Nicholas is clearly planning to be grandfather to Superman.
Were that so, he'd have named the kid Jor-El.
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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P.M. Marc - Oct 03, 2005 12:08:41 pm PDT #7706 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Glamcookie - Oct 03, 2005 12:11:11 pm PDT #7707 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Serenity on Friday. I liked it more than any episode in the series. The stakes seemed higher, the characterizations more true, and the story seemed more taut and well-thought.
Corwood and I are as one. I even saw more than one movie over the weekend - Serenity and Corpse Bride. I felt about Corpse Bride the same way I felt about Nightmare Before Christmas. Wonderful visually but lacking in emotion. I just didn't feel any sort of connection with the characters. And I don't like the Elfman music for either movie.
Hayden - Oct 03, 2005 8:07:48 pm PDT #7708 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Were that so, he'd have named the kid Jor-El.
I don't think we're in strict continuity-land here.
Corwood and I are as one.
Words I love to read.
Jim - Oct 03, 2005 10:26:49 pm PDT #7709 of 10002
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
A friend has started the rumour that Cage, worried by global warming, is building a rocket-powered crib in his backyard so Kal-El can escape.
Volans - Oct 04, 2005 12:15:08 am PDT #7710 of 10002
move out and draw fire
A friend has started the rumour that Cage, worried by global warming, is building a rocket-powered crib in his backyard so Kal-El can escape.
So he won't be invulnerable until he crash-lands on some other planet? Cool.
Too bad we're gonna explode, though.
Wonderful visually but lacking in emotion. I just didn't feel any sort of connection with the characters.
Yep, this was my response to "Nightmare." My DH liked it enough that I bought him the VHS (back in the day), but he's the stealth-goth.
I'm still hopeful about "Corpse Bride," but it probably won't be a "Grim Fandango."
Vonnie K - Oct 04, 2005 5:47:00 am PDT #7711 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I guess everyone went to see Serenity this weekend? I ended up watching A History of Violence instead, which I thought was an incredible film. A simple enough story, plot-wise, but with tons of interesting layers upon reflection. There is a bit of a Western-like sensibility to it, but in a sort of anti-High Noon way. It's a film that's difficult to pin down. I was struck by the way Cronenberg showed both violence and sex matter-of-factly, with neither gratuitousness nor coyness. Mortensen is very good as the lead, but really, there isn't a weak performance in the film.
I haven't watched a Cronenberg film since Naked Lunch, but this one is a lot more lean and not-so-much with the gross-out factor if that's what's stopping people from seeing the film.
Jessica - Oct 04, 2005 6:05:23 am PDT #7712 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I saw it too, but I didn't like it. I think it may be a very good movie, but there was so much about it that bothered me, and I couldn't tell if it was coming from Cronenberg or the characters. (The characterization of the wife had me spitting nails, but since the film is told almost completely through the husband's POV, it was impossible for me to figure out whether I should be angry at Viggo for thinking of her that way, or Cronenberg for writing her that way.)
Frankenbuddha - Oct 04, 2005 6:47:24 am PDT #7713 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The characterization of the wife had me spitting nails, but since the film is told almost completely through the husband's POV, it was impossible for me to figure out whether I should be angry at Viggo for thinking of her that way, or Cronenberg for writing her that way.
That's probably unresolvable since Cronenberg's major area of interest since VIDEODROME onward has been how an individual's perception shapes that individual's reality, whatever passes for objective reality be damned.
Kalshane - Oct 04, 2005 1:16:59 pm PDT #7714 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Huh. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh named as Executive Producers of "Halo" movie. [link]
Polter-Cow - Oct 04, 2005 5:09:34 pm PDT #7715 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's probably unresolvable since Cronenberg's major area of interest since VIDEODROME onward has been how an individual's perception shapes that individual's reality, whatever passes for objective reality be damned.
Huh. That theme is fascinating to me. I don't think I've seen a Cronenberg film other than eXistenZ, which I loved.