COMMENTS OF THE WEEK: WAR ZONE
02.23.09
This week’s comments of the week winner gets PUNISHER: WAR ZONE on DVD, which hits stores March 17th (as does the fancy ass blue-ray, your highness). Patton Oswalt says, “PUNISHER: WAR ZONE is THE BEST time I’ve had at the movies this year,” which is all the endorsement I need. I’d eat a cat turd if Patton dared me to.
As always, the way this works is, when you read a comment you think worthy of recognition, YOU nominate it by copy and pasting it in the comments section of this post (along with a link to that post, pretty please). Then, the following Sunday/Monday, I’LL pick the winner from among the nominees. The winner gets a sweet prize. (FYI, the nomination thread is always linked in the ABOUT section).
Let’s begin the runners-up rundown, shall we? From ECONOMIC DOWNTURN CAUSES BLINGYNESS DECLINE:
Al says, “A Ubell-Meyer Oscar party? I call baloney.”
From DANNY TREJO JOINS THE EXPENDABLES:
Stinky Peet says, “The hardest part of filming with Danny Trejo is finding a director brave enough to yell “Cut!” after every take.”
From TRAILER FOR ALMODOVAR FILM (whose synopsis included, “the eternal search of fathers for sons, and sons for fathers.”)
Robopanda says, “Fathers searching for sons would be the gay chat room you can find Zac Ephron at. He’s a ‘son.’ His screen name is Ins8iableBottom4SilverFox.”
From TWILIGHT 2 HAS A TITLE:
Dr. Steve Brule says, “If they really listened to the focus groups, Twilight 2 would be called ‘OMG LOL! HE is SOOO HOT! LETS EAT CHOCOLATE AND TALK ABOUT MEN IN A WAY THAT IS BOTH UNREALISTIC AND SAD!’”
From THE NEVERENDING STORY RAPE VAN:
Burnsy says, “There’s a small hole in the wood paneling that he calls the Neverending Glory.”
From WATCHMEN CONDOMS:
Chodin says, “These condoms had better postpone my f-cking release date.”
From ASHTON KUTCHER’S BODY SWAP COMEDY:
Stone Soup says, “Bart is a hockey player. Billy is a race car driver. When the two athletes are knocked unconscious, during events, they magically trade places, only to find themselves in the midst of situations neither of them was ready for. Stick Shift opens on Administrative Assistant Appreciation Day, 2009.”
Burnsy says, “Jason Biggs plays a single loser who’s always the third wheel on his roommate’s (Josh Hartnett) hot dates. That is, until they meet a girl (Blake Lively) who’s into threeways. ‘Bate & Switch opens this Fall.”
Rotwangchung says, “The studio sold both Ashton and Zac with the same pitch: ‘Okay, so another dude enters your body and…’
‘I’LL DO IT!’”
From MICKEY ROURKE’S DOG DIED:
Robopanda says, “This is sadder than when Dan Rosen died in that car wreck.”
From SCENES FROM KIRK CAMERON’S FIREPOOF [Editor's Note: I originally forgot the second r by accident, but I left it because I think it's better this way]:
Stinky Peet says, “Did you guys know the shortest passage in the Chicago Tribune is ‘Ebert wept’?”
And for our first runner up, who came in second only by a razor-thin margin, from SEXMAN WEIGHS IN ON CHRIS BROWN:
Guy Who (usually) Looks Like a Thumb says, “She just kept on naggin’ him:
‘Where you takin’ me for dinnah? Innah? Innah? Eh? Eh? Eh?’
That would be as annoying as hell. Right, Sexman?”
As for the winner, I had to go with the one I laughed the hardest at, no matter how obscure the references. From PEDRO ALMODOVAR’S LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS (which I re-imagined as ‘Los Abrazos Jotos‘):
Robopanda says, “Los Jotos grab you ass, los jotos kiss your face, los jotos lick your balls into outer space!”
What can I say, I’m a sucker for gay Spanish Short Circuit reference jokes.

