Apr08

Why I’m Not Seeing These Movies: Spring 2017

by tonyd on April 8, 2017 at 12:01 am

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Once again, bros, it’s time to look at movies and decide if they’re worth seeing.  These days with movie ticket prices the way they are, why not?  Here now is Why I’m Not Seeing These Movies.

Tommy’s Honour:  A movie about golf?  What could be more exciting?

The Circle:  AKA: Evil Steve Jobs.  I’m guessing this will be Hollywood’s late take on the Surveillance State.  Looks dull as Hell to me.

King Arthur:  Directed by Guy Ritchie?  Slo-mo shots of sword fights to rock music, I’m guessing.  I love Guy Ritchie and even I’m not going to see this in theaters.

Snatched:  Amy Schumer’s sketch show as pretty good sometimes, this looks like a chick version of a comedy movie.  There seems to be this discussion online about Schumer getting an unfair shake at comedy, but then, why doesn’t she do something cool?  Her movies seem so relentlessly girly for no reason.

The Wall:  What is this?  An attempt to capitalize on Trump’s “wall” speech?  Plus they’ve already made sniper movies set in WW2 where there was way more danger.  Anyone believe Americans are going to be pinned down?  All they need is a cellphone and boom!  The drone takes out the sniper.  Stop glorifying war, Hollywood.

Alien Covenant:  Man, they ruined this franchise for me.  Christ Almighty, let it die.

Pirates of the Caribbean:  Dead Men Tell No Tales:  Ditto.

Baywatch:  WTF?  Seriously?  A comedy?  Who the fuck would pay for this nonsense?  Is this just because they couldn’t pull together a real movie?

Holy fuck, these make the movies on Netflix look good.

 

 

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Apr07

Rewritten Headlines: No More Teabagging to Violent Candy Man

by tonyd on April 7, 2017 at 12:01 am

Guy is Not Nuts

World War 3 Starts This Weekend

Selfie Surprise

Tarzan Reboot With Indian Girl

Taco Bell Not Just for Stoners

Sore Loser Still Sore

Arkansas Apartment Rentals More Available

World Loses Hockey Puck

Trump-less Planet Located

Tinder Really Works

Dude Really Likes Candy

 

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Apr05

Twitter in Focus: Ben Edlund

by tonyd on April 5, 2017 at 12:01 am

Hey Bros!

Welcome to Twitter in Focus where media comes to die!  Today’s contestant is the creator of the Tick, Ben Edlund!  He’s funny in the comics, let’s see what he’s tweeting!

@ben_edlund

September 28, 2106:  “HEY EVERBUDDY is true, now we have a series order :) thank u so much to everyone who watched and the talented people who worked on The Tick”

Good news!  I, for one, will watch.

October 1, 2016: “Think is best Tick I’ve ever seen :)”

That is nice.

October 23, 2016:  “Uh oh working way back into this reality via apartment infestation”

Good Lord, that will take a motel-sized, roach motel.

February 25th:  “Hello again! Sorry for silence during rise and flower of the Orange Menace, I salute all who made Twitter place for catharsis and action.”

That sounds like a Tick villain right there.  The Orange Menace.  The man who can shoot oranges out of his face.

February 25th:  “Been unable to encompass this medium of late, but I owe our ship a proper christening and want share that with fans of …”

Cool.

February 25th:  “We had a wonderful read of Tick episodes today, with & in the house, thanks to all present :)”

Ooo, behind-the-scenes!

February 26th:  “Interested in soon to be shot series ? Want a direct feed to our in-house ministry of propaganda? Follow ”

Neat!  Spoon!

February 26th:  “For zero confusion absolutely still our Dot — was kind enough to fill in for her during our reading; thx Skyler”

Ah.  Wow, everyone’s in this one.

February 27th:  “Look at this fierce foursome, angry for excellence! :)”

That sounds like it would be the Hulk’s tagline if he owned a company.

March 1st:  “Consider backing inspired project from and you could clap hands on one of my doodled on prod draft of “Clap Your Hands””

What we need is a new Tick fan club package.  That was cool.  Still have mine somewhere.

March 7th:  “Day 2 of episode 1 shoot! Spoiler: Arthur has a local deli where relevant events transpire!”

Watch out, Arthur!  Luncheon meats!

March 7th:  “Favorite moment of set decor — Pink rabbit providing food AND menace”

For Easter Quesadillas.

March 7th:  “Happy Bday from me and all the folks on the Eastern Front”

That’s a good name.  Angry.  David’s are always angry.  Like David Banner!

March 8th:  “His creations made a formidable impression on my young mind… Add my good thoughts to add to the surplus :)”  RE: Good Vibes to Len Wein

If only he could regenerate.

Okay, let’s rate Ben’s Tweets.  Well, he has it all.  Behind-the-scenes stuff, my favorite comic, anger—  I give Ben a 7 for Mustness, a 9 for Insanity and a 10 for Style.  That’s an overall score of 8.6, but I’m rounding it up to 9.  Follow Ben and watch the Tick on Amazon!

If you have a suggestion for Twitter in Focus, email me here.

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Apr03

Fat Guy Eats: Rats

by tonyd on April 3, 2017 at 12:01 am

SF Tony Avatar

Restaurant:  Rats

Address:  16 Fairgrounds Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619

Food:  French

Price: High

Portions:  Small and Large

Taste:  Mind Bending

Service:  Okay

Atmosphere:  Artistic

So I had a gift certificate to Steven Starr restaurants and I wanted to take my brother and his girlfriend out.  (Turns out, Steven Starr no longer owns it and we had to pay full price, but oh well.)  I had the French Onion soup and let me tell you, it was sweet and delicious.  I got a salad, which was so huge.  We also got a few free appetizers, a little bit of salmon on a cucumber and a pop over, which was like an English pop over.  Also, the bread and butter have chives in it.

The entree was kobe beef, potatoes and carrots puree.  Could’ve used more potatoes.  Dessert was carrot cake with cream cheese ice cream.  It was all pretty awesome.  My brother and his girlfriend had high end cocktails.  They seemed to enjoy them.

The restaurant’s location is everything.  It’s on the Grounds for Sculpture.  So if you haven’t seen giant works of art on landscaped fields of green, well you should.  Plus there’s tons of Pokemon Go stops as well.  If you go in the daytime in the nice weather, get a table outside.  There’s water and artwork.  I can’t think of a nice place to eat.

I would say the only down side to this trip was that our waiter were kinda off their game.  I only got one iced tea refill and it took forever to get the bill.  I mean, we were seriously waiting way too long.  Normally, they’re pretty good, so that was the only drawback.  I had been there for the brunch and it was pretty nice.  If you’re a member of the Grounds for Sculpture, you get a discount at Rats, just FYI.

 

I give Rats 9 out of 10 keggers, bros.

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