Jayne ,'Ariel'
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In my quest for more Robert Downey Jr. goodness I rented A Scanner Darkly, which, not only was RDJ fabulous, even/especially rotoscoped, but the movie was quite good as well, even if I'm still hazy on some of the plot points regarding the revelation at the end. I'd say that Woody Harrelson and RDJ stole the show, what a (sometimes disturbing) hoot!
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A Scanner Darkly is indeed really great.
I don't know how to break this to you: in Babe the Gallant Pig, Babe the character is actually male. (This is explicit in the book, with the pronouns and everything.) But they filmed it with female piglets (several staggered litters of them, because they grow so fast), because so many of the shots are from the rear, and a closeup of a piglet's testicles were decided to be too distracting for a children's movie.
(Babe's voice was supplied by a woman, but that's kind of typical for animated boy-characters -- see also Bart Simpson.)
Babe's voice was supplied by a woman
Not just any woman! The Great Christine Cavanaugh!
She also did Chuckie on Rugrats, and Oblina on Real Monsters, and Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory.
eta: And Gosalyn from Darkwing Duck.
And she was also in an X-Files episode.
Apparently she's retired since 2001 for "personal reasons." which makes me suspect either a religious conversion or cancer. I hope the personal reason was: "I made a shitload of money in Hollywood and now I want to hit all the cool garage sales."
eta: Internet rumors suggest it was parenthood that lead to her retirement.
I have A Scanner Darkly on my DVR, waiting to be watched. Glad to hear it's really great!
P-C, if you dislike bugs, as I do, you might want to FF through the first scene. I was squirming, and it went on far longer than I was comfortable with. I think if it had been live-action with CGI (i.e. fake-looking) bugs, I might have been alright.
Wow is Spiderman 3 bad. But emoPeter is rather hilarious. And typing that, he even has Peter Petrelli hair (although his hair can't do it as well as Milo's)
Spiderman 3 bad
Hulk smash.
Is it just me or is a little kid pronouncing every syllable in, "The Incredible Hulk" just about the cutest thing ever?
Question of the evening: can Hulk be as bad as they say, or even worse?
Answer: yes.
(But possibly worth it for the chance to laugh at the kids behind us - i heard the next one is gonna be green arrow - he's one of the avengers too.)