Sep 1 2009 Guess What, There's This Now: Teen Wolf the Series
Someone better invent a device to record programming for later enjoyment and posterity, because MTV has ordered up a pilot of a Teen Wolf series. So long as the above scene is used as the opening sequence, I'm fine with that.
May 13 2009 I Really Want to See More Bill Hader as a Vampire Hunter
The 2009 MTV Movie Awards are nearly upon on, and you know what that means: the Best Kiss of 2008 will be named! At last, sweet resolution for my Kiss Notebook. Also, if you can tolerate host Andy Samberg, it means some fairly entertaining promotional comedy sketches. Here are the current batch, featuring Samberg, Anne Hathaway, Will Arnett, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, and Jack Black (thanks, Lindsay):
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Apr 20 2009 'The State' Finally Coming to DVD for Real
After years of senseless delays, MTV's much-revered cult sketch comedy show The State is finally coming to DVD, friends. TV Shows on DVD is reporting the set will include every episode, the pilot, unaired sketches, commentary, and more.
It's about time. I haven't seen the series in so long I can barely remember the necessary catchphrases to prove my State fanship. I would like to place my testicles upon it?
Aug 8 2008 'Rocky Horror' Remake Spurs Anti-New Rocky Horror/Anti-Keanu Reeves Petition
So you know how MTV is remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and how that's universally regarded as a horrible idea? Well, not everyone is content to sit idly by and let the cult classic become known to a new generation as "that thing where Zac Efron was in drag" (I assume Zac Efron would be involved). Some people are ready to take a stand, and in the laziest way possible: an internet petition. From Stoptheremake.com:
Was anyone asking for this?! I mean the original is no cinematic masterpeice but it has retained a sort of dirty do-it-yourself charm. There are no great special effects, there are cheesy sets and a cheesier script. But thats its charm.And worse yet. They say in this new imagining there will be new songs. Jesus Fucking Christ!!! This abortion will be worse than the usual shit they pour down on our throats.
Oh and The Day The Earth Stood Still remake isn't going to be any better. Not for all the effects in the world or Keanu Reeves playing a robot again. See The Matrix. See Constantine. Really Hollywood stop letting him act please.
Blind rage, irrelevant points, broad insults, an inexplicable attack on Keanu Reeves--even if this petition doesn't work (it probably won't work), at least MTV will know it definitely came from the internet.
Sign the petition here. (Thanks, Jen.)
Jul 24 2008 'Rocky Horror' Coming to MTV; Prepare to Shout and Throw Things at Screen
Remember the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show? Well prepare to forget it! Because MTV is making a hip new version for their cable network that's going to knock the last 30 years of midnight showings out of existence:
MTV is doing the time warp on a remake of 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."Two-hour remake will use the original screenplay by Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien but may also include music not featured in the original.
I really like that they're using the original screenplay. It's as close as they'll come to admitting "we have nothing new to add to this, but need an excuse to have another girl from The Hills act and sing something." Want to takes bets on how long it will be until we get an announcement for The Rocky Horror Reality Show, in which couples compete for who can stay longest in a transvestite-filled mansion?
(Thanks to R and Snoodle for the tip.)
MTV readies 'Rocky Horror' redux [Variety]
Jun 2 2008 Important: MTV Movie Awards Winners
Last night, the stars gathered in L.A. to celebrate such cinematic achievements as Will Smith fighting vampires and a couple guys fighting in Never Back Down, a movie that existed at such a high frequency that those over 18 never heard of it. It was the MTV Movie Awards, still the best and only forecast of which way the Oscars will sway in crucial categories like Best Kiss and Best Summer Movie So Far. So pay careful attention to the winners, which are unquestionably and eternally relevant:
Best Female Performance: Ellen Page - Juno
Best Fight: Sean Faris vs. Cam Gigandet - Never Back Down
Best Summer Movie So Far: Iron Man
Best Male Performance: Will Smith - I Am Legend
Best Comedic Performance: Johnny Depp - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Breakthrough Performance: Zac Efron - Hairspray
Best Villain: Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Best Kiss: Briana Evigan & Robert Hoffman - Step Up 2 the Streets
Best Movie: Transformers
If you missed/intently-avoided the spectacle, you should at least watch the Tropic Thunder viral video sketch that aired--a series of testicle blows that rivals America's Funniest Home Videos's fifth and zaniest season.
