LSAClassOf2000

February 24th, 2016 at 9:57 PM ^

Yeah, "Gods Of Egypt" looks a lot like it will be one of those films that, were the show still around, would have ended up on MST3K. I mean - and this is just a preliminary guess - it probably would not have bee an episode on par with "Manos: The Hands Of Fate", "Teenagers From Outer Space" or "The Creeping Terror", but it might be in that second tier of films that they lampooned that were merely awful as opposed to mind-bogglingly awful. Could be wrong there, of course. 

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LSAClassOf2000

February 24th, 2016 at 11:03 PM ^

Let me put it like this - the first glaring problem which leads you to believe that you're in for a rough ride is that there are no beginning credits. They were forgotten. You get about 3-4 minutes of terrible music and a drive through rural Texas with dialogue pointedly absent. During that time, the following exchange from Joel an the bots:

"So, what? Are we about a half hour in here?"

"No, it's like two minutes."

The film is quite literally unwatchable by itself, which makes this episode one of the best in the series, in my opinion. 

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Bigasshammm

February 24th, 2016 at 8:25 PM ^

As long as the Scott family gets a good take from it I'll definitely watch it. One of the best things I've seen in sports in years was the all star game. Fantastic job by all. Except the NHL and Gary Beckmann.

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Canadian

February 25th, 2016 at 3:04 AM ^

John Scott has said it was not Gary. Scott was on Sportsnet fan 590 in Toronto this week and came out and said someone from the NHL told him (iirc) "you should stay home" and also fed him a "think of your kids" line that pushed Scott the opposite way and made him want to play.
He was asked "does that mans name rhyme with... Larry?" To which he chuckled and said "no absolutely not."

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I Like Burgers

February 24th, 2016 at 8:56 PM ^

I mean writing....maybe. Not sure how much even Mitch writes these days, but columns and books are a lot different than writing a screenplay. But producing? The fuck does he know about producing a movie?!



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bsand2053

February 24th, 2016 at 9:26 PM ^

That went from something I probably wasn't going to see to something I am definitely not going to see after it said Albom is on it.

I know dude won a million awards and all but just not my style.  The reptition shtick got old.

Reptition.

I mean it works well once in a while but you can't overdo it.

Repition.  

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Hotel Putingrad

February 24th, 2016 at 9:42 PM ^

but I think this will be good (although it's awfully sketchy how Albom referenced this possibility in the column he wrote a bout Scott a few weeks ago; he obviously was already negotiating for the rights). But Scott's story is really pretty cool (checknout his Player's Tribune article if you don't believe me), and I am always up for a heartwarming hockey-related story. I just hope they don't cast the Rock.

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