I've fallen and I can't get up!!

This is a classic

A Debate you say?

Debate 2006












So I get into work this morning, (mounds of work to do by the way) and read that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has challenged GW Bush to an open debate. Now I don't know anything about the Iranian President, nor do I wish to. But damn if I wouldn't want to see this debate. Can you imagine Dubya trying to cheat his way through a real debate with someone of moderate intelligence...from a DIFFERENT COUNTRY...all of the cliched american phrases Dubya uses would be pointless and completely misunderstood. The Iranian president guy could end up running circles around Bush further embarrassing our village idiot President. Tell me you wouldn't pay $50 to see this in High Definition PPV, with GW furrowing his brow and sweating like a pig when someone asks him about his nukes...

Iran's leader calls for TV debate with Bush

Quick Movie Reviews...kind of

Let me start by saying this, the reviews is in plural form in the title because there are some nasty rumors floating around the internets that I saw Step Up this past weekend. I'd like to say that it's a falsehood that I actually "saw" said movie, seeing that I didn't actually pay attention throughout the entire movie. But I will give some quick thoughts on it:

Negatives: Almost everything.

Positives: It was filmed in Maryland (mostly Baltimore)

The other movie I saw was Idlewild, which I had been mildly anticipating for some time. I can't decide if it lived up to the hype or not as I don't really recall there being that much hype for it.

It was an okay flick, nothing spectacular. Some of the camera work was really good, some of it wasn't. The story line was completely lifted from other sources, almost scene for scene. Although, I have to admit this was expected being that the director/writer Bryan Barber has never done any film work before outside of directing music videos. At many times the movie does seem like a long(er) music video. Also, I'm not really sure how I feel about people rapping during the 1930s prohibition era south. I understand OutKast is rap group, but it still seems pretty weird to me. The acting was solid outside of Big Boi (Antwan Patton) who probably needed some more coaching or something. You can at least tell that Andre 3000 at least works at being an actor.

The plot was pretty thin, but since I think a few of my myriad (laughter) readers haven't seen the movie I wont spoil it for you yet. However, the major disappointment for me was the soundtrack. This movie was filmed in 2004 and it's original soundtrack was supposed to be OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. Unfortunately, they couldn't find a distributor in time for the album release so they pushed the movie back. Which is fine. What pisses me off is, OutKast did another album/soundtrack to coincide with the release of the movie now, and quite frankly the album sucks. It sounds sloppily made and only features them together on 2 songs. Much of the disdain I had saved up for the album was toned down by the fact that it was movie soundtrack for a film set in the 1930s so obviously it was going to sound a bit different from their other work. BUT 90% OF THE SONGS IN THE MOVIE ARE FROM SPEAKERBOXXX/THE LOVE BELOW!! On my count, 4 of the songs from this latest 19 song set, made the actual movie. And two were played at the very end as if they were just thrown in. So the question is...why make such a crappy sounding album/soundtrack, when the majority of the songs on it aren't going to be used in the movie anyway. I don't get it. Whatever.

Rating:

3 out of 5

Prep-Unit - Tea Partay

I can't even begin to explain this.

**Update

Seems this is a promotional ad for some stupid Smirnoff Drink. Here's the website:

Tea Partay

The Official Prepsta Handbook

P.S. Bethesda, MD now has an official gang sign (check pages 6-7)

In Living Color

A quality program from the early to mid 90's (it got decidedly worse towards the end of its run) and besides the careers of the Wayans family it also launched the careers of two Academy Award nominees/winners Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx

I remember being at a friends house and finding out that he wasn't allowed to watch In Living Color, and being visibly outraged at his parents to the point where I called my mom to come get me so I could watch it (she didn't come get me, but I was still pissed).

Here are some memorable clips:

Vanilla Ice



Wanda/En Vogue



Baby Got Snacks



Booked on Phonics

Snakes on a Plane...the Review

Alright, this will be my last post about Snakes on a Plane...I promise. I should have posted this days ago, but I actually had work to do, forgive me.

Last friday's events had been planned for a while. Happy hour/Open Bar at 1223(which I must say had I found out about it maybe 3 years ago, I'd be at every week, 'cause it's really ever alcoholics dream...$20 cover, all the top shelf liquor you can handle), after which we would head down to Gallery Place for the 10:10pm showing of Snakes on a Plane, and then most likely seeing that we had probably sobered up, head back out drinking.

