Xander: How? What? How? Giles: Three excellent questions.

Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'


Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell  

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Jessica - Mar 06, 2007 4:45:09 pm PST #7755 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My understanding is that the studio took away control from Mike Judge, and that the movie that you saw was not necessarily the movie he wanted to make.

Watching the DVD, it's very obvious that this was the case. There are several scenes that just don't make any sense, in a very "the studio didn't know what the fuck they were holding in their hands and so handed it off to a herd of crazed ferrets to do the final cut and then plugged the holes with vapid voiceover narration" kind of way. (The VO isn't terrible, but it was clearly slapped on at the last minute after focus groups reported that the only way anyone would be able to tell what was happening in what remained of this movie would be for someone to constantly explain it while the film was playing.)


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 08, 2007 12:25:14 pm PST #7756 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

The End Is Nigh!


Miracleman - Mar 08, 2007 12:35:03 pm PST #7757 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Wow.

I never saw "Catwoman". Halle Berry was enough to put me off seeing it.

But after reading that plot summary...is that for real?

Because now I want to kill and kill until my arms are too tired to move.


§ ita § - Mar 08, 2007 12:43:18 pm PST #7758 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Do they really mean she's illusive? We should be so lucky. More illusiveness, please.


Aims - Mar 08, 2007 12:45:44 pm PST #7759 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

Maybe they misspelled "dellusive"?


Polter-Cow - Mar 08, 2007 12:52:25 pm PST #7760 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

MM, I am easy to please. I liked Daredevil. I liked Hulk. I even liked Fantastic Four.

But oh my God, was Catwoman awful.


Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 08, 2007 2:44:29 pm PST #7761 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

Aside from the mere existence of the film, consider that it's airing on American Movie Classics.

Did I miss a news story about all copies of every movie ever made except this one and the works of Uwe Boll being tragically destroyed?


DavidS - Mar 08, 2007 2:47:21 pm PST #7762 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

consider that it's airing on American Movie Classics.

Awww, don't pick on AMC. They were great when they had access to the MGM and WB libraries. Once Turner Classic Movies took those back, they had to settle for what scrapings and leavings they could find.


erikaj - Mar 08, 2007 2:47:23 pm PST #7763 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

American Movie Classics is now more mis-named than the Learning Channel.


Fred Pete - Mar 08, 2007 4:34:32 pm PST #7764 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.

For AMC purposes, I don't care whether Catwoman was good or bad. If it just left the theaters last year, it doesn't belong on a classic movie channel. Unless you can tie it very closely to the movie that ran just before it.