tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post5041450836697083472..comments2024-03-28T03:13:15.831-04:00Comments on Remarkable: Erin: Captain FugmericaGeoff Klockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-74930602867032201382007-10-25T03:39:00.000-04:002007-10-25T03:39:00.000-04:00Vice's Dos and Don'ts prove that making fun of peo...Vice's Dos and Don'ts prove that making fun of people's outfits is funny, regardless of their level of celebrity, as long as the writing is good.<BR/><BR/>Manners are not at all a part of the process.<BR/><BR/>Also: <BR/>"Having stolen a dose of the Super Soldier Serum, a black bodysuit and a belt full of burglar's tools, I shall now embark on my reign of terror." - Captain Gun-merica shortly before his inaugural heist was foiled by SHIELD's newest defense system - the Foil Wrapping Paper Cannon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-70762860161573915592007-10-24T17:38:00.000-04:002007-10-24T17:38:00.000-04:00Sara: "tinfoil shield and pleather bodysuit with m...Sara: "tinfoil shield and pleather bodysuit with metallic accents and wing-ed ears? no wonder he's carrying a gun." Awesome.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-22616363458477218122007-10-24T16:21:00.000-04:002007-10-24T16:21:00.000-04:00but... it's not rendered with the same "I IS SHINY...but... it's not rendered with the same "I IS SHINY" marker work as the definitely shiny shield and red white and blue parts. <BR/><BR/>is it me, or does the rendering on the shield make it look vaguely tin-foilish.<BR/><BR/>you can tell i'm back in art school with my excessive use of the word 'rendering"<BR/><BR/>I'd say, judging by the way the lines are drawn down by his crotchal area (and butt area iin the 3/4" dorsal view) they suggest the fabric is slightly stiff and pulling a bit, like new jeans and/or leather.<BR/><BR/>or pleather.<BR/><BR/>tinfoil shield and pleather bodysuit with metallic accents and wing-ed ears? no wonder he's carrying a gun.sara d. reisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229743478023552805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-48994672060269637022007-10-24T14:46:00.000-04:002007-10-24T14:46:00.000-04:00It's LIQUID METAL LIKE HIS STUPID T-SHIRT.It's LIQUID METAL LIKE HIS STUPID T-SHIRT.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740669500899738381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-43840462193694492302007-10-24T13:57:00.000-04:002007-10-24T13:57:00.000-04:00i won't comment on the glory of gofugyourself, sav...i won't comment on the glory of gofugyourself, save that it is glorious. <BR/><BR/>and cap look like he's geting attacked by the black oil fromt he xfiles<BR/><BR/>except, i don't think it attacked that way, did it? maybe it's a comment on environmentalism and oil spills or summat.<BR/><BR/>what i wanna know is, with the gun and the knife, is it water or whiskey in that butt canteen?sara d. reisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229743478023552805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-59430580834085988792007-10-24T06:07:00.000-04:002007-10-24T06:07:00.000-04:00I do not get all the celebrity references. But I g...I do not get all the celebrity references. But I get more than I would like to admit. I like Fug, more than anything else, for the language. I like the way you can roll the sentences around a bit. They can write. <BR/><BR/>It's difficult to explain because trying to identify the 'voice' is tricky (and part of the joke). I wish I could better get at what I mean.<BR/><BR/>But then, I've also always liked Vice's Dos and Donts as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-34755293967016292362007-10-23T20:02:00.000-04:002007-10-23T20:02:00.000-04:00Geoff beat me to it. lolGeoff beat me to it. lolStreeboramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246099190675220076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-84888932529188925842007-10-23T20:01:00.000-04:002007-10-23T20:01:00.000-04:00"(pause) Ok, I have just been informed that Captai..."(pause) Ok, I have just been informed that Captain America has always had huge muscles and Peter Pan boots. Apparently he also has a red white and blue shield that he hurls and hits people with and hides behind, all of which sounds . . .defensive."<BR/><BR/>That was very chuckle worthy!