going to add:
9622.net: Because Christmas is about more than masturbation
Posted by: pardon me on December 19, 2002 03:56 PMDo we have to enter taglines manually, or is there a bot that grabs them?
Posted by: kaf on December 19, 2002 03:57 PMOh, and if I had to "do" a man, I guess I'd go with James King. He's actually pretty hot.
Posted by: pardon me on December 19, 2002 04:00 PMbrittney you have such a wonderful sense of humor. they make you wait at least 8 minutes.
Posted by: goneill on December 19, 2002 04:12 PMSo that's who the shampoo instructions are for. I always wondered.
Posted by: witchstone on December 19, 2002 04:21 PMI also forget if I have shampooed.
I recommend a strict adherence to order. Shampoo and then soap, to keep things alphabetical.
Don't even get me started on the loofah and the ducks.
Posted by: kaf on December 19, 2002 04:23 PMAnd if you think about it, maybe the "repeat" step is there for forgetful folks, letting them off the hook.
Posted by: kaf on December 19, 2002 04:26 PMWhat is this "shampoo" and "soap" you people speak of?
Posted by: jonmc on December 19, 2002 04:26 PMIs this the part where we all "suddenly" discover that jonmc is French?
Posted by: witchstone on December 19, 2002 04:28 PMI have gone all the way upstairs, started to get dressed, and realized that I never rinsed the shampoo out of my hair. I'm not making that up, unfortunately.
Posted by: tizzie on December 19, 2002 04:30 PMPertaining to the thread, I've sent to the corner asked Elijiah to play in the corner of my store.
Posted by: Thomcatspike on December 19, 2002 04:34 PMI finally saw the first LoTR movie on cable a few days ago. (I despise theatres...all those people, with their germs, breathing near me...bleh! Ok, so I'm a tiny bit agoraphobic.) Tom rented it on DVD when it first came out, but I was off doing something else.
Anyway, finally saw the movie, and whereas Legolas does nothing for me, Aragorn is a hottie. But then, I've always liked the dark, long-haired scruffy types. (Which explains why I dated musicians and artists for all those years...)
I am really looking forward to seeing the second movie, which surprises me, as I've never been much of a Tolkien fan. (I know, it's heresy to admit, but there it is.) But the first movie was just brilliant, so I hold high hopes for the subsequent ones.
Now, what I really need is an ancient stone tower, and my own personal Balrock.
Posted by: dejah420 on December 19, 2002 05:10 PMIs this the part where we "suddenly" discover that jonmc is quonsar?
Who and/or what is James King?
Posted by: anathema on December 19, 2002 05:11 PMI've always liked the dark, long-haired scruffy types. (Which explains why I dated musicians and artists for all those years...)
I could have written this sentence myself. Except I do insist on daily showers.
Posted by: witchstone on December 19, 2002 05:14 PMJames King is a supermodel/actress (aren't they all?) I was just playing off her masculine name.
Posted by: pardon me on December 19, 2002 05:20 PMrarely does a term make me shudder more than "model/actress."
Posted by: witchstone on December 19, 2002 05:22 PMJust stick bartender/ before it and it becomes somewhat more palatable.
Posted by: liam on December 19, 2002 05:34 PMNot on topic, of course, but I thought you monkeys ought to know that if I purchased the winning ticket for the $215 million powerball drawing at the gas station just now, we are so having the best freakin' party ever. Promise.
Posted by: tizzie on December 19, 2002 05:37 PMFrom the list of 50 reasons; human member of their party is played by two different actors (it takes a sharp eye to notice, but one of them has red hair, one black).
A sharp eye, As a semi red-head, strawberry blond, I take offense, black does not come close to red unless wet...
PS, tizzie is my new Lotto-Overlord, win baby win....
Posted by: Thomcatspike on December 19, 2002 05:45 PMWhat is this "playin off of?"
Funny. I never considered "James" a masculine name.
Posted by: anathema on December 19, 2002 06:07 PMdejah -- you'll love the second film. It's chock full of Viggo Mortensen-ny goodness.
Posted by: aine42 on December 19, 2002 06:43 PMIt's chock full of Viggo Mortensen-ny goodness.
A little pencillin will clear that right up.
*rimshot*
Posted by: jpoulos on December 19, 2002 07:52 PMI've always liked the dark, long-haired scruffy types. (Which explains why I dated musicians and artists for all those years...)
I think you have to be either conventionally handsome, brilliant or rich to be considered "scruffy." Back in my hairier days, I was merely a slob.
Posted by: jonmc on December 19, 2002 08:49 PMI interrupt this thread to tell anyone interested that there is a new Nick Cave song at http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/ available for your listening pleasure.
Just click the "Bring It On" link down by the image of the new album "Nocturama".
Posted by: kafkastaggerlee on December 19, 2002 09:54 PMwow. way to shut down the thread, mr., how you say, kafkaesque.
