TEASER FOR OLIVER STONE’S ‘W’
07.28.08George Thorogood? George Thorogood?!! See, this is exactly what I was worried about when I heard Oliver Stone was directing a movie about George W. Bush. Yes, W is an asshole, but he’s not an asshole because he was a hard-drinkin’, womanizing good ol’ boy whose life story is worthy of a George Thorogood song. The guy was a male cheerleader for Yale, not a West Texas armadillo salesman. George W’s an asshole because he attended only the douchiest, most sheltered northeastern private schools his entire life. If he were 30 years younger, he’d probably be playing competitive Quidditch right now. Yet Oliver Stone brilliantly plays right into the bogus cowboy image he spent his entire career trying to sell. Guess what: if you’re a male cheerleader for Yale, you can’t be a cowboy. In fact, the closest you’re probably ever going to come is feeling saddle sore.
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The Mighty Fek’lhr cannot view this vid at work. If there really is a Thorogood song in this trailer, will someone please tell Him which one, so He knows which ballad of bad-assedness that He will forever be deprived of thanks to Oliver Stone?
I’d vote for Bush for a third term before watching this bullshit.
The Mighty Fek’lhr cannot view this vid at work. If there really is a Thorogood song in this trailer, will someone please tell Him which one, so He knows which ballad of bad-assedness that He will forever be deprived of thanks to Oliver Stone?
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Fek: one bourbon, one scotch, one beer.
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Man, that song brings back memories–my grandma would sing that every year at Christmas dinner. Now, the holidays are just so corporate.
Looks like Bush attended Yale and the Shia LeBeouf Driving Academy.
Alternate title "Y"
The casting is kind of genius.
not a West Texas armadillo salesman
I bought my armadillo in East Texas and got 1.9% financing and free undercoating. Sometimes it pays to shop around.
Michael Bay’s version has more robots.
That dude in the Village People is more of a cowboy than Dubya. Doesn’t look as good in ass-less chaps though.
If this is supposed to be realistic, then why isn’t Bush yelling, "GO FISH!" during the poker scenes?
Wow. Bush partied in college and tried to make his father see him as successful. That’s such a unique story we should throw millions of dollars at it. I’d rather watch an armadillo transaction.
Is Uproxx fucking up anyone’s cache? I need to refresh every page or else it reverts to 10 minutes ago.
Warning: Uproxx may cause Sexman tooth.
Now, if he’d gone with the Benny Hill theme song Stone would be onto something.
I have to refresh three times before new comments show up and I can only read new posts by going through the WL or over there links.
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That’s it! I am going to go home and burn my copy of Natural Born Killers in effigy! AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For a Dubya biopic, it should be One Zima, One Apple-tini, One Sparkling Water…and hurry up…geez, the club should never have hired black waiters, they steal you know…
Porterhouse!
I notice when I watch TV in the evening
People ain’t got nothing nice to say to me
But for four years you was so nice
Loh’ you was lovy-dovy
Now November come I didn’t have the rent…
And out the door I went
Remind me why we let Stone take on these amazing topics and fucking ruin it for someone else who could actually do a decent job with it/them? Stone is the worst thing for American culture since Spike Lee. Complete moron at the wheel here. Insipid choices, from a guy 20 years removed from his last decent idea.
I’m with Half Jew on this. After seeing World Trade Center, I almost felt like maybe Nic Cage didn’t deserve to star in that piece of shit.
Nic Cage in the World Trade Center is just wishful thinking.
Ollie missed the boat if there isn’t a scene where Dubs personally injects steriods into Conseco’s ass. Seriously though, how the fuck did the casting director get paid for this. "We need a Powell and a Condi, just got find two black people, preferablly a male and a female" (Rove would have been happy to play himself for the low low price of three mute Phillipino boys)
Bill Clinton Movie: More Sex
Reagan Movie: Confused Old People
Jimmy Carter Movie: Dumb Pussy Movie
George H.W. Bush Movie: CIA, WWII, Oil
George W. Bush Moie: Drunk Frat Boy
I vote for Bush’s Daddy, Clinton, or a Reagan Movie.
A Reagan movie would have his famous saying that he said to his wife every morning "What have you done with Nancy you old whore"