Cavs and Celtics on a Friday Night
1-liner, NBA January 9th. 2009, 7:50pmCavs-Celtics: Anyone else got the flu, and staying in on a chilly Friday night? At least there’s quality hoops to help ease the pain of blowing your nose, eating soup, and devouring Luden’s as if they were gummi bears. Hope everyone knows about Luden’s. They’re money.
110 Responses to “Cavs and Celtics on a Friday Night”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Staying in waiting for 5-7 inches of White Death that will start to fall late tonight.
GO CAVS!
January 9th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I went outside to shovel today, and it seriously was up to my waist.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Hahahaha, sucker!
January 9th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Where are you Fetch? Winnipeg?
January 9th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
amanda bynes fans? yowsers.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Kevin Garnett is extremely intense…for a flaming homosexual.
/Go Cavs
January 9th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Wally I’m in ND.
Huge Amanda Bynes fan. Always have been. She used to be in some WB show that I’d watch every once in awhile just to take a peek.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
my entire household just got over the flu. it kicked our ass.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
bron heating up
January 9th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Am I the only one watching Rockets-Thunder?
January 9th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
id gather so … would they nationally televise such drek? How does Westbrook look?
In a way, I feel bad for Durant … guy was all the rage two years ago … now, he’s pumping in like 20 a night for a team nobody gives a rat’s ass about.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I dont know if CRM will use this tomorrow, but i can’t get enough of this paragraph:
And also because Simpson simply doesn’t spend much time on the Web, he says, so is pretty much immune to the heated rhetoric that often permeates its (virtually anonymous) conversations. “I think of the literature on the Internet in the same way that I think of the literature on the walls of public bathrooms,†Simpson told me. “With the exception that the literature on the walls of public bathrooms is a little higher class.€
http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/hardball.php
wow.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I just got back from a golfing trip in green valley, az. Those people are very nice, very old and very crazy.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
crotchety old man. simple as that.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
i just heard that once you get your first flu shot you are then more susceptible to the flu every subsequent year that you dont get a shot than if you hadnt ever gotten a shot at all
/has never gotten flu shot bc of laziness
//just getting over the flu
January 9th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
i rarely was sick until i had a kid. now it seems like it is once every other month.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
good to see the Hawks have put up a good fight against the Magic. 119-77 with 3:30 left.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
flu shot? fuck that. i actually took no medicine (except a couple sprays of zicam, which the wife endorses to no end).
watching the most recent bourne for, oh, the 16th time. “tie your shoe, tie your shoe.” cool.
oh, and im not done with JC Romero! i saw some comments about that earlier … dude’s a cheat and failed two drug tests and NOBDOY cares.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Looked like a foul to me JVG
January 9th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
The Bourne movies are my favorite trilogy.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
yeah bournes are good, but not a lot of competition in that trilogy superlative, is there? Indiana Jones wouldve been up there till they had their fourth movie, what else… Die Hard? Please dont say matrix.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
beverly hills cop
January 9th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
my bad, Godfather, obvs
January 9th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Mighty Ducks ftw
January 9th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Wally I’m in ND.
North Dakota, Notre Dame, or North Detroit?
dude’s a cheat and failed two drug tests and NOBDOY cares.
Dude didn’t break any records and isn’t a household name.
And this old cat that didn’t vote for Rickey Squared? I guarantee he isn’t the only one. He’s just the first guy to show is ballot. I do not understand the anger from the masses when subjective popularity polls don’t fit with their desired result. Of course, the Rickey’s should be unanimous. Of course, they won’t be due to humanistic biases of voters.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Call me a nerd, but the first three Star Wars (minus the last 10 minutes of Jedi).
January 9th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
It sure sounds like Romero got jobbed this time around, TBL.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
yeah – wasnt including star wars bc there’s 6 of em now. but yeah i suppose most count em as 2 trilogies still
trilogies do better in boxing rings not box offices
i’ll take gatti-ward
January 9th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
HawkEye…Don’t get into the Romero thing with TBL… He is definitely in the minority around here about this…
January 9th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
PE –
I saw the first of the second trilogy in a theater and didn’t like it. Saw the second several years later on tv. Never saw the third. I consider the first trilogy stand alone. There was a 20 year difference and the improvements in technology could not overcome horrendous writing and plot. I agree with you, two different triologies.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
I know Wally, but it’s always fun to stir the pot a little bit. At least when you do it in a good way and not act like a pissy 5-year-old.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
KC- I dont know what anyone else thinks, but I loved the third one.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Speaking of money… Cavs up 12. The Celtics just look like a shadow of themselves… And little mention of Z not playing for the Cavs. This will help Cleveland down the road by having Hickson play more as long as Z comes back healthy by the All Star Break.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
i know a lot of folks thought Boston was the pick to get back to the Finals … guys … Cleveland is the better team. wants it more. not just this game, either. but the title.
boston’s been there, and these old dogs just dont have that same desire they did last year. it’s just natural – the luster is gone.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned the Lord of the Rings trilogy yet!
