it's like basically a genre tag, not a compliment. i was saying that since he is james franco the more "out there" elements of his books, any kind of imaginative anything that he does, like making river phoenix's ghost a character, is more likely to be mocked.
― Treeship, Tuesday, July 23, 2013 5:39 PM (23 seconds ago) Bookmark
if it's good, it'll find an appreciative audience. getting your vanity projects financed & published on a whim is something a lot of people would kill for so there's no reason on earth to feel bad for him - i dont think even franco cares if people like his shit
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
(james franco has an MFA)
― waterface, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I think if it's good (it doesn't sound good) than yeah good for him but it sounds hideous.
― waterface, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
"vaguely experimental" describes the James Franco Project.
― first I think it's time I kick a little verse! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
We're watching freaks and geeks atm and james franco and his lips
― mundane peaceable username (darraghmac), Tuesday, July 23, 2013 5:35 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the only really important update to this thread in years
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Monday, 5 August 2013 00:44 (ten years ago) link
so many francophiles on this thread
― Treeship, Monday, 5 August 2013 00:57 (ten years ago) link
hes beautiful/great in freaks and geeks and essentially my male ideal in pineapple express, but that is the frozen limit imo
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Monday, 5 August 2013 01:00 (ten years ago) link
^tbomb
― ⚓ (elmo argonaut), Monday, 5 August 2013 01:12 (ten years ago) link
roxy otm
― the pen is mightier than the penisword (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 5 August 2013 01:26 (ten years ago) link
i thought this would be a discussion about lovelace.
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Thursday, 8 August 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
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― waterface, Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:30 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
all ends with beginnings?
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Thursday, 8 August 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link
amazing to think that a progeny of the hewlett-packard dynasty could live in a town only separated from another town by a highway
― szarkasm (schlump), Friday, 9 August 2013 03:04 (ten years ago) link
how much material is going to be "JF is a closet case" vs "JF is a pretentious art-star douchebag"?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/13/comedy-central-roast-of-james-franco-bill-hader-jonah-hill_n_3749429.html
Is there a catchy name for the Apatow clique yet? The Poo Crew?
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
I think they're called the Apolytes
― Treeship, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
the once were cuties
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
i feel like he is the type of person to get mad at his roast
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:19 (ten years ago) link
saw Aziz, Sarah Silverman and Jeff Ross all trying out their material for this last night
missed Nick Kroll doing his by half an hour
― a solitary sext (sic), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:50 (ten years ago) link
hes got a reality show coming out
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
Franco will executive produce and star in ten hour-long episodes of James Franco Presents, where "he’ll explore his many personal artistic pursuits and passions."
i hope episode 10 is chris burden shooting him execution-style
― am0n, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
"Ansari" is what that guy should say to the audience after his sets
*rimshot*
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
congratulations, you have the exact sense of humour as Jeff Ross
"After that set, he should change his name to Aziz I'msorry!"
(nb: they were at different clubs last night, Ross had not seen Aziz's material, so you rly are on even par)
― a solitary sext (sic), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link
lol am0n
― i wanna be a gabbneb baby (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
morbius's is a more elegant joke tbh
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
i love morbs' dedication to following the franco story
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 23 August 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
I saw the trailer for As I Lay Dying -- it looks like a Funny or Die sketch, or Drunk History.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 August 2013 15:56 (ten years ago) link
http://gawker.com/james-francos-friends-and-roasters-agree-that-he-is-ve-1244538503
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:03 (ten years ago) link
Andy Samberg was hilarious in this
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:08 (ten years ago) link
"roasting so hard right now"
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
CC always puts the uncensored version online, yes?
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
i guess? they also air th uncensored version late at nite in the weeks after
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
(james franco has an MFA).
― waterface, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
"where did you guys get all your Indian jokes from, 1995? there are more Indians starring in sitcoms then there are working at 7-11's"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
“So many gay jokes tonight about Franco. Apparently if you’re clean, well-dressed and mildly cultured, you’re super-gay now. Is that why the rest of you guys are so aggressively fat and dirty? You think if you read one book and take a shower, dicks are going to just fly into your face.”
(or you know, if you play Hart Crane, Allen Ginsberg and Harvey Milk's bf in a short period of time, make a film about the lost [sic] Cruising fisting footage and another one composed of River Phoenix outtakes, and are constantly making pronouncements about all the gay guys you love, people are going to make gay jokes.)
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
Also, if you're gay and in the closet, that too will bring the joeks.
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
I didn't know Andy Samberg was so funny, whoa
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
channelling Norm MacDonald there, doing a good job
dvr'd it, gonna watch tonight
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
Likewise, though I'd be a bit more pumped for this had the lineup included more actual comedians and less Apatow regulars.
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
agreed samberg was killing it
it seems like itd kinda be hard to legitimately roast franco in a way that would suit a comedy central audience though? idk, like ripping on him for being a shitty poet or whatever isnt really gonna bring the mainstream lols. caveat: i have not seen the whole roast
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
Samberg bit up there is um, conceptual, if that's what makes yer sides ache.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:14 (ten years ago) link
didn't love it
roasting > meta-roasting imo
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
i agree that its not in the spirit of a roast but this partic roast was so off base and un-roast-y that it worked for me as a send up of the whole exercise
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:57 (ten years ago) link
I did like "Is there a barista in here, cause this roast just got DARK"
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
can i just: franco's labored rape joke
― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 01:03 (ten years ago) link
these comedy central roasts are so labored and terrible that sambergs bit works really well imo
― max, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 01:43 (ten years ago) link
i don't even like Norm MacDonald, but his 'ironic bombing' was better a few years ago.
The Chevy Chase & Shatner roasts were funny!
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 01:44 (ten years ago) link
here's the mcdonald bit. without the video of him reading off cards its not quite as excellent tho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzmNO6BPlAs
― "Dave Barlow" is the name Lou uses on sabermetrics baseball sites (s.clover), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 01:58 (ten years ago) link
macdonald even.
"Cool it with the homophobia, people, it's 2005!" A+
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 4 September 2013 02:05 (ten years ago) link
Sarah Silverman ("I've been a supporter of Aziz Ansari for years...and for only the price of one cup of coffee per day") and Natasha Leggero ("Jonah Hill was born and raised in Hollywood, and you can tell – he's a name-dropper with big tits and an eating disorder") fared the best, I thought. Aziz Ansari's point about the presence of Indians on TV was spot on, but he's just not very funny. And fuck Andy Samberg.
― the vineyards where the grapes of corporate rock are stored (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 4 September 2013 03:07 (ten years ago) link