Sweet Baby Jesus No

It seems only fitting that the crappiest pay channel Starz would turn the crappiest film to ever win Best Picture Crash into a weekly TV series. Its their first foray into original programming attempting to follow in the footsteps of their more sophisticated siblings, HBO and Showtime. Read the article here

UPDATE: Crash is the number one rented film on Netflix. America, what is wrong with you??????

Youtube

One of my favorite past times at work is to check out the most viewed clips of the week or month on youtube. It's often depressing, baffling, and... entertaining to get an idea of the world pulse on internet media consumption. The immediate appeals are often of a sex, violence, freakshow, media mishap, or cute pet variety. Today I highlight the baffling category. How the hell does this get 1.5 million views??????


Sadly I think i know the answer

Move That Bus!

From the NYT The median price of an American single-family home fell in 2007 for the first time in at least four decades, according to the National Association of Realtors, a trade group. “It’s the first price decline in many, many years,” the group’s chief economist, Lawrence Yun, said Thursday. “And possibly going back to the Great Depression.” The median price of a single-family home fell 1.8 percent, to $217,800, the first annual decline since reliable records began in 1968. The following clip could serve as a possible metaphor for the current housing condition. Its from one of America's most beloved shows on TV right now.

You know, all this talk in the news of the supposed inevitable economic recession, kinda sorta has me FREAKING out. My dad says that perhaps it is what "our generation needs." THANKS DAD! As if the baby boomer generation had it tough growing up and somehow aren't responsible for the current grave economic situations we face. As my friend David pointed out they were the generation that rode the post WW2 good will economic boom into the ground. Opting for free love and partying and talk about changing the world... but talk is about all they did. Social security, owning a house, medicare, medicaid, all things that were birthright and given to that generation are no longer for us. But somehow, we're the "spoiled" and "entitled" ones. To add insult to injury, that incredibly self important and rapidly aging generation refuses to leave center stage. They're not retiring and even hogging up the silver screen! Anyone going to see Rambo this weekend?

Baby Fever

So according to this article from USA today, fertility rates are at their highest since 1971. The age group that gained the most? Those 20 to 24 years old. Phew, glad I'm not in that bracket any more! The paper goes on to note that for industrialized nations it is strictly an American phenom. A look back on the films that graced our screen dealing with pregnancy and the embrace of babies in celebrity culture both high [Angelina/Brad] and low [Jaimie Lynn Spears y'all], it seem to make sense then why we are having a baby renaissance. Waitress, Knocked Up, and Juno were all released last year and deal with the topic of unexpected/unwanted pregnancy. However, all three are dramedies with an emphasis on the comedy because... unwanted babies are hilarious! Nothing more funny! Ripe fodder for comedic gold. That none of these films really considers abortion strikes me as somewhat irritating. Who knows, maybe I'm just grumpy because I'm currently going through a bout of middle child syndrome given my somewhat new status as uncle to a one year old niece. Because I will most likely never have a child and seeing how excited and happy my parents and relatives get at the sight of said baby I realize I've got a shoddy hand. Petty, self centered and immature, I am making a resolution to love babies and see the flip side of the coin! I too want to embrace the idiocy of baby culture and found this appropriate clip that is helping the conversion process.