Which is, interestingly, the exact point he's making now.
Medieval times = ugly.
Now? Not so different. (He uses the examples of genocide in Africa and millions of innocents slaughtered in Eastern Europe.)
So, yeah. Gritty.
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
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beekaytee - Aug 04, 2004 8:35:15 pm PDT #2152 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
beekaytee - Aug 04, 2004 8:37:44 pm PDT #2153 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
as the first movie had Stephen Dorff lounging around without a shirt all the time for no discernible reason. Not to mention a confrontation scene with Udo Kier that made the Angel/Lindsey subtext look subtle in comparison.
You mean that stuff wasn't artistic intergrity? I coulda sworn it was.
I was definitely the target audience for those scenes. mmmm.
beekaytee - Aug 04, 2004 8:42:43 pm PDT #2154 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Sean, As we get further into the commentary, Verhoeven is adding a lot of medieval daily living details. I just bought Daily Life in Medieval Times to read up on these tidbits. Now I can't just turn off the picture and type up the factoids. So. Useful!
beekaytee - Aug 04, 2004 8:43:27 pm PDT #2155 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Okay, I really need to go to bed.
Ciao, all.
Gris - Aug 04, 2004 9:43:06 pm PDT #2156 of 10001
Hey. New board.
My sister watched Psycho for the first time tonight. She's huddled in a ball underneath her covers with the lights on and door open, asleep.
Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2004 9:45:46 pm PDT #2157 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Awesome.
justkim - Aug 05, 2004 1:58:02 am PDT #2158 of 10001
Another social casualty...
Some news for the Hugh Jackman fans here. I'm all aquiver with excitement.
sumi - Aug 05, 2004 7:06:27 am PDT #2159 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Douglas Adams' family is going to be in the Hitchhiker movie.
The article also says that the movie comes out next April - isn't that when the DBM is scheduled for release too?
Alicia K - Aug 05, 2004 8:14:30 am PDT #2160 of 10001
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Last night I watched 13 Going on 30, and Jennifer Garner was so absolutely charming and adorable, and full of such joy that I had a total girl-crush on her for the duration of the movie.
Tom Scola - Aug 05, 2004 8:17:24 am PDT #2161 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What style of martial arts did JG use in the movie, Alicia?