Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.

'Destiny'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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sumi - Feb 03, 2007 3:57:53 pm PST #7344 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I believe that P-C mentioned the Joss/Wonder Woman break up somewhere. . . possibly in Other Media?


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2007 4:15:46 pm PST #7345 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yep--in Astounishing.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 03, 2007 5:10:34 pm PST #7346 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

However, time travellers did not go back to 1993 and switch In the Bedroom for the Academy voter's tapes of My Cousin Vinnie. She still won Most Champagne Spit Takes in tandem with that award.

Seriously? Over Anna Paquin winning for THE PIANO? Not that she wasn't good in the role, but SHE pretty much did a spit take at the podium.

On a completely different note, I caught the last hour of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? tonight, and damn. I have the DVD, but have never watched it. I don't think I've seen the movie since 5 years after it came out (it would have been on VHS at that point), partly because I thought it would age badly. Nope. Still hugely entertaining, and reconfirms my feeling in '88 that both Bob Hoskins and Jeremy Irons were robbed by not even being nominated in a year that they either acted to props or (for DEAD RINGERS) acted towards their double. This being the year that Dustin Hoffman won for not having to act to anyone for RAIN MAN. I was so chuffed when Irons thanked Cronenberg when he won for playing Klaus Von Bulow (sp?). The only weak part in ROGER may have been Hoskins accent, which was kind of a generic tough guy voice, but I give him props for what he was working against with a fake accent.


Laga - Feb 03, 2007 7:30:09 pm PST #7347 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I am so very happy to hear of Julie Taymor's next project. She thrills me and kills me.


Polter-Cow - Feb 03, 2007 7:35:41 pm PST #7348 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

But does she kiss you?


Laga - Feb 03, 2007 7:37:03 pm PST #7349 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I have yet to find out. Somebody give her my number!


Volans - Feb 03, 2007 10:20:51 pm PST #7350 of 10001
move out and draw fire

Franken, my DH just said the same thing about Roger Rabbit. I may need to see it again; I saw it once when it came out and just felt like I didn't get it.

I like Beej's categories. I think the Foamies this year should be Categories That Should Exist But Don't.

Random Oscar note: One of the Greek channels is carrying the Oscars this year so there are ads all over. They show famous movie quotes. The only 3 quotes you can read without glasses are:

1. "Rosebud!"
2. "I coulda been a contender"
3. "Frodo!"

Is it just me or does one of these not fit?


Jessica - Feb 04, 2007 5:23:56 am PST #7351 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

So, continuing with The Great Oscar Nominee Rewatch of This Weekend, I am very pleased to say that Little Miss Sunshine holds up beautifully. The performances are so wonderfully committed and grounded, and the direction is just understated enough that there's a definite visual style, but it doesn't distract from the actors, who are what makes the movie work.


Kathy A - Feb 04, 2007 8:21:41 am PST #7352 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

My sister and I saw Roger Rabbit in the theaters when it first came out. We went to a mid-week matinee that was filled with moms and their kiddies, and at quite a few points during the film, we were the only two laughing in the place--the kids weren't getting the joke, and the moms were all horrified at what they were exposing their sweet innocents to!

I bought the DVD a few years back, and it definitely holds up, most likely because it was made pre-CGI and therefore doesn't suffer from advances in computers. The story is even funnier now, IMO, especially since I know that Judge Doom's whole plot to eliminate the streetcars and replace them with freeways was based on what actually happened, but with the car and oil companies replacing Doom as the Big Villains of the story.


Sophia Brooks - Feb 04, 2007 8:22:47 am PST #7353 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I think one of theose quotes should be replaced with "Stellaaaahh!!!", but that could be just me.