January 9th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
how? didn’t his own trainer say, ‘hey, man, you should look into it before taking it’ or something along those lines?
over the counter means its OK?
January 9th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Still digging for good articles to provide, but so far I have this one. Where this is said (sorry for the length)
According to Romero, he bought a supplement at the GNC store in Cherry Hil, N.J. He said he had it checked by his personal nutritionist, who said there was nothing in the supplement that was illegal. Romero said he mentioned it to Phillies strength and conditioning coach Dong Lien.
“I feel very confident with how our staff handles — and has handled — these situations, both [trainer] Scott Sheridan and Dong Lien. I have absolutely no problem with the way they handled their roles,” Amaro said. “It’s unfortunate that J.C. and the Phillies have to deal with this situation, but that’s how it is.”
Romero said he was tested on Aug. 26 and Sept. 19. On Sept. 23, players’ association counsel Bob Lenaghan informed Romero he had tested positive.
Romero said the players’ association sent a Nov. 21 letter to players that stated, “We have previously told you there is no reason to believe a supplement bought at a U.S. based retail store could cause you to test positive under our Drug Program. That is no longer true. We have recently learned of three substances which can be bought over the counter at stores in the United States that will cause you to test positive. These three supplements were purchased at a GNC and Vitamin Shoppe in the U.S.”
In a statement, the MLBPA’s Weiner said: “Some press stories have stated that the Association advised players that the particular supplement J.C. took was safe. Others have suggested that the Association knew, in advance of the positive tests, that this supplement contained a banned substance. Neither is accurate. The Association knew nothing about the particular supplements involved here prior to learning of these positive results.
“There also has been a suggestion in some reports that the MLBPA misled its members about the potential dangers of nutritional supplements. That suggestion, too, is not accurate. We have and will continue to do our utmost to counsel players with regard to compliance with our Program.”
January 9th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
I think everyone’s still waiting for the third one to end.
/Best picture..my ass! Sofia Coppola was robbed!
January 9th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Ah I knew Bsanders would show up once the movie talk started. I didn’t love Lost in translation. Just look at the awards from that year. I guess I’d take 21 grams, though I havent seen mystic river.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Thats meant to be “just looked”
January 9th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
PE – Take the 2 hours to watch Mystic River. Quality movie.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
PE –
Mystic River is pretty good. I’m a rewatchable movie guy. Rewatchable once or twice. Not a bad movie at all. 21 Grams was an interesting idea, decent movie. Lost was enjoyable, but not that great as far as great movies go.
Lord of the Rings triology was impressive, but as noted before, really long. Lots of fat to be trimmed from those movies. Really well made otherwise.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
fact: Lebron can get to the hoop, against anyone, anytime. better than anyone else in the NBA right now.
i maintain he will be better than jordan, and not in a vince carter way, either.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
I honestly don’t see how Romero is at fault here if MLB sent him a letter saying it was ok at first. I’m a Met fan and I’m saying that. What’s the guy supposed to do? They told him it’s ok and then changed their mind. HE tested negative before the playoffs anyway after he found out.
That to me is not a cheater.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Well, I’d been staying away from here, ESPN and sports outlets in general today to avoid hearing anymore about the “ox-like man who shall not be named.” Plus, the first thread I look at TBL’s still calling Romero a cheater even though every story about it basically spells out that MLB fucked up. Wish that whole thing would die off, too.
But as to the 2003 Oscars. I think the best movie nominated for best picture was Lost in Translation. Return of the King has to be ruled out because it has a bunch of short dudes jumping up and down in bed basically fucking each other in the ass with their eyes. Then Viggo says they bow to no one, though the cut out the part where he says “unless they have a nine-inch cock.” But the best movie of that year is definitely American Splendor. And Giamatti should’ve taken home best actor. Instead, Sean Penn got an Oscar for the wrong movie. He’s much better in Milk.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
When compared to the books, there was lots of trimming done to the LOTR triology. I’m not sure what else could have been cut to shortened.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
fact – randomly saw Mystic river on a first date with the current wife. weird choice, i know.
