Filming of R.I.P.D Pisses off Boston Commuters Due to Traffic Snarls in Morning Commute

Boston Herald - At least one thing was serene on Interstate 93 this afternoon and that’s a Norwood couple’s newborn baby girl, Serene, after she was delivered roadside at the Morissey Boulevard exit by Boston EMS on a training mission. Stop-and-go traffic today produced a mess of screaming drivers — as well as the screaming baby girl, after her parents’ rush to the hospital was caught in the massive jam caused by shooting the new movie, “R.I.P.D.” “It’s a mess,” said Sharon Lundin, 52, of Burlington said she had been sitting on the same two block stretch of road near South Station for more than 20 minutes. “I feel bad for all the people who had to come to work and sit in traffic waiting for the stupid movie,” Lundin said. “That should be done in the middle of the night with lights.” Filming for the zombie cop thriller starring Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon and Jeff Bridges stopped at noon, state police spokesman David Procopio said. “If this is all about a movie, I’ll never go to one again,” said Ron Keenan, 65, of Charlestown, who was driving back from Cape Cod. “I had no idea it was going to be this bad.”

This was all the rage yesterday, apparently the movie shut down all sorts of traffic in boston. I can assure you of one thing, if I was still commuting down 93 every day to work, I would have most definitely had a cameo appearance in this movie. I can’t stand normal traffic, I don’t need Hollywood movie traffic mixed in with my morning commute. I’m a little ashamed to say it, but one time I Saw a med-evac helicopter land on the highway ¼ mile ahead of me.  Traffic was at a dead stop, and instead of wondering if the person being evac’d was ok, all I was thinking was if they aren’t dead I’m going to go up there and strangle them. When the helicopter took off I yelled, “Allright, the dead guys gone, lets get the fucking show on the road.” Windows were down, it was like 8:30 AM. Needless to say I’m not a good person in traffic. So imagine if I was stopped for some superfluous movie being filmed in the middle of my commute. I’d have gone so batshit crazy the producers would have been fools not to roll tape and find a part for me in the movie.

And I could see if this was a good movie or something, but its RIPD. It’s about a Ghost Police Department, starring Ryan Reynolds. Don’t bother reading the rotten tomatoes review, that last sentence tells you everything you’ll need to know. It’s going to suck.

Note to NBA Players Considering Signing Overseas: Flirting With A Girl in the Club in Romania Leads to Death

Fox News - Romanian prosecutors say a suspect has been detained over the killing of American basketball player Chauncey Hardy. Ionut Adrian Tanasoaia surrendered to police early Monday. He is accused of beating up Hardy in a bar in the southern Romanian city of Giurgiu on Saturday night. Mediafax news agency reported that Tanasoaia attacked Hardy because he wanted to dance with his girlfriend.

If anything is going to wake up the NBA players its this. Not to make light of this family's situation, this is no laughing matter, but as soon as Kobe and the gang catch wind of this, the lockout will end faster than a Lebron James championship run (Hiiii-OOOOO). 

There is just no way NBA players will sit back and non-chalantly sign euro league contracts during the lockout if they know that even thinking of dancing with some hombre’s girl in a foreign club is good for a deadly beating, never mind anally raping one in a Colorado hotel room and paying her off later on...not that I'm thinking of anyone specifically.

Golf Fan Politely Throws Hot Dog at Tiger Woods, Amicably Arrested By Respectful Security Guards

Golf people crack me up. I mean, even rushing the field this guy is polite. He couldn't have tossed that hot dog more than 3 feet in Tiger's direction, if anything he was just seeing if Tiger was hungry. Probably overheard him talking to his caddy at the prior hole about how famished he was and he wanted to resolve it for him.

Compare this to baseball fans who storm the field running around like lunatics, refusing to give in to security guards and the difference is striking...This guy tried to get the hot dog to him, when he couldn't he raised his hands and went to the ground. Security politely took him away, no body slams, no de-cleaters. Probably just had him chill out at a concession stand until the end of the day instead of throwing him in the slammer. 

