I don't want Keyser's childhood with relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery, I want to know how Kevin Spacey is Keyser Soze.
Remember that sex we were planning to have, ever again?
Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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bon bon - Jul 13, 2005 6:16:54 am PDT #5590 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
§ ita § - Jul 13, 2005 6:17:44 am PDT #5591 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I like the mystery. I also don't think there's any good way to make him Keyser Soze, so there's that.
Jessica - Jul 13, 2005 6:33:02 am PDT #5592 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm with ita -- I think a backstory would weaken the character.
And would someone please tell my brain to stop singing "Hey Keyser Soze Keyser Soze Keyser Soze" to the tune of "Macarena"? Thanks.
-t - Jul 13, 2005 6:40:50 am PDT #5593 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Damn you Jessica.
Fay - Jul 13, 2005 6:41:20 am PDT #5594 of 10002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Damn you, wee Jessica!
beats earworm with stick
I suppose that maybe they could do something interesting for The Unusual Suspects, or The Usual Victims, or whatever. Maybe. But it would be an undertaking like unto no other sequel that I can think of. So very difficult to make it not suck.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2005 6:43:25 am PDT #5595 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And would someone please tell my brain to stop singing "Hey Keyser Soze Keyser Soze Keyser Soze" to the tune of "Macarena"? Thanks.
Would you prefer having "The DeNiro Merengue" earworm instead?
Steph L. - Jul 13, 2005 6:56:55 am PDT #5596 of 10002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Gladiator 2: Russell WHO?
JohnSweden - Jul 13, 2005 7:00:14 am PDT #5597 of 10002
I can't even.
Gladiator 2: The Domination
G2: Rise of the Gladiator
You know, it's like the word Gladiator has lost all meaning.
Fred Pete - Jul 13, 2005 7:06:46 am PDT #5598 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Beyond the Valley of the Gladiators
Gladiator and the Chamber of Secrets
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2005 7:09:24 am PDT #5599 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Gladiator 2: The Quickening
runs away