Huh. SatC had a bigger opening weekend than Indy.
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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Tom Scola - Jun 02, 2008 9:08:41 am PDT #6106 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
megan walker - Jun 02, 2008 9:08:45 am PDT #6107 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Ok, now I'm trying to remember what my first rated R movie WAS.
I have no idea.
Aims - Jun 02, 2008 9:09:40 am PDT #6108 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Stand By Me!
Now I remember!!
amych - Jun 02, 2008 9:10:13 am PDT #6109 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
The plot of Temple of Doom is about Indy needing to recover Shiva's junk.
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Apparently I've repressed it even more than I realized.
Polter-Cow - Jun 02, 2008 9:12:08 am PDT #6110 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
SatC had a bigger opening weekend than Indy.
Really? Didn't Indy break $100 million? Was the three-day total under $55 million? SATC had a bigger opening weekend than Prince Caspian, too.
megan walker - Jun 02, 2008 9:12:08 am PDT #6111 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Huh. SatC had a bigger opening weekend than Indy.
Given that
1) SatC is the only movie (in the year I've been here) that has been announced on the marquee of my local theater in advance, and
2) had people (with tickets) waiting in line 1/2 hour before the show,
3) had people in the audience cheering as the lights dimmed,
I'm not surprised.
Laga - Jun 02, 2008 9:12:14 am PDT #6112 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
("Sodomy" led me to look up several words in the dictionary)
Oh yeah. In 7th grade English we each had a dictionary under our desks. Man was I popular in 7th grade English.
Sean K - Jun 02, 2008 9:13:07 am PDT #6113 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Apparently I've repressed it even more than I realized.
That's what the stone with three stripes is -- a Shiva lingam -- Shiva's dork.
Tom Scola - Jun 02, 2008 9:15:38 am PDT #6114 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Whoops, my mistake. I forgot that Indy opened last weekend. Duh.
amych - Jun 02, 2008 9:18:36 am PDT #6115 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Shiva's dork.
Yeah, I twigged now that you mention it -- but not only did I not quite get at the time what the thing was, I'd completely forgotten in the time since what they were even looking for. It's just the meh movie with the horrible actress, the annoying kid, and the roller-coaster thingie.
(Which is also why I'm completely unbothered by the "Indy always looks for magic items" thing -- although I had the same conversation the other day with a meatspace friend who I'm pretty sure isn't MM -- the thing Indy's looking for in any given is what kicks off the action, but I've never given it enough importance to really care what it was, let alone make it part of my personal definition of what makes it an Indy movie. OTOH, if he didn't wear a hat...)