Gawker Media overlord Nick Denton's just done a post about the amazing similarities between Liberty City — the darkened setting of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto IV video game — and New York City. Besides Liberty City having some digital skyscrapers which bear striking resemblance to Manhattan's gray giants, the protagonist of GTA IV, Niko Belic, gets drunk a lot and never goes to Staten Island, just like a real New Yorker. Also: I'm a very dangerous maniac in both worlds, as this photo of me by an ad for the new game proves.
Colin Farrell is a changed man. Once the life of the party, supposedly he now only partakes in his harem of women whilst sober (though we assume he continues to be in awe of thier lady parts, ala sex video). I never really believed that this Hollywood stallion could be broken, until I read this quote on Gawker from someone who is currently working with Farrell:
“Yeah, he has a bad reputation. But I’m telling you, he is a changed man. Forty-five days sober today! You know, I talked to him about Miami Vice. He told me, ‘Yeah, I did everything you can think of—pills, needles, booze, name it, mate! Sometimes they had to carry me off the set!’ That’s what woke him up. He’s really grown up a lot.” So, no more drunken girls sprawled out in the trailer? “Well, there are still girls, I have no doubt of it! There are definitely girls. He’s just not partaking in the drunkenness.”
So, in honor of a reformed Colin Farrell, I present to you a look back on the glory that once was. (Cue sentimental music, e.g. "In My Life" or "That's What Friends are For".) Farrell was a legend among men. He never let obstacles like "laws" or "STD infested hookers" get in the way of his boozing, sex, and drug play. The women are still flocking but are they wearing floral see-through shirts? Are they? Are they dragging his limp drugged-up pass-out drunk budy back to their lairs to have their way with him? No, I think not.
At least we'll always have the pictures, and the memories.
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