Obama-Biden: The Buddy Cop Movie

posted by lee on Friday, September 5th, 2008 at 7:12am
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Young, disciplined rookie who plays by the book gets paired with a loose cannon grizzled veteran.  Haven’t I seen this one before?

Obama-Biden: clearly the Democratic Party kingmakers were out to make the perfect Buddy Cop pairing for this fall’s election!  Former rivals. One’s black, the other’s white.  One’s a rookie, the other’s a grizzled veteran.  Together, they’ll fight crime, learn something about themselves, and help promote racial reconciliation.

It’s a good thing Obama didn’t pick an Asian guy as the second half of his Buddy Cop duo…that hasn’t worked out so well in the past:


Exhibit B: “Collision Course,” with…Pat Morita…and Jay Leno??? WTF???

Exhibit A: “Rush Hour.” Beach Boys! Great American Music! Ha ha, my accent so funny!

BONUS: got a better title + tag line combination? Let me see it in the comments and I’ll make a new poster version from the best submission. Bonus points submissions that include a subitle for CAPITOL PUNISHMENT II. After all, every good Buddy Cop Movie gets a sequel, right?

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  1. Professor Coldheart on Fri, 5th Sep 2008 8:04 am 

    Capitol Punishment II: The Nuclear Option

  2. Matthew Belinkie on Fri, 5th Sep 2008 4:48 pm 

    Capitol Punishment II: Actually, Studies Have Shown That Capitol Punishment Is Not An Effective Deterrent

  3. fenzel on Fri, 5th Sep 2008 6:38 pm 

    I AM OFFENDED!

    Rush Hour is a great movie!

    Oh, I’m sorry, I was thinking of Money Talks.

    _That_ is a great movie.

    Carry on!

  4. fenzel on Fri, 5th Sep 2008 6:43 pm 

    Also, titles:

    _Virtue and Vice_

    _Black & Blue Collar_

    _Loose Change_

    They thought they had it all
    The war, the oil, the money, the women, the torture chambers, the guys in airport bathrooms
    That is, until
    CHANGE GOT LOOSE

    LOOSE CHANGE

    RATED R

    This summer –

    CHANGE that can KICK ASS

  5. Dan on Fri, 5th Sep 2008 10:47 pm 

    LOL. Loose Change FTW!!

  6. mlawski on Fri, 5th Sep 2008 11:02 pm 

    Capitol Punishment II: Rise of the Republican Machine

    (and they’re like robots or something)

    (cause that would be SWEEEET)

  7. Lee on Sat, 6th Sep 2008 1:27 am 

    I left this out of the original post, but I wanted to put up a partial list of black-white buddy cop combos to emphasize how much of a staple this has become in the buddy cop subgenre (note: I’m using it loosely to include buddy movies where one is a cop and the other isn’t):

    Lethal Weapon series: Dannie Glover + Mel Gibson

    In the Heat of the Night: Sidney Poitier + Rod Steiger

    Blue Streak: Martin Lawrence + Owen Wilson

    Running Scared: Gregory Hines + Billy Crystal

    48 Hours: Eddie Murphy + Nick Nolte

    Die Hard With A Vengeance: Samuel L. Jackson + Bruce Willis

    Men In Black: Will Smith + Tommy Lee Jones

    Miami Vice: Jamie Foxx + Colin Farrell

    Money Talks: Chris Tucker + Charlie Sheen

    Wild Wild West: Will Smith + Kevin Kline

    and now, Capitol Punishment: Barack Obama + Joe Biden.

  8. Shechner on Sat, 6th Sep 2008 12:21 pm 

    Is it weird that I’d rather see them in a buddy-*stoner* movie called “Joint Chiefs?”

  9. Gab on Sat, 6th Sep 2008 1:39 pm 

    Would the Will Smith + Jeff Goldblum from “Independence Day” match-up count?

    “Capitol Punishment II: Seat of Power”
    Only the strong survive in this chair.

    “Capitol Punishment II: Convention Day”
    The best way to win is to gather in droves… and kick some ass. (I see lots of people, including children, with guns in their hands for that one.)

    “Capitol Punishment II: The Revenge of Hillary”
    A candidate for change. A running mate for stability. And an embittered bitch.*

    “Air Force Two”
    Because we all know the REAL foreign policy maker.

    “Twin Eagles”
    They fly from different nests.

    “The Black and White House”
    Two colors, one mind.

    I was thinking about casting choices if it wasn’t the actual candidates in these. I think it would be hilarious to have Sameul L. Jackson as Obama and, I dunno, Sean Connery or someone ridiculous but made of awesome for Biden. I’m curious if anyone else has thought of that, too. Some of the casting for that “W” looks pretty great, after all…

    *I never thought she’d actually try and pull a coup at the convention like so many stupid pundits kept saying, for the record. Andrea Mitchell is a disgrace to the female gender, I swear to Pete…

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