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DawnK - Apr 06, 2011 7:34:34 am PDT #13999 of 30000
giraffe mode

Mike Tyson did something else really funny recently

Spoof on The King's Speech, with the King swapped out with George W, and Tyson as the therapist - I think it was on Jimmy Kimmel's after-Oscar special. It was pretty darn funny.


Jon B. - Apr 06, 2011 7:36:06 am PDT #14000 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

That's the one, Dawn! Thanks.


Frankenbuddha - Apr 06, 2011 7:44:57 am PDT #14001 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Plus either of them act better than Schwarzenegger did.

On the downside neither of them would be able to mutilate the pronunciation of the word "lamentations" as spectacularly. IOW, I totally agree.


DawnK - Apr 06, 2011 8:01:32 am PDT #14002 of 30000
giraffe mode

Plus either of them act better than Schwarzenegger did.

You know the best part about the Govenator's acting? Being able to tell your kids "it's not a tumor" just like he did in Kindergarten Cop. That plus quoting Scar "life's just not fair" are a couple of the up-sides of parenting.


§ ita § - Apr 06, 2011 12:59:18 pm PDT #14003 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Question I can't answer:

Does Empire Strikes Back stand well on its own as a movie?


erikaj - Apr 06, 2011 1:41:00 pm PDT #14004 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

My instinct is to say "Yes," but it's hard to imagine why you would watch it and not the other ones.


le nubian - Apr 06, 2011 2:21:22 pm PDT #14005 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ita,

I think a person could view ESB without seeing the first. It has a strong beginning, middle, and end and relationships are established early in the film. I think it is probably better on its on than Return of the Jedi - in which 50% of that movie relies on nostalgia.


Laga - Apr 06, 2011 4:49:55 pm PDT #14006 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

But it ends all cliffhangery.


le nubian - Apr 06, 2011 4:58:40 pm PDT #14007 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

well do you think the first Lord of the Rings movie stands on its own?


Laga - Apr 06, 2011 5:08:58 pm PDT #14008 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

I do think it's perfectly cromulent to release a movie that lacks a beginning, middle or end, if that's your artistic choice. So why would it be bad to watch a movie out of order if that's your choice as a viewer?

I can't defend my stance. It just feels wrong. On the other hand I love movies with ambiguous endings.