Movie Marathon (Part 1)

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Non-documentaries where a rock star appears as him/herself

  1. High Fidelity (Bruce Springsteen)
  2. Zoolander (David Bowie)
  3. Wayne’s World (Alice Cooper)
  4. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (Elvis Costello and Mos Def)
  5. The Wedding Singer (Billy Idol)
  6. Men In Black 2 (Michael Jackson)
  7. Saving Silverman (Neil Diamond)
  8. Austin Powers: Goldmember (Britney Spears)
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Lines delivered less than stellarly.

  1. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Love Story
  2. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t even… Ripley’s last trip out, the syn- the artificial person malfunctioned.” - Aliens
  3. “I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.” - The Conqueror
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Lines delivered less than stellarly.

  1. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Love Story
  2. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t even… Ripley’s last trip out, the syn- the artificial person malfunctioned.” - Aliens
  3. “I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.” - The Conqueror
  4. “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.” - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Terribly written, woodenly spoken; one of the most awkward attempts at on-screen romance I’ve ever seen.

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Lines delivered less than stellarly.

  1. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Love Story
  2. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t even… Ripley’s last trip out, the syn- the artificial person malfunctioned.” - Aliens
  3. “I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.” - The Conqueror
  4. “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.” - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  5. “It’s turkey time, gobble gobble.” - Gigli
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Lines delivered less than stellarly.

  1. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Love Story
  2. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t even… Ripley’s last trip out, the syn- the artificial person malfunctioned.” - Aliens
  3. “I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.” - The Conqueror
  4. “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.” - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  5. “It’s turkey time, gobble gobble.” - Gigli
  6. “Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.” - X-Men
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Lines delivered less than stellarly.

  1. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Love Story
  2. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t even… Ripley’s last trip out, the syn- the artificial person malfunctioned.” - Aliens
  3. “I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.” - The Conqueror
  4. “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.” - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  5. “It’s turkey time, gobble gobble.” - Gigli
  6. “Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.” - X-Men
  7. “I didn’t give it.” - Daredevil

Lots of bad readings in that movie, actually.

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Lines delivered less than stellarly.

  1. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Love Story
  2. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t even… Ripley’s last trip out, the syn- the artificial person malfunctioned.” - Aliens
  3. “I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.” - The Conqueror
  4. “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.” - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  5. “It’s turkey time, gobble gobble.” - Gigli
  6. “Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.” - X-Men
  7. “I didn’t give it.” - Daredevil
  8. “I need you, Bones… badly!” - Star Trek: The Motion Picture

William Shatner is actually capable of good acting. That scene doesn’t show any of it.

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Oooh…ohh…ohh, I get to do Keanu!

Lines delivered less than stellarly.

  1. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Love Story
  2. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t even… Ripley’s last trip out, the syn- the artificial person malfunctioned.” - Aliens
  3. “I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.” - The Conqueror
  4. “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.” - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  5. “It’s turkey time, gobble gobble.” - Gigli
  6. “Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.” - X-Men
  7. “I didn’t give it.” - Daredevil
  8. “I need you, Bones… badly!” - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  9. “I am an F - B - I Agent!” - Point Break
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Lines delivered less than stellarly.

  1. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” - Love Story
  2. “I’m sorry. I don’t know why I didn’t even… Ripley’s last trip out, the syn- the artificial person malfunctioned.” - Aliens
  3. “I feel this Tartar woman is for me, and my blood says, take her. There are moments for wisdom and moments when I listen to my blood; my blood says, take this Tartar woman.” - The Conqueror
  4. “I don’t like sand. It’s coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth.” - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
  5. “It’s turkey time, gobble gobble.” - Gigli
  6. “Do you know what happens to a toad when it’s struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else.” - X-Men
  7. “I didn’t give it.” - Daredevil
  8. “I need you, Bones… badly!” - Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  9. “I am an F - B - I Agent!” - Point Break
  10. “But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!” - Star Wars

Pass.

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Power converters, you say?: Power Converters (What Luke really meant) - YouTube

Next up:

Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
  3. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
  3. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  4. The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
  3. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  4. The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
  5. Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight by Eileen F. Lebow

A great tale of early aviation: Calbraith Perry Rodgers - Wikipedia

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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
  3. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  4. The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
  5. Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight by Eileen F. Lebow
  6. Flanagan’s Run, by Tom McNab (Miramax does own the rights, but so far, nuthin’)

-“BB”-

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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
  3. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  4. The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
  5. Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight by Eileen F. Lebow
  6. Flanagan’s Run, by Tom McNab (Miramax does own the rights, but so far, nuthin’)
  7. Gould’s Book of Fish - Richard Flanagan
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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
  3. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  4. The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
  5. Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight by Eileen F. Lebow
  6. Flanagan’s Run, by Tom McNab (Miramax does own the rights, but so far, nuthin’)
  7. Gould’s Book of Fish - Richard Flanagan
  8. Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin

A great vampire novel, set along the Mississippi River before the Civil War.

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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
  3. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  4. The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
  5. Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight by Eileen F. Lebow
  6. Flanagan’s Run, by Tom McNab (Miramax does own the rights, but so far, nuthin’)
  7. Gould’s Book of Fish - Richard Flanagan
  8. Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin
  9. Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
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Books you’d love to see adapted for the screen

  1. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  2. Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde
  3. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  4. The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King
  5. Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz: The First Transcontinental Flight by Eileen F. Lebow
  6. Flanagan’s Run, by Tom McNab (Miramax does own the rights, but so far, nuthin’)
  7. Gould’s Book of Fish - Richard Flanagan
  8. Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin
  9. Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
  10. Aztec by Gary Jennings

It could be an awesome historical epic.

Pass.

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Cat Movies

  1. Gay Purr-ee