Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.

'Harm's Way'


Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


beekaytee - Jul 24, 2008 10:35:14 am PDT #7393 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

That was the sense I had too.


beekaytee - Jul 24, 2008 12:27:57 pm PDT #7394 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

Completely random thing, unrelated to Batman.

I can't seem to find a management address for someone, to whom, I would like to write.

I'm looking for Angie Dickinson.

Any of the LAistas have any idea where I might find that info?

I know this sounds odd, but rather than a 'love your work' fan letter, I'd like to write and thank her for an appearance she made on the Tonight Show 30 years ago. She was the very first celebrity I ever heard speak out for the environment. She was a staunch advocate for water conservation...in a state that desperately needed that message, even back then.

I was just brushing my teeth and remembered how she weathered derision for telling people to turn the tap off while brushing your teeth and not flushing unless you need to.

Long before Al and Leo, she was out there for our own good. I just want to let her know that I remember her wisdom.


erikaj - Jul 24, 2008 12:46:13 pm PDT #7395 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!

Why was Superman Returns so boring? Can't explain it, but it was.


Laga - Jul 24, 2008 12:51:32 pm PDT #7396 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

bonny- you could try signing up for a free trial of "imdb pro" and click on "contact information" from her page.


Steph L. - Jul 24, 2008 1:49:42 pm PDT #7397 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

My opinion is that it needed to be mentioned early on and then left alone until the reveal

I don't think that the Two-Face nickname itself provided any new information; it was just there as a setup. We knew that he wasn't very well liked by the other officers because, well, no one likes when Internal Affairs comes in and indicts your friends. And the thing is, he was RIGHT. There WERE a bunch of corrupt cops on the force, so I don't think he's not supposed to be Mr. Pureheart White Knight, entirely. I think we were pretty much supposed to see him as a good guy.

Oh, I agree we were supposed to see Harvey Dent as a good guy; just one who isn't as perfect as he may have been perceived.


tiggy - Jul 24, 2008 3:07:02 pm PDT #7398 of 10000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

okay, i just watched the opening scene again and Crane doesn't necessarily look as if he's helping the fake!Bats. he doesn't nod like i thought he had. he just says, "not my diagnosis" after Bats says he "doesn't need help". so i'm still completely stumped.


Strega - Jul 24, 2008 5:52:10 pm PDT #7399 of 10000

I think that with Nolan movies, plot comes first and theme gets layered on second, and the result in TDK was that the themes were often incoherent, internally contradictory, and expressed in dialogue/speeches/narration.

Wow, really? I trust Nolan with themes and concepts. And to be fair, up until this movie I trusted him with plot too, but I think the concepts interest him more than the details. I need to see TDK again... there's a lot of plot stuff I suspect I'll be disappointed by, but my impression was that the plot was sacrificed for the sake of the ideas.

And I'm okay with that to an extent because, as with Batman Begins, I did totally groove on the themes. But that means seeing it again will make a bit angry about the not-making-sense bits. Unless, y'know, it does. I'd love it if it all makes more sense on a second viewing. It just didn't feel like it would.

Er, anyway, I am totally on board with the complaint that the "What nickname did y'all have for me?" scene in the hospital came way, way, way too late to feel anything but clunky.

And re some of the other whitefont above: I do think some of the more horrific events were excised to get a PG-13. I also think some of it was deliberate, but... yeah. I am sorta anticipating a director's cut "with bonus gore!" eventually.


Polter-Cow - Jul 24, 2008 7:44:08 pm PDT #7400 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Wow, really? I trust Nolan with themes and concepts.

Yeah, I completely agree. I think all his movies are very thematically strong. But I also think they're very strong in plot as well. Although, okay, maybe the Batman movies are a little more focused on theme than plot, as you note.


Fred Pete - Jul 25, 2008 5:17:23 am PDT #7401 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.

I'm looking for Angie Dickinson.

Any of the LAistas have any idea where I might find that info?

Not an LAista, but IMDb has a category for Contact Info. Unfortunately, you need to have IMDbPro to access, and I don't.


Laga - Jul 25, 2008 11:36:02 am PDT #7402 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Did we know Rose McGowan was starring in a Red Sonja remake directed by Robert Rodriguez?

edit: click through to the end for more pictures that make the Watchmen movie look like it's going to be spot-on.