as punishment for telling the whole entire world that she used to beat him?
Any black woman her age is expected to have whupped any kid in arm's reach.
Jayne: Here's a little concept I been workin' on. Why don't we shoot her first? Wash: It is her turn.
'Serenity'
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.
§ ita § - Feb 27, 2005 6:55:15 pm PST #9436 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Volans - Feb 28, 2005 3:57:46 am PST #9437 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Not Oscars-related, but Constantine is opening here on Friday. Not really a good sign that it's opening overseas so quickly after the US opening. Also, the ads for it are dubbed (most US movies here are sub-titled) so they clearly had planned for a fast overseas rollout. Who knows? Maybe it's the kind of movie that will do decent box in non-US markets, because shiny! And no one knows the source material.
Also, I just watched Master and Commander again. I really liked it when I saw it in the theater, but this time I was very "meh" about it. It seemed really slow, and the writing was not good. Honestly it seemed like the script kept wanting to be about Lord Blateney (the young blond midshipman) and not about Aubrey/Maturin. (And I mean that "/" in every sense of the punctuation).
Jessica - Feb 28, 2005 7:41:25 am PST #9438 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
This was probably already linked to somewhere in the 700 posts I skipped in Natter, but Salon has a few of the Oscar-nominated shorts online, here.
I was thrilled that Ryan won for Best Animated Short -- content-wise, it never really gelled the way it should have, but its use of animation as an art form was light-years ahead of the other nominees.
[eta: Damnit, nevermind. Turns out they were only available last Friday -- all the links are dead now. Sorry!]
tommyrot - Feb 28, 2005 7:42:54 am PST #9439 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.
but Salon has a few of the Oscar-nominated shorts online, here.
Nuh-uh. They were made available for a limited time and can no longer be downloaded.
Jessica - Feb 28, 2005 7:44:46 am PST #9440 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Ooh, but you can see Ryan on the National Film Board of Canada site.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 8:01:08 am PST #9441 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He can't be Bond! He's not British!
Nip/Tuck actor Julian McMahon is competing against one other unnamed actor to become the next James Bond. The Australian-born star of the TV cosmetic surgery drama will find out in the next few months if he has been chosen to follow in Pierce Brosnan's footsteps as the next 007 in the hugely successful spy-series. The other contender is believed to be British actor Clive Owen - who was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Julia Roberts' husband in Closer. The 36-year-old says, "I'm a big James Bond fan. I met the producers for a final audition. They told me to expect a decision in a couple of months and they said it was between me and one other person. It's going to a very nervous wait."
Do you think it's part of someone's job description to leak these things?
Tom Scola - Feb 28, 2005 8:08:43 am PST #9442 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
He's not British!
George Lazenby is Australian.
Nutty - Feb 28, 2005 8:09:04 am PST #9443 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
1) I thought Clive already gave an unequivocal "nuh uh" to Bond.
2) I think there needs to be a bylaw that men with tanned buttcheeks may not be Bond; and that goes double when aforementioned tanned buttcheeks are on my television screen unasked-for.
§ ita § - Feb 28, 2005 8:11:11 am PST #9444 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
George Lazenby is Australian.
I know.
I was snarking on a purity of Bond discussion that happened upthread. Somewhere around here: evil jimi "Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned" Dec 3, 2004 8:51:25 am PST
Betsy HP - Feb 28, 2005 8:49:41 am PST #9445 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
So, assume Chris Rock is right and there are only four stars: Who are they? (I'm going to allow four of each gender because I'm nice that way.) Who make movies into must-sees, no matter how awful the movie?
Tom Cruise
Sean Connery
Julia (ugh) Roberts