yeah 2008 looks good and all but 2009 has Watchmen
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
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Laga - Dec 21, 2007 8:14:17 am PST #2889 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
megan walker - Dec 21, 2007 8:21:26 am PST #2890 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Dude, I watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure whilst frosting cookies last weekend.
I'm eating some of those cookies now AIFG!
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2007 9:37:12 am PST #2891 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I need to reread Watchmen with picture galleries of those actors next to me. Good on Gugino, though. I like that one for sure.
juliana - Dec 21, 2007 10:01:52 am PST #2892 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I'm eating some of those cookies now AIFG!
It's the added infusion of Keanu.
Juliebird - Dec 21, 2007 4:59:10 pm PST #2893 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
So I waited until I saw the movie before I read the books, because I didn't want to hate the movie. Anyhoo, I'm reading His Dark Materials and boy-howdy is it fun. It moves.
But the main reason I'm here is because I just cast Jude Law as the angel Balthamos. I've just met the character, but for some reason Gigalo Joe popped into my head.
hmmm, maybe this was better for Literary. Movies based on books makes my head spin, especially when talking about both in the same paragraph.
Also, I was truly heartbroken to find that Lord Asriel doesn't play a much seen part in the movie/stories. It's freaking pivotal, but he's an adult, therefore he gets short shrift. Damn them for casting Daniel Craig, because I just want to see MORE of him! One thing that struck me was his voice: half the time he didn't sound English in the least. I kept expecting his Layered Cake/James Bond voice to show up, and then I get something that sounded... Midwestern? New England? Very strange.
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2007 6:07:48 pm PST #2894 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
There was an article about Keanu way back when (maybe when the first Matrix came out) that talked about how his "serene blankness" made it easy to cast him as a higher being. It seems counterintuitive at first, but it actually makes complete sense.
He was perfect as Jonathan Harker in Dracula, because the character is *supposed* to be a lame-o, blandy bland TOOL.
Juliebird - Dec 21, 2007 6:36:38 pm PST #2895 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
All I can think of now when I hear about or watch that movie is how Gary Oldman couldn't stand Winona Ryder. Because I heart GO and despise WR. But Keanu still holds a place in my heart, even if he does fall flat and monotone most of the time.
DebetEsse - Dec 21, 2007 7:21:57 pm PST #2896 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
We don't get Watchmen for another year?
Dude.
Damn.
Laga - Dec 21, 2007 8:58:19 pm PST #2897 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I know! It better be fucking awesome. 20 years is enough waiting.
edit: actually I think January of 2008 will be 20 years since the first time I played Cast That Movie with Watchmen.
re-edit: I know I had Tim Robbins as Night Owl but the rest is kind of fuzzy.
Atropa - Dec 21, 2007 9:12:23 pm PST #2898 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
All I can think of now when I hear about or watch that movie is how Gary Oldman couldn't stand Winona Ryder.
Really? Huh, this is gossip I had not heard before. Where could I find interviews or details?
t I would try to close this tag signifying my irrational love of that movie, but really, why bother?