WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS.

[trinityvixen]

ETA: This, for my money, is the best ostrich scene in a movie ever, so there really isn't any reason to make another movie with an ostrich in it, is there? Unless it's a documentary about ostriches, I guess.

Sorry it's in...um. Just imagine that Seannnnnn William Scott is telling Ashton Kutcher that those are not, in fact, llamas, but ostriches. Which they are.

So. You may not remember, but you are all bound by loyalty oaths of friendship to me. By agreeing to be my friend, you clicked past the EULA that said, explicitly, that you will abide by certain terms and conditions in being my friend. One of those terms is my right to rewrite history. In return for giving me this right, I promise not to abuse it in fights about anything substantial. I just get to pretend I never said things that I said, possibly in this very forum where it's all still there for anyone to see. For instance, you're not allowed to look back at my review of Avatar and go, "Gee, you seemed to like Sam Worthington in that," when I, eventually, post about what a non-entity he is as a person and character in Terminator Salvation. You can't. I invoke my right.

I have the right to rewrite history, which is ironic given that I'm invoking that right again about the Prince of Persia movie. (For those of you not immediately understanding the irony, God, read Wikipedia will you?) I may have said to some of you that I don't particularly think that Prince of Persia has to be bad. It looked like The Pirates of the Caribbean in Persia, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially since the in-the-works fourth Pirates is the worst thing I've heard of in a while. It didn't have to be terrible. From the trailers, it looked about as good or bad as Pirates did, which, hey, could mean it's awesome even though Jake Gyllenhaal has about as much talent as some of Johnny Depp's toenail clippings. (No knock on Gyllenhaal, there, just, it's Johnny Depp, people.)

Then I read the following blog post and watched the video about shooting the movie. If I could sum up the reason for invoking my friendly obligation rights in two words, those words would be ostrich racing. If I could sum up the reason in four words, they would be the ones coming out of Alfred Molina's mouth in that featurette: Behold, the mighty ostrich!

Please, don't watch that featurette. Just don't. Besides the ridiculousness of Jerry Bruckheimer going "Dur, we filmed in Morocco 'cause it's OLD!" there was, I believe, a very spoiler-y part that is in the trailers to a lesser degree. If you've played the game the film is ostensibly based on, you'll know which scene I mean.

Yes, so, remember how I never said Prince of Persia couldn't possibly be an entirely worthless movie? Well, I never did say that. Never happened. I don't know what you're talking about.

(Of course, I also invoke my right to reverse myself without warning should this film turn out to be slightly less mortifying to watch than, say, Aztec Rex. It's all there in the EULA, folks. You really should read those things.)

Comments

[slothshaman.livejournal.com]

Well have you seen Ninja Assassin yet? And if not, WTF is taking you so long? ;P

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I missed the theatrical window. I'll catch it on DVD. I have to say, I've made enough jokes about ninja assassins since then to merit a watch of that. Surely, it can't worse than, well, 90% of what I watch, willingly, already.

[equustel.livejournal.com]

Are you kidding? The prospect of ostrich racing makes me even more excited! :D So much LOL. Perhaps I am easily entertained?

[slothshaman.livejournal.com]

You will be pleasantly surprised.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

I try *not* to read those things--I only get confused. Just tell me what I'm supposed to remember or forget, as the case may be. :)

I will be happy to see Prince of Persia if anyone else wants to go. It should at least be amusing and pretty, no matter what.

Oh, and Ninja Assassin ROCKS!

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

I never saw Dude, Where's My Car? and, sad to say, I laughed at the "Dude!" "Sweet!" routine.

I have to turn in my degrees now, don't I?

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Who's! Who's!

[viridian.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that was the joke. :P

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Oh believe me, I am looking forward to it!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Yeaaaah. Good luck with that. You, of all people, I'd expect to be offended by this news, seeing as you are one of few I personally know who is invested in this story. Well, can't fault your optimism!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I think there will have to be an outing to Prince of Persia. But! I think the outing will have to consist of us going to an all-you-can-drink brunch prior to going to the movie. Sound good?

