Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.

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Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned  

A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Jessica - Feb 08, 2005 5:56:51 am PST #8957 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The head spoiler was on AICN. It's mentioned in one of the reviews I linked to a while back. (I'd threadsuck and find it myself except that I'm completely swamped at work today and really shouldn't even be here.)


Alibelle - Feb 08, 2005 6:29:51 am PST #8958 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan

In other news, I think my DH may be going for a Section 8 discharge (if the Foreign Service has those). He pretty much only speaks in movie quotes anyway, but apparently in staff meeting yesterday when asked what he wanted, he responded "I want Tina Sparkle to walk through that door and say 'The Finance Minister's broken both his legs and I want to dance with YOU!'"
His secretary told me this, in a worried tone of voice. My response was "That was unexpected."

I am loving this so much. Raquel and her DH are my new heroes.

Also, that martial arts movie looks impressive. Well, not so much the movie, actually, just the martial arts. Which is what that trailer was advertising, so that's all good.


Gandalfe - Feb 08, 2005 6:43:33 am PST #8959 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

I personally thought that they should have had two completely dissimilar heads. Like, I dunno, Cary Elwes and Steve Buscemi.


Jim - Feb 08, 2005 6:45:41 am PST #8960 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!

Yeah, that'd rock. What are the rules for spoilers of upcoming movies, BTW? I mean something like this which I'd call just a basic part of the premise of H2G2 - is that a spoiler?


Fred Pete - Feb 08, 2005 6:47:10 am PST #8961 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

Like, I dunno, Cary Elwes and Steve Buscemi.

Or Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito?


Thomash - Feb 08, 2005 6:47:14 am PST #8962 of 10001
I have a plan.

I don't care what it's about.

I've seen this movie.

I have this movie :-)


Jessica - Feb 08, 2005 8:30:37 am PST #8963 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I mean something like this which I'd call just a basic part of the premise of H2G2 - is that a spoiler?

I'd say it's a spoiler because it's a major change from the books if Zaphod's only got one head for 2/3 of the film.


Kate P. - Feb 08, 2005 9:20:14 am PST #8964 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

"I want Tina Sparkle to walk through that door and say 'The Finance Minister's broken both his legs and I want to dance with YOU!'"

LOVE.

Who's playing Zaphod?


Alibelle - Feb 08, 2005 9:24:57 am PST #8965 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan

I saw The Stepford Wives last night.

It was different from what I expected. Nowhere near as scary as the original, which was good, because I prefer not to be scared. Also, I enjoyed the ending this time, which was also nice. And it was very pretty. I wasn't 100% down with the crazy strong empowerment woman / doormat husband theme, but I like the general idea behind it. I also enjoyed all the funny. There was lots of funny. And pretty.

And now I want to take a Claireobics class.


§ ita § - Feb 08, 2005 9:25:48 am PST #8966 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Who's playing Zaphod?

Sam Rockwell.

I can't find a good picture of Mos Def to articulate why he's a perfect Ford. But he is.

Martin Freeman will be Arthur, Bill Nighy, Slartibartfast, and Zooey Deschanel as Trillian.

I'm startled by how okay/happy I am with the casting of something that's lived in my head for more than half my life. First LotR, now this. Some casting directors are definitely earning their money. Shame about Constantine.