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Zoe: Don't think it's a good spot, sir. She still has the advantage over us. Mal: Everyone always does. That's what makes us special.
'Serenity'
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lori - Mar 28, 2006 10:41:46 am PST #1199 of 10001
Mr. Broom - Mar 28, 2006 11:56:38 am PST #1200 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
She's in the middle of filming on a shoestring budget (what's the etymology of that??)
The inferior-to-Polter-Cow answer, the only I could tease from the Web:
"The expression may have come from faro (a gambling game), but it isn't recorded until 1904, although 'shoestring gambler,' for a 'petty, tinhorn gambler,' is recorded 10 years or so earlier. 'On a shoestring' suggests that one's resources are limited to the laces of one's shoe." From "Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997).
Atropa - Mar 28, 2006 1:56:02 pm PST #1201 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Snakes on a Plane (Paperback): [link]
I am SO tempted to buy this, mostly because it's written by Christa Faust.
Lee - Mar 28, 2006 9:38:20 pm PST #1202 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Why isn't White Nights on DVD yet? I would love to be able to fast forward through the plot to see Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov dance.
tommyrot - Mar 29, 2006 6:05:32 pm PST #1203 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.
Some stuff from one of the "Snakes on a Blog" sites that cracked me up:
I don't think that Snakes on a Plane has a tagline yet. ("Harry Potter 4: The Time Has Come", "Raiders of the Lost Ark: The return of the great adventure") What should "Snakes on a Plane"'s tagline be? Obviously "Snakes on a Plane: there are motherfucking snakes on the motherfucking plane" is everyone's first choice, but they can't print that on movie posters.
I'm partial to Sam Jackson's own "Snakes on a Plane: either you want to see this movie or you don't". Simple, direct message. "This movie is going to be so good that we'll already be selling out theaters and turning people away".
Other ideas:
"Snakes on a Plane: The final battle between ancient reptiles and modern aviation."
"Snakes on a Plane: Some luggage is better lost."
"Snakes on a Plane: Your in-flight entertainment is DANGER."
"Snakes on a Plane: What you see is what you get."
"Snakes on a Plane: Did we mention Samuel Jackson? Oh yes we did."
I think we need a SoaP thread....
tommyrot - Mar 30, 2006 5:04:45 am PST #1204 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.
More Soap: Snakes on Serenity (fanfic): [link]
I'm too afraid to read it. Instead I will xpost with Firefly.
bon bon - Mar 30, 2006 7:04:40 am PST #1205 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
This SoaP comic made me laugh and laugh some more: [link]
Jessica - Mar 30, 2006 9:28:56 am PST #1206 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Snakes are insane!
§ ita § - Mar 30, 2006 9:32:39 am PST #1207 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Breaking news: Basic Instinct II sucks.
sumi - Mar 30, 2006 12:02:13 pm PST #1208 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Have we seen this teaser for PotC2 yet?