Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
'The Message'
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§ 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.
Anne W. - May 31, 2005 5:00:02 pm PDT #3564 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Question: Were there any notable "woman gets violent revenge on those who done her wrong" movies prior to Kill Bill? I'm drawing a blank on this one.
tommyrot - May 31, 2005 5:01:40 pm PDT #3565 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.
I Spit on Your Grave.
DavidS - May 31, 2005 5:08:44 pm PDT #3566 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Question: Were there any notable "woman gets violent revenge on those who done her wrong" movies prior to Kill Bill? I'm drawing a blank on this one.
Oh hell yeah. It's a huge exploitation genre. In fact, most of the movies QT references are variations on the theme, including Lady Snow and They Call Her One Eye. As tommyrot notes, I Spit On Your Grave. Abel Ferrera's Ms. 45. Lipstick, with Mariel Hemingway. The list goes on and on.
Steph L. - May 31, 2005 5:54:57 pm PDT #3567 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Goyer, who wrote the "Blade" film trilogy, sheepishly admits he knows more about the character than many people at DC Comics.
This is me, sighing in relief. I cannot WAIT to see this movie!
Daisy Jane - May 31, 2005 5:58:43 pm PDT #3568 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Carrie?
DavidS - May 31, 2005 6:11:26 pm PDT #3569 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I was reading the Village Voice review of Lords of Dogtown and came upon this:
Channeling Amy Heckerling for the post-emo era, Hardwicke's pop-Cassavetes melodrama nevertheless rides as smoothly as a big-budget after-school special, capturing youth struggles from an appropriately blown-out teen's-eye perspective.
What the fuck kind of sentence is that? The editor should've circled this in red with the note: "WTF?!?" I've been known to bend a few pop cult references into my sentences, but this is a gross abuse of the technique. It's as involute as a Dennis Miller joke.
P.M. Marc - May 31, 2005 6:19:51 pm PDT #3570 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
If that's the criteria, we should start a campaign to get Plei to write the sequel.
Would Batbale have to wear clothing?
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2005 6:29:00 pm PDT #3571 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
After American Psycho you know the actor wouldn't object to doing without if the story called for it. Write the thing so he has to track down some villain in the Jamaican Hedonism resort.