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I f**king loved BATTLE: LOS ANGELES.
Oh, don’t get me wrong. This movie ain’t perfect. But I still love it, in and out and all around.
I couldn’t tell you exactly why it thrilled me like it did. I can certainly tell you that when I went with my friends to see BATTLE: LOS ANGELES in the Cinerama Dome at Arclight Cinemas Hollywood this past Sunday, I was certainly the only one who came out seriously revved up about it. In fact, they were all of the opinion that it was in a range of “average” to “worst goddamn thing I’ve ever seen.” I’m still a bit baffled by their reactions, even if they were valid, so let me try to explain.
N E W Y E A R ‘ S R E S O L U T I O N S
(For All Those Other People)
A ten-part series that stops putting the burden of New Year Resolutions on world at large. These resolutions will make Americans less annoying and more wonderful to be around. Let the world change, and not us… for a change…
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RESOLUTION THREE: “I will remember that Charlie Sheen does not represent Hollywood.”
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we have come down a long road you and I.
As a community, we have laughed and wept together as Hollywood insiders steal the spotlight by becoming the worst examples of what Hollywood has to offer.
Millions struggle the good fight to gain a foothold in this entertainment industry, yet when a few train wrecks overwhelm the media’s attention, it makes it that much more difficult to defend our career choices to family back home.
As a community, we have watched the brood of Martin Sheen grow from teen dream actors into performers and directors of true accomplishment.
We have watched Carlos Estevez – familiarly known as Charlie Sheen – rise in the Hollywood ranks from LUCAS to RED DAWN to PLATOON to WALL STREET. As a reminder, here’s one of his finer moments from that film*:
N E W Y E A R ‘ S R E S O L U T I O N S
(For All Those Other People)
A ten-part series that stops putting the burden of New Year Resolutions on world at large. These resolutions will make Americans less annoying and more wonderful to be around. Let the world change, and not us… for a change…
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RESOLUTION TWO: “I will remember to admire accomplishment over arrogance.”
I hate Inspector Gadget. This is not a joke. I have reasons.
Inspector Gadget is like an animated BIRTH OF A NATION. Sure, people liked it when it came out, but once you saw what was going on underneath (i.e. blatant racism), you never quite saw it the same way again.
All that time spent watching those episodes… enduring Gadget’s moronic malfunctions and intolerably low intelligence… all that time waiting for one thing to happen. One thing to justify the whole series. And it never happened. Not once.
N E W Y E A R ‘ S R E S O L U T I O N S
(For All Those Other People)
Happy New Year readers! Nothing like a brand-new Get To The Chopper column to kick the Year of the Rabbit off right, ay? 2011! A New Year! Time to get started on those resolutions, right?
