not sure how much of this is pere and how much of it is fils, but it sure is pretty.
lifeless, bland, and inexcusably so considering the possibilities.
watching this film you get the sense that you might just be spying on a
pre-production read-through done by the catering crew. none of the cast
had any chemistry, and the only decent work came from the
normally-unwatchable, nearly giamatti-esque jason segel. (his
low-effort, low-ability 'natural' style makes george clooney look like
peter sellers.) justin timberlake is a shitty actor, and apparently
nobody told cameron diaz that she was supposed to carry the movie. her
characterization lacked any of the naughty glee that the script seemed
to want. the annoying other teacher was little more than the simplest,
most cartoonish presentation, again without any of the requisite fun.
the premise was an appealing one, and given a better director and some
decent casting, this could have been a biting and cynical rewrite away
from a ton of fun.
i'm not sure serotta's race-cred history matters to anyone under 50, and they probably killed
trashed their reputation with scads of weird looking overpriced frames,
but if serotta is serious about continuing as a going concern, then
they (he) should seriously consider being the stock titanium racing frame out there, the titanium equivalent of the crumpton corsa team, gaulzetti corsa and spooky skeletor. with the most recent death of merlin,
it seems like a good time to make the case for the stock titanium
racing frame; undercut moots on price, don't offer any custom options or
paint, and keep the frame, fork and headset price as close to 3k as you
can. do the right thing and rip off gaulzetti's sizes--after all he
ripped 'em off from ridley--or rip off your own stock sizes from 15
years ago, use top-notch straight-gauge round tubing, sell direct to
customers, and be ready to build the frame as soon as the order is
paid. make the case, the good case, for titanium as a great
privateer racer's frame material in advertising that is completely
independent of any dentist's-specials custom frames you will or won't
still make. hell, go all in and have a great ti off-road racing frame program, too. same deal as with the road racing frames,
26 or 29 wheels as the only option, and keep the price as close to 2.5k
without fork or headset as you can. serotta should still know how to
make a great no-bullshit frame, and now that they've downsized
themselves bigtime, this could be a great fit for them and a great
choice for serious riders considering a stock crumpton or gaulzetti.
update: for some reason, i was never a big moots fan; they're good and
all, but something. well, what i did like about them was the simplicity
of their frames. now that's over, though. the hardtails are ugly now,
with those needlessly curved tubes and shit. the vamoots has a
terrible geometry and to get a real race frame with a level top tube,
you need to order custom? that's fucking bullshit. that's where
serotta, with their capacity and their titanium experience could really
increase sales. a level top tube road racing style frame, and a racing/xc-trail titanium hardtail without any stupid curved tubes.
this moots is not a good-looking ti hardtail. serotta should be able to squash this like a bug, if they had a fucking clue.
100 years from now
lucian freud
is going to be far more famous than his is currently and will be seen
universally as one of the most important 20th century artists. the
unfortunate surname will be more than overcome by the
creepy
unconventional personal life as well-documented popular biographies are
written and fuel wider interest in both the art and the man.
lovingly shrill and cynical piss-take on obama's role in the keystone pipeline and tar sands clusterfuck.
obama is nothing if not the errand boy for the energy industry, so if
they decide they really want this trouble, obama will be sure to slather
the lipstick all over it and give it a kiss. if that happens to fall
after the election, well, then it's all happy smile time for everybody.
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