Over the Hedge

[Drunk Monk]

As today's CG cartoons go, OtH wasn't as abysmal as most. I can't stand Bruce Willis. I don't know why. I like a lot of his movies - Sixth Sense, Die Hard, etc., but I just can't stand him. He was even more annoying as a cloying raccoon. And don't get me started on Gary Shandling.

The comments on suburbia were rehash, the plot predictable, the songs sappy. The animation wasn't as bad as some, but not extraordinary by any means. The rapidfire witicisms moved fast enough so that you didn't notice when they failed that much.

Shatner was funny. He knows how to make fun of himself. There could have been more of him. The squirrel was really funny and the best scene *spoiler* is when he drinks the redbull-like drink at the finale. We had a great time, mostly because of that part.

The wave of CGI cartoons is here. A little while ago I was complaining that there weren't enough kid movies. Now there are too many.

This was probably the best one I've seen since Incredibles (but no where near in that league).

[Drunk Monk]

It's all about that *spoiler* scene I mentioned earlier. Over the Hedge captures the essence of Redbull, akin to what Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle does for pot or what Flirting with Disaster does for acid. It catches the 'trip', encapsulating it in a way that only film can. I don't drink much redbull, but I do keep an emergency stash behind my desk when I need an extra bump. Given my new interpretation, I now heartily recommend this movie. It all works up to that one scene, but if you've done Redbull, you'll enjoy it.

[Haggis Killer]

Is Red Bull something you "do"? Isn't it a readily available drink? Do you have to be 18 to purchase it? 21? I've never had it. What's the "do" part?

[Drunk Monk]

It's along the lines of Do the Dew, Mountain Dew's hpyercaffinated soda. Redbull, like Rockstar and a host of other power drinks, is sugar, caffiene, but most important, taurine. Taurine is ox bile (think Taurus) and was available in Asia long before the FDA allowed it here. I remember trying it in Beijing with a friend who had heard about it through snowboarder circles. Back then, it was being smuggled into the states by extreme sports kids. It's hugely popular in Thailand and a major sponsor of Muay Thai over there, even larger than Singha beer is, which should give you some idea of the magnitude of its effects. It's a definate rush, different than just caffeine, or even guarana. Combine them all and you get something volatile and legal that will probably give you a good burst of energy for an hour, and then leave you with a headache. I got addicted to it in Thailand, but managed to break the habit easily once I was out of the tropics. In Asia, it's seen more like Gatorade is here, sort of a sports hydration supplement. Here, it's being marketed as a X-treme lifestyle drink, the cocaine of sodas if you will. It's completely unregulated. You should try a can. Or maybe a four pack. Hell, just buy a whole case. It'll help you keep up with Benzilla.

http://www.redbullusa.com/

[Haggis Killer]

I know I shied away from the idea of eating scorpions, but really it's because I don't like the band.

But, drinking ox bile? Is that right? Ox bile? Shouldn't that be all caps? OX BILE. Does the can say "CONTAINS OX BILE"? It should. I'm having a flank steak tonight. I suppose if I was squeamish about consuming beef products, I'd expect that to be FLANK STEAK.

But no, I don't. Why? Easy!

OX BILE.

And you drink it. You drink the OX BILE. How come they don't mention that in their commercials. Something like this:

"Drink Red Bull. The OX BILE gives you wings! That's why it's Red BULL, idiot!"

I don't hear that in their commercials. Why not?

[Drunk Monk]

Come on now, HK. The unemployed can't be squeemish. How you gonna do on that dumpster divin' diet if you can't stomach a little ox bile? How about snake bile? I'll regail you about snake bile in the Vegetarian-DM-bitch-slaps-all-the-wussy-wannabe-carnivores thread.
http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB2/view...c&start=15

I understand that taurine can be synthesized from some plants. That being said, I don't know if it's vegetarian or not. FWIW, it has a very distinct taste, so distinct that it has to be smothered with sugar and served chilled to be palatable. One thing I will say, sometimes nothing else satisfies like RedBull. And another thing, the makers of Over the Hedge understand this fact.

