tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post593695813164270893..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Don't Have Friends Because They Find You Annoying? Does Your Family Hate You For the Same Reason? Then You Should Email Bill SimmonsBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-20351806781767985412011-08-31T08:26:49.383-04:002011-08-31T08:26:49.383-04:00Anon, I think since we are debating this point the...Anon, I think since we are debating this point then Bill Simmons has won. He has us debating a point about "Con Air." For fear of furthering the debate, if Cage left the scene and came back (which is what I think happened) would that be a "stand your ground" defense I wonder since he had an opportunity to leave and came back? <br /><br />I think in regard to your point a/b Cage going after Rhames, the movie had figured it dumbed down the audience enough at that point to where the audience wouldn't question anything that happened. It was clearly the plan of the movie.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-40465420086205108122011-08-30T20:35:34.659-04:002011-08-30T20:35:34.659-04:00In Florida we have a "stand your ground"...In Florida we have a "stand your ground" defense where there is no duty to retreat so Cage would have an affirmative defense to murder. But it is a new law, came out since that awful movie and I have no idea about Texas. <br />The stupidest thing about the stupid movie was Cage going after Ving Rhames after the Vegas landing. Rhames didn't do anything to him and he was already reunited with his family. And his friend Bubba lived so it wasn't for revenge. So why the F would he risk his life to help the cops. Such a stupid movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-61286246419889100532011-08-30T18:57:16.519-04:002011-08-30T18:57:16.519-04:00JimA, I haven't seen the new season so I can&#...JimA, I haven't seen the new season so I can't defend that as much. I've heard positive things...though mostly from the Grantland writers so perhaps I should be suspicious.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-35654101716231957222011-08-30T18:22:31.309-04:002011-08-30T18:22:31.309-04:00Am I the only person in the country who can't ...Am I the only person in the country who can't stand watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for more than 5 minutes? <br /><br />Nope. I can't get through 5 minutes anymore.JimAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106385969638134118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-15852031934995413452011-08-30T13:05:00.064-04:002011-08-30T13:05:00.064-04:00Anon, that I did. I tried to think of a great excu...Anon, that I did. I tried to think of a great excuse for why I used telekinetic instead of telepathic and I couldn't. All I can think of is I am an idiot. <br /><br />Really glad you like the site and thanks for pointing this out. Criticism does beget criticism and I should be able to handle it. I nitpick writers so I have to take my own medicine at times.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-49983315729416027592011-08-30T12:01:06.471-04:002011-08-30T12:01:06.471-04:00I love this site, especially when you go after tha...I love this site, especially when you go after that hack Simmons. But when you wrote:<br /><br />"Yes, the part everyone missed is thinking the exact thought that Bill Simmons was thinking. Everyone missed having the same thought Bill did. Bill knows by using his telekinetic powers which tells him what everyone is thinking…and he knows no one was thinking of this terrible movie idea like he was."<br /><br />I think you meant telepathic powers. Telekinesis is moving objects with one's mind.<br /><br />Sorry to nitpick, but criticism begets criticism.<br /><br />Seriously, love the blog and keep up the great work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-5174498141122269772011-08-30T10:18:27.601-04:002011-08-30T10:18:27.601-04:00Rich, if Bill wants to watch more fighting he coul...Rich, if Bill wants to watch more fighting he could watch the 14 other shows MTV has which features people drunkenly fighting. <br /><br />I am still not sure about that "pubes" joke. I think he was mocking him for misspelling it, but then I may be giving him too much of the benefit of the doubt on that. <br /><br />I do like how Bill has us debating whether Nic Cage could get jail time for his offense in "Con Air." I should have caught that though. What Nic Cage did was not in self defense. Like you said, he had an opportunity to leave the scene and he chose not to do that. I would venture to say his life wasn't in imminent danger either so he wasn't really defending himself from anything if I remember correctly. So I am not sure that classifies as self defense. Regardless, Nic Cage as an Army Ranger is enough fiction for me to believe about anything. <br /><br />I really like "Curb," but I have found I enjoy the later seasons more than the earlier ones for some reason. I don't remember the scarf episode. I enjoy watching Larry David make an ass of himself. Still, I know it isn't for everyone.....BUT YOU SHOULD SEE "LOUIE!" IT'S THE FUNNIEST FUCKING SHOW IN THE WORLD AND IF YOU DON'T WATCH IT YOU ARE A MORON.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-330350174621732922011-08-30T02:36:55.693-04:002011-08-30T02:36:55.693-04:00My biggest gripe: Challenges and eliminations domi...<b>My biggest gripe: Challenges and eliminations dominate so much of the show (and have become so athletically complex) that it chews away from the partying/fighting/ball-busting/hijinks time.</b><br /><br />Kind of like when I found out Survivor was still on tv, the fact that The Challenge (or Road Rules or whatever the hell it used to be called) is still on the air.<br /><br />At the same time, on a show called The Challenge, Bill just complained that too much of the show is about the challenges...<br /><br />There's too much football in a normal NFL game and not enough coaches yelling at players!<br /><br /><b>SG: Why don't do us a favor and get out of a city named after pubes?</b><br /><br />It's not named after pubes. You see "pueblo" (the correct spelling and city in Colorado) is not named after "pubes" a term probably coined in the late 1980's. It's named after... Oh shit, it was a joke? God damn that was a bad joke.<br /><br /><b>it ends with Cage landing the Con Air plane in the middle of the Las Vegas strip at night without crushing hundreds of cars and plowing over hundreds of pedestrians.</b><br /><br />Here's the stupidity of that statement in a nutshell. Why would the guys making the movie spend money on something so completely irrelevant to the plot as random people dying? Hey lets piss away a million bucks to do a special effects shot that serves no purpose!<br /><br />And lots of cars were crushed in that scene along with a building (I think it was a Hard Rock). <br /><br /><b>Nic Cage got 7-10 years for a plea bargain for killing some trailer trash in self-defense???</b><br /><br />Had Cage's character left the scene, there is no fight and so legally, Cage is primarily culpable for the fight. If you have the chance to do something reasonable (like leaving) and you not only don't do it, but provoke the other individuals? Ya... courts don't really buy the "self-defense" argument there. Remember, Cage wasn't jumped. He took his wife to the car and then went back to confront them.<br /><br />Furthermore, if you are a trained soldier like Cage's character was, then if you walk into a situation where you know a fight will happen and you kill two people, you're going to go to prison for at least manslaughter. First because you had a chance to leave; second because it could be argued that killing two drunks was excessive as a drunk can barely stand properly let alone fight a damn Army Ranger.<br /><br /><b>the greatest American humorist over the past 22 years (since Seinfeld's premier in 1989).</b><br /><br />Am I the only person in the country who can't stand watching Curb Your Enthusiasm for more than 5 minutes? It's just unbearable to me to watch some of those "jokes" go on and on and on and on. Kind of like Bill's mailbag.<br /><br />It was okay on Seinfeld, but Curb really just seems to put the characters is situations so they can talk about the situation for 10 minutes. I've seen one full episode. Larry and some other dude had a discussion about a scarf for 4 and a half minutes... oh and Larry threw a tantrum when the person throwing a dinner party separated him from his date. ::shrugs:: To each their own.richnoreply@blogger.com