It's actually kinda' funny.
Well, I'm laughing....
Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoe: We live in a space ship, dear. Wash: So?
'Objects In Space'
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tommyrot - Aug 16, 2004 4:48:14 pm PDT #2821 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.
Jessica - Aug 16, 2004 5:22:04 pm PDT #2822 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I thought JPIII was fun. Not good, but fun. And nice and short.
I've never even heard of it, but your description makes me want to run out and see it right now.
It doesn't come out until the end of September, but you can see the trailer here. (The trailer's much broader than the actual film, but it's not bad.)
tommyrot - Aug 16, 2004 5:33:39 pm PDT #2823 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 thought JPIII was fun. Not good, but fun. And nice and short.
Nobody's been eaten in a while....
eta: I spoke too soon. I hope. I mean, if that guy wasn't eaten, I'll be pissed.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2004 5:43:50 pm PDT #2824 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The chick behind the counter at the last comic store I went to raved about Shaun Of The Dead. She mentioned it'd been made so that all the zombie stuff could be yanked out to leave a romantic comedy. I'd go see it just on those terms.
beekaytee - Aug 16, 2004 5:45:52 pm PDT #2825 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I liked JPIII because, you know, the running and the screaming.
And Alessandro Nivola...whom I could watch doing pretty much anything. Emphasis on the pretty.
tommyrot - Aug 16, 2004 5:55:22 pm PDT #2826 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.
Shit!
The stupid guy wasn't eaten!
Bastards!
Kate P. - Aug 16, 2004 6:03:42 pm PDT #2827 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Yeah, I'm with Beej. Alessandro Nivola was by far the best thing about Jurassic Park III. Uh, not that I go see movies just because there are pretty men in them, or something. Ahem.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2004 6:05:55 pm PDT #2828 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm gonna watch Wimbledon. I'm probably going opening weekend, and I'm probably gonna cry.
That just ain't right.
sumi - Aug 16, 2004 6:32:12 pm PDT #2829 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I hope that it won't be Paul Bettony's tennis skills that make you cry.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 16, 2004 6:48:38 pm PDT #2830 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
I just saw Shaun of the Dead, and I think it may be the most made-for-Buffista movie I have ever seen. It's like The Office meets 28 Days Later.
Isn't that the one that's a love story set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse, with the protagonist suffering from a horrible hangover throughout?
Yeah, I'm with Beej. Alessandro Nivola was by far the best thing about Jurassic Park III.
It's even more fun if you watch it with the assumption that Nivola's character is more than just a protegé to Sam Neil's. There's just enough subtext early on that, once it's been mentioned to you, it's hard to look upon theirs as a platonic relationship.