Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!

Xander ,'Lessons'


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Lee - Jul 22, 2005 1:23:22 pm PDT #5946 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Has anyone seen Heights or The Beautiful Country? If so, how are they?


Melpomene - Jul 22, 2005 1:35:29 pm PDT #5947 of 10002
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'

Jack Davenport gets my vote. For - well anything, actually, but in this instance, for Bond. Because - gah.

I also think he should be Snape instead of Rickman. I love Rickman with a huge love, and I'm glad he's got this high profile role, but he's very much older than the character really should be.

Huh. I never would have thought JD for Snape. Goth!Steve would be pretty hot, come to think of it. I do see the Bond and I second your -gah.


Polter-Cow - Jul 22, 2005 4:14:26 pm PDT #5948 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

V for Vendetta trailer.

It looks pretty sweet. You'd think Natalie Portman with a British accent would be just like having Kiera Knightley, but it turns out they have different voices.


DavidS - Jul 22, 2005 8:33:48 pm PDT #5949 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Have you noticed that there's a council of goths running Warner Brothers?

Batman Begins, The Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Phantom of the Opera, V for Vendetta...


Volans - Jul 22, 2005 9:02:07 pm PDT #5950 of 10002
move out and draw fire

Have you noticed that there's a council of goths running Warner Brothers?

Good point. And good goth.

Is the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp pairing the one with the most frequency of a director working with a certain actor? Jim Cameron and Bill Wassisname worked together a bunch. Rodriguez/Banderas. Tarantino/Roth. But I still count more Burton/Depps.


DavidS - Jul 22, 2005 9:12:19 pm PDT #5951 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Is the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp pairing the one with the most frequency of a director working with a certain actor?

Ever? Truffaut did the Antoine Doinel series with the same actor playing the same character for something like 7 or 8 movies (I think one is a short movie). Started with 400 Blows.

post-IMDB: Jean-Pierre Leaud

Deniro and Scorsese.

Jimmy Stewart and James Capra. (also with Hitchcock and Anthony Mann)

Fellini and Marcello Mastroianni.

Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.

Bergman and whathispuss? Max Von Sydow.


Strega - Jul 22, 2005 9:27:55 pm PDT #5952 of 10002

Siegel & Eastwood did five movies together. Or six, if you count Eastwood directing Siegel.


Fiona - Jul 23, 2005 1:02:29 am PDT #5953 of 10002

Jimmy Stewart and James Capra

I think you mean Frank Capra, Hec. And they only made three films together (Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith...., and You Can't Take It With You), hardly that many.

Burton/Depp is one of the longest big star/big director working relationships around at the moment, but historically I don't think they're that special. In the old studio system days you would get stars and directors from the same stable coming together frequently all the time.

The other contemporary pairing which springs to mind for me is Clooney/Soderbergh (4 films made and one in production - oh, it looks interesting); plus of course they produce other movies together and stuff.


IAmNotReallyASpring - Jul 23, 2005 3:53:32 am PDT #5954 of 10002
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel

Stephen Rea and Neil Jordan.


Jon B. - Jul 23, 2005 4:05:25 am PDT #5955 of 10002
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Kurosawa and Mifune

(imdb lists 16 joint efforts)