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'Underneath'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


tommyrot - Apr 26, 2006 7:16:39 am PDT #1541 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.

It could have the tagline: "Penguins are the new 11"


§ ita § - Apr 26, 2006 7:17:31 am PDT #1542 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I could go for a sequel to O11 starring the penguins from Madagascar.

Okay, missing the WHOLE point of the franchise.


DawnK - Apr 26, 2006 8:48:06 am PDT #1543 of 10001
giraffe mode

Dana sorry about that - it was so minor that I didn't even think about it.


Dana - Apr 26, 2006 8:49:24 am PDT #1544 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

No problem. It happens. Hazard of the internet.


Cashmere - Apr 26, 2006 2:06:52 pm PDT #1545 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Here's one I didn't see coming.


Cashmere - Apr 26, 2006 2:12:40 pm PDT #1546 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

And I see Tristan and Isolde is releasing on DVD this week. That took longer than I thought it would, judging by the trailer I saw.


§ ita § - Apr 26, 2006 2:32:14 pm PDT #1547 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Brad Pitt has reportedly used his considerable clout to get Catherine Zeta Jones dumped from Oceans Thirteen due to her hubby Michael Douglas comment and shot about Angelina Jolie and her "third world orphans."

Article contains a spoiler for the movie, if it's true--his PR denies the whole thing.


JohnSweden - Apr 27, 2006 5:49:48 am PDT #1548 of 10001
I can't even.

That site has some very aggressive pop-ups. I'm pop-up free at home, but they barraged the work comp.


tommyrot - Apr 27, 2006 7:37:30 am PDT #1549 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.

Hijacking the Hijacking - The problem with the United 93 films

A fascinating essay by Ron Rosenbaum, the author of "Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil" (which I totally loved).

Yes, it appears from the cockpit recordings recently released that something noble—a passenger uprising that disrupted the hijackers' plans—happened on that flight. But is it possible to separate it out from the other events of the day? In three out of four cases savage mass murderers prevailed. A "war on terror" has ensued; a war in Iraq followed. In neither case is it clear that the outcome is going to be favorable. The story of 9/11 as a whole increasingly seems a portent that Flight 93 was an aberration and that those intent on suicidal martyrdom may well prevail over those who value human life over holy books. This possibility is something no one likes to dwell on, and in that sense the "triumphant" fable of Flight 93, genuinely heroic as it is, represents a comforting diversion. There must be a pony.

This is not a message anyone wants to hear. I recall when working on a documentary on the theodicy of 9/11 for PBS' Frontline, Helen Whitney's Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero, I had to threaten to take my name off the piece if they changed the title from our Faith and Doubt to just plain Faith at Ground Zero. No one wants to hear any doubt that "God is in charge," as the orthodox theodicy has it. But what if no one is in charge?

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§ ita § - Apr 27, 2006 7:38:39 am PDT #1550 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Your link goes to JohnSweden's post, tommy.