Comic for Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Posted: 7:15 am, Tuesday, May 1st

Ever-so-slightly related to Friday's discussion. (By the way, it looks like Juliette has seriously rallied - it's 45/55 for hot/not now.) I have no idea if anyone actually keeps a same-sex five or not. This is the sort of thing I don't really bring up with too many of my friends. I stumbled upon the idea a month or so ago on Pajiba. It's at the 49:14 mark of the blow-by-blow of the Dukes of Hazzard sequel. I've had man-crushes in the past, but I don't think they've ever numbered five at once. Johnny Depp during the summer of the first Pirates movie and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, which was seriously awesome (this man-crush pretty much ended with Secret Window and then that shitstorm that was Pirates 2). Harrison Ford is an all-timer. I mean, c'mon. He was Han Solo and Indiana Jones. But five? At once? I couldn't even pretend to come up for five for Pete. (Clive Owen, borrowed from 2.0.) Anyway, if anyone really feels the need to unload their same-sex five on us in the comments, feel free. I'm not expecting a lot of takers on this one, and we never have to talk about it again if you don't want.

A quick scan 'round the interweb apparently reveals that this is just not my day to be manly, because the thing that interested me most on the front page of the Times is the review of the musical of Legally Blonde. I freaking loved Legally Blonde. (The first one, never saw the second. If there was ever a movie - besides maybe 28 Days Later - that didn't need a sequel, it was Legally Blonde. Or Short Circuit. Or Weekend at Bernie's.) Seriously, that's a charming movie. Reese Witherspoon is delightful in it. And I doubt any force on earth could make me see the play.

OK, no, seriously, something manly. Uh, video games and horror! I don't own a PSP because I have way too many things to keep me occupied on the subway as it is, but any new Silent Hill thing (except that movie - still haven't seen that) kind of excites me. I did an early strip on it (that I don't feel like finding right now), but to this day, Silent Hill 2 is one of the most frightening games/movies/what-have-you I've ever played/seen/what-have-you. The third one was gorier and made less sense, and the fourth one was insanely repetitive, but Silent Hill 2... Man, that was some scary shit. Here, look, it's even unsettling if you watch this guy run through it without fighting any zombies.

Man, seriously, first time I played Silent Hill 2, I had all the lights turned off and the shades drawn and the music up, and at one point, I shrieked and threw the controller across the room.

I'm really not making myself sound any more manly.

Oh, that reminds me, I'm going to miss the Gilmore Girls tonight, darn it.

I should just go.

bullfrog

Dan -- Tuesday, May 1 2007, 07:59 am

Dude. Do NOT watch Silent Hill. You know how movies based on video games are typically awesome? Exactly, they're not, and this one's one of the worst. Everything you like about the game, you'll hate about the movie. Thing's even funny in parts, unintentionally.

If it makes you feel better, the first time I played Resident Evil 2 and that thing came through the window while I was creeping down the hallway, I squeaked and dropped the controller, which hit the edge of a plate on the edge of a table, sending fries flying everywhere.

Zero Best shirt I saw at Fenway with regards to Damon: "No hair, no beard, no soul." Only thing missing is 'no arm.'

I want that t-shirt Zero.

Damon is dead to me.

Was it this one, Zero?

http://www.chowdaheadz.com/nohanobenoso.html

No, it was red on pink, but the same message. Mrs. Z was tempted (Fenway finished the conversion to Sox fan for her, but I'm letting her keep the Royals too because, come on, it's the Royals) but she wouldn't spend $30 for a t-shirt. It's almost embarrassing to watch how runners treat him now, Lugo went from 1st to 3rd on a single hit right to Johnny Sellout, no respect at all.

Unless Torre ends up with a losing record over his next 7 games (against the Rangers and Seattle, no not much chance there) he's not getting canned. Poor Scott Proctor. Do you think he hears the ghostly anguished cries of Tanyon Sturtze echoing in the bullpen as the harbinger of his doomed arm?

Zero

The Rangers probably won't win too many against the Goat Fuckers, but they ought to continue to tax the starters and the bullpen. Hopefully a visit to the Yankees starting pitchers is exactly what Michael Young needs to get going. Until we see him again.

I love broadway, and I don't want to see Legally Blonde the musical either. I'm SO SICK of all this movie-to-broadway adaptations, like Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, The Wedding Singer, Hairspray (which is actually a good show, but still), etc. Even Spamalot, Tarzan, Mary Poppins, are based on movies. Argh. Enough already!

Like a year ago the local news did a blurb on a British stage version of Dirty Dancing.

No further comment.

I would love to hear the Broadwayization of "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."

speaking of dirty dancing - said film is celebrating its twentieth anniversary since its release and can be viewed on the big screen at various cinemas throughout the city tonight and tomorrow.

www.fathomevents.com

I almost brought this up earlier, but Conan O'Brien's (successful) campaign to get Dirty Dancing re-released for its tenth anniversary was one of the funniest things he's ever done.

Sadly my wife has learned of the theatrical re-release, and made mention of it last night... followed by, "Hey, can you see if you can get your sister to watch the kids Saturday night... maybe we can go out to dinner... or something."

Ugh.

Dude, you'll have the time of your life.

...

Sorry, I'll flag myself for that one.

Nice work, Frog. Nice work.

Holy fuck... Bullfrog... that was awesome. Nearly spit my Pepsi all over my notebook...

That'd be hard to explain to IT.

15, I saw what had to be the worst movie to musical production I ever did, when I was in Japan and saw, Sailor Moon: the Musical. (The Horror! The Horror!)

Johnny Damon: Looks like Jesus, throws like Mary, acts like Judas.

My friend bought us tix to dirty dancing tomorrow - why not!??!

Second item: I was at the Kennedy Center tonight and saw this advertised for the NSO. Made me think of you, Bullfrog: Video Games Live™ is an immersive concert event featuring music from the biggest video games of all time, including such beloved and popular franchises as Mario™, Zelda, Halo, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Warcraft, Myst, Sonic™, Metal Gear Solid, and many more! Completely synchronized cutting-edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting, and special on-stage interactive segments dazzle audiences of all ages--gamers and non-gamers alike.