I don't recognize it, but it always stuck me as though there should be something going on that I wasn't picking up on. Because seriously, otherwise it makes even less sense.

Maybe they just hotwired into the memestem. Or condensed gestalt.

Or that ad will become such an iconic and pervasive image that you are feeling the recognition waves from the future.

I love Bride of Chucky for its bizarre surreality.

I must admit I had to turn my head away for the doll sex.

I can note that Jennifer really had fun doing Bride of Chucky and was super chuffed to be nominated for an MTV movie award.

I just got back from Stardust. I'm glad that my expectations were lowered from reading reviews here & elsewhere. I saw it with a friend, and we both walked out agreeing that it felt like at least three different movies put together, one of which was entertaining, one of which was pretty boring, and one of which was intensely irritating (OMG, Captain Shakespeare as a flaming, prancing, cross-dressing, queeny gay pirate? WTF? The scene where Septimus finds him in his boudoir with the frilly pink dress had me practically crawling the walls in anger & discomfort. But the worst insult was that he turned out to be completely useless at defending himself -- if only he'd used that fan as an impromptu weapon, or snatched up a sword, or *something*, instead of just standing there! ARGH). I also share Zenkitty's irritation at the line of succession being limited to the male heirs. Initially when Una turned up, I thought she'd end up being the ruler, which made me happy, and I was annoyed that it fell to Tristan after all. What does he want to be a ruler for, anyway? It would have made much more sense for Una to take the crown -- I bet she knows a damn sight more than Tristan about how best to rule Stormhold.

I liked Michelle Pfeiffer a lot, and all the dead brothers. I liked Dunstan too, both as a boy and as a man, and would have liked to see more of him.

Someone upthread mentioned something special or unusual about the brothers' costumes -- I didn't pick up on anything like that. Can someone elaborate?

I was definitely tickled to recognize her.

Today I also watched "Galaxy Quest" which I never saw the end of before. It was really funny!

Kate - regarding your costuming question - their "number" was embroidered into their clothing. For example, Septemis had 7's on his buttons and a pattern of VII on his clothes. I found this photo which shows some of the detail.

Yeah, I'm white fonting for fun and likely made a mess of it.

Galaxy Quest is such a treat!

Speaking of treats, just saw Death at a Funeral, which was fun-nee. ESPECIALLY ALan Tudyk, who goies over the top, but does it in a hilariously inventive way. Peter Dinklage is great as always.

Kate, regarding your and Zenkitty's irritation, in the book, Una DOES rule initially because Tristran, like you said, has no interest in ruling.