In my head, Iona is a PerkyGoth now.
Inara: You don't have to die alone. Mal: Everybody dies alone.
'Out Of Gas'
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erikaj - Jan 15, 2007 9:45:34 am PST #7040 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2007 9:49:35 am PST #7041 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I hated the message that, to catch a man, you had to dequirkify yourself, and what that did to Iona.
While I really liked The Breakfast Club (and was thus surprised that Sixteen Candles did NOT seem to stand the test of time, as that had), I really didn't like the makeover on Ally Sheedy's character. She looked very freaky, and I thought she was more attractive the way she was originally.
Atropa - Jan 15, 2007 9:53:03 am PST #7042 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I hated the message that, to catch a man, you had to dequirkify yourself, and what that did to Iona.
That's the part of the movie that fills me with fury. I don't have Plei's Duckie issues (tho' they're starting to make sense to me as the years go on), but I agree completely with her about Iona.
In my head, Iona is a PerkyGoth now.
nods
In my head, Iona dated the boring yuppie guy for about a month, finally said "What the hell am I doing?!", and went back to being a happy freak.
Nutty - Jan 15, 2007 10:01:50 am PST #7043 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
So many of the core film competence of the 80s that I did not see! I have never seen Pretty in Pink, or the one about all of the Brat Pack at Georgetown, or... I did see Less Than Zero after it became nonfiction, maybe 2-3 years ago. Come to think, the only 80s yuppified teen-angst movies I think I have seen are Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club.
(I except Say Anything from this group on grounds it is 1989, and anyway Cameron Crowe, and anyway not on the same topics and not starring any of the same people.)
(Does Some Kind of Wonderful count? Despite endless television repetition, I have never seen that all the way through either.)
I don't know what movies I was seeing, but I guess I know what movies I wasn't seeing!
megan walker - Jan 15, 2007 10:03:55 am PST #7044 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
or the one about all of the Brat Pack at Georgetown
St. Elmo's Fire. Came out the summer before I went. Needless to say, it was required freshman-year viewing. Along with The Exorcist. Make of that what you will.
beekaytee - Jan 15, 2007 11:15:32 am PST #7045 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Momentarily breaking in to offer an amusing, 'net only mockumentary.
For those of us entranced by Spellbound, Wordwars and Wordplay (the quirky competition genre)...Unflinching Triumph...a surprisingly engaging doc about the cutthroat world of 'staredown'.
As a person who can barely out-stare my dog, I was moved and inspired by the story of Phillip Rockhammer's rise to the elite of his sport.
Seriously, the film is well made and the associated web sites are really, really good.
Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2007 11:17:29 am PST #7046 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wow. What isn't a sport?
Wait, you said it's a mockumentary? So it's a joke? Whew.
tiggy - Jan 15, 2007 11:29:37 am PST #7047 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
That said, I couldn't understand what Andie saw in Blaine, and I kind of hated the ending.
I didn't hate Blaine, but i wanted Andie to end up with Duckie. you know the original ending had her ending up with him and the test audiences didn't like it and so they changed it, right? (run-on sentence much?)
my favorite brat pack movie is The Breakfast Club and always will be. so many quotables.
beekaytee - Jan 15, 2007 11:38:32 am PST #7048 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
A joke, but a very well-told joke. So much so that one never sees the wink.
DavidS - Jan 15, 2007 12:21:41 pm PST #7049 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
a surprisingly engaging doc about the cutthroat world of 'staredown'.
Heh. Emmett was having a staring contest with Matilda this morning.
"Blink, damn you!" he said in his most James T. Kirk manner.
(Not to be confused with his moist James T. Kirk manner.)
(Charlie Hunter used to be in a SF band called James T. Kirk. They only played covers by James Brown, Thelonius Monk and Roland Rasheed Kirk.)