All the Constant Gardener talk meant that this weekend when I saw it for $10 at Target, I bought it. I never buy dvds.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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sarameg - Jul 24, 2006 5:14:31 am PDT #3088 of 10001
Frankenbuddha - Jul 24, 2006 5:20:09 am PDT #3089 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, I am assuming that any Joker that's part of the Batman Begins storyline would be very early Joker. The Killing Joke won't happen for another 20 years, right?
Heh, that depends upon what part of the TKJ you're talking about (though I doubt they'll use that origin - I suspect it's one that works better in flashback).
sumi - Jul 24, 2006 5:21:23 am PDT #3090 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
That's true. I guess I was thinking of the NOT FLASHBACK part of the Killing Joke.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 24, 2006 5:28:23 am PDT #3091 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I guess I was thinking of the NOT FLASHBACK part of the Killing Joke.
Oh sure - I've never thought TKJ would be viable as an actual movie (to much history to so much of it). It's just the one I tend to like trying to cast in my head because you need an actor for the Joker that can do the origin part and sell you on it, and also do the present day Joker and sell you on that.
DavidS - Jul 24, 2006 7:34:42 am PDT #3092 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ and I watched Green Dolphin Street this morning. The only thing I knew about it is that it contributed a melody that Miles Davis played very beautifully.
As it turns out, the movie has nothing to do with jazz, but is rather a huge historical epic in the Gone With the Wind mode. Lana Turner, Donna Reed, Van Heflin plus an extremely well done earthquake and New Zealand and the Guernsey Islands (which I just wiki-ed to discover that they're not technically part of the UK). It had some rikokulous plot turns but also some very moving scenes.
I gather from the Amazon reviews that the novel was the sort of thing most girls discovered in their teens.
At Amoeba the other day I saw:
The Complete Series of the Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. on DVD
Sybil (the complete original miniseries - which had me completely riveted when I saw it as a kid during its first airing. Gah! The reveal on the buttonhook is still a searing image.)
Ren & Stimpy - The Lost Episodes (apparently the not-for-children ones done for Spike TV).
Frankenbuddha - Jul 24, 2006 8:34:58 am PDT #3093 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Pinky & The Brain season 1 are on DVD tomorrow (as are more Animaniacs soon).
Zenkitty - Jul 24, 2006 1:01:06 pm PDT #3094 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Got Briscoe County Jr in the mail today! I've never seen it; I bought it on the recommendation of a friend's mother, who is very cool, and if she likes it, it must be cool.
Sheryl - Jul 24, 2006 1:27:29 pm PDT #3095 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
It is cool, Zenkitty.(says she who preordered the set and whose box set arrived last week) Plus Bruce Campbell. Mmmm, Bruce Campbell
DawnK - Jul 24, 2006 1:29:45 pm PDT #3096 of 10001
giraffe mode
I hope this works... it's a picture I took this weekend of the Black Pearl. She's docked across from Cabrillo Beach and unless you've got a wave runner or a boat that's small you can't really get any closer.
A really far away picture of the Black Pearl
Zenkitty - Jul 24, 2006 1:35:07 pm PDT #3097 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Ahoy! Wow, I'd enjoy seeing that ship as much as seeing Johnny Depp... okay, yes, that's a lie, but still. Almost.