First, let's get the baseball out of the way. The Braves split two doubleheaders with the Phillies this weekend, which wasn't enough. the second game Saturday and the first game yesterday were quite ugly. Now they have to play three games against the Mets, which will likely be even uglier. The season is, for all intents and purposes, over.
Now to something that, while no more pleasant or relevant, is at least original.
The first time I saw a promo for the movie Snakes on a Plane, I thought: "Great. The world just got a little stupider." Yet I had no idea just how much stupider: for not only was such a moronic title taken in stride, it was praised for its straightforwardness and its "sledgehammer effect."
So this is the wave of the future now: banal movie titles written in the simplest English possible: I should have seen it coming. After all, it is the reign of King George II, and nuance is for sissies.
So what can we look forward to in this brave new post- intellectual world? Here are some movie titles that we may well be seeing in the not-so-distant future:
1. People Blowing Shit Up
2. Lots of Car Chases and Stuff
3. Talking Babies are Funny
4. Excuse for Naomi Watts to Wear Something Skimpy
5. Tired, Recycled Crap, Part II
6. Some Chinese Guys Fighting
7. Ron Howard Wants More Money
8. Black Cop White Cop
9. Trying to Make Women Cry
10. Monsters! Aieeee!
