Until they gave it its Futurama-style makeover, I thought Metropolis in recent years was being drawn to resemble downtown Chicago.
Giles, if you would like to get by in American society, then you are going to have to follow our traditions. You're the patriarch. You have to host the festivities, or it's all meaningless.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 08, 2005 8:03:48 am PDT #3890 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
Gris - Jun 08, 2005 8:05:16 am PDT #3891 of 10002
Hey. New board.
I've always thought of Metropolis as Manhattan and Gotham as Brooklyn. I don't really know why I've thought of it that way, especially since I know very little about Brooklyn.
erikaj - Jun 08, 2005 8:54:20 am PDT #3892 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
And of course nobody can say anything about Anne Bancroft without
"Mrs. Robinson, I think you're trying to seduce me."
"Would you *like* me to seduce you?"
(I LOVE that movie, though.)
Calli - Jun 08, 2005 9:04:19 am PDT #3893 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
There was an episode of X-Files set in either Durham or Raleigh, NC. I forget which, but Vancouver really doesn't look much like either one. After getting past my disapointment that Duchovney wasn't coming within stalking distance (I had a thing. I got over it.) I pretty much let it go.
beekaytee - Jun 08, 2005 9:04:34 am PDT #3894 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
My favorite Anne Bancroft moment came in "Garbo Talks". "All right! Which of you wants me to sit on his face. Come on now, I haven't got all day."
Also, "84 Charing Cross Road". Sigh.
Beverly - Jun 08, 2005 9:36:56 am PDT #3895 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Charing Cross is my favorite Bancroft role, though I love her in The Turning Point, too. The fighting in the parking lot scene with Shirley MacLaine is just wonderful. And of course, The Miracle Worker. Mrs. Robinson is the fourth role of hers I think of.
Scrappy - Jun 08, 2005 9:41:36 am PDT #3896 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Miracle Worker is one of my favorite movies ever. It's a little stagy, but the performances are magnificent. It pings all my buttons--strong women, the challenge and reward of teaching, the beauty of language, making one's own choices -- I cry every time I see it.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 08, 2005 10:09:55 am PDT #3897 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
I tend to think of her in To Be or Not To Be and Torch Song Trilogy before her Graduate Role.
Beverly - Jun 08, 2005 10:21:38 am PDT #3898 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Oh goodness, I'd forgotten Torch Song. Yes, she practically disappeared into that role. Damn. She was good.
DavidS - Jun 08, 2005 10:36:09 am PDT #3899 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Charing Cross is my favorite Bancroft role, though I love her in The Turning Point, too. The fighting in the parking lot scene with Shirley MacLaine is just wonderful. And of course, The Miracle Worker. Mrs. Robinson is the fourth role of hers I think of.
Turning Point has the added virtue of my first girlfriend being in it.