Sunday, February 26, 2012

Batman and Robin: The Perfect Match?

Andy Mehurst, I say to you in the words of Bill Lumberg , one of my other favorite characters of all time, (Office Space) "Yaaa, I'm gonna have to go ahead and sorta disagree with you thereee."
The essay called "Batman, Deviance, and Camp" by this guy Medhurst talks mainly about the television show Batman and its "campyness." However, one of his main points that stands out to me is that Batman is a raging homosexual. Where does he get this stuff? I'm calling BS.
Because I think Andy Medhurst is using too many stereotypes to get his point across and frankly it's a little rude. He talks about how men who live together are gay. I'm just going to throw out one example to refute this: Frat Houses.
Moving on,...
Medhurst also talks about how men with fancy flowers in their home and who wear "dressing gowns" to bed can also be seen as homosexual. Now what are these dressing gowns he speaks of? For all we know, as the reader, he could just be talking about bath robes. And I myself have always wanted a bath robe because they look comfy and warm and rather soft, but I'm not a homosexual. Now as for the flowers, maybe Bruce Wayne just wants to please his guests when they come over. So, sorry Mr. Medhurst that my man Bruce is thoughtful and not a jerk when it comes to entertaining and hosting his guests and simply wants his home to smell appealing and welcoming rather than gross and uninviting.

So Medhurst, I ask of you just one more question:
If I didn't LOVE Batman and everything he stands for, do you really think I would have Batman floor mats and have put this (see below) on my car?
Batman is not a homosexual and you should never stereotype any group of people.
You messed with the wrong man today sir.


Friday, February 17, 2012

The M&M that killed Rodney Dangerfield



I recently watched the movie "Natural Born Killers" directed by Oliver Stone, and to say the least, I left the theater feeling a little woozy. Not only was this feeling from Stone's constant changing of camera angles to images of black and white, to cartoons, to home footage, to this and that, he was all over the place. He just needed to take it easy and leave the viewer going home Without the feeling of just getting off the tilt-a-whirl at the local carnival.
But the scene that threw my whole world upside down was when the movie parodied a tv show from the 50s and in the movie it was titled "I Love Mallory."
Never have I seen my boy Rodney Dangerfield portrayed as such a menace, lunatic and quite frankly, a creep. He plays the father in the show/movie who is constantly groping his own teenage daughter (Mallory) and the whole thing just sent shivers down my spine and gave me the creeps.
I mean, I LOVE Rodney Dangerfield and his reputation for one liners but this movie just gives his classic reputation "No Respect" and portrays him in an unfamiliar role of a slob and creep.
Sadly, Rodney's life is ended later in the film by Mickey, the other 'M,' who becomes Mallory's love interest, when he comes into the house and the M&M duo leaves Rodney all bloodied and bashed in the living room and the mother burning alive in the bedroom above.
The movie did however have an interesting climax and ending which is the only reason I'm not giving this thing seven thumbs down. So nice try Mr. Stone, but next time stick to movies you do best, like "Any Given Sunday," and keep my love for M&Ms out of it.