Whew. Thanks, Jim. That actually makes it easier, because I don't need spoilers for slapstick.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
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Zenkitty - Jul 23, 2004 6:18:06 am PDT #1206 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Sue - Jul 23, 2004 6:29:12 am PDT #1207 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Oh you poor innocent child. It makes Signs look like The Seventh Seal.
I now have Rice Krispie square in my nose.
Steph L. - Jul 23, 2004 6:31:55 am PDT #1208 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I don't even know what the twist in "Signs" was, because my Mel Gibson hatred pre-dates the Jesus movie. What was it in "Signs"?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 23, 2004 6:33:00 am PDT #1209 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And the reviews of CATWOMAN are about what you'd expect.
From the NYT review:
She overacts Patience's flaky timidity and then, to compensate, overdoes catwoman's suave self-confidence, swinging her hips and pushing out her lips as if she were trying to attract the amorous attentions of Pepe le Pew.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2004 6:34:18 am PDT #1210 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't even know what the twist in "Signs" was, because my Mel Gibson hatred pre-dates the Jesus movie. What was it in "Signs"?
It was a whole predestination thing, where Mel's kid's asthma caused him not to have breathed in the alien poison, and Joaquin's baseball ability allowed him to break shit, and the aliens were vulnerable to water. Or something.
I really didn't think it was as awful as everyone else, but not as good as his first two films.
Jim - Jul 23, 2004 6:34:20 am PDT #1211 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
The aliens were allergic to water. Which they hadn't thought of before invading the planet covered in water inhabited by creatures made up largely of water where it rains all the time.
Steph L. - Jul 23, 2004 6:35:32 am PDT #1212 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
But there really were aliens?
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2004 6:37:07 am PDT #1213 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yep. Also, M. Night giving himself far too big a "cameo."
Jessica - Jul 23, 2004 6:37:17 am PDT #1214 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I didn't see Signs either, Tep (Unbearable Unbreakable wore out my Shamalamalamadingdong tolerance), but IIRC, it ended up revealing that
that the aliens could be killed by water (which makes their invading of a planet 75% covered in it idiotic in a way that is at odds with their apparent ability to build spaceships). The wife's dying words, "Swing away" lead Mel to realize he should swing a baseball bat at a glass of water, which caused the aliens to get wet and die, thus restoring his faith in God.
[eta: x-post, of course. And some of my details are fuzzy.]
tommyrot - Jul 23, 2004 6:38:33 am PDT #1215 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I just wanna say that the first five minutes of the series premier of Enterprise just cracked me up. A bunch of evil aliens chasing a Klingon through a cornfield in Iowa (or wherever).
Too bad everything after did nothing for me.