Pop Vultura Category
What’s my skeleton in the closet? Pop culture. I’m facinated by pop culture. I like to pretend it’s a side-effect of my sociology degree: pop culture is an excellent barometer of where American culture is, since we seem to live on a steady diet of whatever entertainment crap we’re fed. The crap that’s popular tells you a lot about the people injesting it. But part of me thinks I just like it.
Nagada Nagada
8
Sep
2008
In: Pop Vultura
Dre and I don’t watch as many Bollywood films as we used to, but at the recommendation of one of my Microspotting profilees, I recently rented Jab We Met from Netflix. This song was my favorite, especially the dancing around 3:30.
Plot background: a morose businessman from Mumbai meets a chatty Punjabi woman on a train, and ends up at her family’s compound. In an effort to impress her dubious relatives, he sings this song.
I think what I love the most about Bollywoods is that all the leading men have to dance. I would like to see more men dancing in American cinema but HA! Fat chance.
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- Tags: bollywood, dancing, video
“Vampires haven’t been scary since 1994 … They are now imaginary gay boyfriends for goth girls.”(via donut)
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- Tags: monsters, twilight, vampires
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Ok yes, it’s another movie review because it was so hot in Seattle that I had to escape into cold dark air conditioned caves to get my laugh on.
So, remember how I was just like “bah: action/comedy!” I take it all back! Tropic Thunder was fucking HILARIOUS, and I laughed so loud and so hard through the entire thing that I think there were points when other people in the theater were laughing at the fact that 30 seconds after a gag, I’d still be cracking up.
I’m not a big Ben Stiller fan, but oh man: I loved this movie. Hilariously written, awesome cast (Robert Downey Jr of course killed it, but how much do I love that little Jay Baruchel?), gorgeous locations (yay Kuai!), great cameos, all just fucking hilarious.
So very recommended.
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- Tags: movies, review
My Pineapple Express review
16
Aug
2008
In: Pop Vultura
I’ve adored Seth Rogen since I watched Freaks & Geeks on DVD in 2003, but Pineapple Express marks the end of my time with him, methinks. I went into the flick wanting a good stoner comedy, with lots of the witty, foul-mouthed banter that Rogen’s shown off in the past. Instead, I got a violent, dumb comedy/action flick that wasn’t very funny. I guess watching characters get repeatedly hit in the head by ash trays, fire extinguishers, bathroom sinks, dust busters, etc just doesn’t do it for me.
And Seth Rogen as a stoner with machine guns? What the fuck. I want Seth Rogen sitting on a couch, smoking weed, saying funny stuff. I don’t want him pulling triggers and yelling all the time, which is most of the second half of this movie. YELL! SHOOT! YELL! SHOOT! Call pretty blonde girlfriend who doesn’t even seem to have a name! YELL! BLOW STUFF UP! When Jonah Hill played the Seth Rogen character in Rogen’s “Superbad,” all he did was yell, too … but at least he wasn’t pretending to be an action star.
I like stupid stoner comedies (Super Troopers! Harold & Kumar!) but Rogen’s stoner comedies seem to be sliding toward the louder and physical as their budgets get bigger. MORE SPLODING! MORE YELLING! Less actual funny dialogue. I mean, the best line in this movie was tossed off by a bit player: “Time to suck today’s dick.”
That said, James Franco was awesome. The Guatemala pants he wore through the entire film were a perfect touch.
But Seth Rogen? Despite your Pacific Northwesty-ness, your stoner-ness, your used-to-be-funny-ness, you’ve lost me. Y’all can keep the Green Hornet.
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- Tags: judd apatow, movies, review
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- Tags: culture, entertainment, tv
Nagada Nagada
8 Sep 2008 In: Pop VulturaDre and I don’t watch as many Bollywood films as we used to, but at the recommendation of one of my Microspotting profilees, I recently rented Jab We Met from Netflix. This song was my favorite, especially the dancing around 3:30.
Plot background: a morose businessman from Mumbai meets a chatty Punjabi woman on a train, and ends up at her family’s compound. In an effort to impress her dubious relatives, he sings this song.
I think what I love the most about Bollywoods is that all the leading men have to dance. I would like to see more men dancing in American cinema but HA! Fat chance.
- 6 Comments
- Tags: bollywood, dancing, video
“Vampires haven’t been scary since 1994 … They are now imaginary gay boyfriends for goth girls.”(via donut)
- 0 Comments
- Tags: monsters, twilight, vampires
- 0 Comments
- Tags: diversity, tv
Ok yes, it’s another movie review because it was so hot in Seattle that I had to escape into cold dark air conditioned caves to get my laugh on.
So, remember how I was just like “bah: action/comedy!” I take it all back! Tropic Thunder was fucking HILARIOUS, and I laughed so loud and so hard through the entire thing that I think there were points when other people in the theater were laughing at the fact that 30 seconds after a gag, I’d still be cracking up.
I’m not a big Ben Stiller fan, but oh man: I loved this movie. Hilariously written, awesome cast (Robert Downey Jr of course killed it, but how much do I love that little Jay Baruchel?), gorgeous locations (yay Kuai!), great cameos, all just fucking hilarious.
So very recommended.
- 6 Comments
- Tags: movies, review
My Pineapple Express review
16 Aug 2008 In: Pop VulturaI’ve adored Seth Rogen since I watched Freaks & Geeks on DVD in 2003, but Pineapple Express marks the end of my time with him, methinks. I went into the flick wanting a good stoner comedy, with lots of the witty, foul-mouthed banter that Rogen’s shown off in the past. Instead, I got a violent, dumb comedy/action flick that wasn’t very funny. I guess watching characters get repeatedly hit in the head by ash trays, fire extinguishers, bathroom sinks, dust busters, etc just doesn’t do it for me.
And Seth Rogen as a stoner with machine guns? What the fuck. I want Seth Rogen sitting on a couch, smoking weed, saying funny stuff. I don’t want him pulling triggers and yelling all the time, which is most of the second half of this movie. YELL! SHOOT! YELL! SHOOT! Call pretty blonde girlfriend who doesn’t even seem to have a name! YELL! BLOW STUFF UP! When Jonah Hill played the Seth Rogen character in Rogen’s “Superbad,” all he did was yell, too … but at least he wasn’t pretending to be an action star.
I like stupid stoner comedies (Super Troopers! Harold & Kumar!) but Rogen’s stoner comedies seem to be sliding toward the louder and physical as their budgets get bigger. MORE SPLODING! MORE YELLING! Less actual funny dialogue. I mean, the best line in this movie was tossed off by a bit player: “Time to suck today’s dick.”
That said, James Franco was awesome. The Guatemala pants he wore through the entire film were a perfect touch.
But Seth Rogen? Despite your Pacific Northwesty-ness, your stoner-ness, your used-to-be-funny-ness, you’ve lost me. Y’all can keep the Green Hornet.
- 7 Comments
- Tags: judd apatow, movies, review
- 0 Comments
- Tags: culture, entertainment, tv
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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