I didn't make it all the way through, but yes, the title is soup and the movie involves food as a focus.
Actually not needing validation right now, but thank you.
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§ ita § - Aug 23, 2007 1:44:54 pm PDT #1112 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Polter-Cow - Aug 23, 2007 1:46:36 pm PDT #1113 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I guess The Protector was a more fearsome title. Was he protecting soup?
Gris - Aug 23, 2007 4:47:36 pm PDT #1114 of 10000
Hey. New board.
So far, High School Musical 2 is better than the first one. Not that I'm watching it.
Polter-Cow - Aug 23, 2007 5:08:14 pm PDT #1115 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I had the opposite opinion, Gris.
§ ita § - Aug 23, 2007 5:48:12 pm PDT #1116 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had never even heard of HSM before this hullabaloo of HSM2. But I think I did know this kid from North Shore. No, wait, not that one. The other beach frolic, the one without Momoa, the one with the black chick from Alias.
Gris - Aug 23, 2007 5:50:55 pm PDT #1117 of 10000
Hey. New board.
The music fits so much better with the style and times, the storyline is less cliched and has more tension, and the girl got somebody to teach her how to sing with a decent amount of power. I like it more.
The only thing I'm sad about is that no single song had the iconic high school OR iconic big musical number power of "Status Quo." Otherwise, I was impressed by this one.
Polter-Cow - Aug 23, 2007 5:53:38 pm PDT #1118 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The only thing I'm sad about is that no single song had the iconic high school OR iconic bug musical number power of "Status Quo."
That was my favorite song from the first one. The only really good one.
The music fits so much better with the style and times
I hate that they digitized everything and made everything sound all Disney-poppish.
the storyline is less cliched and has more tension
I was so bored during a lot of this one, and I don't remember that last time. At least the first one took place in high school.
Gris - Aug 23, 2007 5:58:46 pm PDT #1119 of 10000
Hey. New board.
At least the first one took place in high school.
A very good point.
I liked the Disney-pop for this musical. It's not musical theater style at all, but HSM isn't musical theater, and going with full-fledged pop allowed them to do some really cool things - the baseball song was simply awesome. Especially in comparison to that terrible basketball song from the first one.
I have big moments of boredom in both. It's very much a do-other-things-while-watching series.
esse - Aug 23, 2007 6:00:39 pm PDT #1120 of 10000
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Hee. I just like the music because it makes great shower singing music.
Dana - Aug 24, 2007 10:38:26 am PDT #1121 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ang Lee's new movie got an NC-17 rating.
"Lust" follows a young Chinese woman in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II who becomes the center of a plot to seduce and kill a married enemy collaborator. The trailer for the subtitled Chinese-language film shows lead actors Tony Leung and Tang Wei in various states of writhing passion.
The Motion Picture Assn. of America's ratings board cited the film's graphic sexuality for its decision. A source said too many of the film's sex scenes violated the ratings board's unwritten rules (like the number of allowable pelvic thrusts, for example) to make an appeal possible.
Sources who have seen the film said it contains at least three scenes -- one a long montage -- featuring multiple acts of aggressive sexual activity in different positions. There's no full-frontal male nudity (the source of some NC-17 rulings when shown in sex scenes), but male-on-female oral sex, non-S&M restraints and several nontraditional sexual positions are depicted, conveying the aggression and emotional conflict between the main characters.
When asked if anyone was shown, say, upside down, one viewer said, "It depends on where you're standing. They're very flexible."