I like !Spring, myself. Good call, Vonnie.
Big stop just to renew your license to companion. Can I use companion as a verb?
Wash ,'Ariel'
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Polter-Cow - Jul 11, 2005 6:47:58 am PDT #5489 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
IAmNotReallyASpring - Jul 11, 2005 6:53:27 am PDT #5490 of 10002
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
I like strawberries. Could we work that in somehow?
Aims - Jul 11, 2005 6:56:03 am PDT #5491 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
"Plllbbbbbbbbt"
Kate P. - Jul 11, 2005 6:56:11 am PDT #5492 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Now I'm singing "Strawberry Girl" to myself, although I am unaware of Spring's preferred gender. Also, strawberries are yummy.
JohnSweden - Jul 11, 2005 7:14:06 am PDT #5493 of 10002
I can't even.
Anyone seen Silver City? I watched it last night and it is noirish and rambling. I was pretty much watching for Maria Bello, but Chris Cooper's GWB imitation was uncanny.
Jessica - Jul 11, 2005 7:16:04 am PDT #5494 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was disappointed in it, JSw. It seemed like a good idea that never quite went anywhere.
Fay - Jul 11, 2005 7:25:42 am PDT #5495 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Hey there, Not!Spring[wholikesstrawberries]! Welcome!
JohnSweden - Jul 11, 2005 7:26:33 am PDT #5496 of 10002
I can't even.
It seemed like a good idea that never quite went anywhere.
That was my reaction, too. I watched it to the end, and kept expecting it to find another gear, but it never did. Lots of interesting people in character roles, but it was like the pieces didn't quite hang together. Kind of frustrating, since there was stuff to like about it.
Vonnie K - Jul 11, 2005 7:30:35 am PDT #5497 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I like !Spring
Although that's sort of close to iSpring, and now I have the mental picture of !Spring (whatever he/she looks like) all decked in Apple White.
I like strawberries.
The only thing this reminds me of is Rack and Willow from "Wrecked" and "you taste like strawberries"... and OK, ewww. Plus, Actual Car Crash. Sigh.
On an actual movie-related news, Netflix me sent Spartan, the Mamet thriller with Val Kilmer, which I admit I rented because Kristen Bell is in it. It's very atypical as thrillers go, and rather ponderous but interestingly brain-twisty. Val Kilmer is very, very good in the role of the Special Ops dude who goes rogue to complete his mission. KB is only on for about 15 minutes or so, but she rocked--no surprise there.
Mamet's very hit or miss for me. His flicks are clever and dense, but often emotionally frigid. This one was better than some in that regard, but I suspect that was mostly because of what Kilmer brought to the table instead of the writing.
Fay - Jul 11, 2005 7:36:28 am PDT #5498 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
I'm v. well disposed to Mamet's work on the basis of the plays that I've seen (although less well-disposed to him, on the basis of interviews I've read). Don't think I've actually seen any of his movies, though.
Val Kilmer...I loved The Doors, and I seem to remember enjoying Willow (as the lesbian witch said to the archbishop), but the memory of The Saint overwhelms all other things I've seen him in. The Saint was just...man. There was a Toad-of-Toad-Hall-Washerwoman-Disguise moment, wherein Val Kilmer in a headscarf, making an astonishingly convincing, er, Val Kilmer in a headscarf, wielded a mop and thus convinced everyone he was a cleaning lady and sauntered nonchalently around The Evil Dudes as they were discussing their Evil Plans (TM). I mean, there were many, many, MANY moments of awfulness in that movie, but the Toad of Toad Hall bit was the best. (Although the English Poet bit was pretty fucking hilarious. Clearly he went to Dick Van Dyke's School of Comedy English Accents. And failed.)
Er. Big tangent. Anyway, Spartan, you say? Sounds like it might help obliterate the memory of The Saint.