Shut the fuck up, Donnie.

I am the Walrus.

I am the Walrus.

Fuck it, just let Joseph Gordon Levitt do it. He's such a nice kid and he tries so hard at acting! Easy on the eyes, too.

Fuck it, just let Joseph Gordon Levitt do it. He's such a nice kid and he tries so hard at acting! Easy on the eyes, too.

You must be too young to remember the early 90's.

You must be too young to remember the early 90's.

Yep. Especially biopics about artists and entertainers. It is sometimes entertaining to watch actors strain so hard to fail to capture some dead icon's charisma, but the best they can do is earn your admiration for a good effort. It's a problematic genre.

Yep. Especially biopics about artists and entertainers. It is sometimes entertaining to watch actors strain so hard to fail to capture some dead icon's charisma, but the best they can do is earn your admiration for a good effort. It's a problematic genre.

I think that's the consensus among anyone who saw it. But what's fascinating is how ill-advised the whole enterprise was. I'm not talking about the marketing or casting, but the idea to green-light the project in the first place as a super-budget "tent-pole."

Someone in a Woody Allen movie who isn't Woody Allen but being Woody Allen. Especially when it's someone dashing and decidedly goyish.

Someone in a Woody Allen movie who isn't Woody Allen but being Woody Allen. Especially when it's someone dashing and decidedly goyish.

I have a friend who works in an ER. They call motorcyclists "organ donors."

I have a friend who works in an ER. They call motorcyclists "organ donors."

Abby Elliott? I'm there.

Abby Elliott? I'm there.

Perhaps because the Paliens (Titans) don't act monolithically. The movie is called Prometheus.

Perhaps because the Paliens (Titans) don't act monolithically. The movie is called Prometheus.

"When compared to the other, more detailed ancient art from around the world, yes."

"When compared to the other, more detailed ancient art from around the world, yes."