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- Aug 15, 2023
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"Best Man Down" is billed as a "warm and funny comedy," a subjective description with which I do not agree. I would not consider this a comedy, let alone a warm and funny one. There are no laughs, and most attempts at humor are mean-spirited or embarrassing. The dramatic elements fare no better, as "Best Man Down" merges a road trip through northern Minnesota with a subplot about a 15-year-old girl forced by her drug-addled Mom's boyfriend to steal ingredients for crystal meth. The film begins with a rather bloody death and ends with the aforementioned 15-year-old explaining, in a long eulogy, why we should care about the deceased. Between these two scenes is a very disjointed, confused, and sloppy movie.
Back in his hotel room, Lumpy executes an ill-advised air-guitar move, cracking his head open in the process. Covered in blood, Lumpy stumbles outside looking for help. He dies after falling on a cactus, a detail the movie mentions multiple times. I doubt Lumpy's death itself is supposed to be funny, but it serves as the catalyst for cringe-worthy, horrific attempts at humor. What Kristin does to Lumpy's rigor mortised, erect cadaver will clue you into the comedic level employed throughout "Best Man Down."
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To provide backstory on Lumpy, "Best Man Down" introduces us to the mysterious name in Lumpy's phone, a 15-year-old girl named Ramsey Anderson (Addison Timlin). She's surrounded by meth culture stereotypes played by Frances O'Connor and Evan Jones. Jones's character serves as the obligatory element of danger, brandishing a gun and barging into Ramsey's room clad just in his underwear. I was confused as to the relationship between Ramsey and her Mom's paramour, and "Best Man Down" can't support the implications it creates. These scenes belong in an entirely different movie, one that might air on Lifetime with a title like "Mother, May I Make Meth With Your Man?" How Lumpy and Ramsey are related I'll leave you to discover, but "Best Man Down" needs both flashbacks and a big speech to explain it.
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I am willing to accept Tom Brady as the GOAT. I am glad that Rita Moreno, Sally Field, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda can still find work. I cannot stand face lifts unless required after disfiguring accidents. I will give this movie a try, but hope I do not cringe.
Many of you, like me, have stopped looking forward to the movies of Darren Aronofsky. His creations are no longer special. However this one does have a tour de force effort by Brendan Fraser and is worth a look see if you are an auteurist.
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, both recognizable to American audiences, are lifelong friends breaking apart in this Irish masterpiece. If you love film and have a chance to see a movie so perfect, you should never pass up such a chance as you have now.
You've probably heard of this one in its form as a Jimmy Fallon-led (remember when he used to act?) 2004 romantic comedy about a guy balancing his love life with his obsessive love for the Boston Red Sox. The movie, actually, is based on a memoir of obsessive devotion to English Football Club Arsenal, written by author Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, A Long Way Down). Funny, interesting, and still engrossing, if you're a sports fan who just can't figure out why you continue rooting for the loser, you'll find home here.
The title refers to a hoverboard (which resembles a hovering skateboard without wheels) which has been most prominently featured in the movie Back to the Future Part II. Marty McFly traveled to the future in this second installment, more precisely to 2015-10-21, and this comic was released just over one month later 2015-11-24. Hoverboards are just one of many things predicted in Back to the Future Part II that have come to pass before reaching the date from the movie, but are more uncommon in our world, along with other inventions like flying cars and musical clothing. Randall is known to have had electric skateboards, which is also thematically related, although another type of hoverboard would be mentioned just five weeks later in 1623: 2016 Conversation Guide.
Given Randall's enjoyment of movies and time travel it is very likely that this game is also a tribute to the Back to the Future movies. But the release day of the game has been used to promote his new book (as is clear with the text in the start screen of the game), and this explains why it was not released on the Back to the Future date. Apart from the date of release and the text about the book, the game does not seem to have any direct relation to the book; there are, however, several scenes in the game that could be seen as references to Thing Explainer. Instead the main part of the game is all the references to several movies and other stuff that has often been featured in xkcd as well as many of the other comics.
There are many themes and references throughout the game, but the two main themes are Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings. Below there is a table listing all references to both of these movies and much more. For instance, there are 19 references to SW and 6 to LOTR.
