Brett Ratner is taking over X3 after the departure of Matthew Vaughn. This plus the scuttlebutt on the preliminary script has me very, very worried.
Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.
'Touched'
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Mr. Broom - Jun 06, 2005 7:25:37 am PDT #3783 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2005 7:27:27 am PDT #3784 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They need to dump both the script and the director, and get Joss in. Oh, and maybe Halle too, if they're spring cleaning.
Jesse - Jun 06, 2005 7:49:45 am PDT #3785 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Batman Begins is kind of mixed so far on Rotten Tomatoes.
Vonnie K - Jun 06, 2005 9:03:58 am PDT #3786 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Well, 80% positive doesn't sound too bad.
Ebert and that other guy raved about it last night on their show. Ebert is supposed to be a comic book buff, no?
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2005 9:05:18 am PDT #3787 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There are five reviews counted right now -- which means each new one coming in can sway the rating very heavily. Were there five when you looked, Jesse?
Jesse - Jun 06, 2005 9:11:04 am PDT #3788 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, there were five, and I had never heard of three of them, so I'm calling it 50/50 at this point.
Jessica - Jun 06, 2005 9:29:45 am PDT #3789 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I trust Empire more than either the Hollywood Reporter or Variety, so I'd say it looks pretty hopeful.
[eta: Empire liked Mr and Mrs Smith too.]
Volans - Jun 06, 2005 9:48:26 am PDT #3790 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Best alien ever
The beach ball? Yeah.
You know, I couldn't contribute to the Donnie Darko discussion because it's sitting on my shelf of To Watch. We've been putting off watching it because the DH wanted to get the one with the extra 26 minutes or whatever added back in. So I asked tonight, after having read Buffista commentary on DD, what those extra minutes were, and he tells me its the physics about the black hole/singularity thing.
Which is a key part of the science fiction game that I asked for the movie references for.
So does that count as a plate of shrimp?
(Probably not, but I'm tired)
Gris - Jun 06, 2005 9:49:46 am PDT #3791 of 10002
Hey. New board.
The funny thing is that all of Zach's student films (that I saw) were show-not-tell, almost to a fault -- gorgeous pacing and composition, very very very sparse writing.
I believe this, because I believe the first 80 minutes are fantastic show-not-tell. That's why it's annoying when he decides to monologue the points home that he's already made so clear in the last two big scenes.
Now, crossing my fingers for BB.
tommyrot - Jun 06, 2005 9:56:40 am PDT #3792 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.