The winner gets a copy of Punisher:War Zone? What do the runners up get? 2 copies?
Whakety schmakety do
When did Statham grow his hair out?
Huzzah cuddly Panda HUZZAH!
I once knew a dildo named “The Punisher.” Um, friend of a friend. Of a friend.
*shifty eyes*
Mad props, Robo. Even more impressive is that you probably nominated half of the runners up.
From post # 2009? 02? Is that how this works now? Anyway, from Tyler Perry’s Black People Will Drop Mad Ducats On Anyfing I Put Out, Seriously I Could Crap In a Bag and Sell Tickets at This Point, Burnsy kills me in response to
Spooty says – Taken deserves No. 1
Burnsy brings da heat wiff – If Hollywood was based on “deserves” there would be a lot of corpses.
Oh.
Winner gets Punisher DVD.
I didn’t even get nominated this week.
*throws self on sword, but fails to commit suicide due to bat’leth being curved*
DAMN YOU 7-11!!!
When nominating, could you at least paste the URL suffix? Like “2009/02/punisher-war-zone-dvd-comments-winners”? Thank you and goodnight.
Thanks, y’all. Hey, do I have to send in a review of this movie? I want to know if I should start photoshoping these guys into a photo of Boyzone.
Does that DVD box look fucking retarded to anybody else? They want to show him looking bad-ass while pointing two guns, but don’t have enough space for him to hold them both at arms length. Instead of making the picture smaller, they make him look like he’s trapped inside a fucking phonebooth.
@Donk–yeah. Also, the way they have the title it looks like an actor named War Zone is the star of Punisher. Which is, I believe, inaccurate.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/domo-arigato-mr-roboto-oscar-speech-video#comments
Bubb Rubb:
No boom boom soul brother, too beaucoup!
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/domo-arigato-mr-roboto-oscar-speech-video
Nico Suave: (walks on stage wearing school girl outfit, Nikon d90, and dead octopus on head) “Fweedom isn’t fwee!” (cue for bukkake)
..and madman: You had me at herro
2009/02/list-of-oscar-winner
Stinky Peet says:
I really enjoyed the way they introduced the nominees for the acting awards. I haven’t seen so much smoke blown up so many asses since I quit my job at the Slim Jim factory.
2009/02/mickey-rourke-acceptance-speech?cp=2
Donkey Hodey says:
Johnny Walker, Jim Beam, and Captain Morgan got together and held their own Independent Spirit Awards.
. . . in my belly.
2009/02/will-ferrell-land-of-the-lost-mosquito-video
Guy Who Looks Like a Thumb says:
Anna Friel in a family-friendly movie? I nominate it for “Best Waste of a Hot Bitch Who’ll Get Naked at the Drop of a Hat”.
[Notes to self: 1) find out where Anna Friel lives 2) buy a BIG motherfuckin' box of hats]
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/oscar-memoriam-snubs-don-lafontaine#comments
Stinky Peet says:
I hear Dan Rosen’s family is planning to write a strongly worded letter over his snub.
Second Stinky Peet. Eventually, we’ll have to add Dan Rosen is dead jokes to our own in memoriam. But not yet, my friend. Not yet. *tear*
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/diablo-cody-producing-breathers-zombie-comedy#comments
Frickin’ Donkey Hodey
Hipster Zombies all have iPod Shuffles.
I’m going to consider Donkey Hodey‘s two consecutive comments as a single entry, on /2009/02/diablo-cody-producing-breathers-zombie-comedy
He’s Just Not That into Brains. Starring Gooey Deschanel.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/the-colonel-mel-gibson-on-kimmel?cp=2
Stinky Peet. If you get this, then it’s fucking hilarious. If not, then you need to get your ass to Google so you can get it:
Instead of “Finger Lickin’ Good,” Mel Gibson’s Colonel Sanders KFC’s slogan is “Arbeit Macht Fryer.”
JHC says:
Those kids drop to their knees like they’ve been shot when Dumbo comes around.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/seacrest-cant-pronounce-slumdog-actor-names#comments
Mark It Zero says:
Shouldn’t he be taking Poland by storm?
