A good friend of mine works at the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring. As soon as I heard news that gun wielding James J. Lee entered the Discovery building with bombs strapped to his body, I freaked the fuck out and called her. Fortunately, she was safely evacuated along with the majority of the employees. Only three were actually taken hostage and they made it out safe and sound after Lee was shot dead.

As more details emerged about James J. Lee, the internet exploded with liberals and conservatives blaming each other’s “extreme” philosophies as the motivating force behind his act of violence. Gun laws this. Tree-hugging radical that. Maybe he’s a Muslim. Maybe he follow some radical Asian religion. All this hateful, pedantic, straw man back and forth trying to blame the other side completely ignored the simple fact that James J. Lee was bat shit mother fucking crazy. It’s appalling to think that we’re so afraid of personal responsibility these days that we’re more than willing to blame a religion or political affiliation for the acts of a crazy man rather than the crazy man himself.

James J. Lee might have been a liberal tree-hugger. He may have believed in the living earth, Gaia. He may have listened to the Spice Girls (the Spice album, not that sellout Spiceworld crap). He was also crazy. It’s the crazy that made him do it, not the tree-hugging, not the Jesus, and certainly not the Spice Girls (I have no actual idea if he listened to the Spice Girls. But who knows). He was crazy. His crazy self had a choice to stay home and sit on his ass or strap on a bomb and a gun and go to the Discovery building. He made his choice. He is responsible for his actions. Liberalism isn’t responsible. Mother Gaia isn’t responsible. The Spice Girls aren’t responsible. James J. Lee is responsible.

What happened to personal responsibility? Are we so afraid to take ownership of our own mistakes that we’re readily willing to blame politics for this crazy fucker? If we must restore anything in this country, it’s personal responsibility. You are ultimately responsible for your own actions. You can choose to be influenced by politics or religion or music. But ultimately, it’s your choice, your fault, your responsibility.

James J. Lee should be blamed for his actions. Not politics. Not religion. Not music. Just him.

Goddamn Frank Miller!

Somehow, Gucci thought it would be a good idea to get Frank Miller to direct a commercial for their new fragrance. The ad starring Evan Rachel Wood and Captain Amer–er–Chris Evans will premier at the eMpTyVee Video Music Awards whenever that travesty airs. Damn you Gucci! Now there’s no stopping the Goddamn Frank Miller! Not that I was ever a Gucci customer in the first place, but this seriously makes me throw up in my mouth. This is bloody awful. I mean, fuck, didn’t anyone get the memo? The Spirit was ungood because there wasn’t a real director, like Zack Snyder, on set to tell Frank what the fuck he was doing wrong. Frank Miller is not a director. He’s proven that. Oh yeah, he can draw the ever loving fuck out of a comic book. But he can’t direct.

Please, someone, stop the Goddamn Frank Miller! This ungoodness must not be allowed to continue!

There’s a Soulja Boy song where he proclaims, “Bitch I look like Goku.” So of course, YouTuber 11wheels made it happen and stuck Soulja Boy’s smug mug on Goku in the Dragon Ball Z opening.

Alright, Soulja Boy. You, in fact, do not look like Goku, Gohan, or any other Saiyajin. It has nothing to do with your ethnicity or the color of your skin. It has everything to do with your complete and total lack of AWESOME SAYAJIN HAIR! Sure, you have it now thanks to this video. But if you ever hope to perform this track live you better at least get a giant fucked up wig!

A federal judge declared California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Proposition 8 denies same sex couples the right to legal marriage. In his opinion, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker wrote:

Proposition 8 singles out gays and lesbians and legitimates their unequal treatment. Proposition 8 perpetuates the stereotype that gays and lesbians are incapable of forming long-term loving relationships and that gays and lesbians are not good parents.

Hells yeah!

It disgusts me to think that a few decades ago it would have been illegal for me to marry my wife. And it disgusts me now to think that gays and lesbians are getting the same treatment because of who they spend their sexy time with. What the hell people, if they’re not fucking you, why do you care?!

Of course, that’s not the end of it. Supporters of Prop 8 will appeal. And if they don’t get their shitty little proposition reinstated, I’m sure this case will end up in the Supreme Court. I actually think that a Supreme Court decision could be a good thing. Well, a good thing if they uphold the judge’s decision. Other than blatant discrimination based on sexual preference, I have never heard a legitimate legal argument against same sex marriage. I don’t think the Supreme Court will be able to find one either. If the Supreme Court upholds the judge’s decision, gays and lesbians will no longer be treated like ethnic minorities used to be treated in pre-Civil Rights Movement America.

I hope this marks the beginning of a new chapter for American civil liberties. I want to live in a country that encourages love and stands against discrimination.

