Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?

'The Message'


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§ ita § - Jul 30, 2004 5:09:19 am PDT #1696 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

He has his share of hallucinations, but probably no more than any other hero in the DCverse.

When does a mistakenly held belief become a delusion? What's the official definition?


sumi - Jul 30, 2004 5:19:08 am PDT #1697 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Wizardnews has a story from Contact Music that they will be filming two sequels to PotC at the time, effectively taking Orlando Bloom out of the movie-making market for a year. (I would imagine that the same could be said of Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp -- but this was a story about Orlando.)


Nutty - Jul 30, 2004 5:28:34 am PDT #1698 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

When does a mistakenly held belief become a delusion? What's the official definition?

I don't have it to hand, but basically a delusion is an unreasonable belief (within cultural context, so religiousness e.g. doesn't count unless it's really wacko). It's possible to know one's belief is unreasonable, and try to combat the belief by asserting the unreasonableness (thought stopping), which is one kind of therapy for psychotic disorders.

The classic line of this type I read by a doctor a couple of years ago: his patient called him up and said, "Doctor, someone's going to blow up LaGuardia Airport!" The doctor asked, "Why are you calling me, instead of the police?" and the patient replied, "Because I'm crazy!"

He couldn't bear not to tell anybody, the delusion was so overwhelming and frightening, but he was aware that it was a delusion and was trying to act accordingly.


tommyrot - Jul 30, 2004 5:29:10 am PDT #1699 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.

When does a mistakenly held belief become a delusion? What's the official definition?

When one clings to it despite being exposed to much evidence to the contrary? (Just a guess.)


Vonnie K - Jul 30, 2004 5:48:07 am PDT #1700 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

Roger Ebert's conclusion on his review of The Village:

Eventually the secret of Those, etc., is revealed. To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes. It's a crummy secret, about one step up the ladder of narrative originality from It Was All a Dream. It's so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don't know the secret anymore.

And then keep on rewinding, and rewinding, until we're back at the beginning, and can get up from our seats and walk backward out of the theater and go down the up escalator and watch the money spring from the cash register into our pockets.

Heh. Is it so wrong that this is making me want to see the movie even more?


tommyrot - Jul 30, 2004 5:53:32 am PDT #1701 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.

You know, I really wanna see it now. I just don't wanna pay $9.50. Or even $4.50 matinee prices. I just hope it comes to a cheapo theater.

To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes.

Cute. And funny.

The preview they showed on the news this morning made we wanna see it too. Poor Sigourney.

edit: I just went to imdb. A big red slash appeared across my screen. Stupid ad for the movie.


Fred Pete - Jul 30, 2004 6:19:52 am PDT #1702 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

You know, I really wanna see it now. I just don't wanna pay $9.50. Or even $4.50 matinee prices. I just hope it comes to a cheapo theater.

The way the reviews are going, it would be a good shot for a revived MST3K.


askye - Jul 30, 2004 6:32:06 am PDT #1703 of 10001
Thrive to spite them

I checked out reviews on Google News---and some people are giving really positive reviews.

Obviously they are suffering from Insane Troll Logic.


beekaytee - Jul 30, 2004 6:39:34 am PDT #1704 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

The Insane Troll Logic that escapes me is: If you live in a forest with potential hunters (lawn mowers) in the vicinity, wouldn't wearing red be a good thing?

I can see "never wear the ancient camouflage color. it equals danger."


§ ita § - Jul 30, 2004 6:40:55 am PDT #1705 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Rotten Tomatoes is currently at 44%.