also, never seen any of the lord of the rings movies.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
im with KC – Star Wars original trilogy is the best. i’d go with Indy next, and then Bourne 3rd. which pains me, of course, because i LOVE the bourne movies.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Movie on a first date is the worst. A loungy bar is the best provided she goes to the bathroom so you can drop some GHB in her…
I’ve said too much.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
laughable fact: I bet on the grizz +6 on the road tonight. what a mistake that was. no more NBA for me. i just wish i knew what the heck to do with the NFL games.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
It should be ok. I think its so fucking ridiculous that players can’t take supplements that are LEGAL, things that we can take. If its available legally then they should be alowed to use it. Period. End of Discussion.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
You can’t pick any trilogy other than The Godfather Trilogy. You just can’t. The third installment is admittedly awful and its multiple Oscar nominations another reason they’re meaningless awards in the long run, but the first two are both among the top 10 (perhaps top 5) American movies ever made. Also, the Back to the Future trilogy holds up surprisingly well.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
RS – we met at a lounge bar, and then met up again a few nights later at a bar, and then i finally got the cajones to ask her out.
playing above the rim, outkicked my coverage, etc
January 9th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
TBL, you are being a complete and total dumbass regarding Romero. NOBODY is in your corner on this one, so if you want to continue to antagonize your readership, go right ahead. Romero got totally jobbed, and pretty much only you and Bud Selig think otherwise.
And, quite frankly, YES, over-the-counter should make it okay. Companies that manufacture this shit are hiding what’s in their products. They didn’t put the athlete warning on until they realized they had fucked over Romero. Word out of Philly today is that Romero is going to sue the company, and from my perspective as an attorney, I think he has a GREAT case.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
I refuse to pick the Godfather trilogy because III sucks.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
disagree on GF2, BS.
that’s an entirely different discussion. i agree with you here, but these are not the rules. if you’re a baseball player, you HAVE to ask the league what’s league and what isn’t. why’s he taking a supplement mid-season anyway? i haven’t read up much on this “drug” yet
January 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
I’ve never seen any of the Godfather movies…
January 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
@TBL – I’m tentatively with you on the Romero story. The point is that a player on the champ team tested positive for a banned substance, regardless of the circumstances/explanations. The point is not that Romero is to blame or not – and it looks like he wasnt trying to cheat for what its worth – but more that yet again MLB has fucked up. The point is that this is just another example of MLB, despite popular (and legal) pressure to execute a legitimate anti-drug program, still is incapable of doing so. That they bugled this (read bungled one of two ways 1. inadvertently misled/misinformed players or 2. let “cheater” participate and subsequently contribute to championship) is just another indictment (the latest in a long line) that their leadership is either incompetent, negligent, or both.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Slumdog Copyeditors. Shit, I’d move to India for that girl who was in Slumdog Millionaire. There may not be a prettier actress in the world, outside of perhaps Kristin Kreuk.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
And by the way, Romero could have passed a drug test in the Olympics. MLB is the only sporting organization on the planet in which he would have failed a drug test for this particular substance. Seems about right, because MLB has certainly assumed the mantle of the most idiotic drug policy on the planet.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
redick 4-5 on threes, 15 points tonight in a rout of the hawks. nice!
star wars on SPIKE!!
January 9th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I thought he did ask if it was ok and they said yes only to say no later.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
That’s amazing since allergy meds could potentially knock you out of the Olympics…
January 9th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
That is what I have a problem with. Why can’t they take legal supplements? Can be used as masking agents or something?
January 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Godfather II > The Godfather
De Niro, Pacino, both throwing 100-mph fastballs. Fantastic movie. Speaking of great acting, Hoffman and Streep have some absolutely electric scenes together in Doubt. Not sure there’s anything Streep can’t do. Angels in America had already pretty much confirmed that, but damn she’s great.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Romero could have passed a drug test in the Olympics.
That’s amazing since allergy meds could potentially knock you out of the Olympics…
I thought the same thing, couldn’t believe I was hearing it.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
NOBODY is in your corner on this one, so if you want to continue to antagonize your readership, go right ahead.
You wouldn’t keep coming back to this site if you agreed with everything Jason posted.
/Been reading Whitlock columns for 15 years.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
hawkeye – rent No. 1 at noon tomorrow. i dont know anyone on planet earth who does not like that movie. you can come on here and chat about it during the 430 game tomorrow.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
anecdote that possibly explain Godfather III shittiness:
Originally Coppola was writing the script centered round Duvall’s character Tom Hagen, but the studio refused to pay Duvall “lead” money (like what they were gonna pay Pacino), Duvall felt slighted, and Coppolla had to re-write the movie without the Hagen character.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
after the mitchell report basically shat over the entire sport, are you surprised? it’s like if 1000000 people cheat on their taxes and the IRS gets pissed and decides to do an ultimate crackdown … and you, the law-abiding citizen, get fucked. MLB, IRS – both organizations suck ass
January 9th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
I have friends that dont like it because of length, but then again, those guys are pussies.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
I’ve heard that. He was also writing the script WHILE the movie was shooting. That’s cool if you’re an Apatow comedy that involved a shitload of improv and using fuck, shit, cock and balls as nouns, verbs, conjunctions, etc. – but not the closing chapter to one of the greatest sagas in cinema history. Then again, Coppola did Godfather II and The Conversation in the same year. I don’t think any director can come close to that.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Knowing my luck, I’d get most of the way through The Godfather, and my wife would go into labor.
