The Dude on the Right liked "The Proposal" in the theater, so for this Blu-ray review of the movie it’s no surprise that he still likes the movie. What he doesn’t like is the lackluster effort at "extras" for the DVD. Pretty much he felt he wasted his time watched the deleted scenes, the outtakes, and all he got out of the "alternate" ending was the fact that he was happy with the original ending, although the alternate ending did reinforce that some filming did not take place in Alaska. He still thinks it’s a good "snuggle on the couch with your honey" kind of movie, so dudes, suck it up because you do get Sandra Bullock almost naked.
Author: Andy Labis
A Peace Prize, Couples Retreat, Where’s My Sidekick Stuff, and Stupid People!
Stu Gotz doesn’t really tell The Dude on the Right much about his weekend during their "Weekend Wrap-Up!" Podcast, but that’s okay because there is enough stuff going on that even if Stu did have a boring weekend, the boys have lots to talk about. It seems The Dude did do something this weekend, namely seeing "Couples Retreat," so he tells Stu if it’s a movie to take Mama Gotz to see, but Stu is more interested in what The Dude thinks about President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, if he knows what is wrong with people’s Sidekicks, and if he ever saw Alyssa Milano naked. The both have TV woes, the dude wonders about the flu shot, and Stu sees stupid people, but what else is new?
Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! A Peace Prize, Couples Retreat, Where’s My Sidekick Stuff, and Stupid People!
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The Dude on the Right
Now that I think about our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, Stu didn’t really tell me much about his weekend, but I did let him know that if he wanted to take Mama Gotz to see "Couples Retreat," well, it might not be a bad thing. Thinking about it further, I guess neither of us talked about the weekend that much because it really wasn’t that exciting, so we did talk a little politics (President Obama’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize, and my theory of why he won), we talk a little health (should you, or should you not get the flu shot, or better yet, the H1N1, aka "Swine" flu shot?), surviving without your Internet (Stu cannot), Sidekick woes (and Comcast cable TV woes and AT&T U-Verse wishes), Alyssa Milano naked (even if the movie sucks), and what better way to end a podcast than with talk of stupid people (who seem to live at Starbucks, Target, and Wal-Mart).
And, oh yea, it might filter into next weekend, but neither of us seem to give a damn about the "Where The Wild Things Are" movie that is coming out next weekend, even though I might go see it anyway.
Weird weekend talk, but then again, without a Chicago Bears game, I was a little lost. Happy listening!
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Couples Retreat
The Dude on the Right isn’t like most critics, and he thinks that the fact that he enjoyed "Couples Retreat," as you’ll find out in this review, is another reason supporting this fact. Sure, he didn’t find anything groundbreaking in the film, wonders if they just shot the movie in Bora Bora to have a vacation in Bora Bora, but did enjoy the characters, the jokes, and he’s not ashamed to say it, but some of the women in bikinis were cute. The movie didn’t preach too much, it had a peeing child, and women get to ogle the yoga instructor. What else do you want from a romantic comedy?
I Didn’t Win a Million Dollars at McDonald’s. Crap.
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The Dude on the Right
My gumption meter is on "Low" this afternoon, and as much as I want to blame the weather here in Chicago, I think I have to blame McDonald’s. I know, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t blame Ronald for anything, but as I didn’t pack a lunch today I decided to try to win a million dollars. Yup, the Monopoly Game is back at McDonald’s, and back in the day I was a big supporter of the game, as well as bigger, especially as breakfast, lunch, and every now and then a dinner, would be supplied under the Golden Arches when there was the suspense of little pull-tags off of the cups and containers with the dream of never having to work again at every visit. But lately I haven’t had the taste for a quarter pounder with cheese that much because, for whatever reason, the White Castle Crave seems to hit me harder, although I must admit that Lent was a good time to re-up my Filet o’ Fish quotient. Today, though, I thought I would take a chance, roll the dice, or rather pull the tabs, and see what would happen.
