I predict that she'll get excellent reviews for this movie even if critics savage Snipes and the rest...
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 04, 2004 9:12:45 am PDT #2071 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
DavidS - Aug 04, 2004 9:15:20 am PDT #2072 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Looks like Henson is trying to corner the market on fantasy. Good on 'em.
Henson Options Fantasy Books
The Jim Henson Co. has bought up film rights to four fantasy books for movies mainly aimed at adult audiences, Variety reported. Henson used a recently secured round of financing from a group of private investors in England, the trade paper reported. The books are listed below.
• The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, a futuristic tale in which a boy grows up as the clone of a powerful drug lord and dictator of Opium, a country that lies between the United States and Mexico.
• Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, by Holly Black, a dark tale about a 16-year-old girl who moves to her childhood home in New Jersey with her rock star mother, only to discover that she's a faerie and her life is in danger when she finds herself in the middle of a power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms.
•The Tattooed Map, by Barbara Hodgson, a supernatural tale about a woman who discovers while on a trip around Morocco that a map-shaped tattoo that only she can see is appearing on her hand. When she disappears, her traveling companion must try to find her and unravel the mystery.
•The Uncle Wiggly stories, a collection of 36 tales about a wise rabbit and his woodland animal and human friends.
tommyrot - Aug 04, 2004 9:30:06 am PDT #2073 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.
In other news, there is a God!
YES!!! Best news I've heard all day.
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2004 9:30:53 am PDT #2074 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He's only going to make other movies, you know.
tommyrot - Aug 04, 2004 9:35:28 am PDT #2075 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.
Still, better the evil you don't know instead of the annoying marketing campaign for the stupid movie you do know.
sumi - Aug 04, 2004 9:37:18 am PDT #2076 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
God?
tommyrot - Aug 04, 2004 9:41:29 am PDT #2077 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.
sumi - Aug 04, 2004 9:46:44 am PDT #2078 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Never mind -- didn't post quickly enough -- I was confused as to whether ita was happy for no more Scooby or no more Matthew Lilliard or that God was taking a hand in movie-greenlighting decisions.
Consuela - Aug 04, 2004 10:01:37 am PDT #2079 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Henson used a recently secured round of financing from a group of private investors in England, the trade paper reported.
Wonder if that's the same mystery financial group behind the Farscape miniseries.
The only one of those novels I've heard of is House of the Scorpion, which was very good. Dark, yes. Good, too. And, of course, Uncle Wiggly, which I never read.
Gandalfe - Aug 04, 2004 10:14:37 am PDT #2080 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
A) I like Matthew Lilliard, hated the Scooby Doo movies. But he was the best part of Scream (well, the second best), he was great in SLC Punk, and he did this weird poker movie that I watched late one night with James Earl Jones that was pretty damn good.
B) Last night, in a drunken stupor, I found the perfect Bond, if we can get away with a bit of fey - Jonathon Rhys-Meyers.