The Invasion of the Bodysnatchers remake comes out on the 17th.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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Laga - Jul 31, 2007 6:47:53 pm PDT #610 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
§ ita § - Jul 31, 2007 6:52:17 pm PDT #611 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That might work! Thanks.
Polter-Cow - Jul 31, 2007 6:56:06 pm PDT #612 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just saw a commercial for that! It looked cool enough.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 01, 2007 1:08:32 am PDT #613 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
The problem with 1408, if I find it, is that a friend is in it, and it'll undermine the scary.
About 95% of the scary occurs when Cusack is by himself in the room, though. I went in expecting it to be crap, and had to admit it was pretty good (if less subtly scary than the short story). For a King horror adaptation, it may be the non-Kubrick gold medal winner.
Is your friend the incredibly hot guy that plays a surfer in it?
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2007 4:56:06 am PDT #614 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Is your friend the incredibly hot guy that plays a surfer in it?
That's the one. I'm guessing it's not a big role, because he doesn't have a name, just "surfer dude" in the credits. I haven't actually talked to him about it.
Laga - Aug 02, 2007 10:57:35 pm PDT #615 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Underdog. ugh. Well... it wasn't as bad as Firehouse Dog.
I predict there will be few reviewers who pass up the opportunity to call it "Under-whelming" or at least "likely to Under-perform at the box office."
Aims - Aug 03, 2007 3:09:56 am PDT #616 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
We saw The Simpsons last night.
Because Spider-Pig was one of the funniest things I've seen in a while, I'll only be asking for part of my money back.
Now, granted, I'm not the biggest Simpsons fan in general, but a movie has to be pretty bad for me to not like it. Until last night, there were only two movies in all of my movie watching experience that I've just flat out, no doubt about it hated. Now there are three.
bon bon - Aug 03, 2007 5:31:02 am PDT #617 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Heh. Go Aimee for bucking the convention. FWIW I wasn't that into it either, though I was more indifferent than hating. The plot was well-done in terms of raising the stakes, but I didn't really laugh (ok, I laughed at Spiderpig). Homer hasn't been redeemable for me since he framed Marge for drunk driving.
Aims - Aug 03, 2007 5:39:37 am PDT #618 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Go me!!
See, I didn't even think the plot was all that great. Well, maybe just executed as well as it could have been. It felt as though they were trying to do everything that they can't on tv. Now, South Park and Beavis and Butt-head even did that pretty well I thought. They got the really bad not-for-prime-time stuff in there, but it also made sense.
The Simpson's missed this, with the exception of Marge yelling. "Will someone throw the god damn bomb?" That was perfect because I think that she gets so frustrated with Homer that she just wants to strangle *him* and just go off.
But honestly? Homer flipping everyone off and seeing Bart's dingle were just too much for me. And Saint Flanders. Bah. The only part of him I liked was the "Well I wish you didn't have the Devil's curly hair."
There were some fun-ish parts. Martin beating the shit out of those guys was funny. Mrs. Krobapple with the NOT MY BOYFRIEND t-shirt was great. Emperor Moe was fabulous.
But for the most part? The plot would have been much better suited for one of the regular shows.
Tom Scola - Aug 03, 2007 6:13:12 am PDT #619 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Homer hasn't been redeemable for me since he framed Marge for drunk driving.
One word: Panda.