Agreed. The other thing is the "sexual characteristic of actor had to be reduced" story seems to be increasingly frequent. Ioan Gruffud's package scaring people in Fantasic Four? Huh. It's some sort of weird marketing thing.
I'll just jump in my time machine, go back to the twelfth century, and ask the vampires to postpone their ancient prophesy for a few days while you take in dinner and a show.
Giles ,'Selfless'
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Volans - Aug 23, 2005 9:35:46 am PDT #6720 of 10002
move out and draw fire
DavidS - Aug 23, 2005 9:37:02 am PDT #6721 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've never seen (or even heard of) Point Blank. Sounds like I need tor remedy that.
Super stylized late existential revenge Noir. Late sixties in SF and LA. Lee Marvin hunts his way up the chain of revenge.
Jessica - Aug 23, 2005 9:37:41 am PDT #6722 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Have you seen the Domino trailer?
No -- is it online somewhere?
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 9:40:17 am PDT #6723 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Domino trailers -- talk about no personality.
C'mon now -- LL's breasts were scaring animals and small children. Don't know about the package stuff though -- that's more rarely on public record (whee! I remembered the l).
Jim - Aug 23, 2005 9:40:46 am PDT #6724 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Purely to end the confusion (NSFW, obviously): [link] So there, but small. Who knew that she, not Thora Birch, would be the one who'd become a star from the Hole?
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§ ita § - Aug 23, 2005 9:44:20 am PDT #6725 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think anyone's confused about how big they are(n't). Just about how big they can look.
Jessica - Aug 23, 2005 9:46:07 am PDT #6726 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Domino trailers -- talk about no personality.
Exactly! Elizabeth Bennet is supposed to give off a "Well, at least she's smart..." vibe (until you get to know her and realize that you could get lost in her stunning eyes blah blah lovecakes). Kiera? NSM.
DavidS - Aug 23, 2005 9:46:39 am PDT #6727 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today is Basil Rathbone day on TCM, incidentally. Lots of swashbucklers and Sherlock Holmes.
Tomorrow looks like Sophia Loren day. She made a fair number of crap movies it seems.
Day after is Norma Shearer day. Including the intriguing Idiot's Delight (Gable, oddly pro-lefty antiwar movie from 1939 before they squelched that sentiment) and He Who Gets Slapped (disturbing Lon Chaney - aren't they all - silent). Plus The Women of course.
Spencer Tracy, Randolph Scott, Deborah Kerr and Constance Bennett all have full day schedules coming up too.
The Constance Bennett day has lots of cool pre-code stuff, and also Topper.
Bogie day is Aug. 31st.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 23, 2005 9:51:13 am PDT #6728 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Super stylized late existential revenge Noir. Late sixties in SF and LA. Lee Marvin hunts his way up the chain of revenge.
Worth seeing just for the scene where Angie Dickinson exhausts herself hitting Lee Marvin, and he never flinches. But there's a lot of cool shit in that movie.
Makes a great double bill with the Don Siegel version of The Killers (with Ronald Reagan as a grey flannel gangster - his last movie, and oh so prescient).
DavidS - Aug 23, 2005 9:53:56 am PDT #6729 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Somebody tell Betsy that Roberta is playing on TCM on August 26th at 3am.