I want to be on a plane full of poisonous snakes. And I want to see others on a plane full of poisonous snakes.
Hell yeah!
Willow, check you out! Witch-Fu!
Buffy ,'Lessons'
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Jessica - Feb 21, 2006 4:42:17 pm PST #597 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Frankenbuddha - Feb 21, 2006 4:48:10 pm PST #598 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I want to be on a plane full of poisonous snakes. And I want to see others on a plane full of poisonous snakes.
Heh, I also read a bit from him where he said he finally read the script just to make sure the title wasn't metaphorical.
Polter-Cow - Feb 21, 2006 4:59:10 pm PST #599 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ahahahaha. I love Samuel L. Jackson.
askye - Feb 22, 2006 2:56:18 am PST #600 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Some James Bond fans are going to boycott the new movie because they like Brosnan better. There's a website (of course) craignotbond.com. Partly because he's "funny looking" and how can an actor who has a history of playing "killers, cranks, cads and gigolos pull off the role of a tall, dark, handsome and suave secret agent? ".
Nutty - Feb 22, 2006 3:22:49 am PST #601 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
pull off the role of a tall, dark, handsome and suave secret agent? ".
Hair dye? He's reasonably tall already, and the suavity of James Bond has been a joke for a really long time.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 22, 2006 3:36:08 am PST #602 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"killers, cranks, cads and gigolos pull off the role of a tall, dark, handsome and suave secret agent? "
Aside from possibly "gigolo", how do these not apply to Brosnan?
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2006 3:56:05 am PST #603 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A guy who plays killers playing Bond? Heresy! And the cad/gigolo thing? Bond? Slick? A sexual negotiator? Love them and leave them? NEVER.
Fred Pete - Feb 22, 2006 4:09:16 am PST #604 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
and how can an actor who has a history of playing "killers, cranks, cads and gigolos pull off the role of a tall, dark, handsome and suave secret agent? ".
And how can the man who played King Philip in The Lion in Winter (who, the movie made obvious, had a sexual relationship with Richard) play the lady-killer Bond?
Oh, wait, that was Timothy Dalton.
On another subject, any buzz about She's the Man? I saw an ad for it, and it looks like Shakespeare's Twelfth Night reworked as a teen comedy. Which could be fun or could be a disaster.
Nutty - Feb 22, 2006 4:33:52 am PST #605 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Oh, wait, that was Timothy Dalton.
And the prettiest, fey-est Timothy Dalton evar. His film debut, no less, and he plays all three princes like marionettes.
(And if you're looking for more Bond justification, how the hell did the dude from Darby O'Gill and the Little People end up as a fricken secret agent?)
erikaj - Feb 22, 2006 4:35:15 am PST #606 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
You can't take James Bond personally. Although I'm happy West lost out, a little, to get McNutty back.(He mostly plays drunk, womanizing cads with vulnerable hearts, ftr.) Spies lie all the time...why wouldn't somebody with a criminal resume play one...I'm worried about letting folks that innocent on the streets, you know?