*snerk*
Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.
'Shindig'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
tiggy - Jan 06, 2007 9:36:21 pm PST #2977 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 07, 2007 1:28:15 am PST #2978 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
I would imagine the decision to use her real name came fast on the heels of realizing just how widespread the Wrongda nickname had become.
Kristen - Jan 07, 2007 9:13:06 am PST #2979 of 10001
Random: We had a conversation the other day at the office about the Netflix rating system. (I guess they're looking for a better or more effective way to rate movies or something.)
As I'm sitting here, rating movies I've seen, it occurs to me that there's a vital component missing from their system. You rate movies from Hated It to Loved It. But you can love something even if the movie wasn't good. I mean, Showgirls.
Like, Apocalypse Now is an excellent movie. Yet I'm never willingly sitting down to watch it again unless someone is paying me. OTOH, I have an unholy love of Under Siege. But I kinda love it despite itself. Or myself. Whatever.
I'm not sure how one would make this work within a ratings system.
Dana - Jan 07, 2007 9:32:43 am PST #2980 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Separate quality and enjoyment ratings?
Kristen - Jan 07, 2007 9:56:40 am PST #2981 of 10001
That's what I was thinking. Something that allows you to say, "I know this movie is awful but it cracks me up."
Dana - Jan 07, 2007 9:59:16 am PST #2982 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Or "I acknowledge that this movie is very good, but it's more boring than a box of bricks."
Daisy Jane - Jan 07, 2007 10:12:29 am PST #2983 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Apocalypse Now
I was about to say that I really liked that movie, then I realized that it's not Full Metal Jacket and remembered that I don't.
Laga - Jan 07, 2007 10:17:28 am PST #2984 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yes I tend to just rate them on whether I enjoyed the film. So I acknowledge that Wild Strawberries is the work of genius but on my Netflix page it gets two stars.
ETA and Cellular which surprised the hell out of us last night will get four.
Kristen - Jan 07, 2007 10:19:26 am PST #2985 of 10001
Yes I tend to just rate them on whether I enjoyed the film.
Yes but I think this sort of thing is what has led to Netflix recommending to me every Wrestling DVD ever made.
Allyson - Jan 07, 2007 10:22:17 am PST #2986 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Apocolypse Now. Broccoli.
Maybe that would be a good way to rate them.
Broccoli = Good for You, see: Apocolypse Now
Fried Chicken Dinner = Comforting home food, see: Princess Bride
That weird fancy cuisine with 18 courses involving strange sauces made from exotic animal fats and some sort of almost-extinct hybrid fruit chutney, See: Merchant Ivory
Peeps = Funny and sort of classic, but you can't have too much or you'll puke, See: Dude, Where's My Car?
Chicken wings at Hooters = eeeew, See: Anything starring Cedric the Entertainer, various movies starring Robin Williams as some sort of heartwarming humantitarian of sorts.
The Appetizer Menu at TGI Fridays = Greasy transfats for the masses, See: Crash
And so on. Like that.
Man, I need to make lunch.