In the Battle Of The Bro’s, there can only be one Highlander. The cast of Entourage have it out for Seth Rogen and his Apatow cohorts after refering to him as “ugly” on a couple episodes. Why would they do that? Hasn’t anyone looked at the guy who plays Turtle? The guy looks like a dogs weiner, all weird and pink and little. Creeps me out. What it comes down to is the difference between East LA and West LA: the far more real and down to earth Apatow crew versus the sheen and glamour of Whats-His-Face-With-The-Curly-Hair and Jeremy Piv.
Dopey, Sleepy, Pompous, Howard The Duck, and D-bag.
Entourage Cons
- Totally fucking blows except for Season 1 and about five or six single shows since then.
- Every episode is exactly the same. “Awww geez Vince can’t do the movie”. “Aww geez hot girls”. And then by the end the movie is back on and so are the girls. Tada. You just saved an hour of your time.
- The most godawful theme song of all time.
- Jeremy Piven casted as a total douchebag? No way. What a reach.
- Kevin Connolley looks exactly like Howard The Duck and NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
Entourage Pros
- Has the advantage of having an entire three episode character arc dedicated to Pablo Escobar that cumlinated in blowing up an island. Oh, and Warner Herzog was in that last episode where they blew up the island. Pretty badass.
- Hot yet unrealistically hot girls.
- Jeremy Piven’s only good role since P.C.U.
Apatow Cons
- Characters essentially playing the same role in different movies. But at least they’re fucking hilarious.
- Ushered in a whole slew of “Bro” comedy unwittingly.
- Made it OK for guys to say “Love you, bro”, which if you’ve been outside a Hollywood area bar at 2:15am after last call you’ll attest to it becoming somewhat disturbing having so many guys hugging. Not that I’m against that. Just the sheer number of guys hugging and saying they love eachother.
Apatow Pros
- Way, way better acting, direction, story, wardrobe, everything. Comparing the surprising depth (under the yuk-yuks’) of “40 Year Old Virgin” to “Entourage” is like comparing a piece of cake to a piece of poo. In “Entourage” they pretty much take the camera on the street with a bunch of hot extras and go “hey, look, LA”. But even LA isn’t really like that. LA is full of strip malls and weird people, something “Entourage” glosses over.
- No Jeremy Piven, and no Kevin Connolley.
- The writing is a million times better. You learn nothing in watching Entourage that you wouldn’t learn from a talkative Taxi driver… actually, I take that back. At least the Taxi driver actually GOES places. Entourage just ends up in the same place each week.
- Ah, to hell with it. I just really like pot jokes and watching Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd and the rest of the characters shoot the shit. It’s far more real that literally five seasons of Entourage.
What are your thoughts? Who should wear the crown? Let us know in the comments.
Comments
Jason
July 29th, 2009 - 4:34:30 PM
i do enjoy Entourage, but yeah, no contest. The Apatow crew is simply unstoppable. They've got 40-Year-Old Virgin, Superbad, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Funny People, I Love You Man, hell even Forgetting Sarah Marshall was full of laughs. the actors may not have much range, but who cares. they're like your best buds, and you always want to hang with your best buds. whether it's at a shitty job, at a shitty house, smokin' up, whatever, it's always more fun with good friends The guys of Entourage on the other hand would be total douchebags to hang out w/ in real life. Sure it's mildy entertaining escapism on the TV, but a real life E? yeah, I'd punch him straight in the face. maybe an elbow too
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Yosef Solomon
July 29th, 2009 - 4:46:29 PM
I gotta agree the Apatow crew wins hands down. Take out the beautiful women, scenic locations, expensive cars and beverly hills mansions and all you got is a bunch of dope music with nothing to show for it.
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Duncan
July 29th, 2009 - 4:49:01 PM
I generally agree with this assessment, except for the comment made about "Jeremy Piven's best role since PCU". He was excellent in Grosse Point Blank, as was the rest of that fine film's cast.
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joe
July 29th, 2009 - 5:51:03 PM
entourage is half an hour and you look exactly like jeremy piven
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Calvin
July 29th, 2009 - 6:55:57 PM
Seth Rogen is a douche. He was funny for a minute but he is never the funniest person in any movie. In fact it is the REST OF THE TALENT that makes the movies he is in hilarious. He basically resorts to pot or dick jokes EVERY SINGLE TIME. Think about every movie: 40 year old virgin: Seth Rogen kinda funny, Carell hilarious, Rudd hilarious. Knocked Up: Seth Rogen kinda sorta funny, Jonah Hill, Martin Starr, Jason Segel, Rudd hilarious. Superbad: Rogen kinda funny. Plasse, Hill, Cera....hilarious. Pineapple Express: Rogen simply not funny...not debatable, Franco and McBride hilarious. Zack and Miri...you get the point. Entourage has fallen off some but Rogen is a hack.
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Mike
July 30th, 2009 - 10:44:35 AM
If we're talking about looks here, which at least part of this bitchfest seems to be about, no one wins. One of the last times I was watching Knocked Up, I suddenly realized that if Rogen were bald & green, he'd be Shrek's fuckin twin. On the other hand, I'm expected to believe that that Mediterranean Neanderthal is supposed to be some sort of sex symbol? Perhaps if your sexual proclivity is of the 4-legged variety. I guess relative to the motley crew of physical abomination that is his Special Olympic-rejected posse, then, okay, I'll give you that.
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