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I would like to formally apologize for the assault on your brains that was the Cinema Clusterfuck. As the writer of the round, I take full responsibility for expecting you to be able to think about two things on the same question. My real sin is thinking too highly of you. I'll never let it happen again.
But since it DID happen, I'm going to laugh and imagine all those movies as they would have gone down with the actors playing their old characters. Some of them wouldn't change much - Mace Windu is just Jules Winnfield with a lightsaber. Which, when I think about it, is kindof a cool image. Way better than anything else Georgie Porgie came up with for the prequel trilogy.
I know I should cut him some slack, since he did give $4 billion to charity, but I won't. I just hope JJ Abrams does a good job with Episode 7.
But I digress! You know you'd like to see Sirius Black as Jim Gordon. I wanted to go with his character from Leon, but I couldn't remember it offhand so I felt it was pretty unfair. Jean-Baptist Emanuel Zorg would have been interesting, too (from The Fifth Element, obviously).
But anyway, thanks for coming out last night, I hope to see you all back here next week. You folks have a wonderful week until I see you again!
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The Beatles, though obviously hugely important and amazing musicians, had a lot of songs that were just plain shit. Norwegian Wood was one of them. Paperback Writer is another. Revolution was cool, but 9 is too many. Just dragged that shit out. You know they were out of ideas when they let Ringo sing.
The Clash, though... The Clash doesn't have any bad songs. The Clash is who U2 wishes they could be. Unfortunately U2 is too busy being smug to actually push against the establishment, except apparently by tax evasion. Their best song? Spanish Bombs. No question. The London Calling album is better than anything the Beatles ever made, though less revolutionary than the Beatles' sound was at the time.
In summation, the Beatles did more for rock and roll music than The Clash, but I'd rather listen to the Clash any day of the week. And U2 still sucks.
Westerns rock as much as The Clash. I love Westerns. I could sit and watch old John Wayne and Clint Eastwood movies all day and not get bored. Sure, Big Lebowski and Mulholland Drive didn't quite fit, since they had cowboys but aren't really westerns, but the actual westerns we had in round 7 were pretty fantastic. Once Upon A Time In The West is one of the best movies of all time. It's 3 hours of the best tension-building around. Go watch it if you haven't. Really.
I wanna congratulate our first winners in the Rumble in the Pub contest - Benitez and the Jets! 2nd place, Ad Astra, was still deciding if they want to do the tournament or not. Third place, Shut Up Meg, is also playing in the tourney, so our CB Potts entry teams are starting out well. Congrats!
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Sometimes, changing a cast member completely changes a film. Imagine if Lance Henriksen had played the Terminator, as James Cameron originally intended. Sylvester Stallone as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop? That's actually not that hard to imagine, since Sly took the rewrite that he made and turned it into Cobra, which sucked. Tom Selleck could have been Indiana Jones. Well, he could have played Indiana Jones. I'm thinking it wouldn't have worked out so well. Harrison Ford obviously IS Indiana Jones.
But what about casting changes that were never possible, and only happen because my brain finds them amusing? Scenario number one:
A veteran male stripper brings a young man into the crazy world of sex, drugs, and dancing for ones. The kid's good, but winds up spiraling down into the life, abusing drugs and treating women as disposable. He's lost all sense of who he really is, when all he really wanted to do was open up a goddamn furniture store. He gets himself in too deep, and is bailed out by the veteran, who realizes that the whole life is just too much and walks away, leaving everything behind. Magic Mike: Starring Stockard Channing. Who wouldn't pay to see that movie? Dr. Abigail Bartlett as one of the premier male strippers of our time? C'mon, now. You've got to admit you're at least curious.
Scenario number two:
A climatologist races to save his son and friends who have been trapped in the New York Public Library by the Revenge of the Planet (which obviously comes in the form of ice hurricanes). He treks miles across the frozen tundra, losing one of his closest friends in the process (awfully irresponsible of him, honestly), but manages to find his son amidst the snowy apocalypse, bringing back the most important thing - family. The Day After Tomorrow: Starring Randy Quaid. It suddenly becomes a slapstick comedy where you're encouraged to laugh at the evil wolf pack and ice that can run down hallways. They probably throw in a slide whistle sound effect while what's-his-face falls to his death.
Always replace Dennis with Randy, and Channing Tatum with Stockard Channing. It makes every movie better.
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