Friday LinkFrogging – 4/1/11

Welcome back kids.

Now that most of the Gonzo Compadres have recovered from their varietal trips to SXSW, we’re back and getting down to it.  Well most of us anyway.  John is in Hotlanta this weekend for Wrestlemania.  Its his first trip to the big event despite a lifelong obsession with the squared circle.

Sure, the Final Four is this weekend, and we’ll be keeping an eye on that, but we’re Geeks.  We still enjoy the glory of the squared circle too.

Well, maybe not as much as we did before the McMahonopoly homogenized the product to the point of monotony, but still, its the biggest weekend of the year for fans of rasslin’ and/or sports entertainment.

So, in honor of ‘Mania (and at the suggestion of frequent hand model David Cantu), we’re pleased to present this week’s cheesecake.  Say hello to Trish Stratus.

Ms. Stratus began her career  as a fitness model (whatever that means) in Canada before making the move to the WWF/E.  There she donned a trench coat, cowboy hat and the managerial reins of the infamous tag team T&A (subtle Vince).  In the anything goes Attitude Era, Trish often found herself in the middle of very sexually oriented storylines.  I would imagine an entire generation of American boys hit puberty when she debuted the Stratusfaction.

After a very successful WWE career, Trish retired, sort of.  She’s making a return to the “E” next week as one of the coaches on Tough Enough, the WWE’s answer to The Ultimate Fighter.  Watch as Trish, Steve Austin, Booker T and Hugh Morrus (really??) train the next generation of WWE talent.

No word yet on who will give them their buzzcuts and tribal tats.

On to the links.

Friday LinkFrogging – 3/11/11

Welcome back kids.

Its Friday and time to catch up.

Several of my Gonzo Compadres are heading to Austin, Texas for SXSW in the next few days.  I expect we’ll be getting lots of cool information from them.

In the meantime, you’re stuck with me.

Normally I think of you my loyal reader(s) when I serve up our cheesecake.  However, today, its all about me.  Why you may or may not ask.  Well, I’ll tell you.

Last week after posting up our Sheentastic post, it occurred to me that I had inadvertantly used Bond girls two weeks in a row.  Now, if you are a regular reader of this feature, then you know I take great joy when we put together a hat trick in the links.

How, then, could I pass up the opportunity for the elusive cheesecake hat trick?

I just couldn’t.

Say hello to Famke Janssen.

Ms. Janssen first came to our attention as Xenia Onatopp in James Bond flick Goldeneye.  Since then she’s starred as Jean Grey in three X-Men movies, and as the brassy bartender in the seminal poker flick Rounders.  She was also in a really good little indie rom-com called Love and Sex with John Favreau.  You should check that one out.

So, let’s harness the power of the Phoenix Force and hit the links.

Friday LinkFrogging – 3/4/11

Cougar Blood?

 Good afternoon kids.  I have a confession to make.  I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available. If you try it once, you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body.

I probably took more than anybody could survive. … I was bangin’ seven-gram rocks and finishing them because that’s how I roll, because I have one speed, one gear. … I’m different. I have a different constitution, I have a different brain, I have a different heart.  I got tiger blood, man.  Dying’s for fools, dying’s for amateurs.

Every day is just filled with just wins. All we do is put wins in the record books. We win so radically in our underwear before our first cup of coffee, it’s scary. People say it’s lonely at the top, but I sure like the view.

That being said,I’m tired of pretending like I’m not special. I’m tired of pretending like I’m not a total bitchin’ rock star from Mars.   I woke up and decided, you know, I’ve been kicked around. I’ve been criticized. I’ve been like the, ‘Ah, shucks’ guy with like this bitchin’ rockstar life. And I’m just finally going to completely embrace it, wrap both arms around it, and love it violently. And defend it violently through violent hatred.

I’m proud of what I’ve created. It was radical. I exposed people to magic. I exposed them to something they’re never otherwise going to see in their boring, normal lives. And I gave that to them. I may forget about them tomorrow, but they’ll live with that memory for the rest of their lives. And that’s a gift, man.

The run I was on made Sinatra, Flynn, Jagger, Richards, all of them just look like you know, droopy eyes armless children.

I’m proud of what I’ve created. It was radical. I exposed people to magic. I exposed them to something they’re never otherwise going to see in their boring, normal lives. And I gave that to them. I may forget about them tomorrow, but they’ll live with that memory for the rest of their lives. And that’s a gift, man

Which brings us to the subject of cheesecake, and this week’s rather obvious choice.  Say hello to Denise Richards.  She’s an ex-Mrs. Sheen.  In addition, she’s generally considered the worst Bond girl of all time.

Perhaps,  Charlie Sheen can, in his own special way, help us finish out Ms. Richards’ writeup?  Carlos?  “(She) shows up looking the way she does. Look at her. Wow! Everybody’s winning. Boom!”

