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05.06.08Douche of Day: Stephen and Sandy
When I first saw our “Summer Movie Blockbuster Madness” brackets (look above), I loved the idea! I’m not much of a movie person. Last movie I saw in the theater was Super Bad, and that was a month after it was popular. I just don’t like spending money. And it costs me almost 30 bucks to go see shitty hollywood drivel. But I was excited about the brackets. And then last week, I asked the guys where “Sex and the City” was on the brackets. Stephe’s response was “Eh, not big enough”. Um, I hate to rip on my own, but SS, can you be more of a dude? Sandy then said “who’s going to go see that?” Then I boldly said that “Sex and City” will probably beat all the movies this year, including their fave “Indiana Jones”. They both fell off their chairs. Then SM said “All the women are gonna go see Indy dude…” So there you have it. I’m embarrassed that my fellow Schadders are prime-time douches, ladies. Not me, I’m going to watch this when it comes out on DVD.
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05.02.08Summer Blockbuster Promo!So you just thought that the boys/girls at Timeout Chicago did magazine articles. Not true! Check out the gang and their ode to the summer blockbuster season! Indiana Jones vs. Megatron! Just in time for the season. Did you get your picks in for the summer blockbuster brackets?
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04.29.08A retroactive opinion on Uncle Owen
For some reason, I’ve had Uncle Owen on my mind for a while — I think it’s because he got a bad rap in the Star Wars movies and didn’t really ever get his name cleared. The way the Episode IV presents it, Uncle Owen’s kind-of a dick who doesn’t let Luke do what he wants to. But in that scene where Aunt Beru pleads for Owen to let Luke go to the Academy because “he’s not a farmer” and “he’s got too much of his father in him,” Uncle Owen says “I know, that’s what I’m afraid of.” i.e. he KNOWS that Anakin is really Darth “Lord of the Sith” - “aren’t we glad he hasn’t come to the Outer Rim lately” Vader. He knows to bad mouth Ben Kenobi and look like a dick to keep Luke out of trouble! He did his job and he kept his mouth shut and Lucas killed him for it. Bad call. Uncle Owen is the kind-of guy you want as a business partner. He takes the long view. As Ricky Roma would say, he doesn’t open his mouth until he knows what the shot is. Way to go, Uncle Owen. Schadenfreude.net salutes you! Too bad you died by burning!
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04.09.08Kurosawa!
I’m not only missing out on Schadenfreude in Chicago, I’m also missing out on my social calendar. Schadenfriend Chris recently hosted a festival of EVERY Akira Kurosawa movie. …every. I’ve been to his screenings of EVERY Robert Altman film and EVERY Cassavetes film and EVERY Herzog film and they are amongst my favorite Chicago experiences. Anyway, I thought this was cool, it’s Chris’s gallery of every video title screen from the fest.
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04.07.08Announcing the Summer 2008 Movie Blockbuster Brackets!
Yup. It’s exactly what it sounds like it is. We’ve matched up this summer’s advertised blockbusters to see who will reign in 2008! Wanna get in on the action? Click here for the official page!
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04.02.08Yes. This exists. Yes. God exists.
Ted Knight might be the funniest man of all time, nothing, except maybe Robert Stack in Airplane!, makes me laugh quite like Ted Knight. I watched Caddyshack for many years just watching Chevy and Bill, and then one day I just watched Ted Knight, what a genius. The twelve emotional switches he goes through when reprimanding Danny put me on the floor. But enough fondling, I just found this amazing piece of media. It turns out the genius cut an album, many of the songs sung in signature “Meanwhile at the Hall of Justice” voice. Why oh why did he go so early?
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03.28.08
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03.11.08Ever hear of the Wilhelm Scream?
Another thanks to iO9, this time for a great montage of the Best of the Wilhelm Scream. Never heard of the Wilhelm Scream? Watch this great primer on the Wilhelm Scream. Adam and Connor, can we get a hold of an MP3 of a Wilhelm Scream so we can put it in the next Schad feature? I wonder if anyone owns the rights . . .
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03.06.08Ben Stiller returns to directing - 3 for 3?
This looks hilarious. Ben Stiller turns his comic aim from Cable Guys and models to actors. Check out this picture. Do you know who the black man is in it? That’s right, it’s Robert Downey, Jr. Iron Man. He plays an actor who’s so committed to playing his roles that he has himself surgically made black to play a role. Now that’s funny. Check out the synopsis. I’m there…after I see There Will Be Blood. Oh, and during Ben Stiller’s Oscar acceptance, if you squint, you might catch extra-extraordinaire, Roommate Stephe in the crowd.
