June 22, 2003

The Two Obs

Okay, so how about that boxing match last night? There is something I love about a sport where success depends on how much vaseline you rub on your face. Not to mention the fact that one of the guys entered last night to the soothing strains of "Hotel California". I can only imagine the rivers of urine flowing down his opponent's leg as he heard that call to war.

In other news, I watched one of my favorite movies of all time today, Zero Effect. Is any actor more criminally underused than Bill Pullman? I can only figure he has been blackballed from Hollywood for forgetting to send Ving Rhames a Valentine, or some such poppycock.

One thought I had while watching the movie is how short Ben Stiller used to look; it seems like he's a lot taller now. Either he's picking shorter costars or he hit that inevitable growth spurt that hits all 40 year old men. Or, he's wearing big KISS boots in his movies. That's worth investigating, but in the event that Ben Stiller is reading this, I want to let him know that he should let his short man flag fly. There's no shame in being short, especially when one learns that short men have notoriously large genitals. It all balances out.

At first, I was a little frustrated with the makers of 2 Fast 2 Furious for not calling it Faster and Furiouser, but I think I'm starting to come around. I am coming around because I realize that my naming scheme comes to a dead end with the third one, which would presumably be called Fastest and Furiousest. You really can't do anything after that, unless you want to go super ballsy with Faster than the Previously Regarded Fastest, Furiouser than Aforementioned Furiousest. The other scheme, meanwhile, could just keep going to infinity. That's one thing I can definitely say about the filmmakers behind 2 Fast 2 Furious: their minds are always concentrated on the consequences of expanding their art out to infinity. Make of that what you will.

Posted by Cody at June 22, 2003 9:06 PM