Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!

'War Stories'


Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned  

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§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 7:27:10 am PST #8487 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

If anyone knows where to find a copy of the international Batman Begins poster that's larger than 600*887, I'd be very grateful.


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2005 12:29:58 pm PST #8488 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

And going for the threepeat:

From IMDB:

[NOTE - SPOILER ALERT: Ordinarily we do not offer "spoiler" warnings when discussing the content of movies unless they also appear in the news reports that we compress for this digest. The following item, however, covers the controversy over the actions by some commentators and columnists to undermine Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby by disclosing a key plot element. Readers who have not seen the movie and who do not want to be informed about the issue it raises until they have seen it may wish to skip this item.]

Rush Limbaugh has become the latest commentator to blast Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby, calling it a "million dollar euthanasia movie." On Tuesday, he facetiously apologized for letting "the cat out of the bag when I mentioned to you that the real subject of the movie is, when this heroine becomes paralyzed, she wants to die and they say, 'Okay, you'd be better off dead,' and they pretty much zap her. I apparently spoke out of school, as a movie critic and reviewer, uh, ladies and gentlemen. I just feel terrible about this." Critic Michael Medved told USA Today that he had revealed the plot twist because "there are competing moral demands that come into the job of a movie critic. We have a moral and fairness obligation to not spoil movies. On the other hand, our primary moral obligation is to tell the truth." Medved, who says he "hated this movie," also remarked that "They didn't want to tell people what it is [about] because no one would come." On Tuesday, an orgaization of paraplegics also joined the critics of the movie.

I didn't actually read the whited out portion. I'll just see the damned movie and cry like a wreck sometime this weekend.


Jessica - Jan 26, 2005 12:37:06 pm PST #8489 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

It's probably not necessary to say this, but Rush Limbaugh is fucking stupid. (re: whitefont)


tommyrot - Jan 26, 2005 12:38:49 pm PST #8490 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.

Rush is trying to undermine Clint? Why? (I skipped the whitefont.)


Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2005 12:39:38 pm PST #8491 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Rush doesn't like the content of the movie.


Jessica - Jan 26, 2005 12:40:02 pm PST #8492 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

He really hated the movie. (Even though, based on his comments, I'm not sure he actually saw it.)


Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2005 12:43:47 pm PST #8493 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Yo, ita?

William Booth: Hi Cap! I saw "Kung Fu Hustle" the other day. Directed by Stephen Chow. It is hilarious. It is a parody. The kung fu masters include a cigarette-chomping landlady in hair curlers. Man, can she fight. Its a comedy, with "Matrix"-style special effects. It never takes itself too seriously. And the audience laughed for 99 minutes.

Rockville, Md. : So what's the best movie you've seen at Sundance so far? And is there one film that everyone seems to be buzzing about (besides "The Aristocrats")?

William Booth: I really like "Kung Fu Hustle." It was just so imaginative (and I usually am not a big fan of Hong Kong kung fu in Chinese w/ subtitles).

That's the Washington Post's guy at Sundance talking.


bon bon - Jan 26, 2005 1:23:27 pm PST #8494 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Is The Aristocrats what I think it is?

pauses for everyone to read my mind


Betsy HP - Jan 26, 2005 1:29:34 pm PST #8495 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Apparently it's the punchline to a dirty joke.


Steph L. - Jan 26, 2005 2:48:39 pm PST #8496 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism

ita, how did you copy/paste/post that MDB tidbit w/o reading the whited out part?