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This week, Bret was gone and we had to rush into production because of Brendan’s work schedule, but we made up for it by bringing on Lindy West to discuss her various cyber beefs as well as Green Lantern, Super 8, Cedar Rapids, Quentin Tarantino, and of course more poop transplant stories. ENJOY! Email us at Frotcast@Gmail.com, Subscribe on iTunes, and download this week’s episode here (right-click, “save as.”)  Episode notes and time stamps:

• 2 minutes: Topic: A-hole signs in yards. Really? Do people really think a dickhead sign like “Don’t even THINK of parking here!!!” is more effective than “no parking?”
• 13 minutes: A great local news report on the subject of (*drum roll*) fecal transplants.
• 23 minutes: We welcome Lindy back to the ‘cast, and discuss why Thomas Lennon of Reno! 911 and her are no longer friendsies.
• 29 minutes: Lindy makes a fan on Facebook. Sadly, his wife is not a fan, and doesn’t approve of “slutty girls” friending married men on Facebook.
• 37 minutes: Lindy and I discuss Green Lantern.
• 40 minutes: I ask Lindy about Super 8. (Yay! So much movie talk this episode!)
• 44 minutes: Ben saw Cedar Rapids, we talk about how great it was. (It’s out on DVD now!)
• 51 minutes: Discussing Quentin Tarantino foot-sucker gate.
• 1 hour, 5 minutes: Brendan made it on Lindy’s edition of the Funbag for Deadspin. I read an excerpt about guys with lame commenter names, and it turns out said commenter is very upset at being made fun of.
• 1 hour, 8: We discover the perfect joke to kill Brendan, in that it involves farts, a poop transplant, and talking into a banana phone.

Bonus link: Here’s that guy ‘drunkexpatwriter‘ who got his panties all in a bunch because some other guy (totally deservedly) made fun of his username. I love how completely delusional everyone in this thread is. “Ha, you got them, bro, Gawker Media will rue the day.”

Bonus related video: Here’s that Fecal Transplant news story we were enjoying.
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This being a blog dedicated to movies (ostensibly, tenuously), I thought I’d be remiss if I didn’t occasionally throw on my reporter’s hat (foam, cowboy) and scream into my imaginary bullhorn, “YO, HERE’S WHAT’S COMING OUT THIS WEEK, TURKEYS!” So yo, here’s my new guide-like thing to what’s out this week.

RANGO: The Johnny Depp-voiced Hunter Thompson lizard loose in the desert.
RottenTomatoes Score: 85%
Gratuitous review quotes:

“The odd thing about “Rango” is that unlike so many of its peers, it is odd. In spite of a profile that should place it alongside “Megamind” and “Despicable Me” and the long list of other overblown, have-fun-or-else cartoons, this rambling, anarchic tale is gratifyingly fresh and eccentric.” -NYTimes

“It’s completely soulless. Written in a spirit of strained homage by John Logan and directed by Gore Verbinski (of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise), seems to be made for an audience of jaded Sergio Leone fanatics.” -ChicagoTribune

Armchair analysis:  The only thing I like more than anthropomorphic animals is Hunter S. Thompson.  I’m there.  Note to animators: More anthropomorphic animals, please, and less creepy kids.  Actually, forget animators, that goes for everyone.

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Yesterday at Sundance, during roundtable interviews for Cedar Rapids (another solid comedy from Miguel Arteta, review to come), I got the chance to talk to veteran character actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. He plays Ronald Wilks in the film, but is probably most famous for his role as Senator Clay Davis in The Wire.  Me being the internet jackass that I am, my first question was about the strange type of fame that comes with being a phenomenon amongst internet jackasses.  You can hear the exchange in the clip above (full transcript below), but here’s the short answer to the question “how often do people on the street come up and do your ‘sheeeeit’ line from The Wire?”

“It’s rare that I go a day without someone doing it.”

He seems to be a good sport about the whole thing, saying, “You put it out there, you gotta be prepared to deal with it.”

Which is good, because he seems like he could cut a man in half with his masculine baritone.  (He does the line at 2:08 of the interview. Listen as the assembled reporters try to stifle our squeals of delight). The best part of the interview came later, when I asked him what question he’s most sick of hearing during press tours.  His answer was polite and diplomatic, but the basic gist of it was, “People mostly ask me stupid sh*t about The Wire.”

