And Stop Calling Me Shirley!

January 24, 2008 at 8:31 pm (Movies)

You may have seen the previews for the new Scary-movie-ish Meet the Spartans, a spoof of 300, Transformers, etc. I would just like to send a message to the makers of these movies-STOP! The original of these movies were Airplane! and The Naked Gun Series, which as you can tell from a previous post, are some of my favorite movies. It has what these newer ones don’t-originality. Airplane! didn’t have hardly any movie spoofs, and if it did, they weren’t the selling point of the movie. The giggles in Airplane weren’t giggles, but guffaws, and belly laughs. These newer ones will never meet the same quality of the masterpiece Airplane unless they cut out the lame dry jokes, and use what made the originals better-creativity! I’m leave you with some of the funniest quotes from The Naked Gun.

  • The truth hurts doesn’t it, Hapsburg. Oh sure, maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with the seat missing, but it hurts.
  • There is always risk. Like getting up in the morning and crossing the street… Or putting your face in a fan.
  • Like a blind man at an orgy, I was gonna have to feel my way in.
  • Like a midget at a urinal, I’d have to be on my toes.
  • Well I’m sure we can handle this like the mature adults we are isn’t that right Mr. Poopy…Pants!
    • Tanya Peters: What are you doing?
    Frank Drebin: Oh! I was, uh, just conjugating my next move.
    Tanya Peters: Your bishop’s exposed.
    Frank Drebin: It’s these pants.
    Goon: Hey, Drebin! I’ve got a messege for you from Vincent Ludwig: He talks rapidly while repeatedly firing is gun
    Frank Drebin: I can’t hear you, dont fire the gun while you talk!
    Frank Drebin: That’s the red-light district. I wonder why Savage is hanging around down there.
    Ed Hocken: Sex, Frank?
    Frank Drebin: Uh, no, not right now, Ed. We’ve got work to do.
    (And from Airplane!) 
    Tower: Flight two-zero niner, you’re cleared for take-off.
    Capt. Clarence Oveur: Roger.
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Tower: L.A. departure frequency one two three point niner.
    Capt. Clarence Oveur: Roger.
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Victor Basta: Request vector, over.
    Capt. Clarence Oveur: Huh?
    Tower: Flight two-zero niner, cleared for vector three-two-four.
    Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
    Capt. Clarence Oveur: Roger, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor?
    Tower: Tower Radio, clearance, over.
    Oveur: That’s ‘Clarence Oveur’, over.
    Tower: Roger.
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Tower: Roger, over.
    Roger Murdock: What?
    Capt. Oveur: Huh?
    Victor Basta: Who?

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    Heroes Volume 1 Graphic Novel Collection

    January 24, 2008 at 4:21 pm (Comics)

     

     (9.75/10.00) Definitely one of the best buys I’ve made in a while, this collection is worth any Heroes fan’s money. The 34 chapter collection covers several plotlines, including Mr. Bennet’s relationship with his daughter, the secret past of Dallas Petrelli and Arthur Linderman in Vietnam, the alternate future with the Heroes as “terrorists”, or one of my favorites, Sylar’s adventure getting out of Texas in “Road Kill”. The book really focuses a lot on the plotline of Hana Gitelman, with more than 10 chapters based on her, although that’s not a bad thing, her story is intruiging, and I now realize she would have made a great character on the show. Her final appearance towards the end in “The Death of Hana Gitelman” being my favorite, partly thanks to the superb artwork. The whole collection has beautiful artowork, featuring the familiar painting of Tim Sale a.k.a. Issac Mendez on the cover of each new chapter. The mosaic at the end really beautifully shows the events in “How to Stop an Exploding Man”. This entire series of graphic novels does an excellent job at story telling and doing various stories at that. This is definitely a great buy for Heroes fans, although if you’re just wanting to jump into Heroes, this isn’t the best choice. This is really made for established Heroes fans. A word of warning, this collection does contain some language, so it’s not for younger readers. However, Heroes fans across the world are sure to love this great collection.

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