Friday Fight: Golden Globes

Even though Lindsay and Gabe are friends, they very rarely agree on anything. Every day, they have a fight about something. On Fridays, we publish one.

lindsay: the Golden Globes are even stupider and wronger than usual this year!
lindsay: Particularly in the comedy movie category
lindsay: and also the nomination for Entourage
lindsay: What does Entourage have to do to NOT get nominated?
gabe: impossible
lindsay: Happy-Go-Lucky?
lindsay: it's not even a comedy!
lindsay: and it's terrible!
lindsay: I almost walked out of Happy-Go-Lucky
gabe: i don't know
gabe: imdb says it's a comedy
gabe: i'm going with imdb
lindsay: Step Brothers was better
gabe: i feel like every im conversation with you
gabe: ends up being about step brothers

lindsay: if you laughed in Happy-Go-Lucky, congratulations on living to be 100.
gabe: wait a second, you're trying to tell me
gabe: that the golden globes
gabe: is geared towards people with a middle aged sensibility?
gabe: TAKE IT EASY
lindsay: hahaha
gabe: not THE golden globes
lindsay: well, it's geared towards foreign markets
lindsay: obviously
lindsay: but I like to think the ball-on-drumset scene in Step Brothers transcends all cultural divides.
gabe: i'm surprised that haven't put you in charge of SlamDance yet
gabe: ENOUGH WITH STEP BROTHERS ALREADY
lindsay: So I thought The Wrestler was supposed to be the greatest combination of images and sound ever committed to filmed media
lindsay: and that benjamin button was supposed to blow
gabe: well, you haven't seen either
gabe: but it is true that the wrestler is surprisingly ignored
lindsay: I'm just sort of saying that because I'm sick of people who have seen the wrestler
lindsay: telling me it's better than slumdog milliionaire
gabe: oh, sure
gabe: no, that sounds hard
gabe: it also sounds like somehting i'm going to start saying
lindsay: just to bother me?
gabe: a: yes
gabe: i just think the wrestler does such a better job of doing whatever it is that slumdog millionaire something something falls short, you know?
lindsay: hahaha
lindsay: "celebrating life"?
gabe: yeah
gabe: the wrestler totally celebrates life better than slumddog FAILLIONAIRE

gabe: i think that all these nominations prove
gabe: is that it was a shitty year in movies
gabe: as i have been saying to you
gabe: for weeks
gabe: 52 weeks
gabe: how was true blood nominated for best TV series?
lindsay: yes
lindsay: How was it, indeed
lindsay: They just needed something new?
gabe: they probably just read all of teh glowing blog comments on HBO
gabe: vampire_boner_69 convinced them that it was
gabe: "a show i can sink my teeth into"
lindsay: You really really hate that show.
lindsay: I really hope it wins!
gabe: i hope it wins too
gabe: in your face, Mad Men
gabe: i hope house wins
gabe: and ugly betty for comedy
lindsay: hahaha
lindsay: Ugly Betty
lindsay: I bet that show is probably totally still on.
gabe: each golden globe should just be awarded to whatever or whoever made the most money
lindsay: It used to be that way
lindsay: not to be a nerd
gabe: haha, "used to"?
lindsay: but it used to be a lot more that way until everyone noticed
lindsay: it still is, of course
lindsay: but like, the reader?
lindsay: they try to go over the top highbrow in bizarre ways now
gabe: but the reader is still a big budget movie
gabe: with two huge stars
lindsay: yeah, bad choice
gabe: an academy award nominated director
gabe: produced by sidney pollack
gabe: RIP
lindsay: esp since it hasn't come out yet
lindsay: okay, okay
gabe: i'm just saying, no one is confused
gabe: are they?
gabe: that awards are basically bullshit
gabe: i think they found that
gabe: in the pharoah's tomb
gabe: a hieroglyph that said "fuck the oscars"
gabe: "fuck the golden globes"
gabe: "i'm out!"
gabe: that was what it said in there
lindsay: hahaha
lindsay: I'm a total awards nihilist
gabe: but i'm saying
gabe: that i want the awards to embrace what they ar
gabe: e
lindsay: yeah
gabe: and give Ugly Betty a ton of awards

lindsay: hahaha
lindsay: Kate Winslet did an interview recently
lindsay: and she was like "do I want an oscar? you bet your ass I do!"
lindsay: and that made me lose a lot of respect for her
lindsay: even though it just means she would make more money
gabe: well, you're the one who had "respect" for kate winslet
lindsay: hahaha
lindsay: ooops
gabe: i mean, she's a good actress
gabe: but it's not like she's
gabe: some kind of anti-status quo rabble rouser
gabe: she's not dropping bombs on the studio system
lindsay: Have you ever met a person who has seen "In Treatment"?
gabe: what does that mean, "meet a person"?
gabe: like when you talk to the guy who comes over to your house to deliver food?
gabe: also, no
gabe: have you ever met a person who watched californication?
lindsay: no
lindsay: How do you even talk about watching that show?
lindsay: "Hey do you guys want to come over and watch Californication with us?"
lindsay: that is literally the slang for swingers now
lindsay: that's the swinger code
lindsay: "watching Californication" is like the "friend of Dorothy" of swingers
lindsay: maybe the show doesn't even exist!!
gabe: i think it's just an elaborate ruse
gabe: paid for by david duchovny
gabe: to try and convince people that he still exists
lindsay: Even the red hot chili peppers
lindsay: who sued over the name
lindsay: haven't seen the show
gabe: EVEN the red hot chili peppers
gabe: and they'll watch anything
gabe: i feel that Gossip Girl has been unfairly snubbed
gabe: *I do not feel that Gossip Girl has been unfairly snubbed*
lindsay: well on that list it probably has
gabe: you can't really give gossip girl any awards
gabe: i think that adding anything to those kids egos would cause their faces to explode
gabe: into a mist of cocaine and desperate need
lindsay: I hope some lands on me!
lindsay: I don't know what that means
lindsay: I meant some of the prettiness
lindsay: not, like, flesh
lindsay: Actually, I think most of the shows I think are good were nominated
lindsay: there just aren't that many good shows
lindsay: so they spun the wheel
gabe: yeah
gabe: it was a toss up between 30 Rock
gabe: and I Survived a Japanese Game Show
gabe: although
gabe: i do think that true blood could have easily been replaced by last summer's fart fest Wipe Out
gabe: and the list would have more integrity
lindsay: Even Alan Ball is like "What the FUCK?"
lindsay: The mini series race is going to be a landslide
lindsay: for John Adams

