Why would you release this? It looks like ass!
What, I wonder was wrong with how they did Colossus in X2? I fear the answer is as stupid as "too expensive."
Wesley: Feng Shui. Gunn: Right. What's that mean again? Wesley: That people will believe anything. Actually, in this place, Feng Shui will probably have enormous significance. I'll align my furniture the wrong way and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding.
'Conviction (1)'
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Sean K - Feb 10, 2006 10:48:52 pm PST #468 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
tommyrot - Feb 11, 2006 7:30:55 am PST #469 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, I received this via some "e-mail" thingie:
Dear Thomas,
As a member of MovieTickets.com who has expressed interest in entertainment market research, you are being offered the unique opportunity to join the Movie Advisory Board ("MAB"), a partnership between MovieTickets.com, Nielsen Entertainment and a select group of movie consumers. The Movie Advisory Board is the entertainment industry's first venture of its kind, joining an exclusive group of moviegoers with the leader in movie ticketing and the industry's preeminent entertainment research firm. As a member of the MAB, you will be invited to participate in a broad array of communication forums and provided the opportunity to attend, at your discretion, free movie screenings, to utilize instant feedback mechanisms on films you have just seen, and even to share your opinions about future films.
To join the MAB, we ask that you respond to an initial questionnaire linked to the end of this letter that should take less than five minutes of your time to complete. By completing and submitting the initial questionnaire, you are representing that you are at least 18 years old and are a legal resident of the United States as of the date you submit the initial questionnaire to us. Once completed, you will have the opportunity over the course of your membership on the MAB to share your insights and attitudes towards movies and the movie going experience. You will never, however, be obligated to share your views. Membership on the MAB will simply give you the opportunity to share your views voluntarily, at your sole discretion.
Here's their website: [link] From the website:
MAB members' insights and attitudes towards movies and the movie going experience are extremely valuable to executives in Hollywood and across the globe who make decisions about what films get funded, how they develop creatively, where they are distributed, and a host of related questions about DVDs, video games, soundtracks and sequels.
Is this just some marketing b.s.? Should I join, just to destroy the system from within help good movies get better released/promoted?
Steph L. - Feb 11, 2006 8:14:54 am PST #470 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
tommyrot, I got the same e-mail a month or two ago. I joined, because why not? Though I could be a patsy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 11, 2006 1:36:03 pm PST #471 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Apparently, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants will next be attacking Wisteria Lane.
Melpomene - Feb 11, 2006 1:45:24 pm PST #472 of 10001
Ever fired your gun in the air and yelled, 'Aaaaaaah?'
I have such low expectations for this movie. Pretty much all I'm looking forward to is more Pyro.
§ ita § - Feb 11, 2006 2:04:32 pm PST #473 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The first two were solid superhero movies, and fun. I'm more than pissed about this one. Since I don't expect I'll like Superman Returns either, it's pissed².
Jessica - Feb 11, 2006 2:20:45 pm PST #474 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Theodosia - Feb 11, 2006 2:52:22 pm PST #475 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The Second Rule of Fight Club Is That You Don't Sing About Fight Club.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 11, 2006 10:41:15 pm PST #476 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I saw The Matador today. Charming little film, if completely implausible. Pierce Brosnan obviously had a blast playing against his suave, polished image. And Kinnear's marriage with Hope Davis was refreshing in that they communicated rather than having wacky misunderstandings.
Sean K - Feb 12, 2006 12:39:43 am PST #477 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And Kinnear's marriage with Hope Davis was refreshing in that they communicated rather than having wacky misunderstandings.
This right here was one of the reasons I liked Undercover Blues, with Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner. Plus? Stanley Tucci.