Bonus Giveaway – Paul Movie Prizes Galore
Fugitive, celebrity, slacker, joker, alien. In Paul, opening March 18, two comic-book geeks travel across the U.S. and accidentally encounter an alien outside Area 51. The smart-ass alien, Paul, takes Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on an insane road trip. Check out the trailer below:
In honor of this hilarious comedy, from the director of Superbad, we are giving away five prizes to one lucky winner.
The PAUL Giveaway includes:
- One (1) Limited Edition PAUL Mondo-Poster designed by artist Tom Whalen (only 225 will be printed!)
- One (1) $200.00 AMEX Gift Card
- One (1) Official PAUL T-Shirt, limited edition
- One (1) Pair of PAUL Alien Sunglasses
- One (1) PAUL Alien Lollipop
To win the Paul prizes, tell us what you would do if you “accidentally” ran into a little green man-alien. Would you spend all day playing video games with him or would you actually take him on a tour of your city? Maybe he’d inspire you to go on an insane road trip resulting in your transformation into an intergalactic hero. The best story will be the winner. Bonus points if you go see the movie and tell us what you think.
Contest closes Thursday March 24th.
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11:32 am on March 18th, 2011
If you don’t think I’d take him on spring break, you’d be out of your mind. I’d take Paul on a spring break tour and turn him into a celebrity like the way MTV makes the Real World cast members. We’d have a blast for a month, then he’d come back to the real world, and we’d get him a reality show and he’d get the instant celebrity that we love to give people and then before the whole world turns on him like they do with most celebrities, he’d be on his way back to his home planet with a story of how he was had another world in the palm of his hand for a while. It’d be the equivalent of the year that the Quakers give their young people to go out and experience what else is out there.
12:36 pm on March 18th, 2011
First thing I would do: get walkie talkies for me an Paul. There’s no doubt that we will get separated during our shenanigans, so communication is a must. Our first order of business would be to get matching tattoos. Probably something like he would get Earth tattooed on his arm, and I would get his home planet tattooed on my arm. From there, we would go surfing. Yes, surfing. I don’t know how long Paul would be on Earth, so of course I’m going to show him some bad ass stuff to do while he’s here. What’s next you ask? Cheeseburgers. He is not leaving this planet without trying a double quarter pounder with cheese and a coke. After we are nice a full of trans fat and caffeine, we’d go skydiving. Is Paul becoming my best friend? Of course he is. He and I would immediately realize that the walkie talkies were a terrible investment, as at this point, we are inseparable buddies. Then, at the end of the day, he’d sleep on my couch, and probably try to eat my dog. We’d have a long heart to heart about why its fucked up to try and devour my pug, Yoda, and I’d accept his apology. Then, we’d probably chug some beers.
-> I actually got to see the movie last night at the midnight showing, and its pretty good. There are a lot of sight gags and swear words, so thats funny, but a lot of dumbed down humor. Not to ruin the movie for everyone, but Simon Pegg and Nick Frost haven’t lost a single bit of their on-screen chemistry. Overall, I would recommend it to a friend! Funny stuff!
2:48 pm on March 18th, 2011
I’d suggest we trade places for a while. It’d drive my car, feed my dog, do my job, live in my apartment, eat my food and hang out with my friends. I’d fly his spaceship, feed his zeezilbob (or whatever his equivalent of a dog is), start interstellar wars, eat his food, and hang out with his friends. We’d walk a mile in each other’s moccasins as it were. We could even sell it to Syfy as a reality show. Then afterwards we’d switch back, but first we’d kick back some drinks and chat about what it was like.
5:04 pm on March 18th, 2011
I would first welcome him to Earth. Second I’d like to ask him a few questions about Earth’s history and how long they’ve been watching and if he was cool with it I would love to know about alien secrets.
Then we would have some kick ass fun I’d show him around town, maybe hit up a few strip clubs, casinos, and get him some Earthing booty and show him how we do it down here on Earth.
After we rocked Earth and he were both stewed, glued and tattooed, we’ll take off in his UFO and rock out om his home planet till he returns me back to Earth.
9:41 pm on March 18th, 2011
I would force him into the basket on the front of my bike, throw a blanket over him and start peddling like mad towards a barricade of cops with armed shotguns. He’s gotta be related to ET in some way, and that should be enough to get those two wheels in the air. Suddenly I would be related to baby-Barrymore and get to be part of an intense government experiment in a sealed bubble.
