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Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Tom Scola - Dec 09, 2005 2:35:21 am PST #9048 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I think you need to upgrade to QT7, Sean.


§ ita § - Dec 09, 2005 2:54:42 am PST #9049 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have QT7(.0.3 -- came with the iTunes upgrade I just did) and saw the same thing on my PC. Then I went to the HD links and watched those just fine instead.


Sean K - Dec 09, 2005 4:13:52 am PST #9050 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I think you need to upgrade to QT7, Sean.

What ita said. I'm at 7.0.4. I don't have time this morning to watch one of the HD links, but I'll try that this weekend.

Now I'm off to visit relatives for the weekend.


Sue - Dec 09, 2005 8:16:53 am PST #9051 of 10002
hip deep in pie

Trailer for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette: [link]


Jessica - Dec 09, 2005 8:21:30 am PST #9052 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

A true story of Turkish Delight:

And so, with anticipation, I took a bite of the Turkish Delight. And a second later, spat it into my hand. It tasted like soap rolled in plaster dust, or like a lump of Renuzit air freshener: The texture was both waxy and filling-looseningly chewy. This … this? ... was the sweetmeat that led Edmund to betray his siblings and doomed Aslan to death on a stone slab?


Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 09, 2005 8:50:45 am PST #9053 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Bwah! Can Turkish Delight go bad? That doesn't sound at all like the sort I've eaten, which, while not ambrosia of the gods, was still quite good.


Fred Pete - Dec 09, 2005 8:51:01 am PST #9054 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Trailer for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette

Does anyone overemote, "I'm going to be Queen! Queen of France!"?


Trudy Booth - Dec 09, 2005 9:38:42 am PST #9055 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I felt that way about Turkish Delight until I had some that was brought home by a friend from Turkey. Totally different vibe, just wonderful.


Mr. Broom - Dec 09, 2005 9:57:58 am PST #9056 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor

Wikipedia says, "...with the exception of the sugar, cornstarch, water, cream of tartar, and cooking technique, this recipe may be greatly altered according to taste and/or occasion." So, YTDMV.

Anyone know if anyone makes or distributes it stateside? Wondering how easy it would be to find, just to satisfy nearly two decades of curiousity as to what it's really like.


Theodosia - Dec 09, 2005 10:10:53 am PST #9057 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

From an unofficial C.S. Lewis website:

TURKISH DELIGHT 5 Tablespoons corn starch 1/2 cup cold water 1/2 cup hot water 2 cup sugar 1/2 cup orange juice 1 teaspoon rosewater (or lemon juice) 2 cup pistachios (or other nuts, if you like) a bag of powdered sugar

mix corn starch with cold water set aside

bring hot water, sugar, and OJ to a boil add corn starch simmer for 15 minutes STIR OFTEN

remove from heat, add lemon juice and flavoring (whatever you choose)

stir in nuts pour into buttered pan

when cooled and thickened (be patient!) cut into 1 inch cubes with knife dipped in hot water

roll in powdered sugar.