In further Tempest discussion, what was the 50's (?) sci-fi flick that was an adaptation of the play?
It was indeed Forbidden Planet: [link]
Mal: Then I call it a win. What's the problem? Inara: Should I start with the part where you're stranded in the middle of nowhere, or the part where you have no clothes?
'Trash'
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Jon B. - Aug 10, 2010 3:55:15 pm PDT #10557 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
§ ita § - Aug 10, 2010 5:59:45 pm PDT #10558 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2010 7:05:46 pm PDT #10559 of 30000
brillig
The animation in Jonny Quest was intriguing, looking so much grittier than the other Saturday morning fare.
edit: Plus I had such a crush on Race Bannon.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 10, 2010 7:25:28 pm PDT #10560 of 30000
"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
The line forms behind Dr. Quest.
megan walker - Aug 10, 2010 7:41:40 pm PDT #10561 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I had a crush on Bandit.
Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2010 8:00:36 pm PDT #10562 of 30000
brillig
The line forms behind Dr. Quest.
Too true.
erikaj - Aug 11, 2010 5:44:07 am PDT #10563 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
I wish I could sit in the juliana-ita corner but thanks to syndication I can't. I went through a brief phase with both shows, but grew to hate them as my brother's phase was much longer.(he still is always trying to get me to look at variety- show clips on youtube...they're the most awful things I can imagine, and I look at crime-scene photos.) Sometimes I think one of us is adopted.
smonster - Aug 11, 2010 9:08:19 am PDT #10564 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
RE: Nolan and fridging - I've only seen Inception, Batman Begins, and Dark Knight. That said, as far as I can tell, the author makes some good points. I was very frustrated, for example, with the way Rachel Dawes was underutilized and ultimately, well, you know, in The Dark Knight. As gifted as Nolan is, he could stand to take a look at the story he's telling, again and again. Of course it's not just him - everyone does it - and that's the problem.
§ ita § - Aug 11, 2010 9:10:37 am PDT #10565 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sometimes I think accusations of fridging reach a point similar to one where black people can no longer give good advice or use magic.
It's not all equivalent. Just because a woman dies and a man gets upset doesn't make it fridging. Dark Knight qualifies, Memento qualifies, but I don't think it overshadows his whole oeuvre.
amyth - Aug 11, 2010 9:21:42 am PDT #10566 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
As I was telling smonster, my Inception obsession has reached a new high (low?) point: all I want in life is an Arthur Barbie. Not an action figure with one molded-on outfit, but an actual Arthur Barbie, with little three-piece suits that I can change him into. (OMG, tiny cufflinks! Tiny PASIV machine! Tiny guns! TINY SERIOUS FACE!)
I need so much help. But if I can't confess my secret shame to you people, then I have no one.