From Stormtroopers to ... Stormtroopers

In a classic Season One episode, Bart Simpson closes the show by proclaiming "There are no good wars, with the following exceptions: The American Revolution, World War II, and the Star Wars Trilogy."

It seems inevitable, then, that these last two wars, which had bad guys we could really root against, be combined into one:

"Get away from me, boy, you bother me."

I'm quite busy at the moment. In lieu of actual content, here's an adorable picture and a story to go with it (via Neatorama):

And get working on Daria box sets, too!

One of the more lamentable losses in the theft of my video collection was Skits and Stickers, which was a VHS best-of collection for the MTV sketch comedy show The State. It also happens to be the only video of State material on VHS or DVD.

I would have though that YouTube would have answered this call, but not completely. There are a few that have made it onto there, which I discovered through this list of the 50 greatest comedy sketches of all time. The State scores multiple hits on the list, three of which I've posted below. It'll have to do until MTV gets of it's bloated ass and releases some DVD's.

"The Times are Changing Back"

Memo to Ben Stein and the increasingly obnoxious ads for Expelled: You're about as much of a rebel as Bob Roberts was. In other words: Not much.

"We’re gonna shoot the movie, camera or no camera."

Those who have seen the wonderful Ed Wood will remember a scene where Ed and his entire crew are baptised in a swimming pool in order to secure financial backing from a local church. The pastor's main motivation is to eventually get Ed to film huge Biblical epics for him.

Pastor Richard Gazowsky is an even amalgamation of both Ed and the Pastor, though as bad as Ed is at filmmaking, even he had seen movies before the age of forty.

I'm not posting the whole story (via Metalfilter); just the first paragraph. I urge you to go read the whole thing though. It's simultaneously sad and hysterical. Like me, you'll be itching to see Audience of One when it eventually gets distributed.

Attempting to fulfill a vision and a mission, without any practical experience, can be a foolhardy, even a dangerous pursuit. Pastor Richard Gazowsky fervently believed that God would fill in for his lack of experience and help him produce the biggest and greatest epic movie ever made. But he would soon discover, if not admit, that you need a lot more than God on your side to make a movie. Michael Jacob’s amazing and sobering film, AUDIENCE OF ONE, traces the journey of the pastor and his adoring, always believing flock of eager followers in their attempts to make GRAVITY, THE SHADOW OF JOSEPH. At times humorous, other times heartrending, the documentary makes clear the foibles of a God-driven ego wrapped in the mantle of belief and faith.

How does this not qualify as a sequel to Grosse Pointe Blank

I mean, John Cusack is still a hitman and Joan Cusack is still his secretary.