Things I watch and wonder and do:

[wednes]

We watched Taledega Nights: Ricky Bobby Story tonight. It had some very funny moments but also dragged in places. I think the whole Wil Ferrell/Judd Apatow team could use some fresh blood...new writers or something. I daresay it's high time Wil Ferrell branched out into something besides juvenile comedy.

Battlestar Galactica was kind of a disappointment as well. How much longer are they going to tease us with promises of Baltar getting his due? I know there was supposed to be a death, but the way all that was handled was just...expected I think. I don't like to guess what's going to happen five minutes into an episode. Nor do I care for the whole "OMG It's YOOOOOOOU!!" reveal only to tell us jack shit. PS Please resolve this Dee/Starbuck/Apollo/Sam business. It's also getting tired as hell.

We're going to try yet again to go to Cobblestone Farms tomorrow to reserve our date. I still don't know where we're going to get our cake from. I don't want to spend more than $200 including delivery, and I want about 120 slices. I guess that's a little optimistic, but it must be possible. I guess I'll have to have an average sheet cake instead of a pretty one. H is being a really good sport considering he doesn't care square one about the wedding and is paying for everything.

Ooh, does anybody know where I can get a nice, festive besom for jumping over?

Sopranos on A&E is much better than you think it will be. A lot more chicks in lingerie than I remember, and everybody says "Freakin' this" and "Freakin' that". But it's such a good show that it loses very little in the translation.

Oh, and the new season of ROME kicks every kind of ass.
Last week's ep was terribly depressing though.
I don't think we're ever going to see the Vorena again. ;-[

Comments

[swayworn.livejournal.com]

To be fair to Talladega Nights, what you probably saw was the DVD version, am I correct? I remember thinking the same thing, and then realizing that I had been watching the "Unrated" version, which (presumably) was a bit more self indulgent than the cinematic release.

I definitely liked it more than Anchorman, which seemed to be just a whole lot of mugging.

You woke the bears, why did you DO that?

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Indeed, it was the DVD version. You are quite right to point out that it will be the most self indulgent version.

But I must disagree in that I found Anchorman to be hilarious almost all the way through. The gang fight sequence is one of the most surreal and amazing scenes in modern comedy.

Re: You woke the bears, why did you DO that?

[swayworn.livejournal.com]

My Anchorman experience is so at odds with the opinions of pretty much everybody I respect that I reckon I shall have to watch it again.

I love lamp

[wednes.livejournal.com]

You really should. Some of it dips into the extremely juvenile, but it's a very funny movie. There is great chemistry among the leads and I think overall that Judd Apatow is going to be a huge comedy writer...huger than he is now.

Re: I love lamp

[swayworn.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope you are familiar with Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared. I shoot tiny heart-shaped laser beams at them.

I've already discussed them with you, haven't I?

It's just a knee-jerk reaction whenever Mr. Apatow is brought up.

Re: I love lamp

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I was able to watch a few eps of Undeclared as a buddy had taped them (yeah, on a TAPE). Funny stuff, reminds me of a funnier My So Called Life.

I also found 40 year old Virgin very funny and much less juvenile than Anchorman.