Ryan Reynolds isn’t the only one who can grate cheese off his abs. Vote for Theater Hopper at Top Web Comics to see what I’m talking about.
I think we can all agree that Ryan Reynolds is a very attractive person. I have no shame in admitting this. In fact, I’m certain that were I disciplined enough, having abs like Ryan Reynolds would clear up roughly 43% of my self-esteem issues. If this acting thing doesn’t shake out, he could be a full-time Men’s Health cover model.
Cami’s line about me nursing a crush on Reynolds since Van Wilder wasn’t an exaggeration. In addition to his physical appearance, there’s just something about his delivery I’ve always enjoyed – even when he’s playing it broad. Van Wilder is an infinitely more enjoyable film because of what Reynolds brings to the role. For proof, watch the Reynolds-less Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj. It’s basically the same movie set in a different location and putting Kal Penn in the lead role.
Although can someone please explain to me how National Lampoon got away with calling the film “Van Wilder 2” when Van Wilder is nowhere in that movie?
The Proposal comes out this weekend and it looks like a boilerplate Sandra Bullock rom-com piffle. I didn’t mean to be harsh with the punchline of today’s comic by pointing out Bullock’s age (she’s actually 45). But it really sticks out to me in the commercials and trailers for this movie when she’s been paired with an actor roughly 15 years her junior.
Of course, with leading men, this is never an issue and sometimes even MORE prominent. Actors in their 50’s being paired up with actresses in their 20’s you see it all the time. Don’t misjudge me and assume that I don’t think Bullock is allowed to do the same.
But look back at Bullock’s career. She’s usually been paired with actors roughly her same age or older. And Bullock is nothing if not a creature of habit. She’s been acting in the same kind of movies for roughly a decade now. So even if the formula changes a little bit, it’s note-worthy.
I know I’m making a mountain out of a molehill, but I kind of hope they work it into the script somehow. It would be an opportunity to make it funny.
Switching gears, I wanted to talk about some of the issues we’ve been having with the site for the last week and a half. By now you pretty much know what’s going on with the malware errors, Google Chrome, Safari and the like.
I can tell you that we’re doing everything we can to scrub the site at every opportunity, but we’ve been compromised in a way that we can not immediately fix. Someone shared with me a link to this article that will hopefully shed some light on the situation and give you some insight as to the problems we’re dealing with.
I can only hope at some point someone will develop some kind of defense for this thing because every time I locate and strip the malicious code, it’s back on the site a few hours later. Until then, I feel like I’m twiddling my thumbs.
On top of this hacker problem, I’m also experiencing difficulties with the recent upgrade to WordPress 2.8. As you can see, the comic ranking system is frozen and the calendar and search functions normally to the right of the blog are missing.
Behind the scenes, the post tagging system does not work and I cannot edit the status of my posts. It’s a real drag.
Combing the internet, I can see there are several unhappy customers. People are pretty much saying it’s completely bungled on WordPress’s part.
I was thinking I would roll back the site to 2.7, but I guess I didn’t make a backup. I thought I did, but now I can’t find it. Maybe I e-mailed to myself and deleted it before I realized the problems 2.8 was having. But it’s a mess.
Anyway, that’s my problem, not your problem. But I just wanted to give everyone a status update.
Let’s talk about the weekend! In addition to The Proposal, Year One is also coming out and it looks like it’s getting trashed in the reviews. It’s a shame, because I really respect and admire Harold Ramis. But you could kind of tell from the trailers that the movie didn’t have a clear direction. What’s up with Jack Black and Michael Cera skipping through time? It looks confusing.
Is anyone still planning on seeing Year One? What about The Proposal? Or is everyone waiting for Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen to come along next week and step on everything? Leave your comments below!
With Ryan Reynolds? RAWR!
I KNOW, RIGHT?! YOU COULD GRATE CHEESE OFF THOSE ABS!
Tom has been nursing a crush on Ryan Reynolds since Van Wilder.
What can I say? He's a Canadian hottie.
Should you be more excited to see Sandra Bullock?
Not since she turned 40.
I doubt I’ll be hitting up the theater for the next several weeks unless “Away We Go” comes to town.
