I done another thingee:

Steve Head and John Black invited me back to the PMP this past weekend; mostly to help deliver a eulogy upon the untimely passing of “Green Lantern.” Give it a listen. (direct-player after the jump.)

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Hat-tip to Hollywood-Elsewhere

Magnet has picked up U.S. distribution for mad (and criminally overlooked in the States) Spanish shock-cinema auteur Alex de la Iglesia’s “Balada Triste,” re-named for English-language markets as “The Last Circus.” It’s the story of two Spanish circus clowns – a “sad” one and a “funny” one – driven to violent conflict and mutual insanity as they vie for the affections of an acrobat during the brutal Franco dictatorship. And it looks INCREDIBLE:

Alex de la Iglesia is a “Troma-but-with-talent” guy in the vein of early Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Sam Raimi, Robert Rodriguez, Tarantino, etc – but his stuff hasn’t yet managed to gain traction with U.S. audiences.

His “best” known release in the West was probably the fantastic “800 Bullets;” about a troubled rich kid who goes looking for his grandfather – a stuntman from the Spanish-filmed Eastwood “Spaghetti” Westerns whose fellow former cowboy bit-players turned aging drunken nutcases have reworked the decaying sets into a makeshift tourist attraction. Here’s a trailer:

It strikes a weird balance between Spielbergian childlike-imagination worship (he has to help the cowboy actors become “real” outlaw heroes to defend their “home” from evil developers led by his coldhearted-businesswoman mom) and vauge-misogyny (it edges toward implying that the kid’s behavior issues are the result of an overly career-focused mother and an absent father figure, and posits a gang of violent gun-toting drunkards and a stunning prostitute who’s a little TOO friendly to a pre-teen boy as suitable substitutes) but the end result is pretty damn cool.

A complete and utter disaster – immediately a contender for the worst film of the summer and a new frontrunner for the worst superhero movie ever made. I’m STILL a little bit shell-shocked by it.

“Intermission” is about “X-Men,” which looks even better now.

FYI, the “Blackwater Game” is the topic on a NEW “Game OverThinker” episode now LIVE on ScrewAttack and The Other Blog. CHECK IT OUT.

Hat-tip: “M”/facebook

I dunno how it’s recieved elsewhere in the country, but around here the notion that the “Chick-fil-A” restaurant chain is operated by a family Fundamentalists is widely-recognized (mostly from the whole “closed on Sundays thing) but generally treated as kind of a “quirk” of it’s existance – “huh-huh, could Jesus beat up The Colonel,” that sort of thing.

Turns out, it’s not all quite so cute…

So, in what probably shouldn’t come as any kind of shock, turns out “Chick-fil-A’s” charitable arm is all tied up with some of the more radical anti-gay-marriage groups.

Super. One more for the “Bob doesn’t eat here anymore” list. If Wendys and Manchu Wok turn out to be douchebags, too, I’m gonna start losing a shitload of weight. Too bad, it’s actually pretty good chicken. Not “overlook that my money is going to assholes” good, but pretty good.

Incidentally, this goes in-tandem with an effort by College students to get “Chick-fil-A” instalations out of their campus food-areas, information and petitions about which can be found HERE.

You may have heard that “Green Lantern” is a disaster. You have heard correctly – and will hear more soon enough.

This makes it a little better:

Call this an experiment. Like it? Please tweet, retweet, facebook-like etc 🙂

Below, the first episode of my attempt at a political-comedy/commentary show; “American Bob.” This is an INDEPENDENT project, produced entirely by me and is NOT affiliated with any other business, organization or entity that hosts/produces any of my other shows. First episode is about Anthony Weiner, some of the material will be familiar to frequent followers of this blog, my twitter, etc.

It’s a little rough around the edges at this point, but topical is topical. I’m intentionally trying to hold back on the geek-specific references in this case, to differentiate it from the rest of the output and broaden the potential audience. Yes, I am aware of the inherent “me-too-ism” in starting a political-bitchfest series during an Election Year.

Not going to be everyone’s cup of tea, I understand, but any feedback and/or views are appreciated. There will be ZERO crossover, in terms of topics and (hopefully) jokes between this, OverThinker (new episode tomorrow night!) and the Escapist series, so fans of those who don’t care for politics should feel under NO obligation to watch it.