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.
Reynolds, I'm a dangerous-minded man on a ship loaded with hurt. Now, why you got me chatting with your peons?
Womack ,'The Message'
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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"
JohnSweden - May 31, 2005 10:32:55 am PDT #3555 of 10002
I can't even.
Add "commend" to the list. Anyway, half the online grammar quizzes check to see whether you know the difference between "commend" and "comment."
Yikes. It is a precise, well-written quote, but the language doesn't seem all that elevated to me, just a little formal, which I would expect.
Nutty - May 31, 2005 10:43:40 am PDT #3556 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Spoken like someone who has never had to explain the difference between 'lay' and 'lie' to a 100% post-collegiate audience.
It's fine writing, and I like it a lot. The reason I pointed it out is that you probably won't see any of those words in a Dan Brown novel.
Alicia K - May 31, 2005 10:56:58 am PDT #3557 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I watched The Aviator last night. The first two hours were dull as dry toast, and the last hour was really good, I thought. Leo DiCaprio was great in that last hour.
I did get a laugh out of the scene where Katharine Hepburn takes him to meet her folks, though.
Steph L. - May 31, 2005 10:58:58 am PDT #3558 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The Aviator is 3 hours? Damn, that just got bumped WAY down my must-watch list.
§ ita § - May 31, 2005 11:00:28 am PDT #3559 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It really didn't need all three, either.
Kalshane - May 31, 2005 11:40:58 am PDT #3560 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Also saw Madigascar this weekend. I enjoyed it. Though the penguins are what made it for me.
erikaj - May 31, 2005 11:53:53 am PDT #3561 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Nutty, I love you. It's totally true.
§ ita § - May 31, 2005 1:43:41 pm PDT #3562 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom Scola - May 31, 2005 2:32:47 pm PDT #3563 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
the English director's shrewdest move may have been bringing in Goyer to help craft the script. Nolan is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (for "Memento") but he's a Batman novice; Goyer, who wrote the "Blade" film trilogy, sheepishly admits he knows more about the character than many people at DC Comics.
If that's the criteria, we should start a campaign to get Plei to write the sequel.