Videogum » Aaron Johnson http://videogum.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:45:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 The Videogum Movie Club: Kick-Ass http://videogum.com/172182/the-videogum-movie-club-kick-ass/franchises/the-videogum-movie-club/ http://videogum.com/172182/the-videogum-movie-club-kick-ass/franchises/the-videogum-movie-club/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:13:19 +0000 Gabe http://videogum.com/?p=172182 Before we get into this, let me first say that I never read the graphic novel, Kick-Ass, on which the movie, Kick-Ass, is based. I don’t know if that means I have to go to Nerd Jail, or what, but also I am not scared of Nerd Jail. I’ve got a feeling I could survive an eternity in Nerd Jail. It would be like Oz, except with less wheelchair slam poetry and with more me bossing nerds around. The point is, Kick-Ass is for nerds, and if there was a sweatshirt company called FNBN that made American Apparel style shoelace hoodies, all the advertising would feature Kick-Ass wearing boyshorts. (That is such a confusing company I just made up, combining poorly defined characteristics of so many other companies that have nothing to do with each other. It is so weird that I am not a billionaire, since my head is basically filled with BUSINESS.)

So, Kick-Ass, I liked it. Let’s talk about it!

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]]> 142 Kick-Ass Looks Kick-Pretty Good! http://videogum.com/100481/kick-ass_looks_kick-pretty_goo/movies/trailer/ http://videogum.com/100481/kick-ass_looks_kick-pretty_goo/movies/trailer/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:04:34 +0000 Gabe Kick-Ass teaser trailer, you guys:

Look, nerds, I’m sorry. Everyone pretty much hates you guys. There has certainly been a wave of pro-nerd sentiment over the past few years, but the world stands pretty much unchanged. It’s going to be jocks vs. nerds until the end of time (2012). “But we’ve got Bill Gates, the richest man in the world.” Sure. Is Bill Gates going to charge his foundation with the task of inventing a noogie deflection shield to protect all of you? No. Bill Gates is just one man, and even he is probably still constantly mocked for being such a huge nerd by his wife, and his dogs, and his solid-gold helicopter. The reality is that no matter how much Hollywood’s Jews (nerds) write scripts in which the Seth Cohens and the Dan Humphreys and the Brian Johnsons of the world become the sexually-desirable heroes, back in the real world, people want to shove nerds into lockers. Always. If anything, pro-nerd movies and TV shows are like nerd kryptonite, because it gives the nerds too much confidence and they let their nerd guard down. Keep those nerd hands up! Protect the meat!

Anyway, this movie looks pretty good.

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