tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post5182029265073412611..comments2024-03-22T00:35:12.415-07:00Comments on HoseMaster of Wine™: Lo Hai Qu Reviews "Wine Country"Ron Washam, HMWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-9220363104719955652019-05-26T20:21:07.685-07:002019-05-26T20:21:07.685-07:00Paul,
And "Fargo" isn't about credit...Paul,<br />And "Fargo" isn't about credit card scams either.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-46188342723187836112019-05-26T16:21:25.131-07:002019-05-26T16:21:25.131-07:00Wait! Wine Country isn't really about Wine Cou...Wait! Wine Country isn't really about Wine Country? Damn....next you're going to tell me that Chinatown isn't about Grant Street...Paul Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05607991388118421235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-8863530077125491502019-05-21T17:57:28.526-07:002019-05-21T17:57:28.526-07:00Marcia Love,
I'm always a bit amazed by how mu...Marcia Love,<br />I'm always a bit amazed by how much people like Lo Hai Qu. The "Sex Sells" discussion at Batonnage would require me actually listening to it before I wrote about it, and I don't think I can. Is there anyone in the wine business who gives good panel?<br /><br />Lo and Shizzangela use sex as a weapon, or perhaps more of a warning shot across the crotch. I know Lo pretty well. She is scarily real to me, and her voice is crystal clear in my head when I write. I have no idea why she inhabits me, but she does. She's a straight shooter, profane and rough around the edges, but she's a very moral being. She hates the misogyny and hypocrisy of the wine biz and is unafraid to say so in her own crazy way. In a way, she's the offspring of the HoseMaster and Samantha, God forbid, yet somehow, because of the original name I gave her, she's Chinese. She's filtered through the HoseMaster voice, so she often speaks in anachronisms, references a 25-year-old woman would never use. That's part of the point for me. It gives the pieces an edge I like. When she possesses me, I have enormous fun. She's a very freeing character to write. <br /><br />Lo had vanished from my head for months and months. My wife's suggestion to use her to review "Wine Country" brought her back in a rush. Yet I still have no idea when she'll reappear. She tells me, not the other way around. Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-24249817760976898572019-05-21T13:17:47.998-07:002019-05-21T13:17:47.998-07:00Fave line: "This movie didn’t need a director...Fave line: "This movie didn’t need a director, it needed fucking Jack Kevorkian." LOVE hearing from Lo Hai Qu! Did NOT love this movie. But loved how LHQ reviewed it! Methinks it had a different name in production and the marketing dept. at Netflix renamed it just to get eyeballs on it.<br /><br />Now how about LHQ taking on the Batonnage Forum's "Sex Sells" discussion? We all know LHQ and Shizzangela would prefer wine sold with short skirts...Marcia Macomberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237764449953259939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-72527501591392407902019-05-21T10:52:27.960-07:002019-05-21T10:52:27.960-07:00I was a tad bit trashed and started to watch the m...I was a tad bit trashed and started to watch the movie, after 15 minutes I shut it off. Wife was surprised I watched it for 15 minutes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288062332597519880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-79527695424036955152019-05-21T07:33:13.002-07:002019-05-21T07:33:13.002-07:00Legless,
I've been looking for an excuse to br...Legless,<br />I've been looking for an excuse to bring back Lo Hai Qu, so when my wife suggested she review "Wine Country," it all came together. I didn't think the film worth reviewing necessarily, I still don't, but when I read a few painfully stupid reviews on wine sites, I thought I'd jump in.<br /><br />Lots of folks seem glad to see Lo back. I'm surprised, really. But grateful.<br /><br />Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-21544960292032407972019-05-21T02:16:01.623-07:002019-05-21T02:16:01.623-07:00I confess I watched this one hour twenty seven min...I confess I watched this one hour twenty seven minutes of painful drivel; or rather, I was so numbed by its pointless, talentless, rudderless uselessness I couldn't be bothered to hit stop.<br /><br />Like that bottle of Ganevat "Vins d'Ailleurs Blanc", a minute in I was wondeering how something could be so poor, and why its production was so clearly incomplete. On this evidence, even I could write a better script.<br /><br />It's almost a shock that Lo Hai Qu felt it worth commenting on; but Lo Hai Qu does as Lo Hai Qu is.<br /><br />And I am glad she is back.Legless in Burgundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09148616087579349122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-43249154252668536302019-05-20T14:08:39.227-07:002019-05-20T14:08:39.227-07:00This movie was so painful to watch it was worse th...This movie was so painful to watch it was worse than trying to drink natural wine. Seriously, I had to go guzzle a bottle of Champagne with a Grand Cru Burgundy chaser just to get the thought of the movie out of my head. Besides the hurt almost all of these women put on my eyes, Ron, you nailed it when you said it fails on so many levels and so glad to read Lo Hai Qu's review.Richard Heilmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368234143928243170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-16793923581863273272019-05-20T12:40:55.061-07:002019-05-20T12:40:55.061-07:00Hey Gang,