9:54 pm on March 18th, 2011
I think I would take Paul or any alien I might encounter on a tour of the world In attempts to do get in to as much fun ad debauchery as humanly (or alienly?) possible. First we would start of in my hometown of NYC because last time I checked it one of the greatest cities in the world. But fuck that tourist shit we would tear up south of 23rd street. Go to union square, kill it there for a minute then hit the 24hr best buy and play some video games. Then we would hit some bars and see where the night takes us because the best nights in NYC are the ones when you go out with you go out with only a loose plan and fill in the nights according to the situation. (kind of like a Mad Libs for a night of drinking ) Then we would road trip it out west stopping at the sketchiest truck stops possible while discovering the best this country has to offer. Once we make it to the east coat we start with camping in Washington, rafting in Oregon, straight man shit. We would eventually make our way down the California coast hitting the notable locations (san fran, san diego etc). When we make it to LA we take a break for a little bit and recuperate from out journeys. After some rest we fly to Hawaii and learn how to surf because what’s cooler that a surfing Alien? Then we would leave the US to explore the rest of the world. Him being an alien and what not I would have to figure out some hilariously crafty way to smuggle him on board (which I will brag about over drinks with loose women at a later date). First we would hit Japan to build homes for a little bit because if he is there to scout the future destruction of the earth what better to show him how people come together in times of crisis? Then down to Tokyo and spend some time there. Then off to china; Beijing then Shanghai to preview the Alien to the nation that will soon be bending the rest of the world over and straight dominating. Then I think we will then tear it up in the land down under (because those chicks have the sexiest fucking accents ever) after our time there its off to Europe first Germany then straight backpack it and see where we end up. Well sleep on floors suspicious looking hostels it will be epic we will end out world tour in London England in time to enjoy the 2012 Olympics. We would do it all. We would make the world our, use our cell phones sparingly, just two dudes out to conquer the world and have a brilliant time doing it. We would drink varied and exotic alcoholic beverages; eat strange and new foods and best of all encounter women all colors of the rainbow. But what about money or language barriers you ask? I’m sure my new friend will find a way to circumvent those minor technicalities. All in all we would laugh, we would cry, but most importantly we would have a really really really good time.
10:46 pm on March 19th, 2011
Upon meeting this alien I would first look curiously at him only to realize that would could both communicate with each other only by using out dated ebonics, such as but not limited to “what is up my homie, I be so fly.” I would then show the curious guy the wonder that is Married…With Children, I would teach him the ways of the Al Bundy. We would engage in heated conversations about the episodes and the meaning of each, of course by using outdated early 80 references as that is all my alien friend knew. Upon showing him the ways he would realize that Al Bundy is god and ruler of earth, in fact aliens had once visited him on the show! We would have to race to his home planet at once to tell them of this revaluation, we would leave in his Will Smith shaped hovercraft to his home planet of Threes Company-aton we’re they were still living in the 70’s to tell them of his knowledge of the early 80’s and of the amazing vision of Al Bundy. After discussing with his leaders they would decide that it must be put into writing and print as soon as possible, and I being the only one who knew of the show originally was set with the task of reciting as much of the show as I could possibly remember, it pained me as I suffered through telling the story of Seven. On a side note if you watch Married..with Children season seven skip the first couple episodes with this good for nothing child in it. Finally after weeks I would complete the telling of the story of Al Bundy, a working mans hero, a true warrior of the human race. Upon completion me and my alien friend were free to leave, we knew what we must do. We must spread our knowledge we printed off thousands of pocket sized Al Bundy Bibles, ABB for short. To hand out to the savages. This task was meant with over whelming success, we knew we must return to earth to bring back the man himself. Ed was stubborn man and would not come, finally we decided to trick him into a wiley coyote like trap using an asian hooker and dental floss, the details I will not give out. After bringing him back to the planet the aliens put on a horrible remake of his show with dialogue replaced with horrible 80’s ebonics. Ed realizing what he must do for the sake of our solar system jumped on the stage and like a true man became Al Bundy again! Saving the universe from another horrible remake, we all began to cry. Women began to clean kitchens, men sat on there couchs uninterrupted sipping on beer. Me and my alien friend knew our time together was coming to an end we had done everything we needed to do, the universe was saved. We returned home but not without first stopping and taking a picture together in front of the worlds largest ball of yarn. This picture is all I have left to remember of the day me and the alien brought the universe together with the power of Al Bundy, as for Ed we aren’t quite sure whatever happened to him, but rumor is he is selling cotton candy at a local hockey venue incognito waiting for a time when the universe truly needs him again.
3:28 am on March 20th, 2011
I would take my little green friend and get him a Lakers Hoody, Then I would teach him how to roll a joint…While were smokeing heavy and talking about the good old days i will pitch an idea that will change the world…He will take our sensi and turn it, potent to the power of infinite…Then we will make a Giant fan that will blow mad smoke over the whole world, everybody will be medicated and educated.
