Premium Rush is a great name for a terrible movie. Or …
The movie people plus the NYPD have closed down 20th street (between 5th and Broadway) so the movie people can shoot a scene from an upcoming movie where a woman rides down the street on a bike. That is literally all that happens in this scene that takes the movie people way too much time and effort because there are always people on the street in New York but they can’t be in the scene because they’d have to sign a release, and clearing a city block in the middle of the day is not easy in any city let alone New York.
Anyway, this seems like an awful lot of trouble for a movie which looks just terrible, a suspicion which was reinforced when I saw the director’s trailer marked as above. If you tried to put Clint Eastwood in a generic trailer and told him that little strip of athletic tape made it special, he’d burn you with stoney silence and you would die a thousand deaths inside, because that is the kind of emotion a real director can inspire.
The movie in question is about a bike messenger and stars Joseph Gordon Levitt and is called “Premium Rush.” Which got me thinking about what other, possibly better things could be called “Premium Rush.” A new Gatorade flavor. The new corkscrew loop-the-loop at Six Flags. A movie, but one about coke-snorting paratroopers in the ’80s. An Axe Body Spray competitor. What else?
Three things I learned from Bundle’s latest report* on what we spend on fun stuff, like travel, cable (above), and entertainment:
1. Single men like TV. A lot. Why? Do you have to pay for premium channels to get porn? And isn’t that what the internet is for?
2. New Yorkers like to talk about how great New York is, and never more than when they’re somewhere else. Which is often: Out of all the big cities in the country, New Yorkers spent the most on travel in 2009. Also, weirdly, Detroiters spent kind of a lot, under the circumstances.
Sometimes I see a beautiful infographic and think, “That’s great!” And then I look closer at the info that’s in the graphic and think, “Actually I don’t care about this at all.”
I love 2001 Steve Jobs. He really knew what he was doing. His hair is great. The denim is good. His shoes are dark, which goes nicely with his dark top. I felt like I really knew him. You know?
Agreed. But also: I’m so glad no one has compiled a sartorial retrospective of me. I don’t think I’d acquit myself as well as Mr. Jobs.
Hola Janet. Yesterday turned out to be a busy day. We got a brand new car- a 2010 VW Jetta- for FREE! We went out just to test drive the car- and the salesman told us about a special deal on a lease- 0 down , VW paid the licensing fees and the first month’s payment- so we have to pay 239 per month plus sales tax of 23 per month for 35 months- BINGO- we now have a new car. I didn’t have to write a check- Nada, Zero! They even filled the tank with gas! Only in America. And my first payment isn’t even due til Sept 1st. Hope you had a good weekend. What’s new? Love, Dad
Now, let’s deconstruct a bit.
Hola Janet.
We’re not Spanish. But my dad is taking Spanish lessons, and so he likes to practice.
Yesterday turned out to be a busy day. We got a brand new car-
Oh! That is a busy day.
a 2010 VW Jetta- for FREE!
No. Free?!
[We got] a special deal on a lease- 0 down, VW paid the licensing fees and the first month’s payment- so we have to pay 239 per month plus sales tax of 23 per month for 35 months- BINGO- we now have a new car. I didn’t have to write a check
Ah. So, no, not free.
They even filled the tank with gas! Only in America.
We’re not immigrants. Nor are we in a production of West Side Story. But he’s right: It is remarkable. My dad walked onto a car lot and walked out with a new car and didn’t have to give them any money. None at all.
Hope you had a good weekend. What’s new? Love, Dad
