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Title: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on April 20, 2008, 01:29:30 PM
OK, I don't want to keep beating the Diablo Cody horse.  But I couldn't resist this.

I was looking at Diablo Cody's MySpace blog in search of the exact wording of "I swear to God, I have the most bizarre life. Truly" (which I wound up finding here), and came across her March 30 blog:

"SPACED and Lucky

Current mood: Lucky-ducky-sucky-fucky

Many of you know that I’m obsessed with Spaced.

Well, get this: I actually got to contribute commentary for the upcoming (and long-awaited) U.S. DVD release. For real. My fellow American rubes-- I mean, co-commentators-- include Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and more. You have got to pick this shit up. Seriously. It’s the greatest show ever, and you’ll get to hear me coo like a besotted auntie every time Colin appears onscreen. Oh, and I ask stupid Yankee questions like 'Hey you guys? Where’s Hull?'

I can’t thank the show’s creators enough for letting me play.

Anyway, anticipate the release of the authentic, O.G. British series and please, ignore the thoroughly disrespectful McSPACED remake. Those jagoffs don’t even deserve a curious peek."

That DVD commentary track is my idea of audio hell - a who's who of Gen-X douchebaggery.  Throw in Perry Farrell and you've got eggroll.

Brit-comedy fans, does this mean that Spaced is horrible?  Or what?
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Regular Joe on April 20, 2008, 02:50:15 PM
It was just ok, when I wanted it to be totally wonderful. So, not great.
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: samir on April 20, 2008, 03:26:36 PM
I said it was my favourite show ever on the show a couple of weeks ago.
So, that's how I feel about it.

Don't think less of Spaced just because people who you don't like, like it.
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Martin on April 20, 2008, 03:32:14 PM
More like an f bomb, I'm sure.

Trully bizarre news.
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on April 20, 2008, 03:39:29 PM
Sorry, Samir, I knew you called in about an English comedy, but I am getting old and I used to enjoy drugs, and so I can't remember such things.  I anyone can undo the Cody/Smith/Stone/Tarantino axis of lameness, it's you.
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: John Junk 2.0 on April 20, 2008, 05:32:56 PM
They've started selling DVD's of Juno at the Starbucks counter.  Tom's in for a bad surprise. 

The guy at the counter literally said "Whuut?" when Christina the Yes fan said she never wanted to see it.
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Tom Scharpling on April 21, 2008, 02:10:50 AM
I'm seriously beyond all this stuff now.

Mod, please set up a feature that changes any reference to JUNO to UNDER SEIGE 2.

And please make any mention of Diablo Cody read John Ford.

Thank  you.

Tom.

Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: WavyGravy on April 21, 2008, 10:47:56 AM
juno
diablo cody
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on April 21, 2008, 10:50:05 AM
Juno.
Diablo Cody.
Bill Hicks.

Ha ha!
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Pat K on April 21, 2008, 11:42:38 AM
I remember seeing Under Seige 2 in the 2nd-run $1.00 theatre with my Dad back when it came out. The part where the train blows up and crashes is great. Quality performance from Eric Bogosian in that one, too.
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Martin on April 21, 2008, 11:59:19 AM
OK, I don't want to keep beating the John Ford horse.
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Pat K on April 21, 2008, 12:16:19 PM
OK, I cannot stop reading the "Sparked by Under Seige 2" thread now.

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I work at the same alt-weekly John Ford used to work.

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I think you guys are taking Under Siege 2 way too seriously.

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John Ford, who used to be a stripper
Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: emma on April 21, 2008, 12:31:21 PM
Me too!

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The New York Times yet again mentioned the stripper angle today in its write-up of the Oscar winners:

"The indie delight “Under Siege 2,” about a pregnant teenager with a mouth on her, won for best original screenplay, by John Ford, who once worked as a stripper. She tearfully thanked her family for “loving me for who I am.” 

Big deal. So did Guillermo del Toro. Enough already.

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Its hilarious when people say the stilted dialogue in Under Siege 2 was designed to mimic the language of teenagers - because if you read any interviews with John Ford, you realize that it's just the way she talks.

Title: Re: If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track
Post by: Shaggy 2 Grote on April 21, 2008, 04:23:47 PM
OK, I don't want to keep beating the John Ford horse.

Hee-yah!  (Beats horse)