If a bomb hit this DVD commentary track

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

OK, I don't want to keep beating the Diablo Cody horse.  But I couldn't resist this.

I was looking at Diablo Cody's MySpace blog in search of the exact wording of "I swear to God, I have the most bizarre life. Truly" (which I wound up finding here), and came across her March 30 blog:

"SPACED and Lucky

Current mood: Lucky-ducky-sucky-fucky

Many of you know that I’m obsessed with Spaced.

Well, get this: I actually got to contribute commentary for the upcoming (and long-awaited) U.S. DVD release. For real. My fellow American rubes-- I mean, co-commentators-- include Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Quentin Tarantino, and more. You have got to pick this shit up. Seriously. It’s the greatest show ever, and you’ll get to hear me coo like a besotted auntie every time Colin appears onscreen. Oh, and I ask stupid Yankee questions like 'Hey you guys? Where’s Hull?'

I can’t thank the show’s creators enough for letting me play.

Anyway, anticipate the release of the authentic, O.G. British series and please, ignore the thoroughly disrespectful McSPACED remake. Those jagoffs don’t even deserve a curious peek."

That DVD commentary track is my idea of audio hell - a who's who of Gen-X douchebaggery.  Throw in Perry Farrell and you've got eggroll.

Brit-comedy fans, does this mean that Spaced is horrible?  Or what?

[Regular Joe]

It was just ok, when I wanted it to be totally wonderful. So, not great.

[samir]

I said it was my favourite show ever on the show a couple of weeks ago.
So, that's how I feel about it.

Don't think less of Spaced just because people who you don't like, like it.

[Martin]

More like an f bomb, I'm sure.

Trully bizarre news.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Sorry, Samir, I knew you called in about an English comedy, but I am getting old and I used to enjoy drugs, and so I can't remember such things.  I anyone can undo the Cody/Smith/Stone/Tarantino axis of lameness, it's you.

[John Junk 2.0]

They've started selling DVD's of Juno at the Starbucks counter.  Tom's in for a bad surprise. 

The guy at the counter literally said "Whuut?" when Christina the Yes fan said she never wanted to see it.

[Tom Scharpling]

I'm seriously beyond all this stuff now.

Mod, please set up a feature that changes any reference to JUNO to UNDER SEIGE 2.

And please make any mention of Diablo Cody read John Ford.

Thank  you.

Tom.

[WavyGravy]

juno
diablo cody

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Juno.
Diablo Cody.
Bill Hicks.

Ha ha!

[Pat K]

I remember seeing Under Seige 2 in the 2nd-run $1.00 theatre with my Dad back when it came out. The part where the train blows up and crashes is great. Quality performance from Eric Bogosian in that one, too.

[Martin]

OK, I don't want to keep beating the John Ford horse.

[Pat K]

OK, I cannot stop reading the "Sparked by Under Seige 2" thread now.

I work at the same alt-weekly John Ford used to work.

I think you guys are taking Under Siege 2 way too seriously.

John Ford, who used to be a stripper

[emma]

Me too!

The New York Times yet again mentioned the stripper angle today in its write-up of the Oscar winners:

"The indie delight “Under Siege 2,” about a pregnant teenager with a mouth on her, won for best original screenplay, by John Ford, who once worked as a stripper. She tearfully thanked her family for “loving me for who I am.” 

Big deal. So did Guillermo del Toro. Enough already.

Its hilarious when people say the stilted dialogue in Under Siege 2 was designed to mimic the language of teenagers - because if you read any interviews with John Ford, you realize that it's just the way she talks.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

OK, I don't want to keep beating the John Ford horse.

Hee-yah!  (Beats horse)