<BR/><BR/>Ping: You have to use basic html:<BR/><BR/>For links use this code:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="LINK HERE" REL="nofollow">NAME OF LINK HERE</A>Streeboramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13246099190675220076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-62186904514897218002007-10-23T19:53:00.000-04:002007-10-23T19:53:00.000-04:00ping: it is a lesser than sign, then "a href="xxx"...ping: it is a lesser than sign, then "a href="xxx" then a greater than sign. then at the end you do another pair of greater and lesser than signs with a "/a" in the middle. THere is a better name for those things than greater and lesser than isn't there?Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-45797946423235233842007-10-23T19:29:00.000-04:002007-10-23T19:29:00.000-04:00Jason: well I think it pretty funny to make fun of...Jason: well I think it pretty funny to make fun of people's outfits, but with the celebrity you know that they have the money to buy something better. You are always sure that it is a mistake of taste and not one of circumstance. <BR/><BR/>But do not worry. I know you have a sense of humor. You love Dr. Katz. Dr. Katz is surely one of the best shows ever.<BR/><BR/>Christian: I saw that on someone's blog. It IS really bad.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-71353969441165912292007-10-23T18:48:00.000-04:002007-10-23T18:48:00.000-04:00Here's a criticism I don't think has been mentione...Here's a criticism I don't think has been mentioned yet. THE DESIGN IS THE EXACT SAME REDESIGN ROSS DID 10 YEARS AGO FOR SPIDER-MAN. The black, the belt and the triangle'y pattern. I mean, I never expected anything Ross did to be new and exciting, but sweet zombie Jesus, don't revisit designs that you've already used to revamp a major Marvel character with already.Christian O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00444025571307204096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-47095840626290684842007-10-23T18:45:00.000-04:002007-10-23T18:45:00.000-04:00"I would not have thought demure is something you ..."I would not have thought demure is something you could over-do, and here I see that someone has done it"<BR/><BR/>You really think that's what's happening, though? I don't know. Maybe I'm just not seeing what you and the gals are seeing. I assumed that this outfit that Rossum was wearing was one in a succession of "demure" outfits, and that is what they are reacting to. Are they just reacting to that single outfit? Is it honestly that bad?<BR/><BR/>I think I am maybe just out of touch. I am going to have to go ahead and maintain my stance that this is only funny if you are interested in celebrities or clothes or both. <BR/><BR/>Here's a question: If they were making fun of the outfits of people who *weren't* famous, would it still be funny? If it was candid photos of people who were just on the street minding their own business, would it then seem cruel? I guess my point is that the famousness of the subjects is part of what makes it funny, and as such there's a subtext there of mocking celebrity. But they are contributing to the subjects' famousness at the same time, by posting all these images. Something about that cycle just feels off.<BR/><BR/>"I thought about doing a series of blog posts on jokes -- on the logic of certain things I find funny,"<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that's a tight-rope. I remember an episode of Siskel & Ebert where they were dissecting "Forrest Gump." They showed a clip of the scene where Gump is in the army and really excels at all the mechanical tasks he has to learn. They were saying things like, "We expect Gump to not do well at things like this, and are surprised to learn that he is good, and this is funny." It was soul-crushingly pedantic.<BR/><BR/>It's a shame, because while I have resorted to the "humor is subjective" argument myself, I often wish there was a way to mathematically prove that, say, "Arrested Development" is measurably funnier than "How I Met Your Mother." <BR/><BR/>Don't we all do that thing where, if we say "Such and such is hilarious," and the person we're talking to says, "Oh, I don't like that, I don't think it's funny at all," we kind of cringe, and wonder, "Wow, does this person have ANY sense of humor at all?" I'm starting to worry that you think that about me, since I feel like I am often dissing things you find funny, like GFY and Joss Whedon. You probably think I'm a complete sour-puss in real life. (I'm not, though, I swear!)