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If You Believe In Signs From Above...
Josh Hayes
in Movies, Patriots, Gambling
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I haven't actually seen the movie myself, but I came across a post online that says in the first two minutes of the movie I Am Legend, a newscast is being shown and the scroll down the bottom says, "GIANTS LOSE TO PATRIOTS FOR SECOND TIME THIS SEASON 23 TO 7."
You can see it clearly in the screenshot above. Check it out yourself on the video below which is a little harder to see. Pause it at 1:19.
Kinda freaky huh? I guess this means you should definitely take the Pats giving 13. It's a Hollywood lock!
Everything Old is New Again
Matt Dursin
in Movies, Reminiscing
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In the wake of Transformers making eleventy kabillion dollars this summer (well, $300 mill, but still nothing to sneeze at.), and Spider-Man being a ridiculously profitable franchise, and even that Narnia movie spawning some inevitable sequels, it should come as no surprise that it was announced in all the Hollywood trades that Paramount is rolling out its big-screen, live-action film version of childhood fave G.I. Joe. Director Stephen Sommers of The Mummy series is taking the helm, with the film scheduled for a summer 2009 release.
Obviously, the studio bigwigs see this as a potential goldmine, especially if they cast it right (I'm thinking Angelina has the stuff to play evil witch The Baroness, but she may too busy saving the world to play a baddie). I naturally will reserve judgment until I see some clips and see who they get to play Snake-Eyes (who was always my personal favorite), but I'm really praying for someone out there to write an original movie. Anyone?
Okay, that's the cynical, starving screenwriter in me talking. Honestly, I'll probably see the movie when it comes out, if for no other reason than I was a huge Joe mark when I was a kid, and I really never will grow up. I laid down my ten bucks to see Transformers because I loved that when I was a kid, even though those previews were woefully unimpressive. And even though the movie itself failed to win me over, I know I'll see G.I. Joe, because, well, Snake-Eyes was really cool.
But I recently realized something while playing Transformers Monopoly with my seven year-old nephews (where the rules were slightly changed so that any player could take any amount of money from the bank anytime they wanted. I definitely want these kids to handle my real-life finances.) I realized that they really don't make these movies for people like me (single, losery thirty-somethings). I had my run at Transformers and G.I. Joe twenty years ago, and while the nostalgia thing is good for a lark, I'm not going to be buying any of the toys this time around, so they'll be getting my ticket money and that's about it.
For my nephews, however, it'll be awesome. It'll be new and cool and stuff will blow up and there will be these neat tanks and jets, and it will also be pure. And it should, because G.I. Joe, and Transformers and all of that stuff from the eighties down to the stinking Smurfs was about good guys beating bad guys. Even though the Transformers movie threw in Meghan Fox for a little sex appeal, the main idea was good vs. evil, and that's really what we should be teaching people today. Hell, with the war going on now, I wish there was a real G.I. Joe team to send in there, because they never lost.
In the end, even though I cry to anyone who will listen for originality in my movies, I do think it's good that we keep bringing these ideas back for a new generation every time one rolls around. I mean, Sesame Street never gets old. Barbie never gets old. Why should G.I. Joe be retired? The toys have actually been around for decades, when they depicted real-life soldier-types, not black-clad, silent ninjas. But what it all coems down to is that when I was a kid, I thought that ninja was really cool, and I turned out just fine. I'm betting this generation will, too.
Yo Joe!
The Landlord
Scott (CEO)
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One of the funniest people around is Will Ferrell. His new movie Blades of Glory is very funny and worth seeing, but here is A funny short 2 minute film featuring him called The Landlord. I'm not sure who plays her, but she's brilliant! Check it out.
The Lanlord - The best free videos are right here
Oscars PickZ
Scott (CEO)
in TV, Movies, Gambling
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Here are my pickZ for the 8 most popular catergories. If you want to enter an Oscar pool, check out Funwithpools.com
1) Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting role
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2) Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting role
3) Best animated feature film of the year
4) Best Documentary feature
5) Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading role
6) Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading role
7) Best Achievement in Directing
8) Best motion picture of the year
The Mangini Song
Scott (CEO)
in Movies, Music
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It' playoff time in New England, and you know what that means? 105.7 WROR's Loren & Wally are back with
a new song about the rat!
The Reality of Sports Movies
Matt Dursin
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The Top Dawg gave me a list of topics I could tackle for the brand-spanking new BostonSportz.com. One of 
them was sports movies, but since I wanted to remain topical, I thought I could write about Rocky Balboa or We Are Marshall. Then I realized that they looked like typical Hollywood schlock and I had no desire to see them. You know what I mean, the kind of cinematic pap that the studios release around the holiday season to tug at the public's heart strings and hopefully win some points with the Academy voters. A lot of sports movies fall into this formula because it usually involves some sort of underdog story, a tale that's as old as the Christians vs. The Lions or David vs. Goliath (and if you remember in that one, David hit him with a rock.).
Frankly, I'd like to see a real sports movie without the sappiness. I'd like to see Crackpot: The Story of Barry Bonds and his Enormous Head, a film complete with wife beatings and income tax evasion. Or how about an amalgamation of a kung fu movie and a documentary about the NBA? Clearly, they could use some pointers in the fighting arena. Do those guys fight like pansies or what?
It's Finally Over
Mike Symes
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Hello All,
It's great to be back. After a year hiatus, isn't it great that bostonsportz is back up and running with new features and a new attitude. Speaking of hiatus this Christmas season we've come full circle on a sports icon for those of us that are 30 and over. In fact, he's not even a REAL sports figure, but don't tell that to the loyal (and often ruthless) fans of Philly. After a 16 year hiatus, Rocky Balboa (The Italian Stallion) from the fighting city of Philadelphia is calling it quits. This is it for Rock, I was two (1976) when Sylvester Stallone first climbed into the ring and like many "men" who loved sports found an identity all of us could relate to with Rocky. Those of us who were the underdog. Sly blessed us with Rocky II, David slays Goliath.
Rocky III in 1983 was ok, Mr. T was an icon...Hulk Hogan was the guy that got the new phenomenon, professional wrestling off the ground. Rocky IV in 1985, hey, how could you not identify with the patriotic Rocky. Our country was involved with the Russians, Gorbachev and Reagan hated each other. The movie might not have been great, but didn't we as a nation enjoy watching him pound Ivan Drago......and in the end Drago fell like the Red Curtain or a shot glass from Boris Yeltsin's after a night of inbibing. Rocky V....Tommy "Machine Gun" Morrison's career lasted longer than the movie and that's not saying much. So we come to Rocky VI, and this is it, the end of an identity in movies and for all guys who have viewed themselves as the underdog. It's like identifying Kramer with Michael Richards (whoops bad analogy) Arnold as the Terminator, Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry.....so the bell has tolled on Rocky and if you're like me, I don't like seeing a race horse that needs to be put down or greatness on it's last leg (see Brett Favre) I like to remember them in their glory and what made them great. Which is why I won't watch Rocky V, nor will I be paying to see Rocky VI.
Take care until next time.........Merry Christmas (yes, I'm Catholic) and Happy New Year.