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A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

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Jessica - Sep 01, 2004 7:29:01 am PDT #3466 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

For those who are interested in such things, The Forbidden Zone was released on DVD today.

And in related 1980-movie-musical news, The Apple is now paired with Roller Boogie instead of Freaks, so nobody has any excuses not to buy it.

[eta: Although I did just notice that Forbidden Zone is now paired with Freaks. I think Amazon's just moving it around until someone buys it.]

sumi - Sep 01, 2004 7:39:45 am PDT #3467 of 10001

Art Crawl!!!

The one copy that they have on hand?

DavidS - Sep 01, 2004 9:21:28 am PDT #3468 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

For those who are interested in such things, The Forbidden Zone was released on DVD today.

I'm really tempted. Are there good extras? Excellent quote by evil queen of the underwold in The Forbidden Zone: "Why does it feel SO good to be so bad?"

Jessica - Sep 01, 2004 9:27:08 am PDT #3469 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Excellent quote by evil queen of the underwold in The Forbidden Zone: "Why does it feel SO good to be so bad?"

I haven't checked the extras yet. But I do feel I should point out that The Apple contains a power ballad with the line "How can it be wrong / when it feels so right?" Making it EVEN MORE PERFECT a companion movie to The Forbidden Zone.

And if you'd been at Amoeba music last Saturday, you could have asked Richard Elfman yourself. (LA peeps can still catch him at the Amoeba Music there tomorrow night.)

Tom Scola - Sep 01, 2004 12:46:53 pm PDT #3470 of 10001

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I totally agree with Plei on Harold and Kumar. One of the best movies I've seen all year.

Alicia K - Sep 01, 2004 1:16:24 pm PDT #3471 of 10001

Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

Movies watched lately, all three enjoyed very much: Monsoon Wedding, Bad Santa, and Kill Bill Vol. 2.

Must now seek out this flick called The Apple that keeps popping into your conversations. I sense that I should be very, very askerred.

Gris - Sep 01, 2004 3:46:09 pm PDT #3472 of 10001

Hey. New board.

I can't be the only one that, every time The Apple is mentioned, imagines a very bad horror movie starring a lampshade iMac with fangs. And possibly acid for blood.

Can I?

Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 01, 2004 3:56:09 pm PDT #3473 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've not yet seen the movie, but from past descriptions I always assumed it was what you'd get if you smashed The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Xanadu and The Bible together at high speed.

Though perhaps The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told would work as a combination of those last two.

Tom Scola - Sep 01, 2004 4:00:59 pm PDT #3474 of 10001

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I always assumed it was what you'd get if you smashed The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Xanadu and The Bible together at high speed.

That pretty much nails it.

P.M. Marc - Sep 01, 2004 6:47:10 pm PDT #3475 of 10001

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I totally agree with Plei on Harold and Kumar. One of the best movies I've seen all year.

Whee!

It was a lot of fun.

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