There are no words.
I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.
Riley ,'Lessons'
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Lilty Cash - Nov 29, 2004 6:53:42 am PST #6358 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Dana - Nov 29, 2004 6:54:09 am PST #6359 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
But while drop zones, demolitions and destroying enemy targets come naturally to Shane, he has no idea what tough really is until he pits his courage against diapering, den-mothering and driver's education. He's truly a SEAL out of water, and now it's up to this one-time lone warrior to take on the most important mission of his life: keeping a family together.
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Vonnie K - Nov 29, 2004 6:54:51 am PST #6360 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Is Mark Burnette behind it? It sounds like the big-screen version of "Commando Nanny".
Re. consumptive opera/literary heroines. I'm fairly sure there are more of those than Camille & Mimi, but my brain is like a sieve this morning and I can't think of any.
Kalshane - Nov 29, 2004 6:55:23 am PST #6361 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.
Why is this happening?
Because the one person who liked "Suburban Commando" is now a high-level movie exec?
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2004 6:57:38 am PST #6362 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.
Shane is suddenly faced with the juggling two outrageously incompatible jobs: fighting the bad guys while keeping house.
Outrageous! Not to mention Wacky! Zany! Madcap!
Betsy HP - Nov 29, 2004 6:57:38 am PST #6363 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Also, there are lots of baby-poop jokes.
Because we haven't seen one of THOSE before. Novelty gold!
Zenkitty - Nov 29, 2004 6:58:42 am PST #6364 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Upon seeing the preview for Pacifier, my not-boyfriend said Diesel was following Schwartzenegger's example of mixing bad broad comedy with action movies to give him a more cuddly image.
I've read interviews with Diesel. He sounds intelligent. And yet, this.
The only other consumptive heroine I can think of was the girl in Heavenly Creatures. Totally not the same thing.
Betsy HP - Nov 29, 2004 7:00:13 am PST #6365 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Well, all of the Brontë children died of consumption except for Charlotte. Invalid chic!
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2004 7:00:14 am PST #6366 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.
Also, there are lots of baby-poop jokes.
Because we haven't seen one of THOSE before. Novelty gold!
I'm hoping there will be a scene of him holding a naked baby-butt up to a restroom air dryer.
Because that would be funny.
Vonnie K - Nov 29, 2004 7:11:18 am PST #6367 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
The only other consumptive heroine I can think of was the girl in Heavenly Creatures.
There is also Helen from Jane Eyre, although she's a secondary character. And that doomed couple in that Somerset Maugham short story that was made into the flick with Jean Simmons. The phenomenon boggles me, because death from tuberculosis is painful and decidedly not pretty. Plus, the afflicted are incredibly infectious just before death, ergo shouldn't be kissing their beloved unless they wanted to drag him along across the river.
Huh. this paper looks really cool--I'd be interested in reading something like that. (And I know the authors! Kind of.)