Now some might say this is a bad idea, you'll be hammered by the time you get to the movie theater, etc...blah blah blah. Even some of the people in our group disagreed initially, but they were persuaded by the opportunity to drink more afterwards. I'm told that we left 1223 around 9pm, however I have no real recollection of getting on the metro to go to gallery place. I do have a picture that proves this happened though. Got to the movie theater about a half hour early so they were not letting people into the actual theater year for SoaP. I quickly deceived the ticket jockey with a story about having the use the bathroom and coming right back to the line. Whatever. I got some popcorn and a hot dog (i needed actual food to keep the excessive amount of liquor down) and went in the theater to save seats while my friends stood in line.

By 10:05 everyone was in the theater...and herein lies the appeal of this movie. The crowd was insane. Theater was packed to the gills with people who seemed to have the same idea we had in getting drunk before hand and then watching the movie. Very diverse crowd, obviously a decent amount of college students, then your internet nerds (one person had a laptop with them and was doing a live blog from the theater) and other various people caught up in the internet/blogosphere hype.

Now plenty of people have asked me about the movie, how it was, was it good, etc. Those are the wrong questions to ask. You already know a movie called Snakes on a Plane isn't going to win an oscar. Like if you were looking for a quality MOVIE to spend your money on per se, this really isn't a flick for you. But if you were looking to have a good time with a raucous crowd booing, cheering, screaming, ranting, etc it's well worth any money you spend on it. The overall movie experience I had while watching the movie was probably the best I'd ever been a part of. Quick example...for anyone who has seen Anchorman, the actor who played Champ Kind (David Koechner), the sports anchor...is one of the pilots in the movie. So if you remember Anchorman, champs signature call was a drawn out WHHAAMMMYYY! So in turn during SoaP everytime he did something on screen the crowd would scream out WHAMMMYYY! at the top of their lungs. It was highly entertaining. During one part when an old lady is dying from a snake bite...I booed vociferously and made other comments about their not being enough snakes which seemed to draw the enjoyment of those sitting around me. Although I think it did draw the ire of someone in the back corner who threw out an STFU to which I responded in turn with a derisive FUCK YOU! In addition, the crowd also cheered through the famous expletive snakes line given by Sam Jackson towards the end of the movie.

There's no way I could judge this movie had I seen it in a different crowd setting. The hypeness (i know it's not a word) of the crowd made the evening enjoyable no matter what I was watching. So I'd advise if you were going to see it, make sure you could replicated the same kind of thing.

Rating:
Movie: 3 out of 5
Experience: 5 out of 5

When the Levees Broke...

I rarely get into discussions about politics, because at the core of it I feel like most conversations are pointless and frivolous because when the conversation is over nothing has changed. In addition, I'm far too well off in my life to consider my self a victim of the faulty political system. Also, rarely do I speak about anything particularly serious on this site, 'cause really what's the point. No one wants to hear me get all stodgy and serious about a topic. However, I just watched the final 2 hours of the Spike Lee Documentary, "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" on HBO and I implore anyone who reads this to watch it the next time it comes on. If you couldn't figure it out from the title it's about the Hurricane Katrina tragedy of last year.

I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of Spike Lee. I think many times he tries to be so overly blatant with his message that it takes away from a lot of his films. This documentary isn't really an exception to that rule, but even with Spikes usual pounding home of his message, the strength of the film isn't lost. I'm not begging you to watch all 4 hours of it, nor am I trying to sell you on some revolutionary cause. I just think people need to see (a version) of what happened and is still going on in a part of the United States. Even if you only watch 15 minutes, you'll be doing yourself a favor.

The visuals alone are powerful enough without the words, and even if you have no feelings about the situation down there...I'd bet the film still had an impact on you.

It comes back on HBO in its full four hour entirety on Tuesday, August 29th (the one year "anniversary" of Hurricane Katrina) from 8pm to Midnight. If you don't have HBO, and actually know me personally, contact me and i'll let you watch it here, or shit I'll even record it if you want.

HBO Link

Live Chat with Flex Alexander...Star of Snakes on a Plane

Just think...after tonight, and the obvious movie review I do of it next tuesday, you'll never have to hear about Snakes on a Plane again...

Snakes on a Plane Chat with Flex Alexander

An Excerpt:
College Park, Md.: How is this movie different from any of the hundreds of horrible SciFi channel movies about snakes/scorpions/sharks/spiders or any other animal that can kill you?

Flex Alexander: Because none of those animals or insects have you trapped on a plane.

