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January 6, 2009

One Man's Uplifting Underdog Sports Drama Is Any Man's Nightmare

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Some things are hard to explain. Even if it makes sense in your head, you can't really put it into words. Do you guys remember that insane ad for Prop 8 where that girl was like "you know I'm too stupid to have formed a morally defensible position on why I hate equal rights for gay people, don't make me talk about it"? That's kind of what I'm talking about, but maybe not being such a stupid idiot as that girl. You know, those moments where words don't quite cut it. They complicate things.

For example, if you were to direct a movie called The Minis, about an underdog basketball team made up of Dennis Rodman AND MIDGETS, you wouldn't want to have to talk about it. Once you start talking about it, then there's all these questions that you have to answer, like "WHAT?" And "WHY?" And "Dennis Rodman?" And "Midgets?" And trust me, if you were to direct a movie called The Minis about an underdog basketball team made up of Dennis Rodman AND MIDGETS, those are not questions you want to have to answer because they are unanswerable.

The Minis trailer, you guys:

What?
Why?
Dennis Rodman?
Midgets?

Posted by Gabe at 9:15 AM in
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lookie-here

FIRST!!!q!Q!@W1

Posted by: lookie-here profile link at 01/06/09 9:18 AM | Reply
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iamsosorry

Gabe, that's offensive. Instead of "midgets," the preferred term is "Willows."

Posted by: iamsosorry profile link at 01/06/09 9:19 AM | Reply
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dennis rodman, short people and the polyphonic spree for a soundtrack?

Posted by: matt at 01/06/09 9:24 AM | Reply
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lookie-here

Also, this is so worst. Who would ever stop and say...ahh never mind, you're right, this is totally unanswerable.

Posted by: lookie-here profile link at 01/06/09 9:36 AM | Reply
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This idea was presented to someone and they were like...yeah, I could invest in that.

Posted by: Jordan at 01/06/09 10:07 AM | Reply
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I just thank god Peter Dinklage didn't, erm, lower himself to appearing in this crap.

Posted by: Ashley at 01/06/09 11:00 AM | Reply
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jacob666

Those small men were dancing with those normal sized ladies! OH MY!

Posted by: jacob666 profile link at 01/06/09 11:23 AM | Reply
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Owara Jacksohn

that was really well written Gabe. I thought you were making this movie up at first and using this made up movie as an example of things that would be hard to explain. It made the video even better to watch. Ku+dos.

also real quick- Rodman's wearing #10 like in his Spurs days, and how many of these midgets were apart of that Doink the Clow/Jerry The King Lawler match at that one survivor series

Posted by: Owara Jacksohn profile link at 01/06/09 11:51 AM | Reply
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As if Verne Troyer weren't mad enough at you already.

Posted by: Matt L. at 01/06/09 12:31 PM | Reply
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Angelaaaa

The little bald one looks like Tom Colicchio

Posted by: Angelaaaa profile link at 01/06/09 2:32 PM | Reply
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The Life of the Mind

I think we might need Vince Offer to explain this one for us. I fear he's the only one capable of it.

Posted by: The Life of the Mind profile link at 01/06/09 2:46 PM | Reply
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moonmaster

"Hey, this is Vince for the Minis! Yer gonna love these midgets."

Posted by: moonmaster profile link in reply to The Life of the Mind's comment at 01/07/09 3:15 AM | Reply
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fist bumps.

also, was that bodies of water or tilly & the wall or something? the song was decent, sadly.

Posted by: hmmmmmm at 01/07/09 12:20 AM | Reply
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Godsauce

Y'all suck. This movie looks fucking awesome!

Posted by: Godsauce profile link at 01/08/09 10:19 AM | Reply
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