Re John Carpenter's The Thing, it was evidently the tradition at the Antartica pole station that after the last plane of the winter took off (leaving them isolated for the next 4+ months), the staff would gather in the mess hall and watch The Thing together.
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
'Trash'
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Theodosia - Sep 06, 2010 6:52:56 am PDT #11113 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Laga - Sep 06, 2010 10:14:17 am PDT #11114 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
In an emergency, a netflix envelope makes a great coaster.
Atropa - Sep 06, 2010 12:33:29 pm PDT #11115 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, I saw it for the first time a few months ago, and I felt the same way.
I realized that I really *hadn't* seen it since the first time, so while I knew the broad outline of the story, I had forgotten a lot of the details. When the hot-wire-in-the-dish scene happened, I jumped back and shrieked.
Oh, that cicada-ey sound the creature makes when changing and its screams when burning are the most horrifying sound effects I've ever heard in a movie.
I've got to agree. Man, the sound design for that film was just amazing.
Speaking of movies I haven't watched since I was a pre-teen, there is a part of me that wants to rewatch Poltergeist. Then I remember the not sleeping for three days after I saw it, and I think maybe this is not such a clever plan.
erikaj - Sep 06, 2010 1:44:51 pm PDT #11116 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Katherine Heigl is not ethnic. She's okay, but she's no Stephanie Plum.
sumi - Sep 06, 2010 2:30:07 pm PDT #11117 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Yeah, surely they could have found somebody that embodies the feister terrieresque qualities of Stephanie Plum better.
Meanwhile, a friend just sent me this link to a trailer for Mei Mei a film adaptation of the Chinese version of Cinderella.
Polter-Cow - Sep 07, 2010 6:16:29 pm PDT #11118 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched 13 Going on 30. Could Jennifer Garner BE any more adorable?
Tom Scola - Sep 08, 2010 2:03:07 am PDT #11119 of 30000
hwæt
I haven't seen 13 Going on 30, but from the movie poster, it's obvious that Jennifer Garner has adopted a Praying Mantis style Kung Fu for the film, as opposed to the generic kickboxing she used in Alias. How many people does she kill in the movie?
Gris - Sep 08, 2010 4:08:00 am PDT #11120 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I think that's my favorite Jennifer Garner role. Even more than the good seasons of Alias - though I liked the show I never quite believed she was really such a badass.
Tom Scola - Sep 08, 2010 6:05:48 am PDT #11121 of 30000
hwæt
§ ita § - Sep 08, 2010 7:28:51 am PDT #11122 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've never seen Jesse Eisenberg in anything. Is that a bad thing? I'm thinking Zombieland is supposed to be worth watching.
(I say this because his face on all those Social Network posters looks so damned familiar, but his CV means nothing to me)