lindsay: mark my words
gabe: what, you're crazy
lindsay: here, let's make a bet: you get Cranford
lindsay: I get John Adams
gabe: clearly bernard and doris
gabe: WHATEVER THAT IS
gabe: is going to win
lindsay: could it sound more boring?
lindsay: A Table And A Chair
lindsay: that would sound less boring
gabe: here
gabe: i'm going to go down the list and call the winners
gabe: and whoever has the fewest winners
gabe: gets paid a hundred bucks
gabe: by you
lindsay: hahaha
gabe: ok
lindsay: no
gabe: you agreed to it
lindsay: "hahaha" is not "shaking on a bet"
gabe: you just agreed to it
gabe: review the transcript:
gabe:

gabe: gets paid a hundred bucks
gabe: by you
lindsay: hahaha
gabe: ok
lindsay: that sounds great! i'm in!

Posted by Lindsay at 5:53 PM in Awards, Friday Fight
Tags: Golden Globes

15 Comments

Hilarious fight, and true that the GGs are ridiculous, but...I have to disagree with you re: Happy Go Lucky and Kate Winslet. Happy Go Lucky takes about 20 minutes to get started, and I wasn't on it's side for much of those 20 minutes, but I really, really liked it. The female lead was awesome, and it's a Mike Leigh movie (he's not for everyone). I can understand why many people may not be into it, but I think it's great. Also, I don't think it's wrong for Kate Winslet to want an Oscar; even if one knows intellectually that the Oscars are sometimes off at best and utter shit at worst, I think it's natural and honest for someone to want one nonetheless and be open about it. The movie Crash makes me hate the Oscars, but Meryl Streep would make me want one anyway, you know?

Posted by: K at 12/12/08 6:25 PM  | Reply
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I can't believe I even have to say this Lindsay but: Happy-Go-Lucky is a better movie than Step Brothers.

I know. Shocker.

(P.S. I haven't seen Step Brothers.)

Posted by: Bobo at 12/12/08 7:13 PM  | Reply
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lindsay: it's a comedy AND a drama!
gabe: what is? your face?

This.

Posted by: parasitic at 12/12/08 7:37 PM  | Reply
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wrongabouthappygoluckygum.com

Posted by: amanda at 12/12/08 8:23 PM  | Reply
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As Blog as my witness, one day I'm going to make a miniseries called "A Table And A Chair."

Posted by: ricardo at 12/13/08 12:03 AM  | Reply
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I haven't seen Happy Go Lucky, but i thought it looked really good and was excited to see it sometime in the future. Then i saw this fight(?), and there was a drop in my stomach. But there are 3 other people in the comments who thought it was awesome. So strength in numbers, and my anticipation is restored. Videogum commenters, you've done it again.

Posted by: Elliot at 12/13/08 12:26 AM  | Reply
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God. I just read the whole thing. I now want to kill myself.

Posted by: Eric at 12/13/08 2:02 PM  | Reply
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In Treatment was fucking amazingly good.

Posted by: Godsauce at 12/14/08 1:33 AM  | Reply
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In Treatment was boring-ass balls, totally unrelated to any real life therapy. HBO has run out of ideas.

Posted by: Garmanbozia  in reply to  Godsauce's comment at 12/22/08 4:13 AM  | Reply
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Also, Mike Leigh is usually great, and it is okay for Kate Winslet to admit to wanting an Oscar. She is being honest. I hate the Oscars, and I want one. You probably want one, too.

Posted by: Godsauce at 12/14/08 1:36 AM  | Reply
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Clearly you haven't seen Kate Winslet's appearance in the first episode of Extras. It's amazing.

Posted by: James at 12/14/08 5:06 AM  | Reply
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"gabe: i feel that Gossip Girl has been unfairly snubbed
gabe: *I do not feel that Gossip Girl has been unfairly snubbed*"

I hope Gossip Girl runs forever and Leighton Meister becomes prime-time Susan Lucci. That is all.

Wait, that's not all... Generation Kill? That happened this year right? THAT was omitted from the miniseries nods in favor of John Adams and four things no one watched? Here I was thinking that GK and JA would have made for an interesting race in that category. Guess not.

Posted by: cizmad at 12/14/08 11:10 AM  | Reply
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i've seen In Treatment and Californication. They aren't bad.

Posted by: eileen at 12/14/08 11:29 AM  | Reply
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Holy crap, there are like nine thousand people on Ugly Betty.

Posted by: snowak at 12/15/08 12:15 PM  | Reply
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californication is good and there's always boobs. which is cool.

Posted by: caringiscool at 12/18/08 2:52 PM  | Reply
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