You know, if I'm going to have a headache anyway, this might as well be the way to go.
My whole life just flashed before my eyes! I gotta get me a life!
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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§ ita § - Aug 18, 2011 2:18:08 pm PDT #16055 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2011 6:19:10 pm PDT #16056 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, in my continuing project of watching high school movies with Emmett this summer we recently watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Dazed and Confused.
A few notes on casting.
I forget every time I watch Fast Times that it not only has Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh, but also Forest Whitaker, Nicholas Cage, Eric Stoltz and Anthony Edwards.
While watching Dazed and Confused I was wondering what happened to the other two of the "smart kids" who hang out with Adam Goldberg's character. Looking them up, I found out the blond dude is Anthony Rapp (very famous for his role in Rent) and the red-headed girl (Marissa Ribisi, Giovanni's twin sister) is married to Beck! They have two kids. Wacky.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 18, 2011 6:32:51 pm PDT #16057 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I forget every time I watch Fast Times that it not only has Sean Penn, Phoebe Cates and Jennifer Jason Leigh, but also Nicholas Cage, Eric Stoltz and Anthony Edwards.
And Judge Reinhold.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2011 6:41:26 pm PDT #16058 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Good casting!
It's up there with The Outsiders and Dazed and Confused for superabundance of future stars.
DavidS - Aug 18, 2011 6:59:14 pm PDT #16059 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Aug 19, 2011 8:02:37 pm PDT #16060 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Conan kinda falls apart in the third act, but JASON MOMOA.
DAT ASS.
SRSLY.
I like this better than the original movies, although a bit of Grace Jones would have been neat. It strikes me that Rachel Nichols has a pretty cool resume. She gets kick ass roles, for someone no one has heard of.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2011 1:15:18 pm PDT #16061 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
BTW, Cinemablend says not to see Conan in 3D, but to see Fright Night that way.
I'm watching the Friday the 13th re-whatever, and I'm so out of practice watching slasher flicks. I forget most everyone's going to buy it, whether I like them or not.
smonster - Aug 20, 2011 1:49:27 pm PDT #16062 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
The one with Paddywhack? I saw that. Slasher films are not my beautiful cake, never have been.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2011 1:58:08 pm PDT #16063 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They're not my thing. I find myself thinking "You're nice. I hope you live. Oops." "You're irritating. I hope you die. Oh, at least that worked out." And a lot of "Eww, that's how you killed him???"
But JPad was looking nice and fluffy there. And Righetti at his sister was a great match.
askye - Aug 20, 2011 3:20:07 pm PDT #16064 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
Finally saw Harry Potter. It was good and I liked it. But I don't think I've seen a few of the movies and it's been awhile since I read the book. However, it still held up with watching Deathly Hallows 1 a few weeks ago.
I saw the trailer for the new Mission Impossible movie again. I don't want to see it because I only liked the first one and right now I really don't like Tom Cruise. But it has Jeremy Renner (I had to look him up, but when I was watching the trailer it was - oh that guy! I like him) and Simon Pegg. Maybe I'll wait until it's on dvd and then just skip over the scenes that are mostly Tom Cruise.
Also I pretty much forgot about the Mission Impossible remakes. I started watching MI on Netflix and I thought to myself "why hasn't anyone remade this! It would be ...oh. yeah they did."
Other trailers -Batman (looks awesome) and Twilight. The last time we went there was one for Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots....Real Steel? I want to see that more than the new Mission Impossible.