Flex Alexander

P.S.: yes thats the same Flex Alexander from such shows as "Homeboys in Outer Space", and "Where I Live" featuring the omnipotent Doug E. Doug

Top Ten Snake Movies

From digg

In honor or Snakes on a Plane being released this friday...here is a list of the top 10 snake movies of all time.

Top Ten Snake Movies

9. Anacondas: The Hunt For the Blood Orchid
It should really be called, Hunt For a Snake Orgy, because after seeing that trailer in the theater, that's all I could think about. "You mean there's some kind of snake orgy in the jungle?" That's the line. We've all seen some pretty weird stuff on the information superhighway (AKA the Internet), but before Blood Orchid, could any of us claim to have seen a writhing ball of snakes nooking on each other? No, no we could not. Thank you, Anacondas: The Hunt For the Blood Orchid. You are nothing if not educational.

Grade Three Geography Test

Should not be hard...

Geography Test


Those silly ass midwestern states...

ESPN to 10 Unsportsmanlike Plays

I needed to do a YouTube post...so here we go...





I particularly like number 8...

Wu-Peanuts Cartoon Update

The people from that site alerted me that there were more comic strips available...so here are the rest..

The Complete Wu-Peanuts Collection


Some of the new selections:

Stephen Colbert On Notice Board Generator

From shipbrook.com


you're all on notice...don't ask why

Maurice Clarett vs. Chris Henry

This one is a battle for the ages...

In light of Maurice Clarett's most recent arrest, I had a few conversations with people discussing the downward spiral of his career. With one friend commenting that his was the quickest he had ever seen. However, this got my mind rolling about his rap sheet in general and I needed to find someone with comparable off the field issues. On a side note, as a Miami Hurricane football fan I'm incensed that they guy who cost us the 2003 National Title turned out to be a complete bum.

The player I came up with as my trump card is Cincinnati Bengals Wide Receiver Chris Henry. As far as on the field he's easily a better player than Clarett and had a pretty good 2005 season. But then the season ended...and that's where the fun starts.

Heres the tale of the tape:








Maurice Clarett
Born: October 29, 1983 in Youngstown, Ohio
5'9" 228 lbs

Rap Sheet:

• On January 1, 2006, police announced that they were searching for Clarett in relation to two incidents of armed robbery that took place at 1:46am outside the Opium Lounge danceclub in Columbus, Ohio. Clarett is alleged to have robbed two people with a .45 caliber handgun and then escaped in a white SUV with two unidentified persons. Clarett reportedly made off with only a cell phone valued at $150 belonging to one of the victims.

• On February 10, Clarett was indicted by a Franklin County (Ohio) grand jury on two counts of aggravated robbery with gun specifications and five other counts. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.
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• In the early morning hours of August 9, 2006, Clarett was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, after he failed to comply with police after leading them on a chase in his sport utility vehicle. After driving over a police-mounted spike strip, the chase ended in a nearby restaurant parking lot. According to a police spokesman, the officers also discovered four loaded guns and an open bottle of vodka in the SUV. The officers were forced to use mace to subdue Clarett after a stun-gun proved ineffective because he was wearing a bullet-proof vest.

Pretty good, right?

Not better than this though:









Chris Henry
Born: May 17, 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana
6'4" 200lbs

• On December 15, 2005 he was pulled over in Northern Kentucky for speeding and marijuana was found in his shoes. He was also driving without a valid driver's license, and without auto insurance. On January 30, 2006, he was arrested in Orlando for multiple gun charges including concealment and aggravated assault with a firearm. He was reported to have been wearing his Number 15 Bengals jersey at the time of his arrest.
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• Finally, Cincinnati media reported on May 4, 2006, that Henry is being investigated by Covington police in connection with a sex crime, which allegedly occurred in a hotel room in Covington, Kentucky early on April 30, 2006. No charges have yet been filed, and on May 24, 2006, Covington police reported that there is no proof anything happened and that the alleged victim might now face charges for filing a false police report.
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• On June 3, 2006 Chris Henry was pulled over outside on Interstate 275 at 1:18 a.m by Ohio Highway Trooper Michael Shimko. At 2:06 a.m. Henry voluntairly submitted to a breathlizer test at Milford Police Department and registered a .092 blood-alcohol level, .012 above the level permitted by Ohio law.

Now I've come to the conclusion that Chris Henry wins for the fact that he was caught committing a crime while wearing his own jersey. What do you think?

Chris Henry Wikipedia

Maurice Clarett Wikipedia

Chris Henry Football Reference

Maurice Clarett Football Reference

Wu-Peanuts

From ohword.com

Courtesy of Mr. Spence








Wu-Tang vs. Peanuts pt. 1

Wu-Tang vs. Peanuts pt. 2

Things to...blog about...

