Twit Wit: The 5 Best Tweets About Real Steel and Ides of March

comments: 1 || add yours You might’ve realized it by now, but Real Steel is a ridiculous premise for a movie. So ridiculous it worked, in fact. Twitter blew up this weekend with comments about Hugh Jackman’s and the sweet science of robo-jousting, and Ryan Gosling’s effectiveness in The Ides of March. We tally the best five tweets after the jump. 5. Ryan Seacrest has a very strong, near-flirtatious plug for his friend Hugh’s new movie. I’m sure Mr. Jackman appreciates the endorsement from an actual robot. #embedly_twitter_18190575{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/299130791/Twitter_Background.jpg) #131516;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 a {color:#009999;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_18190575 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@RyanSeacrestRyan Seacrest Go see my buddy @RealHughJackman and his boxing robots in real steel tonight! Just a note, the robots are the smaller, less muscular ones ;)Oct 08 via UberSocial for BlackBerryFavoriteRetweetReply 4. Office star Mindy Kaling ignored the towering presence of Real Steel, saw The Ides of March, and turned into a movie critic afterward. #embedly_twitter_36627469{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_36627469 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@mindykalingMindy Kaling Seriously, I saw and loved Ides of March. It was “taut”! (to use a word that reviewers use sometimes that ordinarily makes me feel weird).Oct 09 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 3. Last week’s Twit Wit champion Ken Jennings clocks in at #3 today, this time rhapsodizing the pugilistic strengths of Mr. Hugh Jackman. #embedly_twitter_64159206{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png) #C0DEED;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_64159206 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@KenJenningsKen Jennings My favorite boxer is Joe Louis, unless you count robot boxers trained by Hugh Jackman, in which case I think I have a new answer!Oct 09 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 2. Conan O’Brien is also a real human being and a real hero — which is downright suspicious, he suggests. #embedly_twitter_34196538{background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/211522084/cob_twitterbkgd.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_34196538 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@ConanOBrienConan O’Brien Have you ever noticed that you never see me and Ryan Gosling in the same room at the same time? #gullibleladiespleasereadOct 08 via webFavoriteRetweetReply 1. Modern Family writer/producer Danny Zuker rips apart Real Steel in one incisive tweet. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley looks on robotically. #embedly_twitter_25926553{background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/profile_background_images/61586965/centralpark.jpg) #022330;padding:20px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 0px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .embedly_tweet_content{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:0px;height:40px;padding-bottom:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p span.metadata span.author{line-height:15px;color:#999;font-size:14px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p span.metadata span.author a{line-height:15px;font-size:20px;vertical-align:middle;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 10px 0 0px;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 p a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .embedly_timestamp{font-size:13px;display:inline-block;margin-top:5px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .components-above span.embedly_timestamp{font-size:10px;margin-top:1px;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 a {color:#0084B4;text-decoration:none;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 a:hover{text-decoration:underline;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-screen-name {font-size:14px;font-weight:bold;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-full-name {padding-left:4px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions{margin-left:10px;font-size:13px;display:inline-block;width:250px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .components-above span.tweet-actions{font-size:10px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .controls{line-height:12px!important;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a {margin-left:5px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a b{font-weight:normal;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .components-above span.tweet-actions a b{vertical-align:baseline;line-height:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .components-above .tweet-text{font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-image {float:left;width:40px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-user-block-image {float:left;width:48px;height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-row {margin-left:40px;margin-top:3px;line-height:17px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-user-block {}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .stream-item {padding-bottom:0px;margin-left:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .simple-tweet-image img {margin-top:4px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .simple-tweet-content {margin:0 0 13px 0px;font-size:14px;min-height:48px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .in-reply-to-border {border-color:#EBEBEB;border-style:solid;border-width:1px 0 0;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .in-reply-to-text {margin-left:4px;padding-left:8px;padding-right:10px;color:#999;font-size:12px;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions i {background:transparent url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1306889658/phoenix/img/sprite-icons.png) no-repeat;width:15px;height:15px;margin:0 4px 3px;outline:none;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a.retweet-action i {background-position:-192px 0;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a.reply-action i {background-position:0 0;}#embedly_twitter_25926553 .tweet-actions a.favorite-action i {background-position:-32px 0;}@DannyZukerDanny Zuker I love stories about fighting robots, Just wish they’d make one that isn’t as intellectually challenging as Transformers. What’s that?Oct 07 via webFavoriteRetweetReply Tagged: conan o'brien, danny zuker, hugh jackman, ken jennings, mindy kaling, modern family, ryan gosling, ryan seacrest, twitter