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New Major League movie

Willets Point Feb 24 2011 11:35 AM

Charlie Sheen is on board. I'm thinkin' that a hilarious plot would have Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn punching his father-in-law after a bad game and then having to sit in a ballpark jail cell while his teammates play the next game. Or is that too far-fetched?

Frayed Knot Feb 24 2011 11:46 AM Re: New Major League movie

I like how Wesley Snipes who, by the time the sequel came out, was "too big" to reprise his role in a dopey comedy has no apparent problems signing up for this one. Amazing what tax penalties and jail time will do to career decisions. What'll you think the insurance rates will be casting Sheen in anything right now?

A Boy Named Seo Feb 24 2011 02:44 PM Re: New Major League movie

I had no idea that Pedro Cerrano = Allstate Insurance Guy.

TransMonk Feb 24 2011 02:57 PM Re: New Major League movie

Whenever I see an Allstate ad, I think, "Fuck you, Jobu. I do it myself."

Benjamin Grimm Feb 24 2011 03:01 PM Re: New Major League movie

I don't think I've ever seen Major League.

Edgy MD Feb 24 2011 05:09 PM Re: New Major League movie

I've seen them without really meaning to and really don't understand their currency. I mean, these have Charlie Sheen, right? And Charlie Sheen trying to be funny is just... un-funny, right? They do contain the legendary comic chops of Corbin Bernsen. This, I'll grant you.

Frayed Knot Feb 25 2011 08:24 AM Re: New Major League movie

fwiw on the Charlie Sheen front, now that he's added call-in radio rants against the writers and producers of 'Two and a Half Men' to his usual staples of drinking and drugging and whoring, CBS has pulled the plug on T+1/2M for the remainder of this season and who knows about its future at this point. For a network to go that route with the highest rated sit-com in the country is no small measure.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 25 2011 10:00 AM Re: New Major League movie

Sheen's a walking hot mess, yes. But Chuck Lorre is a huge hack-- the Jason Marquis or Livan Hernandez of television comedy-- and owes most of his latter-day success to Sheen and the voracious appetite of American audiences for easy, mean-spirited humor masquerading as family comedy. There are no winners here. Edgy DC wrote: I've seen them without really meaning to and really don't understand their currency. I mean, these have Charlie Sheen, right? And Charlie Sheen trying to be funny is just... un-funny, right? They do contain the legendary comic chops of Corbin Bernsen. This, I'll grant you. I have a soft spot for "Major League," but that's because I first saw it when I was 9 or 10. I mean, I'll leave on an episode of "Who's the Boss" or a Whitesnake song every now and again, too, but that doesn't mean I'm buying the digital copies or recommending 'em to friends. The funny parts of "Bull Durham" would abuse this movie so badly in a head-to-head matchup that by the end of it, Robbins' and Costner's stand-ins would be in the game to get 'em a little run.