You think YOU hate the end of Summer? I’ve got to keep reviewing “dump it in early-fall” nobody-cares movies like THIS…

“Intermission” shows you some of the more unusual stuff you can see on Netflix Instant RIGHT NOW.

Here’s the trailer for Cameron Crowe’s “comeback” movie. I’ll give him credit for going with that title, since Variety is now just itching to write that “Crowe’s ‘Zoo’ Bought The Farm” boxoffice-failure headline… but ye gods, could this look any more like a PARODY of the very genre/style it’s trying to be sincere about?

There are no words…

The great hope for “Breaking Dawn” to be the first “Twilight” movie that – while not concievably GOOD on any level – is at least entertaining goes something like this: It’s the part of the series that most of the fanbase seems to like the LEAST for the very reasons I liked it BEST… namely, that the various characters stop staring longingly into eachother’s eyes and get down to the business of making baby daywalkers, having monster-battles and assembling big international vampire armies. It doesn’t LAST, of course, thanks to an ending that screws up the landing so massively even Stephen King must’ve been impressed.

Which is why I like that Bill Condon is taking a (well-deserved) paycheck-job to finish up the series; as Condon very definitely gets “camp;” and “camp” – or, at least, a willingness to embrace the fact that the material really, really sucks and having fun with it – is what “Twilight” has always DESPERATELY needed:

It’s certainly “broad” enough, and the sound-alike of “Journey to the Line” (or is that ACTUALLY “Journey to the Line!?”) underscoring the wedding/honeymoon buildup bullshit is probably an accurate representation of how “Twilight’s” audience FEELS (as opposed to ‘reads’) it.

In which I risk incurring the wrath of die-hard “South Park fans.”

ALSO! The Game OverThinker episodes are back up on ScrewAttack!

Below the jump, everything you need to know about what’s left of American conservatives…

I’m not what you would call a great humanitarian. On my better days, any extended amount of time in traffic or in crowded public transit makes me want to know why anyone thinks abortion-on-demand and over-the-counter birth-control are bad things. I’m on record that my own personal solution to the overly high costs associated with healthcare would be to let morons die if their injuries are the result of their own idiocy. Example: Meth-heads ODing? Oh yeah, let `em. It’s not like we’re talking about the Spotted Owl – human beings, especially useless ones, are not something we’re in danger of running out of.

I lay those cards out so that it’s understood that my reaction to the following clip from tonight’s GOP/TeaParty debate; which at times resembled a race to see which candidate could be the most gleefully dismissive/callous toward the “others” (read: anyone not white, rural-American, Christian or willing to lionize white rural-American Christianity as the highest possible tier of human civilization) the Tea Party believes is responsible for their problems and/or recieving all the precious, precious tax money Uncle Sam is “stealing” from The Real Americans.

In the clip, Wolf Blitzer asks Ron Paul (who, if nothing else, is probably the only person on the stage at this point who ISN’T an unbelievable asshole) what his doctrinaire-libertarian view on healthcare has to say about a (hypothetical) healthy 30 year-old who gets into a car accident without insurance. Dr. Paul goes on to once again invalidate himself from winning any American elections by giving a measured, thoughtful and nuance response – granted, it’s a nuanced response predicated on the existance of the kind of Little House on The Prairie human-to-human community kindness that idealist libertarians like Paul can’t accept simply not EXISTING anymore, but it’s thoughtful all the same – so Blitzer gets down to brass tacks: Do you just let him die? Paul, of course, says “NO” and attempts to re-explain his carefully-reasoned position… but he’s cut-off by the audience, who are APPLAUDING at the words “Let him die.”

WHY DOES ANY INTELLIGENT PERSON VOTE REPUBLICAN THIS POINT?

I mean this 100% seriously. I understand why the brutes cheering for “Let him die!” here or giving Perry a big “yee-haaaaaw!” for the Death Penalty at the last debate go for it. It’s only logical – the Republicans are giving them what they most want. Same deal with pro-lifers, climate-change deniers, creationists and other backward-looking flat-earth dolts, That all makes complete sense – the GOP (claims to) believe what they believe. Hell, I’m even willing to grant that it makes a certain amount of sense that the “eternal vigilance” crowd still convinced that a Cold War-sized military machine is a huge necessity sticks with them.

