When Fast & Furious opened in April 2009 to a surprising $71 million and rescued the Fast/Furious franchise from the dead by reuniting the original cast, you just knew the studio and filmmakers would take a victory lap in the form of a fifth movie. But the amazing thing about Fast Five is that it plays less like a creatively bankrupt money-grab sequel, and more like a firing-on-all-cylinders first movie in an all-new franchise. Action junkies and car chase lovers, take note. The summer movie season is off to a start. Not necessarily a great start, but a good enough start. Continue reading MasterChugs Theater: ‘Fast Five’
Day: May 5, 2011
We named the dog a character witness
Riverside County, Calif., prosecutors have charged a 10-year-old boy with “murder involving a gun.” According to authorities, the boy intentionally shot his father, a regional leader of the National Socialist Movement, a.k.a. the Neo-Nazis.
His defense attorney said he may make an insanity plea, but we kinda hope he’ll set a new precedent with the first-ever “Indiana Jones” defense.
It be a muuuuu-tiny aboard the waterless seas
People get nickeled and dimed left and right. This happens to everyone (seriously hotels? I have to pay a bed tax?), no matter who they are or what they do, and it’s never fun. As such, some of the offenders need to be aware that a revolution could be at hand.
They also might want to be aware that the revolution could come from their very own employees.
John Carney of CNBC was on a flight to Los Angeles. After being served a horrendously priced chicken sandwich, he was given a free beer. Awesome! Then he was given another free beer. Doubly awesome! And when a woman asked to buy a bottle of win, but it was given to her free of charge, that’s amazing! Factor in other passengers getting items gratis and you’ve got one nice flight.
It would appear that miniature or covert mutiny had been implemented by airline employees potentially tired of being yelled at by angry customers. It’s understandable. Is it against the law? Probably. But hey, just having a screaming baby to deal with rather than a screaming baby and a screaming old man is always the better of the two.
What a pussy-footer
Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin! SarahPalinSarahPlainSarahPalinSarahPalin … ok, do I have your 2008 attention? Sarah Palin, most famous for being the person we thought would have nude photos ruin a campaign, is attacking President Obama for not releasing photos of the recently deceased Osama Bin Laden. Even going as far as to tell our leader that there is “no pussy-footing around” via Palin’s Twitter account.
We feel the appropriate response is to tell her she has no rooom to talk when she works with a Dick.
Return of the big yellow bus
Remember back in the 1980s and 1990s, when minivans were reasonably fashionable? They weren’t cool, but they certainly didn’t have the sigma that they enjoy today. Guess what, New York, your “Taxi of Tomorrow” is here, and it feels like the past.
In just two short years, the Nissan NV200 will be hitting the streets of the City that Never Sleeps as the new taxi in town. The minivan will start replacing older taxis in the city’s taxi fleet, like the Ford Crown Victoria types. Sure, we have seen minivan taxis in NYC before, but they used to be the Cash Cab. Now, with some big-ass vans taking over, New Yorkers won’t have to worry about hassles like seeing across the street, because the vans will block that view for them. Stick figure decals on the rear windshield denoting the number and gender of members in your family comes optional.