Critical End!

If you’re anything like me or Ryan, you’re still trying to get over Sunday night’s Oscars.  Personally, I’m considering therapy.  In case you missed it (lucky), I’d love to tell you that there were some highlights, but besides the stunning “tribute” to “horror” and the moment where some crazy honky chick crashed the show, there’s not much to talk about.

Except for this:

Now then, I think it’s rather obvious that the entire thing was just pissing Reeves off, however for some reason MTV has actually made the Internet believe that this may really be happening…which it isn’t…unless it does…which it won’t.

Expect it in 3D this summer.

No podcast this week.  We’ll let you know about Alice in Wonderland next Wednesday.  Don’t worry, you still won’t have seen it.

Sorry for the late post, kids. I’m still reeling from the soul-crushingly bad Oscar telecast last night. Logan and I have discussed it and we’re going to live blog the Westminster Dog Show instead next year.

Anywho, just wanted to do a quick check-in on how we’re feeling about the death reel this year.  Like many, I’m wondering why Farrah Fawcett  was snubbed, but my real question is whether Michael Jackson deserve to be included.  Sure he’s one of the most famous people on Earth and it’s sad that he died.  But it was sad when my cat died too, and Lady Scratchmeister didn’t get an Oscar mention.  Because she didn’t work in movies.

Say what you want about Farrah, but she had a legit film career that included a Golden Globe nomination.  Other than The Wiz, Jackson didn’t really do anything that wasn’t a cameo, music video, or vanity project.  Sure, if we’re honoring publicists anyway, throw in MJ while you’re at it.  But at the expense of Farrah and Bea Arthur?  I don’t get it.

UPDATE: Fun’s over for this year, but relive all the heartwarming memories via the snazzy replay below.

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Just a friendly reminder to mark your calendars tomorrow for the Oscars and the Critical End! Oscar Live Blog.  Use the handy sign-up form to your right if you want an email alert when it’s about to start.

Until then, make your last-minute Oscar pool picks and enjoy the ludicrous eyewear of Steve Martin.

Seriously, the man’s face is 85% glasses.  REVIEWED: The Crazies (1973). The Crazies (2010).

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I can list all sorts of reason why this clip isn’t worth watching (Just a few: New SNL needs a laugh track to make it even appear funny, I’m still waiting for them to stop promoting Obama and start making fun of him, and there’s a blatant political agenda behind this entire video), but I can list one very solid reason why it’s completely worth watching.  It begins around 3:50 if you just want to skip ahead…I’d reccomend it.

For comedy that is actually funny, please don’t forget NBC’s Community returns tonight at 8!

Is it just me or is Tim Burton on total autopilot these days? I don’t want to say “parody of himself” just yet, but his most recent films are Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Those are just three existing stories about which somebody said “Wouldn’t it be cool if this was kind of screwed up and goth?”  Of course there’s also The Corpse Bride, which is just a version of A Nightmare Before Christmas that Burton actually bothered to direct.

Following his theme of just doing whatever my 14-year-old self would have begged him to do, he’s now on board to direct an adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which is one of them historical monster mashups done by the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies fella.  I guess that’ll be good?  Maybe?  I’m a big fan of a lot of Burton’s work, but this is such obvious material for him that I feel like I don’t even need to see it.  I wouldn’t mind seeing something from Burton that I’d never seen before, more in the vein of Big Fish than just another skewed-view re-imagining.

Well at least he’s not doing something silly like  a feature length version of Frankenweenie.

That’s right, kids, we’re at it again. This Sunday (5PT/8ET on ABC) the Oscars will once again invade your TV and we’ll be there to yammer on about it for the second time in a row.

The way it works is simple. When you sit down to watch the awards, make sure you’ve got your laptop (or mobile device!) tuned to this site where you’ll find running commentary by me and Logan for the entirety of the broadcast. Check out the snazzy replay of last year’s event to get the idea.

Don’t have someone to enjoy the show with? Join us and post your comments! (Comment posting should work a lot smoother this year.) Do have someone to enjoy the show with? Ignore them and hang out with us instead.

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