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Actually, Dude, Where's My Car? is really funny. It's also, bizarrely, sci-fi. I highly recommend it. When I worked at Blockbuster, I got it on DVD for my sister, and she was laughing so hard at it in the other room, I had to watch for myself. It was perfect. My whole family likes it, to the point that my sister's each got it for one another for Christmas once. That was adorable.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It is more than a joke, it is an internets meme. (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/09/whose_responsible_this.php)

Also, I love that you corrected me on the correct "who's" to use, but left out a criticism of the fact that "Who's responsible this" is still missing a preposition. I missed it myself when the meme first came. I thought it was funny because of the lack of question mark and the all-caps. It took a second reading to see that it was missing the word "for" in there.

[equustel.livejournal.com]

I am invested, but I already know the movie will not be the game - Jordan Mechner, the creator of POP, wrote the original Sands of Time game and also wrote the screenplay for this movie. He's been involved in many aspects of production and is giddy as a schoolkid about it. He's also been very vocal about the fact that the film is not meant to be a direct adapation of the game - and he's right that it shouldn't be. It's the concepts and characters that are movie material, not the narrative of the game itself. The concepts are a goldmine, and can be developed in any number of ways to make for a fantastic adventure movie.

Yes, ostrich racing is LOLtastic and silly, but it's probably just part of a montage about the Prince's street-urchin origins. I bet he hijacks the race to show off his skeelz, Aladdin-style.

This is my o.O icon

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

If you say so. I'm trusting that you know better than I. I only reports what I sees. And I sees Jake Gyllenhaal and Alfred Molina talking about ostrich racing and I go o.O

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

People who make posts criticizing pronunciation should not follow up with pronoun confusion, that's all I'm saying.

And my eye stuck on the "whose." I didn't read any further before posting. Must...correct...why does the internets have no red pen?

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Sounds perfect!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

I was correcting pronunciation in, like, an entirely different post! Gah, I INVOKE MY RIGHT TO MAKE YOU FORGET THAT I DID THAT!

Also, there's a difference between insisting on proper grammar and such from a professional recording of an audiobook and insisting on such things from an internet meme. Especially since the point of the meme was that somebody was so ridiculously pissed off that their already poor grasp of English was that much more pathetically bad. In short, the two things have nothing to do with each other!

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Man, I can only imagine how much better that movie will be after booze. I remember being drunk enough at Dallas BBQ to think the second Pirates movie was really confusing. Then I saw it sober and it was just stupid. This? Could be amazing. I'll need to have someone record the stupid shit that will be coming out of my uninhibited mouth.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

And now we have a Plan:

1. All-you-can-drink brunch

2. See Prince of Persia. Record trinityvixen's comments throughout

3. When it's available on download/Netflix/rental, gather together and watch Prince of Persia a second time. Play trinityvixen's commentary throughout. Drink as desired.

:)

[shell524.livejournal.com]

This reminds me... I STILL have your still unopened copy of Dude, Where's My Car? that I still haven't watched, and probably OUGHT to, at some point...

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Makes me look forward to the Rifftrax. Having watched a few MST3Ks and Riffs lately, I'm getting weirded out by our similar thought patterns. Perhaps embarrassing me is less necessary than just downloading Riffs and giving money to awesome comedians?

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Ah ha! So that's where that went!

I really need to keep track of these things...

Also, Dude, Where's My Car? is amazing. I apologize for nothing about liking it and if you don't laugh--even against your will--I'll be surprised. Even if you don't want to like it, it tends to get to you after a time.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Clearly we have different priorities. :)

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Clearly! It's not like I don't routinely embarrass myself. It's not like we need to seek out cases in which I may do so.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, but *I* never see them--obviously what's necessary is an excuse for us to get together. :)