I need a giant reproduction of this for my apartment:
Tamara de Lempicka's Spock and Uhura
Tamara de Lempicka is my favorite Art Deco painter, so this image inspired by her work makes me happy. It was composed by deviantART user lymanalpha.
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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tommyrot - Dec 30, 2011 8:17:30 am PST #17249 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.
smonster - Dec 30, 2011 8:59:39 am PST #17250 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
It was a miniseries in the 1970s, starring Alec Guinness as Smiley.
My mother got the DVDs for Xmas. She was beyond thrilled. I've never seen it, or read the book. Should fix that.
Finally finished The Hunger Games, and now I am all WTF over Cinna's casting.
I wanted JGL, or Common. But after the trailers, I'll give Lenny a chance.
SuziQ - Dec 30, 2011 10:42:24 am PST #17251 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I'm starting my second annual "try to watch all the movies that might be nominated for Oscars". I saw The Help last night and while I enjoyed it, the book was so much better. Maybe I shouldn't have watched it within hours of finishing the book, but I couldn't help myself.
I've already seen Moneyball, Hugo, and Bridesmaids. I think The Descendents may be next.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2011 3:33:12 pm PST #17252 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Ha! Tootsie is on TCM tonight. Is it my imagination, or do they just not make comedies this good anymore?
Anne W. - Dec 30, 2011 4:17:37 pm PST #17253 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Alas, I don't think it's your imagination, Matt.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2011 4:28:50 pm PST #17254 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I still laugh pretty hard on a regular basis. I don't think there was a consistent golden period of comedies at the time that can't be touched, or anything. Just good movies along the timeline.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 30, 2011 5:13:26 pm PST #17255 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I hold the WWII era screwball comedies as a golden age that will never be equalled, but I'm more bothered that no recent comedies have made me laugh as hard as the good ones from the 80s like Tootsie, Ghostbusters, and A Fish Called Wanda. I mean, I enjoyed The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Shaun of the Dead, but I think the last movie that threatened to make me pass out from laughing was Ready to Rumble. I've been getting most of my chuckles from sitcoms on TV the last decade or so.
Amy - Dec 30, 2011 5:15:57 pm PST #17256 of 30000
Because books.
Pineapple Express nearly killed me, laughing. And I love stuff like Little Miss Sunshine, even though it has its share of drama (but I would argue that Tootsie does, too, even if it's a little gentler).
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2011 5:17:13 pm PST #17257 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm pretty sure I'd rewatch Shaun of the Dead before Ghostbusters. I like them both, but Shaun has my name all over it. Hell, Harold and Kumar makes me want to piss myself too. I don't really feel a dropoff in the past 30 years or so.
bon bon - Dec 30, 2011 5:26:05 pm PST #17258 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Bridesmaids is probably my second favorite comedy movie? That shit was amazing. Also sitcoms right now are in a golden age. So I don't think the Tootsie data point expresses a decline in comedy.