February 28, 2006
We feel obliged to talk about this, especially since we've been woefully lacking in our coverage of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2. MTV debuted its newest Real World, this time on Key West. And we may say it every time MTV trots out a new cast, even though we pretty much know what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real, but this gang's got a chance to be something special.
This has the hookup potential, cattiness, ultra-sheltered housemates, and, for some odd reason, MTV scheduled it to be shot in the middle of hurricane season. We doubt it will end up being all great by the end of it (Nothing can top the slap of Seattle, the "wasn't not funny" of LA, and, of course, Ruthie), but we do know this: the first episode gave us some good comedy, especially when one housemate (token meathead "Johnny Bananas") tried to load the dishwasher with dish soap (instead of detergent.) And while that was overflowing, Tyler (token catty gay guy) was unable to find his can opener, so he tried to open a can of tuna by banging on it with an ice cream scooper. It was almost like 2001. Then while they were cleaning up the dishwasher, Tyler made a Katrina joke. Too soon.
The rest of the rundown: Paula (token blonde) seems legitimately insane. Svetlana (token drama-fueled girl) is the one who's about to cheat on her boyfriend. Janelle (token "strong-willed" woman) is the one who will probably start the best fights with her roommates. Zach (token trust-fund baby, if Tyler is to be believed) does not drink or do drugs, even though everyone thinks he does. And Jose (token guy who's almost from the area) will get the Mohammed-from-San Francisco award as this year's "guy who quickly realizes he has better stuff to do and will not appear on camera for more than twenty minutes the whole season."
Anyway, we promise to try to stay on top of this as much as possible.
February 27, 2006
If you were watching
The Simpsons on Fox last night (a pretty good one, by the way), you probably saw an ad for a show called
Free Ride.
Free Ride appears to be one of those quirky, laugh track-free sitcoms in the mold of
Arrested Development and
The Office. And it's getting a big push thanks
to a teaser on Myspace (click the link if you want to watch it.)
At this point, there's nothing new about a show getting its own MySpace profile (along with a big publicity boost) -
The Office
did the same thing last year. But this show airs on Fox, which, as you
know, is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who now also owns...Myspace. Does
this mean that there will be fewer and fewer "promo profiles" for
non-Fox related shows and movies? Is
American Dad going to ask to be my friend? Do these MySpace promo things even
work?
And where was all this marketing muscle when it could have maybe saved
Arrested Development?
(
We found the image on Screenhead; it's worth checking out their bigger version)
February 23, 2006
These
Brokeback parody trailers got old a little fast in our view, but we still found this one mildly amusing:
Star Wars: Brokeback Empire
(via
Youtube, of course)
And with that, we think the joke has run its course. Yes, you "Jokeback Mountains," we
do know how to quit you.
February 23, 2006
Just when Slop Culture had added Kidrocksextape.com and Scottstappsextape.com to our bookmark folder, Rock and Stapp had to get all upitty and take Redlight Entertainment (the brains behind the release of "One Night in Paris") to court to stop the release of a 45-minute long video featuring the "rock" stars getting blown by a bunch of groupies.
Judge John "Buzzkill" Feikens said that Redlight had violated privacy and trademark rights, and in the process Feikens deprived the world of ever seeing Scott Stapp's orgasm face (other than what we all saw in the "When Eyes Wide Open" video.)
...then I asked the blonde one to cup my balls."
February 21, 2006
Boing Boing via Wonderland brings us this Flickr user's page of classic NES games rendered using Legos. All that's missing from Lego Metal Gear is the poorly translated English.
"Oh no! The truck have started to move!"
February 17, 2006