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.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
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Calli - Jun 08, 2005 9:04:19 am PDT #3893 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
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.
erikaj - Jun 08, 2005 11:45:46 am PDT #3900 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I liked Torch Song and Turning point, but they are not on my Favorites List so I can't quote them till you throw stuff...that was the only place I was going with that.
Nutty - Jun 08, 2005 6:10:18 pm PDT #3901 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I am all about the To Be Or Not To Be. Because I hadn't understood the idea that you could be elegant and beautiful and funny all at once till that movie. Also, dressing up as clowns to escape Nazis. How can you not love that?
Gotham as Brooklyn
I think Brooklyn is not tall enough for Mr. Dark And Broody to sit atop its ramparts contemplating the city. Whereas, the Chrysler Building is perfect for that, if you are not afraid of heights, or if you are Margaret Bourke-White.
erikaj - Jun 08, 2005 7:56:55 pm PDT #3902 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Because I never saw it.