Is it just me, or is it a little weird that they are advertising the new RDJr Sherlock Holmes movie as just "Sherlock Holmes"? I mean, wasn't that the name of the last one?
All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!
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Jesse - Dec 10, 2011 5:08:08 am PST #16993 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2011 9:19:53 am PST #16994 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The ad I just saw advertised it as Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows. Where are you seeing them not name the movie?
Jesse - Dec 10, 2011 9:23:49 am PST #16995 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
On the TV ads -- maybe the text is on the screen, but I have not heard a voiceover saying "A Game of Shadows."
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2011 10:09:56 am PST #16996 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think it's particularly weird that they're leading with the name of the lead character when the lead character is so iconic. I'm sure most people don't know the name of the upcoming Batman movie--it's just that it's Batman, you know?
I think it's more that than the name of the first movie.
Jesse - Dec 10, 2011 10:35:44 am PST #16997 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I guess.
§ ita § - Dec 10, 2011 10:47:38 am PST #16998 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's no guessing.
I'm absolutely right.
Jesse - Dec 10, 2011 10:55:42 am PST #16999 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I object to your assertion. Not the ones in 16996.
le nubian - Dec 10, 2011 1:39:13 pm PST #17000 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
DavidS - Dec 10, 2011 8:11:36 pm PST #17001 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
TCM Alert:
Weds, 12/21 They're showing Spirits of the Dead, which is a 1968 horror anthology in three parts, directed by Roger Vadim (Barbarella), Louis Malle (Au Revoir Les Enfants) and Fellini (you know). Each section is based on a Poe story, and it has one of the most beautiful casts ever assembled with Terence Stamp, Alain Delon, Jane Fonda and Bridget Fonda all either in their prime or pretty damn close.
While the entire thing is worth watching, the reason you should really really watch it (or just DVR it) is for Fellini's section known as Toby Dammit (which is based on an obscure Poe story titled "Never Bet Your Head With the Devil").
Starring Terence Stamp, it's Fellini's tip of the hat to Mario Bava, and in turn Kubrick stole something from it for Clockwork Orange.
It's super swank, ultra decadent, gorgeous, dark and very cool. The Malle and Vadim sections are period and feature some gorgeous costumes. The Fellini section has a contemporary setting and is Euro-Mod.
And for car fans (tommyrot!) the famous Toby Dammit Ferrari
Frankenbuddha - Dec 10, 2011 9:01:57 pm PST #17002 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Starring Terence Stamp, it's Fellini's tip of the hat to Mario Bava, and in turn Kubrick stole something from it for Clockwork Orange.
As did Scorcese, in a way, for Last Temptation of Christ.