Feh to your mehs, I say! I love that movie to pieces -- I think I saw it at exactly the right age though. I don't know that I'd recommend it to an adult (unless they had kids to show it to).
I think what my daughter's trying to say is: nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Jessica - Mar 23, 2006 2:21:44 pm PST #1129 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
DawnK - Mar 23, 2006 2:28:17 pm PST #1130 of 10001
giraffe mode
It's probably just my unholy hatred of Butch Patrick (he threw a lit sparkler at me one 4th of July for no reason, I was just 11 or 12!)
§ ita § - Mar 23, 2006 2:33:34 pm PST #1131 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I want a mixed media version of it, and I want it NOW.
Mr. Broom - Mar 23, 2006 4:23:35 pm PST #1132 of 10001
"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
Meh. Completely different animation style than the Jules Feiffer illustrations, which probably does not bug anyone but me, but it bugged me a lot.
No, I'm with you. Feiffer's Tollbooth is my Tollbooth and that's that. It was my favorite book as a child and will always be a favorite, but I doubt I could enjoy a film depicted as you describe.
Volans - Mar 24, 2006 4:07:13 am PST #1133 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Never heard the term "Janus word" before, but it's a keeper.
I read "resigned for" as "resigned to" and thought it was unusually un-political for Mr. Oldman to say something like that.
V is being majorly advertised here, which is unusual. Not even Star Wars 3 got any adverts, but there are billboards everywhere, and floor stickers in Metro stations, and stuff, for V. Can't wait to see it - a friend who's never read the book has not stopped messaging me about the movie. He was totally blown away.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 24, 2006 4:41:41 am PST #1134 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It was okay. As JZ notes the animation wasn't Feifferesque enough. But there was a dearth of animated movies back then anyway, so I was glad to have it.
As much as I love Chuck Jones, he was definitely a better fit with Ted Geisel than with Feiffer.
tommyrot - Mar 24, 2006 5:06:11 am PST #1135 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.
Jackson's Farce Spoofs Penguins
ThinkFilm has set a late-summer release for Farce of the Penguins, a parody of the documentary March of the Penguins to be narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, Variety reported. Bob Saget is producing with David Permut.
Saget wrote the script and is directing a feature that transforms the documentary's depiction of penguin survival and mating rituals into the story of one bird's search for love while on a 70-mile trek with hedonistic buddies obsessed with getting laid, the trade paper reported.
Saget voices the lovestruck penguin protagonist; Lewis Black, Mo'Nique and Tracy Morgan the other leads. Supporting roles will be voiced by Jason Alexander, James Belushi, Jason Biggs, Dane Cook, Harvey Fierstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Gilbert Gottfried, Norm Macdonald, Carlos Mencia, Alyson Hannigan, Jamie Kennedy, Jon Lovitz, Adam Duritz and Saget's Full House co-stars John Stamos and Dave Coulier, among others.
Sean K - Mar 24, 2006 5:18:30 am PST #1136 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Penguins on an Ice Cap?
Jessica - Mar 24, 2006 5:20:21 am PST #1137 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Snakes on a Penguin!
Ailleann - Mar 24, 2006 6:12:37 am PST #1138 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Muthafuckin penguins!!