I should say that the Office comparisons aren't fair to Shaun/Spaced, btw - they're actually much more laugh-out-loud funny and less existentially despairing.
Um, well, we listened to aggressively cheerful music sung by people chosen for their ability to dance. Then we ate cookie dough, and talked about boys.
Giles ,'Get It Done'
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Jim - Aug 17, 2004 3:43:29 am PDT #2835 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Jessica - Aug 17, 2004 4:46:35 am PDT #2836 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's absolutely ace, but is pretty much a featurelength episode of Spaced.
It never aired over here -- the press notes for Shaun were the first time I'd heard of it. But it's on DVD, you say? Hmmm.....
Jim - Aug 17, 2004 5:11:09 am PDT #2837 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
If it helps you decided, Shaun isn't even an outstandingly good episode of Spaced. The episode it grew out of, "Art", is much funnier - Tim stays up for 48 hours playing Resident Evil on speed and then becomes convinced that everyone at a performance art exhibit is a zombie.
Jessica - Aug 17, 2004 5:30:09 am PDT #2838 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tim stays up for 48 hours playing Resident Evil on speed and then becomes convinced that everyone at a performance art exhibit is a zombie.
Yes! That's the ep that was described in the press notes.
I really must get around to buying a multi-region DVD player.
Dana - Aug 17, 2004 6:31:00 am PDT #2839 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, I saw Freddy vs. Jason. And it sucked. But this...damnit, this, I might have to see:
Sources said the studio is in negotiations with director-producer Sam Raimi (the "Spider-Man" movies) for a project titled "Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash." In the proposed sequel, Freddy (from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" films) and Jason (from the "Friday the 13th" pics) would go up against Ash, the cynical anti-hero survivor of Raimi's "Evil Dead" trilogy, which also includes "Army of Darkness."
tommyrot - Aug 17, 2004 6:32:32 am PDT #2840 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.
Throw a few aliens and predators in there....
And Spike.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 17, 2004 7:53:08 am PDT #2841 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
Don't forget Michael Caine.
Consuela - Aug 17, 2004 8:00:25 am PDT #2842 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, bwah. That could be hysterical.
Gimme some sugar, baby!
Tom Scola - Aug 17, 2004 8:03:41 am PDT #2843 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
SuziQ - Aug 17, 2004 8:17:18 am PDT #2844 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
OK - all you movie-geniuses - I need to find the name of an old movie. I want to say it came out in the late 70's, early 80's. It was a horror-satire. The main thing I remember is that it kept an on-screen body count. I know, not much to go on, but hopefully it will ring a bell for someone.