Simon ,'Out Of Gas'
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I kind of loved Day After Tomorrow. It was such glorious liberal eco-porn. With the CGI wolves! And the running away from frost!
This movie makes me laugh until I cry. I love telling other people about it because I get to end my story with "and then they SLAM THE DOOR IN THE KILLER FROST'S FACE!!!" This is usually followed by me gasping for breath from all the laughter and wiping the tears away.
For a couple of months last year, I swear to god that movie was on TNT or whatever every single weekend. It really is over-the-top badness in all its glory, at least the first half dozen times.
And the running away from frost!
That was THE BEST.
Now I'm picturing a movie with velociraptors on an airship.
I would see this.
I kept hearing about the "running away from frost" and the "terrible CGI wolves" and then I watched the movie (on TNT on a plane, actually) and I discovered that people were not exaggerating. I think maybe I thought the running away from frost was kinda cool (no pun intended), but the wolves were definitely terrible and pointless.
Now I'm picturing a movie with velociraptors on an airship.
We should write this. We're Buffistas -- if the Reddit folks can get a movie deal for basically fanficcing a Harry Turtledove novel, why can't we get a screenplay out of mashing up Jurassic Park and the Hindenburg?
Take, for example, the upcoming John Cusack film The Raven. Edgar Allan Poe! Fights Crime! Nothing whatsoever to do with reality, it's going to be as anachronistic as all get out. But it's a Victorian-ish horror movie! With pretty costumes and ooooh spooky atmosphere! I can't wait. I will giggle delightedly all the way through.
Why have I not known about this movie before now?!? I must see this.
I am all over The Raven. That and the Daniel Radcliffe one, The Woman in Black.
Twin Peaks FAQ
Ah, thank you! I think I have run across that site before but never made it into the meatier parts of the FAQ.
The FAQ question about what happened to Josie amuses me -- namedropping ahead but Harley Peyton emailed me once (bananas!) because I'd made a joke about that, and he basically said that the writers were as bewildered by her end as the viewers.
Not that I claim to speak for all Shakespeare scholars, but I'm pretty sure they've been annoyed for years too.
Yes, this. Although that said I'm not offended by a film capitalizing on that concept.
We should write this. We're Buffistas -- if the Reddit folks can get a movie deal for basically fanficcing a Harry Turtledove novel, why can't we get a screenplay out of mashing up Jurassic Park and the Hindenburg?
Ah ha ha ha ha! Brilliant idea! But what would we call it? Velociraptors on an Airship just doesn't have the right ring to it.
Jurassic Zeppelin