Mikey, I whited out your plot details. But I do remember that they waited to turn Selene until she was a young woman--they showed her when her family was killed (Victor hugs her afterwards).
Hey, preaching to the choir. I thought our Lady of the Perpetual Sea Breeze was the real deal until the Divine Miss J walked right through that door and right into my ass—which is where my heart is…physiologically. I could show you an x-ray.
Lorne ,'Time Bomb'
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§ ita § - Feb 04, 2006 4:31:39 pm PST #353 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2006 5:10:30 pm PST #354 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh! I just remembered--the Ultraviolet trailer looked beyond awful. Laughable, even.
dcp - Feb 04, 2006 5:49:26 pm PST #355 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Hah. Saw Underworld today (didn't like it) with Ultraviolet as one of the preview trailers, and came away thinking that Ultraviolet looks like it will be just as silly as Underworld, but at least the audience will be able to see what's going on.
Mikey - Feb 04, 2006 6:15:53 pm PST #356 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Thanks ita. I sure wasn't thinking story when I saw Underworld, nor when posting about it.
Kate P. - Feb 04, 2006 6:26:36 pm PST #357 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I saw Underworld tonight and had the same timeline problems as everyone else. At one point I thought someone said something to Selene that made it sound like she'd been around in the 6th century, but the line might have been "for six centuries" instead, which would make a little more sense. Anyway, very confusing. Also, in the final showdown, I thought it was funny that both William and Viktor seemed almost completely unscathed by the bullets, and yet a good 3/4 of the fight consisted of Selene shooting at them. I kept thinking, "Okay, honey, clearly that's not working! Time to try a different tactic!"
Oh, and ita is totally right about the "Oh, you mean *this* key" scene. That cracked me up.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2006 8:54:42 pm PST #358 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The amount of CGI in Ultraviolet got to me. It looked like they'd airbrushed Milla in every shot. The plot also looked completely generic and uncharismatic.
In Underworld, they explicitly mentioned the bearing of the sunlight (or whatever) bullets, yet no one used them against Markus. I loved the jaw ripping scenes. I think the second one made me clap.
Atropa - Feb 04, 2006 10:36:36 pm PST #359 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
the ones who did the dirty work so the rest could sit around wearing corsets and engaging in intrigues.
Well, someone's got to enable the rest of us.
Volans - Feb 04, 2006 10:50:19 pm PST #360 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Watching Sky High. Despite being Disney-formulaic, it was pretty cute, and had some great lines, well-delivered (a couple of the Kids in the Hall were in it, as well as Bruce Campbell). Random thoughts:
- Bruce Campbell needs his own True Facts, a la Chuck Norris.
- It looked like it cost about $15 to make. What's up with that? Was it a Disney intern project?
- One of the kids is the child of a super-villain and a super-heroine. His name is Warren Peace. LOVED that. Also, his story could be a whole movie on its own.
- The climactic scene at the end has now become my mental image of depression, a thing completely unintended by the filmmakers.
Cashmere - Feb 05, 2006 6:46:28 am PST #361 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My god, her butt! I also like that Scott Speedman continually and pointedly ended up shirtless, for no clear reason.
Yeah, not so much mattered, except that Speedman also seemed to have lost his belt. I couldn't tell you when, because as soon as his shirt came off I couldn't pay attention to other stuff. But it was riding way low by the end.
Yes. Yes. And yes.
I think Kate's ass put me into labor, btw. I'm glad I went to see it.
The Ultraviolet trailer was just some cruel trick to make me think they'd turned the series into a movie. Bastards.
Mr. Broom - Feb 05, 2006 9:55:18 am PST #362 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Well, someone's got to enable the rest of us.There are two kinds of Buffistas: fightin' Buffistas and intrigue-and-corset Buffistas.