A Note for Lisa Loeb- The Founder of Emo Hipsterdom

NOTE: I have nothing against Lisa Loeb, I'm just pointing this out.



Feast your eyes on Lisa Loeb. In 1994, she had a big hit single- Stay (I Missed You). As I listened to the iconic song on my drive to work today, I had a loeb-alation. Lisa Loeb may have invented emo music AND HIPSTERS! Hear me out- listen to the song as you watch the original music video. She wears all black, she talks directly in soft tones, she wears big black glasses (at a time when everyone, minus the kids in my elementary school class, were dressing a la Nirvana). Furthermore, she was the only artist at the time to have a Billboard Hot 100 single without being signed to a record label- very un-mainstream. Despite her somewhat recognizable second big single, I Do, Lisa remains largely obscure. She's still making music, but not in heavy radio rotation.



Back to STAY, Lisa plays her guitar, she talks about feeling sad because she misses someone, and she is emotionally wrecked- paving the way for her raw emotion-baring counterparts like Alanis Morisette (I still can't believe she had an affair with Joey from Full House, eww), P!nk, Jewel in her early years, and Natalie Imbruglia (Torn- 1997). Plus, Stay was used quite epically at the end of Ben Stiller's directorial debut movie, Reality Bites (the movie to define the beginning of emo hipsterdom's very existence!), starring the 90's queen and king of emo(tion), Wynonna Ryder and Christina Slater. How did her little song make a major motion picture soundtrack? Little Lisa was a neighbor of Mr. Hawke- such a small world it is....

RB is a fantastic movie that defines what it is to be young and lost, and I immensely respect Stiller's P.O.V. as a fresh new director at the time. I strongly recommend you check it out.

A Note: Ideas for Real Steel 2

So I am 100% sick of seeing all those commercials for the movie REAL STEEL. It's got Hugh Jackman in it, a boy, Kate from LOST, and a Robot. From the half a million commercials I've seen, it seems poor 'ol Hugh has fallen on some hard times, is estranged from his wife and little boy, and trying to get back into the world of competitive fighting. Seems a lot like The Fighter, right? Here's the plot twist: deal 'ol Hugh isn't going to fight himself, he's going to use virtual reality of a video game and have the robot fight! Plus, his family's going to fall back in love with him. All caught up? Great! Here are my ideas for sequels and spinoffs of Real Steel (in the voice of the little boy):

1. Real Steal
The robot leaves fighting after momentous success, fighting addiction, with his new buddy, played by Kenan Thompson.They join a robot/human crime ring, and end up turning the criminals over to the good side as they fight for redemption.

2. Real Steel Goes to Paris
RS takes his earnings and buys the Jackman family to Paris for the robot world championships! Now Steel is lonely and the boy is off meeting new children that wear berets and chase baguette delivery men, so Real Steel falls into a romance with the Eiffel Tower. Shocked to learn the tower doesn't love him back, Real Steel climbs to the the top with the little boy, his only friend. Chaos ensues, everyone forgives RS, and he heads to Siberia for recovery.

3. Real Steel on the Moon
Real steel prepares to be the first Robot on the moon (let's clear this up- first robot with emotions), and feels difficulties with leaving his human family behind (Hugh Jackman's role will be played by Andy Sandberg because of budget cuts).

4. Real Steal on Broadway
Hugh Jackman gets to sing finally, as he and Real Steal open a one man/robot (with tap-dancing chorus) show in Las Vegas. While there's no business like show business, the supporting team clashes with steel about how to succeed in show business. Also feel free to check out the Hugh Jackman "Two Sides" skit on SNL.

I anticipate some more gems coming up this week. Once again, I have no desire to EVER see Real Steel, but I enjoy mocking it to no end. Furthermore, I can't figure out if it's a kid movie, or one aimed at preteens. Poor marketing all around!

A Love/Hate Note: 2 Broke Girls

This show has horrible writing! Woo got that off my chest! Every time I watch it, I beg myself to stop.

Example of 2 Broke Girls bad writing:
Max: I've divided my roommate into three categories: annoying, more annoying, and how did that happen?

Example 2:
Caroline: Max, should you be taking in any more strays (dogs)?
Max: No. So move out tonight.

It's too tongue-in cheek, like it comes out of the mouth of a surly 13-year old, or a writer who loves 60's sitcoms and The Odd Couple. I don't hate this show, but I'm not planning to move in with it anytime soon. It's a bit disappointing to see that Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City creator) and Whitney Cummings (a great stand-up comedian) are behind this show. And Whitney's fledgling self-named sitcom WHITNEY is better, like a poor woman's FRIENDS. The more I watch this show, the more it reinforces my desire not to ever live in Brooklyn. Plus, the hot-ish but morally defunct guys drag down everything. Ugh, why... I'm not watching any longer. Oh wait, its still on. The saving grace is the sassy old man who works at the diner's cash register.

Plus side: Making fun of hipsters! this is the only reason I watch this show. I dislike hipsters

A Note About Bingo: HIMYM Board Added!

