Any advance word on the Jet Li movie opening tomorrow? ita?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
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Betsy HP - Aug 26, 2004 11:14:05 am PDT #3103 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Polter-Cow - Aug 26, 2004 11:15:15 am PDT #3104 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Any advance word on the Jet Li movie opening tomorrow? ita?
Jessica raved about it a few hundred posts back. Lemme find.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2004 11:15:35 am PDT #3105 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not so much advance as retro, Betsy, since it's been out for a while. (You do mean Hero, right?) I've heard it's glorious.
Polter-Cow - Aug 26, 2004 11:16:46 am PDT #3106 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
sumi - Aug 26, 2004 11:23:49 am PDT #3107 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
I know that I want to see it.
Nutty - Aug 26, 2004 11:40:07 am PDT #3108 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I went and looked up what Hero was about. Apparently, it is based on Chinese ancient history (like, when the various kingdoms unified for the first time), except for the part where ancient Chinese people probably could not fly.
Okay, Resident Evil lovers, why?? It is a movie of vast foolishness, compounded by immense silliness. Also, pointless symbolism. The only movie I can think of that used more gore and pointless symbolism to cover up its silliness was... Event Horizon.
Polter-Cow is dead to me, I think. The only way those movies can be entertaining is if you are hopped up on lots of (a) caffeine (b) liquor or (c) drugs of a more illicit nature. Or if you're, like, a pathologist.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2004 11:43:20 am PDT #3109 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought Resident Evil was fun, but it's one of those movies that is even better with the commentary. Michelle and Milla are hysterical.
Nutty - Aug 26, 2004 11:44:45 am PDT #3110 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, also, I hate Milla Jovovich with the passion of a thousand fiery clambakes. But the silliness didn't help, either.
Jessica - Aug 26, 2004 11:45:22 am PDT #3111 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Apparently, it is based on Chinese ancient history
Though, really, it's a much better movie if you ignore this and watch it as pure myth. (People hated it in China because of the massive amount of whitewashing it does to the first Emperor of Qin.)
Nutty - Aug 26, 2004 11:47:06 am PDT #3112 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Who, I learned, was the ONLY emperor of Qin! He ruled with an iron fist for 30-some-odd years, died, and his son was promptly overthrown.
Which events were the backdrop of the opera (not the movie) Farewell My Concubine.
If not for movies, I would know nothing at all about world history.