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Y Kant Ozma Diet posted:I haven't seen Wired but it sounds like a hit piece There's really no other way to describe it. Like it'd be bad enough if it just made Belushi out to be a shambling wreck 24/7, but there's so many moments where they seem to just be gleefully mocking a dead man who made so many people laugh.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:There's really no other way to describe it. Like it'd be bad enough if it just made Belushi out to be a shambling wreck 24/7, but there's so many moments where they seem to just be gleefully mocking a dead man who made so many people laugh. You mean like make him seem like a completely unprofessional during Animal House when everyone else says he was, or including helicopter sounds when Landis like director leaves a room.
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# ? May 2, 2016 20:17 |
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bobkatt013 posted:including helicopter sounds when Landis like director leaves a room. This is about the only thing in Wired that I'm willing to get behind, because gently caress John Landis
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# ? May 2, 2016 20:21 |
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The worst parts are Belushi acting alone in an empty set on SNL because they couldn't get rights to anyone alive. Or Landis micromanaging every single action Belushi does when grabbing for food because Belushi isn't funny on his own.
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# ? May 2, 2016 20:50 |
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I'm imagining a modern version of Wired where Hugh Dancy portrays a talentless, boozing scumbag Robin Williams, who everyone secretly hated.
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# ? May 2, 2016 21:44 |
Y Kant Ozma Diet posted:I haven't seen Wired but it sounds like a hit piece It had a really hot pinball machine...just beautiful. Otherwise it was a mess. There was a My Year Of Flops on it.
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:This is about the only thing in Wired that I'm willing to get behind, because gently caress John Landis gently caress his son too
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# ? May 2, 2016 23:02 |
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Y Kant Ozma Diet posted:gently caress his son too He's a tool but not yet a murderer, so he gets a little more slack from me. Also, American Ultra isn't a great movie but it's pretty fun to watch with a few tall glasses of water, especially if you like spectacular deaths with everyday objects (and Jesse Eisenberg doing his lovably awkward shtick rather than being Lex Luthor).
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# ? May 2, 2016 23:17 |
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Still, I don't think some forgotten movie has tarnished Belushis legacy at all. He's still legit.
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# ? May 2, 2016 23:29 |
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Y Kant Ozma Diet posted:Still, I don't think some forgotten movie has tarnished Belushis legacy at all. He's still legit. Or the book.
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# ? May 2, 2016 23:30 |
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It didn't even tarnish Bob Woodward's legacy and he wrote the book.
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# ? May 2, 2016 23:47 |
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Does anyone remember the semi ongoing joke about nerds complaining about something and then having sex with their mom? For some reason "Mom! Get in here!" popped in my head but I couldn't remember the rest of it.
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# ? May 3, 2016 00:20 |
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Violator posted:Does anyone remember the semi ongoing joke about nerds complaining about something and then having sex with their mom? For some reason "Mom! Get in here!" popped in my head but I couldn't remember the rest of it. That's from the Daredevil episode I think?
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# ? May 3, 2016 00:26 |
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Specifically it's making their mom jerk them off
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# ? May 3, 2016 04:53 |
http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/4338898 Waterworld is up. I loved that as a kid.
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# ? May 3, 2016 05:46 |
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ghost emoji posted:That's from the Daredevil episode I think? Yep, you were right. I remember cracking up the first time I heard the episode but for some reason I thought it was from much longer ago. Gave the episode a re-listen, and interestingly they have a few extended bits talking about how terrible they expect BvS to be. Andrew says he wants to buy a ticket for another movie and sneak in to see it because he doesn't want to support it, Eric decides "I want to see it but it can't be good", and Steve says "Batman vs Superman: Who ever wins we lose." And the consensus is that Zack Synder smells like farts. But Andrew does enjoy that Daredevil kills and that's a hero right up his alley, but Steve and Eric disagree. Aaaaaaaaand I'm the nerd they make fun of.
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# ? May 3, 2016 06:00 |
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Violator posted:Does anyone remember the semi ongoing joke about nerds complaining about something and then having sex with their mom? Violator posted:Aaaaaaaaand I'm the nerd they make fun of.
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# ? May 3, 2016 06:12 |
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Yeah, I kinda dug my own hole here.
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# ? May 3, 2016 06:18 |
I kinda want to relisten to Daredevil since I finally saw the show, and I remember they spent like half the episode talking about it.
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# ? May 3, 2016 06:21 |
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Count Chocula posted:http://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/4338898 Man, I just can't do these lives episodes.
