Sounds like a job for Mythbusters.
Poor, degraded Buster.
Home schooling? You know, it's not just for scary religious people anymore.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
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Steph L. - Mar 18, 2005 10:37:05 am PST #310 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Sean K - Mar 18, 2005 10:40:01 am PST #311 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Hee!
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2005 10:42:21 am PST #312 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh my god. Demi Moore is going to be Wonder Woman, isn't she.
I don't think Demi has that much box office clout anymore (if she ever really did).
Sounds like a job for Mythbusters.
Either that or Titbusters.
edited for a missing "anymore".
Lyra Jane - Mar 18, 2005 10:43:11 am PST #313 of 10002
Up with the sun
Did anybody see the Slate article about the stupidest twist endings? It's funny, even if I don't agree with all of the opinions expressed. (Specifically, I liked "Fight Club" and "The Usual Suspects" and think I liked "The Game," but mostly don't remember it that well.)
My least favorite twists are "Identity" and "The Life of David Gale," but the latter is a very bad movie to start with.
Edit: Actually, the twist in "Hide and Seek" trumps all of the above. I'd blocked it out, that's how bad it was.
Edit the second: There are some spoilers in the article, so proceed at your own risk.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2005 10:48:35 am PST #314 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like the suggestion of The Passion Of The Christ.
I haven't seen enough of the ones on his list, and I mean to, so I had to skim the article. I did like Unusual Suspects and Identity -- the latter wasn't that twisty. I mean, the movie doesn't make sense without an explanation, but it's just not the one you might have thought. Whereas The Game drove me nuts, because it's not sufficiently hinged on the "Oh! That's what it was!" at the end. It just shifted from dumb movie A to dumber movie B.
bon bon - Mar 18, 2005 10:50:20 am PST #315 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
What's the twist in The Game?
Ginger - Mar 18, 2005 10:50:31 am PST #316 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Poor, degraded Buster.
Wouldn't they have to develop a Busterette to examine the exploding tit myth?
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2005 10:51:46 am PST #317 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wouldn't they have to develop a Busterette to examine the exploding tit myth?
Oh come on, you know how much Buster likes to examine tits.
Lyra Jane - Mar 18, 2005 10:52:14 am PST #318 of 10002
Up with the sun
Identity -- the latter wasn't that twisty. I mean, the movie doesn't make sense without an explanation, but it's just not the one you might have thought
Maybe. I just get hung up on the fact that (as I think Jessica and I have each said a dozen times) it's the exact same twist as the stupid brother's screenplay idea in "Adaptation." Which makes me giggle now, but made me angry at the time.
§ ita § - Mar 18, 2005 10:55:45 am PST #319 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I haven't seen Adaptation, LJ, so it didn't affect my enjoyment of the movie. Do the timelines work out for Identity to be cribbing?
What's the twist in The Game?
Primarily when the game ends, I think.