Actually…that’s a heck of an idea.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
There was no Godfather III. It never happened. The first two are the best movies ever made, IMO. I liked the Pirates trilogy more than I thought. Back to the future was good too, although I’ll never wacth it again…
January 9th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
sanders – you really sound into movies. why aren’t you writing screenplays?
January 9th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Conversation is great. Plus Apocalypse Now. Coppola absolutely dominated the 70s.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Was not big on Apocalypse Now. Nor Heart of Darkness for that matter.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
See, it didn’t count.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
I wrote a few in college with my roommate. He lives out in LA and is still trying to sell one of them, apparently. It’ll never happen, but I respect his dedication. Was a film critic for our school paper and did that freelance when I first got out of school before I got my first full-time gig. I’d say football and movies are my two main interests outside of sex and drugs.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
I don’t disagree with that, TBL. But the analogy isn’t the best. To make the analogy proper would be to say this: I, the taxpayer, have a deduction I want to take. I call an IRS office and ask about it. They tell me it’s ok. I consult my tax attorney, he/she tells me its ok. THEN I get fucked.
You can continue to go on and on about Romero, but he didn’t cheat, certainly not knowingly so.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
That’s it, that’s the final straw. I’m on the next plane to Algiers and I’m not coming back.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Hey Hawkeye, how was that game for ya
January 9th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
interesting. that’s my next goal, post-blog. it’s the longest of longshots, and im not moving out to LA, either. figure i’ll give it a shot … not like i haven’t been rejected before.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
quiet you
January 9th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
bsanders -
Start your ass a movie site/blog. I haven’t seen one that is not overly-snarky. I like snark with sports, but with movies, man, just give me an idea of what is good or debatable.
For examples, I love the Coen Bros. So many great movies, but i saw Burn and No Country last weekend (had a new child a haven’t been out in awhile). Burn was a great premise with great actors, but it fell way short. And I wanted to punch Brad Pitt’s character. The closet scene was classic Coen Bros., but ultimately, the movie was flat. No Country… I really liked, but it wasn’t special. I have heard rumors that a sequal is in the works ala Kill Bob. (That is I have heard it might be made, have not researched it). Color me suprised.
Anyhow, I’m always up for movie talk.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
KC, I’ll be out in your part of the country next weekend to see my cousin coach your 2nd favorite team…they are off to a rough start in the Valley this year.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
My advice is to just write something you’re really interested in and generally just enjoy writing about. The more you focus on writing what “will sell” or “is marketable” the more likely you are to abandon it, end up hating what you write, or just end up unintentionally writing something that’s already been done before. I had two that I wrote that I thought were “original” and then I found out movies/tv shows with similar plots were coming out.
One was about a Jayson Blair-esque reporter who moves back to his hometown in shame, then is viewed as a leper because he’s now the only thing the small town is famous for. ABC made a shitty drama called “October Road” that came out last fall. Another was about a guy who has a one night stand with a wild party girl, starts dating her and realizes she’s a vampire. Not exactly the same as “Let the Right One in” or the “Twilight” series, but with the success of those there’ll be vampire “romances” galore coming down the pike in the near future.
I always wanted to write a movie about a guy who goes back in time and has a three way with Adam and Eve and then what kind of “butterfly effect” that has on the world.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Who’s your cousin the coach for, again? They can’t be off to a rougher start than the Salukis. Either their freshman class is really overrated or Lowery has lost that team.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Writing an original screenplay is so damn hard. I have a bunch of friends that have tried writing one but once they get immersed in the project they usually have to scrap everything and start again especially if they’re trying to sell it. One of my friend’s friends wrote the screenplay for “Role Models”, sold it, they cast Paul Rudd and Rudd said he wanted to re-write it. The dude was pissed. All that hard work and Rudd wanted to gut it.
