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- Celebrities wearing t-shirts of each other. The stars, they’re just like us! -Celebuzz
- I bet David Cross is super upset that Ricky Gervais has stolen his title of Atheist Comedian. “I don’t believe in religion!” “I don’t believe in religion more!” – Those guys. -AV Club
- Here are some stills of James Franco directing. What can’t that guy do, right? He can do everything. I bet you can’t think of anything that he doesn’t do 100% the best. -Just Jared
- Midnight In Paris is Woody Allen’s biggest hit yet. I still haven’t seen it. I don’t know. It doesn’t look that great to me. But I guess people like it? I’ll probably rent it when it comes On Demand. Would you like me to talk about it any more? -Vulture
- Tom Cruise shirtless, singing on a balcony and also say hello your new iPhone background yaayyy! -The Superficial
- The Sarah Palin documentary has a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, but I still want to see it. Whatever. I don’t care. -Buzzfeed
- A guy sees Jesus on his Wal-Mart receipt. I wonder if Ricky Gervais and David Cross have heard about this? -Dlisted
- A woman who really loves Harry Potter and a dog who really loves going number two on camera. Who could blame either of them. We like what we like. -FilmDrunk
- For those of us who haven’t seen it yet, the Walking Dead season two teaser trailer! -TheDailyWhat
- Reflecting on Aliens‘ genius, on its 25th anniversary. -Movieline
- Breaking Bad got its highest ratings ever with its premiere last night. Yay! Congratulations, Breaking Bad! -Deadline
- “Damn It Feels Good to Be A Lannister” Game of Thrones rap parody to play at all of your cool parties that you throw in your home. -Warming Glow
- Also, just to throw it in here, did you know Home Movies is on Netflix Instant now? !!! Guys! -Netflix
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I’d take you to see Midnight in Paris, Kelly. I’d let you have all my AMC Stubs points. I’d pretend to like Fanta if you wanted a Fanta Slurpee. I’d say, “This Fanta Slurpee is wonderful, and you’re now 12 AMC Stubs points closer to your 1000 AMC Stubs points free ticket to Fright Night.” If only!
Sure, Alien was a rather intelligent creature, but I would not go so far as to call him a genius.
I was kind of bothered by Midnight in Paris. For many reasons, but primarily because it breaks Videogum Time Travel Rule #1: KILL HITLER.
Errrr, sorry, should have done that with a SPOILER ALERT: Owen Wilson does not kill Hitler.
That’s all well and good, until I go to leave work and discover that my Volkswagen was never invented.
Not a problem, I’ll just walk home. Wait, dammit! Where are my boots? Right. Hugo Boss. Shit.
James Franco might be perfect, but it looks like we found the ONE thing Sarah Palin can’t do.
What if Sarah Palin has just been James Franco in a costume this whole time oh god oh god no no no, well, if any of you need me I’ll be committing suicide all week
Home Movies really is the best.
Oh man if you have never watched Home Movies, you will realize where you SHOULD have fallen in love with Jon Benjamin in the first place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6qNz8FK4Ks
If anyone could recommend a handful of best episodes, I would be ever so grateful.
Pizza Club!!!!!!!
Do yourself a favor: Get the Season 1 DVD. Go to special features. Scroll to animations, hit right. Home Movies Drinking Game. Prepare to die.
The Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis musical
I signed in just to get super-excited about “Home Movies” being available for free! (ish.) Seriously, monsters who like Archer and Dr. Katz (and I guess Bob’s Burgers), you must watch this show.
Shut the fuck up, James Franco!
This over and over again at ear-splitting volumes forever.
Unpopular-on-the-Internet opinion time:
I do not understand the need to produce more ~*~*atheist art*~*~! If you don’t believe in God, that’s fine and completely respectable.
(Personally, I don’t really think about it basically ever! I am a secularist, for sure.)
But there’s no ground to tread beyond “I don’t believe in God” unless you really desperately want to tear down the beliefs of other people who probably aren’t harming anyone? And again I understand that there are lots of people doing terrible things in the name of God, but being an antitheist is like being against all philosophy or all art or all food. It’s silly.
