All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.

Mal ,'Trash'


Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Fay - Jul 11, 2005 10:12:43 am PDT #5538 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.

As a writer of dialogue, I admire Mamet. As a member of my gender, I think he's an asshole.

See, there's no problem with this, imho. Erika's a writer, as well as a woman. I read her initial comment thus:

"[Speaking] as a writer of dialogue, I admire Mamet. [Speaking] as a member of my gender, I think he's an asshole."

See? It works perfectly nicely as is.


JohnSweden - Jul 11, 2005 10:17:50 am PDT #5539 of 10002
I can't even.

I live to exploit semantic ambiguities, even imputing them where they don't belong if it makes for a good dirty joke.

Oh yeah, me too. Also, I'll just make shit up and insist that's what people said, if it makes good riffing fun.


erikaj - Jul 11, 2005 10:23:53 am PDT #5540 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

Well, it's not like I'm ever short of Actual Dirty Stuff in my posts...but I guess I'm just flattered you like to play with my stuff.And sometimes I'm really not clear enough, and you guys are so smart and I went to a state university you have to be dead not to get into, so I have Schrodinger's Class Issues...it's not like I mind getting my chain yanked.


Volans - Jul 12, 2005 7:02:43 am PDT #5541 of 10002
move out and draw fire

ME Russell saw The Man with the Screaming Brain, Bruce Campbell's directorial debut:

So how’s “Screaming Brain”? Well, it’s really, really, really silly — basically what you’d expect from a no-budget “Sci-Fi Original Movie” starring Bruce Campbell. It’s a slapstick comedy about a millionaire who’s killed by a gorgeous gypsy, then has part of a Russian cab driver’s brain put in his head by a mad scientist played by Stacy Keach (!). Wacky chases, break-dancing robots and “All of Me”-style gags ensue.


Mr. Broom - Jul 12, 2005 7:57:43 am PDT #5542 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

Word has it, unofficial but from more or less reliable sources, that Liam Neeson has recorded dialogue to be the voice of Aslan.


Jars - Jul 12, 2005 8:03:27 am PDT #5543 of 10002

Has anyone else heard a rumour that Justin Trousersnake is lined up for Harvey Dent? I'm hoping my source is mocking me.


DavidS - Jul 12, 2005 8:11:47 am PDT #5544 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Has anyone else heard a rumour that Justin Trousersnake is lined up for Harvey Dent? I'm hoping my source is mocking me.

No fucking way that'll happen.

I want to see break-dancing robots! Oh wait, Conky on Pee Wee's Playhouse probably counts.


Vonnie K - Jul 12, 2005 6:59:44 pm PDT #5545 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

I'm watching Dawn of the Dead, right now and while I love general creepiness and atmosphere and zombies, I'm realizing that I'm not over-fond of the whole 'tension, tension, tension BOOO!, tension tension, GAAHH! repeated ad nauseum' structure of a typical horror movie.

Plus, this flick is really fucking gory. Aeeiii. Good cast though.


Katie M - Jul 12, 2005 8:43:09 pm PDT #5546 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies

Think happy thoughts about Shawn and his cricket bat, Vonnie.


§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 8:52:02 pm PDT #5547 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

From the NY Post:

KEVIN Spacey, who shaved his head for his role as villainous Lex Luthor in "Superman Returns," will have to grow it back in a hurry to star in the sequel to "The Usual Suspects." Bald as an egg in Sydney, Australia, Spacey told "Superman Returns" director Bryan Singer, who also helmed "The Usual Suspects," he'll co-star in the sequel to the 1995 caper flick. But the Sydney Daily Telegraph reports Spacey plans on doing some theater work while waiting for his hair to grow for the "Suspects" sequel.