I *so* want to go to that. go on, pretend you're suprised. But I love it when Ben(and Matt) get all Boston. But I live in the land of no ethnicity, so I want all the stuff my grandparents fled here from.
Lorne: My little prince. Oh…what did they do to you? Angel: Nina…tried to…eat me. Lorne: Oh, you're--medic! You're gonna make it Angel. Just don't stop fighting. Doctor! Is there a Gepetto in the house?
'Smile Time'
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erikaj - Oct 20, 2007 6:12:42 pm PDT #1800 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
erikaj - Oct 20, 2007 6:15:58 pm PDT #1801 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
Also, am fucked up enough to consider Zodiac as mom-daughter bonding. Suddenly, my lack of childhood slumber parties is not exactly Shock Theater, huh?
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2007 6:21:28 pm PDT #1802 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. I didn't know the Stephen King short story "The Mist" was turned into a movie. I remember thinking when I read it that it'd make a great flick. Anyway, it opens in about a month. You can see a preview here (I think): [link]
Looks awesome.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2007 6:26:24 pm PDT #1803 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is Mist the one (won't play for me) where someone gets pulled through the slats in the floating platform? Don't remember any narrative, but it sure was freakout material.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2007 6:29:29 pm PDT #1804 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is Mist the one (won't play for me) where someone gets pulled through the slats in the floating platform?
Ooh, I know the story you're talking about! That ending was burned into my brain. Nope, that's not it. It's the one with the people trapped in the grocery store. There's weird monsters from another dimension out in the mist. And the rest writes itself (if the writer happens to be Stephen King).
eta: I think both of these stories were in the same book of SK short stories.
tommyrot - Oct 20, 2007 6:32:59 pm PDT #1805 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Also, anyone seen Fido?
Welcome to Willard, a small town lost in the idyllic world of the 50s, where the sun shines every day, everybody knows their neighbor, and rotting zombies deliver the mail. Years ago, the earth passed through a cloud of space dust, causing the dead to rise with a craving for human flesh. A war began, pitting the living against the dead. In the ensuing revolution, a corporation was born: ZomCon, who defeated the legions of undead, and domesticated the zombies, making them our industrial workers, our domestic servants--a productive part of society. ZomCon would like the people of Willard to believe they have everything under control--but do they?
more: [link]
It's the midnight movie at a place near me. (Musicbox)
DavidS - Oct 20, 2007 6:34:46 pm PDT #1806 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, anyone seen Fido?
No, but it's playing at the Red Vic (in my neighborhood) this week.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 20, 2007 7:40:08 pm PDT #1807 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
FIDO has Billy Connelly as the title charceter (a zombie, natch). I heard it was a fun moive, but it only played here for a week, so I never got to it.
Theodosia - Oct 21, 2007 3:39:09 am PDT #1808 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I shudder to think what Dick Cheney could do with an army of obedient zombie soldiers. Even somewhat-disobedient ones.
A couple of years ago, I heard The Mist adapted as a radio play -- it was one of the more hair-raising adaptations I've ever seen or heard.
Jars - Oct 21, 2007 8:13:12 am PDT #1809 of 10000
As people were talking about The Prestige, I remembered I had a problem with the plot that I couldn't figure out. I may be stupid, or they just didn't feel it was necessary to explain it...
So when Michael Caine finds Christian Bale's character 'killing' Hugh Jackman's character, wouldn't the living Hugh Jackman be making his reveal behind the audience? He wouldn't have know that all that was going on underneath the stage, and would have carried on with the show, surely?
Did they explain this? Or should I just handwave it? It really bugged me. I think probably just because the rest of the movie was so well-crafted.