Re Matt's white font: I say we take off and nuke Yoda from space; it's the only way to be sure.
I probably got that quote totally wrong. *le sigh*
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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Frankenbuddha - May 25, 2005 3:32:24 am PDT #3356 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Calli - May 25, 2005 4:23:44 am PDT #3357 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oh. My. Sweet. God.
March of the Penguins is the most adorable thing I've ever seen. I think I sprained a facial muscle grinning at it. So, not dead of cute, as such. But a little damanged.
Volans - May 25, 2005 5:00:12 am PDT #3358 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Here's a young friend's take on summer movie trailers:
I saw Star Wars with Stephie [age 9] on Sunday. Many good previews at this flick; I was quite pleased with that. The last one was for the new Fantastic 4 movie. I was observing Stephie when this one came on, to see what she was making of it. I don't think she's ever seen a Fantaastic 4 comic, so I asked her, "What do you think? Should we see Fantastic 4 in the theater when it comes out?"
She deliberates for a couple seconds, then asks me, "Well, could we rent Fantastic 1 first, to see if I like it?"
Theodosia - May 25, 2005 6:45:46 am PDT #3359 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm objecting to Madagascar on the grounds that penguins (and most of the other animals pictured in the ads) are not native to Madagascar. The island is sometimes referred to as the 8th continent because, despite its proximity to the African coast, it has not had a land connection in a real real long time. So aside from flying things, it has two large animals in common with Africa: big crocodiles and pygmy hippos.
Le sigh. I had this trouble with a singing deaf-mute, too.
Jesse - May 25, 2005 6:51:17 am PDT #3360 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But that's the point of the movie -- they are zoo animals who end up in Madagascar as a result of wacky hijinks.
Jessica - May 25, 2005 7:12:43 am PDT #3361 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Also, the penguins are psychotic.
Betsy HP - May 25, 2005 8:47:29 am PDT #3362 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Ismail Merchant, as in "a Merchant-Ivory film", has died. [link]
Mr. Broom - May 25, 2005 10:41:06 am PDT #3363 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
The final Star Wars movie Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith has been slated by outraged fans, because it's riddled with continuity errors. Viewers have inundated website Moviemistakes.Com complaining director George Lucas's blockbuster contains 14 glaring mistakes. One film fan says of the latest film, "When he is telling Anakin how proud he is of him, Obi-wan's eye color shifts from Ewan McGregor's natural blue-green eyes to a dark brown." Another fumes, "When Samuel L. Jackson says, 'I don't think the boy can handle it, I don't trust him,' his lips don't match his dialogue." But the mistakes in the current release are nothing compared to the original 1977 film Episode IV - A New Hope which contained 214 mistakes, and its sequel The Empire Strikes Back, which contained 144 errors.
In the words of Mission of Burma, that's when I reach for my revolver. Pistol whippings for the lot of 'em. The one thing a fanboy cannot stand is a worse fanboy, and there's always a worse fanboy.
Betsy HP - May 25, 2005 5:38:28 pm PDT #3364 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Some people are really, really, really unclear on the care and feeding of geeks.
My employer is sponsoring a free showing of the new Star Wars movie for its employees... June 2 and 3.
At 9:00 A.M.
Jessica - May 25, 2005 6:20:59 pm PDT #3365 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There's a 9 a.m.?