Thanks for the Peter David review, Kalshane! It sounds like it's at least a fun movie. I'm excited now.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
'Get It Done'
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Polter-Cow - May 25, 2006 11:41:22 am PDT #1830 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Kalshane - May 25, 2006 11:46:42 am PDT #1831 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
You're welcome. It certainly allays my worries somewhat.
tommyrot - May 26, 2006 5:06:53 am PDT #1832 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.
New Blade Runner director's cut: [link]
Because the last one wasn't director's-cutty enough....
The movie has a troubled history. When Scott ran overbudget, completion bond guarantors took control of it and made substantial changes before its 1982 theatrical release, adding a voice over and a happy ending. That version was replaced by the much better-received director's cut in 1992, but Scott has long been unhappy with it, complaining that he was rushed and unable to give it proper attention.
Strega - May 26, 2006 5:53:53 am PDT #1833 of 10001
Good grief. I do like that they're calling it "final cut" instead of "director's cut, really & truly this time." Although "Recut" would be a better word.
But oh my god, the voiceover narration was always in the goddamned script. Or, it certainly was in the script they used while they were shooting; it didn't fall out of the sky just time for the studio cut.
I wish Snopes would do a piece on Bladerunner.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2006 6:02:36 am PDT #1834 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Good grief. I do like that they're calling it "final cut" instead of "director's cut, really & truly this time." Although "Recut" would be a better word.
Or, say, Blade Runner Redux.
Vonnie K - May 26, 2006 6:03:57 am PDT #1835 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Well, both the mainstream press and the fandom reviews on X3 are starting to trickle in and the consensus seems to be .... it's not very good. Expected, but disappointing.
I read that long Brett Ratner article on the latest EW and it kind of made me want to bitchslap the dude.
Scrappy - May 26, 2006 6:57:16 am PDT #1836 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We saw Army of Shadows, a film made in 1969 by Jean-Pierre Melville and never released in the United States. It's absolutely incredible. It is a dark, quiet haunting piece about loyalty and life in the French Resistance and it slowly draws you in and really gets under your skin. Melville himself was a member of the Resistance and the film feels very real. It's beautifully shot and restored and the acting is amazing, especially Lino Ventura as the lead. Corwood, I think that you will perish with love for this film, so go see it if it comes your way.
It was also great because with a film like this the only people in the theater are movie lovers, so the place was quiet and attentive. What a pleasure.
§ ita § - May 26, 2006 7:07:29 am PDT #1837 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Brett Ratner irritates me. I'm still going to see the movie, but I miss Singer.
Hayden - May 26, 2006 7:13:48 am PDT #1838 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Corwood, I think that you will perish with love for this film, so go see it if it comes your way.
There's nothing higher on my list. Thanks for the short review!
Frankenbuddha - May 26, 2006 7:54:09 am PDT #1839 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It was also great because with a film like this the only people in the theater are movie lovers, so the place was quiet and attentive. What a pleasure.
I'm hoping to get a similar crowd at THE FALLEN IDOL which is playing a limited run in Cambridge. This is the first collaboration between Graham Greene and Carol Reed (THE THIRD MAN and OUR MAN IN HAVANA followed), and it's also one of the few films with Ralph Richardson in a leading role.