May 6 2008 MTV Movie Awards Nominees Announced, Extremely Relevant
Any awards show brave and thoughtful enough to nominate National Treasure: Book of Secrets as the best picture of the year deserves our special attention. So clearly the MTV Movie Award nominations warrant your perusal. As executive producer Mark Burnett, and anyone with half a brain says, "I consider the MTV Movie Awards to be the most relevant movie award show in America today." No doubt! To reiterate, he's referring to the same awards that imply that there may have been no better movie made in 2007 than the second National Treasure, and that Jessica Biel may have churned out the best performance of any other actress when she let Adam Sandler touch her breasts since she thought he was gay.
Anyway, here they are:
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Oct 5 2007 Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman Interview Proves Awkward
Of all the things learned through this interview with The Darjeeling Limited writers, the best was the reminder that Wes Anderson is just as much of an awkward geek as I want him to be. There was barely any arrogance to be seen amidst the stammering and involuntary sneering. In contrast, any interview I've seen with Michael Bay is full of bravado, and he never seems to think it's necessary to explain his idiotic '80s yuppy hair. Is it wrong that, after artistic talent, geeky humility is my next favorite directorial attribute?
If you'd rather read the interview in a condensed format, it's here. But why?
Jun 4 2007 MTV Awards Transformers Clips
I have little doubt Transformers will be as obnoxious as the rest of Michael Bay's slow-motion, rotating-camera action things, but I can't deny that it's kind of awesome to see two giant robots fighting on the interstate, even if one does appear to be rollerblading.
See the other MTV Transformers clips under the cut, with thanks to Kooldude88 for uploading them all. We know what brand you're smokin', dude(88).
Jun 4 2007 Vince's MTV Movie Awards Semi-Live Blog
Not even Sarah Silverman could keep MTV from sucking.
Thoughts that went through my mind as I watched the MTV Movie Awards:
Jeez, is Sarah Silverman ever not funny? She has really broad shoulders.
Jack Nicholson: Old, sick, wasted off his tits, or all three?
At this point, I think it's passé to hate Dane Cook. Subnote: I wonder how to make that accented e symbol.
Hairspray. Ugh. I'd rather gargle semen than watch this movie, and I think that would make me feel less gay.
Sacha Baron von Cohen Speech: Did he just say "crashed his cart in Jewtown"? Amazing.
Skyler Stone makes me die on the inside. Pretty much any guy named Skyler, really.
Pirates. of. the. F***ing. Carribbean. Now I remember why I usually don't watch this show.
Wow, you can really see the hatred of blacks in Jerry Bruckheimer's eyes.
UPDATE: Thanks to Daniél for éducating my ignorant ass.Whéééé!! Next month: Umlauts.
May 22 2007 My Super Sweet 16: The Movie: The Trailer
Just when I thought Bratz: The Movie was sure to be my most anticipated movie of the year, in comes the trailer to My Super Sweet 16: The Movie to sweep me off my feet. Based on the MTV series of the same name (minus the movie part), MSS16:TM stars teen sensations Aly & AJ and features appearances by Hellogoodbye and Pretty Ricky!* It's like MTV ate my teenage girl dreams and this is their shit! Can you believe they're sending this straight to DVD?! But sadly, having seen the show, I did notice that the real-life Sweet 16 girls are much more ridiculous than anything conceived in this trailer.
*I have no idea who any of these people are.
May 1 2007 MTV Movie Awards, Blah Blah Blah
The MTV Movie Award nomination list is out today, and everyone is covering it like it's an actual news story. You can go read all about it at whogivesashit.com.
God knows I really want to hear what the people who brought us Panic at the Disco (I know it's supposed to have an exclamation point; blow me) and Real World/Road Rules Challenge think about movies.
The silver lining in this cloud of pus and excrement is that Sarah Silverman will be hosting. Have you heard? She's Jewish and a comedienne and kinda sorta almost hot. Seriously though, she's funny. Celebrate with some clips, after the jump.
