Tuesday, June 1, 2010

We get it, you don't like Dane Cook

I watch a lot of stand up comedians on youtube now. Because I'm a fan of stand up comedy. But there's this new phenomenon going around where, this is what'll happen:

You watch a video of some guy performing at comix or carolines or collegehumor or whatever. And it doesn't really matter how good I may think he is. Generally the comments go like this: 8 comments saying that they like him, and then one comment of a guy saying he's not that good. And then, a bunch of responses to that one guy, saying, "I guess you can't appreciate how clever this guy is. Who do you like, Dane Cook?" or "I guess he's not Dane Cook funny," or "What do you need, to laugh, some guy hopping around like Dane Cook?" I'm like holy shit, we get it. You don't like Dane Cook. I mean, I don't even like Dane Cook, but I don't go around pretending that I'm some stand up comedy aficionado because I don't like him. I think the inner conversation these people have while they write these comments must be, "You don't like the comedian I like? Well I'll teach you about comedy." Dane Cook is at the top f the list of getting shit on. Him, Larry the Cable Guy and Carlos Mencia. And the only one I hate of those 3 is Mencia. Because he is an absolute joke thief. I've seen enough proof. Larry the Cable Guy has his audience, he's a funny guy, might not be your cup of tea but whatever. But if you're going to scapegoat a guy at least don't be so fucking predictable.
I saw a guy on youtube once say he didn't think George Carlin was funny. I youtube argued with him for a week. I couldn't disagree with him more but at least he took a chance and put his opinion out there.

Me persoanlly, I don't really like Robin Williams. I never hear anybody say that, maybe there are people but I don't know them. And once again I'm talking about stand up, if you want to critique Patch Adams that's your own perogative. But I've watched his Broadway special and his latest, "Weapons of Self Destruction", and I realized I never really thought Robin Williams was funny. Honestly his style is comparable to that of Dane Cook's. But Robin is beloved, I guess. And I don't go around youtube saying, "What? You don't like Sean Patton? Who do you like, Robin Williams?" Because chances are good they'll say, "Yes, I do. What's your point?"

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Action Stars, nobody can take Jackie

I'm tired of listening to people debate who the greatest action stars are and not even mentioning Jackie Chan. Look, I know this is America and we think everything here is better than everything anywhere else.

Well wake the fuck up.

The fact is that Hong Kong action in the 80's is the best action you'll ever get. Now listen, I am a martial arts fanatic. I admit it. But that's not all Hong Kong has to offer. They offer the best stunts, the best gunplay (Jon Woo, nuff said) and the best overall action sequences.

And the King of HK during the 80's was Jackie Chan. People in America might only know Jackie as the silly old man, especially now that he's doing films with people like Billy Ray fuck Cyrus. And they watch him bond with Chris Tucker and Owen Wilson and go, "Look at that Chinaman. Doing his flips and throwing his high kicks, what a goofy Chinaman." Well, fuck you very much. If you want to see what Jackie Chan was capable of doing in his prime, check out films like Police Story, Police Story 2, Project A 1 and 2, Wheels on Meals, Dragons Forever, Armor of God I and 2, Legend of Drunken Master. Yeah, he still does flips and throws high kicks, but he's also fucking insane and hardcore. And if you're one of those people that say that Jackie Chan can't act, check out Heart of Dragon. And if it doesn't make you cry, then you know that you're a piece of shit.

I hear some people complain that Jackie Chan doesn't speak English well enough. They can't stand his accent. I guess people like their action stars to be eloquent and easy to understand, like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Well, you're idiots. If you think Van Damme and Chuck Norris made good martial arts films, go watch some HK films and realize you don't know what you're talking about.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Test Blog #1

Hooray I just set up my own blog. I can't wait to see what this meaningless post will look like.