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# ? May 3, 2016 06:23 |
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The problem with Woodward's WIRED is that people just took it as gospel and came away thinking that's what Belushi was like. The thing is, Woodward isn't actually incorrect; events happen in the way he tells them. He just either doesn't put things into context or seems to completely misconstrue what people have told him. This piece, from a Belushi biographer, is actually a pretty good look at it: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/03/bob_woodward_and_gene_sperling_what_woodward_s_john_belushi_book_can_tell.html quote:Take the filming of the famous cafeteria scene from Animal House, which Belushi totally improvised on set with no rehearsal. What you see in the film is the first and last time he ever performed that scene. Here’s the story as recounted by Belushi’s co-star James Widdoes:
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# ? May 3, 2016 13:19 |
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Holy poo poo the novelization of Waterworld
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# ? May 3, 2016 14:27 |
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DrVenkman posted:The problem with Woodward's WIRED is that people just took it as gospel and came away thinking that's what Belushi was like. The thing is, Woodward isn't actually incorrect; events happen in the way he tells them. He just either doesn't put things into context or seems to completely misconstrue what people have told him. Basically the writer takes someone who already had a sensational life and sensationalizes it further, because I guess otherwise people wouldn't want to read about the life story of one of the greatest comedians of his time. Now I want them to watch The Babe Ruth Story biopic, which is the opposite extreme as Wired, and involves Babe healing a paralyzed child.
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dijon du jour posted:Basically the writer takes someone who already had a sensational life and sensationalizes it further, because I guess otherwise people wouldn't want to read about the life story of one of the greatest comedians of his time. It was also the idea that drugs are bad and they will destroy you. Yeah there are smear jobs and then their are ones where they ignore all a persons failings.
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dijon du jour posted:Now I want them to watch The Babe Ruth Story biopic, which is the opposite extreme as Wired, and involves Babe healing a paralyzed child. That's unusual because John Goodman did a Babe Ruth biopic which is almost as negative as Wired, although it admits Ruth was good at what he did. http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-babe-1992
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Atheistdeals.com posted:I'm imagining a modern version of Wired where Hugh Dancy portrays a talentless, boozing scumbag Robin Williams, who everyone secretly hated. There's actually enough material for something like this though, there's a lot of bad blood between Williams and other comedians because he stole jokes on top of doing hackish coke-fueled crowd work and impersonations and generally being hard to work with. I'm not a big fan of Tim & Eric but their sketch where they hire a Robin Williams impersonator and have to treat him like an unruly dog because he's scampering around and making his "ah! oh! uh! huh!" grunts is great. Violator posted:Aaaaaaaaand I'm the nerd they make fun of. Going by your username they did an entire episode making fun of you
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Corek posted:That's unusual because John Goodman did a Babe Ruth biopic which is almost as negative as Wired, although it admits Ruth was good at what he did. The Babe Ruth Story makes more sense when you realize that it was quickly thrown together when the real Babe Ruth was hospitalized with cancer. The biopic even has a hopeful ending where the doctors discover a new treatment to try out and it ends with a "You know, maybe, just maybe, things will be okay after all." (Babe Ruth died less than one month after the movie was released) I imagine that the unsavory aspects of Babe's life were ignored because, you know, cancer patient, but the movie is still pretty absurd in how far it goes in the opposite direction. Like, as far as the biopic is concerned, Babe Ruth only got married once. His first IRL wife just doesn't exist; she isn't even given a passing mention.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:21 |
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dijon du jour posted:The Babe Ruth Story makes more sense when you realize that it was quickly thrown together when the real Babe Ruth was hospitalized with cancer. The biopic even has a hopeful ending where the doctors discover a new treatment to try out and it ends with a "You know, maybe, just maybe, things will be okay after all." (Babe Ruth died less than one month after the movie was released) There's a scene where he cures paralysis with his mere presence, it's great.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:27 |
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Violator posted:Yep, you were right. I remember cracking up the first time I heard the episode but for some reason I thought it was from much longer ago. Well it's not like they were wing on this one.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:29 |
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Aw man. The audio quality on this week's episode makes it unlistenable.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:40 |
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Detective No. 27 posted:Aw man. The audio quality on this week's episode makes it unlistenable. The live episodes are pretty much always unlistenable (sound quality-wise) poo poo.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:43 |
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I'm usually super sensitive to audio issues (I will avoid most live episodes of most shows), and I found this to be only a bit below their usual quality. I was using lovely $8 ear buds on a desktop.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:45 |
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This is at least much better sounding than the Cliffhanger and Masters of the Universe live shows.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:46 |
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Yeah, this one seemed fine? I mean obviously it doesn't sound as nice as a regular episode but it was still pretty listenable.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:49 |
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Green Lantern sounded pretty good, but I couldn't make it five minutes with Waterworld.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:54 |
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Yeah Green Lantern was the best acoustically but Waterworld isn't that bad. It's still listenable imho.
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# ? May 3, 2016 18:56 |
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I didn't have any problems either, I do wonder if maybe your podcast player might have some equalizer setting that could be loving it up for you.
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# ? May 3, 2016 20:09 |
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Just wanna say, if you skip this, you're missing some great "Eric reads the Waterworld novelization aloud" action.
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# ? May 3, 2016 21:24 |
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The Vosgian Beast posted:There's a scene where he cures paralysis with his mere presence, it's great. Become acquainted with the bizarre film world of Neil Breen and see Neil-Breen-self-insert use a magic stone taken from a dying hobo to cure a child of cancer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_eSGhRCdgo There is no emoticon magical enough for this.
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Thanks to this show I'm constantly posting 'DIG THROUGH THE DITCHES AND BURN THROUGH THE WITCHES' under every link to the new Radiohead song.
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