Paperback Hero was kinda cute. Romantic more than comedy, but cute.
You're talking to Serenity. And, Early... Serenity is very unhappy.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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§ ita § - Aug 25, 2004 9:41:35 am PDT #3035 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
beekaytee - Aug 25, 2004 12:03:12 pm PDT #3036 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
While I have to confess that my first foray into Farscape dvds did not result in fanfection, the movie looks kinda fun.
Betsy HP - Aug 25, 2004 12:41:34 pm PDT #3037 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
It used to be that a gentleman never jilted a lady, period, end.
So in older movies, the gentleman hopes to annoy the lady so much that she will jilt him. This provides the romantic tension when he's in love with lady A but betrothed to lady B. See, for instance, Holiday, where Cary Grant is in love with Katherine Hepburn but betrothed to her bitchy older sister.
Consuela - Aug 25, 2004 1:13:09 pm PDT #3038 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Man, I still need to see Holiday.
§ ita § - Aug 25, 2004 1:19:41 pm PDT #3039 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need to see it too. I have a huge urge to see the entire jilting oeuvre, although I know most of it will make me scream.
Vonnie K - Aug 25, 2004 1:29:03 pm PDT #3040 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Holiday. Sigh. Where's the friggin' DVD, I ask you?
It's not a true left-at-the-altar movie though, as Cary Grant and Bitchy Sister don't go as far as the wedding.
DavidS - Aug 25, 2004 2:21:51 pm PDT #3041 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now you're gonna get JZ all riled up about Holiday again, since it's one of her favorite movies and she can rhapsodize about it for a good five paragraphs without taking a breath.
I will simply opine (for the fifth time at least) that Kate/Cary totally trumps Kate/Spencer.
Fred Pete - Aug 25, 2004 4:15:46 pm PDT #3042 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I will simply opine (for the fifth time at least) that Kate/Cary totally trumps Kate/Spencer.
Maybe there's a Kate/Spencer movie that can come close to either Holiday or The Philadelphia Story. If so, I haven't seen it.
beekaytee - Aug 25, 2004 4:20:54 pm PDT #3043 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
::ahem::
::coughdesksetcough::
Betsy HP - Aug 25, 2004 4:23:53 pm PDT #3044 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Fred Astaire can't jilt Betty Furness, his fiancee, in Swing Time, even though he is falling in love with Ginger Rogers. His friends conspire to set things up so that she'll jilt him; I think she dumps him at the altar.