Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Mister Vice President, sir, as soon as those papers are finalized I think you might be ready to report in.
Update: Ahh…who doesn’t believe in coincidences? Look what just popped up on the news wire.
My dear girl, keeping Dom Perignon above 38 degrees is like listening to The Beatles without earmuffs.
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I wonder who Al with trade up with once he’s rid of Tipper Galore
- Kini | 06/02/2010 @ 01:16I read somewhere that Bond villains are supposed to be asexual, but they might’ve been talking about just Blofeld.
It’s begun to look like that kind of drama isn’t it. “It’s over, Al Gore! Give it up!” “NEVER! You’re too late, the science is already settled!” That, and “Since you’re going to be dead in a few minutes anyway, why not just tell you the most intricate details of My Plan…”
- mkfreeberg | 06/02/2010 @ 05:39I think Tipper should call me.
Ah, shit. There’s that PMRC thing. Nevermind.
- bpenni | 06/02/2010 @ 07:54The Beatles and legalizing drugs…. yup, those are the two areas where Morgan and I consistently disagree 🙂
Love the post, though. Crossed the last one off!
- philmon | 06/02/2010 @ 08:16I let the Beatles thing go, Phil… there’s no point. Didja ever notice ™ that people who are seriously (obsessively?) into movies don’t know too much about music? Or care? And vice-versa? 😉
- bpenni | 06/03/2010 @ 08:33No. I have NO idea what you’re talking about, Buck! 😉
- philmon | 06/03/2010 @ 08:43I don’t suppose it changes the dynamics of the argument too much if I point out the above is an ACTUAL line from one of the Bond classics…
No really, it is. Look ‘er up. Right before the lady is smothered with gold paint.
- mkfreeberg | 06/03/2010 @ 08:56Yup. It does, Morgan! That’s great!
You and my wife would get along famously with the movie schtick.
- philmon | 06/03/2010 @ 09:24The same movie where the following dialogue took place:
IMO, these are two end-points on a spectrum of scriptwriting. What’s immediately above is as good as it gets. The Beatles thing…not so much…Bond should stay out of such trivialities. I would speculate he only said that because it was 1964, there was a generational divide going on and the Fab Four were adored by the children of the Bond fans. This was the older generation’s way of getting their licks in.
It’s still no excuse. I don’t wanna know if 007 is a conservative or liberal, whether he likes hip-hop or heavy-metal, any of that…kinda ruins it. That’s why I picked the line, it’s one of the most awkward. Thought it would be memorable for that reason, guess I was wrong. Carry on.
- mkfreeberg | 06/03/2010 @ 09:50At the time, they were considered a crude flash in the pan … fashion for idle youth to fawn over. I’m sure the line was meant to underscore the fact that Bond does not concern himself with the passions of the masses outside of observing them for tactical purposes.
- philmon | 06/03/2010 @ 09:53So… I posted a comment last evening and it simply went “poof!” Disappeared into the ether, as it were. I’ll try again, even though this may not be verbatim.
…he only said that because it was 1964…
Sweet Mother of God, Morgan! You weren’t even ALIVE in ’64, were you?
And because it’s entirely too quiet in here… There has been exactly ONE good Bond movie: “From Russia With Love.” I make that value judgment based upon fealty to the novels and not on the “gadgets, gizmos, and explosions per half-hour” scale. Ian Fleming will be waiting in the afterlife for the perpetrators of the Bond movie franchise, lead pipe in hand. And they frickin’ deserve what they’re gonna get.
- bpenni | 06/04/2010 @ 04:19So I’m reading this comment and I’m thinking “WTF? Buck’s bright enough to see the difference between ‘Doing X doesn’t make you a wonderful person’ and ‘Doing X makes you a stinker.’ What gives?” Now I know; you’re just in a mood to stir up some shit. Teeth must be hurting. Well, hope they get better.
No, I was not alive in ’64. I said “I would speculate” and it really doesn’t seem to me like going out on a limb, exactly. The over-thirty people said the under-thirty music was going to bring about Armageddon well before ’64…we’re saying the same thing right now. Think about Elvis gyrating his hips, and is it necessary for me to come up with more examples?
I’m down with the comment about Ian Fleming in the afterlife with the lead pipe. But I think most purist fans would be surprised about who he’d want to bash with it, and why. This is the author of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; the invisible car in Die Another Day, which the stalwart fan takes on average as the ultimate offense against 007 tradition, might be a minor blip on Fleming’s radar.
And what about the 2006 Casino Royale? To my knowledge, this is more faithful to the corresponding Fleming work than any Bond film made by EON or anybody else, ever. You need to amend your statement there, I think.
Lamest line in the whole franchise: Right here.
- mkfreeberg | 06/04/2010 @ 06:44Heh! This is getting funny. I think Morgan and I got to the crumudgeron stage a little early in life, but I bow to Buck with the “exactly one good Bond movie” line! 😀
You won’t find any tykes getting near his lawn!
I was alive for most of 1964. But I don’t remember the Fab Four until they were about broken up, and they were forbidden in my household growing up.
Did see some of a few Bond movies chopped up for TV with Tide ads. Gets the blood out, you know!
- philmon | 06/04/2010 @ 07:10