J.K. Simmons! He was my one celebrity sighting in L.A.! I just felt the need to mention that.
Who was the real power? The Captain? or Tenille?
Xander ,'Showtime'
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Kate P. - Jan 01, 2008 7:09:56 am PST #3130 of 10000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kevin - Jan 01, 2008 8:25:25 am PST #3131 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Rambo is set in Darfur I think. The only US movie to tackle Darfur -- which is the location of ongoing ethnic genocide whilst the world has ignored it -- is Rambo. Julie Benz is in it, also.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 01, 2008 8:35:10 am PST #3132 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I saw I AM LEGEND yesterday and really liked it. It wasn't the book, but it was very well done and definitely not a Will Smith quip-a-thon. He was really good a portraying a guy with about half a thread of his sanity left (if that), that gets more frayed as the movie goes on.
I also really liked the soundtrack (or lack thereof). It added to the emptiness of everything.
Cashmere - Jan 01, 2008 8:44:08 am PST #3133 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
It's Myanmar, Kevin. As much as I like to see legitimate world political issues addressed in movies, I also can't quite stomach the idea of one of the worst American movie icons that I can think of being brought back in an expensive shoot-em-up. Rambo is a relic of the gun toting, lone wolf, violent, American and not one that I think brings a warm, fuzzy feeling into geopolitics.
I'm sure conservatives will love it.
Kevin - Jan 01, 2008 8:52:31 am PST #3134 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Yeah, that's pretty much where my mind has gone Cashmere. It's possible they may use the movie to highlight, like, the extremely harsh situation in the country, or the lack of world response to the region... But I think it'll probably be about shit being blown up and nothing else.
Sean K - Jan 01, 2008 9:12:57 am PST #3135 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Except First Blood was NOT like the others. I liked that one, and was disappointed with what little I saw of the others.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 01, 2008 9:15:14 am PST #3136 of 10000
"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
That was back in the original Rocky era when Stallone was a good actor instead of a walking cartoon.
Typo Boy - Jan 01, 2008 9:17:01 am PST #3137 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Does the end of I am legend have anything in common with book? White fonting my question, and putting some scroll lines.
Does Will Smith die in the end, with the world being left to vampires (er I gather in this version Zombies)?
Theodosia - Jan 01, 2008 9:21:19 am PST #3138 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"
FWIW, First Blood the original book is excellently written and all in the voice of Rambo's inner thoughts. It's like the character has gone through a Xerox machine far too many times.
Kevin - Jan 01, 2008 9:57:37 am PST #3139 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Typo, his character dies at the end, however they've added in other survivors and a bunch of other stuff. They basically changed the meaning of the legend into a Hollywood ending (he Saves Da World!), which is a shame. Although I suspect a mainstream audience would have hated the book ending.