Hulk, Lemonade, and my daily thoughts.

I am really, really captivated by the idea of this "master cleanse" diet. I keep hearing about it in the news so today I finally did a little bit of independent research to see what all the hype is about. Basically the diet involves not eating for a total of 10 days. Instead of consuming solid food one drinks a concoction consisting of water, lemons, maple syrup, and cayenne powder a few times a day, whenever hunger strikes. Sounds scary, right? The diet comes with fairly mixed reviews. I mean, it works across the board for whatever benefit you're looking for. Some people do it to detox from bad food, drugs, alcohol, or whatever else. Some people do it to cleanse their intestines and get all the excess shit out. And some people do it to drop 20 pounds. Any way you slice it, this diet is fucking badass. I really want to give it a shot. I think the only deterrent is... it's biologically and emotionally stressful. Some people go a little bit insane... some people make it through just getting grumpy now and again... The responses vary... but the results... the results speak for themselves. Everyone that does it (correctly) gets all three benefits (Detoxification, weight loss, intestinal cleansing).

On a completely different topic, I was shocked an appalled to hear that Edward Norton was removed from the cast of the upcoming Avengers movie. What in the fuck is Marvel thinking?! They claim that he's "difficult" and "not a team player." I think that's a load of shit. Ed Norton was a great Hulk. He's a great fucking actor. He's one of the best of our generation. And he's also an intellectual. I was so happy to see him and Robert Downey Junior finally breathing good life into Marvel franchises. So yeah... he didn't like the original Incredible Hulk script so he pretty much demanded to do a total re-write. And that, my friends, is why the movie was so fucking coherent and watchable. Ed Norton is a proactive motherfucker. He's a free thinker. And he produces results. And because of him, the movie turned out good. Shit, the critics even liked it.

Marvel seemed to be on a decent roll. They started hiring good actors to play Marvel characters and... HOLY SHIT... they got good movies! Unbelievable, right? And now that Ed Norton's hot-to-trot about starring alongside Robert Downey Junior in the fucking Avengers... you're going to fire him?! You're going to bugger the crux of the entire Marvel Universe in front of the free world? And RE-CAST!? An unknown!!?? It's not that I don't have an open mind... I know they're re-casting Spider Man as well. But Jesus Christ... you might as well fire Robert Downey Junior from the Iron Man role. He's too much of an individual. Hire an unknown. Oh yeah, you too, studio executives at Marvel. You guys do a little too much free thinking. You don't follow orders well enough. You should fire yourselves and hire some unknowns to fill your positions. I hear there are some pretty capable homeless guys on Ventura avenue looking for a buck or two.