So, The Wrath of Khan is about how you can't cheat death. And then Star Trek is a romantic comedy, where the couple meet and they hate each other at first, but by the end of the movie they get married. (Although the marriage is only implied here.)
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
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tommyrot - May 20, 2009 5:28:50 am PDT #1592 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.
Hayden - May 20, 2009 5:55:34 am PDT #1593 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I thought Wrath of Khan was about how obsession destroys the obsessed. All that "to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" stuff. Which makes it a whaling yarn, when you get down to it.
tommyrot - May 20, 2009 5:55:53 am PDT #1594 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.
Here's something I'll have to add to my "must see" list:
Hubble's Last Visit To Be Relived in 3-D
Eight pairs of eyes were trained on the Hubble Space Telescope on Tuesday as it was released into orbit after spending a week berthed in space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. Seven of those stares belonged to the crew of STS-125, who worked to upgrade the satellite during that time.
The eighth captured the view for the rest of us: an IMAX 3D camera.
The 70 mm camera, best known for producing the large format movies that museums and science centers project on giant screens, was flown on the orbiter to document the fifth and final crewed mission to service the telescope for "Hubble 3D", to be released by Warner Brothers in the spring of 2010.
"The main story is to showcase Hubble and its fantastic legacy," described Toni Myers, producer and director of "Hubble 3D", in an interview with collectSPACE.com. "It's sort of the life of Hubble."
"A big feature of the film will be this repair," she added.
Beverly - May 20, 2009 6:36:40 am PDT #1595 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Paul Bettany is Naked Chaucer to me. He is charming in that.
He's WONderful in that. We use his intro "Tha one, tha only--Sir Uuullllllrich von Lichtenstein! God I'm good!" frequently in our family. We make our own fun. Borrowing heavily from pop culture.
But he was amazing in M&C, too. Pretty much every time he's onscreen, really. His chameleon abilities are pretty startling when I think about it.
Strega - May 20, 2009 8:34:38 am PDT #1596 of 30000
I've now seen a couple of reviews saying that Salvation is awfully grim and depressing for a summer action flick, not like the previous Terminator movies. Now, I didn't see the third one, so maybe it had a lot of musical comedy numbers, but: huh?
That Sherlock Holmes movie looks less terrible to me than Star Trek did. But still fairly terrible. I was trying to work out why, and... both seem to exist because someone thought "Let's do a hip new version of those characters!" Rather than because someone actually had something to say about them. Batman Begins and Casino Royale and Galactica all were interesting reboots because they were trying to take as serious look at those characters. It wasn't just a mess of "Look, some things are the opposite of what you expect! Isn't that surprising and cool? But then some things are exactly the same, for no particular reason! Whee!"
Anyway... yes, in the stories Holmes can be quite athletic. Watson describes him as "an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman."
Aims - May 20, 2009 8:44:21 am PDT #1597 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I love Paul Bettany in "A Beautiful Mind".
Typo Boy - May 20, 2009 8:50:50 am PDT #1598 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.
Anyway... yes, in the stories Holmes can be quite athletic. Watson describes him as "an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman."
Also Jujitsu. And after someone showed off strength by tying a Poker into a knot, Holmes demonstrated his own stregnth by UNknotting it. So not just athletic, but freakishly strong. In short, a superhero.
Connie Neil - May 20, 2009 8:51:59 am PDT #1599 of 30000
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Yeah, Holmes is not a wuss. Watson isn't a layabout either, but he does have problems from his war wound(s).
Jessica - May 20, 2009 9:08:32 am PDT #1600 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've now seen a couple of reviews saying that Salvation is awfully grim and depressing for a summer action flick, not like the previous Terminator movies. Now, I didn't see the third one, so maybe it had a lot of musical comedy numbers, but: huh?
T2 had a few funny moments, but yeah, I don't think people generally expect Terminator movies to be lighthearted romps through their post-apocalyptic nightmare futures.
Polter-Cow - May 20, 2009 9:12:41 am PDT #1601 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've now seen a couple of reviews saying that Salvation is awfully grim and depressing for a summer action flick, not like the previous Terminator movies. Now, I didn't see the third one, so maybe it had a lot of musical comedy numbers, but: huh?
Ha, I know! I saw a bunch of reviews like that too, and my response was, "...What were you expecting?" But it does have less humor than, say, T2. And some unintentional chuckles.