Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'


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Alicia K - May 18, 2005 11:33:59 am PDT #2981 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

One of Seattle's radio stations has been playing that Queens of the Stone Age song mixed with the SNL "more cowbell" sketch. Pretty funny. Well, the first 10 times, anyway.


DavidS - May 18, 2005 11:58:29 am PDT #2982 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

7. Al Pacino - Hoo-ah! Always over the top, and we wouldn't have him any other way.

Pfft. First of all, Al can be subtle (cf., Godfather movies). Second of all, I hate it when he's a ham. Who the fuck loved him in Smell of a Woman? The most obvious apology Oscar since Butterfield 8.

Also, any voice list without Richard Burton or Alan Rickman is deeply suspect.


Maysa - May 18, 2005 12:39:02 pm PDT #2983 of 10002

Alan Rickman wasn't on that list. That list is dead to me.

Yeah, it's irrevelant without him.


erikaj - May 18, 2005 12:46:12 pm PDT #2984 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Yes, wrod. And I liked "Scent" but I've grown up, babe. And seen the Godfather, Serpico(duh), and, hell, "And Justice For All." "This whole country's out of order." Andre Braugher? Not on the list either, and he's made some movies now. Rickman's absence is criminal, however. That is the Rickman Appeal.


bon bon - May 18, 2005 12:47:28 pm PDT #2985 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Al can be subtle (cf., Godfather movies).

This is like saying I can be 4'9".


§ ita § - May 18, 2005 1:04:00 pm PDT #2986 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Al can be subtle (cf., Godfather movies).

This is like saying I can be 4'9".

Is there decapitation involved in realising either of these potentials?


DavidS - May 18, 2005 1:15:03 pm PDT #2987 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Is there decapitation involved in realising either of these potentials?

Couldn't we start at bon's shins? She's way too pretty to be losing her head.


§ ita § - May 18, 2005 1:16:14 pm PDT #2988 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Couldn't we start at bon's shins? She's way too pretty to be losing her head

Hey, Hec, your fetish is showing. You might want to tuck that in.


erikaj - May 18, 2005 1:18:35 pm PDT #2989 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Hey, I was gonna back him up, and I'm not hair-a-philic.


bon bon - May 18, 2005 1:22:48 pm PDT #2990 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

ita is far more bloodthirsty than I ever realized. Dual decapitations! Really!

In any case, what Al and I have in common is that something was true of both of us in the 1970s that is very unlikely to become true today.