SCREWING YOUR SISTER I.E. INCEST issue John Irving has???
Wasn't this just in Hotel New Hampshire? And that family is all sorts of screwed up. (although, it is my favorite)
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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Sophia Brooks - May 31, 2005 9:08:15 am PDT #3545 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
DavidS - May 31, 2005 9:25:00 am PDT #3546 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Wasn't this just in Hotel New Hampshire? And that family is all sorts of screwed up. (although, it is my favorite)
Speaking of the Hotel New Hampshire, I TiVoed it this weekend just to catch a glimpse of the super tiny and wee young Seth Green in his movie debut as Egg.
Jessica - May 31, 2005 9:30:13 am PDT #3547 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Bwah:
LONDON (Reuters) - Producers of the upcoming movie based on the blockbuster novel "The Da Vinci Code" were not allowed to film in Britain's Westminster Abbey after church officials denounced the book as "theologically unsound."
"Although a real page turner, 'The Da Vinci code' is theologically unsound and we cannot commend or endorse the contentious and wayward religious and historic suggestions made in the book -- nor its views of Christianity and the New Testament," the Abbey said in a statement.
"It would therefore be inappropriate to film scenes from the book here."
Betsy HP - May 31, 2005 9:31:50 am PDT #3548 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
I actually think it's a bad idea to allow filming in cathedrals anyway. On religious grounds: if you believe in the concept of sanctified ground, then you don't use it for entirely secular purposes.
Nutty - May 31, 2005 9:34:23 am PDT #3549 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
...Also, quoth the Abbey, "It would really suck to have to close for a day, because that 400-mile line of Americans waiting to get in would probably hurt us."
Although a real page turner, 'The Da Vinci code' is theologically unsound and we cannot commend or endorse the contentious and wayward religious and historic suggestions made in the book -- nor its views of Christianity and the New Testament.
For the record, this sentence is both more complex than you'll find in aforementioned page-turner, and possessed of more $0.50 words than you can shake an SAT booklet at.
Scrappy - May 31, 2005 9:44:41 am PDT #3550 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Whilst on vacation I saw two movies. Layer Cake was fun and clever and dark in all the neo-British caper film ways which I enjoy. Sweet Jebus, that Daniel Craig is ho-o-o-o-ot.
Also saw Madagascar, which a friend of ours produced. It was enjoyable and sweet--not a must-see for non-animation fans, but I had a really good time. The Ali G dude was hysterical.
JohnSweden - May 31, 2005 9:47:48 am PDT #3551 of 10002
I can't even.
"Although a real page turner, 'The Da Vinci code' is theologically unsound and we cannot commend or endorse the contentious and wayward religious and historic suggestions made in the book -- nor its views of Christianity and the New Testament," the Abbey said in a statement.
I think that reasoning is sound and laudable. ETA: Their abbey. Also, nice to hear not-craxy stuff come from religious spokespeople. En plus, not a Dan Brown fan here.
possessed of more $0.50 words
I think I see "theologically" and "contentious", but after that?
§ ita § - May 31, 2005 9:51:36 am PDT #3552 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think I see "theologically" and "contentious", but after that?
I think "wayward" and "unsound" are worth more than a quarter. I'm a fan of "endorse" too.
Nutty - May 31, 2005 10:16:21 am PDT #3553 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Add "commend" to the list. Anyway, half the online grammar quizzes check to see whether you know the difference between "commend" and "comment."
Frankenbuddha - May 31, 2005 10:17:53 am PDT #3554 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And Beecher and Robson acted out something like it on Oz, with the car crash being replaced by malicious intent.
And, yet as painful as that was, the stuff about Robson's gum surgery made me wince far, FAR worse.