And for people who pride themselves on logic and reason, you’d think people like Gervais or Cross (or Hitchens or Dawkins!) would question their lack of belief more! Isn’t that what thinkers have been doing since Socrates? Before, even? Leave room for doubt in anything! It is the scientific thing to do, but they taught me in (liberal) Catholic school that doubt is a part of faith, too.
SORRY FOR THE RANT!!!!
Also Home Movies rules!!!!
Here’s my response to that: there are a lot of reasons to go after organized religion. We have entire systems of beliefs based on the supernatural which have caused a lot of people a lot of grief for years. There are a lot of great things about religion (look at the millions of dollars coming from religious charities), but they’re not somehow immune from criticism.
I can’t address EVERY single atheist, but I think everyone who thinks the Catholics are just plain wrong on gay rights should say something. If you want to say something about the silliness of religion through comedy, great. Maybe not every joke lands and sometimes they’re just mean spirited, but a bad joke or idea shouldn’t color the entirety of religious debate.
In other words, yes Chris Hitchens is a jerk. But sometimes he makes a valid point.
Also, Netflix adding Home Movies is great. I just can’t see myself keeping streaming service after Sept. 1.
Believing in God is a lot different than believing in a religion.
That’s fair! I agree, actually, with almost all of that.
The Catholic Church–and I say “Catholic Church” to differentiate it from Catholics who are people and therefore pretty variable–is SO wrong on gay rights, and I am gonna say the fuck out of that basically constantly and drop links to soulforce.org any time someone tries to provide biblical underpinnings for blatantly homophobic beliefs. (For example.)
There’s a lot more to atheism than “I don’t believe in god.” Atheists discuss atheism just as religious groups discuss religion. It’s about sharing ideas and exploring what it means to be atheist and how that philosophy fits into the world. Just because atheists don’t believe in god doesn’t mean they don’t think about why humans exist and how we should treat each other and what responsibilities we have, etc. Though I think the plot of Gervais’ show actually goes against atheism because if heaven doesn’t exists, how’d the guy end up there?
I didn’t mean to imply I didn’t think atheists considered that stuff! I realize they do. Also: does Ricky Gervais know what that’s worth? Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth!
I agree with Shoggyboom. My ex was an atheist, and I’m a big ole’ God believer, and we would have really interesting discussions. Atheists can still wonder at the nature of life, death, morality, etc, and there’s a lot of art that can be focused on looking at aspects of humanity with the element of divine origin removed.
But to agree with you also, Ignition, I think that I’m about as cool as can be with take-downs and analysis of religious institutions. There’s a lot of bad stuff! There’s a lot of danger that comes with an extreme indoctrination! But I’m pretty much over anyone saying “Uh, anyone that believes in God is a loser and instantly dismissed in my mind.” I’m not bothered by people thinking believers are all mindless idiots, because whatevs, but it’s just overly done and boring. There’s lots of atheists now, it’s a pretty mainstream and respected group, there’s no need to fight for equal atheist rights or whatever the point is supposed to be.
Right! That’s essentially all I mean. Although maybe we should fight to be a little more secular in red states; go to bed, take a nap, and rest your case, red states.
I don’t know if I’d say atheists need to fight for equal rights, but there are still a lot of people who will react to “I’m an atheist” as if you said “I rape baby bunnies to death”. I’ve had hateful, hurtful, ignorant things said to me by people who liked me just fine before they knew.
It always bothers me when people say, “I don’t believe in religion.” I can prove to you, pretty easily, that religion exists. If you don’t believe in god, that’s fine. If you don’t like religion, that’s fine, too. But I don’t know how you wouldn’t believe in it.
I’d like to submit “Midnight in Paris” for The Hunt for the Most Meh Movie In The World.
“Home Movies” is my favorite cartoon ever. I’m worried about Jason, you guys.
“I know when I’ve had enough, Melissa, and I certainly haven’t had enough. The only thing I’ve had enough of is you!”
That Walking Dead teaser trailer looks like the kind of deleted scene you’d find on a DVD that has skimped on the special features. That was certainly inconsequential and a waste of time! Now on to the “Random Movie Trailers” featurette!