It was my gorgeous wife's idea to ha...Hey Gang,<br />It was my gorgeous wife's idea to have Lo Hai Qu review "Wine Country." I haven't done her voice for quite a while, so it was a challenge to capture it again. Honestly, I don't think I quite did. <br /><br />"Wine Country" fails on every level. So it goes. Comedy is very very very hard to do, and the premise for this film was its biggest burden. They had no idea what to do with it, so they fell back on tired old comedy tropes. <br /><br />I also disliked "Sideways." I haven't watched it in decades, but I'm sure it doesn't hold up. I'd never write a comedy about wine, Pam, it's a flat comic subject for film. When I was in the comedy biz, everyone, and I mean everyone, would say to me, "You should write a sitcom about working in _______." fill in the blank with whatever they did for a living. "About working in a bank," "About working as a valet," "About selling children into the sex trade." "It's hilarious," they'd all say. Nope, it's really not.<br /><br />Wine business is no different.Ron Washam, HMWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238869156614617705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-50198636208895165042019-05-20T10:15:31.640-07:002019-05-20T10:15:31.640-07:00Well that's just great. I had zero interest i...Well that's just great. I had zero interest in seeing this tribute to vanity but now I need to know just how truly bad it is. Your words, sorry... Lo Hai Qu's words paint a pretty bleak picture. But critics have been wrong before (I'm talking to you James Laube) so I need to see it for myself. Hell, it just might be the feel-good romp I need to lift my spirits. Tom In Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019701684574053273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-71451231476772971872019-05-20T09:28:43.049-07:002019-05-20T09:28:43.049-07:00Craptastic! Sic her on the "Somm" movies...Craptastic! Sic her on the "Somm" movies!Bill Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03381183596726187448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-5451524027898781492019-05-20T09:24:46.844-07:002019-05-20T09:24:46.844-07:00Honestly I don't know why they released it. An...Honestly I don't know why they released it. An embarrassment to all concerned. Now it's going to make the organic people as popular as Sideways made Merlot! <br /><br />Maybe Netflix can hire YOU to write it next time!Pam Strayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00382825085636463727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-76038245166123804382019-05-20T09:06:11.274-07:002019-05-20T09:06:11.274-07:00Me too. Do you really think she's just Ron'...Me too. Do you really think she's just Ron's intern? Just sayin.<br />Stephen BrookStephen Brookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05843534750246505335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-19029298257167779112019-05-20T09:04:40.037-07:002019-05-20T09:04:40.037-07:00Thank you, HoseMaster. I've been waiting a lo...Thank you, HoseMaster. I've been waiting a long time for the return of Lo Hai Qu. The Youth! <br />They will forever be amongst us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502113396707959294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-75141477487385277372019-05-20T08:54:36.698-07:002019-05-20T08:54:36.698-07:00omgosh......am SSOOO in love with Lo Hai Qu ! This...omgosh......am SSOOO in love with Lo Hai Qu ! This was perfect with the cup of coffee I promptly spit out.barkeaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02143497504735424750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745003136564123305.post-13589306020930511022019-05-20T08:53:33.485-07:002019-05-20T08:53:33.485-07:00Could not agree more, Hose-y (hope you don't m...Could not agree more, Hose-y (hope you don't mind the familiar greeting) This movie was not more about wine or wine country than my backing out of my driveway is about the Indy 500. No, that action may be more closely associated with automobile racing than this movie was about wine. It's a terrible picture, made even worse by the promise the title holds out. You are right. Pohler got her trip to a place where grapevines live; brought along some cameras and no scripts along with a bunch of no-talent "friends." Next time, how about a movie about the Indy 500?<br /> Tim McNallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528551252162309111noreply@blogger.com