Random Thoughts: October 15, 2008

1. ESPN is the clear leader when it comes to sports news. They seem to be able to break stories before anybody else and they have the prettiest, most accessible sports website in the business. Their vastly inferior rival is Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated used to be the be-all-end-all of sports journalism, but they have fallen on hard times, especially their website. Recently they posted a list of the best stadiums in the National Football League. The most glaring mistake is that Giants Stadium is ranked 5 or 6 spots higher than "Jets Stadium". The kicker? Both teams use the same stadium. Way to go SI.
2. I'm not positive why movies that don't need to be remade are green-lighted. Granted, some look better than the original, as is the case with the two Omen films, but for the most part the remake is worse than the original. The only exception I can think of off hand is The Departed, which I think is better than its Hong-Kongish (made up words FTW!) counterpart. I would prefer it if studios would re-release (and effectively market) the original.
3. Would Douglas and Lincoln cherish the idea of debate drinking games? Or would they, as I suspect, be rolling in their graves if they ever found out that young adults were using the Presidential debates as a reason to drink. While I'm thinking about it, would our ancestors be rolling in their graves if they found out that we needed to think of contrived reasons to justify having a drink or being drunk when "It's Wednesday" was good enough for them?
4. Is "al Qaeda second-in-command" officially the most dangerous job in the world? It has to be, right? Those guys are getting killed at a pretty rapid pace. Imagine if administrative assistant was that dangerous.
5. I don't wish marital strife on anybody, but this Madonna/Guy Ritchie divorce couldn't have come at a better time. We need something to bring us all together and I'm betting that "thing" will be a kickass Guy Ritchie movie. Or a great Madonna record. Either way, this divorce is a win-win for the general public.
6. I know I vowed to stay away from politics until after the end of the Presidential race, but it seems like McCain's whole campaign has been based on, at best, misrepresenting Barak Obama and at worst being intellectually irresponsible and manipulative just to get votes. No matter what you believe, I think it's a good idea to vote for the man who has a plan as opposed to voting for the guy who only says the other guy's plan is shitty. Just saying.
7. According to an article on yahoo, Ryan O'Neal, former star/current former star, and his 17-year-old son were arrested for drug possession. Both were in possession of drugs and pepper spray, which leads me to wonder two things:

• Why does Ryan O'Neal need pepper spray? I can understand why he may have needed pepper spray, back when he was palling around with Ali MacGraw (no progress on getting an interview with her, btw), but why does he need it now? Who knows what Ryan O'Neal even looks like now?
• Is Ryan O'Neal officially the worst father ever? He took Tatum O'Neal to parties when she was underage and seemingly introduced her to drugs, which she still has tons of problems with, and now this. Talk about poor judgement.