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I have a gripe….what else is new right?   This time, I simply want to say that I am sick and tired of this 80’s movie remake craze.  Every time I see another announcement of an “in production” movie, its another movie that I really enjoyed from my childhood getting served up as the latest bastard child of this decade. 

Lets take a look at just a couple of the movies that are awesome, and still relevant, that are in production today. 

• They Live (2011)
• Short Circut (2010)
• He-Man  (no date announced)
• Red Dawn (2010)
• Robocop (2010)
• Weird Science (no date announced)
• Karate Kid (2010)
• ETC, ETC, ETC

Can you believe some of the movies on this list?  This doesn’t include the abominations that have already been re-made….like Friday the 13th.  How about the sequels that have been coming out…like Indiana Jones and they Crystal Dildo.

I started thinking about this because it was just announced that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall is being remade.  Although Total Recall was released in 1990, it still has that 80’s action vibe, and was really “made” in the 80’s….so I say it counts. 

As for whether or not they should remake TR, I would say that the remake would be worse than if they remade Psycho in color, using the exact same script ….. wait they did that and it sucked.  So don’t expect much out of a Recall Reboot.

Remakes seem to be a sign of the times.  Looks like 2010 will be the year of 80’s movie remakes.  I know why they do this….to capitalize on the name recognition, cut back on marketing costs etc.  However, I don’t care how it’s easier to market a remake as a “sure thing” money maker, and I’m started to get a little jaded by all the crap that’s being made.  Eventually everyone will stop seeing these, and they’ll stop making them – that time just can’t come quick enough.

LeBron James added another shot to his NBA legacy yesterday, but even though this underhanded 50 footer was not during a game it was pretty cool.

As soon as I saw this my first thought was this is the kind of stuff I was hoping to see in the HORSE/GEICO competition during the All Start weekend. Unfortunately we had too little of this and too many jump shots. Not to take anything away from those who participated in the competition because they all are great athlete’s, but they are not the NBA stars. Get some big name recognition out there and get them to have some fun and take shots like this and HORSE mildly amusing Sports Center moment to having it’s own segment on the program!

Surely I’m not the only one who could use a FUKITOL? I mean between the economy, work, and all the other bullshit going on it seems like a FUKITOL is the perfect answer to our problems. Lets drop several billion into the development of the FUKITOL pill. We have pills for everything else under the sun why not have an all encompassing pill?

Would the big pharmaceutical companies do this? Perhaps they would lose money from all their other little drugs that just mask the problems and make them more manageable.

I’ve had it today at my job I’m taking two FUKITOL’s and MAYBE I’ll call in the morning if i give a fuck then.

Richter, who was O’Brien’s sidekick for seven years on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” will be the announcer when his buddy takes over as host of NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” on June 1, the network has announced.

It’s been almost nine years since they worked together on a daily basis. They should have never stopped working together, which was obvious during O’Brien’s final “Late Night” on Friday, when Richter helped O’Brien say goodbye by showing clips of some of their favorite old skits.

Thankfully Richter also will participate in comedy bits on “The Tonight Show.”

“Andy is one of the funniest people I know and we’ve maintained a close friendship since he left “Late Night,” O’Brien said in a press statement. “We have a proven chemistry that will be an incredible asset to ‘The Tonight Show.’ I’m looking forward to working with Andy on a daily basis again, particularly since he owes me $300.”

As a huge fan of the show, i’m pretty excited about Andy coming back.  I remember feeling a bit cheated when he left the show because I always thought of the two as a comedy “team”.  I also loved watching the guests sit in the middle of them and try to decide whether or not to even acknowledge Andy’s presence. 

Can’t wait for the first time they “take the desk for a drive”

Jessica Biel has this certain something about her. From her DSL to her unbelievable ass it just all reads sexy up and down her body. With Spring Training in full swing I thought this would be a good week to take another peak at one of Derek Jeter’s old flings. Beyond that I’m really just not sure why we have not taken a closer look at Biel before now. I wasn’t completely sold on doing a spread of her though until i came across this first picture…. Pure Beauty!

So she is hot in all the right spots and I’d hit that every day of the week, but she also has a pretty strong acting career under her belt with roles in such pivotal films as: Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Blade Trinity, Stealth, Elizabethtown, The Illusionist,  I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, and don’t miss her in this year’s Powder Blue where she will play a stripper. I was going to post some of those pics but they are borderline NSFW so I thought I’d refrain and let you find those on your own. Here are a couple parting shots for you though:

Which one would you rather piss in?

It’s that time of year again! IHOP is celebrating their National Pancake day again today Tuesday February 24th. From their website:

Known also as Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras, National Pancake Day dates back several centuries to when the English prepped for fasting during Lent. Strict rules prohibited the eating of all dairy products during Lent, so pancakes were made to use up the supply of eggs, milk, butter and other dairy products…hence the name Pancake Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday.

Since beginning its National Pancake Day celebration in 2006, IHOP has raised nearly two million dollars to support charities in the communities in which it operates. With your help, we hope to raise $1,000,000 for Children’s Miracle Network in 2009!

You can go here to find an IHOP near you

So go fill up on a free short stack and feel good about making a donation to helping the Children’s Miracle Network. Also don’t forget to tell them SoItGoes from zombiechatter sent you. Don’t be surprised if they look at you and wonder WTF you are talking about though!

Many of you may have noticed there has been a lot of discussion recently about abolishing the blue laws that prevent Sunday alcohol sales in the five states that still partake in this medieval practice: Georgia, Connecticut, Texas, Alabama and Minnesota. Many of the lawmakers in these states have been quick to point out how these states could use a shot in the arm from any revenue they can. In fact if you were to go to these states and poll the voting population the vast majority of them would tell you they are in favor of being able to get into the Spirits on Sunday.

So if the lawmakers want it and the people want who is standing in the way?

Well none other then GOD himself. Or people who seem to think they can speak for God and how he would want things on his earth. The religious right is fighting this tooth and nail. They argue that in these times it would add stress onto families already stretched thin. In fact Jim Beck the president of the Georgia Christian Coalition was quoted as saying:

“During times of economic stress, our families are under enough pressure,I don’t think we need to add even more pressure to those families by passing this law.”

Now I could write one of my infamous too long post that no one reads anyway or I could keep it short and sweet…….

HORSESHIT

When I told Striker Murdock I was writing this his first comments were spot on with my opinion. It has nothing to do with what the religious right wants and has everything to do with separation of church and state. If you don’t want to buy jager, beer, scotch, or whatever your vice of choice is on Sunday then by all means boycott and don’t buy it. Let me make that choice though. The 45 other states that allow it have not crumbled into the abyss because they sell beer on Sundays.

Even Franklin D Roosevelt saw that lifting prohibition in the 30’s was one of the best things he could do in order to help keep spirits up in those times of need and desperation.

If anything good comes of this recession I hope that it will be the ability to buy booze when and where I want to. So you can keep your bible, but let me buy my beer on Sunday.

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