So it was fake-nounced today on imdb that they are moving forward with the Arrested Development movie. I'm waiting until I hear this from a more credible source, but in the meantime, check out this amazing gallery of Arrested Development gif's.
I lol'd all over the place when I found these on oh no they didn't.
But just to hang out. Maybe drink lemonade. Certainly not to write and act hours of Buffy/Dr. Horrible slash fanfic.
Oh Joss, you make me want to do evil.
So, anyhow - Joss Whedon created and wrote/produced Buffy - the best television show of all time, period. What Tarantino is to action film, Joss is to genre television - deep fans of their medium, their projects are a blend of homage and original creation, playing to a populist audience but with rich payoff for smarter/deeper viewers, and done with so much fun they make it look easy. Love the Joss.
So, during last year's writer strike, instead of getting bloated and lying around the California coastline, he wrote, produced and directed (with collaboration from his brother and some others) a three-part supervillian musical miniseries called Dr. Horrible, starring Neil Patrick Harris. Love the Joss.
It was broadcast online only, for free (although after this weekend it is supposed to be only on iTunes - $4) as an experiment in alternate distribution and, as Joss describes in a LA Times interview, to create an Internet event for the fans (and others) to enjoy because we enjoyed it so much Mission accomplished. The first installment was successful enough to crash the servers and, most importantly, is an amazing, compelling, hella fun little bit of cinema.
In the same interview, Joss mentions that he is doing a musical commentary for this, which is pretty much the best idea ever. LOVE THE JOSS.
You should go watch it right now.
Where has this show been all my life?
It's called She's Got the Look, and is totally Top Model for the MILF set. What else do you need to know?
a) it's hilarious - a woman talks, in her audition, about her lifelong dream of posing with a lion styled like a siamese twin. And she's definitely not kidding.
b) it's proof that age does not equal maturity - one of the women freaks out after losing a competition and rants "I know why you won, and it's SUPERFICIAL". In a modelling competition. Brillance.
c) beyond belief MILF-iness. One of the women, when asked to share her 'darkest secret', admits that she likes younger guys... eighteen year old guys, and another says that she made her sons sign a contract never to love anyone as much as her.
d) hot, hot, hot ladies. Seriously - these women are smoking. Check it:
You can watch the whole business online on the TV Land 'She's got the Look' site, and I highly recommend that you check you at least the first episode.
Or check out the 'best moments' compilation prepared by one of my favourite bloggers - Tracie Egan.
MILFs for life!
"He's in his wiiiiiide stance! with his hammer pants down!" Hats off to you Jon Stewart.
Flight of the Conchords. New Zealand's fourth most popular digi-folk paradists. If you don't know - now you know.
This video is obviously the theme song for anyone who's recently moved to Montreal.
Or check out this amazing rap battle between Hiphopopotamus and Rhymenoceros. You might want to say those out loud for maximum effect. Word.
My rhymes are so potent, that in this small segment
I made all of the ladies in the area pregnant
Why oh why are the Japanese so good at television?
While we here in the West are giggling our remotes off over such mundane game show fodder as Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, they are re-inventing this whole business, making humans into Tetris pieces, and generally making me question why one would watch anything but Japanese television, ever.
I'm bored. Futurama rules.
If you're not yet a fan, perhaps a brief break for funny quotes will cure both my insomnia and your extreme ignorance.
Fry: So I really am important? How I feel when I'm drunk is correct?
Nibblonian: Yes - except the Dave Matthews Band doesn't rock.
Hedonism Bot: I apologize for nothing!
Leela: Bees communicate by dancing.
Fry: Just like my parents! Oh wait, that was hitting.
[Fry is in a Captain Pike-style life-support machine]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Do you understand the charges?
Kif Kroker: One beep for yes, two beeps for no.
[Fry beeps once]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Yes, so noted. Do you plead guilty?
[Fry beeps twice]
Captain Zapp Brannigan: Double yes. Guilty.
Bender: Or a guy who burns down a bar for the insurance money.
God: Yes, if he makes it look like an electrical thing.
