Speaking of Gollum, when I was driving home last night, the local (Chicago) radio station was coming up with who they would want to play Gov. Blagojevich in the inevitable TV-movie, and someone mentioned "that guy who played Gollum--he'd be perfect!" I thought they were specifically talking about Andy Serkis and thought they were right, physically speaking, but they were talking about Gollum's coveting his golden prize and Blago's calling Obama's Senate seat "fucking golden" and imagined him muttering "my precious" when he realized he'd have control over who was going to get it next.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Kathy A - Jan 09, 2009 6:59:37 am PST #9446 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
quester - Jan 09, 2009 7:02:31 am PST #9447 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Speaking of WETA, I've been so desperate for interesting TV that I have been watching an animated show called Jane and the Dragon. It is CGI animation produced by WETA, and it is a little distracting that all the human characters have Gollum/Smeagol eyes!
Polter-Cow - Jan 09, 2009 7:11:37 am PST #9448 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've come across that show sometimes, and it freaks me out. I didn't know it was done by WETA. Everyone looks so weird!
Hayden - Jan 09, 2009 7:43:46 am PST #9449 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Just want to mention that IFC is running the extremely rare and classic Texas indie Last Night At The Alamo tonight. Apparently this is the movie that inspired Robert Redford to found the Sundance Film Festival, for good or for ill.
Connie Neil - Jan 09, 2009 8:06:02 am PST #9450 of 10000
brillig
Everyone looks so weird!
Agreed. It's obviously advanced animation, but it's weird. I think I like my animation to look like animation. I like Jacob Two-Two.
Volans - Jan 09, 2009 8:21:01 am PST #9451 of 10000
move out and draw fire
OK, I *finally* got to see The Dark Knight (in no small part because my DH is in Baghdad so I don't have to compromise with anyone about viewing options).
Dude. That is one tough movie. Rather than being a superficial comic book movie, they actually went to some interesting moral and ethical places.
Also, in any other situation, everybody would be talking about how Gary Oldman's performance was so amazing, and he was just fully absolutely Jim Gordon. But Ledger overshadowed everything else.
Glamcookie - Jan 09, 2009 8:28:26 am PST #9452 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
We've been on kind of a Peter Sellers kick lately and watched Being There last night. I think I kind of loved it. The short tirade that Louise the maid goes on mid-movie had me dying.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 09, 2009 8:40:28 am PST #9453 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
everybody would be talking about how Gary Oldman's performance was so amazing, and he was just fully absolutely Jim Gordon
It's certainly been talked about here, both about TDK and Batman (heh, I accidentally type Bartman) Begins (I know ita was a big fan).
That was one of those bits of casting that had me going "Oooo-kay?" when it was first announced, but dear dog he's given it everything you'd want for Jim Gordon and more.
Kathy A - Jan 09, 2009 9:45:36 am PST #9454 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
An interesting article on Entertainment's Greatest Voices.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 09, 2009 9:48:39 am PST #9455 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Between Prick Up Your Ears, Romeo Is Bleeding, True Romance, and Dracula, I was fairly confident that Oldman's range encompasses just about anything ever conceived by a screenwriter.