I think by the time you're reusing pun terms, it's dead.
Looks like yesasia.com doesn't have an Ong Bak DVD with English subtitles, but for 7.99 and 2.99 shipping (how does that make business sense???) I'll take the VCD.
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
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§ ita § - Jul 07, 2005 10:53:55 am PDT #5320 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2005 10:55:42 am PDT #5321 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 think by the time you're reusing pun terms, it's dead.
::gives up on trying to pun off of 'mastitis'::
Jessica - Jul 07, 2005 11:15:48 am PDT #5322 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ouch -- Ebert's FF review:
It's all setup and demonstration, and naming and discussing and demonstrating, and it never digests the complications of the Fantastic Four and gets on to telling a compelling story. Sure, there's a nice sequence where the Thing keeps a fire truck from falling off a bridge, but you see one fire truck saved from falling off a bridge, you've seen them all.
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2005 11:19:16 am PDT #5323 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My favourite review quote: "So bad it takes points away from BATMAN BEGINS." (pulled from rotten tomatoes).
Jessica - Jul 07, 2005 11:23:22 am PDT #5324 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's disheartening when nearly all of the "fresh" reviews seem to be along the lines of "Well, at least it didn't suck as much as Batman and Robin!"
JZ - Jul 07, 2005 11:28:26 am PDT #5325 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I'm partial to this dry little sneer, from the Arizona Star (also grabbed from RT):
Most of the characters are bland, but not Johnny. He's extreme. Whenever he comes onscreen, punk music blares, he does a Mountain Dew commercial stunt and starts making out with one or two chicks.
"I've never been good with rules," he says.
That Johnny.
§ ita § - Jul 07, 2005 11:30:19 am PDT #5326 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Johnny's what's getting my ass into the theatre. If it gets there, that is.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2005 11:37:28 am PDT #5327 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.
That description makes me want to smack Johnny.
Is he the fire guy? 'Cause that might affect what I decide to wear when I smack him.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2005 11:44:00 am PDT #5328 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.
Note to Avi Arad: If you want Harry Knowles to help spread good word-of-mouth about your film, publicly calling him "Fat Harry" is probably not the best way to win him over.
I just went to AICN and saw the new Harry animation thing they always have in the top left corner.
Heh. Apparantly Harry wasn't happy about the "Fat Harry" think.
Kathy A - Jul 07, 2005 1:57:13 pm PDT #5329 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
From the Chicago Tribune's review of The March of the Penguins:
Part of the film's cachet is in those "how'd they get that" moments. (Stay for the credits to see the birds interact curiously with Jacquet and his cameras.) But mostly it's an incredible tale of ritual and perseverance, both for the emperor penguin and the untouched land, sparkling white and aqua, pristine and brutal.
Oh yes, there is also a major cute factor here, even with Freeman's reverent voice, the harrowing music and the brutal statistics (many newborns, sometimes up to 80 percent of them, just don't make it). I mean, baby penguins. With feathers so dense they look like fur and eyes too naive to deny, you'll want one. Bad. Believe me, deep in your bones lives a need you never knew existed: You must cuddle with a baby penguin. At once.
I was just looking at the arthouse near me to see if they'll be showing it, and not only does it start there tomorrow, but they've put it on two screens (the only movie currently on more than one screen at this theater). Penguins sell, baby!