River: They weren't cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see the sky and they remember what they are. Mal: Is it bad that what she said made perfect sense to me?

'Safe'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2006 12:48:41 pm PDT #2555 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Not in the trailer. Topher Grace looking up and saying, "Parker," possibly right before the symbiote falls on him or something, is the only reference.


Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 28, 2006 1:38:03 pm PDT #2556 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

I wonder if they'll still do the alien symbiote thing. They did set up the astronaut guy in the last movie.

If I'm not mistaken, that was John Jameson. Which would actually be setting up Man-Wolf, rather than Venom. Please, no.


Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2006 1:43:26 pm PDT #2557 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

You're not mistaken. I was thinking that instead of setting up Man-Wolf, they'll use his space mission to bring down the symbiote. Isn't that how it worked originally? It basically hitched a ride on a shuttle? Or did it crash down on a meteor or something?


Kalshane - Jun 28, 2006 1:48:47 pm PDT #2558 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.

No, originally all the heroes and villains on Earth got transported to another planet in "Secret Wars". During the course of which, Spidey's costume got destroyed and he was given a new organic one by some alien or another. Which turned out to be evil.


Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2006 2:01:47 pm PDT #2559 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Ooh.

Huh. Is that how they did it in the animated series?

Aha, see, that's what I remember. John Jameson brings down Promethium X on a space mission, on which the symbiote tags along. I imagine that's more the way they'll do it rather than the "Secret Wars" thing.

Comics are so vast and confusing.

(Okay, hee. Apparently, someone got on IMDb one time and made it look like Aunt May was going to be Carnage. Heeeee.)


Betsy HP - Jun 28, 2006 2:05:40 pm PDT #2560 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

On the F, C, M front:

Jackman set for Wolverine spinoff

AMSTERDAM (Hollywood Reporter) - Hugh Jackman's Wolverine will headline a spinoff of 20th Century Fox's "X-Men" franchise.

At international industry conference Cine Expo, the studio promised the gathered exhibitors a Jackman starrer titled "Wolverine" for next year. Jackman himself sent the conventioneers a taped promise to back up the news.


Scrappy - Jun 28, 2006 2:12:53 pm PDT #2561 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

F and M--the only thing I'm gonna C is his clothes.


Gris - Jun 28, 2006 3:16:39 pm PDT #2562 of 10001
Hey. New board.

See, for a long time I was forgetting that Topher Grace and Tobey Maguire were different people.

This has been a confusing discussion for me.

In other news I just saw Say Anything. It was adorable. And the ending was great.

ETA: And Ione Skye has a cute lisp.


Kathy A - Jun 28, 2006 3:31:04 pm PDT #2563 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I caught the middle of Shadowlands on cable over the weekend, and had to watch the rest of it even though I knew I'd be sobbing before it was over (and I was!). The last scene has Lewis meeting a new student at his office, and I could have sworn that the actor playing the student was Tobey Maguire with a dubbed-over English accent. He wasn't, but looked amazingly like him.


Jessica - Jun 28, 2006 4:48:36 pm PDT #2564 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I just came back from A Scanner Darkly, and last night I saw The Science of Sleep. Reality is not high on my brain's list of Things To Percieve right now.

I really liked both of them. Science of Sleep provoked a really interesting discussion with DH -- turns out we were viewing the main character almost completely differently, and came away with exact opposite opinions on what the overall tone of the film was. But Gael Garcia Bernal continues to be the hottest thing EVAR, not to mention funny as all get out. And acting in three languages, meaning he's also got to be pretty smart. In conclusion, GUH. (Oh, and Michel Gondry's writing and direction were cool too. But more importantly, there's a scene with Gael Garcia Bernal in a bathtub.)

A Scanner Darkly was also pretty cool. I love this style of animation, and it works amazingly well for this story. Robert Downy Jr is hysterical, and Keanu is Keanu. (Which is to say, adorable, even animated. He's just so Keanu-y.) I can't comment on it as an adaptation because I haven't read the book in way too long to remember it that well.