A Scanner Darkly is indeed really great.
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
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Hayden - Jun 13, 2008 3:29:30 pm PDT #6437 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Nutty - Jun 13, 2008 3:41:33 pm PDT #6438 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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.)
DavidS - Jun 13, 2008 3:49:46 pm PDT #6439 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2008 3:58:33 pm PDT #6440 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I have A Scanner Darkly on my DVR, waiting to be watched. Glad to hear it's really great!
Juliebird - Jun 13, 2008 4:04:02 pm PDT #6441 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
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.
DebetEsse - Jun 13, 2008 5:28:41 pm PDT #6442 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
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)
Juliebird - Jun 13, 2008 6:13:47 pm PDT #6443 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Spiderman 3 bad
Hulk smash.
Laga - Jun 13, 2008 6:35:50 pm PDT #6444 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Is it just me or is a little kid pronouncing every syllable in, "The Incredible Hulk" just about the cutest thing ever?
amych - Jun 13, 2008 7:36:44 pm PDT #6445 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
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.)
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2008 9:06:00 pm PDT #6446 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
can Hulk be as bad as they say, or even worse?
Wait--compared to his previous incarnation?