Occasionally the handful of people who read this insipid nonsense I write request that certain things be written about or posted on. Here are a few things that are currently being worked or are in the offing:

• The Top 10 Worst Rappers/Hip-Hop Artists (Franchise)
• A review of Busta Rhymes and his generally suckass career of late (Cassie)
• Snakes on a Plane Movie Review
• An update about the importance of Fantasy Sports
• Do You like sports, or Pop Culture...why aren't you reading Bill Simmons?
• Trying to escape the Corporate World
• Why I like hockey (McCoy)
• The New York City Metropolitan Area...and why it feels like home
• Reviews of Albums between 1994 and 1997
  

There are others...I think...maybe later. Also I'm pretty sure I'm going to actually be doing work at my job soon, so I'm going to make posts where I actually write something day specific. Like Tuesdays and Thursdays maybe...we'll see. Not that anyone really cares, I know I'm doing all of this for my own amusement, doesn't matter.

How to Steal a Laptop in Broad Daylight

Courageous theft of a laptop...



...hey you know I was interested in a new MacBook...hmmmmm

Deckchair Traps Croatian By the balls.

Mario Visnjic had gone swimming naked in the sea at the Valalta beach in western Croatia. His testicles had shrunk while in the cool sea and slipped through the wooden slats when he sat back down on his wooden deckchair. But as he lay in the sun they expanded back to normal size and got stuck between the slats.

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Scott Stevens Top 10 Hits

As you may or may not know. I like hockey...this will be explained in a later post. But as a hockey fan growing up my favorite player was Scott Stevens, a Defenseman. He was well known as one of the best defenders to ever play, but he was also just as well known for his vicious body checking and blatant disregard for the well being for others...here are some of his best hits.



I especially like number 4.

Teamless Owners Collecting Big Check from the NBA

from Digg

The TV Deal the NBA Wishes It Had Not Made

The Silnas of the ABA's St. Louis Spirits still cash in on the contract that began with the merger in 1976.

Money for Nothing

"Roughly once a month, the NBA cuts 31 checks to NBA teams as revenue from its multibillion-dollar national television contract.

There are only 30 NBA franchises, so who gets the extra check?

The money goes to brothers Ozzie and Dan Silna, co-owners of the long-forgotten ABA team, the Spirits of St. Louis."

Pacino vs. DeNiro...Re Post

Back when I originally started this blog...I'm still not really sure why I started it, but whatever, one of the first few articles I posted was from Bill Simmons on his breakdown of the Pacino vs. DeNiro battle. Today he did an article about Big Papi vs. Larry Bird...which I realized most of the people who read this couldn't care less about, but it made me think about this article. So now I'm gonna repost. Cause again, I'm lazy and don't really feel like doing any of my own writing.

Pacino vs. DeNiro


SG: I'll be honest ... this question sat in my "Potential Mailbag Questions" file for an entire summer. I was afraid to answer it. Wouldn't you be afraid? Pacino vs. De Niro? The two most famous, influential actors of the past 30 years? I feel like I'm about to walk on Mars ... I probably won't return safely, but I can't resist. All right, let's break this down, Dr. Jack-style:

	Robert De Niro became Jake LaMotta, but he couldn't knock out Al Pacino's Michael Corleone.

Breakthrough performance -- Pacino with Michael Corleone in "The Godfather"; De Niro with Young Vito Corleone in "Godfather II." Yikes. Pacino's part was more important, only because Michael evolved as a character from "good-hearted, wide-eyed pup" to "evil mob boss" in the span of three hours, and the scene where he kills Solazzo and McCloskey at Louis' Ristorante has to rank among the most difficult scenes to pull off. If Pacino choked with that part, "Godfather I" would have failed miserably. As for De Niro, his performance in "Godfather II" was incredible -- he actually made you believe that he was the young Marlon Brando playing the young Vito Corleone. Read that sentence again. But it was a supporting part ... the movie could have survived without a home run performance from him. And remember, Coppola auditioned both Pacino and De Niro for Michael's part when he was casting "The Godfather," with Pacino winning out. That's just enough to give him the nod. EDGE: PACINO.

