I always forget how scorching hot Alec Baldwin was as a young man until I catch Beetlejuice on TV again.
Riley: No pulse. Anya: Yup. The space lamb got 'im.
'Never Leave Me'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 13, 2011 4:03:25 pm PDT #16015 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
Amy - Aug 13, 2011 4:14:45 pm PDT #16016 of 30000
Because books.
One of my favorite roles of his back then was in Malice. Hot and arrogant and sort of smarmy, but not a true villain in the end.
Jesse - Aug 14, 2011 4:11:58 pm PDT #16017 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So I finally saw Captain America. Ended up seeing it in 3D because that was what was available.
I really really enjoyed Captain America. And, surprisingly, I enjoyed it in 3D.
Ditto and ditto.
But can anyone explain to me why Hydra had an octopus as its symbol? An octopus is like the opposite of a hydra!
beekaytee - Aug 14, 2011 4:45:45 pm PDT #16018 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I saw HP7.2 today and liked it much better than I expected to.
As the credits rolled, I said to my companion, "Jeez. It's Saving Private Ryan for tweens."
InTENSE.
askye - Aug 14, 2011 4:45:49 pm PDT #16019 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
It really felt like I was watching a comic book come to life rather than a movie adaptation of a comic book.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 14, 2011 5:41:56 pm PDT #16020 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
But can anyone explain to me why Hydra had an octopus as its symbol? An octopus is like the opposite of a hydra!
That's actually from the comics, where part of their rah-rah chant is "Cut off a limb, and two more shall take its place!"
No, it doesn't really make much sense why they picked a hydra as their symbol instead of, say, a starfish.
billytea - Aug 14, 2011 6:09:06 pm PDT #16021 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That's actually from the comics, where part of their rah-rah chant is "Cut off a limb, and two more shall take its place!"
According to Wikipedia, the chant is "Cut off a head", hence the reference. (The Lernaean hydra, faced by Heracles, grew two new heads if one was severed.)
Incidentally, hydra is also the name of a genus of tentacled freshwater animals, which are also able to regenerate body parts, and like sponges, if pushed through a sieve, the individual cells will reform into a hydra. (Disambiguation: I don't mean that a sieved sponge would then also form a hydra.)
Jesse - Aug 15, 2011 4:39:53 am PDT #16022 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Also on the Captain America tip, is it weird how excited I was to see Amanda Righetti at the end there? I'm not sure why I like her so much, but I do!
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 15, 2011 5:39:46 am PDT #16023 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
According to Wikipedia, the chant is "Cut off a head", hence the reference.
Nope, that's a reference to the hydra of mythology. If you'll check the blue sidebar with the quote from its initial 1965 appearance, the actual chant used by the terrorist organization refers to limb rather than head. Not accurate to the source, but I suppose green-masked former Nazis aren't too picky about such things.
Volans - Aug 15, 2011 6:24:36 am PDT #16024 of 30000
move out and draw fire
Plus, I'm not sure the Red Skull would go for a logo that featured multiple red skulls.