Advance reviews have been pretty damn good. I'm seeing it Saturday morning. And I'm watching the first movie on Friday night.
The money was too good. I got stupid.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2008 1:07:45 pm PDT #6895 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Connie Neil - Jul 10, 2008 2:51:13 pm PDT #6896 of 10000
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They're showing it at the complex where we're having our summer company party this weekend. I've got the tickets sitting on my desk.
Strega - Jul 10, 2008 3:07:36 pm PDT #6897 of 10000
Okay, did *anybody* know there were three TV movie sequels to Midnight Run?
Huh. I didn't.
Oh, I see; they all aired in the first half of 94. I was in college and not watching much TV at that point.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 10, 2008 5:38:01 pm PDT #6898 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Stealing Marvin's cigarettes and lighters!
Watch your cigarettes around this guy, Jack!
Hec has never seen it (so far, the only occasion in our entire relationship history when I've gotten to be the one who screeches, "WHAT? How could you never have seen that? How is that possible? I don't know if I can be with you!").
As you rightfully should - you need to rectify this absence in his movie knowledge most ricky-tick. Along with Repo Man and The Big Lebowski (off the top of my head) it's one of the movies I can talk in quotes with multiple friends with for a significant amount of time.
Polter-Cow - Jul 10, 2008 6:30:45 pm PDT #6899 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Along with Repo Man
Comcast has this OnDemand. I read the description. I had no idea it involved aliens. I think I will be giving it a look.
DavidS - Jul 10, 2008 9:20:54 pm PDT #6900 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Neil's Faerie Market in Books of Magic predates all those uses of the concept.
Fritz Leiber's "Bazaar of the Bizarre" predates that. As does Goblin Market. It's not so much a stealable idea as a trope.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 11, 2008 4:05:24 am PDT #6901 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Comcast has this OnDemand. I read the description. I had no idea it involved aliens. I think I will be giving it a look.
Eagerly awaits reaction...
juliana - Jul 11, 2008 7:20:37 am PDT #6902 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
It's not so much a stealable idea as a trope.
Which is why I was all "that looks like... well, of course del Toro and Gaiman think along parallel lines." Until I remembered that Gaiman actually worked on the movie.
Sean K - Jul 11, 2008 7:32:00 am PDT #6903 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I have purchased tickets to a 12:37am showing of Dark Knight next week. That was almost sold out, and everything else is going *fast*.
Jessica - Jul 11, 2008 7:47:46 am PDT #6904 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
E was told by the publicist that we should arrive an hour ahead of time for the screening (Tues night) and that they would be confiscating cell phones. (And also that they'd stopped accepting RSVPs for guests, so it was a good thing he responded early!)