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Zack and Miri

As Smith said, there is a big ruckus over the advertising. The original poster apparently was very tame but had a little hint of oral sex. That was flat out rejected by the MPAA, which apparently has control over marketing. In an extreme move they redesigned the posters with stick figures and added text that all they can show is these drawings. Apparently the word "Porno" is enough to upset a lot of people though.

This is exactly as I predicted after I saw the movie about a month ago. I said it was a great commercial movie and the biggest stumbling block to commercial success would be that word. Take out that word (and one penis, one disgusting shot, and a few ball sacks) and the movie turns into a relatively tame romantic comedy. "Tame" might be a bit of an exaggeration, but this movie is really a sweet romantic comedy at its heart. With the porn plot comes some risque ground, but that might not be so bad if the marketing was reformulated.

I am a big Kevin Smith fan and I've seen every movie of his since Jersey Girl came out at a screening where he was doing Q&A afterwards. This is his most commercial movie yet (that doesn't totally suck, sorry Jersey Girl). There's not much here that hasn't been seen in other commercially successful comedies, and this movie follows along the lines of the Apatow style comedies. It's a shame that it's not going to be a big hit because of that word and the stuff that goes along with it.

Gmail Goggles

As much as I try to hate Google they keep doing things like this that make me love them. Mail goggles, designed to stop drunken emailing. Awesome.

Mavericks

I told my friends we should have done a drinking game for the VP debate, but if we had used Maverick we would all be dead or in comas.

Tired Today

Tired from shouting from 1.5 hours last night at my TV "shut up b*tch!"

A friend suggested we should have made a drinking game out of every time Palin referred to McCain as "the maverick" or didn't answer the question at all. We would both be either dead or in ICU from alcohol poisoning if we had done that.

I think, and hope, that Palin has lost the election for McCain. At first I wasn't sure about Obama, I found his promises for "change" a bit empty and devoid of actual policy. I was not a fan of McCain, but I would have voted for him in 2000 so... Now there is no question in my mind. If this idiot ever becomes President (Palin, that is) I am not only moving out of the country, I am moving into a bomb shelter in the Swiss alps (there are entire mountains hollowed out for that purpose).

Twisted Sister Changes Their Minds

From the Onion:

NEW YORK—In a stunning reversal of their long-stated reluctance to take it, members of heavy-metal band Twisted Sister announced Monday that, after 24 years of fervent refusal, they are now willing to take it. "I acknowledge that we promised not to take it anymore, but things change. The world is a different place today, and with that in mind, we would like to go on record as saying that, starting right now, we are going to take it," read a statement released by the band's lead singer, Dee Snider. "To clarify, we would still prefer not to take it, but as of now, taking it is an option that we would be open to. That is all." Bassist Mark "the Animal" Mendoza also stated that, in regards to what he wants to do with his life, he no longer solely wants to rock, but would instead prefer doing other things, such as raising a family and working as a claims adjuster in Rye, NY.