Posted by: witchstone on December 20, 2002 09:37 AMI submit to the court that it was in truth Mr McNally's gratuitous photo-linkage that really wounded this thread.
By the time I came in for the coup de grace, it was really a mercy killing.
Posted by: kafkringle on December 20, 2002 11:31 AMMr. McNally! Watch your language or I will hold you in contempt.
Mr. Kafkaesque, you may approach the bench with your evidence.
It's sad when you realize your entire knowledge of the judicial system comes from TV shows.
Posted by: witchstone on December 20, 2002 11:44 AM**blames entire incident on dysfunctional childhood where he was beaten with a polaroid**
**writes best selling book from prison**
Posted by: jonmc on December 20, 2002 11:47 AMThis perpetrator said he was gonna replace my waterbed. He can't just dance on my waterbed in stiletto heels, and spray peppermint soda on my marmosets and think he can just run off to Prince Edward Island like nothin' happened.
No, I don't have any receipts.
Posted by: kafkringle on December 20, 2002 11:53 AMWell, your the one who decided to make Margaritas and put Charo's Greatest Hits on the turntable! "Live a little," he said. How's a man supposed to resist.
Besides, he fills his waterbed with Mountain Dew. The fizz makes him feel Sassy.
Posted by: jonmc on December 20, 2002 11:59 AMDon't you start in on my Charo albums!
I only played the Charo 'cause he said he liked it when ehe was renovating the rec room, which I might add he didn't complete. Where am I supposed to have my Masonic meetings, what with the snow blowing in on the bumper pool table?
Posted by: kafkringle on December 20, 2002 12:03 PMWell, Mr. Fussypants, you could've used the rumpus room(which is across the hall from the rec room). I don't rumpus as much as I used to, quite frankly. All I asked is that you give me a couple days to clean up the honey mustard and find the midgets a new home.
Posted by: jonmc on December 20, 2002 12:13 PMYes, your honor, this pantsless guy is my witness.
Posted by: kafkringle on December 20, 2002 12:21 PMWell, goddamn it. That Nick Cave song is only available to Windows users? I clicked and clicked to no avail. I am terribly distraught.
But how cool is a Nick Cave show in Iceland in December? My 15-y-o self would have spontaneously orgasmed at the thought.
Posted by: cowboy_sally on December 20, 2002 12:36 PM*glares from the Bailiff's Post with best Joe Friday glower*
Posted by: Unclefes on December 20, 2002 12:42 PMI saw the whole thing! Well, maybe not the whole thing... I was distracted by something shiny.
Posted by: tj on December 20, 2002 12:51 PM*ponders whether the thread was better off dead*
Posted by: witchstone on December 20, 2002 03:00 PMI was appalled last year when Legolas never got to sing "Spirit of Radio." Someone, please tell me he gets his chance in this movie.
Posted by: octobersurprise on December 21, 2002 10:35 PMNot to de-rail -- or possible re-rail? -- but TTT was really damn good.
Posted by: ryan on December 22, 2002 01:00 AMIt's sad when you realize your entire knowledge of the judicial system comes from TV shows.
Would you rather it came from multiple felonies?
Posted by: Summer on December 22, 2002 05:40 AMTrouble is, a cleaned-up Viggo Mortenson isn't *nearly* as cute as ScruffyViggo. Compare and contrast!
Posted by: roe/metrocake on December 22, 2002 12:52 PMWhat the hell kind of a name is "Viggo" for a human being anyway?
Sounds like a cleanser: "Have a filthy toilet? Try new Viggo!"
Posted by: jonmc on December 22, 2002 01:11 PMThis from a man who polished off the last of his Pocky.
Posted by: readymade on December 22, 2002 01:57 PMre: Viggo. He was married to Exene Cervenka. That makes him a hotty.
Posted by: readymade on December 22, 2002 02:24 PMActually, the pocky kept breaking off in the frosting, and I'm all outta Irn Bru and it's 3 in the afternoon and I'm still unshowered, unshaven and in my unwashed bathrobe.
Let's hear it for squalor.
Posted by: jonmc on December 22, 2002 02:47 PMGo, squalor! (I'm with you, brother: I'm wearing the pajamas all day today. I'm telling myself that it's because I have a cold, but it's quite probable that if I felt well, the slop-a-thon would continue anyway).
Posted by: readymade on December 22, 2002 02:53 PMI just woke up from a nap. Ah, bliss.
I think the "Actor, poet and artist" designation leaves our Viggo with very few additional career choices at this point. Unless he wants to add "Transmission specialist."
Posted by: tizzie on December 22, 2002 03:09 PMI think the "Actor, poet and artist" designation leaves our Viggo with very few additional career choices at this point.
Which he needs, in case that whole rightful king of Gondor thing doesn't work out.
Vig was married to Exene? How cool is that? Does that make X the royal band of Middle-Earth?
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