Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think it was bad; it might have been Latin.

'Selfless'


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§ ita § - Nov 27, 2006 12:47:17 pm PST #6004 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I can't quite fathom anyone wanting to date me.

No contest. I was only commenting on the one word used.


evil jimi - Nov 28, 2006 3:22:18 am PST #6005 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

Not so sure about PR firms. But I guess that's why it's a comedy.

and ironically, it's not another US remake of a UK show. If you ever get the chance to see it, Absolute Power, starring Stephen Fry (Hugh Laurie's old comedy duo partner) is hilariously scathing on celebrity and politics. Fry plays "Charles Prentiss" the head honcho of a London PR firm.


erikaj - Nov 28, 2006 10:45:44 am PST #6006 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

That sounds like the funniest thing ever.


Ailleann - Nov 29, 2006 8:23:19 am PST #6007 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

So, a Smurfs Trilogy?

Producer Jordan Kerner says of the films, "Having seen all 234 episodes of the show, numerous times, Herb Ratner and I have been working really hard at looking where all the holes were in the episodes – ya’know, like all of a sudden another woman appears, it’s not just Smurfette – and what we’ve done is we’ve plugged all those holes in a trilogy of three movies, and we reveal things as we go along."

Kerner went on to say that the trilogy is aiming to be the "Lord of the Rings" of animated films. He explained that the films will fully explore the Smurf world over the course of the trilogy in a way that can only be compared to the epic scope of Peter Jackson’s Tolkien Trilogy.


Jessica - Nov 29, 2006 8:26:21 am PST #6008 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Kerner went on to say that the trilogy is aiming to be the "Lord of the Rings" of animated films.

Um...


Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 29, 2006 8:28:12 am PST #6009 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 think Kerner is out of his smurfing mind.


erikaj - Nov 29, 2006 8:31:54 am PST #6010 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Cocaine is still a feature in Hollywood then?


Ailleann - Nov 29, 2006 8:41:12 am PST #6011 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

I can't imagine how "epic" the story of the Smurfs could be, unless he's just going to make some shit up.

Also, am I the only person who seems to know that Smurfette and Sassy Smurf were both created by Gargamel?


Tom Scola - Nov 29, 2006 8:52:03 am PST #6012 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Kerner went on to say that the trilogy is aiming to be the "Lord of the Rings" of animated films.

What's really annoying is that it's being put out by Nickelodeon Films, the same company that optioned, and then failed to make Jeff Smith's Bone.

That would have been an excellent companion to LoTR.


sj - Nov 29, 2006 9:07:20 am PST #6013 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Also, am I the only person who seems to know that Smurfette and Sassy Smurf were both created by Gargamel?

I thought Sassy Smurf was created by other smurfs, and she was created as a kid instead of an adult smurf, because they used smurf sized buckets instead of human sized buckets for the ingredients.