Defining performance -- "Godfather II" for Pacino, "Raging Bull" for De Niro (the two most important performances by a male actor in the past 30 years). De Niro learned how to box, he gained 60 pounds ... I mean, he became Jake LaMotta. But I'm still going with Pacino here, only because that's the one movie where I always think to myself, "Good God, he is absolutely amazing in this" every time I watch it. Just an electric performance from start to finish, like watching Pedro at his peak: Four pitches working, 98 mph fastball, everything for strikes. The scene where Diane Keaton tells him about her abortion, and Pacino's face starts to shake ... that's an absolute acting clinic. I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it. SLIGHT EDGE: PACINO.

Consistency -- Pacino's prime lasted from 1972 ("The Godfather") through 1983 ("Serpico," "Godfather II," "Dog Day Afternoon," "And Justice For All," "Cruising," "Scarface"), with a resurgence for most of the '90s ("Godfather III," "Scent of a Woman," "Carlito's Way," "Heat," "The Insider," "Any Given Sunday"). I always thought that "Scent of a Woman"'s success was the worst thing that could have happened to him -- after he won the Oscar, he basically played the "Scent of a Woman" guy in every movie after that. Hoo-hah!!!!! De Niro's prime lasted much longer -- initially from 1974 ("Godfather II") through 1980 ("Taxi Driver," "The Deer Hunter," "Raging Bull"), with a resurgence in the late-'80s ("The Untouchables," "Midnight Run," "Awakenings," "Goodfellas," "Cape Fear," "This Boy's Life," "Bronx Tale," "Casino," "Heat"), and then another resurgence in the late-'90s when he started doing comedies ("Analyze This," "Meet the Parents"). Just a more interesting, consistent, complete body of work, capped off by his improbable comedy success over these last few years (much like Barry Bonds improbably finishing his 30s by belting 73 homers one season and hitting .375 the next).

	Over-the-Top Pacino was past his prime in "Any Given Sunday."

Put it this way: If you were trapped on a desert island and could import all of De Niro's movies or all of Pacino's movies, you'd probably pick De Niro (unless you couldn't live without "Scarface" and "Godfather I"). Just more to choose from. EDGE: De NIRO.

Believability as a cop -- Pacino was more believable as a detective; De Niro was more believable as a cop. So why didn't somebody write a movie where Pacino (as a detective) and De Niro (as a cop) banded together to solve a crime? Frankly, I have no idea. EDGE: TIE.

Most admirable misfire -- De Niro as a stalker comedian in "King of Comedy" (he just couldn't pull it off); Pacino as a Cuban drug dealer in "Scarface" (you forget, that movie absolutely bombed when it came out). Which movie will you remember 20 years from now? BIG EDGE: PACINO. Range -- De Niro in a walk, mainly because he could throw anything at you -- Funny De Niro, Deadpan De Niro, Scary Mobster De Niro, Quiet Cop De Niro, Intense De Niro, Crazy Cop De Niro, Just Plain Crazy De Niro, Athletic De Niro, Killer De Niro, Quirky De Niro, Kindhearted DeNiro and so on. Pacino could only offer Quiet Cop Pacino, Abrasive Cop Pacino, Brooding Pacino, Crazy Pacino, Intense Pacino, Scary Pacino and Over-the-Top Pacino. There was never really Funny Pacino, unless we're talking in the Unintentional Comedy sense. Ironically enough, neither of them could pull off Romantic Pacino or Romantic De Niro (it always felt uncomfortable). Four performances from the latter part of De Niro's career really set him apart: 1) "Midnight Run" (genuinely funny, genuinely likable, carried the movie on sheer personality, his most underrated performance), 2) "This Boy's Life" (as the meanspirited stepfather), 3) "Bronx Tale" (as the likable bus driver), and 4) "Heat" (without having much to work with -- that bank robber was a blank slate). I'm not sure Pacino could have pulled off any of those roles. EDGE: De NIRO. (And that reminds me ...) The

Switch -- If you switched their careers and had Pacino play all of De Niro's parts, and vice-versa, who would have done a better job? De Niro wouldn't have nailed any of Pacino's over-the-top parts ("Scent of a Woman," "Heat," "And Justice For All"), and I can't imagine him pulling off the quiet, conflicted-about-possibly-being-gay police officer infiltrating the Manhattan gay scene in "Cruising" (it would have played like an "SNL" skit). He definitely would have taken Tony Montana and Michael Corleone somewhere (maybe not the same heights, but somewhere). And I think he matches anything else. But Pacino with De Niro's parts? None of the comedy roles would have worked. "Cape Fear" and "Raging Bull" wouldn't have worked. He couldn't have played the young Vito Corleone. He probably could have handled the mob parts and most of the cop parts, and the only movie he would have improved was "King of Comedy." It just wouldn't have worked as well as De Niro with Pacino's career. EDGE: De NIRO.