[King Bob]

Red Bull is probably the worst tasting drink I've ever had. Far worse than Jolt. Mountain Dew is divine by comparison. It's even worse than the Chinese booze DM once brought back from Shaolin. (Anyway I much prefer the Asian ginseng drinks, although they seem to be rarer now than they used to be. And they can't compare to the bottled concentrate for tea that DM once gave me.) Some people drink Red Bull with vodka, which a friend of mine claims makes you belligerently drunk.

FYI, Von Dutch has an "energy" drink now too. DM, how about the magazine marketing one? Or maybe Cole should market one - they have monster, so why not Yeti?

[Drunk Monk]

KB's post gave me an epiphany. It's all connected. Over the Hedge. It's prophesy.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
http://www.lightningdrink.com/
http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=395

[Drunk Monk]

http://www.lightningdrink.com/features/i...yceps.html

Cordyceps is a parastic fungus that sprouts from the head of rare high-altitude subterranian caterpiller. It's not the actual caterpillar, so it's vegetarian, so I can't add it to the Vegetarian-DM-bitch-slaps-all-the-wussy-wannabe-carnivores thread sadly.

[Drunk Monk]

Over the Hedge is also about Pringles. Over the Hedge captures the essence of Pringles, akin to what Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle does for pot or what Flirting with Disaster does for acid. It catches the 'trip', encapsulating it in a way that only film can.

Once I was on my way out of China at this luxury hotel. I was travel sick and ready to be home after too long at Shaolin Temple. In the lobby gift store, they had those little half cans of Pringles. It was another food epiphany. Nothing is more civilized, more suburban than Pringles. Just gotta have 'em sometimes.

The further I get from OtH, the more I like it. If I were to see it again, I'd probably hate it. Unless I had some Redbull and Pringles....

[King Bob]

Here you go Gene:

Brazil's trendy drink of the moment is açaí (pronounced ah-sigh-EE), a palm fruit often mixed with highly caffeinated syrup from the guarana plant into a sweet purple milkshake that offers a blueberry flavor and a powerful buzz. (from NY Times)

[Drunk Monk]

There's several companies that distribute Acai in our area. It's been pushed a lot at shows for tha past few summers, similar to how Guarana was marketed about a decade ago. Guarana gives a decent rush for about an hour, but the crash is pretty hard, a lot like a big sugar crash. I'm not into Guarana.

As for Acai, I haven't felt any significant rush attached to it. It's tasty though, sort of like a blueberry that's not sweet. I've had it as an extract and more commonly, as a mixed smoothie sort of thing. I do feel better after drinking these, but no more better than I feel after drinking a nice fruit smoothie. I like Acai. I think NY Times is just trying to be sensational - powerful buzz my ass - either that or the marketing is trying to be the next power drink after REdbull's success.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Yawn. Haven't we made this movie already. Wasn't it called Antz? No. This film is about conformity and how conformity is good. Yawn. I barely stayed awake.

Yes, the repartee with Steve Carell as the Hammy the squirell was the best part of the movie. They should release that part as a short and life would be good.

I saw it on DVD and they had the trailer for Shrek 3 as one of the extras. The trailer consisted mainly of recaps of one and two and one bit of donkey saying it was time to go on an adventure. Losers.

I'm waiting for "Flushed Away" thank you very much.

[Drunk Monk]

...or maybe I am.

This film was all about Hammy and redbull. Carell is a funny dude. If you can just skip to those scenes, that's all you really need. Me, I'm waiting for Happy Feet.

[King Bob]

Actually I looked over the HamiltonBooks catalog while Christina supposedly watched it, although she read a magazine for part of it. So that shows how compelling it was. Why do all the animated films have to have songs? It's painful. I liked that guy from Wings and Sideways whose name I never can remember as the exterminator. I actually didn't realize Shatner was involved until a ways in, when he gave one line an extreme Shatneric reading.

DM was right, it is all about the Red Bull scene. That up to the end was enjoyable action, so maybe they could recut it as a short piece.