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.
You're not gonna jokey-rhyme your way out of this one.
Willow ,'Sleeper'
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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
-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
Maysa - Jul 13, 2005 7:12:47 am PDT #5600 of 10002
Every time I hear the word Gladiator, I think of Elizabeth Taylor, drunk out of her mind, announcing the winner of best drama at the 2001 Golden Globes. "And the winner is......GLAAAD-IA-TOR!"
Nutty - Jul 13, 2005 8:01:25 am PDT #5601 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think a backstory would weaken the character.
Let's be honest, here. The Usual Suspects varnished over a steaming pile of incoherence with a lot of style. It's excellently done, but the problem with steaming piles of incoherence is that they don't take well to further investigation.
Literally speaking, 70-80% of the shown scenes in that movie are flashbacks by an unreliable narrator. That's a lot of gaps that could be filled with waltzing clowns, or squirrel-duels, or lemon merengue pie.