Then Rudd goes on interviews and says stuff like “It’s great to finally be able to write something.” I knew that stuff happened,but when you live out here its unbelievable how often it happens.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Bsand…my cuz is Gregg Marshall, Wichita State’s coach…who gave the Salukis their first Valley win the other nite.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Ah yes, that was nice of them to take pity on us.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Anybody else discovered Snapdraft over at Fanball…they do daily fantasy NBA contests for cash. I deposited 20 bucks back in December, and my account is over 200 now, been raking. It’s a salary cap game, and there are some seriously underpriced guys that many of the other players haven’t caught onto yet.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Jay -
Where are you going to be?
January 9th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
At some point, and I have no idea when, advertisers are going to realize that the most sought after demographic in advertising frequents sites like these 5-10 time a day, regardless of whether they are in school, have a job, or are unemployed. I wouldn’t give up on this blog any time soon.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Godfather II is inferior to I because of the Cuba and Roth stuff, that storyline bites ass. Watching it as the saga in chronological order up until they leave new york is the way to go.
Some of the stuff they cut from ROTK was pretty important. Namely, the death of Saruman and Wormtongue, and the Mouth of Sauron, which was one of the most badass scenes in the movie. They could have cut eighty percent of the Frodo and Sam story and the movie would have still made sense. Whenever I watch it I skip every scene with them, they’re unwatchable.
Still probably the best all around trilogy, in my opinion. Godfather loses points because of III, and Return of the Jedi is one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but Empire is still incredible.
Bourne is high up there though.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
That has serious potential if it follows a Lost Boy’s type vampire plot. Also, I’m not lame for posting this late because it’s the West Coast. I could go running outside in shorts and a t-shirt if I wanted right now.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
That isn’t even remotely close to let the right one in, which by the way has been bought to be remade in English by the Cloverfield director. Can’t wait for my favorite movie of the year to be butchered so that retards who don’t want to read subtitles can see it.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Yeah, the whole thing was basically a metaphor for the girl I was dating at the time sucking the life out of me. I still feel that the best plot for a comedy that was completely wasted was My Super Ex-Girlfriend. That was a brilliant idea for a comedy and ended up being pretty damn bad.
Let someone else write the script and put someone else in the director’s chair and Star Wars soars. Coincidence, I think not.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Oh and I want to make a horror movie where only children die. Kids always get characters killed in horror movies and I’m fucking sick of it. I’m talking like Johnny Depp in Elm Street kind of brutality to those cocksuckers. Matthew Lilliard in 13 Ghosts will not have died in vain goddamnit.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
That movie was so good. Can’t imagine how bad that guy’s face hurt after he dumped that acid all over himself. I’d have let the little bitch feed on me then, too.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
The only person more overrated than George Lucas is Tim Burton.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Oh man the acid scene was gut wrenching. Though looking at the makeup made me realize even more how ridiculous Two Face was this time around.
January 9th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Agreed about the Frodo cuts. Jackson lost me when he brought the Elves to Helms’ Deep. That move made absolutely no sense. In the books we are led to believe that men are left to defend themselves, but yet the superhuman elves show up. There’s no way to reconcile the fact that Legolas can kill anything that moves, while hundreds of Elves get owned at Helm’s Deep. In Jackson’s LOTR, the Men of Rohan would have been slaughtered without the Elves. That blows.
However, Jackson’s biggest mistake in ROTK was going overboard with the ghost army. In the book, the men of the surrounding provinces of Gondor are scared into coming to the aide of Minas Tirith by the ghost army. Jackson made the ghost army into some sort of an unstoppable force, which, for some bizarre reason, Aragorn dismisses after the battle. Why not keep them around and go kick ass at the Black Gates? Fuck the ring, we’ve got ghost army! That killed the movie even more than Legolas snowboarding on an oliphant.
/Huge LOTR nerd
January 10th, 2009 at 12:00 am
For sure. That American remake is going to suck. And I guarantee you it will be PG-13.
January 10th, 2009 at 12:01 am
I still think Del Toro would have been a better pick for the series.
I love Peter Jackson, but I knew him as the New Zealand horror guy. When I want zombies killed by lawnmowers, I’ll call him, but for epic movies, meh.
January 10th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Yep. First, that movie doesn’t work set outside of Sweden. The dark, snow, and desolation of the Swedish projects is a big part of the story. That shit isn’t going to work in suburban Ohio. And I’m sure they’ll get rid of the genital mutilation and the epic beheading at the end.
The author is furious about it, but it’s his own fault.
January 10th, 2009 at 4:15 am
I am a GOLDEN GOd
January 10th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Whoaaa. Someone was trippin on acid, standing on the roof, and threatening to jump in the pool at 4:15 this morning… You’re Almost Famous…
How’s your head feel today, sponge-worthy???
January 10th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Good, got the 1st lay of the new year
January 10th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
well done!