The only Nintendo I ever played was Mario Carts (vs. my nephew, who wiped the floor with me). Apparently Marx went all Nascar in the late 90s.
Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.
Mal ,'Safe'
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.
Calli - Jan 25, 2006 9:53:43 am PST #7822 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Frankenbuddha - Jan 25, 2006 9:55:04 am PST #7823 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Apparently Marx went all Nascar in the late 90s.
Putting the "red" in redneck roundy-round.
Strega - Jan 25, 2006 10:06:00 am PST #7824 of 10001
My dad once called me soley to ask if I remembered where one of the castles in Zelda was. I didn't, and pointed out that he'd played it more recently (and more obsessively) than I had. As if to prove the point, he went on to make a detailed map of the world on graph paper so he'd never have that problem again.
But it seems like it ultimately privileges the monarchy, though admittedly the princess is in trouble for most of the game.
Ah, but are the koopas really holding her hostage, or protecting her from you? Is she really... Princess Anastasia? These are the sort of questions that can only be answered with a hefty research grant. Or increased medication.
Maybe because Donky Kong predates Super Mario, it represents the Paris Commune?Now you're just being silly. Harrumph. It's clearly the industrial revolution. With all the mechanized death and industrial pollutants. They're not just barrels; they're barrels of (flaming) oil.
amych - Jan 25, 2006 10:12:49 am PST #7825 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(Somehow, this seems like the right thread for this [link] faboo study on video gaming demographics. No real gender gap! Only a gradual age dropoff until after age 50! We're not all boy nerds in basements!)
shrift - Jan 25, 2006 10:20:09 am PST #7826 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
As if to prove the point, he went on to make a detailed map of the world on graph paper so he'd never have that problem again.
I drew and colorized at least two of these.
Kristen - Jan 25, 2006 12:41:04 pm PST #7827 of 10001
In pilot pickup news, this logline puzzles me:
Network: CBS
Genre: Drama
Title: Way, The
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Commitment: Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Michael De Luca (EP N/W), Adam Kulakow (W-Pilot)
Logline: A family soap centering on a family of witches, in the tonal style of THE SOPRANOS.
Family. Soap. Witches. Sopranos. What does it all MEAN?
bon bon - Jan 25, 2006 12:42:39 pm PST #7828 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Family. Soap. Witches. Sopranos. What does it all MEAN?
"This project was previously known under the name 'Dark Shadows.'"
Kristen - Jan 25, 2006 12:43:52 pm PST #7829 of 10001
Dark Shadows and The Sopranos never really seemed all that similar to me in tone.
Topic!Cindy - Jan 25, 2006 12:51:30 pm PST #7830 of 10001
What is even happening?
Family. Soap. Witches. Sopranos. What does it all MEAN?
It could be witches, some evil witches
which is ridiculous 'cause Wicca good and love the earth and womyn power I'll be over here
Strega - Jan 25, 2006 3:18:40 pm PST #7831 of 10001
I'm still stuck on "auspices."
Variety on The CW hubbub:
Still, the CW will need fewer pilots this development season than the old combo of the WB and UPN.
It doesn't help that, per CBS Par Group topper Nancy Tellem, UPN has quietly worked out a deal to keep WWE's "Friday Night Smackdown" on the air for at least two more seasons.
CBS Corp. supremo Leslie Moonves said he wanted to get the merger deal done before most pilots were ordered so there wouldn't be as much waste.
Based on the WWE mention, it sounds like any commitments that were in place before still apply. I think the WB had at least a couple pilots with penalties if the show wasn't picked up. It's an embarrassment of brooding teenage riches!
Also, I'm gonna refer to Moonves as "supremo" from now on.