The marble thing goes back to Diogenes, I think.
The Athenian orator Demosthenes used pebbles to address his stutter.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
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billytea - Jan 29, 2011 7:07:31 pm PST #13062 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Dana - Jan 29, 2011 7:10:19 pm PST #13063 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Diogenes, Demosthenes, potato, whatever the Greek word for potato is...
Frankenbuddha - Jan 29, 2011 8:09:29 pm PST #13064 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm so glad I hadn't seen that scene in any trailers.
The worst part is, they did use it in a trailer I saw. Way to wreck the movie, asshats!
ION, I saw RED tonight. OMG! So much fun. I knew that Malkovich and Mirren (and Brian Cox) would be a hoot, but Mary-Louise Parker almost stole the movie with her I'm-up-for-anything attitude.
ETA - is this like the only movie Rebecca Pidgeon's been in that wasn't a Mamet movie?
PPS - IMDB says close, but not quite.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2011 3:10:41 am PST #13065 of 30000
brillig
Mary-Louise Parker almost stole the movie with her I'm-up-for-anything attitude.
The scene in the elevator, for example.
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2011 6:09:55 am PST #13066 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
§ ita § - Jan 30, 2011 9:08:56 am PST #13067 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Jan 30, 2011 9:12:34 am PST #13068 of 30000
Because books.
Damn, I love Henry Cavill, though. Mmmm.
Typo Boy - Jan 30, 2011 10:47:02 am PST #13069 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
These are the actors not the characters right? Cause I'm fine with Brits (or anyone qualified) playing Americans. I mean they are English speaking actors; if they can't do an American accent then the problem isn't their background.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2011 1:00:45 pm PST #13070 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
billytea - Jan 31, 2011 1:17:06 pm PST #13071 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Captain America (at least he's a Yank! Green Lantern's fucking Canadian) on the cover of Empire.
That's fair, Captain America's really the only superhero I would regard as being necessarily American. With the Constitutionally mandated exception of Super President.