I'm watching Night of the Comet. I can't think of a single film that was a bigger influence on Buffy.
Riley: No pulse. Anya: Yup. The space lamb got 'im.
'Never Leave Me'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Tom Scola - Jul 21, 2007 3:39:07 pm PDT #318 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Anne W. - Jul 21, 2007 5:45:47 pm PDT #319 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I just got back from seeing Hairspray.
I may have to go see it again, and soon. I was grinning like an idiot throughout the entire thing, and howling with laughter during certain parts. Travolta was wonderful, of course, and there was a brief shout-out to Pulp Fiction that had the audience in hysterics.
Plus, so good to see Baltimore again, even a fictionalized 1960s one.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 21, 2007 6:14:31 pm PDT #320 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
I'm watching Night of the Comet. I can't think of a single film that was a bigger influence on Buffy.
What about Girls just Wanna Have Fun? If I recall correctly, Helen Hunt's character even used the burning hairspray trick that Buffy later used on Lothos...
Scrappy - Jul 21, 2007 8:26:55 pm PDT #321 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just got back from seeing Transformers with the Niecephews. I really liked it, which I did not expect. Lots of truly excellent snark. The effects are mostly fun and fantastic and Shia Laboef is a freaking STAR.
Kevin - Jul 22, 2007 12:42:38 am PDT #322 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Transformers -- I was expecting it to be shit -- and I didn't think it was a good movie -- but it's hilarious. I think a 13 year old splurghed on 200 pages of script, then somebody went in and made it funny.
I'm watching Night of the Comet. I can't think of a single film that was a bigger influence on Buffy.
Night of the Comet was supposed to be on UniversalHD on Sunday, but it got cancelled for... Firefly.
Laga - Jul 22, 2007 5:41:16 pm PDT #323 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think it helps if you go into Transformers expecting shit. But also I think the show casts a sort of thrall because now when I walk by the theatre and hear Optimus talking out of context I find it very silly but I remember in the moment being all, "Optimus is cool!"
Scrappy - Jul 22, 2007 8:56:51 pm PDT #324 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
All the shout-outs to the cartoon are pretty damn goofy, but fun while they are happening.
§ ita § - Jul 23, 2007 7:32:58 am PDT #325 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Robin, does liking the movie make it easier to answer questions here: ita "Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape" Jul 17, 2007 7:28:19 am PDT
Because...there's no way I can get past those questions and enjoy dumb stuff like robot cars rollerblading (it's in the trailers, which is why I'm not whitefonting). What they missed out on, though was having the black Autobot a) be an Escalade or the appropriate equivalent and b) doing the robot. Comedy gold, I tell ya!
sumi - Jul 23, 2007 9:43:29 am PDT #326 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2007 9:54:00 am PDT #327 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
He looks like the Crow.