I have TV bingo fever! Thanks to the highly successful Hawaii 5-0 Bingo board, I've taken to making my own boards to hammer out the predictable (and loveable events of each episode). Today's post is on How I Met Your Mother. Over the last two weeks of HIMYM watching, I was happy to say the standard 5 x 5 (if you were just thinking I was making a Buffy reference, two points for you!) board was just not enough. Plus, in honor of Robin's new boytoy, Kal Pen, TMA on Hulu shares a list of her greatest boyfriends . So after the episode, I had to make a bigger board, 6 x 6 (not symmetrical, but nice)! I can't wait to play tonight! See categories below:

This is the original 5x5 board: Oct 10, 2011


A complete listing of the spaces (from top to bottom, left to right) appears here, with the revised
6 x 6 board, also from Oct 10th:


B
1. Barney talks about hookers/strippers
2. Ted tells his story out of order
3. The night ends back at MacLarens
4. Barney disgusts a woman
5. Ted talks about architecture...snore
6. Robin has to prove she's not one of the guys

I
1. Wendy the Waitress of Karl the bartender make an appearance
2. SUITS / SUIT UP!
3. Robin talks aboot life in Canada
4. Lily complains about being a teacher
5. Marshall makes up a song about something (slap song, laundry song etc...)
6. Barney wears a duck tie

N
1. Ted tells his kids a story with a lesson attached
2. An awesome guest star appearance
3. SPEND THE NIGHT WITH BARNEY FREE SPACE
4. Barney says AWESOME or LEGENDARY
5. We see the gang in high school, college, a few years ago...
6. Lily and Marshall high-five

G
1. Scene on fake NYC street
2. Lily meddles/ tells a friend's secret
3. Barney conducts an elaborate scheme for personal gain
4. Ted is called by a nickname: schmoesby, theodorea, ted eyelyn.....
5. LAWYERED!
6. Ted talks duchey and smart

O
1. People don't take Robin seriously
2. Someone from the group breaks out into song
3. Ted thinks this girl is "the one"
4. Marshall talks about life in Minnesota
5. Let's talk about Goliath National Bank
6. Bro Moment/ bro code reference

!
1. Ted and Marshall fight
2. Barney gives a fake statistic
3. Ted dates a girl with a major flaw
4. Someone makes an elaborate chart
5. The gang drinks
6. We get a clue about Ted's wife

A Note: NoEvil News Sept 8 - Oct 4

1. NBC Cancels The Playboy Club
Fail! It was like MAD MEN meets (well I didn't figure out what it was meeting because it was too early in the season). A wonderful, diverse cast of fiery women that make the Pan-Am Ladies look like nuns. Cut short before it got a chance, RIP PBC!

2. Lion King 3-D Kicks Butt at the Box Office!
I laughed, I cried, I just waited to be king! Lion King was great in 3-D! Plus, some guy in the audience jumped up, pumped his fist in the air and yelled "YES!" when Simba went to defeat his uncle, Scar.

3. A special event to Make Fun of Charlie Sheen
Comedy Central did a roast. I didn't watch, but I sympathized.

4. Hungry Muppet?
Less creepy than the talked-about AIDS Muppet, but this puppet is teaching kids a lesson. And Brad Paisley will be in the episode too, so I will probably watch it!

A Note About The Vaguely Familiar Circle

Is it me or does everyone in the cast of The Secret Circle resemble other more famous people? Let's take a closer look while I share the nicknames I've developed to keep each of the characters straight:

1. Cassie (Brit Robertson)
Kate Bosworth Eyes
I wish I could find a better picture to capture this, but it seems to only appear on film. Her eyes are light.

2. Adam (Thomas Dekker)
Little Lonely Boy
Spotted: this kid is a chip off the 'ol Penn Bagley, but he carries a deeper sadness in his face. #GossipGirl

3. Faye (Phoebe Tonkin)
Little Lucy Hale
Now this is downright uncanny. I keep having to remind myself I'm not watching Pretty Little Liars.

4. Diana (Shelley Meade)
Little Elena
I know this show was created by the Vampire Diaries people, and this girl must have been used as a stunt double for Elena. In fact, she could play Elena's lookalike ancestor Katherine.

5. Melissa (Jessica Parker Kennedy)
Vampire Anna
I am shocked to find out this girl isn't Anna from the Vampire Diaries. I was super convinced from episode one that she was..... and I learned her name was Melissa as of episode 3.

6. Nick (Louis Armstrong)
Leo Dude
If his stage name didn't get you laughing, then this name explanation will. He not only looks like a young Leo DiCaprio type, but he reminds me of little Henry, the fragile kid Jen dated for a while on Dawson's Creek.

7. Diana's Dad (Gale Harold)
Castle's Brother
Need I say more? This guy is a total Nathan Fillion ringer. Haha, RINGER is a new show on CW. Laugh with me people. ROTFL.

A Note About Blue Bloods: I Made A Bingo Card!

After the continued success of Hawaii 5-0 Bingo, I have decided to launch my own series of tv show bingo boards to better outline the formulas that consistently make them work and keep me coming back to watch again. This week, I've got BLUE BLOODS BINGO. Enjoy!