In the future, men will wear diapers with suspenders.
For some reason, all the women will be gay.
Shhh. The Religious Right might hear you and start using pictures from that movie in conversion therapy.
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 16, 2005 9:06:39 am PDT #2790 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
Gandalfe - May 16, 2005 9:07:15 am PDT #2791 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I've seen it, Jessica. Many years ago, and I was . . . . influenced . . . . but I saw it.
Frankenbuddha - May 16, 2005 9:07:35 am PDT #2792 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Staggeringly bad dialogue and endless acid-trip visuals that evoke more of the pukey feeling than the 'preeehty colors' aspect of tripping.
On the other hand, naked Charlotte Rampling. It doesn't make it worth watching on its own, but as a "do your own MST3K" it's got its amusements.
That, and wondering what the hell John Boorman was smoking back then. I bought the DVD because a) cheap and b) there's a commentary track by Boorman. I was hoping he might have an explanation - no such luck.
Jessica - May 16, 2005 9:08:50 am PDT #2793 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I love the commentary. So many scenes where all he can say is "I...have no idea what I was trying to do here. Sorry."
Tom Scola - May 16, 2005 9:09:43 am PDT #2794 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Weren't you describing the DVD commentary of Zardoz at one point, Jess? Where the director, John Boorman, doesn't have a clue what the fuck is going on either?
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Frankenbuddha - May 16, 2005 9:10:49 am PDT #2795 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love the commentary. So many scenes where all he can say is "I...have no idea what I was trying to do here. Sorry."
Ah, see I didn't even get that far with it - mostly he was talking about the locations where it was filmed when I gave up. When I'm in the right frame of mind I'll need to give another go. Lord knows it's gotta be better than the dialog.
Tom Scola - May 16, 2005 9:21:11 am PDT #2796 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I was just checking out John Boorman in the IMDB. His next two movies after making Deliverance were Zardoz and The Exorcist II: The Heretic.
That's quite a backslide there.
DawnK - May 16, 2005 9:21:17 am PDT #2797 of 10002
giraffe mode
Oh man, Zardoz... I saw that as part of a double feature with Logan's Run. *shudder* For the longest time I thought it was just me that didn't get what the hell was going on in that movie. Man, was it bad, bad, bad.
Frankenbuddha - May 16, 2005 9:25:37 am PDT #2798 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh man, Zardoz... I saw that as part of a double feature with Logan's Run. *shudder* For the longest time I thought it was just me that didn't get what the hell was going on in that movie. Man, was it bad, bad, bad.
Oh dear. Talk about an eye-searingly bad double-bill for the fashions alone. Lots and lots of horrifically dressed pretty on display.
I was just checking out John Boorman in the IMDB. His next two movies after making Deliverance were Zardoz and The Exorcist II: The Heretic.
And wasn't Excalibur the next one? The man does interesting work, but when he's bad, he's spectacularly bad. Exorcist II is visually amazing, but oh my god is it excruciating in pretty much every other respect.
Tom Scola - May 16, 2005 9:27:27 am PDT #2799 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Boorman wanted to direct a live-action LoTR in the 70s: [link]