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Morning Oatmeal: 6 Sequels that Would’ve Been a Disaster

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on March 21, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Crack showers my morning links again with an oldie that takes on sequels that were imagined and eventually rejected.  Among them a sequel to Se7en called Ei8ht, a second Forrest Gump, and another Beetlejuice [which I think is actually still in the cards].  They talk about the potential sequel and also point out how wrong it would’ve been to do with each one.  Some of the stories simply don’t make sense, others are way over the top versions, and some even try to bring back characters that are clearly lightyears away or not even from the same world.  Well, as usual, Cracked writers have a whole mess of facts and sources that back their statements, and I highly recommend you check it out yourself.

6 Sequels that Would’ve Been a Disaster

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My 5 Favorite Coen Brothers Characters

Posted in Character Profiles, Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on March 20, 2012| 2 Comments »

It’s no surprise that the Coen Brothers make some of the most memorable characters in movie history.  Each of their movies seem to have a perfect balance between quirky hilarious and downright terrifying.  Even their one movie I never seemed to comprehend, A Serious Man, had some decent memorable characters.  Here’s the list of my five favorite characters from their very long and impressive resume.  Feel free to chime in when you feel as though I’ve forgotten somebody.

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8 Characters I Want on my Team in the New South RPG

Posted in Lists, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »

We’re really not a video gaming website, though it might be a direction I want to take it in the future.  But this is a rare case where television meets video games.  If you haven’t heard, South Park has returned with its 16th season and the jokes are absurd, crude, and hilarious as ever.  News says that creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker are now in the progress of making video game about the town of South Park, Colorado.  While there have been South Park games in the past, this is the first one including heavy involvement from Parker and Stone.  If this game has 10+ years of mythlore of the series in it and there is an RPG element that is rumored, then I’ll want these 9 favorites on my team to take down whatever darkness might incur on the streets of South Park.

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Morning Oatmeal: 10 Certified Fresh Crime Thrillers

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , on March 16, 2012| 2 Comments »

Rotten Tomatoes also compiled some crime thrillers that are really awesome.  Zodiac, Collateral, all 10 of these movies are really freaking sweet.

10 Certified Fresh Crime Thrillers

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Morning Oatmeal: 100 of the Best Movies

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on March 15, 2012| 2 Comments »

Spirited Away (2002)

There are a lot of lists that include the best movies ever.  Each list has its own personality and every movie on it has its own credibility and worthwhile aspects to be watched.  So if you ever wanna burn through 100 movies.  As for me…I’m at 64/100.  If you’re lower than me, you have work to do.  If you’re higher than me, movie film points for you.

100 of the Best Movies

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My 5 Favorite Pixar Characters

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 13, 2012| 9 Comments »

Pixar has a knack for creating some of the most lovable animated characters to ever hit the screen.  They’ve done more than 10 movies where each of them has at least 2 or 3 likable/lovable characters.  So I’ve made a list of my 5 favorites below.

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Morning Oatmeal: The 10 Best Movie Stares

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , on March 13, 2012| 3 Comments »

An odd title, yes, that’s why it grabbed my attention when I came across this.  This list literally has ten movies where there is a creepy ‘stare’ scene that simply grabs our attention and doesn’t let us go.  Hit the link and see if you can win a staring contest with these pros.

The 10 Best Movie Stares

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4 Characters in Movies Who Won’t Shut Up

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 12, 2012| 3 Comments »

Dialogue is the writer’s way to speak the characters soul in a movie.  It relays personality, interests, priorities, and values that we come to love about our favorite movie characters.  Too much of it however, can be a bad thing.  Not in all cases, but most people don’t like people who have an infinite battery source on the chatterbox.  The ramblings of a disillusioned man or even an intelligent man can usually tend to get on our nerves.  Today I’ve compiled a rather small list [but equipped with videos as well as images] of some of the biggest chit-chat-kats in the movie galaxy that are worthy of your note.  As usual, please let me know who I’ve missed.  I like my mind stimulated as much as yours.

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Morning Oatmeal: Adult Innuendo in Kid’s Movies

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on March 12, 2012| 1 Comment »

Adult Innuendo in Kids Films

UGO does a good job in compiling lists and can be compared to Cracked.com.  Which is a humungous compliment to them.  They’ve listed a couple of movies of where kid’s movies have adult innuendos.  Not all kids movies are strictly for kids.  There are a couple of jokes that simply fly over their heads and the parents and baby sitters put their hands over their mouths and giggles.  Here’s the link.

Adult Innuendo in Kid’s Movies

 

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5 Benefits of Being a Movie Buff

Posted in Articles, Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on March 9, 2012| 3 Comments »

Last week, it sort of felt as though I bashed being a movie buff in preference for being a television buff with so many television related posts.   I can feel sometimes that I relay the imbalance of movies and television and I have to remind myself that I still need to write about movies every once in a while.  I haven’t really been to a movie theater as of late and all the movies I’ve been watching are either old or terrible, neither of which warrants a full blow review.  And I tire of lists that hold little relevance.  So I kind of went into the mind process of when I wrote about my ‘television ratio’ and ‘reasons to watch television’.  Today I write to defend the movie buff honor and claim how pride I am to being one. Below I’ve compiled a list of 5 reasons or better yet, perks to being a movie buff.  Read below.

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Morning Oatmeal: The 25 Best Sitcom Couples

Posted in Lists, Television on March 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »

College Humor polled a vote about who was the best on-tv pair out there.  From ranging to JD and Elliot to Ben Wyatt and Leslie Knope, these pairs are often more than adorable.