1:02 pm on March 20th, 2011
If I ran into an alien the first I would do would be to take him to get some food at In’N'Out Burger so he would get a taste of earth food and probably be in a better mood. After that, I would probably bring him over to my house with all my friends and learn how to communicate. We’d probably try to get him to drink a beer, play Call of Duty, and maybe even hit up an IMAX. basially, after I saw Paul, i just wanted to have an alien hang out with us and swear like he’s just one of the guys.
11:45 pm on March 20th, 2011
I saw Paul and thoroughly enjoyed it! While it wasn’t as good as Hot Fuzz or Shaun of the Dead, two previous movies in which Simon Pegg and Nick Frost starred, it was still enjoyable. I would call the movie a feel-good comedy. It has a fair amount of humor and leaves you smiling on the way out of the theatre. It’s definitely worth taking a couple of hours to see at your local cinema!
If I encountered an alien, I would do my best to befriend him. If I succeeded in that, I would do some of the below:
1) Sell small pieces of his hair on ebay (one hair at a time), resulting in me making millions by only a few auctions!
2) Ask him to be my teaching assistant at the community college I teach at. You might think he would be teaching, but no..he would just sit in the corner and whenever a student acted up or didn’t do their work, I would point to the student, and then to the alien, and say, “is it probing time?” In this way, I think the alien would greatly help improve the performance of my class…either that, well, I don’t think I have to say!
3) I would ask if he could use his superpowers to erase the existence of the Twilight books and movie franchise from my and everyone elses memories.
4) If he’d agree, we’d do a mold of whatever he has for private parts. We’d sell it as a sex toy – and yeah, you might think it might not sell, but you know how freaky people can be.
5)When people purchased the sex toy, customers would get a free shirt that says, “I just had sex with a replica alien…something, and all I got was this crappy t-shirt.”
6) We’d get him on twitter and show Charlie bi-polar Sheen who is the king tweeter!
7) And lastly, I think it would be best if he could use his power (for the great good!) of being able to make people speak and understand other languages (such as his own) by using that power to make Mexican busboys learn and understand English!
9:42 pm on March 21st, 2011
I go with the consensus here with regard to gaining his trust first. Then, I’d check to see if he had any kind of ability that would be a major advantage with gambling, which I know is a movie cliche and everything, but it would be awesome to be a Vegas high roller with no risk and all reward. Plus, he’d probably feel more at-home/at-ease in the carnival freak show of Las Vegas. Even if he doesn’t have an edge with gambling, I’d still wanna go to Vegas, among other exotic locations. Basically, I would do all of the craziest stuff that humans have concocted on this planet (not all of the craziest substances, but some of the more appropriate ones for sure) and see how it stacks up with what the alien does for fun. And see what types of stuff he can show us without killing us. I want to use the newfound alien friend as an excuse to go completely wild on this planet, because nothing would be more defining of a once-in-a-lifetime experience. No regrets, and no holds barred.
Lastly, I saw the movie on Sunday afternoon, so assuming it wouldn’t kill me through lack of oxygen or too many G’s, I would ask for an interplanetary ride in the rescue ship that retrieves Paul at the end of the movie, and see if they have any sort of teleportation technology that they could leave behind with me. Because we all want to teleport. Also, I would see if Paul could use his ET-like healing powers to restore my liver and anything else that may have been damaged internally, like the way he restored vision in Ruth (Kristen Wiig) when he fixed her dead eye. All in all, the movie was pretty much what I expected, and Rogen does well with voice work; but his voice is so distinct that it was impossible to avoid thinking “hey, Seth Rogen!” throughout the movie. I give it a 3 out-of 4.
7:11 pm on March 22nd, 2011
Well I would smoke some pot with the little dude then take him out clubin’ chick magnet just imagine that “oh yeah your a dancer oh that’s cool I made contact with and alien race but its all good you have two cats aww im nominated for a noble peace prize for solving the energy problem” and the it’s on to the talk show circuit “whats that Conan well I have a fuckin’ alien and He’s not Mexican and you still suck.
10:03 pm on March 22nd, 2011
Just got back from seeing Paul. All in all it was a good watch. The subtle joker where by far the best ones the Lorenzo Oil line towards the end of the movie was spot on. I would see it again if asked.
12:50 am on March 23rd, 2011
If I “accidentally” ran into a little green man-alien, I’d be like “Hell No” and get my ass out of there ASAP. I’d run away so fast you’ll think I’m the next Usain Bolt
3:59 pm on March 24th, 2011
It was supposed to say SPOILER ALERT at least twice in the 2nd paragraph of my post, but it didn’t show up. I put it between angle brackets, so it might have been interpreted as code. Sorry to anyone who didn’t want to read the spoilers in my post up there.