New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
And I would know - I have a 53 inch TV.

In the context of this morning's discussion, this sounds . . . compensatory.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Which leads me to a question for all of those single folks on the boards... Do you have an arrangement in place with friends/siblings for someone to come to your place and remove all naughty sex items should anything happen to you so your parents don't see that stuff? Or am I just overly paranoid?

Wow. So that whole discussion of being a "porn buddy" on the first episode of Coupling was realistic? Huh.

And apropos of nothing, I wanted to like Coupling -- I, uh, admire Rena Sofer -- yet was Not Amused. Did it get any better?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Wow. So that whole discussion of being a "porn buddy" on the first episode of Coupling was realistic? Huh.

I'm not sure it was realistic, but its also part of a Curb Your Enthusiam, althought not prearranged.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
In the context of this morning's discussion, this sounds . . . compensatory.

My housemate bought it. So, the place I live has a 53-inch TV, not me. Usually, he watches the TV and I practice knocking over 1.75 liter bottles of booze...

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Not Bob
And apropos of nothing, I wanted to like Coupling -- I, uh, admire Rena Sofer -- yet was Not Amused. Did it get any better?

No, it got worse. But it's a shame, as Rena Sofer is so ridiculously gorgeous that I found myself Not changing the channel because I couldn't stop looking at her.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Wow. So that whole discussion of being a "porn buddy" on the first episode of Coupling was realistic? Huh.

And apropos of nothing, I wanted to like Coupling -- I, uh, admire Rena Sofer -- yet was Not Amused. Did it get any better?

British Coupling is also not very funny though. I only watched part of the first episode of US Coupling, so I will reserve comment.

However I will not reserve comment on The Joe Schmo Show finale...

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There sure was a lot of wasted time in that 2 hours (thank you Tivo!), but I did find his reaction to the whole thing interesting. I liked that he called them to the carpet a little bit on their repeated protestations that they did the whole show FOR him. Really they couldn't have picked a better sport for the whole thing, but you could tell he still had some issues to work through with respect to the whole thing being a lie. At least they gave him some cool stuff for his troubles...

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
people not in the movie can say what they will- they're not in the movie, but the producers aren't the ones talking

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Right. But offer Halle $500k and before she accepts or turns it down, she can create the buzz that her tits are worth $500k. And I told you how she could make it public and a positive (for her) even if she turned it down. The other examples I just used illustrated that the producers can't hope to completely control everything that goes on with a movie.

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
or bette Davis... you're right. good point. where is the press about them being offered money?

It's like arguing with SD. Julia Roberts refuses to take off her top. She is not seen as a prude. Are you suggesting that if we knew that she turned down extra money to show her tits that we would all then think she was a prude and boycott her movies? Because that's what it sounds like and it makes little to no sense.

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
she didn't win the award for the nude scenes. i know you're not that shallow from the few months I've been here. Maybe the scenes help convey how desparate/screwed up her character was for a little comfort, but it was all of her on the stage, not just the tits.

Jesus Christ. Her willingness to take off her top for a part that wasn't paying her an extra $500k (or maybe not even that much for the whole role), would show that she has dived into a role where she does things that are against her nature. Or even her image. That's part of why she got such great reviews. Because it was a character unlike the ones she usually plays. Doing nudity when she never does nudity for that part, would have enhanced the Oscar buzz (that we both agree is already there since she won the Oscar). It's the same Hollywood bullshit as when an actor is praised for their bravery for appearing ugly in a movie.

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
the most intelligent thing said between us was when i said she knew she was doing Monster's so she took the money for Swordfish. it made the unveiling less of an issue and probably did a lot to let that movie be taken seriously. by that, the Swordfish scene did alot to get her the award. QED.

No. The most intelligent thing has yet to be said. And here it is: Goodbye, sock.

