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		Hollywood superproducer and hack Joel Silver fired by Warner Bros. and given $30 million buyout, will have to finance the next "Road House," "Last Boy Scout", and "Richie Rich" on his own (blogs.indiewire.com)		42
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Tell Me How My Blog Tastes		2012-10-01 09:30:43 AM

If you threw that "Last Boy Scout" reference in there to troll, well done subby. 'Cause that opening scene is one of the best I've ever seen. It made me want to play football. "Wait... what if I just shot all these people trying to tackle me? Wouldn't that make it easier?"

Sybarite		2012-10-01 10:35:17 AM

His production company certainly has a varied list of films.

calm like a bomb		2012-10-01 10:35:32 AM

You do NOT besmirch the good name of Roadhouse, subby. That is the best bad movie ever made.

stoli n coke		2012-10-01 10:38:38 AM

I'm sure the guy will be able to get by on those Lethal Weapon and Matrix checks.

FFS, the guy's name was on practically every summer blockbuster Warners put out in the 90s.

mhd		2012-10-01 10:39:33 AM

Come on, he produced Xanadu, Dungeons & Dragons and Swordfish, and you're going for RH and LBS?

/Water is wet, the sky is blue, pain don't hurt.

wildcardjack		2012-10-01 10:41:33 AM

He really had a hand in all sorts of shiat. If you check his IMDB creds it's clear he doesn't know what makes greatness, but he's not bad at breaking even.

Barton Fink		2012-10-01 10:42:46 AM

Road House and Last Boy Scout are both fantastic movies.

Gunny Highway		2012-10-01 10:55:08 AM

Road House is perfect and should be left alone.

El Uno Magnifico		2012-10-01 11:01:43 AM

Last Boy Scout was awesome. You shut your mouth, subby.

GypsyJoker		2012-10-01 11:08:16 AM

$30 million?

upload.wikimedia.org

"Hurts, don't it? Tell your friends."

Rapmaster2000		2012-10-01 11:13:52 AM

I used to fark guys like, subby, in prison! That's right. I had sex with men. Are you not intimidated?

ecl		2012-10-01 11:19:43 AM

This is a pathetic hit piece from a hipster douchebag.

Masso		2012-10-01 11:25:02 AM

You didn't just diss Executive Decision... Surely you jest.

rocinante721		2012-10-01 11:27:02 AM

<b>ROAD HOUSE</b> is awesome.

Orange Guy		2012-10-01 11:27:23 AM

What in the fark was wrong with Demolition Man?
/ maybe the author doesn't like Taco Bell?
// obscure?

Shadowtag		2012-10-01 11:31:07 AM

On the one hand, Die Hard.

On the other, Dungeons and Dragons.

/It isn't like he's dead. For the money he can probably buy whatever hasn't already been sold off from MGM for ramen noodles and meth.

LegacyDL		2012-10-01 11:33:44 AM

Masso: You didn't just diss Executive Decision... Surely you jest.

To this day I wonder how exactly did they allow Seagal's character to die without him kicking half of the people working on the set in the balls.

THX 1138		2012-10-01 11:38:54 AM

thebpem		2012-10-01 11:42:44 AM

Everyone of his movies are (terrible) great! Action Jackson, Carl Weathers! Come'on man!

I'm going to miss his movies on saturdays when baseball games are rained out.

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2012-10-01 11:47:44 AM

HAHA I thought I was teh ONLY person to ever watch cult hit starring Patrick Swayze ROAD HOUSE. Me and my friends we just sit around referencing it all the time. We're so quirky. We also like bacon and the big lebowski.

Cybernetic		2012-10-01 11:51:29 AM

Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are my two favorite Christmas movies.

And movies like Road House and Demolition Man and The Last Boy Scout are fun to watch when you just want to leave your brain off the hook for a while. He's gotten his fair share of ticket money out of my wallet over the years.

Evi1Bo1weevi1		2012-10-01 11:51:49 AM

All that matters about Joel Silver is how he was portrayed by Saul Rubinek in True Romance. Tony Scott constantly raved about how close it matched the real life Joel Silver and that for a long time Silver wouldn't speak to him after that film came out.
media.screened.com

blaXXer		2012-10-01 11:52:22 AM

I'm not afraid to admit it, I LIKED HALLE BERRYS TITS, err I mean Password: Swordfish...

/right in the weeners

Rwa2play		2012-10-01 11:56:21 AM

Now if they could fire anyone/everyone associated with the string of DC-related fails (i.e. "Superman Returns," "Green Lantern" and the idea of dropping a Wonder Woman movie w/ Joss Whedon directing and Cobie Smulders starring as WW), I'd be all for it.

/And, meanwhile, "The Avengers" on Blu-Ray is as awesome as it was in the theaters.
//So while Marvel takes the leap of faith
///DC's still looking for the sign

mjohnson71		2012-10-01 12:01:16 PM

Joel Silver totally look like a skeezeball who has abused his power and worn out a couple of casting couches.

Gbob		2012-10-01 12:08:42 PM

Head or gut, subby? Last Boy Scout is the perfect encapsulation of the genre.

"I think I just farked a squirrel to death".

Dwight_Yeast		2012-10-01 12:10:04 PM

Rwa2play: Now if they could fire anyone/everyone associated with the string of DC-related fails (i.e. "Superman Returns," "Green Lantern" and the idea of dropping a Wonder Woman movie w/ Joss Whedon directing and Cobie Smulders starring as WW), I'd be all for it.

