I’m sad to see that Bangs has lost some of his trademark rhythm.  Luckily he’s still got his trademark shades.   Incidentally, I think my favorite Bangs comment of last week was “Man, this deaf guy sure knows a lot of white girls.”

DAILY CIRCLE JERK LINKS

• The next Twilight in three book proposals. |Uproxx|

• Colbert craps on Laura Ingraham, who mentions that she went to Dartmouth 15 times.  Dartmouth must be thrilled. Did they say her book was number one on the best seller list?  Christ, that makes me sad. |WarmingGlow|

• Now you can play rock ‘em sock ‘em robots wirelessly, like a Nintendo Wii.  Or you could just stop acting like a little bitch and punch each other. |GammaSquad|

• University of Georgia films super lame orientation music video set to Miley Cyrus.  Sadly, they still have about 20 steps to fall down the coolness ladder before they get to UCSD, my alma mater. |WithLeather|

• 5 Comic Books you’re not to cool to love.  Why’d I capitalize “Comic Books”? Because f*ck your mother, that’s why. |SmokingSection|

• Seriously though, shut the f*ck up about the Arrested Development movie already.  Blogs have been pumping this non-story for traffic for going on three years now.  |TVSquad|

• (Pictured) A monkey saved a puppy from a burning building in China.  I don’t know how this could be any better. A river otter partying with a baby polar bear?  Maybe. |BestWeekEver|

• More fun with Basil Marceaux Dot Com. If you live in Tennessee, please vote for this guy.  Seriously. You aren’t good for much, Tennessee, just do us this one favor. |HolyTaco|

• Screenjunkies reviewed Step Up 3D, which is nice, because I sure as hell wasn’t watching it. |Screenjunkies|

• A preview of Halo Reach. I’m hoping you guys know what that means because I’m too poor for gaming. |G4|

Friday Free for All is the time of the week I reserve for all the things I really wanted to post that might not be strictly movie-related.  So please, do not ask me “Dude, how is this movie related?” Or I will punch you. Send your tips to lance@filmdrunk.com, but only if they don’t suck.

If you don’t know who Bangs is, you need to drop everything right now (EVEN IF YOU ARE HOLDING A BABY) and watch this video .  In a subculture that’s often accused of misogyny, criminality, homophobia, and unchecked materialism, Sudanese-born rapper Bangs is an oasis of politeness and wanting to buy you popcorn.

Bangs recently parlayed his level of awesome internet fame into a Honda commercial in his adopted homeland of Australia (he’s lived in Melbourne since 2004) — hence the multi-colored Monopoly money and steering wheel on the right side.  The theme of the commercial (“How much rap can you fit into a Jazz?”) also exemplifies the charming, characteristic Australian awkwardness with black culture.  It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense (chicks and gold chains equals… rap?).  But the central conceit of the plot is forgiven when we get to hear Bangs sing a rap song about the Honda Jazz.  It’s hard to choose, but I think my favorite line was:

“10 cups holders in this car
so your drink be by your side
never far.”

If you don’t like Bangs, you have no soul.

[via Bossip]

(Totally not what I was expecting when I Googled “John Cusack Young Boy”).

After the jump you can watch the new red-band trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine, which has more swearing and nudity than my mom’s new boyfriend.   You can also see what Rob Corddry, John Cusack, Craig Robinson, and Clark Duke are supposed to look like in the 80s.  Not to mention some sweet John Cusack green screen action.  “Look, grandma, I’m driving a car lol!”  John Cusack probably has a ton of green screen experience after he was in 2012, and from the time he did that music video with Bangs.

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According to people who know these things, December 10th is ‘Human Rights Day’, and in Vancouver, Amnesty International will be celebrating by sponsoring the premiere of Darfur, along with a Q & A by its director… Uwe Boll.

The movie stars Billy Zane and had a typo in the trailer, so either Amnesty International is unfamiliar with the man’s work, or they’re making people sit through one of his movies as a way to demonstrate that torture is wrong.  I can’t imagine what the Q & A will be about. Everyone knows the Sudan has only one true spokesperson, and that spokesperson is Bangs:

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Uwe Boll is a terrible filmmaker known mainly for making films about video games and for basically being that foreign exchange student who says funny things and then gets pissed when you laugh at him.  His latest attempt at relevance is a film about the genocide in Darfur, which stars Billy Zane and has a typo in the trailer.  Is anyone surprised?  It goes without saying that a country that endures endless civil war, genocide, and a generation of lost boys should not be forced to be the setting of a Uwe Boll film.  However, there’s reason to believe things in Sudan aren’t all sadness and AIDs, famine and Billy Zane.  Namely, this guy:
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