Maybe somebody should give him the Tin Man project...
Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.
Wash ,'Serenity'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Theodosia - Nov 23, 2006 3:04:14 am PST #5899 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"
Nutty - Nov 23, 2006 3:05:35 am PST #5900 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I once saw a play called, "I was a teenage werewolf for the third reich." It was a musical, even.
OMG me too! (Probably I was sitting next to you.) Let us say there was gratuitous howling.
flea - Nov 23, 2006 3:30:54 am PST #5901 of 10001
information libertarian
As I recall, the teenagers turned into werewolves when they got sexually excited.
Hayden - Nov 23, 2006 9:03:14 am PST #5902 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
One of the best Photoshop Phridays in a while: [link]
Volans - Nov 23, 2006 10:09:06 am PST #5903 of 10001
move out and draw fire
See, "I was a teenage werewolf for the third reich" is what I'm talking 'bout.
I just added The Descent to my queue, as I've wanted to see it. It will be interesting to compare the take on women in these two movies.
Random question: In Diary of a Lost Girl, Louise Brooks' character is named Thymiane. How is that pronounced?
DavidS - Nov 23, 2006 10:13:25 am PST #5904 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thymiane. How is that pronounced?
I'm guess like Thyme + greek sounding "iane" (i-ann-e) rather than the "diane" version.
Volans - Nov 24, 2006 2:08:39 am PST #5905 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Sounds like a good guess to me, Hec. The name looks kind of like a pharmaceutical brand name, but pretty.
Kathy A - Nov 24, 2006 12:19:01 pm PST #5906 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Speaking of Louise Brooks, Pandora's Box is being released on Criterion DVD this upcoming Tuesday.
Jessica - Nov 24, 2006 3:42:52 pm PST #5907 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Saw Bond this afternoon, basically agree with everything ita said upthread.
I was loving the movie right up until the schmoopy hospital scene, which gave me such horrible whiplash that I almost didn't recover. I knew the storyline called for him to fall in love and then for her to die, but I didn't expect it to be in such a dumb way. To me, Eva Green is not remotely dazzling enough to distract from the fact that her character was blatantly lying through her teeth, and it annoyed me that Bond would fall for something that pathetic. (Or maybe she wasn't, and she's not a good enough actress to sell it to me. Either way, I wasn't buying it.)
Overall, I did like it, in spite of the above. I loved everything about Daniel Craig's performance (except for the line "You've stripped me of my armor" which was so wretched that not even his gorgeous piercing eyes could save it ) and the whole darker, edgier tone to the film. The camp is always fun, but it's nice to be reminded that Bond can be a serious spy/action franchise too.
Jessica - Nov 24, 2006 4:30:23 pm PST #5908 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
ION, Dork Tower has been reacting to the Peter Jackson not being picked to direct The Hobbit thing.