Waking Life
River: 1001. 1002. Simon: River... River: Shh. I'm counting between the lightning and the thunder to see if the storm is coming or going. .1005
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Laga - Jun 24, 2008 5:32:28 pm PDT #6706 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Jessica - Jun 24, 2008 6:00:13 pm PDT #6707 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, WALL*E just jumped to the top of my list. It's indescribably wonderful. I want to see it again right away. The robot characters are AWESOME. They're so well-developed and funny and cute and real and OMGILOVEROBOTS. I spent the entire movie with my hands clasped in front of my face in a 90-minute long silent squee. (Except for the sad/scary parts where my hands were clasped in front of my face because I was so worried something bad might happen to one of the robots. I cried more than once.)
The WALL*E/EVE love story is basically Crichton/Aeryn, if Crichton were a DRD. It's THAT AWESOME.
The humans, whatever. Don't care so much about their story, and it's nowhere near as well told. I mean, it's fine, but it's hard to care about a bunch of useless humans when there's a faulty robot beach umbrella to pay attention to, you know?
DavidS - Jun 24, 2008 6:20:24 pm PDT #6708 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The WALL*E/EVE love story is basically Crichton/Aeryn,
Heh. Well my friend at Pixar did say that EVE totally rocked.
Sean K - Jun 24, 2008 6:27:29 pm PDT #6709 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The WALL*E/EVE love story is basically Crichton/Aeryn, if Crichton were a DRD. It's THAT AWESOME.
That may be the awesomest thing I've ever heard.
Actually.... possibly just the second awesomest thing ever, but that's only because I heard a pretty awesome thing the other day.
Sean K - Jun 24, 2008 8:15:53 pm PDT #6710 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Heh. So S put on Flower Drum Song on TCM. I'd never seen before.
And who should I see on my screen as the handsome young asian leading man? James Shigeta, Die Hard's Joseph Takagi! Okay possibly cool to just me, but it made me instantly like Flower Drum Song, which already has lots good going for it.
amych - Jun 25, 2008 3:22:19 am PDT #6711 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
it's hard to care about a bunch of useless humans when there's a faulty robot beach umbrella to pay attention to, you know?
Awww.
Can't wait!
Jessica - Jun 25, 2008 4:07:14 am PDT #6712 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh, and the short is fantastic this time around too. I don't think I've enjoyed a Pixar short this much since the original Luxor Jr one.
Aims - Jun 25, 2008 4:25:55 am PDT #6713 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Boundin' is still my favorite.
Volans - Jun 25, 2008 10:49:47 am PDT #6714 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Speaking as someone who's recently had to watch Pixar's entire oeuvre 17,985 times, Cars is fine. There's no real bad guy, there's no shooting, and it's mild enough for me to tolerate umpity-thousand times. Also, I love Steve Purcell, so I dig on all the car stuff going on in the landscape.
And I really don't like Finding Nemo. It's a mess, saved by good performances. But still a mess. There are three too many endings, and three too many "Nemo's-dead-no-he's-not!" moments.
Tom Scola - Jun 25, 2008 10:52:12 am PDT #6715 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The reason a Cars 2 is not so much because of box-office performance, but rather because it made BEEELIONS of dollars in merchandising.