Oh, my favorite bit by far is this:
DENETHOR: I am the Dread Steward Denethor. There will be no survivors!
GUARD 1: Now?
GUARD 2: Not yet.
DENETHOR: My men are here. I am here. But soon you will not be here!
GUARD 1: Now?!
GUARD 2: Light him!
My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Calli - Oct 11, 2005 8:59:32 am PDT #7801 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
§ ita § - Oct 11, 2005 11:46:10 am PDT #7802 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Some good news:
Many of the sets and plasticine characters used for the filming of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit turned out to be the only survivors of Monday's fire at a Bristol, England warehouse that destroyed the rest of Aardman Animation's sets, props, storyboards, and characters, the company said today (Monday). The Were-Rabbit artifacts, it disclosed, were saved because they were being exhibited elsewhere in England (including the Imperial War Museum) to promote the movie. Director Nick Park said that he had been carrying the Wallace & Gromit characters from the latest film in his suitcase. He told the London Sun: "They have been going with me on a world tour. I keep them safe in a special suitcase. They were with me at my house when the fire happened. ... I rang up the office this morning to find out how the film had done in the US. I was told the great news that it was Number One and then they said there was some bad news as well." In reporting on the aftermath of the fire the London Times observed today: "Not since Ben Hur's chariot went up in smoke when Cecil B DeMille's original wooden studio caught fire has the film world suffered such a loss."
Sean K - Oct 11, 2005 12:11:11 pm PDT #7803 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Well, that's some nice good news. I'm also VERY glad to hear that Nick was carrying Wallace and Gromit themselves with him at the time.
I think it also says a little something that this is being compared to Cecil B. DeMille losing all his stuff.
Jars - Oct 11, 2005 12:39:50 pm PDT #7804 of 10002
I saw an interview with Nick Park yesterday where he said that he really wasn't all that bothered, and couldn't understand why everyone was making such a fuss, because when measured against what had just happened in Pakistan it was really nothing at all. A lovely and sensible chap, it seems.
Kate P. - Oct 11, 2005 3:03:11 pm PDT #7805 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
That parody totally made my day.
Mount Doom, After It Erupts:
[Screen goes black]
PETER JACKSON: Frodo and Sam don’t get burned up by the lava.
AUDIENCE: What?
PETER JACKSON: Frodo and Sam don’t get burned up by the lava. I’m explaining to you because you looked nervous.
[Movie continues]
Gandalfe - Oct 11, 2005 3:31:15 pm PDT #7806 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
They've announced the new James Bond. And he's blond. And I've never seen him in anything.
Steph L. - Oct 11, 2005 3:54:25 pm PDT #7807 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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Fred Pete - Oct 11, 2005 4:45:58 pm PDT #7808 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Looks like they're going back to the action-adventure Bond and away from the suave lover in a tuxedo .
Scrappy - Oct 11, 2005 5:01:16 pm PDT #7809 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Daniel Craig is more in the Sean Connery mold than the Pierce Brosnan. He has a tough persona, but he also played poet Ted Hughes in Sylvia, so he can do smart and passionate. I was very impressed with him in Layer Cake. He's one of those who doesn't look like much in pictures, but his intensity and voice and physicality make him very charismatic onscreen.
evil jimi - Oct 12, 2005 2:21:04 am PDT #7810 of 10002
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Saw the King Kong trailer before Serenity. Gotta say, it looks good on the big screen.