The 25 Best Sitcom Couples

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5 Child-Demographic Targeted Series I Would Still [and maybe do] Watch

Posted in Lists, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2012| 5 Comments »

I have two cousins around the age of 9 and 4.  When they come visit me [or I come visit them from college], I, my parents, and my uncle and aunt have found television a great way to pacify them.  As cruel and demeaning to them as it sounds, I’m sure my parent readers know what it’s like to require some peace and quiet.  But when I don’t feel old enough to talk to my parents and uncles and aunts [although I’m 20, so I feel as though I should], more than often, I sit with them to see what’s still running on good old Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network these days.  Truth be told, I’m pretty disgusted in what flies as acceptable for cartoon shows these days.  Things like this Gumball show or Chowder, what have you.  I don’t identify with any of it.  But I’m probably as disgusted as my parents were when I turned on shows like Spongebob and Fairly Odd Parents in the 2000s, and even shows like Doug and Rockos Modern Life in the 90s.  Regardless, despite the childish aspect of some of these cartoon shows, there are a couple of respectable cartoon shows that, while catered to children, also capture my interest due to themes only adults would get and character/story development that goes far beyond the minds of the targeted demographic.  Below I’ve compiled 5 cartoon shows that are catered to mostly children and my explanations as to why a 20 year old like myself would totally still watch it.

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Morning Oatmeal: 20 Failed Franchise Formations

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on March 7, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It’s no surprise that many movies have tried to copy the repeating success of a film franchise.  No one movie alone can beat the strength of a franchise in terms of box office.  Everyone beginning film wants to be the next Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Lord of the Rings.  But where these franchises have succeeded, about 3-5 have failed.  Below you’ll find The Golden Compass, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Eragon.  While not all these films are bad [Mystery Men is in there, and I absolutely loved that movie], either their box office or uncommitted stars stopped these films from become sequels or even more.

20 Failed Franchise Formations

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Morning Oatmeal: 6 Absurd Movie Scenes that Actually Happened

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on March 6, 2012| 2 Comments »

Absurd things like the rappelling scene in Mission Impossible are like the dreams of a fantasia screen writer.  However, these 6 scenes were inspired by events that actually happened.  Check out this other Cracked article that compiled this awesome list.

6 Absurd Movie Scenes that Actually Happened

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Morning Oatmeal: The Best TV Lines of 2011

Posted in Lists, Television, tagged , , , , , on March 5, 2012| 2 Comments »

I’m the one who knocks.

Bacon and Eggs.

Fallopian Tubes.

These are the best lines of 2011 compiled by the Huffington Post.    Check them out below.

The Best TV Lines of 2011

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10 Reasons I Watch Television

Posted in Articles, Lists, Television, tagged , , , on February 24, 2012| 2 Comments »

I left yesterday on a sour note when I was discussing movies vs televison.  I tried to end on a conclusion describing why the reason the imbalance of 3:1 occurs, but it was my birthday and I had to deal with academic issues.  So I’m tying up some loose ends with this post, describing why I watch television as a whole.  This isn’t a post to describe why television is better than movies, because in reality, they’re just two separate entities that is similar to comparing apples to oranges.  So here’s a list on how I justify watching so much television that is probably related to anyone who has ever turned on a TV.

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Morning Oatmeal: Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Movies of 2011

Posted in Articles, Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , on February 24, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Quentin Tarantino is a bonafide movie director, so his list of favorite movies is fairly significant.  Check ’em out, I fairly agree with his list, but maybe the order could be changed up a little bit.

Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Movies of 2011

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My Television Watching/ Movie Watching Ratio is an Interesting Number

Posted in Articles, Lists, Television, tagged , , , , , , , on February 23, 2012| 1 Comment »

Frank and Fiona Scene

Recently, I’ve been crushing so much television. Caught up with FX’s Archer and Justified. Looking into Life’s Too Short and Extras. Then there’s The Walking Dead that’s returned [one more episode till I decide my verdict on whether this show is still worth watching]. Awake and Game of Thrones come mid spring. And then a dry summer just gets us amped for Fall television. I’d say it’s almost a one year anniversity before I started taking television seriously. I remember a long time ago, my friends saying, ‘do you watch Parks and Recreation?’ ‘did you see last night’s Office?’ I was always left out of these conversations, trying to sway them to talk about movies for something I could possibly geek out about. Around this time last year, I finally started digging into television. Soon enough I had NBC’s Community, Parks and Recreation, and the Office entire series under my belt. Then Friends. Then suddenly I started craving more and more, catching up on Dexter, Firefly and more until the point where I’ve devoured everything from Arrested Development to more obscure TV shows like Better Off Ted. Now I find myself watching tons more hours of television than movies. I honestly say the ratio hours spent looking at a screen for television to movies is about 3:1. That’s maybe 3 hours of tv for one hour of movies. Translate a two hour movie, that means I watch 7 hours of television for 2 hours of movies. 7 hours of television either translates to 20 30-minute block, or 10 one-hour blocks.

Read below for a weekly take down in of my watching schedule and my thoughts on it.

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Morning Oatmeal: 15 Questions Keeping Hollywood Awake in 2012

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on February 23, 2012| 1 Comment »

6. Is 'Prometheus' going to turn out to just be a prequel after all?

Yeah, this title is kinda funky.  This article is about 15 questions that will be proven in the year of 2012.  For example: will Prometheus be a sequel?  Can Melissa McCarthy become a movie star?  Will the Hunger Games be the next big franchise?  So check out these awesome questions that’ll be answered in 2012.

15 Questions Keeping Hollywood Awake in 2012

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Morning Oatmeal: 10 Certified Fresh Survival Movies

Posted in Lists, Movies, tagged , , , , , , , on February 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Rotten Tomatoes is always great at compiling movies based on certain genres.  This theme is survival and includes movies like Castaway, Buried, and 127 Hours.  Please check out these awesome survival movies.  The link is below.

10 Certified Fresh Survival Movies

 

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