I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.

Xander ,'Bring On The Night'


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.


Monique - Apr 04, 2006 8:32:37 pm PDT #9286 of 10001

I can't tell you how much it's like "Cannonball Run" as I've never actually seen "Cannonball Run."

So I bet this lessens the chance of a Dom DeLuise cameo? That's it. I'm not watching.


Spidra Webster - Apr 04, 2006 8:34:06 pm PDT #9287 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I totally dig Cannonball Run. I know I'm supposed to feel guilty about it, but I don't. (And I totally didn't mean the Cannonball Run reference as any snarky swipe at Tim. I guess I was just using the same annoying shorthand reference that you always see people doing when you see fictional representations of people doing "pitches".)

I've never seen The Amazing Race, either. I don't actually see much TV at the moment. You see, I had no idea that modern TVs don't get shit for reception out of the box. I have these newfangled TVs that don't get any of the broadcast stuff except for very snowy reception of the local Chinese channel. And I'm pissed off enough about it that I have refused to go to Radio Shack and buy rabbit ears. Eventually, when the house is done and I have to get housemates, I'll get DirecTV. In the meantime, I'm going without. I see select new shows as my friend turns me on to them at his house.

Car-centric things bore me.

Aw, man, but Wacky Races was so cooooool. How could one resist the epic villainy of Dick Dastard and Muttley?


Spidra Webster - Apr 04, 2006 8:35:02 pm PDT #9288 of 10001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

a Dom DeLuise cameo

Dunt-dunt-DAH! ::flourishes satin cape::


BartlebyFink - Apr 04, 2006 10:48:44 pm PDT #9289 of 10001
One Hot Burrito!

It is late. I am battling the insomnia, but I must chime in (if belatedly):

Alan Ruck!

That is all.


UTTAD - Apr 05, 2006 1:34:17 am PDT #9290 of 10001
Strawberry disappointment.

Car-centric things bore me.

You say that now, but wait till you see The Fast and the Furious. Genuis on a stick.

Battlestart Galatica, marshall law. Cause? Coffee. Or non-supply thereof.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 05, 2006 3:26:55 am PDT #9291 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

A dribble more of casting news: Alan Ruck in da house. Or da car. Or something.

This is an elaborate SPEED joke waiting to happen, isn't it? Which means it's also possibly an elaborate Joss Whedon joke...


DCJensen - Apr 05, 2006 4:12:14 am PDT #9292 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.

Cannonball Run was a cheesy star-studded remake of The Gumball Rally.

Not that I didn't like the cheese at the time, but the original has a bit more style.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 05, 2006 4:14:34 am PDT #9293 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I just hope DRIVE follows the ROBOT CHICKEN homage to TCR and Headless Ponch wins the race.


Vortex - Apr 05, 2006 6:00:33 am PDT #9294 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

I can't tell you how much it's like "Cannonball Run" as I've never actually seen "Cannonball Run." Nor had I seen an episode of "The Amazng Race" until we'd finished developing "Drive." (I've seen the seasons that are on DVD now and love it.) Never saw "Gumball Rally" either. Car-centric things bore me.

But have you seen Death Race 2000


Betsy HP - Apr 05, 2006 8:20:50 am PDT #9295 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Can those of you who have worked on-set explain something to me?

Whenever somebody's trying to say the minimally polite thing about another act-being, it's "He/she always hits his/her mark." I understand that the mark is the place you have to be so that the camera is focused properly and everything that's supposed to be in the shot is there. Two questions:

  • Are there many working film/video actors who *can't* hit a mark?
  • How do you do it without looking at the floor? Excellent peripheral vision?