But what about everyone else? I know for a FACT that there are intelligent, thoughtful, not-overly-religious, not-paranoid people who are also Republicans. Teachers. Students. Doctors. Lawyers. Engineers. Scientists. You get the picture. I need to ask these people… why? What are intelligent people getting out of supporting a nakedly anti-intelligence (oh, I’m sorry – “intellectual”) political party? I know what the Holy Rollers get out of it. I know what the 2nd Ammendment fetishists get out of it. What is the GOP giving YOU, the nominally-intelligent Republican voter, to stick with them?

A tax cut? Is that REALLY it? A tax cut is worth letting people PROUDLY ignorant of proven scientific facts set public policy? A tax cut is worth having schoolchildren being taught about talking snakes and magic apples in science class? A tax cut is worth unbreathable air and undrinkable water? A tax cut is worth letting policymakers attempt to rewind the tide of social-progress back to an era that wasn’t even really THAT nice for the white christian males who had the ONLY power in it?

Cause, I gotta tell ya… I’m a pretty selfish bastard when you get right down to it, but DAMN!

No, of course he isn’t.

I’d feel worse about running grossly-misleading traffic-bait headlines, but this IS basically Disney/Marvel’s whole promotion-strategy at this juncture, so really I’m just playing the game…

I wonder… have “Firefly” fans accepted yet that Nathan Fillion is now “Castle” to about 98% of people who actually know who he is now? (Oh, but don’t worry kids – that Trek-level syndication-juggernaut-followed-by-massive-pop-cultural-revival is still toooootally just around the corner. Totally.)

In any case, here’s the “story”: A month or so back, ABC Network president Paul Lee teased a “secret” about a “marvel superhero character” being somehow related to an episode of the series’ upcoming third season, which most people figured was a jokey reference to the title character putting on a Halloween costume (he went “as” Mal Reynolds in Season 2, so there’s some precedence for this.) Now, comicbookmovie.com – your #1 source for bizzarely-tantilizing non-news – thinks they’ve figured it out… and WHAT they think they’ve figured out is that it’s not just a reference but a full-fledged ‘real’ character(s?)-cameo that would add “Castle” to “The Avengers”-continuity.

The “evidence”: Lyle Lovett (seriously?) is listed on the IMDB as playing an “Agent Westfield” (“of S.H.I.E.L.D,” presumably) in “Avengers,” which is also the name of a vaugely S.H.I.E.L.D./Men-In-Black-esque agent character he played on an episode of “Castle” that involved a UFO/spy coverup.

FWIW, there’s a certain amount of precedent for this: It’s an ABC show, which puts it under the requisite Disney umbrella, and the series is big on “metafiction” – Fillion’s title-character is supposed to be a mystery-novelist who teams-up with actual cops to solve murders (it’s that kind of show) and ghostwritten ‘real’ versions of the books attributed to him are actually sold.

About to Netflix this – wonder how it is?

Y’know, it only just now occurs to me: American trailers generally go “up-tempo-pop-music, dialogue-montage-establish-basic-plot-conflict, swelling-dramatic-action-music;” and Japanese trailers do the exact reverse…

I know that, as of this writing, you still cannot see the 25 screwattack-exclusive episodes of “The Game OverThinker” on ScrewAttack’s new site. I am sorry about that, it’s being worked on and will hopefully be fixed by early next week. For now… GOOD NEWS! Episode 57, the much-demanded “Supreme Court” episode, will (if all goes correctly) premiere on Wednesday, September 14th. So keep an eye out for it.

Here’s an announcement trailer…

ALSO! If you haven’t yet taken a look at ScrewAttack’s new site, you should – it’s quite excellent. They’re also offering something called an “Advantage” subcription, whereby users can sign up to not only get an ad-free version of the site but ALSO see new episodes of shows they’ve selected as well-liked faves. So, if there are any Advantage members (or prospective members) who’re also OverThinker fans… it’s REALLY good for BOTH of us (yes, this is NAKED self-promotion) if you make this show one of your “likes.”