Egad, I am so deep in the HP zone right now.
Isn't there a blog out there somewhere of somebody reading the books and blogging as he goes? I need to find it. That would be delicious fun to read.
Mal: Inara, think you could stoop to being on my arm? Inara: Will you wash it first?
'Heart Of Gold'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Burrell - Jun 07, 2011 7:54:49 pm PDT #14707 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
DavidS - Jun 07, 2011 7:56:44 pm PDT #14708 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
He's currently on his re-read of Sorcerer's Stone, so you might want to scroll down to the first reading of it.
Burrell - Jun 07, 2011 8:19:13 pm PDT #14709 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Danke, Hec
tommyrot - Jun 08, 2011 7:29:00 am PDT #14710 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.
Spoilery. I have not yet seen X-Men: First Class so I don't know if Matthew Yglesias is right.
le nubian - Jun 08, 2011 5:35:59 pm PDT #14711 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So, I have a lot of reactions to the article and to how the movie addressed difference. For example, when Magneto was speaking with Mystique and said he liked her the way she was, it is all well and good for him to say it - he doesn't have an obvious physical manifestation that he is different. I found that his perspective came from a very privileged position that he didn't thoroughly acknowledge.
it is all well and good to berate Charles Xavier but it is the rare individual whose initial reaction wouldn't be to come up a bit short at Mystique's natural appearance. Not to mention the fact that Magneto wouldn't be on the top of my "must date" list due to his quest for vengeance. Doesn't really make an ideal partner.
In any event, in the movie it was presented as a bit black and white to me.
smonster - Jun 09, 2011 4:21:05 am PDT #14712 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote an editorial on XM:FC in the NYT: [link] Not really spoilery.
§ ita § - Jun 09, 2011 1:12:04 pm PDT #14713 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just saw the title for this gif being "WATCH AS ERIK CONTEMPLATES ASKING MYSTIQUE TO MORPH INTO CHARLES. YOU WERE ALL THINKING IT, DON’T EVEN FRONT"
It's gayer than Supernatural. It's as gay as White Collar.
Laga - Jun 10, 2011 7:50:15 am PDT #14714 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I just saw the naughty easter egg in the PoA credits. Is this real or a .gif? I don't own a copy or I could check myself.
Consuela - Jun 10, 2011 7:55:48 am PDT #14715 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hmm. Nobody told me Kyle Chandler was in Super 8. And the reviews look good...
Jesse - Jun 10, 2011 8:16:19 am PDT #14716 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Ooh, this article about Clark Gable is SO GOOD. And check out her other Scandals of Classic Hollywood pieces, too. [link]