I think what I mean is mostly that I want a world where they don't end up constantly as Korean Guy #3 or That Indian Dude
Exactly! Cause I'm That Indian Dude.
Don't I get a cookie?
Spike ,'Never Leave Me'
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Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2004 2:47:46 pm PDT #2884 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
sumi - Aug 18, 2004 3:51:02 pm PDT #2885 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I don't think that Garden State opens wide 'til this weekend -- therefore I have not seen it. I do want to see it.
erikaj - Aug 18, 2004 3:57:15 pm PDT #2886 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Hey, P-C, maybe I should write the movie where The Indian Guy and The Chick in The Wheelchair fight crime or something.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2004 4:05:02 pm PDT #2887 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey, P-C, maybe I should write the movie where The Indian Guy and The Chick in The Wheelchair fight crime or something.
He's not The Indian Guy. He's That Indian Guy. I think maybe you're That Chick in The Wheelchair, actually.
erikaj - Aug 18, 2004 4:10:00 pm PDT #2888 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Ok, my mistake...I have been, actually.
Polter-Cow - Aug 18, 2004 4:24:27 pm PDT #2889 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hey, P-C, maybe I should write the movie where The Indian Guy and The Chick in The Wheelchair fight crime or something.
Wheels and Masala !
(Alternately, Wheels and Masala Fight Crime at White Castle )
Betsy HP - Aug 18, 2004 4:30:40 pm PDT #2890 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I thought you said Wheels and Masada
and I was having unhappy thoughts about you and Erika rolling off a cliff.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 18, 2004 5:50:23 pm PDT #2891 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's really tragic - I get out to far fewer movies then I used to (though this does go in phases, or maybe spasms). Of what I have seen, these are the ones that I'd deem worthy (in no particular order):
Kill Bill, Vol 2
Eternal Sunshine...
Hellboy
Spider-Man 2
Manchurian Candidate
And somehow that's all I'm coming up with - if that's it, I'm acually embarassed.
I've got Friday off, and hoping to catch up with a bunch of stuff I've missed recently over the weekend/next week which would be (and yes, I've been known to do the movie binge thing):
Zantiochi (sp?)
Gozu
Collateral
Harry Potter the 3rd
possibly Anchorman
And then there were a ton I kept meaning to get to but missed, mostly indy or foreign films, though.
Jon B. - Aug 18, 2004 6:03:31 pm PDT #2892 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Gozu
Saw it in L.A. last Thanksgiving. Definitely the most fucked up thing I've ever seen. I think the lactating old lady sent me over the edge. 9 months later I still can't decide if I hated it or not.
Sean K - Aug 18, 2004 6:09:39 pm PDT #2893 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Zantiochi (sp?)
Zatoichi. It means "first strike" or something to that effect. Ichi is Japanese for the numeral 1, or first. I had a gorgeous gray kitten once named Ichiban (first one) because he was the first of the litter to exit his mother (He died of old age not too long ago). Zato (I *think*) means "hidden." The word Zatoichi also occasionally refers to a samurai sword hidden in a bamboo walking stick. (EtA: These swords were frequently used by Ronin (outlaw or masterless samurai) who were forbidden by Emperor Tokugawa from carrying weapons)
Yojimbo (another famous movie title, and word frequently associated Japanese samurai culture) means "guard" or "guardian," and carriers warrior connotations.