I'll be seeing X-Men for the second time this Sunday. If my friend had wanted to see Green Lantern instead, I would have gone, bad reviews or no. But I can't say I mind another round of The Tragic Love Story of Charles and Erik . I wonder if I still have my 1980s X-Men comics stashed away some where?
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'War Stories'
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Calli - Jun 17, 2011 8:30:59 am PDT #15027 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
amyth - Jun 17, 2011 8:49:44 am PDT #15028 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I'm seeing Company this Sunday, too. Yay!
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2011 8:57:08 am PDT #15029 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
So far, I think X Men First Class is handily the most winneriffic of the comic book movies, and I'm not even sure Captain America can give them a run for it. However, I'm not sure if the box office will bear that out. It did do less well than the speculators thought it would, although better than the studio projected.
I wonder if there's gay in Cap, or we have to wait until The Avengers for him to get subtexty with Iron Man...
Despite the panning of GL, I will be going to see it this evening. I'm already wearing the appropriate logo T-shirt.
Tom Scola - Jun 17, 2011 9:00:14 am PDT #15030 of 30000
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I'm not even sure Captain America can give them a run for it.
The clip I saw from the movie was good: [link]
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smonster - Jun 17, 2011 9:09:35 am PDT #15031 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
And the parodies begin.
Man, I hope that movie is good.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 17, 2011 9:29:40 am PDT #15032 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
I wonder if there's gay in Cap, or we have to wait until The Avengers for him to get subtexty with Iron Man...
Bucky is introduced in this one, right?
Kathy A - Jun 17, 2011 10:02:45 am PDT #15033 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Found a theatre relatively near me that is showing Company twice on Sunday, including an evening showing at 7:30 (everywhere else has it only at noon/early afternoon, which is when I'll be at my dad's and unable to see it, due to Dad not liking musicals at all). Got my ticket, just have to tell Dad I'll be leaving his place by 5:45.
le nubian - Jun 17, 2011 10:43:23 am PDT #15034 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
if anyone finds a particularly entertaining negative review of GL, can you link to it? I would love to do a dramatic reading at home of it.
Jesse - Jun 17, 2011 10:47:37 am PDT #15035 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Green, we’re told at some point in “Green Lantern,’’ is the color of will. Based on the movie surrounding that line, it’s also the color of won’t. Won’t make sense. Won’t satisfy a soul. Possibly won’t make a dime. Green also happens to be the color associated with toxicity. It’s the color of weeds, certain scatological mishaps, antifreeze, and slime. Green is the color of the soup Linda Blair blasts in “The Exorcist.’’ If you were a club kid, it’s also the color of late nights and very early mornings in the 1990s. This is the green of “Green Lantern’’ — the neon green of glow-stick goo.
Jessica - Jun 17, 2011 10:50:01 am PDT #15036 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset