Comments on: The 1:30 A.M. Blog http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/07/29/the-130-am-blog/ music, politics, sports, etcetera Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:43:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Live free or Die Hard! » arubberdoor: music, politics, sports, etcetera http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/07/29/the-130-am-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Live free or Die Hard! » arubberdoor: music, politics, sports, etcetera Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:30:52 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=293#comment-790 [...] I know that I lamented a couple of weeks ago the utter crap that the movie Die Hard is responsible for bringing to the movie watching public, but I still love the movies - all three and am cautiously optimistic about the apparent number four on the way. [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('790','Live free or Die Hard! &raquo; arubberdoor: music, politics, sports, etcetera'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('790','Live free or Die Hard! &raquo; arubberdoor: music, politics, sports, etcetera','&#91;...&#93; I know that I lamented a couple of weeks ago the utter crap that the movie Die Hard is responsible for bringing to the movie watching public, but I still love the movies - all three and am cautiously optimistic about the apparent number four on the way. &#91;...&#93;'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] I know that I lamented a couple of weeks ago the utter crap that the movie Die Hard is responsible for bringing to the movie watching public, but I still love the movies - all three and am cautiously optimistic about the apparent number four on the way. [...]
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]]> By: Kristen http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/07/29/the-130-am-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Kristen Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:17:23 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=293#comment-742 Every good premise that made money unfortunately led to a boatload of bad imitators. Lethal Weapon begat a million buddy cop movies; X-Men/Spiderman fever had every possible superhero optioned, eventually exposing the world to Ben Affleck's tubby red leather blind lawyerman suit in Daredevil; Friends clogged the airwaves with millions of quickly cancelled imitators; CSI gave us David Caruso (CSI:Orange) and Gary Sinise (CSI:Blue) JUST ON THEIR NETWORK ALONE; and the parade of shows trying to capture the Lost zeitgeist should continue for the next few years. This will continue until Hollywood ceases to exist. Die Hard is a great action thriller and still stands up to this day. I should know, I've seen it about 70 times. Funny, thrilling, and well acted, it just makes the imitators look even more pathetic. And this movie ignited my undying love of all things Bruce Willis. What could be bad about that? Side note: Air Force One (while a piece of cinematic poo) had some of the best unintentional laughs ever. The entire sequence with the fax machine as morse code of the future, saving the day was hilarious. The thought of the fax lady and Harrison Ford jumping up and down all excitedly when their document was being scanned has me giggling right now. I think I'll go reenact it with my fax later.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('742','Kristen'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('742','Kristen','Every good premise that made money unfortunately led to a boatload of bad imitators. Lethal Weapon begat a million buddy cop movies; X-Men\/Spiderman fever had every possible superhero optioned, eventually exposing the world to Ben Affleck\'s tubby red leather blind lawyerman suit in Daredevil; Friends clogged the airwaves with millions of quickly cancelled imitators; CSI gave us David Caruso (CSI:Orange) and Gary Sinise (CSI:Blue) JUST ON THEIR NETWORK ALONE; and the parade of shows trying to capture the Lost zeitgeist should continue for the next few years. This will continue until Hollywood ceases to exist.\r\n\r\nDie Hard is a great action thriller and still stands up to this day. I should know, I\'ve seen it about 70 times. Funny, thrilling, and well acted, it just makes the imitators look even more pathetic. And this movie ignited my undying love of all things Bruce Willis. What could be bad about that?\r\n\r\nSide note: Air Force One (while a piece of cinematic poo) had some of the best unintentional laughs ever. The entire sequence with the fax machine as morse code of the future, saving the day was hilarious. The thought of the fax lady and Harrison Ford jumping up and down all excitedly when their document was being scanned has me giggling right now. I think I\'ll go reenact it with my fax later.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Every good premise that made money unfortunately led to a boatload of bad imitators. Lethal Weapon begat a million buddy cop movies; X-Men/Spiderman fever had every possible superhero optioned, eventually exposing the world to Ben Affleck’s tubby red leather blind lawyerman suit in Daredevil; Friends clogged the airwaves with millions of quickly cancelled imitators; CSI gave us David Caruso (CSI:Orange) and Gary Sinise (CSI:Blue) JUST ON THEIR NETWORK ALONE; and the parade of shows trying to capture the Lost zeitgeist should continue for the next few years. This will continue until Hollywood ceases to exist.

Die Hard is a great action thriller and still stands up to this day. I should know, I’ve seen it about 70 times. Funny, thrilling, and well acted, it just makes the imitators look even more pathetic. And this movie ignited my undying love of all things Bruce Willis. What could be bad about that?

Side note: Air Force One (while a piece of cinematic poo) had some of the best unintentional laughs ever. The entire sequence with the fax machine as morse code of the future, saving the day was hilarious. The thought of the fax lady and Harrison Ford jumping up and down all excitedly when their document was being scanned has me giggling right now. I think I’ll go reenact it with my fax later.

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]]> By: Scarlet http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/07/29/the-130-am-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Scarlet Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:52:37 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=293#comment-739 This makes me SO excited for Snakes On A Plane!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('739','Scarlet'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('739','Scarlet','This makes me SO excited for Snakes On A Plane!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This makes me SO excited for Snakes On A Plane!
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]]> By: chris http://www.iamspencer.com/2006/07/29/the-130-am-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-738 chris Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:49:01 +0000 http://www.iamspencer.com/?p=293#comment-738 Don't forget all the buddy cop movies. Those are right up there in their formulaic crappiness.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('738','chris'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('738','chris','Don\'t forget all the buddy cop movies. Those are right up there in their formulaic crappiness.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Don’t forget all the buddy cop movies. Those are right up there in their formulaic crappiness.
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