I thought about Fisher King too, but I don't feel like that's had as much ongoing popularity over the years. I may be giving too much weight to the sci-fi fans, though.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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Strega - Oct 20, 2004 1:09:35 am PDT #4912 of 10001
Jessica - Oct 20, 2004 5:05:59 am PDT #4913 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Anybody here like the Dark Crystal?
I can't believe that's even a question.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2004 5:29:21 am PDT #4914 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.
Martin Landau on the making of 'Ed Wood'
Some career similarities notwithstanding, Landau wasn't sure at first he could pull off playing Lugosi. "You got a character here who's 74 years old, who is a morphine addict and an alcoholic, who's Hungarian and has incredible mood swings, and that would be difficult," he says. "But [to top it off] he has to be Bela Lugosi?"
Nutty - Oct 20, 2004 5:32:27 am PDT #4915 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Dark Crystal:
boy: How come I don't have wings??
girl: Cause you're a boy, silly!
Fun movie. Well, any movie would be fun with villainous 6 foot tall cockroaches (surely an inspiration for Power Rangers villains to this day) and heroic stilt-walky 12 foot tall gazelles.
Neverending Story: A movie with excellent visuals -- it gave me nightmares too -- and a very different sense of adventure from your standard Extruded Fantasy Product. I adored the Luckdragon, and really liked the casting of Bastian and Atreyu. (Being who I am, I long thought/wished Atreyu was a girl.) I was even more intrigued when I read the book many years later and discovered the movie is only the first half of the book.
The second half of the book is much more adult, and I have no need to see it on a screen. That's one case where the book and the movie can be happily separate entities, being as they are so different.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2004 5:57:21 am PDT #4916 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.
boy: How come I don't have wings??
girl: Cause you're a boy, silly!
Maxipad product placement?
Dana - Oct 20, 2004 5:59:31 am PDT #4917 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The second half of the book is much more adult, and I have no need to see it on a screen.
Is the second half of the book the same thing as the second movie?
Lilty Cash - Oct 20, 2004 6:02:34 am PDT #4918 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
The Dark Crystal scared the bejeesus out of me when I was little.
Kalshane - Oct 20, 2004 6:06:10 am PDT #4919 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
It's been years and years since I've seen The Dark Crystal so I can't remember anything about it beyond that the puppets freaked me out. Even the supposedly cute main characters.
- Never saw Magnolia
- Liked Mars Attacks though there were parts I found dumb
- Never saw Time Bandits
- Remember liking Neverending Story a lot as a kid. Haven't seen it in ages, though.
- Love Groundhog Day
- Like Troy for the fights and whatnot (Hector vs. Ajax is my personal favorite) but beyond Sean Bean's Odysseus it doesn't have much else going for it.
Jessica - Oct 20, 2004 6:13:39 am PDT #4920 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I saw Kinsey last night. It wasn't bad, but it was kind of disappointing. I wish they'd had the budget to put more of the story in a historical context, because as it is, the whole thing exists in kind of a vacuum. (I normally hate it when biopics give characters lines like "You can't [insert thing they can't do], this is [insert year]!" but in this case, it really would have helped, since I had no idea when anything was taking place.)
Sue - Oct 20, 2004 6:17:08 am PDT #4921 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I called Neverending Story The Never Ending Movie and walked out with my two best friends. I was 12.