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/dog-who-says-mama-takes-germany-by-storm
Fucking Zog makes a triumphant comeback with this one on /2009/02/dog-who-says-mama-takes-germany-by-storm :
Zog no care coyote recite Declaration Independence, coyote taste same.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/the-colonel-mel-gibson-on-kimmel?cp=2
Stinky Peet:
Instead of “Finger Lickin’ Good,” Mel Gibson’s Colonel Sanders KFC’s slogan is “Arbeit Macht Fryer.”
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/oscar-memoriam-snubs-don-lafontaine#comments
RoboPanda:
In a world, where one man should never have been forgotten . . . he was.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/michel-gondry-on-rogens-green-hornet&cp=1#comment-178960
Most of you youngsters probably don’t get this but rest assured, it’s some funny shit.
Stone Soup-
Green Hornet sounds awesome now
Thanks, man – the new glass pack did the trick.
Stinky Peet, JHC, Stone Soup and Mark it Zero had a series of comments over in
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/michel-gondry-on-rogens-green-hornet#comments
that when read all together made bust a gut laughing here they are:
Stinky Peet:
Stoney, is that a quote from a movie I can see on AMC?
JHC says:
Peet, you sure are a hard Charger asking all these questions
Stone Soup says:
Stoney, is that a quote from a movie I can see on AMC?
Yep. It typically comes on right after Gremlins.
JHC says:
Michael Gondry will give this film a Valiant effort.
Stone Soup says:
I agree. I think Gondry will attack this project with both Talons.
JHC says:
I think I’m going to take a vacation when this movie comes out and watch it at a theater in Malibu.
JHC says:
Gondry’s next film should be a remake of Silverado, starring the Jonas Brothers and Chris Tucker.
Stone Soup says:
Gondry is an artist. I’m sure nothing will be shot until he’s had a chance to think about the script while walking back and forth all night in his living room. I hear he’s a Pacer.
JHC says:
I think it’s safe to say that Gondry is quite the Intrepid filmmaker.
JHC says:
Gondry has the reputation of being a director that will make films on his own Accord.
JHC says:
In interviews with the cast, they say that Gondry’s Tempo while making a film is likened to a Mustang’s gallop.
Mark It Zero says:
Datsun old one, J.
(what can i say? i love puns)
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/arrested-development-movie-michael-cera-signs-on&cp=1#comment-178996
Stinky Peet:
I’ve never seen this show either, but I won’t let that stop me from begging the producers to replace Portia diRossi in the film version. Ever since she went full lesbo she looks like she should have Wayland Flowers’ hand up her skirt.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/slumdog-filmmakers-buy-actors-new-house?cp=2
Burnsy:
In west Mumbai, born and raised,
On the production line is where I spent most of my days
Sewing shoes, starving, stinking all hell
And outsourcing for rupees for the company Dell
When a couple of Muslims who were up to no good
Cracked my mother in the face with a stick while I watched her drown
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/spiderman-musical-gets-release#comments
The Kurgan says:
I’d like to see Mickey Rourke cast as Venom and sing such moving songs as “I Wish My Symbiote Would Wipe My Ass For Me”.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/hard-ticket-to-hawaii?cp=2
chodin makes me giggle like a girl
I often like to use my time machine and travel back to 1987.
And by “time machine” I, of course, am talking about “belt to choke myself while I masturbate to the edge of unconsciousness”.
I second Burnsy’s rhyme.
And Chodin’s wet dream.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/paz-vegas-butt-is-in-a-movie#comments
Fuckin’ Burro Hodey-
“If ju are lookeen for ransom, I can tell ju dat I don’t have money. But what I do have ees a set a skeelz dat make me a nightmare for putos like ju. I will look for ju, I will find ju, and I will cut ju.”
Second Donk’s Messican Judo skillz.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/paz-vegas-butt-is-in-a-movie#comments
Donk explores Mexican hitman options:
“You look thirsty man, you want some water?”
