I'm looking forward to the same things most have mentioned except no one else has mentioned Becoming Jane. I saw a trailer for it when I saw Waitress (and Anne, I had some of the same reactions that you did) and I thought it looked promising...Becoming Jane, that is.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
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quester - Jun 17, 2007 6:32:46 pm PDT #9242 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
DavidS - Jun 17, 2007 7:36:02 pm PDT #9243 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
FWIW, I watched the Ratatouille trailer on my TiVo and I'm so very much in love with it. Not the least because the Pixar animators respected the ratliness of the hero.
Speaking of which, who wants a Pixar insider tip on their next project?
They're starting up... Toy Story 3.
Tom Scola - Jun 18, 2007 1:10:39 am PDT #9244 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Teaser for next year's Pixar movie, Wall-E.
beekaytee - Jun 18, 2007 4:03:53 am PDT #9245 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
As I was clicking over to the Wall-E trailer (thanks Tom!), I was thinking about what Pixar does best. It isn't just the great stories and whizzbang tech, but rather, their spot-on ability to engender emotion in ways that Disney never did for me.
Then I see this promo and it strikes me that I see the character for maybe 15 seconds...and already I'm broken.
It's been said...they are geniuses.
I look at that character and think of the film that most broke my heart as a young adult... E.T. and the things that that transfix little boys (and some girls...hey, I had a Tonka Truck as a tot)... construction equipment. To see the combination of the two and not in a Number Five sort of way. Makes me nearly swoon. That one is going to rake in the box office even more than the cooking rat...which is also going to be big.
That team? Genius!
Laga - Jun 18, 2007 9:21:52 am PDT #9246 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Happy Happy Watchmen casting news!
Volans - Jun 18, 2007 10:42:21 am PDT #9247 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Random movie-related notes:
1) I didn't know a movie had been made of the book "Flatland." Come to find out, THREE Flatland movies exist.
2) I'm reading NightWatch, and while the movie got the feel right, I'm already crabby at a lot of the changes and think the book is much better.
3) There's a place near me advertising Wu-Shu Tai Chi, which makes me laugh and laugh (given that I use "wu-shu" mostly as gamer slang).
Laga - Jun 18, 2007 10:52:11 am PDT #9248 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
What does "wu-shu" mean in gamer slang?
Volans - Jun 18, 2007 10:54:47 am PDT #9249 of 10001
move out and draw fire
It means a character build with the ability to do martial arts stuff in a fantasy way, like flying or knocking down millions of arrows with your bare hands. Think Crouching Tiger or Hero.
Not really the focused exercise of Tai Chi.
Hayden - Jun 18, 2007 11:47:34 am PDT #9250 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Not really the focused exercise of Tai Chi.
Well, crud. I'm off to cancel my Tai Chi lessons now.
§ ita § - Jun 18, 2007 12:12:22 pm PDT #9251 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pshaw. You have to pay your dues, man. You don't start by being able to dance on top of bamboo. Takes lots of gliding over grass to get there.