In terms of bad ass action heros from movies? I would back Vasquez from Aliens against anyone.
("What about a Terminator?" asked Pete. "Hell yes. Vasquez would kick its ass," was my answer.)
Actually, I was thinking it would be sort of like a pet. You know, we could...we could name her Trixie, or Miss Kitty Fantastico, or something.
Tara ,'Empty Places'
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Atropa - Jan 12, 2011 7:37:39 pm PST #12761 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
DavidS - Jan 12, 2011 8:41:16 pm PST #12762 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In terms of bad ass action heros from movies? I would back Vasquez from Aliens against anyone.
She's totally a badass. She dies like a Spartan, and redeems the Lieutenant in the process.
Beverly - Jan 12, 2011 10:22:07 pm PST #12763 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
On an ironical note, Jenette Goldstein, who played Vasquez (and I agree with you) played young John Connor's foster mom in T2. The T-1000 got her.
tiggy - Jan 13, 2011 1:56:29 am PST #12764 of 30000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I was just going to say, Bev. though, she'd lost quite a bit of her Vasquez muscle by then.
§ ita § - Jan 13, 2011 6:43:55 pm PST #12765 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm watching Sunshine and because of tuner commitment, I'm not going to watch beyond the first hour. I remember being impressed by the cast, pleasurably surprised by Chris Evans, and then the movie going completely batshit in the final act.
I'm scared to go to Wikipedia and look, lest it tarnish the fuzzy feelings I'm getting right now...
Dana - Jan 13, 2011 6:44:59 pm PST #12766 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
You are correct on all counts.
Polter-Cow - Jan 13, 2011 9:20:40 pm PST #12767 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Because The Last Days of Disco is coming up on my Netflix queue in a couple weeks, I watched Metropolitan, which I didn't like as much as Barcelona. The latter was about two guys in another country who had to deal with being foreigners. The former is about rich, white people who are not happy with being rich, white people. Even though Stillman is clearly mocking them a lot, it was hard to really like them as characters. But it was still a good movie, and it had its fair share of laugh-out-loud moments. Tom's explanation for why he didn't read novels, just good literary criticism, killed me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 14, 2011 5:37:51 am PST #12768 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
In my opinion The Last Days of Disco is far and away the best of the three. Of course, even a movie that didn't have Kate Beckinsale, Mackenzie Astin, Jennifer Beals, Matt Keslar, and Robert Sean Leonard probably would have been enjoyable for the soundtrack alone.
beekaytee - Jan 14, 2011 6:33:05 am PST #12769 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I love Sunshine and find the director's commentary to be one of the very best, plus, they have a very interesting commentary with an actual physicist. The fact that I saw it in the theatre with a science writer may have opened my mind to it more in the beginning, but subsequent viewings have been just as enjoyable. Big physics holes? Yep. But I love it anyway, crazy ending and all.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 14, 2011 6:44:40 am PST #12770 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'd have problems with the crazy ending anyway (they had to turn it into a monster movie?), but my biggest problem was I couldn't figure out what the hell was happening for the most part. Maybe it was intended to simulate the experience of those involved, but it mostly just aggravated me. For whatever reason, I didn't have problems with similar stylistic effects in 28 Days Later.