The largest part of the game is located on the right side of the play area and is mainly a world dominated by references to Star Wars. Most noticeable is a recreation of the opening scene in the first film, where Princess Leia's space ship Tantive IV, also known as The Rebel Blockade Runner, is flying over the desert planet Tatooine. Here it is followed by the Star Destroyer, Devastator. The desert ground with these two space ships above is the first you find to the right. Although in the game they are located inside the atmosphere, not as in the movie out in space, a fact that is commented on by Megan who looks out from an opening in the bottom of the Destroyer's hull.
One of the main points (The Joke) of the entire game is the extreme size of such a Destroyer. It takes up more space than the rest of the game (and most of the coins are located there). Inside the Destroyer there are many, many rooms, long corridors and deep shafts, even a huge cave with trees and animals. At the bridge we meet both Darth Vader and the Emperor himself, Palpatine. There are many other jokes related both to Star Wars and other movies and xkcd comics inside the Destroyer. For instance, Darth Vader discusses Steven Universe, bringing up Rose Quartz and Steven himself (who can be found with the Crystal Gems in a different part of the Destroyer).
The two worlds do conflict though, as an X-wing fighter is parked at a gas station to the left in LOTR world, and Gandalf's famous quote You shall not pass! from his fight against the Balrog is modified by Cueball who is not trying to block your path to a coin inside a room in the Destroyer. This conflict could very well be a reference to the fact that Andy Serkis who played Gollum in LOTR, now plays the Supreme Leader Snoke in the new Star Wars movie, and his appearance as Snoke is not that much different from Gollum's. Snoke also delivers a line in the movie (about "bringing someone to me") that reminds one of Gollum when he talks about "the ring coming to me". Randall would not have known this last part at the time that this comic was released, but he would likely be aware of Andy Serkis' involvement.
Other themes are related to other movies, like a naughty reference to Star Trek from inside the bridge of the Rebel Blockade Runner where a long-haired woman (maybe Danish since she obviously does this to annoy Star Wars fans and Hairbun behind her, which could represent Princess Leia with her special hair style) delivers the following line taken from the Star Trek universe:
The comic/game and book were released only 3 weeks before the 7th Star Wars movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released on December 14, 2015. And this movie had already been referenced by Randall 7 weeks earlier in 1585: Similarities, when another movie (The Martian) were released. It was a reference in the title text to the new robot BB-8 that are featured in the Force Awakens. That the Star Wars section is thus so much larger than the LOTR section could be a hint to the fact that it is now 12 years ago that the last of those films were released, and although the Hobbit has been released as three films over the previous three Christmases it was Star Wars that dominated the Christmas a month after this comic's release.
There are also many references to other xkcd comics, like the room at the front end of the Destroyer ball pit filled with playpen balls, and two adults playing in it, like in 150: Grownups. Also the well in the left part of the world with a girl and a coin at the bottom is likely a reference to the movie The Ring, which has been referenced before in xkcd. Wells have also come up in xkcd in the early Well series.
There are also many fictive people from different movies, books, and shows; for instance Darth Vader (here), Gandalf (here) and Steven Universe (here) all three mentioned above, and some real life people: you can find Elon Musk, who has a hidden lair under the Volcano (see here), and Gregor Mendel, hanging out on a Star Destroyer with a pea plant.
Beneath the bridge there is a smaller room where Ponytail and Megan spoofs Luke's Lightsaber Training from the original Star Wars movie where Luke Skywalker practices under Ben Kenobi's guidance while Han Solo comes with snide remarks. Ponytail (in Luke's place) holds a lightsaber above which floats a sphere which represents the small remote controlled Jedi training device from that scene. Megan both guides like Ben and comments like Han. She holds some kind of cannon that she obviously loads with T-shirts from the box behind her. As she tells Ponytail, a true Jedi trains with a t-shirt cannon. Han Solo's quote begins like it but ends quite differently: Good against remotes is one thing good against the living it's something else. He would also prefer a blaster as he explains: Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side kid. There is a coin behind Ponytail. 2ff7e9595c
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