...I am suddenly realizing that I really haven't ever seen Blazing Saddles in any form other than cut-for-TV.
Yeah. He's my hero.
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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Katie M - Aug 06, 2004 10:16:02 am PDT #2242 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Gandalfe - Aug 06, 2004 10:17:23 am PDT #2243 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Man, those schnitzengrubers wear you OUT!
Kathy A - Aug 06, 2004 10:17:31 am PDT #2244 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
You must rent the uncut version immediately! That's a film that gets all the best stuff chopped out for TV, more so than Young Frankenstein.
Katie M - Aug 06, 2004 10:31:04 am PDT #2245 of 10001
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
You must rent the uncut version immediately! That's a film that gets all the best stuff chopped out for TV, more so than Young Frankenstein.
You're right, I should. I mean, I had no idea Mungo was straight!
Kathy A - Aug 06, 2004 10:36:02 am PDT #2246 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Considering that the only women with speaking roles in Blazing Saddles were Lily Von Schtupp, the governor's secretary, and the schoolteacher, Marion(?) Johnson ("It just goes to prove that you are the leading asshole in this state"), I'm surprised that there wasn't more hoyay in the film.
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2004 10:48:35 am PDT #2247 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's probably horrendously redundant to say I'm both more weapons-oriented and whip-sensitive than Nutty. But I forget these things, and shouldn't be surprised when more normal folk than I think of cows with whips before people. They're pretty much only a punishment in my eyes.
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2004 10:59:23 am PDT #2248 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Huh. Preliminary googling seems to indicate that you don't whip animals -- well not livestock, anyway. Whips seemed to be used in those scenarios to startle them with the noise.
So it's mainly folk that get hit with them, it seems.
Steph L. - Aug 06, 2004 11:02:06 am PDT #2249 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
"A wed wose, how womantic!"
"God damn it, Mr. Lamarr sir, you use your tongue purtier than a twenny dollar whore!"
"They said you was hung!"
"And they was right!"
Sheryl - Aug 06, 2004 11:03:14 am PDT #2250 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
"It's twue, it's twue!"
Nutty - Aug 06, 2004 11:06:29 am PDT #2251 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It's probably horrendously redundant to say I'm both more weapons-oriented and whip-sensitive than Nutty.
Well, I tend to go by design and etymology, before I go through the cultural associations. A bullwhip was used on cattle (and probably on European serfs)(not smurfs) long before it was used in the American slave context; and its name says "bull" not "person", so I think the cowpoke context first.
Also, yeah. I don't call a thing a weapon unless it has no other use, or it is being used as such right then and there. Despite having used a shoe as a hammer, I don't automatically think "hammer" when I say "shoe".