You've got to learn to run away before the babbling.
Well, at least that's my MO.
Bunnies frighten me.
Anya ,'Help'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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§ ita § - Dec 02, 2004 4:15:48 pm PST #6581 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kathy A - Dec 02, 2004 4:17:56 pm PST #6582 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Well, she was signing a book for me, and I just had to say something, so I blurted, "I'm just so thrilled to meet you!" and would have continued if she hadn't finished signing and her handler very smoothly moved me on.
I felt like an idiot later, but I don't think I was the only one in that line to have that reaction.
§ ita § - Dec 02, 2004 4:19:59 pm PST #6583 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I know a guy who walked up to Roseanne Barr and told her "My girlfriend's having a baby!" and then bolted.
Truth was ... his girlfriend was having a baby. And he was very excited about it. He was also very excited about meeting Roseanne, since he'd worshipped her standup for a long time. Those two wires got crossed in the heat of the moment, and it sounds like a miracle he didn't die of embarassment right there.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 02, 2004 4:28:00 pm PST #6584 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've usually heard "I wouldn't piss in his ear if his brain was on fire."
My favorite on this is "If you were drowning, I'd piss in the water just to raise the level"
Beverly - Dec 02, 2004 7:15:19 pm PST #6585 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
"I wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire." I've said it. Many times. Only once have I vowed not to piss on someone in the same circumstances.
But then, they really whipped my chicken, so it was deserved.
Angus G - Dec 02, 2004 8:25:47 pm PST #6586 of 10001
Roguish Laird
to soldiers, the enemy is basically a bunch of zombies.
Funny you should say that, I was just watching Day of the Dead and thinking "this is the best film ever made about Fallujah!"
Jim - Dec 03, 2004 12:10:15 am PST #6587 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Both Dawn Of The Dead and Black Hawk Down are basically remakes of Zulu (via Fort Apache) in which the Zulus are entirely portrayed as a single faceless antlike entity. Also cf Starship Troopers for a satire on this very trope.
§ ita § - Dec 03, 2004 3:59:59 am PST #6588 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Starship Troopers!
There's a movie that may narrate from a director unsupported POV.
Jars - Dec 03, 2004 4:30:51 am PST #6589 of 10001
"I wouldn't piss on him if he were on fire" and "I wouldn't give him the steam off my piss if he were dying of thirst" are two fairly common ones in Ireland.
Movies, you say? Um... The Incredibles was awfully good, wasn't it? I liked the hair.
beekaytee - Dec 03, 2004 4:37:19 am PST #6590 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Ginger Snaps Back
Okay. Pretty.
Didn't like it as much as II and way less than I.
The twisted humor, except for the anachronistic language mentioned here before, has been wrung right out of it. Which is of the sigh. Too bad, so sad.
Love the actresses and Nathanial Arcand is dre-ea-my.
I wish I'd had as much fun watching it as the crew obviously had making it. (as evidenced by the special features...but guys?...if your gonna make TWO featurettes? Try and make sure they have DIFFERENT footage! Putting dissimilar title cards on them and adding a bit of different music does not FOOL us! Only severe ADD sufferers aren't going to notice the SAME DAMN SCENES. What are we, slow? sheesh.)