TM

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
As I've said before, if you choose to have the naked photos (or worse the sex photos), just make sure that you have arrangements in place for someone to obtain and destroy them should anything happen to you, so that your kids don't find them someday. No kid wants to see their parent(s) doing that shit. It is gross.

Which leads me to a question for all of those single folks on the boards... Do you have an arrangement in place with friends/siblings for someone to come to your place and remove all naughty sex items should anything happen to you so your parents don't see that stuff? Or am I just overly paranoid?

Its a not a sex tape. Its her naked. Nothing her folks probably haven't seen already at some point.

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
No, it got worse. But it's a shame, as Rena Sofer is so ridiculously gorgeous that I found myself Not changing the channel because I couldn't stop looking at her.

Too bad. She was *perfect* as the district attorney and romantic rival in Ed -- the writers/directors/whatever on that show really took advantage of that whole smart, sexy, slightly dangerous vibe she has. I was sad to see her go.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Dude, it ain't fucking bukkake she's talking about, or the legendary "jerk off on the pizza" game. Dick tricks have been around for ages.

No they haven't. Paigow invented them.

TM

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by leagleaze
However, yes, it does seem to me people make a much bigger deal about a nude frontal shot of a male than a nude frontal shot of a female. Which is silly if you think about it.

Which is another reason that I loved Oz. Male frontal nudity almost guaranteed every episode. Some of those guys were hung.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Too bad. She was *perfect* as the district attorney and romantic rival in Ed -- the writers/directors/whatever on that show really took advantage of that whole smart, sexy, slightly dangerous vibe she has. I was sad to see her go.

And her General Hospital body of work was excellent.* And if not, at least we can all agree that she is hot.



*I don't actually know her General Hospital body of work, but I assume it involves an addiction to painkillers, sex with someone else's husband and amnesia. NTTAWWAOT.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Its a not a sex tape. Its her naked. Nothing her folks probably haven't seen already at some point.

This reminds me that one of the great things about a digital camera is that you can take sexy photos without the creepy dude at the CVS knowing what you look like naked. One of the not so great things about a digital camera is that the file names of the photos are so nondescriptinve that one's SO could accidentally include those photos in an email to his parents.

These value judgments of "great" and "not so great" only apply, of course, if you're so [patriarchal, I mean parochial, or do I mean provincial?] as to prefer that the creepy dude at CVS and your SO's parents not see naked photos of you.

And "accidentally" is only true if you don't believe Freud.

But otherwise, I stand by what I say.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
The way I've always heard this is "beaten like a red-headed stepchild". Why would anyone beat a mule as compared to, say, abusing it by riding it a lot (thus "ridden harder than a rented mule")?

It is usually "beaten like a rented mule," though your variant makes (less colorful) sense as well. One beats mules because they are stubborn and won't go. One particularly beats rented mules because they are rented so you don't care about them long term (same would go for riding them hard, of course, the problem being that it is hard to ride mules hard without beating them because of the aforementioned stubbornness).

Thurgreed, the saying has been around as long as people have been trying to get mules to do things, meaning longer than Sports Center has been on the air. Have you people never seen a fucking mule? What is the matter with you? This all seems so obvious it makes my head ache.

One of course beats "red headded step-children" because (i) they are step children, not your children, so you don't care (similar to the rented mule) and (ii) red hair is a long-standing folk-tale shorthand for "illegitimate" or "not your kid." Obviously, this predates proper understanding of recessive genetics.

BR(We need more tired Dan Rathers spouting bizarre Texas non-sequitors on TV if people think this mundane sort of linguistic coloring is hard to comprehend)C

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by John Bayesdow Disciple
Fucking know it all. You are worse than the cadre of JSUCK socks that are threatening to suffocate this place.

You're not kidding anyone. JRuss has some socks, but all these new idiotic ones are yours. And we can tell when you have one sock talk to the other too. Either way, you were made for the Land of Fu or the Land of Fu was made for you. You're perfect for each other. Goodbye.

TM