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, you should give the posting-on-the-logic-of-jokes a try. I think it would be an interesting experiment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-88574924863562306702007-10-23T18:21:00.000-04:002007-10-23T18:21:00.000-04:00Sorry, OT - how do you do links in the comments [u...Sorry, OT - how do you do links in the comments [url][/url]?Ping33https://www.blogger.com/profile/09631445208675326795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-24807046983855618792007-10-23T17:38:00.000-04:002007-10-23T17:38:00.000-04:00Jason Powell: I see your point maybe with the Puss...Jason Powell: I see your point maybe with the Pussycat Dolls one, but the Emmy Rossum one not so much. I have no idea who Emmy Rossum is. But the "We get it, you're demure" is funny because I would not have thought demure is not something you could over-do, and here I see that someone has done it, and the GFY girls nailed the problem five words. <BR/><BR/>I thought about doing a series of blog posts on jokes -- on the logic of certain things I find funny, like Aqua Teen Hunger Force but I cannot tell if it will just kill the jokes and be awful. I have no idea if writing this comment is making me want to do it more or less.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-19832771624250201612007-10-23T17:03:00.000-04:002007-10-23T17:03:00.000-04:00"Jason Powell: you were going to finish that sente..."Jason Powell: you were going to finish that sentence with "there is an assumption that anyone reading it enjoys funny" or somthing like that, yeah?"<BR/>***Now THAT was funny!<BR/><BR/>"I would love to have this conversation..."<BR/>***Really? Well, all right. First off -- the "Happy Gilmore" analogy. True, it's about golf but still funny to lots of people who don't care about golf. I hate sports, and I loved Sorkin's "Sports Night." But those are things whose appeal lie fairly obviously in something other than those subjects (Sandler's persona and Sorkin's very particular writing style, respectively).<BR/><BR/>But "Go Fug Yourself" is predicated quite clearly on an in-built fascination with celebrity. The top blog entry as I write this is a photo of Emmy Rossum in a white prom-dress-looking thing, and the only text says, "Dear Emmy, WE GET IT. YOU'RE DEMURE."<BR/><BR/>Doesn't this presuppose that I already have seen a lot of pictures of/read a lot of articles about/seen a lot of nterviews with Emmy Rossum? I am not necessarily faulting the girls' writing ability or their way of delivering a laugh-line. I can see where someone fascinated with celebrity and/or with an interest in fashion would love these jokes. <BR/><BR/>Scrolling a little further down the page ...<BR/><BR/>"Maybe on the new season of The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For The Next Pussycat Doll: Finding Somebody Other Than Asia: Dude, She Totally Dropped Off The Face Of The Earth After Winning The First Season: And Robin Antin Needs To Pay Her Mortgage"<BR/><BR/>They keep on adding another colon followed by another subtitle. To paraphrase Newsradio, I understand the internal logic of the joke itself. But I don't know who Asia is, I don't know who Robin Antin is. This is again, presupposing an audience who is plugged into pop culture to an extent beyond where I'm at.<BR/><BR/>Mainly it's jokes about stuff I have no interest in, which would garner a neutral reaction from me. Where this starts to feel insidious is in the way that it is trying to mock celebrities by basically playing the game (posting a bunch of pictures of the people being mocked), buying in to the same morbid fascination with these people that put them in the public eye in the first place. <BR/><BR/>And there's something disingenuous about the whole thing, isn't there? "WE GET IT, YOU'RE DEMURE." I know it's meant in fun, but the implication is that Emmy Rossum is assaulting the world with her demure-ness. But actually the Go Fug Yourself girls are insulting *her*. Not cruelly, I realize. But something feels ... wrong, there. Hypocritical even. They're writing as if these celebrities are deliberately assaulting us with their terrible fashion sense, when *the site* is the one doing the deliberate assaulting.<BR/><BR/>I don't know, Geoff. I am figuring this out as I type it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-29648020931933302912007-10-23T16:19:00.000-04:002007-10-23T16:19:00.000-04:00"and some ah, gum, and like pepper spray or plasti..."and some ah, gum, and like pepper spray or plastic cuffs or whatever else Captain America needs to GET AT THE TRUTH"<BR/><BR/>That right there? Gold. <BR/><BR/>I vote for more.Josh Hechingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10396664821063180392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-51819311540584472702007-10-23T16:16:00.000-04:002007-10-23T16:16:00.000-04:00So Cap has been turned into a batman/max payne lik...So Cap has been turned into a batman/max payne like hero? I think it is the black pants I find odd but I really like the rest of it. Maybe i'm just not to fond of the gun idea, don't let Captain watch to many John Woo films. I can't stop thinking about the fat dude from Hot Fuzz, "have you every fired your gun into the air and gone aaah?"Eric (APredator) Bloxsomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335605961430503091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-41830054900311889082007-10-23T14:39:00.000-04:002007-10-23T14:39:00.000-04:00Geoff: Yeah, I just don't get why that would be an...Geoff: Yeah, I just don't get why that would be anyone's first concern when they see these images, you know? 