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You are completely right Fay. The Daily Mail is indeed dreck. Still, not too long ago, I read a book excerpt about a Brit soldier rescuing Iraqi dogs. And some great gluten-free baking tips. I tend to scroll over the hate and try to glean the interesting bits.
I also read the Guardian and the Scotsman. I can't help myself.
I like the Guardian, although maybe that's because they wrote about The Wire a lot and only rarely dashed out the cursing?
In case you needed reminding, the greatest female action star of all time is Michelle Yeoh.
Anyone seen Transformers II yet? Are Mudflaps and Skids as racists as reports have said?
The only Transformers that do stand apart from the rest of the cannon fodder—and not in a good way—are Mudflap and Skids, who have already correctly been ID’d as the film’s Little Black Sambots. Sporting crooked metal teeth and talking like refugees from a UPN sitcom, these Autobots are such brazen, breathtaking caricatures, you gotta wonder if Bay has lost his damn fool mind.
Heh.
I've heard these characters compared to Jar Jar Binks. But they sound worse.
I've heard these characters compared to Jar Jar Binks. But they sound worse.
Yeah - I've heard comparisons to Amos & Andy which is definitely worse.
Jar-Jar scaled new heights of annoying, but I think it was mainly on his own merits rather than as an insulting stereotypical caricature.
Does Bay have Mudflap and Skids sing "Mammy" in the credits?
Cracked has Storyboards from Michael Bay’s The Great Gatsby
Now, instead of Gatsby and Daisy being separated from the general population by their considerable wealth, they’ll be separated as a byproduct of them being the only property owners in an apocalyptic desert wasteland. And instead of having that fancy, eye-catching car, it looks like Tom will own a rocket-equipped school bus, which is equally memorable.
That is BRILLIANT.