So, how was your summer? Mine was fun. Saw some fish. Went mad with hunger. Hallucinated a whole bunch.

Angel ,'Conviction (1)'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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Vonnie K - Feb 09, 2006 6:00:28 am PST #433 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

but Stone looks ludicrous. And desperate.

Tell me about it. To see it is to cringe.

I've just looked up the director, and it's not Paul V-whazzhisname. It's someone named Michael Caton-Jones, who's Scottish and has made some decent films in the past-- Rob Roy, Scandal, Memphis Belle, etc. Huh.


Sean K - Feb 09, 2006 7:10:25 am PST #434 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

That music video makes the baby Jesus cry.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 09, 2006 7:31:18 am PST #435 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I've just looked up the director, and it's not Paul V-whazzhisname. It's someone named Michael Caton-Jones, who's Scottish and has made some decent films in the past-- Rob Roy, Scandal, Memphis Belle, etc. Huh.

At one point Cronenberg was attached to it of all people. That would have been....interesting. Glad he went with HISTORY OF VIOLENCE instead.


Jessica - Feb 09, 2006 7:45:59 am PST #436 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Vin Diesel's next project.

(For those who, unlike me, know when to stay away from bad French cyberpunk, this is quite possibly the worst book ever written. I'm just curious enough to go back and give it another try before the movie comes out.)


amych - Feb 09, 2006 7:48:32 am PST #437 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

when to stay away from bad French cyberpunk

Always?


Sean K - Feb 09, 2006 7:49:27 am PST #438 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I couldn't get the trailer for Basic Instinct 2 to run, for some reason.

In utterly unrelated news, I was cruising through IMDb, looking up various people, and I discovered an interesting bit of triva -- Logan Ramsey, dead character actor and husband of Anne Ramsey (who played Danny DeVito's mom in Throw Momma From the Train), is the son of Lt. Cmdr. Logan Ramsey, who sent one of the most famous radio messages in history, AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR, THIS IS NO DRILL, immediatly after sounding the alarm from Ford Island.

Talk about shoes you have no hope of ever filling.


Jessica - Feb 09, 2006 7:51:06 am PST #439 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Always?

But I like bad cyberpunk. And I like overwrought French philosophy. Who knew they'd be such a tragically bad combination? (THAT WAS RHETORICAL.)


Tom Scola - Feb 09, 2006 7:53:49 am PST #440 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

Anne Ramsey (who played Danny DeVito's mom in Throw Momma From the Train)

Helen Hunt's sister from Mad About You played Danny DeVito's Mom? That's some range.


Scrappy - Feb 09, 2006 8:02:03 am PST #441 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Went to a screening of Firewall last night. SUCKS. It plays as if you fed every thriller cliche into a blender and then filmed whatever came out. Really obvious and shallow and bad, but I predict people who like not thinking at all--like, don't even want to worry about what might happen next--will enjoy it. Bettany is cute when he is being menacing, though.


Jessica - Feb 09, 2006 8:02:38 am PST #442 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

SUCKS.

Heh. Harrison Ford's TDS appearance last night indicated as much.