Why couldn't they have waited to get rid of the campy homoeroticism until a few movies after Christian Bale joined the franchise?
Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.
'Heart Of Gold'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2005 7:38:23 am PST #262 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
Steph L. - Mar 18, 2005 7:39:26 am PST #263 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I'm still in a Liam Neeson/Christian Bale place. Because Liam Neeson/Peter Sarsgaard in Kinsey = HOTTTTT.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2005 7:40:56 am PST #264 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
is Bullseye not a "known" enough character for it to matter?
Not Bullseye -- Kingpin. And probably not, although I did hear people bitch about the PCness (of casting a black guy as a criminal -- so right).
Matt, do you need it to be campy? Can't it just be fraught?
Jesse - Mar 18, 2005 7:44:21 am PST #265 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Not Bullseye -- Kingpin.
Oh yeah, der.
Steph L. - Mar 18, 2005 8:02:13 am PST #266 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Bat Sheet. In other words, Oh Dear God YES.
Jessica - Mar 18, 2005 8:09:35 am PST #267 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
With Christian Bale in the mix, any homoeroticism will more likely be filled with angst than camp. Which is just fine with me.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2005 9:02:01 am PST #268 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think if I don't get to see this cast perform this show, I might wind up considering my life completely wasted.
I Googled Spamalot reviews, and they seem pretty unanimously and enthusiastically positive. I think I feel the same way Sean does on this, but I may have a good ticket source (not that they'd be cheap).
Connie Neil - Mar 18, 2005 9:06:09 am PST #269 of 10002
brillig
Tim Curry as King Arthur. God is smiling.
Sean K - Mar 18, 2005 9:08:42 am PST #270 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I will settle for a DVD of the stage production with this cast, but otherwise I think I'll spend the rest of my life in a Sir Bedevere costume, staring wistfully out a window in the direction of Broadway, like some twisted, Pythonesque Mrs. Havisham.
(With all love and respect to our own Mrs. H, of course)
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2005 9:13:40 am PST #271 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Tim Curry as King Arthur. God is smiling.
God is played by John Cleese, or at least voiced by him.