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Miguel Arteta’s black list script movie starring Ed Helms and John C. Reilly, Cedar Rapids, has a trailer. Using Senator Clay Davis to make a lame, throwaway reference to The Wire made me sad.

- Check out Burnsy and Pauly’s Best Worst Advice for celebrities. |FunnyOrDie|

FILMDRUNK STUFF

- The 12 Most Insane News Stories of 2010 (inluding “eat my p*ssy or I’ll cut your throat.” |FD|

- “I took a year off to raise guinea pigs and do cocaine.” |FD|

- We discuss Tron Legacy, introduce “Junior College Armond White,” get Lindy West drunk and do bad accents in honor of The Fightah. |Frotcast 28|

– Little Fockers recreated with review quotes, plus, a gif of Deniro getting stabbed in the boner. |FD|

AROUND THE WEB

- Has the world gone spy crazy? |Uproxx|

- The best TV moments of 2010. |WarmingGlow|

- A few minutes with Herschel Walker. |WithLeather|

- The only thing to fear is a Marvel event. |GammaSquad|

- How Many Rappers Can Jail Hold? |SmokingSection|

- Photo proof that people in congress are overgrown children. |BroBible|

- The 50 most viral posts of 2010 (*points to crotch*) |Buzzfeed|

- 50 WTF Christmas traditions from around the globe. |UGO|

- Here’s a cockatoo rocking the dub step.  I love dancing birds. |TheDailyWhat|

- Nigerian doctor jailed for making guys’ d*cks disappear. What a jerk. |BarstoolSports|

- Casting 13 roles in the Warcraft movie.  |HolyTaco|

- Danny Trejo talks Machete 2, racist humor. |ScreenJunkies|

- Naked body painting with Alex Sim Wise. |G4|

- The 8 stupidest beverages of 2010. |Clutch|

- The 10 best Netflix gems of 2010. Ew, Date Night, really? Dustin’s high again. |Pajiba|

Picture via AfternoonSnoozeButton

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO’VE ASKED: Yes, I will be doing a best of 2010 list. But I have a little catching up to do first.

Entertainment Weekly just released the 2009 Black List, the annual list of the best unproduced screenplays as compiled by Frank Leonard, an actual black guy.  It’s not called the black list because he’s black, it’s just a coincidence, like him being a good dancer and having a really big penis.  In related news, I found a picture of a bear riding a horse.

1. The Muppet Man
By Christopher Weekes
What it’s about: The life and times of the late Jim Henson (pictured), the man behind Sesame Street and The Muppets.
What it’s like: The Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon, but with puppets. This moving story depicts the life of a creative genius, with occasional surreal appearances by the likes of Kermit and Miss Piggy.
Status: Set up at The Jim Henson Co.

2. The Social Network
By Aaron Sorkin
What it’s about: Chronicles Mark Zuckerberg’s complicated journey towards creating Facebook. Sorkin depicts both the founder’s motivations for starting the largest social network in the world and the human casualties that came with his profound success.
What it’s like: The fascinating biographical elements of Shattered Glass meets the courtroom drama of Kramer vs. Kramer, without the tears. Sorkin cuts between Zuckerberg’s heated depositions with his former Harvard colleagues who claimed he stole Facebook from them and the chronological retelling of the company’s trip to becoming a billion-dollar enterprise.
Status: In production for Sony Pictures. Jesse Eisenberg plays Zuckerberg while Justin Timberlake portrays Sean Parker, one of the founders of Napster and Zuckerberg’s idol. David Fincher is directing.

3. The Voices
By Michael R. Perry
What it’s about: Jerry, a schizophrenic worker at a bathtub factory, accidentally kills an attractive woman from accounting. While trying to cover his bloody tracks, Jerry starts taking advice from his talking (and foul-mouthed) cat and dog.
What it’s like: Watching the lovable pig from Babe join forces with American Psycho’s Patrick Bateman. Some may be turned off by the script’s twisted sense of humor — Jerry has friendly conversations with his victim’s severed head — while others will get a kick out of its sheer audacity.
Status: Vertigo Entertainment is trying to package the film with a lead actor. Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) is developing.

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