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Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! A Roomba Review, A Sherlock Holmes Reviews, Christmas is Gone, and a Batch of WTF’s.

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The Dude on the Right
Ahh, Christmas has come and gone, so naturally, during this "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, Stu Gotz and I reminisce. Okay, we don’t really reminisce, but we did both see "Sherlock Holmes" and sort of agreed on most counts about it. Stu liked the chemistry between Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and Watson (Jude Law), but wanted more drug use, and I had to explain to him why "It’s Complicated" was rated R and only made $20 million while "Sherlock" skipped the drug references, kept things PG-13, and even though lots of people wind up dead it made over $65 million. Movie theater viewing aside, since TV viewing sucks in the holiday season, I let Stu know about "Julie & Julia," and that I caught up some BFF recommended viewing of "It’s a Wonderful Life" and "The Wizard of Oz," while he agreed that "Kelly’s Heroes" should be added to the "BFF must watch" movie list.

There was a lot of gift giving for Christmas, at least in the Gotz household, much to Stu’s dismay, but Mama Gotz seems happy with her Roomba, and Stu gives his full Roomba review, so I guess there will be no more vacuuming for Stu, he is also WTF’d about a member of his family who didn’t know what an iPod was, and although it seems AT&T is back selling iPhones to people in New York City, Stu is a hater (although I think he’s just jealous), so he wants an iPhone for Verizon.

Happy New Year everyone, thanks for listening, and we’ll see you next year!!

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

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Merry Christmas to All!

The presents are opened, and I’m waiting for My BFF to get ready so we can go to Christmas mass, so I thought I would write a quick blog to wish everyone out there Merry Christmas, and if you don’t celebrate Christmas, I just wish for you to enjoy the day. I suppose a later post might encompass how my Christmas celebrating has changed in the past couple of years since my parents died and I’m now engaged (that thought was spurred on by My BFF who asked me this morning how my family would have been celebrating Christmas today, other than seeing a movie, of course), a discourse about the table top Christmas tree v. the floor standing Christmas tree v. the live Christmas tree, how college friends still keep getting together in December, every year, for over twenty years, the plight of the nauga, or how dinner isn’t the same without my brother and me making fun of my sister, but there really isn’t time for all of those stories, right now, as a trip to church and then to visit with my future in-laws is quickly approaching.
I will lastly just say that I would like to send some Christmas love to those who might be spending the day alone when they could be spending it with family and friends, and an extra Christmas wish to my brother, and how I wish things were different.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

Extract

Extract Photo The Dude on the Right is a little miffed during his review of the Blu-ray "Extract," but not because of the movie. Mostly he is disappointed in the lack of extras on the Blu-ray, or the DVD for that matter, but luckily he enjoyed the movie. He liked Jason Bateman, thinks Mila Kunis is nice on the eyes (and funny), and he thinks Gene Simmons might have a life after that little band called KISS that he is in, either as an actor, or maybe a scheister lawyer. All in all The Dude thinks "Extract" is a decent movie for you to watch at home, but don’t worry about the extras because they aren’t really worth it.

A Mr. Squiggles Zsu Zau Pet, Avatar, Plumbing Talk, Computer Woes and Airport Delays.

Luckily Stu Gotz wasn’t trapped under a sink for their “Weekend Wrap-Up!” podcast, so he and The Dude on the Right were able to discuss a wasted day for both of them over the weekend. Wasted day aside, the boys did get to see “Avatar,” they do some discussing of “Extract,” there is no talk of “Julie & Julia” because The Dude missed quality BFF time due to computer issues, and it seems they missed an opportunity to go to NYC for some in-person research of the XOXO window displays. The boys did do some shopping for Zsu Zsu pets, Mama Gotz didn’t spend enough time at the airport, and Christmas is this weekend so next week we’ll get to see if they were naughty, or nice.

Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! A Mr. Squiggles Zsu Zau Pet, Avatar, Plumbing Talk, Computer Woes and Airport Delays.

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The Dude on the Right
I had a Zsu Zsu pet, I think it was Mr. Squiggles, in my hands, sort of. I mean, I was holding it, but I gave it away. You see, I was getting ready to meet Stu Gotz for our “Weekend Wrap-Up!” podcast when he called me, frantically, to see if I could meet him at a Toys R Us to pick up one of the cherished pets because the store had a policy of something like one per customer per day, and all I know is I hope his kids appreciate it, or I better get a cut if he sells it on eBay. Yup, our podcast began even before I hit the “Record” button.

Luckily, though, Stu was even able to meet me for our podcast because he was almost the victim of a plumbing accident, or at least a victim of utter embarrassment due to some plumbing. While he was wasting a day under a sink I was wasting a day with computer issues, which interrupted some movie viewing, namely my not being able to see “Julie & Julia” and “Up In the Air,” although I Stu and I did see “Avatar” so we discuss the merits of the latest James Cameron film, and we also have a short discussion about “Extract,” the Mike Judge flick, that comes out on Blu-ray.

