We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.

Willow ,'Showtime'


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Polter-Cow - Aug 25, 2010 11:06:33 am PDT #10967 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Should I watch the original Ghost in the Shell or the remastered Ghost in the Shell 2.0 version?

Hadn't heard of Primer but I want to see it now.

It is good!


DavidS - Aug 25, 2010 11:06:40 am PDT #10968 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Has the restored version of Metropolis come out on DVD yet?

How many fucking times can they restore it? I swear it's gone through more editions than Bladerunner.


Tom Scola - Aug 25, 2010 11:07:52 am PDT #10969 of 30000
hwæt

They recovered a significant portion of the lost footage a couple of years ago.


quester - Aug 25, 2010 11:08:31 am PDT #10970 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

This restoration added lost footage that was found in Germany. Actual Restoration! I think it was also tweaked to look clearer, IIRC.


Kathy A - Aug 25, 2010 11:08:51 am PDT #10971 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I've seen 18 of those movies. I'm missing Metropolis, Day the Earth Stood Still, Primer, Moon, Ghost in the Shell, Inception, and District 9.


quester - Aug 25, 2010 11:09:47 am PDT #10972 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

They have a blind spot about early 70s science fiction. I'd put Silent Running up there as well as Clockwork Orange. Maybe The Omega Man or Soylent Green.

ITA, David!


sumi - Aug 25, 2010 11:14:57 am PDT #10973 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

The story on ultraviolet light revealing what ancient Greek statues looked like when they still had their paint - it's elsewhere on i09.


beekaytee - Aug 25, 2010 11:19:00 am PDT #10974 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

I've only seen 20 on that list, but I think I should get credit for multiple viewings of (and total devotion to) most of the others.


DavidS - Aug 25, 2010 11:35:12 am PDT #10975 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Restorations and re-releases of Metropolis.


tommyrot - Aug 25, 2010 12:30:39 pm PDT #10976 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

From a listing of some of the films to play at the Chicago Film Festival [link]

One of the films is called Big Tits Zombie (Konkyu Dragon)

A raucous crowd-pleaser that is definitely not for the whole family, this 3-D spectacle pits brassy strippers against a mob of the undead, which the ladies unwittingly revive by reading aloud from an ancient tome.