Netflix Ditching Qwikster...In Other News, Netflix Executives Voted Worst Executives EVER

(CNN) -- Angry Netflix mobs aren't putting away the pitchforks yet. The company said Monday that it would kill its spinoff, Qwikster, only a month after it was announced. That did little to placate consumers who are still fuming about price increases the company announced in July and who are starting to see Netflix as a once-innovative service that's lost its way. "Netflix does more flip-flopping than a fish on a hot dock," a Twitter user named Steve Harrison wrote. "Netflix's approval rating is so low right now it could run for president," another said. The company's public relations nightmare began in July, when Netflix announced that it would stop offering free streaming video services to households that paid for its DVD-by-mail service. That raised monthly prices by 60% for some customers, without any improvement in the service. Then Netflix said in September that it was spitting its DVD and streaming services into two companies: Qwikster and Netflix. That incensed some already-angry customers, since they now would have to deal with two corporations instead of one. And, finally, on Monday the company pulled a 180-degree-turn.

Guys, this is pretty simple, no one gives a flying fuck what you call the company, they just don’t want to pay 60% more. It’s obvious. These guys have to be the worst executives in the history of horrendous executives. 

Netflix: There is just no way to justify a 60% increase in price, overnight. None. Your costs didn’t just increase 60%. If they did you’d be pissed of and making just as big of a stink about it as your consumers are about your rising costs.And you're certainly not providing 60% more value. The newest streaming options on Netflix tend to be an embarrassing collection of movies that are years old that they've just now gotten the right to stream. And TV shows? Yea there's a handful of desirable shows that are available for streaming shortly after the episode airs, but for the most part its second rate shows or shows that are off air or previous seasons, it's nothing compared to Hulu.

Again, this is really easy…if you want to raise costs 60%, do it over the course of a few years. Raise it 12% for five years…You know why people aren’t revolting against cable companies (I mean we don’t like them but we aren’t exactly threatening to burn them down and goafter the execs with pitchforks), its because they raise our prices incrementally, like .30 cents per month. Before I even notice I’m paying like $12 a month more and still don’t have the NFL network. But I just shrug and say “eh, what are ya gonna do,” because its already happened. It may be sneaky, they may not tell you in advance, but it works.

Boston PD to Occupy Boston: Stop Messing With the Greenway, You're Making CW Upset

Boston Police asks Occupy Boston to leave newly renovated park: MyFoxBOSTON.com

BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The Boston Police Department is not happy with Occupy Boston. The group has moved from their original Dewey Square campsite to another park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway that recently underwent $150,000 in renovations. The BPD took to Twitter to tell Occupy Boston why they wanted them to move back to their original site.

BPD requesting protestors return 2 original @Occupy_Boston site on Greenway to continue peaceful protest. Thank you 4 ur cooperation.

BPD seeks to curtail additional damage to newly developed green space at second site. Please adhere @Occupy_Boston. Thank you.

#occupyboston the Greenway Conservancy recently invested over 150k in new plantings 4 all to enjoy @ 2nd site. Pls return to original.

BPD requesting protestors return 2 original #occupyboston site on Greenway to continue peaceful protest. Thank you 4 ur cooperation

@Occupy_Boston Please ask your group to return to original site where you can continue your peaceful protest. Thank you.

I personally think the BPD is being a little too nice, but whatever, as long as they got my back. Because if they mess up one of those $150k of flowers, I'll start a public out cry to out do their public outcry.  

I haven't thought of a catch Occupy _____ yet, but I'm working on it.  First thoughts, Occupy College Quads Producing Fake Activists, or Occupy Your Mom's Basement Where You'll Live While you Continue to Complain Instead of Trying to Actually Get a Job and Fix the Problem.   Those are just rough drafts, I might have to cut it down to an acronym of some sort. Either way, it'll be a hell of a protest.

And who's tweeting for the Boston Police anyway? Did they hire a high school girl to head up @Boston_Police? Come on guys, you're the police don't use "2" and "4" for "to" and "for". And certainly don't use "ur" for your. Gotta be more authoritarian than that.

Someone Ate Christina Aguilera

AHHH, GET IT OFF ME. 

Dude, what the fuck? Did that thing eat Christina? And before any females go all “blahblah, she’s not that big, she’s a normal size now…blah, blah.” So what, I’m not holding her to average girl standards. She was a pop idol, average girl standards make you a bloated blimp in Hollywood.

I do however find it ironic that all three of the sexy pop stars of my younger years all went through a bloated water balloon stage in their later years. Hollywood can be so derivative sometimes.

Come back Christina, we need more of this.

Police Officer Tossed from Van Die Hard Style

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Maybe the diehard movies were plausible after all? I always thought an NYPD officer and black man getting along to solve crimes was a bit far fetched, nevermind all the crazy stunts they pulled, but this has me questioning that logic…Except for the part where Bruce Willis took down a fighter jet from the back of a 18 Wheeler. That was Die Hard's jumping the shark moment.