'Gone in 60 seconds' was 118 times longer than I had anticipated.
That comment thread is totally making my day.
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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JZ - Oct 10, 2011 9:53:52 am PDT #16324 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
megan walker - Oct 10, 2011 9:58:38 am PDT #16325 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I want a 75% refund on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Just got this thanks to JZ's post.
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2011 10:38:03 am PDT #16326 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What the hell? I didn't know there was a robot in that series.
Jesse - Oct 10, 2011 10:48:50 am PDT #16327 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I liked What's Your Number! Aside from, you know, the premise.
But did that movie think that doggie style = anal? It sort of felt like that, which seems weird to me.
§ ita § - Oct 10, 2011 1:44:14 pm PDT #16328 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought that the premise was treated as if everyone was being silly for endorsing it, so I was okay with that.
Why did you think doggie style was being conflated with anal?
Jesse - Oct 10, 2011 1:51:12 pm PDT #16329 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There were a couple of cracks about each of them, and I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be one through-line or not. I mean, I certainly hope not!
DavidS - Oct 10, 2011 2:51:01 pm PDT #16330 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There were a couple of cracks about each of them
"Cracks", Jesse?
Jesse - Oct 10, 2011 2:56:52 pm PDT #16331 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
NPI!
le nubian - Oct 10, 2011 5:14:47 pm PDT #16332 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I just saw (through the powers of Amazon Unbox) The People vs. George Lucas. The film is like the 10th part in my long catharsis related to George Lucas fucking up the franchise.
Red Letter Media started me off and I think this movie finished the process. The movie is not a work of art, but it really does present the "fan" perspective of how George Lucas changed the films and fan reaction to the prequels. I know this sounds kind of fucked up, but after all this time, I think I'm actually less angry about The Phantom Menace. I think the movie is a travesty, but I'm finally in acceptance. And I *know* I'm not alone.
The movie highlighted 3-4 main issues: Lucas re-editing the original movies (especially "A New Hope"), Jar Jar Binks, and mitochlorins. All kinds of fans from Neil Gaiman down to geek #130 have their opinions and reactions represented.
Red Letter Media hits all the filmmaking notes (prequels lacking story and coherence, Lucas borrowing scenes from earlier movies to bring in fans), but this movie really shows how fans reacted. PVGL isn't perfect - there is an unfinished (it seems to me) part of the film where they compare kids' reactions to the prequels vs. their parents. I wish this issue could have been flushed out a bit more, perhaps by using examples from Pixar.
But overall I feel a sense of completion.
Steph L. - Oct 10, 2011 6:08:26 pm PDT #16333 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm starting to think I'm remembering something that didn't really happen (well, actually remembering a description of something that didn't really happen).
In college I took a science-fiction film class, and one of the films was 2001. I swear to god I remember the teacher saying that at the premiere of the movie (or maybe press screenings?) there were memos on the seats explaining (and here's where my memory gets fuzzy -- but this was 1992, okay?) either the fact that there is no sound in outer space, or possibly what would happen to the human body in the vacuum of space.
I've googled all manner of word combinations and I can't find any proof of this mythical memo. So possibly it's a false memory implanted in my brain by Kubrick.
I thought that if anyone might know about this, my Buffistas would. Anybody know anything about this?