Stupid New England Patriots.
I follow American football. Vaguely.
I mean honestly people, where the feck is New England anyway? In all that huge fuck-off big civil war for independance you guys had, you still have place names named after England. plus there's New York. That was a really stupid war wasn't it? Admit it.
Now down here we just settle for having an old lady on our coins. It's better than having George W Bush staring back at you from a buck let me tell you. Plus we have our own constitution and everything and don't let the Brits boss us around. In fact we kiss more yankee ass.
The point is though, that New England have won three out of four superbowls and that means someone needs to cut them down. I barrack for the Atlanta Falcons, who were rudely knocked out by philli in the final playoff round. THEN PHILLI LOST. I mean the damn place is only famous for a sort of odd white paste that they call cheese.
I was reading the NFL draft which happened today, and a play-by-play breakdown of the superbowl last year distracted me. That's why I'm talking about it.
Still, i was kind of glad NE won, becuase it meant they beat phillidelphia. unfortunately that meant new england won, with their Tom Brady, and their best coach since vince lombardi. I'll show them.
FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ME AND DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GRIDIRON:
1) Atlanta Falcons are the best team in the league. Everyone knows that. Just cos patriots have had a run lately, they are still fools.
2) You get 6 points for a touchdown, 3 for a field goal, 1 for a conversion after a touch down by kicking, 2 for the same but by running/passing and 2 for a safety. Safeties are stupid and are only out-done in their stupidness by the Dallas Cowboys.
3) there are 100 yards to a gridiron. then there are two 10 yard end-zones at either end. Makes aussie rules look really good actually. and nfl look wussy as hell. There are 11 players on each team at one time.
4) the padding is there for a reason. It gets nutty in there. Linebacks are fat. so are guards.
5) don't get in the way of the full back.
6) When teams change from offence to defence the whole team changes. When teams are going to kick a field goal, the whole team changes. This doesn't happen down here in Australia. It seems bloody weird to us. But it happens. Special teams often suck.
Well, Se7en was on the other night.
GREAT MOVIE.
Go watch it now if you missed it, it is fantastic. that, and Fight Club are probably the only good films brad pitt ever made. And maybe the oceans 11/12 ones. Oh.... and snatch..... but he was a minor character.
ANYWAY, aside from brad's brilliance, the movie is really moving. It's a slow paed thriller, which is why I like it. It has some great moving non-scary scenes which I think most thrillers lack these days. Like Saw. Saw was a great movie, very scary, very dark, but very thin in the plot department.
I like Se7en because it's literate. It knows it's references, every scene is well researched, and most of all becuase the main plot is not about the killer, not about the crimes, it's about how much a shithole America's becoming and whether or not it's worth even trying to fight it any more. It's sooooo deep.
The other great thing about se7en is that it doesn't shy away from truth, it never proclaims any of its characters as perfect. Like when Mills bribes the poor lady to get a fake reason to search this guys house. or when .... [those who know the end know what i mean] ... happens. I mean who the hell expected THAT! It's horrible, but it doesn't pretend.
Only thing i hate is that becuase it's R rated, to put it on TV they have to hack it to pieces. they always do it with Pulp Fiction and Full Metal Jacket too. it ruins the film. you just can't feel it when they take half of it out.
Anyway, much recommended. Also - READ THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH.
don't ask why, just read it. it's very famous.
I mean honestly people, where the feck is New England anyway? In all that huge fuck-off big civil war for independance you guys had, you still have place names named after England. plus there's New York. That was a really stupid war wasn't it? Admit it.
Now down here we just settle for having an old lady on our coins. It's better than having George W Bush staring back at you from a buck let me tell you. Plus we have our own constitution and everything and don't let the Brits boss us around. In fact we kiss more yankee ass.
The point is though, that New England have won three out of four superbowls and that means someone needs to cut them down. I barrack for the Atlanta Falcons, who were rudely knocked out by philli in the final playoff round. THEN PHILLI LOST. I mean the damn place is only famous for a sort of odd white paste that they call cheese.
I was reading the NFL draft which happened today, and a play-by-play breakdown of the superbowl last year distracted me. That's why I'm talking about it.
Still, i was kind of glad NE won, becuase it meant they beat phillidelphia. unfortunately that meant new england won, with their Tom Brady, and their best coach since vince lombardi. I'll show them.
FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ME AND DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GRIDIRON:
1) Atlanta Falcons are the best team in the league. Everyone knows that. Just cos patriots have had a run lately, they are still fools.
2) You get 6 points for a touchdown, 3 for a field goal, 1 for a conversion after a touch down by kicking, 2 for the same but by running/passing and 2 for a safety. Safeties are stupid and are only out-done in their stupidness by the Dallas Cowboys.
3) there are 100 yards to a gridiron. then there are two 10 yard end-zones at either end. Makes aussie rules look really good actually. and nfl look wussy as hell. There are 11 players on each team at one time.
4) the padding is there for a reason. It gets nutty in there. Linebacks are fat. so are guards.
5) don't get in the way of the full back.
6) When teams change from offence to defence the whole team changes. When teams are going to kick a field goal, the whole team changes. This doesn't happen down here in Australia. It seems bloody weird to us. But it happens. Special teams often suck.
Well, Se7en was on the other night.
GREAT MOVIE.
Go watch it now if you missed it, it is fantastic. that, and Fight Club are probably the only good films brad pitt ever made. And maybe the oceans 11/12 ones. Oh.... and snatch..... but he was a minor character.
ANYWAY, aside from brad's brilliance, the movie is really moving. It's a slow paed thriller, which is why I like it. It has some great moving non-scary scenes which I think most thrillers lack these days. Like Saw. Saw was a great movie, very scary, very dark, but very thin in the plot department.
I like Se7en because it's literate. It knows it's references, every scene is well researched, and most of all becuase the main plot is not about the killer, not about the crimes, it's about how much a shithole America's becoming and whether or not it's worth even trying to fight it any more. It's sooooo deep.
The other great thing about se7en is that it doesn't shy away from truth, it never proclaims any of its characters as perfect. Like when Mills bribes the poor lady to get a fake reason to search this guys house. or when .... [those who know the end know what i mean] ... happens. I mean who the hell expected THAT! It's horrible, but it doesn't pretend.
Only thing i hate is that becuase it's R rated, to put it on TV they have to hack it to pieces. they always do it with Pulp Fiction and Full Metal Jacket too. it ruins the film. you just can't feel it when they take half of it out.
Anyway, much recommended. Also - READ THE ADVENTURES OF AUGIE MARCH.
don't ask why, just read it. it's very famous.
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