You know, it just occurred to me that what we were led to believe about the end of The Ring could be entirely wrong. Rachael assumed that it was making a copy of the cursed videotape and showing it to someone else that saved her from the curse. But what if it was the fact that she was the one who tracked down Samara's story and retrieved her body from the well? Her burn mark faded when she was in the well, not earlier when she showed the videotape to Martin Henderson's character. What if the thing that spared her was a unique, irreproducible sequence of events and her creepy little boy still gets to be the recipient of Samara's GotchaVision broadcast?
Sometimes a thing gets broke, can't be fixed.
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 8:43:19 am PDT #5077 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
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2004 8:43:24 am PDT #5078 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wish Surviving Christmas ranked a little more than 8% at Rotten Tomatoes. I swear the trailer looked funny.
Did anyone read the "review" of The Machinist in last week's EW? Didn't really discuss the movie, but instead took Bale to task for losing all that weight when there are hungry people in the world.
Very odd, and not at all relevant.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 8:44:48 am PDT #5079 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
Dude, maybe some of those same hungry people benefited from all the food he wasn't eating during filming?
Lyra Jane - Oct 26, 2004 8:45:30 am PDT #5080 of 10001
Up with the sun
Did anyone read the "review" of The Machinist in last week's EW? Didn't really discuss the movie, but instead took Bale to task for losing all that weight when there are hungry people in the world.
Yeah. Their critics are usually pretty good, so I'm assuming that what it means is that the movie is so dull that it was the only thing the writer could find to say about it. Either that, or the writer has Issues.
What if the thing that spared her was a unique, irreproducible sequence of events and her creepy little boy still gets to be the recipient of Samara's GotchaVision broadcast?
Aaaaagh. Freaky.
Vonnie K - Oct 26, 2004 8:47:19 am PDT #5081 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
instead took Bale to task for losing all that weight when there are hungry people in the world.
Oh, fer cryin' out loud.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 8:48:20 am PDT #5082 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
Aaaaagh. Freaky.
Yeah. I know if I were in her shoes, we would've left on a family excursion scheduled so that Samara would have to drag her clammy ass several hundred miles from the nearest television screen on Day 7.
Jessica - Oct 26, 2004 8:49:07 am PDT #5083 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wish Surviving Christmas ranked a little more than 8% at Rotten Tomatoes. I swear the trailer looked funny.
One of my co-workers saw it last night and said it was really awful. My response of "But it has James Gandolfini hitting Ben Affleck with a shovel!" was met with blank stares from all but one person.
Who was the EW Machinist critic, btw? I haven't read the review yet, but I'm curious.
§ ita § - Oct 26, 2004 8:51:33 am PDT #5084 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My response of "But it has James Gandolfini hitting Ben Affleck with a shovel!"
That's my entire reason for wanting to see it, I think. I'm shocked to see how much it's reviled. The trailer has some mildly funny bits, and that comedy gold.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 26, 2004 8:53:39 am PDT #5085 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 think they should reshoot the movie so it's just 100 minutes of Gandolfini beating the crap out of Affleck using assorted methods.
DavidS - Oct 26, 2004 9:01:20 am PDT #5086 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What the music guy actually means Don't Look Now.
hangs head in filmic shame