So there I was late this morning, in the drive-thru at my local McD’s, knowing that to get the coveted game pieces I would probably have to go "large" for the fries as well as my Diet Coke, but little did I realize that instead of getting my "Big Mac" fix I would have to get one of their new "Angus" burgers. With dreams in my eyes of what I was going to do with my million, or at least the $50,000 a year for 20 years, I sucked it up and ordered the Mushroom & Swiss Angus Burger, gave the nice lady my money, took my bag of riches, snuck a few fries on the drive back, and got ready to scream with joy.
Then I opened the bag.
Sure, there were the fries, and I could see the game pieces attached; I had already pulled the pieces off of my large pop; And there, nestled under the napkins, was the burger box. "Hmmmm! Mushroom & Swiss Angus Burger, with game pieces!" Only I took out the napkins and "Doh!", no freakin’ game pieces. "What the hell? How am I supposed to win with no game pieces?" I could have gotten my favorite burger, a quarter pounder with cheese, but no, I wanted the game pieces, and I get no game pieces. I mean, the game just started three days ago and my local McDonald’s is already out of the Angus burger game pieces? Ugh!
Well, you can probably tell that I’m a little upset, especially since I didn’t really want the Angus burger, and then, to top it off, after peeling off the game pieces I did have, I realized why I stopped playing the game in the first place because along with not getting all of the game pieces I was supposed to get, I ended up with a Marvin Gardens and a Pennsylvania Railroad, but the kicker in my butt, TWO BALTIC AVENUES. Sure, I could probably figure out the odds, but what the hell are the odds of, at a random stop to McDonald’s to play the Monopoly Game, and not getting all six game pieces, do you end up with TWO BALTIC AVENUES out of the four? McDonald’s, your Monopoly game sucks, that is unless I win some kind of internet prize that I really don’t understand after I plugged my codes into the website. In that case, McDonald’s guys, you will rock.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
I think I’m done with Mafia Wars; Now I’m Running a Café.
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The Dude on the Right
Like many a people on Facebook I sometimes get wrapped into various application games. There was a time I was collecting eggs, and sure, they were pretty when they hatched, but then came the feeding them, trying to collect more, and "special" eggs. I was done with eggs. Then I started farming with "Farm Town," growing a nice farm which again, just seemed to take too much time to do too many things, and I bailed on that just about the time "FarmVille" came into being, which looked remarkably like "Farm Town." So now my farm is just a testament to my BFF, and it only requires watering every now and then.
The game, however, that I’ve stuck the most with has been "Mafia Wars," which, in terms of many things, is quite a boring game because it doesn’t have animated people, or plants you have to tend to. Nope, it’s mostly just a narrative game, with, I suppose, some semblance of strategy in order to develop a strong mafia. My problem is that from the beginning I only cared about a few things: One was that I kept trying to get a level ahead of our staff member, Big Cooter, and I was finally able to overtake him because he went on vacation and then seemed to lose interest. After that I was just trying to finish the various jobs, hoping to get to the highest boss masteries, and then, wouldn’t you know it, the bastards at Zynga opened up new areas, developing a Cuba area, and now Moscow (I was about two days from finishing when they opened Moscow). So now I keep wondering why I am still playing because all I find myself doing, since I don’t really care about fighting anyone, is "doing a job" until I run out of energy and then wait for the energy to regenerate or for one of my few mafia members to give me an "Energy Boost." When I get "Skill Points" to spend, every one of them goes to my "Energy" level. Now with a Profile of: Energy – 1999, Attack – 33, Defense – 46, and Stamina – 17, I have a measly mafia size of 35, of which 16 are hired guns and not even "real" friends, so I think I might just be the lamest, Level 320+, mafia member with nearly $100,000,000,000 in the bank in the New York area. Every morning I find myself saying "Self, what the hell are you doing wasting 5 minutes just clicking your mouse button, doing that ‘job’ and not seeming to accomplish anything?" So, yea, I think I’m just about done with Mafia Wars, and just in time.
