I was playing on the source Frank linked, Cruise's stature, and his archetypeal image from Risky Business.
Wash: Well, I wash my hands of it. It's a hopeless case. I'll read a nice poem at the funeral. Something with imagery. Zoe: You could lock the door and keep the power-hungry maniac at bay. Wash: Oh, no, I'm starting to like this poetry idea now. Here lies my beloved Zoe, my autumn flower, somewhat less attractive now she's all corpsified and gross...
'Shindig'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 12, 2008 2:42:10 pm PST #1938 of 11998
"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
§ ita § - Dec 12, 2008 4:18:58 pm PST #1939 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, right. M:I movies. I always forget they exist.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 13, 2008 5:59:46 am PST #1940 of 11998
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I knew ita was talking old school MI, as they were far more about the "con" than the movies.
I try to forget the first one especially, because Jim Phelps wouldn't DO THAT, GODAMMIT!!!!
Vortex - Dec 13, 2008 11:28:12 am PST #1941 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I try to forget the first one especially, because Jim Phelps wouldn't DO THAT, GODAMMIT!!!!
I refuse to remember them because they were TERRIBLE. They made no sense, and they were not at all true to the series.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2008 3:03:42 pm PST #1942 of 11998
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I decided to watch a bunch of old shows, M:I included, so that I could judge the movies better, and in the process have lost the urge to watch the movies (I faintly remember the first, didn't see any of the others). Fuck with Jim Phelps? HELL NO.
I've also watched a lot of Wild Wild West, and am similarly forgetting anything from the movie.
Jesse - Dec 13, 2008 3:37:48 pm PST #1943 of 11998
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Leverage is adorable! Speaking as another sucker fan of heist movies and con men in general.
I was a little afraid they had used up all of the good music in the pilot, though.
Vortex - Dec 13, 2008 4:54:52 pm PST #1944 of 11998
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
i've been watching this great show called "To Catch a Thief". it stars Robert Wagner as this thief who gets paroled to a mysterious government agency called the SIA to steal for the government. it's set in the late 60s/early 70s, and he wears nehru jackets to formal events and whatnot.
sumi - Dec 13, 2008 5:01:39 pm PST #1945 of 11998
Art Crawl!!!
Yes! I remember that show!
My brothers and I used to watch that in syndication.
DavidS - Dec 13, 2008 5:02:07 pm PST #1946 of 11998
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
i've been watching this great show called "To Catch a Thief".
I used to watch that. His father was played by Fred Astaire.
dcp - Dec 13, 2008 5:04:38 pm PST #1947 of 11998
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Full episodes of Leverage are now available at www.tnt.tv: [link]