Are there other candidates?
Well...it wasn't on film, but the Legitimate Theatre Company's sock puppet production of Miss Julie ranks pretty high on my list.
(Hm. Apparently I have a list of Best Sock Puppet Productions.)
Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
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Jessica - Apr 05, 2005 5:35:04 am PDT #1505 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 05, 2005 5:36:21 am PDT #1506 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hmm. Have to say, Langella fits my visual mental image of Perry White better. Although since his most notable roles have been superntatural villains, I'll be expecting him to put the whammy on Superman at some point.
sumi - Apr 05, 2005 7:33:43 am PDT #1507 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Well, I expect him to "turn him" -- how about an undead alien superhero?
Would the kryptonite still bring him low?
Kathy A - Apr 05, 2005 7:45:37 am PDT #1508 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I always liked Frank Langella as the evil Chief of State Bob Alexander in Dave.
You're LINT! You're a FLEA! You're a BLIP!
(And of course, Dave's response to this: "Well, maybe I am. But you're fired.")
Scrappy - Apr 05, 2005 7:49:37 am PDT #1509 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I love Dave.
Kathy A - Apr 05, 2005 10:16:37 am PDT #1510 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
From the New Yorker review of Sin City:
Here is something that we never thought to see. Something that exists beyond the bounds of logic: a scary Elijah Wood. Presumably, the actor looked around, seeking a film that would dispel the ripe aroma of Frodo Baggins, happened upon “Sin City,” and found the role of Kevin – a mute, bespectacled type who removes the heads of young women and dines upon the rest of them. Wood is ominously good at the stillness of this maniac, which only doubles the shock. It’s like discovering that Gandalf used to lure young hobbits into a shed and show them his special wand.
"Special wand." Hee.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 05, 2005 10:27:59 am PDT #1511 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yeah, one thing I've heard that I think is going to be very weird about SIN CITY is watching Frodo Baggins gnawing off a mostly naked Karen Sisco's hand
Gandalfe - Apr 05, 2005 11:53:56 am PDT #1512 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Frankenbuddha:
You don't actually see it, you just hear her describing it. Although we can always hope, on the DVD, that it'll be in the deleted scenes.
Kalshane - Apr 05, 2005 11:55:15 am PDT #1513 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Frank, you don't actually see that. Thankfully.
Heh. X-posty but with different reactions.
Scrappy - Apr 05, 2005 11:57:47 am PDT #1514 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My 76-year-old mom is amenable to seeing Sin City with us this weekend. She is pretty openminded--she really liked Pulp Fiction, for example, and likes new stuff and stylistically interesting work. She has already said she has no problem going ot the lobby if it gets too graphic (bless her heart) but I am worried the whole thing will just be too horrible for her, and we are better off looking for something else. I don't want her to spend the whole damn movie in the lobby, y'know what I'm sayin?