'Cause the costume is SO ugly.<BR/><BR/>Fug is funny, and so was this post. Hayden Panettiere <I>indeed</I>.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740669500899738381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-84069225429488368582007-10-23T14:30:00.000-04:002007-10-23T14:30:00.000-04:00ok, that link is not going to fit. Try clicking he...ok, that link is not going to fit. <A HREF="http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2007/10/fugger-mills.html" REL="nofollow">Try clicking here</A>Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-63362227621538295062007-10-23T14:29:00.000-04:002007-10-23T14:29:00.000-04:00Jason Powell: you were going to finish that senten...Jason Powell: you were going to finish that sentence with "there is an assumption that anyone reading it enjoys funny" or somthing like that, yeah? I would love to have this conversation...<BR/><BR/>The quote above -- not funny? really? Even when you go to the site and see the picture. Here is the link <BR/><BR/>http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2007/10/fugger-mills.htmlGeoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-40881670474386347752007-10-23T14:27:00.000-04:002007-10-23T14:27:00.000-04:00Go Fug Yourself describes an outfit like this toda...Go Fug Yourself describes an outfit like this today: "That outfit only works if, say, Lindsay Lohan decides to sign another contract with Disney to clean up her image, and returns to the big screen in a film about being the first female steam-engine conductor, a chimney sweep, a futuristic soldier of fortune, AND a high-schooler -- all rolled into one. Sort of like Mary Poppins meets Quantum Leap with a dash of Back To The Future III." Don't you want to go see what it looks like now? Those girls are awesome. <BR/><BR/>James: I think the reason people are bent out of shape about the gun and the knife is that, while it makes perfect sense in the story with the Winter Soldier, Captain America is a bigger thing than any story in which he appears. He is a franchizeable symbol, and so on. Franchizeable is not a word and do not use it, ever.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-57180091539947135212007-10-23T14:25:00.000-04:002007-10-23T14:25:00.000-04:00I don't really find it funny, and that may be part...I don't really find it funny, and that may be partly because I don't buy into the premise, which is that I should care what celebrities wear. There's an assumption that anyone reading it --<BR/><BR/>-- eh, never mind. I'll just say I don't find it funny and leave it at that. Just not geared toward my sense of humor, I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-59586395936847520942007-10-23T13:55:00.000-04:002007-10-23T13:55:00.000-04:00mmmm....Cadbury Creme Egg....mmmm....Cadbury Creme Egg....Ping33https://www.blogger.com/profile/09631445208675326795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-10658001674046609782007-10-23T13:49:00.000-04:002007-10-23T13:49:00.000-04:00Apparently a lot of people were upset about the kn...Apparently a lot of people were upset about the knife and the gun. They clearly signify that this is the Winter Soldier as Cap, and as such should neither be surprising or upsetting. What <I>is</I> bad, is that <I>his upper body is wrapped in foil, and he looks like a fucking Cadbury's Creme Egg</I>. Man, that's one crappy costume. Also, the canteen on his belt is unintentionally hilarious.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740669500899738381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23042008.post-68797748327718034632007-10-23T13:37:00.000-04:002007-10-23T13:37:00.000-04:00Ping: awesome.Jason Powell. First of all I do not ...Ping: awesome.<BR/><BR/>Jason Powell. First of all I do not think you have to care what celebrities are wearing to like Go Fug Yourself. I don't care about Golf, but Happy Gilmore was a funny movie. (I remember it being funny. I have not see it in years). Go Fug Yourself is very funny.Geoff Klockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09080580776997273785noreply@blogger.com