Yes! Mimi Rogers!
Why do decent actors pick such horrible films?
The whole time I was watching Lost in Space, all I kept thinking was, "This *seems* like an acting gig for Joey Tribiani...."
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Steph L. - Jul 20, 2004 11:52:18 am PDT #1026 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
DXMachina - Jul 20, 2004 11:53:38 am PDT #1027 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The whole time I was watching Lost in Space, all I kept thinking was, "This *seems* like an acting gig for Joey Tribiani...."
Yeah. It made Wormhole Extreme on SG-1 look good.
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2004 1:01:27 pm PDT #1028 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strangely enough, I'm on-topic.
I just saw Magnolia. Oh my God. All 188 minutes of it, there was just a big "Wow" inside me. I want to write something about it, but I can't find the words. Just, wow.
JZ - Jul 20, 2004 1:11:07 pm PDT #1029 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Heh. P-C, this fills me with relief, as I've been pimping Magnolia to Hec for the last year and a half. Since in pop-culture-consuming sensibilities sense you are frequently Hec and he is frequently you, this bodes well for his impression of the object of my mania.
I fear, however, that you may now be dead to Steph.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2004 1:14:56 pm PDT #1030 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If he even existed, he'd be dead to me. But he doesn't exist, so that's fine.
t resumes Magnolia hatred
Scrappy - Jul 20, 2004 2:16:09 pm PDT #1031 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Tep will love me, as I saw De-Lovely on her rec and enjoyed it.
Then she'll hate me, as I join P-C and the splendiferous JZ in Magnolia love.
It's going to be hard on her, I fear.
Betsy HP - Jul 20, 2004 2:38:18 pm PDT #1032 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
The NYT says if Catwoman dies, it'll take African-American actresses' bankability down with it.
[Hmm. My first reading was that they were generalizing about all AA actresses, but on second reading maybe it's just Ms. Berry who'll crash and sink.]
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2004 2:45:01 pm PDT #1033 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She's the only one with bankability, so yeah, probably her.
bon bon - Jul 20, 2004 2:48:11 pm PDT #1034 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It's unfortunate that she, with her limited skill set, is being used generalize for the bankability of black actresses. The movie will fail both because it sucks and she's not bankable. She hasn't been bankable of yet!
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2004 2:51:40 pm PDT #1035 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thing is -- who else is there? I think she's a great excuse to say that black women can be bankable, but I agree with the article -- she's pretty much a sex object. Black women have been able to be sexy. That's not news. But she's not even a black Charlize Theron.