Ability to avoid unintentional comedy -- Pacino takes the cake here. Ellen Barkin groping him in "Sea of Love," the dancing scenes in "Cruising" and "Scarface," the "She's got a great ass!" scene in Heat ... the list is endless. De Niro never made you laugh unless it was intentional. EDGE: De NIRO.

Most improbable character that somehow worked -- "Cape Fear" was one of those movies that you only watched once (a little too disturbing, a little too disorienting), but De Niro transformed himself for the role of Max Cady -- ripped body, long hair, Southern accent, tattoos, the works. Ten minutes into the movie, you didn't even remember that it was him. I got you now! As for Pacino, he was handed one of the most impossible parts ever -- play a swaggering drug dealer with no redeeming qualities, adopt a Cuban accent, say everything from the side of your mouth, drop F-bombs every few minutes, have your character slowly become a coked-up maniac as the movie drags along, carry every single scene you're in, do everything in the most over-the-top fashion possible, and somehow keep the audience rooting for you in the final 20 minutes -- and somehow pulled it off, singlehandedly making "Scarface" one of the signature pop culture movies of the past 20 years. And if you don't like it ... well, (bleep) you, how's that? EDGE: PACINO.

Shamelessness about selling out -- Hey, it's not like Pacino hasn't taken a few roles just for cash ("The Devil's Advocate," "Godfather III," "Simone" and "Dick Tracy," to name four). But he always picked his spots, at least until recently, and every Pacino movie always managed to feel like an event, even if it sucked. Not De Niro. The way he sold out over the past 15 years has almost been jarring: "15 Minutes," "Rocky and Bullwinkle," "Showtime," "The Fan," "Frankenstein," "Marvin's Room," "Great Expectations" and "Backdraft," as well as a number of below-average films that he inexplicably accepted ("Stanley and Iris," "Mad Dog and Glory," "Guilty By Suspicion," "Night and the City," "We're No Angels"). Bob, feel free to say no every once in a while. It's okay. BIG EDGE: PACINO.

Most influential line on pop culture -- De Niro has "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?"; Pacino has "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in." Which one do you use more? I thought so. EDGE: PACINO.

Wild card -- My buddy Gus (who's legally changing his name to "My Buddy Gus" next month) pointed this one out: In Pacino's movies, there's always a definitive scene that you remember, one of those Pacino Scenes where he basically tells the director, "When I'm finished with this take, we'll just send it right to the Oscar committee" (like the "I woulda taken a FLAME THROWER to this place!" from "Scent of a Woman,' or the final locker room speech in "Any Given Sunday"). No matter how bad the movie, Pacino always has that one memorable scene (even in "Devil's Advocate," which may have been the worst two hours of my life). De Niro just isn't that type of actor; he's always better in understated scenes (like the scene in "Midnight Run" when he goes to borrow money from his ex-wife). If they were pitchers, De Niro would be Greg Maddux (steady and brilliant) and Pacino would be Randy Johnson (you never know what he's capable of next). Whatever the case, I think Pacino gets a small edge here, only because a collage of his best scenes would be more fun to watch than a collage of De Niro's best scenes. EDGE: PACINO.

Head-to-head matchup -- As we all know, Pacino and DeNiro shared one major scene together, the diner scene in "Heat," one of the five or six most exciting moments of my life as a movie fan (I still remember seeing it for the first time, thinking to myself, "Good God, is this really happening?"). That's also one of those rare scenes in a movie where you're flicking channels, you know it's coming up soon, and you'll hang around for 15 minutes just until it comes on ... and after watching that scene roughly 73,456 times on cable over the last seven years, I'm giving De Niro a slight edge. Here's why ... It was dead-even right until the end. Pacino did his "Brotha, you are going down" routine. De Niro did his "There's a flip side to that coin ... what if I have to take you down?" routine. And it was a dead heat. Both of them hit it out of the park. Except right at the end, Pacino broke into a slight smile, almost like he couldn't handle the moment -- either it was too intense, or he couldn't believe the scene just happened. Either way, it's always bothered me. His character never would have smiled in that scene at that particular moment. It didn't add up. And it was just enough to give De Niro the win. SLIGHT EDGE: De NIRO.

The Ghetto Big Mac

This one is courtesy of Mr. Spence...

From ohword.com

How to Remix the Dollar Menu at McDonald's



...Being cheaper than cheap

P.S. gotta love the ODB sound clip playing in the background