I'm now trying to cast Arkham Asylum in my head.
Where'd they get CAT scan from?... I mean, did they test it on cats? Or does the machine sort of look like a cat?
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Cashmere - Jul 21, 2006 4:53:36 am PDT #3059 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 21, 2006 4:56:44 am PDT #3060 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm now trying to cast Arkham Asylum in my head.
Heh, that's what I'm doing with THE KILLING JOKE, although the cast for that would be smaller (and less outrageous).
Nutty - Jul 21, 2006 5:03:54 am PDT #3061 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
It's Syriana with pills instead of oil.
Very much so. Although The Constant Gardener is conventionally structured, with a single protagonist, and as a result I got to liking him a great deal. And of course, pills, while a big industry, aren't nearly the entrenched capitalist disaster oil is. One got the sense from Gardener that a scandal would erupt, afterward but in Syriana it was sort of like, "Yeah, saw that one coming; what else is new?"
Cashmere - Jul 21, 2006 5:05:53 am PDT #3062 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
One got the sense from Gardener that a scandal would erupt, afterward but in Syriana it was sort of like, "Yeah, saw that one coming; what else is new?"
Yeah. Me, too.
I loved Ralph in CG--the personal story and the mystery of what happened made it a lot more compelling for me.
I'm trying to remember what I've seen the lawyer-cousin in before.
Hayden - Jul 21, 2006 6:35:34 am PDT #3063 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I liked Constant Gardener a lot, too, but the end seemed arbitrary.
Polter-Cow - Jul 21, 2006 7:11:56 am PDT #3064 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I liked The Constant Gardener, but I was very tired and got lost during the last third or so. I think I fell asleep and missed important things and I didn't understand the ending at all.
Hayden - Jul 21, 2006 7:30:11 am PDT #3065 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I was awake the whole time and didn't understand the necessity or logic behind the end.
§ ita § - Jul 21, 2006 7:31:46 am PDT #3066 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Which part of the ending? It was somewhat different from the book, and I'm blurring them both. I read the book just before the movie came out, and kept checking with the casting. As a result, I can't always tell what imagery I created in my head, and what was onscreen.
Polter-Cow - Jul 21, 2006 7:37:33 am PDT #3067 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I couldn't tell exactly what was happening at the very end, ita, but Ralph Fiennes was at some place holding a gun, and he weirdly sounded like he was going to kill himself, and then some natives or evil conspiracy people were coming after him, and fade to credits.
sarameg - Jul 21, 2006 7:39:56 am PDT #3068 of 10001
IIRC, and I may not, the movie provided more repercussions for the villains, but still kept a lot of the futility. I was pleasantly surprised (er...) they stayed true to the book in killing him off because I was sure they wouldn't and it was key. I found the book was much bleaker, in any case.