Anya ,'Get It Done'
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Didn't Sandy get remodelled from a bland Sandra Dee stereotype into an edgy leather-wearing temptress?
Yep. I always thought the message of that movie was "put out" not "conform". Equally offensive, but for very different reasons.
Wasn't smoking one of the new things she was doing? I wouldn't put it past the studios to digitally edit that out if they ever do a big re-release again.
But he changed too. Not just her.
He did, but then he unchanged. Hence, the removal of the letterman's sweater. If he's have just kept it on...
I may be projecting my bad mood onto John Travolta. Effer.
True...and he could still pass more easily than she could in the torpedo bra. But I always kind of thought that was about love helping them find stuff they already had. Have I been wrong all this time?
Per the NY Times today, Alida Valli died (I'd link but it requires registration). She was 84. Definitely best known for THE THIRD MAN, but she also major roles in EYES WITHOUT A FACE and SUSPIRIA. I always had a thing for her after seeing THE THIRD MAN (and Hitchcock's THE PARADINE CASE, though it's not a good movie).
I always thought the message of that movie was "put out" not "conform".
Agreed. Because that outfit went well beyond anything the Pink Ladies usually wore.
I always thought the message of that movie was "put out" not "conform".
She was conforming to his ideal. That's enough for me.
What the hell kind of mental haywire did I just have to call Grease an example of blandification? Conformity, yeah.
That's sad about Valli. I love all three of those movies.
We watched The Adventures of Robin Hood last night. I hadn't seen it in 10 years, maybe longer. Now, I know there was a time when I didn't see the HoYay in everything, but how could I possibly have missed it in this movie? Will Scarlet, I mean.
Mission: Impossible III director J.J. Abrams told Empire Online that news of his involvement in a proposed 11th Star Trek movie made headlines without his authorization, and he wouldn't confirm reports that the film would center on a young James T. Kirk and Spock at Starfleet Academy.
"The whole thing was reported entirely without our cooperation," Abrams told the site. "People learned that I was producing a Star Trek film, that I had an option to direct it. They hear rumors of what the thing was going to be and ran with a story that is not entirely accurate."
But Abrams wouldn't say whether the movie would indeed feature Kirk and Spock. "We've made a pact not to discuss any specifics," he said, adding: "Those characters are so spectacular. I just think that, ... you know, they could live again."
A Paramount spokesman, meanwhile, previously confirmed the accuracy of reports about Abrams' Trek involvement in an interview with SCI FI Wire.
The girls all hated "the dress".
I didn't care for The Dress, either. But I loved the film.
In the novelization, which was clearly written after production had started but before the test screenings, Ducky gets the girl and Blaine is left alone standing on the sidelines.
They filmed both endings. But I believe test audiences prefered getting the rich guy in the end. At least the threw the Duckster the Kristy Swanson bone as the Duckette.