“Sure! Hey, wait a minute, you’re not a Mexican hit man, are you?”
“Damnit, you caught me!”
Fin………*BANG!*
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/spiderman-musical-gets-release#comments
Rotwangchung:
A musical about a spider? I think that was the origin of Stomp.
Third Donk. Mel Gibson would make a great Mexican hit man, re: hating jus.
Holy crap – I was right about the odds thing? I totally pulled that out of my ass…
The part about J being a kid toucher, though – that I knew. I still haven’t told mom yet, just like you asked…
Yeah – disregard the above statement, or the implication of why I had this thread open. You don’t know me, ok?
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/clint-eastwood-ftw-times-infinity#comments
6waysfromsunday says:
I’m black Clint. And there is a reason you can’t say racial slurs like “Nigger” and I can all day. The reason? Because you can say A WHOLE LOT MORE SHIT I can’t.
Example?
You get to say “Could you hurry it up officer” without getting nightsticked in the mouth. I’d trade saying “Nigger” with saying “Could you hurry it up officer” in a heartbeat.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/clint-eastwood-ftw-times-infinity?cp=2
Pauly
A black guy asked me for a quarter once, so I tied each of his limbs to a horse.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/clint-eastwood-ftw-times-infinity?cp=2
The Mightiest Fek’lhr of them all:
Pink Cadillac (With a Dead Jungle Bunny In the Trunk)
I haven’t heard “Jungle Bunny” in ages. Elementary school was such a special time.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/clint-eastwood-ftw-times-infinity?cp=2#comments
Chino got my in trouble at work for laughing out loud cuz of this one.
ChinoMoreno says:
Little known fact: Clint only signed on to do Every Which Way but Loose because he thought his co-star was a porch monkey.
6waysfromsunday, the same Clint thread (no link, I already have the paste buffer loaded with the comment, okay? Christ, get off my case.):
Its all making sense now. Pale Rider, Absolute Power, Honkytonk Man, A Perfect World. Clint is a White Supremest. I feel like Chazz Palminteri looking at that bulletin board at the end of the Usual Suspects
Second the Kaiser Socee reference
From the racist clint eatwood thread (aren’t they all?) Pauly made me cough and fart with this one, which is…good? i guess.
February 26th, 2009 at 11:29 am Pauly Dangerously says:
A black guy asked me for a quarter once, so I tied each of his limbs to a horse.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/new-wolverine-poster-is-uh-veiny&cp=1#comment-179514
Burnys had me howling with:
“Oklahooooooooooooooooooooooma!!!”
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/sunday-xtra-crispin-glover-nic-cage#comments
Charlie Br0nze says:
“It started badly, it tailed off a little in the middle and the less said about the end the better, but apart from that it was excellent.”
Wow. You’ve all got your work cut out for you if you want to top this exchange:
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/super-troopers-guy-has-prosthetic-leg#comments
Michelle07 says:
In my experience most guys with prosthetic legs will throw them out the window of your jeep when they’re drunk and joke about trying to stump you. Good times…good times.
jokerswild says:
I had a prosthetic leg once. Found it on the side of the road. True story.
jokerswild says:
Holy Hell! Chelle, maybe it was that guy’s leg I found!
Michelle07 says:
It could be! Hmmm, I’m stumped.
Second Michelle and Erswi. They’re like the female equivalent of Martin and Lewis.
*sigh*
I’m never gonna win this fucking thing, am I?
Third ‘chelle & erswi above.
HAHAHA, and I bet his mother’s name is Eileen. In the meantime, I nom Rotty in http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/aphrodite-ix-has-cyborg-assassins#respond with:
Great, another Oscar for Kate Winslet.
This use of the “Two AllBeef Patty’s” McDonalds song by 6ways is glorious. Even got a Teddy Ruxbin shout out in there.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/paul-rudd-mac-and-me-mcdonalds-dance-party-video#comments
6waysfromsunday says:
Sing along with me everybody.
