I really should remember not to rewatch the Misadventures of Margaret when it comes on. I normally adore Parker Posey, but in that movie her character's desperate quest to find someone, anyone with whom she can cheat on Jeremy Northam's devoted husband character makes me want to knock the stupid right out of her. And I don't know if they make sledgehammers big enough for the job.
I think what my daughter's trying to say is: nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 08, 2006 1:26:05 pm PDT #4689 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
Strega - Oct 09, 2006 11:36:28 am PDT #4690 of 10001
Michael Bay's production company, Platinum Dunes, has made a three-year, first-look deal with Rogue Pictures to develop horror films, including a remake of the 1987 vampire movie Near Dark, Variety reported.
I want someone to make a horror movie in which Michael Bay is devoured by his awful remakes.
Atropa - Oct 09, 2006 11:56:07 am PDT #4691 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
made a three-year, first-look deal with Rogue Pictures to develop horror films, including a remake of the 1987 vampire movie Near Dark
Noooo! Near Dark does NOT need to be re-made.
Amy - Oct 09, 2006 12:17:52 pm PDT #4692 of 10001
Because books.
Was Near Dark the one in the desert?
DavidS - Oct 09, 2006 3:44:31 pm PDT #4693 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Was Near Dark the one in the desert?
Yep. Adrian Pasdar (Profit). Jeanette Goldstein and Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton (Aliens). And that girl.
Jessica - Oct 09, 2006 5:27:25 pm PDT #4694 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Departed -- very good, not great. (Not as good as the original, and an hour longer. Excellent performances all around, but not much going on beneath the surface.)
Man of the Year -- sucktastic. The only laughs (and they are few and far betwen) come from Robin Williams recycling his old stand up material. The script is spectacularly dense when it comes to satirizing both politics and media. I'm honestly not sure what planet Levinson was living on when he wrote this.
Volans - Oct 09, 2006 11:31:21 pm PDT #4695 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I've always thought that DiCaprio looked like Jack Nicholson, and my husband can't keep Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg straight, so I'm amused that they are all cast together.
I really don't want to imagine a Bay remake of Near Dark. Will no one think of the children?!?!
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 10, 2006 12:37:55 am PDT #4696 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
So I guess in this version there will be lots of exploding oil wells in Texas?
You just know Bay's going to cast some vapid model-actress that couldn't convincingly intimidate a toddler in the Jenette Goldstein role. And one of those cutesy sitcom kids from Everybody Loves Raymond as Homer.
esse - Oct 10, 2006 3:01:34 am PDT #4697 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm really interested to see the departed. For some reason I never thought DiCaprio and Damon would ever be in a movie together, but I'm happy to be proved wrong.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 10, 2006 4:39:49 am PDT #4698 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yep. Adrian Pasdar (Profit). Jeanette Goldstein and Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton (Aliens). And that girl.
Plus that seriously creepy kid (and Jean/Gene from QUARK).