Whatever Happened to...

Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise?

I missed the MTV VMA Awards. For the 5000th year in a row! How will I ever stay current? FourFour's recap caught me up. The show looks worse than I remember it being! MTV - always current! One piece did catch my eye - the fact that Tom Cruise came out as Les Grossman from Tropic Thunder and danced with J.Lo. WTF! The character wasn't even funny in the movie he was being paid to be funny in!

Today I find this item - that Ben Stiller is developing a movie solely for Tom's Les Grossman character. As if that link isn't warning enough...this movie is going to be horrible! I know this is a boring/standard complaint but why does Hollywood keep making terrible movies??? Tom Cruise has pretty much annoyed me ever since I was old enough to realize he's bonkers (aka age 5). Aside from Cocktail I really can't stand him/his body of work.

But Ben? I had a little more respect for him. How can you hate a guy who marries Melody from Hey Dude? Exactly you can't. Now I can. Ben Stiller isn't funny anymore. I saw him on Extras and heard rumors of his crazy outbursts, but I took awhile to believe it. Now I think he's just out of touch with what is funny and it's believable that he rages about that. It's a sad day when the once "funny" and "hot" guys of my childhood are revealed to be out of touch dads with anger issues.

Movie Question

You like movies. You watch movies. Yet often when you discuss movies with others, you'll name a movie and someone will say, "I've never seen that." Your jaw drops. The question is, what movie did you say? What are the top five movies for which, if you ask any random person, would you drop your jaw? This is my list, in reverse chronological order:

Titanic
Jurassic Park
Star Wars
It's A Wonderful Life
The Wizard of Oz

No, it's not that surprising. I get it. But if you haven't seen three of the biggest box office draws ever, or two of the most uplifting films ever made, where have you been?

G

I miss Gatorade X-Factor Lemon-Lime + Strawberry. I searched for it this weekend and didn't see it. Today I realize that's just because Gatorade has renamed it. The marketing geniuses have re-branded it "Be Tough". What the heck? As if "G" wasn't bad enough?? I loved saying "Please pass the X-Factor", now I've got to readjust to "Please pass the Be Tough?". Lame.

This is an interesting topic coming on the day of the NCAA championship. I noticed they've dropped "G" and instead VitaminWater is the beverage of NCAA choice. Is there a reason for the switch other than money?? It's a little disconcerting to see the VitaminWater jugs on the court - I'm scared Kelly Clarkson or 50 Cent are going to pop out and start pimpin' it.

A good post

April Fools! This isn't a good post at all. 

But if I could be serious for a moment, a word about this day. In the April 1, 1985 issue of Sports Illustrated appeared perhaps the most famous April Fool's Day prank ever. George Plimpton wrote a piece about Sidd Finch. The article is long, yet entertaining. None of it is true. The readers responded so well that it soon became one of their most famous stories ever published. Read a little about the aftermath here. That second website has a good ranking of all-time April Fool's hoaxes. The news media often play a large role in duping and misinforming the public on April 1. 

Just like any other day. Burn!