As told to me by the ghosts of Hollywood past, present and future.
Pretty much every romantic comedy or teen angst movies targeting a male audience is about a 5-rate guy daring to dream about landing a 10-rate girl. Most of these movies however, are not lazy enough to put that premise in the title and market it as such. Most of those movies have some other kind of hook. Like giant robots, last days or High School/College or McLovin. But not She’s Out of My League. Nope. That’s what the whole movie is about. Just throw in some curse words and juvenile male pranks and it’s an instant cult success.
But isn’t that sad? If your a 5, you shouldn’t be with a 10. You don’t deserve a 10. What could you possibly have to offer her? All a movies like this does is reinforce male complacency. It makes losers believe they are “good enough.” Well your not. That’s the truth. But the kicker is: you can be better. They shouldn’t have to accept you. Hell, you shouldn’t accept you. You can be a 10 if you work at it. You can earn your 10 mate the right way. That’s what these movies should show people.
2) Present – The minority led TV shows are going to be awesome.
I already raved about Forrest Whitaker’s Criminal Minds spin-off. Now there are three other minority led pilots that I can gush over now. Breakout Kings is an instant hit mixing Prison Break and Criminal Minds together (though the title leaves a lot to be desired. Here’s to hoping it’s just a working title). JJ Abrams is crossing over to the darkside with Undercovers, a black version of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Genius. And even the brown is getting down with another CIA drama called Chaos. We are here baby! We are finally here!
It doesn’t seem like much on the surface, but can you name a minority driven TV show of the past decade that was not a sitcom…and that lasted more than 5 episodes?
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Me neither. I’d have to go back to NY Undercover for that one. Yes I went that far back. But NY Undercover was a great show (and might I add spearheaded the whole undercover cop show movement), and that’s the difference. Well all these shows — judging by their loglines — appear to be great shows too. And I think that’s going to keep them around a lot longer than the Gideon Crossing‘s of the world.
How many times does a ghost have to slaughter entire families before stupid-ass wannabe home owners get the f—in’ message? If you move into a house and freaky stuff starts happened. Move the hell out! Last year it was Paranormal Activity and sometime in the future it’s going to be Dream House. What pile of bricks is worth your life? Can someone please tell me that?
I understand that this is a common fear among first-time home buyers, but geez, do we need to see it over and over again with little to no variation on plot. Why is it always a ghost? Why can’t it be a witch, or troll, or dragon or even a bear hibernating in the attic. Can we mix it up a little, because we’ve already established that evil spirits make horrible roommates (maybe they should do a movie about a exorcised ghost looking for a place on Craigslist). But to make it more relative, if I found out that my boss was murdering employers with the lowest sales, I’m not going to bust my butt to be #1, I’m f—in’ quiting! Wait, maybe that could be a movie too…dibs!
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