Twooooooo uptight white men,
Crystal Meth bitch,
A gay Chinese
Creepy Ronald,
and an alien Teddy Ruxbun.
In http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/aphrodite-ix-has-cyborg-assassins#comments (Cyborg/assassin/stripper movie), Mark it Zero slips in under the dradis with this subtle goodness:
“I think I’m about done with this sci-fi genre. It’s for little kids and frackin’ losers.”
Yeah, I see what you did there (although, “feldercarb” would’ve made me jizz a little).
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/paul-rudd-mac-and-me-mcdonalds-dance-party-video&cp=2#comment-179695
MIZ made me produce actual tears with this:
This is exactly why I only eat at Ruth’s Chris now. I simply won’t tolerate aliens, kids, clowns, blacks, or teddy bears interrupting my meal.
rotwang, on the Green lantern post (/2009/02/anton-yelchin-as-green-lantern#comments). I have to assume people didn’t get it because it’s way too funny to not get a nom:
(Scene: A sweltering summer night, backyard of the JLA headquarters; Batman is flipping burgers on the grill while Superman, Wonderwoman and Black Lightening chat about the possibility of a three-way)
*BZZZZT!*
Green Lantern (standing by himself, off to the side): C’mon guys.
*BZZZZT!*
Green Lantern: Seriously, this suc…
*BZZZZT!*
Green Lantern: Well fuck, can I at least have a burg…
*BZZZZT!*
Green Lantern: Dammit, I swear I’m going to go insi…
*BZZZZT!*
Superman: Don’t move you little pussy. Stand there another half hour and we’ll make you a full member.
*BZZZZT!*
Stone Soup says:
The father was actually temporarily impaired from the fumes caused by molten gold being poured into ingot molds.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/slumdog-actor-beaten-by-father?cp=2#comments
(the statue, get it?)
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/02/weak-end-preview#comments
Madman
Indiana Jonas and the Crystal Promise Ring
in memoriam
Stinky Peet says:
Roy Scheider’s last words were “You’re going to need a bigger list.”
mamma dog
Donkey Hodey says:
He’s nothing without the parrot that follows up with “Just killed a man. Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he’s dead.”
arrested development
Stone Soup says:
I understand Cera was finally convinced by Will Arnett relentlessly doing his chicken impression every time they were together.
the movie sponsored by coke and mcdonalds
Juan says:
Little-known fact: Nick Cage made his debut as a child actor in this film.
In the teddy bear suit.
prosthetic leg
Stinky Peet says:
He looks a little like a cross between Ashton Kutcher and Daniel Day Lewis. By which I mean, he could star in a film called Dude, Have You Seen My Left Foot?
weak-end preview
Rock Strongo says:
Premiere weekends like this make me anxiously await the WeekEnd of Days
My comment is awaiting moderation.
}}:>( Klingon frownies
And the winner of the award for Most Pitiful Attempt by a Lazy Blog Host to make his Simple Job even Simpler…goes to….
***opens envelope***
Vince Mancicni…for
“When nominating, could you at least paste the URL suffix? Like “2009/02/punisher-war-zone-dvd-comments-winners”? Thank you and goodnight.”
2009/02/punisher-war-zone-dvd-comments-winners
Wow, looks like someone wants to win… oh, never. Fuck yourself. And go ahead and nominate all your funny comments with no context so I have no idea why they’re funny. That’s great for everyone.
Really? Cool!
There was an awesome comment last Wednesday, maybe Thursday that was the funniest, wittiest, most nom-worthy thing I’ve ever read.
Can’t remember who said it, but they looked kinda like a thumb. And I don’t remember the exact comment, but it was hilarious.
Trust me.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/03/rape-a-love-story-maria-bello-sam-jackson&cp=1#comment-179986
ChinoMoreno Says:
I’m tired of these motherfuckin’ snakes running a motherfuckin’ train!
I second that….
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/03/rape-a-love-story-maria-bello-sam-jackson&cp=1#comment-179986
ChinoMoreno Says:
I’m tired of these motherfuckin’ snakes running a motherfuckin’ train!