Because now I’m a chef.
Yup, damn you Zynga and your Facebook games because now I’m playing Café World, where sadly this game is more my style. Why? Because I can actually incorporate my day into it and it doesn’t have insanely long times to "Plant" a farm like "Farm Town" did. Yup, I have my little café, I get to cook things, and they have specific lengths of time they take to get done. I have found I’m planning things like "I know I won’t be checking Facebook for about 4 hours, so if I start cooking some French Onion Soup I can finish it up and get it served when I come back," and I even have a chicken that is roasting and will be conveniently ready in 14 hours so I don’t have to worry about more things on that stove. I don’t have a lot of neighbors, yet, so I can’t grow my café that much, but my "Buzz Rating" is up to 43, and I don’t know if that’s good or not, but I seem to get a lot of people giving me a thumbs up!
So I think I’m hanging up my guns for an apron, and I’m sure there will be a time that the apron will need washing, but for now I’ve got to get back because my fruit salad is just about ready and I’ve got patrons to please, although I think I have just enough time to make a little more money in Moscow so I’m a little closer to be able to "Rob The RossijaBanc Central Repository."
I guess I’m not done with Mafia Wars just yet.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
Chicago Sucks, A Movie Weekend, and Wiping Your Ass.
The Dude on the Right and Stu Gotz are a little sad that Chicago didn’t get the 2016 Olympics, but Stu tells The Dude, during their "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, that he was more bummed when he had trouble wiping his butt. The Dude at least had some fun by seeing "Zombieland," "The Invention of Lying," and even "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past," while Stu learned something interesting about a little Gotz, and has his idea for the perfect wedding gift. The Dude now wonders if Stu will get an invite to his wedding. Time will tell.
Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! Chicago Sucks, A Movie Weekend, and Wiping Your Ass.
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The Dude on the Right
Our “Weekend Wrap-Up!” podcast starts on a sad note as Stu Gotz and I lament about Chicago’s not being chosen to host the 2016 Olympics. We break down why Chicago lost, what was wrong with the news broadcasts, what was wrong with the celebration preparations, and even Mama Gotz tells Stu her theory for the snub. But we quickly get over our sadness as I saw a plethora of movies over the weekend, namely “Zombieland” (loved it and Bill Murray), “The Invention of Lying” (liked it and Jennifer Garner), and thanks to Netflix, I found that “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” isn’t a horrible movie, just a generic romantic comedy good enough for your cable viewing.
Stu, on the other hand, had a rough weekend as some shelf building injured his normal, butt-wiping flipper, and quickly learned he is not ambidextrous and probably won’t fair well if he really is injured. He also learned that kids sometimes follow the leads of other kids but was proud of his son’s ability to seek out a garbage can, and his money pit, or rather RV, is ready for some camping. Stu also has his idea for a perfect wedding gift and has now secured that he may not be invited to my upcoming nuptials.
All of that, some Chicago Bears talk, in under 20 minutes!
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The Invention of Lying
The Dude on the Right explains, in his review of "The Invention of Lying," that sometimes it is scary when people tell the truth. For example, who really wants to know that they have absolutely no chance of sleeping with someone after their date, or that they will be fired in two days. But that’s not to say that The Dude didn’t like the movie, because he did, thinks Ricky Gervais is a hoot, and is liking Jennifer Garner who does a great job in her role. It’s a great date movie, but after seeing it you might have an idea what she is really thinking, and what she did before you showed up at her door.
Zombieland
The Dude on the Right was torn at the time he was going to see "Zombieland" because the decision for the 2016 Olympics were pretty much at the same time as the movie. Happily for him he went to see the movie because the result of the movie was much better than the result of the Olympic city as Chicago got shut out right off the bat, but The Dude really liked "Zombieland." Don’t worry because this isn’t a serious zombie movie, nope, you get fake-looking blood and guts, and over-the-top Woody Harrelson, and Bill Murray as a very funny, well, Bill Murray. The Dude’s full review gives you the full scoop.