bias update
obsession: Doctor Who (my obsession with the show never really wanes, but it returns with a vengeance every once in a while)
boyfriend: Zachary Quinto as Spock in Star Trek (I wasn’t expecting that, because his Sylar is so icky, but.... wow)
psyched: Up (cuz it looks like one of the most original concepts in a long time)
girl crush: Amy Adams in Sunshine Cleaning
dreading: Terminator Salvation (I don’t want to dread, but McG makes it inevitable)
enemy: everyone responsible for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (but particularly Matthew McConaughey, for being so oily)
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| McG
| Star Trek
| Sunshine Cleaning
| Terminator Salvation
| Up
| Zachary Quinto
(links here are good for finding recent posts, but will not be fully functional till I finish tagging 11 years worth of reviews and blog entries; I'll post a notice when tagging is done)
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comments
posted by Newbs (Wed May 06 09, 2:41PM)
Here's hoping you're wrong about Terminator. It looks fantastic.
posted by MaryAnn (Wed May 06 09, 3:15PM)
I hope I'm wrong too. I never *want* to hate a movie.
posted by bronxbee (Wed May 06 09, 3:24PM)
wow! your boyfriend was a surprise -- since i thought i knew who it was going to be (i mean, you told me on sunday it was going to be someone else...). but i have to say, ZQ totally deserves to be your boyfriend. he was awesome!
posted by Jurgan (Wed May 06 09, 4:04PM)
So am I right that "McG" is pronounced "Mick-Gee?" Because if so... that's just hilariously bad.
posted by MIchael (Wed May 06 09, 4:26PM)
Is there any pronounciation that would make it LESS bad? :)
posted by MaSch (Thu May 07 09, 3:41AM)
bronxbee: Oooo, now the speculation can begin ... Was it originally Jamie Foxx in "The Soloist"?
posted by bronxbee (Thu May 07 09, 11:04AM)
'Was it originally Jamie Foxx in "The Soloist"?'
no. and that's all i'm allowed to say on the matter.
posted by Jurgan (Thu May 07 09, 12:05PM)
Originally, I thought you pronounced each letter, as in "Emm-Cee-Gee." That was bad enough, but then I noticed the lower-case C, and realized I'd missed the joke. Now my heart is full of hatred.
posted by Gee (Thu May 07 09, 1:41PM)
I'm clearly missing something. What's the joke involving McG? For the record, I'd pronounce this like the Scottish 'Mac', where the 'a' is swallowed so it's 'Mk', and then tack on a 'G'.
posted by Mo (Thu May 07 09, 4:45PM)
Who cares how you pronounce it (though it is the Scottish "Mc") let's just be glad his version of Spaced fell apart... that would have been terrible.
Why does he always want to mess geek things up anyway?
posted by Gee (Thu May 07 09, 4:58PM)
Okay - I'm still none the wiser. Who is
McG and what is the significance?
posted by Victor Plenty (Thu May 07 09, 8:21PM)
Dude puts "McG" as his official name in film credits, and you ask what the joke is?
posted by Gee (Fri May 08 09, 5:51AM)
It was the 'hilariously bad' comment that confused me. I've never heard of McG before. I thought it might be some kind of wordplay on McDonald's (seeing as how they like to put Mac in front of everything!) Now I see it's the nickname of a director.
posted by Victor Plenty (Fri May 08 09, 6:18AM)
Not just the nickname. That's what I thought, too, at first, but if you go to his listing at IMDB.com, or look at the credits of his movies, he is officially listed as "McG" - as if he changed his legal name to that, or something.
That's what makes it hilariously bad.
posted by Gee (Fri May 08 09, 6:31AM)
Aha! Gotcha! Sorry for being so slow :-) and thanks for explaining.
posted by Rykker (Sat May 09 09, 8:05PM)
Prior to just recently, I, too, was dreading Terminator: Salvation, but the recent TV spots have greatly piqued my interest. It looks good from those views. (As a point of reference, I had also been dreading Star Trek, though even more, being more emotionally invested in that franchise; but for the most recent trailers/spots, and, since its release, the couple of reviews I have partially read).
Star Trek, Terminator: Salvation, and Sam Raimi's upcoming new film Drag Me to Hell, are the ONLY films for which I have been able to muster any excitement so far this year.
I feel really good about the Trek film (though I won't be able to see it until Monday morning), given its positive reception among those whom I trust; and I'm simply a Raimi Junkie (though I have not yet seen Spider-Man 3); I have faith that Sam will over-deliver with another horror film. I feel good about Salvation, as well. I believe in Bale, and the glimpses of the film I have seen, so far.