I think they need a more orthodox definition of action picture. Because, any movie where Yoda is in it, and doesn't go zapping around the room? I mean, there's action in the Empire Strikes Back, but that's like saying there's milk in my fridge, you know? There's lots of other stuff in my fridge too.
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
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Nutty - Jun 22, 2007 2:20:02 pm PDT #9599 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Kathy A - Jun 22, 2007 2:23:50 pm PDT #9600 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Here's what they say about Empire Strikes Back:
Maybe you're thinking it doesn't feel like an action movie, what with Luke's kinda boring, Jedi training on the swamp planet, Han and Leia's chaste romance, Chewie rocking the third-wheeliness, and Lando pimping it up at Cloud City. But the best of George Lucas' sci-fi sextology still found time to blow our minds. Not only did it get us to believe in a little green puppet, it boasted blistering sequences, like the Imperial attack on Hoth, the Millennium Falcon dodging through the asteroid field, and the most hand-optional father-son reunion since the Hook family's last Christmas party.
Nutty - Jun 22, 2007 2:26:48 pm PDT #9601 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Feh. I'm sorry, the first 20 minutes of Return of the Jedi is more actiony than the whole of Empire. Iron bikini! Duels with giant snot monsters! Blind hand-to-hand combat! Betrayal, intruigue, Wookies!
(Whenever the trilogy was on -- USA used to run the whole thing on Christmas Day -- I used to watch all the way through up to the end of the Tattooine sequence and then turn it off.)
Kathy A - Jun 22, 2007 2:33:13 pm PDT #9602 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I do like the bike chase in the forest in Jedi.
Polter-Cow - Jun 22, 2007 2:37:19 pm PDT #9603 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I love that shit. Maybe that's why Jedi is my favorite of the three.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2007 5:13:38 pm PDT #9604 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 22, 2007 5:26:07 pm PDT #9605 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I love that shit. Maybe that's why Jedi is my favorite of the three.
I...just...weep for Polter-Cow.
Jesse - Jun 22, 2007 5:35:19 pm PDT #9606 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That...that could be awful.
That picture looks kind of awesome, though.
Volans - Jun 22, 2007 5:37:52 pm PDT #9607 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Spike Jonze? Huh.
Max looks too nice.
§ ita § - Jun 22, 2007 6:00:03 pm PDT #9608 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The picture is great. But is the picture any good?