Transformers 2 is out in the UK today and I have to say it really does stomp on just about every other summer blockbuster its not subtle, you still want to kill the parents (just to save the film from any more embarrassing “comedy” moments) and at times you just want Bay to hire a second director to handle the charicter moments (one that doesn’t blind you with lens flair would be nice…) but it does exactly what it says on the hyper armor plated cover. Giant Robots kicking the screws out of each other
I can’t wait for the Proposal. I don’t care that it’s formulaic and that Bullock’s been doing these movies for forever. I enjoy them as just light fun. I’ll watch any rom com she makes.
Oh and I saw Away We Go yesterday and it was amazing. One of Mendez best. I think everyone should see it.
A bunch of friends want to get together and see a movie this weekend. So I may go with them and see year one although I’m no jack black fan
Awww… Why can’t we get an Incentive Sketch of Sandra Bullock’s abs, dang it!
I would go watch Sandra Bullock read the phone book. There is nothing about “Year One” that compels me to go see it – I can see Michael Cera and Jack Black being good in other movies on DVD if I want. As for “Transformers”, the first was a fun mess to watch, but I don’t see myself dragging my butt to go see the new one.
Year One I’m tempted to see, as I thought the trailer was pretty funny. Though the buzz I’m hearing is pretty low, so I may take a pass (rough times these days, gotta spend my ticket money wisely). Of course, that’s also what I’ve been hearing about Dead Snow, and I’m still seeing that (as soon as it finds a theater around here. We’ve got Moon, why not that?). As for Transformers, much like the previous one, I plan on ignoring it. Nothing against the idea, Michael Bay, or Shia (I like Shia. You heard me), I’m just not at all interested in the movie.
I thought exactly the same as Tom when I first saw the trailer for The Proposal but then I thought why can’t Sandra Bullock get Ryan Renolds? As Tom said we see it with older leading male actors all the time why not the other way round? And it’s only 12 years between them, it’s not a Sean Connery/Catherine Zeta Jones difference. (I can’t, for the life of me, remember the name of that movie right now)
We got Transformers 2 today and while there’s little character development and the plot is stoopid (yes I meant to type it that way), the action is insane. “Did Optimus Prime just flip Starscream over his head and dropkick him in mid air?” “Yes. Yes he did”
Glen, you’re talking about Entrapment.
I’ll be seeing Year One this weekend, and hopefully Away We Go too as I really like John Krasinski (big The Office fan here!). Will definitely see Transformers 2 in IMAX sometime next week too.
Entrapment is probably one of the most egregious May/December “romances” ever filmed. Although, truthfully, it was more of a mentorship.
Check out Autumn in New York. Richard Gere, Winona Ryder and their 22 year age difference. Truthfully, that’s not too bad. But Ryder looked A LOT younger at the time.
(SP) WORSHIP AT THE “ALTAR” OF YOUTH please
“Alter” alters the meaning entirely “;-)
We will be going on Father’s Day, after I mow the lawn
Saw The Proposal this morning, and I gotta say that Sandra is still a hottie. There’s a scene featuring her hiding her privates with a massage mitt and she looks in great shape.
Oh, I wouldn’t kick Sandra out of bed for eating crackers, you know what I mean?
Funny as usual. Ever going to do the ustream again?
Sandra Bullock did something strange to her face that I can’t quite pinpoint. Nose job, maybe?
Year One is pretty terrible. I’d recommend skipping it. There’s basically one joke spread out over 100 minutes, filled in with a lot of boring attempts at humor.
Alex,
Sandra’s face was something I was going to write about in the blog, but forgot to mention. There certainly appears to be a… tightening going on that’s a little unnatural. She used to have very soft features. Now, like Julia Roberts, she appears more harsh.
Bodyguard,
Thanks for the compliment. I don’t know if I’ll Ustream again anytime soon. I feel this ridiculous pressure to perform, even though I understand that is not the audience’s expectation.
Maybe if there was more demand for Ustreaming? I dunno. I should just do it as a matter of course. If I’m putting the comic together anyway, what harm does it do to record it? People can pop in and pop out as they please.
every time Bullock and Reynolds were close to each other in the Proposal i got the feeling that she looks/acts too old to be his fiance/girlfriend … looks like i’m not the only one
I can’t believe you mentioned Autumn in New York… UGH. My wife and I watched that recently because she’ll occasionally rent a random romantic movie with someone familiar in it, and every time my point is proved: 99% of these movies have the SAME PLOT with a couple little different details. But in this movie, those details happened to be weird and slightly disturbing. Not to mention the HORRIBLE dialogue… we all agreed the movie sucked. Funny thing is, it never mentioned on the back of the box that she could be his daughter!