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beekaytee - Dec 05, 2004 5:47:44 am PST #6739 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant

No piss being taken Fay, and I'm sooo gonna check out Vampire High!


Lyra Jane - Dec 05, 2004 8:15:33 am PST #6740 of 10001
Up with the sun

Sarah Vowell's not only not an actor, she's not acting in The Incredibles. She's reading. To great effect, but she's reading.

What do you see as the signs of that? And, in voiceover work, what difference does it make?

Also -- I saw The Apple last night. It is ... transcendently bad in a whole new way that borders on genius. How often is deus ex machina a literal plot device in modern film?


§ ita § - Dec 05, 2004 8:49:23 am PST #6741 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What do you see as the signs of that?

She sounded exactly precisely the same as the one piece of her radio work.

And yes, there's a huge difference between reading and acting. It just seems to so happen that her reading was what someone else might have faked to act Violet -- certainly not casting aspersions on her performance -- acting or reading, it was a performance, and great voice-work.

I mean, I can sure read. I know no one's going to be hiring me for voicework, though, because I don't act.


Lilty Cash - Dec 05, 2004 2:14:25 pm PST #6742 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

I've been hearing about The Apple for months. I feel like I need to see it, as each person's description tops the one that came before. I wonder where I'll be able to get it. I'm guessing the usual rental spots won't work.


Sean K - Dec 05, 2004 2:18:36 pm PST #6743 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Don't know if you're a Netflix member, Lilty, but I know they carry it.


Lilty Cash - Dec 05, 2004 2:37:01 pm PST #6744 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."

I was, but then I marked it as a non-essential bill when I moved and canceled it. It was sad. I know a place in Portland that has movies you'd never think you'd find anywhere, though. I bet they'd have it.


Invisible Green - Dec 05, 2004 2:47:15 pm PST #6745 of 10001

I've never heard of The Apple before but I'm assuming you're talking about this one rather than this one.


§ ita § - Dec 05, 2004 2:48:06 pm PST #6746 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You may be mistaken.


DebetEsse - Dec 05, 2004 2:51:27 pm PST #6747 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I've only seen the preview. But, yeah, the musical.


Sean K - Dec 05, 2004 2:52:18 pm PST #6748 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Nope, IG, you'd be very, very wrong.