The Lonely Island Fan

I have to say it’s been hard finding fresh news about the awesome trio post MTV Movie Awards! I feel I should at least say something though about what a great past year it’s been for Andy, Jorma and Akiva. Between SNL, the album release of Incredibad and the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, they’ve been getting some major exposure. Not to mention Jorma co-starring in a big summer movie, “Land of the Lost,” and Andy moving from, “I Love You, Man” to the upcoming animated film, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”

If you didn’t know already, Universal Music seemed to like “Incredibad” so much that they’ve signed The Lonely Island for two more albums. I read that they cranked out a majority of their first album music during the Summer of 2008, so my guess is that they’ll probably be doing the same thing this Summer and then launching their second album early next year. Hopefully somewhere in between that they decide to launch a national tour of some kind. Here I am one of their biggest admirers of their work, have a bunch of signed items, and have yet to have met any of them in-person! It’s my hope to be able to meet them and maybe have my own interview with them in the near future. And I wouldn’t ask them questions most everyone now knows the answers to like “How did you guys meet?” I’ve seen about 10 interviews where that question was asked. Sheesh!

As far as films, I sure hope a signature Lonely Island movie is in the works. I think it would be totally off-the-wall hilarious as their Digital Shorts have consistently been over the last few years. Personally I’d be rooting for skipping making a “Hot Rod 2″ and just go for the gold and create the ultimate “Hot Rod 3-D!” experience (Yeah I know… ain’t gonna happen).

On the subject of “Hot Rod” I think the film is still the best comedy and I don’t care what anyone says. I think it was made a little too early though in terms of the mass audience really being aware of The Lonely Island’s presence in the mainstream and for that the film suffered at the box office. Had it been a film maybe coming out this year I think it would have fared a lot better monetarily, but then again there seems to be a huge awareness of the film out there. I’m surprised the people I’ve talked to have actually more seen it than not. Often if I mention it to someone in conversation I hear, “Oh my god! I love that movie!” For a film that didn’t do too well in theaters an awful lot of people have sure seen it! In the back of my mind I was hoping Andy would have made his entrance at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards as a cameo Rod Kimble on his moped.

All 3 have expressed that they really do enjoy where they are at now in their positions at SNL. I wonder how many years they are contracted to be there? I would think after they’re done with SNL and still want to be in television (as they seem to thoroughly enjoy) that they’d pretty easily get picked up to do their own show. I think the fan base and target audience is definitely there to make it successful.

I hope this wasn’t a boring post for all my readers. I would like to know what your thoughts have been and where you think things are headed next?

Thanks for reading!