Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka freaked me out as a kid. Still does. There was this underlying menace that scared me.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
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ChiKat - Aug 14, 2006 8:11:30 am PDT #3456 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2006 8:12:58 am PDT #3457 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Dude. That menace is totally overlying.
When I watched the movie again in college, I saw it for what it was, which is a slasher movie.
I've been afraid to check out the remake because I love the original so much.
ChiKat - Aug 14, 2006 8:13:49 am PDT #3458 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Dude. That menace is totally overlying.
Thank you. I haven't actually seen it in years. Decades even. See above re: freaked out.
Cashmere - Aug 14, 2006 8:14:00 am PDT #3459 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Mainly because there's a disclaimer on Boxed Set that it is not a general TV thread but a sci-fi/fantasy/horror thread, and the DEADWOOD posts were getting lost in natter for some who don't keep up there.
Oh. Makes sense.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2006 8:15:00 am PDT #3460 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka freaked me out as a kid. Still does. There was this underlying menace that scared me.
He's gone on records saying he did that deliberately - that he wanted the audience to wonder what he was really up to, that you weren't sure what he was capable of, and that anything might happen once they were in the factory.
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2006 8:15:41 am PDT #3461 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thank you. I haven't actually seen it in years. Decades even. See above re: freaked out.
He's totally grabbing children and admonishing them sternly and lacing his every comment with malevolent subtext and not caring in the slightest when children are in peril simply because they brought it on themselves. I love his apathetic "No, stop, don't."
Amy - Aug 14, 2006 8:15:44 am PDT #3462 of 10001
Because books.
There was this underlying menace that scared me.
See, I didn't get that at all. Except at the end, which shocked me the first time I saw it, before he called Charlie back.
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2006 8:16:11 am PDT #3463 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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Frankenbuddha - Aug 14, 2006 8:17:51 am PDT #3464 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
See, I didn't get that at all. Except at the end, which shocked me the first time I saw it, before he called Charlie back.
Not even the boat scene, with that patented Wilder hysteria reaching a fever pitch? It was pretty much "all bets are off" for me at that point.
Amy - Aug 14, 2006 8:22:22 am PDT #3465 of 10001
Because books.
Not even the boat scene, with that patented Wilder hysteria reaching a fever pitch?
My take was that he was a little crazy, but not menacing. Maybe I'm weird.
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Heh.