The baby: What is the baby clutching? Can you think of any famous horror movies about babies?
The mountain: Look at the top of the mountain. What do you see?
We're in love. We're ... lovers. We're lesbian, gay-type lovers.
Willow ,'Potential'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Polter-Cow - Nov 03, 2006 7:22:55 pm PST #5453 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
SuziQ - Nov 03, 2006 7:29:42 pm PST #5454 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Ok, got the DUH on the baby - finally. The same clue again and again and it finally HIT.
The mountain, not so much.
dcp - Nov 03, 2006 7:32:57 pm PST #5455 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Disregard the bulk of the mountain, the top is what matters.
SuziQ - Nov 03, 2006 7:34:50 pm PST #5456 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I finally got it. Oy. FUN!
Frankenbuddha - Nov 04, 2006 2:21:07 am PST #5457 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Apparently the preliminary investigations are pointing toward a suicide. She had a three-year-old daughter. Damn.
Oh no. The linked item had said things were uncertain, but that's really depressing if true.
Dana - Nov 04, 2006 10:40:10 am PST #5458 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The scene where she puts that (killer's) leather coat on Bayliss
Oh, her! What a shame.
esse - Nov 05, 2006 9:37:58 am PST #5459 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Finally saw "The Prestige." Jessica, you were right, they kept to the general sketch and motivations of the characters, but they changed a considerable amount of the details and plot. It was beautifully shot, and the sleight of hand was fantastic. Ed Norton's slight of hand in "The Illusionist" was quite accomplished too, but I was put off by the extensive CGI, particularly of tricks that actually *were* tricks back in the day. The CGI was not nearly as visible or pronounced in this one, which was nice.
Kevin - Nov 05, 2006 9:47:26 am PST #5460 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I know the person who wrote the novel "The Prestige". He's not getting royalties and such on the movie release. I'd be well pissed off if I were him!
sumi - Nov 05, 2006 10:02:33 am PST #5461 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Kevin! That's horrible -- how the heck did that happen? Sounds like his publishing contract sucks. Or was it a trick?
Theodosia - Nov 05, 2006 10:22:15 am PST #5462 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"
It's possible he sold the movie rights for a set amount without any mention of what happens if the movie actually gets made, et cetera. Or else it's one of those movies where on paper it's a big loss for the studio "somehow" with creative accounting.
I know Mark Sumner from my workshopping days. His book series got optioned for a pilot and he got paid a royalty. Then the series got picked up for a (mercifully, it wasn't well made) brief series on the SciFi Channel... and he got bupkis. Why? Because his contract was for "broadcast channels" which his agent didn't know only included ABC, CBS, etc.
I think the most annoying thing was, the royalties would have only amounted to like $1k-2K per episode. Still, it would have been found money and he could have put it in his kids' college fund. And in the budgeting of a TV cable series, that's still small change.