I love that Sneakers somehow managed to make this list. I have an irrational love of that movie and usually no one seems to have heard of it.
I love love love Sneakers as well, and I am surprised no one else jumped on this comment.
How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Aug 04, 2006 11:15:26 am PDT #714 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2006 11:16:34 am PDT #715 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the alien sandwich hybrid is sorta the "science" of The Fly, right?
And a lot more works besides. I'm pretty sure that me swallowing a frog wouldn't lead to green and leggy clones of me, but I've never been swallowed by an Alien. I'm more surprised at the idea that the clone of me would end up with a frog in its stomach, but there you go.
megan walker - Aug 04, 2006 11:19:31 am PDT #716 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I love love love Sneakers as well, and I am surprised no one else jumped on this comment.
Well, I love caper movies in general, but one with Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn, Ben Kingsley, River Phonenix, and a conspiracy-theorist Dan Aykroyd? Who wouldn't love it?
Emily - Aug 04, 2006 11:20:21 am PDT #717 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Michael Wincott
God! How could I have forgotten Michael Wincott! One of my favorite favorite hottie actors. Er, for certain, Emily-created definitions of hottie, obviously*.
(* Ones which includes Danny Trejo.)
juliana - Aug 04, 2006 11:22:40 am PDT #718 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Well, I love caper movies in general, but one with Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn, Ben Kingsley, River Phoenix, and a conspiracy-theorist Dan Aykroyd? Who wouldn't love it?
I love it. Clearly, we should sit up and watch it and drink Fernet one night. Yes.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 04, 2006 11:22:49 am PDT #719 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
THE FLY at least gave lip service that because the machine couldn't work out the differntial between fly and human, it fused them at a genetic level. With ALIEN RESURRECTION, your not just talking about a sandwich you ate, your talking about one that you threw up (granted, in Ripley's case it was horizontally throwing up, but the point stands).
That said, science aside, hybrid!Ripley was one of the more enjoyable things in the movie.
megan walker - Aug 04, 2006 11:24:11 am PDT #720 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I love it. Clearly, we should sit up and watch it and drink Fernet one night. Yes.
I like this plan.
bon bon - Aug 04, 2006 11:24:28 am PDT #721 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
THE FLY at least gave lip service that because the machine couldn't work out the differntial between fly and human, it fused them at a genetic level.
The problem I had with The Fly is that there would be lots & lots of genetic material in the booth; did they somehow distinguish between a fly and a bacterium?
§ ita § - Aug 04, 2006 11:24:28 am PDT #722 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Danny Trejo is a stud.
I was reading reasons not to buy a hybrid car and they say:
It takes more energy to manufacture a hybrid than to a regular car. Compare the energy consumed by a HUMMER and a Prius over their entire lives (including the gas they will consume), a Prius will consume more than a HUMMER.
Seriously?
Emily - Aug 04, 2006 11:26:05 am PDT #723 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
THE FLY at least gave lip service that because the machine couldn't work out the differntial between fly and human, it fused them at a genetic level.
Hey, it worked for Dr. Who.