I went to the Coppola winery in CA a few years back - there's a small museum that has a Tucker car and some costumes from Bram Stoker's Dracula. That red plastic armor that Vlad the Impailer wore did look a little cheesy close up, but maybe not as cheesy as a communicator.
Angel: Just admit it: you think you're gonna ride in, save the day, and sweep Buffy off her--Spike: Like you're not thinking the same thing. Angel: I'm already seeing somebody. Spike: What, dog girl?
'The Girl in Question'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2005 6:25:56 pm PST #7221 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Betsy HP - Dec 29, 2005 6:36:09 pm PST #7222 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Huh. I own the art book (EIKO ON COPPOLA) of those costumes; it's one of the great drool-inducing costume flicks. Pity about the script and the casting.
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2005 6:42:27 pm PST #7223 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I checked - I have one picture of the red armor, with the gold gown thing and gold boots next to it. I took five pictures of the Tucker (I had never seen one for real before.)
Want me to send you the picture? (The stuff was all behind a glass case, so the pictures in your art book are much better, I'm sure.)
Allyson - Dec 29, 2005 6:42:47 pm PST #7224 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I saw Pylea. It was about the size of my head.
§ ita § - Dec 29, 2005 6:52:10 pm PST #7225 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I touched Angel's convertible. It was about the size of a car.
Allyson - Dec 29, 2005 6:53:17 pm PST #7226 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I bounced on Inara's bed. It wasn't as sticky as I thought it would be.
Betsy HP - Dec 29, 2005 7:00:10 pm PST #7227 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Thank you for the offer, Tommyrot, but I'm really only interested in the dresses, which I have big droolworthy pictures of.
Was Pylea a matte painting, Allyson? I've completely forgotten. And snerk about the bed.
Allyson - Dec 29, 2005 7:04:59 pm PST #7228 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
It was a sculpture, Betsy. So weird!
DavidS - Dec 29, 2005 8:07:55 pm PST #7229 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You know, television and movie props are strangely disappointing up close,
This is probably why the LoTR cast kept going on and on about the detail on their weapons and armor. "It's got little sigils on it that you can't even see on the screen!"
Beverly - Dec 29, 2005 8:47:21 pm PST #7230 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I saw Chingachkook's blue war club--it has little blue-painted metal strap-thingies holding the three pieces of it together, and it's just painted plywood! And not even pre-Revolutionary plywood, at that.