Source: Huffington Post

This is pretty mean spirited. But I think most of the people in shitty costumes realize they’re in shitty costumes and have a decent sense of humor about it. Still, I’m a little surprised no one stabbed this guy in the eye.

This trailer for the Underground Comedy 2010 movie kind of reminded me of a pitch I threw about the most racist movie ever positing that something horrendously offensive could be ridiculously hysterical. However, I’m not entirely sure this makes it.

Yes, Shamwow guy in blackface is pretty offensive. Watching super models take a shit is kinda gross. Lindsay Lohan is always no. Pig blow job is never something you want. But I kinda feel this isn’t going far enough. Michael Clarke Duncan as the gay virgin is just too precious to be offensive. And who doesn’t want more naked Bobby Lee. It’s quite possible the best, most offensive bits are not in the trailer. But what we’re shown in the trailer just isn’t offensive enough to either enrage or entertain me.

I don’t know, maybe I’m sick in the head, but this just isn’t all that bad. Are any of your really put off of this trailer? Is it because it just sucks or are you genuinely offended? Or are you just offended that someone actually green lit this shit in the first place?

K-Town is a new reality program that’s basically The Jersey Shore except with Asian Americans.

Joy.

So what you’ve got here is an introduction to the K-Town cast with their own version of that goddamn Ke$ha song who now gets her own goddamn category because after five posts about her, she’s not going away!

As for the show itself? I find myself in a strange position. I started my webcomic, Yellow Peril, as sort of an answer to the dearth of Asian American representation in sitcoms. Now there’s this show which stars Asian Americans. Since it’s basically a yellowfied version of The Jersey Shore, it probably won’t portray them in the best light. The fucked up thing? It’s breaking stereotypes. Asian Americans are kind of known as the “model minority,” the quiet nerdy ones with good grades and follow the rules. Straight laced. Boring. This show will certainly break those stereotypes because as we can see from this cast video, Asian Americans can be giant douche bags just like the rest of America.

I don’t know if that’s a good thing.

That’s right ladies. In Brightest Day and Darkest Night, movie Green Lantern is ribbed to pleasure you just right! Oh yeah!

Whenever Toei releases photos of the next Kamen Rider, there’s a typical fan reaction cycle. We spend a few months hating on the new suit, then we see it in action in a trailer and kind of like it, then the show premiers as we lose our shit over the new suit and can’t remember why we hated it in the first place.

It could be that Ryan Reynolds’s CG ribbed Green Lantern suit might follow that same fan reaction cycle. I’ve been proven wrong about Kamen Rider suits many times. Who knows, maybe this shit looks good when it’s moving. However, I’m putting my money on FUCK THIS SHIT! Sometimes more is just more and this ribbed bullshit deal here really irks the shit out of me. Yeah, I get that it’s an alien suit. But alien suit doesn’t equal ribbed disco ball of blech.

It’s not the suit that makes Green Lanter fucking awesome. It’s the ring! Fuck, dress Hal Jordan up as a hobo and we would still love him because of the ring. They’re putting all the flash and wizbang into the suit which is exactly the wrong thing to focus on. Color me green with totally unimpressed.

Here’s a look at Anthony Hopkins in his disco Odin suit with Thor and Loki in tow. And this is the song that plays in my head when I see the three of them with their disco movie suits:

It’s like they stepped right out of Studio 54!

I honestly think this movie is going to be great fun. I just really, really, really don’t like the suits. At. All. So it’s time to play the caption game! You know the rules. Unleash your best caption in the comments and remind these guys just how ridiculous they look!

There’s been no official word from anyone, but I’m gonna say it right now. The Last Airbender is not just a clever title. It will be the Last Airbender movie.

AirFailure dropped to the number 5 slot this weekend taking in only $17 million for a total of a little more than $100 million when combined with its opening weekend. With Inception and Wacky Nick Cage’s Apprentice opening this weekend, I expect those numbers to drop significantly.

In light of all this, I’m glad the film wasn’t cast with Asians leads. If it had and it failed, it would have sent a message to Hollywood that Asian cannot carry a major summer blockbuster. That would have made things even more difficult for Asian American actors to land leading roles. Now the failure can be placed squarely on the shoulders of M. Night Shyamalan who cast the thing with the intention of reaching the widest audience.

I will not be sad if there are no more live action versions of AirFailure. It’s not that I don’t think it can be done properly, but I think it works best as an animated feature. I would absolutely love to see a full feature length animated version. That would freaking destroy all of my pants. But honestly, if we never get another version in the theater, animated or otherwise, I’m okay with that.

Source: Box Office Mojo