They can't fire Jon Peters. He's someone attached to any Superman project for the rest of time.

/maybe he'll still get a chance to have Sup wrassle a polar bear
//thank Odin WB managed to shake him loose from Batman

mjohnson71		2012-10-01 12:13:18 PM

Gbob: Head or gut, subby? Last Boy Scout is the perfect encapsulation of the genre.

"I think I just farked a squirrel to death".

Best scene of The Last Boy Scout: Bruce Willis getting thrown like 30 feet from an overpass, landing on his back and walking away going "ouch".

I'm not a film snob and like my dumb action films: but something about "Last Boy Scout" really ticks me off.

Rwa2play		2012-10-01 12:18:51 PM

Dwight_Yeast: Rwa2play: Now if they could fire anyone/everyone associated with the string of DC-related fails (i.e. "Superman Returns," "Green Lantern" and the idea of dropping a Wonder Woman movie w/ Joss Whedon directing and Cobie Smulders starring as WW), I'd be all for it.

They can't fire Jon Peters. He's someone attached to any Superman project for the rest of time.

/maybe he'll still get a chance to have Sup wrassle a polar bear
//thank Odin WB managed to shake him loose from Batman

Considering the amount of money they've already lost, firing him might actually be a great cost-effective move for WB in the long term.

Crewmannumber6		2012-10-01 12:20:43 PM

mjohnson71: I'm not a film snob and like my dumb action films: but something about "Last Boy Scout" really ticks me off.

Could it maybe be your lack of sense of humor?

ecl		2012-10-01 01:42:25 PM

Crewmannumber6: mjohnson71: I'm not a film snob and like my dumb action films: but something about "Last Boy Scout" really ticks me off.

Could it maybe be your lack of sense of humor?

*Boosh*

Dr Dreidel		2012-10-01 03:56:30 PM

Rwa2play: a Wonder Woman movie w/ Joss Whedon directing and Cobie Smulders starring as WW

Waitaminute...the fark? There is someone on this planet who thought that was a bad idea?

// sigh
// the gay agenda has won
// also, author trolls by including Demolition Man in a list of "bad" movies
// that movie inspires joy-joy feelings in everyone who sees it

Tsar_Bomba1		2012-10-01 04:42:14 PM

Orange Guy: What in the fark was wrong with Demolition Man?
/ maybe the author doesn't like Taco Bell?
// obscure?

Author couldn't figure out how to use the 3 seashells...

Pants_Optional		2012-10-01 04:56:20 PM

"Let's go blow this guy."

"Away. Let's go blow this guy away."

Rwa2play		2012-10-01 05:00:43 PM

Dr Dreidel: Rwa2play: a Wonder Woman movie w/ Joss Whedon directing and Cobie Smulders starring as WW

Waitaminute...the fark? There is someone on this planet who thought that was a bad idea?

WB thought it was; that's why Joss is now rolling in "FU" money flipping a double bird at WB/DC. Even now you have to say "WTF WB"? A producer that LOVES strong female characters pitching a movie for your most recognized strong female character and you say "no"?! It's like trying to make sense of Liefeld's art style: you get migraines trying to figure the logic behind it.

/God I hate WB
//It's like "Casino" IRL
///As in "how you take a flawless, 'no lose' concept and make it so flawed it's unusable"

machodonkeywrestler		2012-10-01 07:00:04 PM

LegacyDL: Masso: You didn't just diss Executive Decision... Surely you jest.

To this day I wonder how exactly did they allow Seagal's character to die without him kicking half of the people working on the set in the balls.

Maybe they had Gene Lebell break the news to him.

noheadphones		2012-10-01 08:14:32 PM

not sure you can call Joel Silver a hack. He's practically the embodiment of a "Hollywood producer".

contrapunctus		2012-10-01 08:50:47 PM

Tsar_Bomba1: Orange Guy: What in the fark was wrong with Demolition Man?
/ maybe the author doesn't like Taco Bell?
// obscure?

Author couldn't figure out how to use the 3 seashells...

I honestly can't figure out why the hell people diss Demolition Man. It's not like the film is accidentally funny. It's funny because it's a well written comedy. So many gem lines in that flick.

I suspect it has something to do with the fact that the flick came out during a time when Stallone wasn't really doing too well, and perhaps the stench of the era has stuck around. Yes, Judge Dredd may have sucked, but Demolition Man is pure farking awesome.

If you disagree, you're wrong.

Vectron		2012-10-01 09:44:01 PM

mjohnson71: Joel Silver totally look like a skeezeball who has abused his power and worn out a couple of casting couches.

You're being unfair to Skeezeballs. More like something you accidently step in and track in the house.

Qaiwolf		2012-10-02 05:01:09 AM

El Uno Magnifico		2012-10-02 11:03:25 AM

contrapunctus: Tsar_Bomba1: Orange Guy: What in the fark was wrong with Demolition Man?
/ maybe the author doesn't like Taco Bell?
// obscure?

Author couldn't figure out how to use the 3 seashells...

I honestly can't figure out why the hell people diss Demolition Man. It's not like the film is accidentally funny. It's funny because it's a well written comedy. So many gem lines in that flick.

I suspect it has something to do with the fact that the flick came out during a time when Stallone wasn't really doing too well, and perhaps the stench of the era has stuck around. Yes, Judge Dredd may have sucked, but Demolition Man is pure farking awesome.

If you disagree, you're wrong.

Agreed. Added bonus: Denis Leary.