Let’s Hug it Out. Bitch
The guys from Entourage
That’s Ari (who’s funnier than all 6 from ‘Friends’ combined) from season 2 of Entourage. Season 5 has just wrapped up and I keep wanting more. Can’t remember the time I was so hooked onto a TV show. Let’s see 5 seasons straight is not anything new by my long TV watching standards. I’ve even watched Smallville for 6 seasons, for what it was worth, the producers of the teen Superman series is now in straight competition with the creators of the gazillion Malayalam soap operas that make watching TV impossible in Kerala households after 5 in the evening, atleast in those with just one TV set, even if it’s a cricket match. Coming back to Entourage, as any faithful fan, I too downloaded the final season on the fifth season as soon as it was put up online and watched it over breakfast today. Sadly until next summer, ‘Return to Queens Boulevard’ will be the last Entourage episode. Guess, I’ll just have to watch the previous ones on DVD again. And it was the best episode of season 5 too, a bit of drama (not Johny Drama) with the subtle comedy we’ve all grown to love. Yes, there are tons of people who loved ‘Friends’ but seriously, I was not a fan, but then for all those who’ve only watched that, they don’t know what they’ve been missing. Entourage is much more about friendship and being with your guys than ‘Friends’ ever was, and yes, all the actors in Friends were kinda dumb. Think about each of them, you’ll get my point. Yes, as always, I’ve again berated something a lot of people actually like, just because they don’t know better. Open your eyes (yes, it’s also a Snow Patrol Song).
The new Snow Patrol album ‘A Hundred Million Suns’ is a good listen, and the single Take back the City is another run of the mill song that grows on you, just like Chasing Cars. Listen to ‘Forgive Me’ by Leona Lewis (remember ‘Bleeding Love’ ?), in fact, watch the video, nice n hot in a cute kind of way video (yeah, its been repeatedly for hours now on my TV), and I can’t stop watching it! Also check out the new Wyclef Jean album, Memoirs of an Immigrant and Dido’s single ‘Don’t Believe in Love’ from the album ‘Safe Trip Home’, two albums I’m currently listening to along with Tiesto’s In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia (especially the song ‘Reason to Believe’).
Did I mention anywhere I’ve moved into my new crib, and am living all alone by myself? Hence, too much TV, too much food (yes I can cook, and Google does throw up good recipes) and ofcourse my biggest vice (is it really?), Music!
Over the last week, I’ve been doing a small run down of George Lucas movies, and the Indy movies in particular. And seriously those movies are good old fashioned fun and action, quite good to watch too. Other than the trilogy of the 1980s Indy movies, I also saw the animated Star Wars: Clone Wars, which was nowhere near cool as the live action movies, but was still a good one time watch. But to get the laughing bone in top gear, catch ‘Pineapple Express’ with Seth Rogen (he’s the guy who ‘Knocked Up’ Katherine Heigl), James Franco (son of Green Goblin in Spidey 1, Green Goblin in Spidey 3 and ofcourse Peter Parker’s only friend), and Amber Heard. It’s another one of those stoner movies, with lots of weed, swearing, stupidity but comic all the same. Though not upto the standards of ‘Superbad’ which is my pick for the best comedy of the year, Pineapple Express holds its own. No wonders I prefer the stoner comedies about a bunch of losers over those rom-coms that Drew Barrymore and Kate Hudson seem to excel at, and we all get bored of, unless you are a girl. Coming back to Amber Heard, yes I’ve actually watched 3 movies she’s been a part of over the past week, Never Back Down and All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, both being teen movies. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane is one movie, that’ll throw up more questions than answers at the end, and quite a good slasher movie, sadly it suffered from poor marketing. Though I won’t say it’s fabulous or a great movie, it still remains one of my favourites in the teen slasher genre. Like slashers/gore movies? Try the 80s hit Nightmare at Elm Street, another of my favourite horror-thrillers. Anything that has a lot of blood and guts, surely I would have watched! Especially if it involves zombies. Can’t wait to get my hands on the ‘Evil Dead’ trilogy. More on that once I watch all 3.
More on cricket, either it was boredom or it was the because there was nothing better to do, as most of you I too did watch India thrash England 4-0 in the series. Sadly, the only time most Indians are patriotic is when there’s a cricket match. Sad state of events indeed when all the hopes of the nation rest on a man barely my height, even if it’s the God in cricket gear, Sachin. Did anyone hear about the Indian navy shoot down a Somali pirate ship or about Chandrayaan? Our sense of national pride is severely low borderline null. By the way has anyone seen that Bharti (the Airtel guys) ad with the various famous Indians like Aryabhatta, Gandhi etc.? Trying to raise that patriotic vibe to make money but quite inspirational nonetheless.
As usual, I cannot stop talking football. Tonight, is almost D-Day for Real. A win can keep the Champions League dream alive for Real, even though the club is in a crisis with hardly any players to form a full squad. Atleast Barca dropped points last week, while Villareal lost and Valencia drew and Real are upto second. Big matches coming up with Sevilla, Zenit St Petersburg, and the mother of all football clashes Barca all in December. This is going to be a cold December, only if it was all the white of Real Madrid.
Finishing Line: For those of you ‘Friends’ fans, get a life. Let’s Hug it Out, Bitches!
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