{"id":11424,"date":"2013-12-14T09:20:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=11424"},"modified":"2013-12-14T15:17:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T21:17:51","slug":"the-18th-brumaire-of-louis-napoleon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=11424","title":{"rendered":"The 18th Brumaire of Louis Napoleon."},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time, a long time ago, I loved the “worst” lists published in various places. Jeff Millar<\/a>‘s worst movies list in the HouChron<\/strong>. Siskel and Ebert’s “worst movies of the year” episode. High points, things I looked forward to every year.<\/p>\n

(On a side note, it fills me with delight down to the bottom of my coal-black little heart that Siskel & Ebert.org<\/a> has the complete 1992 worst up on their site. This is the year that Roger lost the coin flip and picked Shining Through<\/strong> as his worst movie of the year, complete with the interminable strudel scene. Really. I kid you not. Melanie Griffith just goes on. And on. AND ON<\/strong>. Here, watch for yourself:<\/p>\n

Edited to add: Actually, go over to their web site and watch there<\/a>, because whoever runs the site has decided to make embedded videos auto-play.<\/p>\n

The Shining Through<\/strong> section begins at about 15:30, but you should really watch the whole thing.)<\/p>\n

But things have changed. Siskel and Ebert and Millar are all dead. For a while, the AV Club was an acceptable substitute.<\/p>\n

But this year’s AV Club is a little off. Take their worst movies of the year, for example. I admit I have not seen Planes<\/strong> (I don’t care for Pixar films) or A Good Day to Die Hard<\/strong>. But were they really<\/strong> among the worst movies of the year, in a year that included The Purge<\/strong> and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone<\/strong>? Worse than Last Vegas<\/strong> or the Carrie<\/strong> remake? At least Battle of the Year<\/strong> made their list. (Didn’t see it, but saw the trailer for it.)<\/p>\n

Smurfs 2<\/strong> came out this year. It isn’t on the AV Club list. Enough said.<\/p>\n

Likewise, a “worst TV” list<\/a> that doesn’t include Bob’s Burgers<\/strong>, Family Guy<\/strong>, or Raising Hope<\/strong> is pretty much worthless, and tells me that the AV Club writers are either on drugs or taking payoffs from Fox.<\/p>\n

But there is one thing I can count on, although it technically isn’t a “worst” list (except maybe of family disasters): the Carolyn Hax Hootenanny of Holiday Horrors. The 2013 edition is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All of the sudden she stuck out her hand and bellowed “SPOOOOOON!” at which point someone meekly handed her a spoon and she proceeded to stir the gravy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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(And dryer lint really is great for starting fires. Especially with a flint and steel. At least, that’s what I learned in the Boy Scouts.)<\/p>\n

Edited to add more: someone on the AV Club posted a link to “The Dissolve”, aka “Where Many of the AV Club’s Most Interesting Writers Went to Languish In Obscurity”. And they have their own worst list<\/a>, which I find…kind of credible.<\/p>\n

Yeah, okay, the Die Hard<\/strong> movie is on it, and Smurfs 2<\/strong> isn’t, but they do get points for reminding me of some other candidates for year’s worst movie. For example, The Internship<\/strong>, aka “A Two Hour Long Commercial for Google”, and Movie 43<\/strong>. Might be worth keeping an eye on this site in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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