Huh...is it something you have to have a penis to appreciate?
It is deeply steeped in testosterone. But mostly it's about honor and friendship and sacrifice and fucking up. Which are not exclusive to penis-wielders.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
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DavidS - May 26, 2005 12:23:51 pm PDT #3416 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - May 26, 2005 12:27:51 pm PDT #3417 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
It is deeply steeped in testosterone. But mostly it's about honor and friendship and sacrifice and fucking up.
So Klingons would like it?
DavidS - May 26, 2005 12:30:30 pm PDT #3418 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So Klingons would like it?
Do Klingons admit to fucking up?
Are they even powered by testosterone? I think they have special Klingosterone which is an order of magnitude more potent.
tommyrot - May 26, 2005 12:33:08 pm PDT #3419 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do Klingons admit to fucking up?
They need Picard around to tell them they fucked up first.
erikaj - May 26, 2005 12:35:27 pm PDT #3420 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, yeah, fairly universal-type stuff, only the YaYas did it with paper crowns on their heads, iirc. I'm teasing, a little. Don't wanna think about Klingosterone, although it's fun to type, but, just...no.(Although with this tag can't throw geek stones. Damn it.)
Strega - May 26, 2005 1:53:06 pm PDT #3421 of 10002
I'm pleased that they included The Singing Detective on that list even though it's not actually a movie. It almost balances out my bewilderment at seeing E.T. in there.
Invisible Green - May 26, 2005 2:05:31 pm PDT #3422 of 10002
Have you ever seen it in a theater? LoA is one of those where big screen is the only way to go (see also 2001).
No, but I think I might have a thing against desert movies in general, ever since I saw A Far Off Place, that movie about the two kids walking through the desert. The most exciting part off that movie was when they passed the elephant. Maybe I've just been anti-desert movies since seeing that.
§ ita § - May 26, 2005 2:06:33 pm PDT #3423 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, desert elephants are kind of sad, because the water for them to frolic in is much rarer. I can see how that could get one down.
Sophia Brooks - May 26, 2005 2:09:40 pm PDT #3424 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Doesn't A Far Off Place star Reese Witherspoon?
DavidS - May 26, 2005 2:11:25 pm PDT #3425 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm pleased that they included The Singing Detective on that list even though it's not actually a movie.
First time I ever saw it was in a theater though. They showed the whole thing in one sitting (with dinner break) at the San Francisco Film Festival before it ran on PBS.