Okay, I really liked The Adjustment Bureau. As much as I love special effects and gunfights and explosions, I could use more interesting sci-fi that doesn't need all those things.
Oh, look at the pretties!
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Polter-Cow - Aug 01, 2011 9:00:25 pm PDT #15870 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Aug 02, 2011 5:52:27 am PDT #15871 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
P-C,
don't you think the plot kind of fell apart and then they went really hand-wavey?
Polter-Cow - Aug 02, 2011 7:22:27 am PDT #15872 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I thought the last five minutes was a little pat, but I liked all the developments until then.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 9:02:01 am PDT #15873 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In response to Big, is it a prevailing opinion that a thirteen year old (chronologically and mentally) having sex with an adult woman is icky?
Volans - Aug 02, 2011 9:12:12 am PDT #15874 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Well, it's my prevailing opinion.
§ ita § - Aug 02, 2011 9:14:43 am PDT #15875 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Prevails for me too. I just had someone try and excuse it, though, on the grounds that the woman couldn't have known. Uh, statutory rape is a crime that is suffered as well as committed, and I think that experiencing it is the key thing to prevent (if experiencing it and causing it could be separated).
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 9:15:56 am PDT #15876 of 30000
Because books.
There aren't a lot of thirteen-year-olds, girl or boy, who don't look at least underage, even if they look older than thirteen.
Also, ew.
Consuela - Aug 02, 2011 9:30:32 am PDT #15877 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
is it a prevailing opinion that a thirteen year old (chronologically and mentally) having sex with an adult woman is icky
It is now; might not have been when the movie was made. Some things are changing for the better.
Nowadays any adult woman who has sex with a boy younger than, say, 17, is generally considered a pervert. Which does not mean there isn't a juvenile mentality that responds "Lucky boy!"--but that is not the approved social response, because of the possibility of abuse and the implied double-standard.
Amy - Aug 02, 2011 9:32:42 am PDT #15878 of 30000
Because books.
I totally missed the Big reference. Oops.
But I don't remember -- did she know he was a kid in a man's body when they did it?
sumi - Aug 02, 2011 9:39:50 am PDT #15879 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
I don't think so.