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I have frequently thought, after learning the details of how it came to be, that Obi Wan's plan left a little something to be desired.
Heh. You might enjoy Javier Grillo-Marxuach's take on it. He claimed to be being humorous, but it's surprising how much sense he makes.
I was just at Target, getting some stuff, and decided to check out their DVD selection. It pretty much sucked (they were out of the Star Trek: First Contact that just came out on Tuesday, but had five million of The Incredibles, instead), but I did pick up a few. The Incredibles (which I haven't seen before, so I hope it's good!), and the special editions of Groundhog Day and Sense and Sensibility, both on sale for $10 each. I'm heading over to Best Buy tomorrow to get the ST:FC, and the boxed sets for both the Classic Musicals and That's Entertainment.
If I were more depressed than I am now, I'd buy an iPod that I can't afford, but I'm putting that money into my cat and car, instead. Happy 39th birthday next week, Kathy--feel better with more DVDs!
special editions of Groundhog Day and Sense and Sensibility, both on sale for $10 each
GYUH!??!! Groundhog Day for $10?!?! MY KINGDOM FOR A TARGET RUN.
Yeah--they had a bunch of DVDs for $10 each, but those were the only two that caught my eye. They did have Angel Season 5 for $45.99, and I was tempted, but I'm going to get the other two boxed sets I mention earlier instead.
I saw Ice Princess this afternoon. It was actually better than I expected, and I very much expected to enjoy it. Michelle Trachtenberg was generally excellent (necessary warning: I always liked Dawn), Joan Cusack was funny, most of the time, and some of the most annoying cliches of movies with high school girls and individual sports competitors were, thankfully, avoided.
Most importantly, MT's transition to high-class skater wasn't QUITE as completely-and-utterly-impossible as the trailers implied it might be. And none of the nerd jokes were super-offensive, and most of the science seemed accurate.
It was probably better to the now-me than The Mighty Ducks, which I just recently watched. I doubt it will have the same national effect on figure-skating that little flick had on hockey, though.
I recommend it, if you like these kinds of things.
Speaking of movies with inane twist endings, husband rented Saw. I have to say, it's been a while since a movie left me feeling both irritated and physically ill.
And I wasn't even paying that much attention.
You might enjoy Javier Grillo-Marxuach's take on it.
Huh. He has a livehournal. I went to high school with Javi. I think I shall leave him a comment and hope he remembers me.
Jars, Angel will not be a chick - that was a false spoiler.
Oh thank Christ. Why must the internets lie to me? Why?!
Waste of a perfectly good Cary Elwes, in Saw.
Idris Elba will have a big part in a TV movie about genocide in Rwanda called "Sometimes in April". It airs on HBO tonight, but they always put their stuff on video so I thought you'd still like the tip even if you're not a ..TV crackwhore...I mean, HBO subscriber.