It's because you didn't have a strong father figure isn't it?

Joyce ,'Chosen'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2006 6:31:39 pm PDT #2467 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Is that worse?

It would be slower.


§ ita § - Jun 23, 2006 6:37:26 pm PDT #2468 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

But quieter. The sound really killed me on The Audition, because I tried to look away, but it all just seemed worse.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 23, 2006 6:40:03 pm PDT #2469 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

But quieter. The sound really killed me on The Audition, because I tried to look away, but it all just seemed worse.

Hmmm. Maybe a manila folder then. Slow, and I've heard the sound those make the few times I've cut myself on them.


bon bon - Jun 23, 2006 7:08:25 pm PDT #2470 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Not reading the Audition stuff. But agreed that scariest movies series was well done.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 24, 2006 1:46:36 am PDT #2471 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Oops, sorry ita, I actually haven't seen the movie yet. Just snippets from that special and what I've read about it. I don't recall what the poor bastard did before setting up auditions and running afoul of Miss Adventure .


Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2006 12:29:30 pm PDT #2472 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Superman in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies.

Featuring Bryan Singer as the voice of one of the bunnies.


Zenkitty - Jun 24, 2006 2:22:36 pm PDT #2473 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Well, now I'm really ready for the new Superman movie.


Strega - Jun 24, 2006 6:55:05 pm PDT #2474 of 10001

I just watched The Machinist. Nobody told me Michael Ironside was in it! I enjoyed it up until the point when I realized that I wasn't supposed to know what was going on. I thought they were being obvious deliberately. So then it was annoying, because they were explaining and revealing and I was all, "Dude, I know already." Overall it was disappointing.


Scrappy - Jun 25, 2006 7:33:44 am PDT #2475 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Prairie Home Companion was sold out last night. Good for Altman & Co., but bad for us, as we had to settle for Click.

Don't anyone else make that mistake. Really not funny (except for Christopher Walken who seems to be having a blast).


Polter-Cow - Jun 25, 2006 7:48:36 pm PDT #2476 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I watched Hoodwinked today. Cute little movie, and pretty clever with the old Rashomon business (you get the basic "Little Red Riding Hood" plot from four different perspectives). It's peppered with lots of really funny jokes. Aside from that, though, it's nothing special. After the stories are over, it becomes kind of typical, and the attempts to be a serious story about character development don't fit in with the general sensibility of the humor. They should have just gone all-out parodic. As much as I think Shrek is overrated, it walked that line better.