Thanks. That's good to know.
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'
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Sue - Aug 05, 2008 4:41:46 pm PDT #7504 of 10000
hip deep in pie
DavidS - Aug 05, 2008 5:09:18 pm PDT #7505 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Amoeba Report: New director's cut of Dark City is out.
Also, there was a newish looking edition of Something Wicked This Way Comes (Jonathan Pryce version). Is it new, or has it been out for a while?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 05, 2008 5:14:13 pm PDT #7506 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Also, there was a newish looking edition of Something Wicked This Way Comes (Jonathan Pryce version). Is it new, or has it been out for a while?
As a DVD I think it's been out for forever, but I have no idea if they did a significant new version. Also, is there a version other than the Jonathan Pryce/Jason Robards version?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 05, 2008 5:17:26 pm PDT #7507 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
DebetEsse - Aug 05, 2008 5:37:39 pm PDT #7508 of 10000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I found XF more workable if I thought about it as an episode than as a movie.
Atropa - Aug 05, 2008 6:12:10 pm PDT #7509 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Also, is there a version other than the Jonathan Pryce/Jason Robards version?
Not that I'm aware of. And I wish there would be a different version, because I want a movie of that story where the Dust Witch hasn't been changed into some sort of spider queen. Seriously, SWTWC is one of my favorite books of all time, and I'm sad that I can't watch the movie because of my phobia.
Glamcookie - Aug 05, 2008 6:38:05 pm PDT #7510 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
X-Files:
I hated the wink-wink-nudge-nudge moments. It angered me that the sadistic killer was gay (I leaned over to GF and said, "Goddamned homos - at it again!"). I thought Scully was ridiculous with the not wanting to go there again when it was she who dragged him back in. I didn't think the story was all that compelling and I'm not sure what made it an X-File. Just cause there was a psychic on the case? Meh. And finally, I truly hate that Chris Carter made them a couple. Seriously. Hate.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 05, 2008 6:43:10 pm PDT #7511 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Seriously, SWTWC is one of my favorite books of all time, and I'm sad that I can't watch the movie because of my phobia.
Oh dear, for some reason that never occurred to me, but DUH, yeah, I can totally see why that would be an insoluble problem for you Jilli. Damn shame too, because Pryce was AWESOME.
And, in fact, if I remember the troubled history of the movie correctly, the spiders were something that Disney forced the director to do after the early previews didn't work out so well. Dammit - Jack Clayton directed The Innocents - he definitely knows creepy. Trust the man to do his job.
This, of course, would have been the same era of Disney that made Tim Burton want to rip his own head off out of boredom when he was working for them. Sigh.
Atropa - Aug 05, 2008 7:26:17 pm PDT #7512 of 10000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh dear, for some reason that never occurred to me, but DUH, yeah, I can totally see why that would be an insoluble problem for you Jilli. Damn shame too, because Pryce was AWESOME.
I may try watching it again and just close my eyes a lot. I haven't seen it in years and years. Other than the Dust Witch issue, how faithful is it to the book? Do you remember?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 06, 2008 4:04:41 am PDT #7513 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Other than the Dust Witch issue, how faithful is it to the book? Do you remember?
I mostly remember Pryce being the best thing in the movie, but Robards was very good, and I seem to recall the boys were pretty close in terms of how their friendship is portrayed.
It's been years since I've seen it too, actually. I know Bradbury worked on the screenplay (though I suspect he got re-written when they revamped the film after the previews).