I swear, I have not laughed so hard at a trailer than when the Transformers trailer came on on Saturday. Luckily, I wasn't the only one.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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juliana - Jul 17, 2006 8:33:39 am PDT #2936 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Kalshane - Jul 17, 2006 8:39:49 am PDT #2937 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.
Are there two trailers for Transformers. Because the one I saw had a Mars Rover get smashed by something unseen and then the logo. I guess I'm missing the humor.
juliana - Jul 17, 2006 8:47:03 am PDT #2938 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Because the one I saw had a Mars Rover get smashed by something unseen and then the logo. I guess I'm missing the humor.That was pretty much it, but it was just so cheesy and silly and then with the logo unfurling and I might have been in a mental placeto laugh anyway. But I found it silly and cheesy and therefore hilarious.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 17, 2006 8:50:33 am PDT #2939 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've taken the world's most perfect killing machine and needlessly turned it into a robot...
Oh wait, that's TINFINS, not TRANSFORMERS - my bad.
Grizzlebees!!!!
§ ita § - Jul 17, 2006 9:17:05 am PDT #2940 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was startled too, Juliana, and laughed myself. I mean, if it hadn't been those Transformers, it wouldn't have been funny. But it was!
juliana - Jul 17, 2006 9:24:27 am PDT #2941 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I mean, if it hadn't been those Transformers, it wouldn't have been funny. But it was!
That's exactly it. It's impossible to take them seriously, therefore Teh Funny.
Strega - Jul 17, 2006 9:26:51 am PDT #2942 of 10001
Lee -- I think POTC whitefont goes minimal this Friday, since it'll have been out for 2 weeks then.
it was just so cheesy and silly and then with the logo unfurling
This. The super-serious treatment is what's funny. It's a freaking Transformers movie!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 17, 2006 9:42:38 am PDT #2943 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The super-serious treatment is what's funny. It's a freaking Transformers movie!
Not only that - isn't it a sooper-serious Michael Bay Transformers movie?
beekaytee - Jul 17, 2006 9:50:04 am PDT #2944 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
All the PotC talk (and seeing it last Friday) has renewed my lurve for the best piratical book I've ever seen/read/heard of..."Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates." I heart me some David Cordingly commentary on all things pirate. Including a statement that had me musing all weekend. Imagine a life before (read: without) Stevenson's Treasure Island.
I can't do it!
brenda m - Jul 17, 2006 9:54:30 am PDT #2945 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Discovery Channel had an interesting special on last week (and probably still) on the real Caribbean pirates. (ETA: actually I think maybe it was the History Channel)