All in all it was mostly a weekend of getting ready for Christmas for the both of us, although Stu did give me some homework before the podcast because he wanted to talk about the XOXO window displays in New York City, so I had to do some YouTube searching to watch women in lingerie. The things I do for our podast.

Merry Christmas, and thanks for listening!

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Avatar

The Dude on the Right reviews "Avatar," and although he says it’s no "Titanic," he eventually justifies it being a 5 star out of 5 star movie. You get some quality violence, some Na’vi sex (sort of), and tall, blue creatures who are hot. What else can you ask for? Well, you also get a nice love story, you see that us humans suck sometimes, maybe there is hope that you don’t just end up dead but become part of a tree, and a glimpse at what the future of movies will look like, in terms of technology. The movie looks cool, but The Dude still isn’t sure about the whole 3-D thing, and it’s not just because he has to pay extra for the glasses only to be asked to give them back so they can be reused, umm, recycled.

No Sleep, No New Satellite, No Jon Bovi, No Oprah Caroling, but Yes Movies.

Tiredness and grumpiness are not a great equation for a "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, but The Dude on the Right and Stu Gotz power through both as they put together another episode of weekend-ness. Stu’s grumpiness can be directly related to a satellite TV installation gone awry, as well as an hour and a half drive to hear some Christmas music, and a bizarre Christmas exchange at a Taekwondo party, while The Dude couldn’t sleep because of a dradle song and a song about a butcher. The boys do compare notes, however, on the Monk finale from a couple of weeks ago, on "G-Force," but The Dude talks about "Multiplicity" solo while Stu is the only one of the two that has seen "Inkheart." There is talk of Santa Claus, of the lack of Jon Bovi on Saturday Night Live, and Chicago Bears, but in the end, The Dude just wants to see video of Oprah out caroling like she said she was going to do in a tweet from last night. They talk, and hope you’ll listen.

Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! No Sleep, No New Satellite, No Jon Bovi, No Oprah Caroling, but Yes Movies.

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The Dude on the Right
For this edition of our "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast I’m tired and Stu Gotz is grumpy, but we do our best to get past that and keep the energy up without dragging you down. I explain to Stu about my tiredness, mostly because I couldn’t sleep because of some songs stuck in my head (and there is some singing about dradles and butcher boys involved), while Stu is grumpy not because of the cable guy, but because of the satellite guy. As we get through our various issues, our weekends come into play because Stu got to see some Christmas music being played after driving for nearly an hour and a half, while I got to witness, first-hand, how kids react differently to Santa Claus.

On the movie front, Stu is recommending "Inkheart" which is now on cable, while I’m not recommending "Duplicity," but if you have kids we both think "G-Force" will be good for you on Blu-ray. We are both disgusted with the Chicago Bears, I relate the utter disappointment that my BFF had because Saturday Night Live seemed to have dropped the ball on a seemingly obvious skit involving Jon Bovi and Bon Jovi, and Stu’s finding creepiness didn’t seem to translate to my BFF and I watching the series finale of Monk.

Stu does bring some grumpiness back to the podcast as there was some bizarre Christmas gifting at a Taekwondo party, and because I tweet and follow Oprah, I’m still waiting to see some video of her caroling with her friends, and both of us are looking forward to "Avatar," while the ladies in their lives might be more likely to want to see "Did You Hear About the Morgans." That will have to wait until next week.

Thanks for listening!

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Right!! L8R!!!

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G-Force

"G-Force" is coming out on Blu-ray and DVD, and The Dude on the Right reviews the movie, even though he doesn’t have kids. He likes the movie for what it is, but probably doesn’t realize how smart kids are nowadays, wondering if they will understand the entire concept of a computer virus, let alone guinea pigs being able to communicate with humans. Hopefully the kids will stick to enjoying the movie rather than trying to outfit their real guinea pigs with blow-torches, but in any case, thanks to The Dude’s buddy, Stu Gotz, The Dude figures the movie will be good for the kids, and for the parents.

Duplicity

Sure, the DVD of "Duplicity" came out a little while ago, but The Dude on the Right finally got to it on his Netflix queue and decided he should have put something else on that list. It’s not that he didn’t like the story concept because sure, who doesn’t like some corporate espionage and Julia Roberts almost getting naked, but the dude thinks the movies just tried to hard to be "surprising" instead of buttoning up the story. The Blu-ray doesn’t even have anything that cool on it, so go ahead, rent the movie, and see if your honey will give you some loving after spending two hours watching this one.