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Funny Hotties Entry

I recently perused an album dedicated to a guy's obsession with girls that curled their hair. It was..interesting? Can't snark too much on it since I was the lame-o actually bored enough to go through it. Anyway, whatever gets him off, I guess.

Which segues into my personal obsession (yes, another). Mainly, super hot actors posting hilarious videos on funny or die. Or more precisely, super hot Ryan Reynolds and James Franco posting anything online.

First: Ryan's Huffington Post Blog

Second:

Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds: Behind the Scenes of The Proposal from Betty White

Third:

The Hills with James Franco and Mila Kunis from James Franco

Star Trek

Fantastic (as expected). Fun, exciting, funny, great performances, blah blah blah. It's all been said and done. Even the new awkward lust I kind of have for Spock has been noted (EW.com beat me to the punch). Quinto was all kinds of hot even with the pointy ears, bizarre eyebrows, and bad bowl cut.
On the geek side, I now know what the hell people are talking about when discussing the terms: "Vulcan Nerve Pinch", "Red Shirt", and "Kobayashi Maru." I also spent a good 20 minutes explaining to Nick the difference between the original Star Trek and TNG. He thought Uhara was a female version of the guy from Reading Rainbows and Leonard Nimoy was actually Patrick Stewart and liked boobs a lot.


Just realized that the people who wrote Transformers also wrote Star Trek. Ha. Gotta admire my consistency.

Miss Pole Dance World 2009

Is Amazing.

X-men Weekend

Wolverine was as expected. Too much story, too many mutants, and ridiculously short, unimaginative fight sequences (i.e. Sabertooth charges on all fours when him and Wolverine get stabby with each other - fun seeing it the first time, a bit tiring the fourth time around). If you've seen the trailer, you've pretty much saw all the action (minus the final Weapon XI sequence, which was...okay). In addition, HOW many missed opportunities to kill William Stryker can the writers create? One comic book plot device I can always do without: the "I have the evil villain at my mercy but I won't kill him because I won't sink down to his level." Come ON.

Pros of the film: Better than X3 (not hard). Ryan Reynolds and Gambit appropriately chewed the scenery to my liking (though I'm extremely biased when it comes to those two). Hugh Jackman's still solid as Wolverine.


On a more positive note, X-men Animated Series DVDs finally came out (Thanks Gordon!), and the 10 years since I've caught the reruns on tv still hasn't marred the awesomeness in terms of viewing. It also reignited the anger feelings over how much they raped Rogue's characterization in the movies. Completely doing away with the Mystique-adoption/Ms. Marvel absorption storyline? Lame! LAAAAME! On the flip-side, watching the kid-oriented cartoon does make me appreciate the satisfaction of watching Wolverine actually STAB flesh and heal from his wounds in "real life". It's such a cop out watching him insist on stomping on Sabertooth just to satisfy the FCC. Yeah, that'll teach him.