Working the Weekend with Luke-Seinfeld, Honest Trailers, Gone Girl, James Franco

That’s right. Until I can figure out something else to lead with, you’re going to keep getting the BREAKING BAD version of my name, so just learn to live with that. Welcome to the second installment of “Working the Weekend with Luke”. If your weekend is going well, great. If not, then get better friends. Luckily, I have some good ones and spent the first part of my weekend playing golf, drinking beer, camping, and drinking more beer. I suppose I can spend the rest of it here.

SEINFELD: 25TH ANNIVERSARY

Okay, I should have covered this last week to be closer to the actual date, but I was busy with the intro and all that, so sue me. But we’ll go ahead and celebrate the fact that this month 25 years ago, SEINFELD premiered on NBC, which was actually called THE SEINFELD CHRONICLES at the start. Now, there are two kinds of people in this world. There are people who like SEINFELD and people who don’t. I, for one, have always loved it. Whether you like it or not, you know you’ve seen it. For you young folks, just turn on TBS in the evening. I still catch it from time to time and I still think it’s funny as hell. Okay, Michael Richards turned out to be a racist and Jason Alexander tried 48 more sitcoms after this one, but Julia Louis-Dreyfus (who is still hot) is doing some great shit with her life. And honestly, I still think Elaine is the best female character in the history of the sitcom. Okay, the finale was fucking awful, I’ll give you that one. But this show was actually ahead of its time. They pulled off an entire episode about jerking off….in the 90’s before TV threw all their rules out the window. I know what some of you say…it’s just a group of selfish, sociopathic people that don’t give a damn about what happens to anybody outside of their circle. Sound familiar?

Exactly. And if you took nothing else from SEINFELD, take this. Among the numerous guest stars throughout the nine seasons, you may notice one that used this show as a springboard to a decent career.

Happy 25th Anniversary SEINFELD!

HONEST TRAILERS

Okay, I know I’m late to the party on this one, but for the first time this week, I discovered HONEST TRAILERS on Youtube. Holy shit, are these fucking great or what? I’m not one to spend countless time on the Internet just watching clips and reading memes, but I couldn’t stop. I came across it while reading a quick article about the 20th Anniversary of FORREST GUMP, which I was going to write about, but I’m not going to cover two anniversaries in one column. So I started with that one and just kept going. There is a ton of them on there. From the DARK KNIGHT to FROZEN and so many others, just check it out. If you haven’t seen them, here’s the one I started with and you can just take it from there.

GONE GIRL

Speaking of trailers (kick-ass segue), the new trailer for David Fincher’s GONE GIRL hit this week. I’m a huge fan of Fincher’s work. Obviously, FIGHT CLUB is awesome, but even the dramatic stuff like THE SOCIAL NETWORK or THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is really solid. Hell, I’m still pissed that they don’t seem to be moving forward with the sequels to THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. I just like the way the guy tells a story. I’m sure this one will be great as well. And yes, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are back with the music.

JAMES FRANCO

Seriously, I can’t be the only one that thinks this guy is just a pretentious douchebag. Now when I first saw him as James Dean back in the day, I thought he was awesome.

But now? I can’t fucking stand him. Sure, 127 HOURS was good and I will admit that THIS IS THE END was awesome, but not because of him. And the latest news from Franco this week is that he has now released a collection of poetry. I have nothing against poetry. I’ve actually been published in a couple of poetry collections myself (okay, now maybe I sound like the pretentious douchebag), but have you read any of his shit? It’s really, really awful, especially the one concerning Heath Ledger. It’s just the latest awful thing to come from this guy. I don’t tell people who to like and who not to like, but if you think this guy is talented, then I’ll tell you the same thing I would tell to James Franco himself: OPEN YOUR FUCKING EYES!

And now, a big reveal. If you know me, you know I’ve got a few guilty pleasures in life. I will share with you the most embarrassing one. The 90’s are by far my favorite decade in pop culture since I’ve been alive, so I will admit that I watched all ten seasons of BEVERLY HILLS 90210 and I know for a fact I’m not the only one here at Binge Media that digs it. So to close each week, I’ll give you the “90210 Clip of the Week”. We’ll start with the opening credits from Season 1. Don’t fucking judge me.

Look for new stuff at Binge Media Sports this week as I cover the MLB All-Star Game and I’ll be back again next weekend with more of whatever this is. Comments? Questions? Judgments? Leave them below or follow me and tweet @THElukenorris.