Did you get the impression he believed it? Did you hear the authorial voice in it?
I admit, I didn't care about believing at that point. The movie had way too much talking, and that speech stood out like a sore thumb. But when I ran down my list of reasons of "Why the hell was that jammed in there like that?" the suggestion that it was a pet opinion of QT's that he wanted an audience for wasn't too far down the list. Because it sounds like geek showoffery, for one.
QT has written other speeches. Most of them fit the movie and the moment and the character better, so I don't stop and wonder "Why this? Why now?" I'm not supposed to be making those sorts of lists during the movie.
Does anyone know how far along in the season JLU is?
I ask because I've torrented up through ep 11, but the last few seem to be from a Canadian network.
Looking at TVtome, Cartoon Network is airing ep #9 for the first time this Saturday and makes mention of YTV showing the episode previously. It seems your suspicions about the Canadians were correct. I'm surprised we're not being taunted.
(Edited because the original post just sucked.)
Also according to TVtome, no new Teen Titans until January 8th and then only 3 episodes left in the season. And we only have 5 JLU episodes left. 12 episode seasons suck.
12 episode seasons suck.
They particulary suck when you get 7 episodes, then they rerun all 7 episodes 1 and 1/2 times, and then, after all that patience, you get a measly 5 more.
I like the way they do it on FX (The Shield, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, etc.) where they just run all 12/13 episodes in a row and then you can get on with your life.
As those on LJ may have noted, I've gotten my fanboy geek on for Green Lantern. Guh.
The comic store nearest work has had shipment problems two weeks out of three. The one nearest me is Jay and Silent Bob. Apart from the revulsion they inspire -- parking is hell. The next nearest one, a Golden Apple outpost -- gone. The next nearest one -- closed for restructuring. The
next
nearest one sells out of interesting stuff by the Saturday.
Why does my life suck so?
There's one comic book store in Lancaster. ONE. And it's too far to walk in the winter.
One the other hand, they do have excellent back issue bins, unlike my store in DC. I keep meaning to pick up Kelley's Superboy run while I'm there, but I always forget.
Hey, there's one comic book store available to me during business hours midweek, and I have to drive 75 miles to it. (OK, so I'm actually driving 75 miles to work and stopping off there on lunch break, but still...)
