P-C, I was making a joke at the expense of Star Wars.
Not a very successful one, apparently, but ah well.
ETA: Gris can be my official interpreter.
Never send a minion to do a god's work.
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Strega - Jun 26, 2007 2:10:41 pm PDT #9692 of 10001
Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2007 2:11:23 pm PDT #9693 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, bollocks. I do believe you're right, Gris.
And now I know you're right, Gris.
Gris - Jun 26, 2007 2:13:16 pm PDT #9694 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I win!
... can my prize be something dinnerlicious? I'm kinda hungry.
Strega - Jun 26, 2007 2:14:29 pm PDT #9695 of 10001
You are welcome to some of my guava paste and mozzarella. Yummy.
Polter-Cow - Jun 26, 2007 2:17:12 pm PDT #9696 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm eating a mozzarella stick. Er, the string cheese kind, not the fried cheese kind.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 26, 2007 2:54:26 pm PDT #9697 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Wait, do people think STAR WARS was a good movie?
I mean, I enjoyed (even LOVED) the hell out of it, but the only one that was remotely a GOOD movie was EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
bon bon - Jun 26, 2007 2:59:19 pm PDT #9698 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Why even Star Wars fans hate Star Wars: [link]
Fred Pete - Jun 26, 2007 4:48:22 pm PDT #9699 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'd date the action movie back to the '30s (Errol Flynn) or even 1920 (Douglas Fairbanks plays Zorro). But I'll agree that the action movie has changed over the years.
Nutty - Jun 26, 2007 5:00:22 pm PDT #9700 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Personally, I like to think I was the big summer blockbuster of 1976.
They had lots of fireworks! And released a special quarter! And built scaffolding around the Statue of Liberty!
This is the second time today somebody has brought up The Towering Inferno, although really, I tend to think that the weirder and more obscure the 70s disaster movie, the better. That one about how a psychopathic anti-Nazi agent might have downed the Hindenberg? Classic!!
Frankenbuddha - Jun 26, 2007 5:52:05 pm PDT #9701 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That one about how a psychopathic anti-Nazi agent might have downed the Hindenberg? Classic!!
I believe that's what they call a blimpbuster, not a blockbuster (plus, it was a famous dog at the box office).