Then he added, “I tried marriage. I’m 0 for 3 with the marriage thing. So, being a ballplayer — I believe in numbers. I’m not going 0 for 4. I’m not wearing a golden sombrero.”

Play ball Chaz!  Play ball!

To the links!

Friday LinkFrogging – 2/25/11

 

Can you feel the excitement kids?

It’s Oscar weekend, that magical weekend where we all tune in to watch Hollywood give itself a massive handjob.  Don’t get me wrong, I like the speculation as much as anyone (see GonzoGeek v. The Oscars).  It just seems a little silly that all these movie folks spend hours handing out statues in categories that none of us really care about.  In truth, the Oscar telecast could be a one-hour special if they really applied themselves.

 

However, if the Oscars serves to get some of our favorite leading ladies on the small screen in our homes it can’t be all bad.

 

Case in point, say hello to this week’s cheesecake, the 2001 Academy Award winner for Best Actress for her work in Monster’s Ball, Halle Berry.  Ms. Berry was the first African-American woman to win the coveted statue.

 

Ms. Berry is one of those inevitable cheesecake selections.  Much like this year’s Best Actress frontrunner, Natalie Portman, I knew we’d get around to her sooner or later.  Oscar Friday seemed like the right day.

 

Ms. Berry’s geek cred is solid.  Besides her Academy Award winning role, she also portrayed X-babe Storm in the first three X-Men movies, Jinx in the James Bond blockbuster Die Another Day, a doomed stripper in The Last Boy Scout and reportedly got paid a cool mil to go topless Sin Swordfish.

 

I think we can all agree not to mention Catwoman can’t we?

 

Enjoy the show.

 

On to the links.

Friday LinkFrogging – 3/12/10

Welcome to Friday kids.  Given the week it was, today just couldn’t come fast enough.

Healthcare debate continues to rage.  All the healthcare conversation in the world couldn’t save Corey Haim.  Of course, Haim’s death gave his “best friend,” Corey Feldman another chance to grab that brass ring.

Hold on tight Corey.  Hold on tight.

Before we hit the links, let’s meet this week’s cheesecake.  Say hello to Elizabeth Banks.   You make recognize her from such varied roles as Laura Bush in Oliver Stone’s W and Beth, the bathtub girl, in The 40 Year Old Virgin.  Come to think of it, maybe her roles aren’t so varied.

What you may not know is that Ms. Banks is one of the highest grossing actresses of all time.

“What?” you may ask.

It’s true.  According to The Movie Times at Ugo, Ms. Banks is the 5th highest grossing actress in history.  When I first stumbled onto their chart, she was 4th.  Since then, Cate Blanchett has eeked ahead of her.  How did Elizabeth Banks turn into the female Samuel L. Jackson?  I’m guessing her role as Betty Brant in the 3 Spider-Man movies had something to do with it.  She is currently over $600 billion ahead of last week’s cheesecake and Oscar winner, Sandra Bullock.

Keep ‘em…it…up Elizabeth.

On to the links.

Friday LinkFrogging

On the eve of All Hallow’s Eve it is time once again for your GonzoGeek to take you LinkFrogging around the internet.

I had a pretty good idea when I suggested this to the guys that it might drive some traffic our way.  Turns out I was right.  Between the bunch of us we have some pretty eclectic tastes and the links reflect that.

Then again, it might just be the cheesecake.

Speaking of, say hello to Salma Hayek.  Well, more specifically say hello to Salma Hayek as Satanico Pandemonium in From Dusk ‘Til Dawn.  When Stephe and I decided to go Halloween with this week’s cheesecake we thought of some obvious choices like Elvira or Jamie Lee Curtis.  Kate Beckinsale was mentioned, but she’s already been served up.  Then we got on to vampires and Salma became our go to girl this week.

Now, on to the links.

Pondering the Watchmen

And the fans react...

Waiting for a flash of enlightenment in all this blood and thunder. – From Rorshach’s journal

It’s Watchmen eve.  Can you feel the excitement?

I feel something, but I’m not sure it’s excitement.  Trepidation?  Perhaps.  Annoyance?  Very likely.

Why?

I’m sick of they hyperbole that’s why.  People are getting far too worked up over this movie.  Sure, its an adaptation of one of the most revered comic books of all time, but, this just in, its still just a comic book.

Watchmen: The Late Review

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I hated Watchmen.

Okay, some of you just spit soda pop all over your monitors. While we wait for you guys to clean up, let me warn the rest of you readers that there are spoilers aplenty in the following review. I wrote this piece assuming that you’ve already read the book yourself and found this site trying to score some juicy internet gossip regarding the film. If you haven’t read the book and don’t want to know the ending please check out ‘The Secret History of Vegas’ or the sneezing monkey video we’ve posted here on GonzoGeek. They’re both pretty funny.

Monitor wiped down? Good.

Let me rephrase my opening remarks. I hated parts of Watchmen.