Hec, @thedailyMUBI just tweeted a link to your HiLoBrow posts. So you may see a few hits today...
Right the fuck on!
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
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DavidS - Nov 15, 2011 10:51:54 am PST #16752 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
askye - Nov 15, 2011 4:13:15 pm PST #16753 of 30000
Thrive to spite them
I think I looked basically the same from when I was 16 or so until mid twenties - when I was still being mistaken for being 16 or 17. I got carded and got surprised reactions that I wasn't 16. But when I was 16 I had a few people think I was 19 so I'm not sure what changed exactly.
Will and I saw Puss N Boots and it was a lot of fun and a lot better than I expected it to be.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2011 4:58:59 pm PST #16754 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
5 Old TIme Prejudices That Still Show Up In Every Movie. Well, "every movie" is a bit of a long shot. "Are rarely contradicted" is more accurate.
I have a beef with point #4: Only the pretty girls are allowed to live. Because Michelle Rodriguez is apparently not pretty, and Michelle Yeoh is apparently not physically capable. I think both these positions weaken their argument markedly. Oh, yeah--Sigourney Weaver is *not* traditionally pretty in Alien. I think the point may be that the more butch chicks die, but that's a slightly different angle.
Burrell - Nov 15, 2011 6:21:42 pm PST #16755 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Physically, my features and body didn't change much from 14-21. In that range, I was assumed to be about 17/18 all the time.
Yep except in my case it'd be 14-26, and I looked about 16. I was like Alyson Hannigan minus the fabulous acting career.
Polter-Cow - Nov 15, 2011 8:46:51 pm PST #16756 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I had the same issues with #4, ita. I was like, "Ripley is traditionally feminine? ...What?"
Polter-Cow - Nov 15, 2011 9:03:51 pm PST #16757 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jessica - Nov 16, 2011 6:07:27 am PST #16758 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Nov 16, 2011 6:17:09 am PST #16759 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.
That was awesome.
DavidS - Nov 16, 2011 6:50:33 am PST #16760 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"Out of my way, you flame of doom!"
Peter Lorre was perfect as Gollum.
I also liked how Dietrich/Galadriel's speech was reduced to: "Get out."
Kathy A - Nov 16, 2011 7:05:27 am PST #16761 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'll have to watch that tonight (no YouTube at work).
Did y'all see last night's Colbert? Elijah Wood was on promoting Happy Feet 2, but they only talked about it for a few minutes before the geek in Stephen couldn't resist it anymore and they started to talk about LotR/The Hobbit. EW brought his Sting sword with him and Stephen's eyes went reverent, but then he pulled out his own Sting! Turns out, he has recently (I'm guessing on their most recent break) gone to NZ and visited the set. As all visitors to the set do, he signed a non-disclosure agreement, and he was just bursting with the desire to spill everything on the air. Since he couldn't do that, he got EW to agree to stick around so they could burble without anyone else around.
It's always fun to watch Stephen geek out over LotR on air, and last night was about as full-on geek as I've seen him in a long time.