So, just watched I Josie and the Pussycats. What an odd movie. I mean, I really liked it, and it hooked me from the start, but how on earth does something that subversive get made?
Also, Alan Cumming would be a good Snape.
Yes, there is. There's a hurry, Xander. I'm dying...I may have as few as fifty years left.
Anya ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Volans - Feb 24, 2006 11:42:00 am PST #645 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Mr. Broom - Feb 24, 2006 11:54:45 am PST #646 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Curse you, sumi! I was just getting on here to post that very thing, having just seen it. This is what I get for sleeping in on my day off.
But yes, fantastic costume. First comments I'm seeing on other boards are along the lines of, "as of this picture, I'm more excited for Spider-Man 3 than X3," not that this is surprising.
Mikey - Feb 24, 2006 1:25:08 pm PST #647 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Putting your own eyes out would be a more enjoyable and rewarding experience. than watching Rottweiler]
Been away and catching up. A friend and I were going to make buttons that read: I survived Rottweiler. Then we realized we didn't have any eyes, and hadn't survived yet another Sci-Fi Original.
Polter-Cow - Feb 24, 2006 1:26:53 pm PST #648 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Was it that bad? I survived Pterodactyl. And Bloodsuckers.
I'm not sure what's so great about the Spidey teaser poster. I mean, it's cool and dark, but it's pretty similar to the first two, the lack of color notwithstanding. It's just...Spidey.
Hayden - Feb 24, 2006 1:30:38 pm PST #649 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think it looks like the studios aren't sure about the difference between Spiderman and Batman.
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2006 1:32:59 pm PST #650 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's implicit that Spidey is crying in that poster. Batman would never cry on his teaser poster.
Mr. Broom - Feb 24, 2006 1:45:49 pm PST #651 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Agreed. Batman's downcast shots are very much with the tight-set jaw. He's sad but grimly determined. Spidey gets the serious blues. Peter is Bruce without nearly so many emotional defenses.
Mikey - Feb 24, 2006 2:16:13 pm PST #652 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Was it that bad? I survived Pterodactyl. And Bloodsuckers.It wasn't that bad. Apart from the dog's makeup, the casting and the actin'. But we realized a button with the title of any "SciFi original movie" could multiply into a series. We settled on buttons that read: I SURVIVED another SciFi "original"
Jessica - Feb 25, 2006 7:04:59 pm PST #653 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Saw V. Liked it a lot. Very different from the book, and will probably draw the wrath of many purists, but I thought most of the changes were successful ones. (I have several nitpicks and a short wish list of things I wish they'd kept, but there was only one scene that I thought completely missed the mark.)
I'll be curious to see what the general fan reaction is.
Kate P. - Feb 25, 2006 7:52:23 pm PST #654 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Sweet! I cannot wait for V (haven't read the comic yet, but I have the love for all things Alan Moore) and I'm glad to hear you liked it.
I saw Transamerica tonight and generally thought it was pretty great. I can't help but let my reactions be colored by my expectations and the fact that I wanted it to Say Something Important about transsexual people, but instead, it ended up being mostly a movie about people and their messy relationships and how they make and atone for mistakes, and it was funny and strange and touching. So it wasn't quite what I had thought I wanted it to be, but it was probably better off that way. Definitely recommended.