Yeah, that's my take on it, too. Now, if someone took the idea of possibly being touched and having to walk through alone and built a non-torture-porn scare attraction around that, like a really creepy ghost-themed one, that would be very cool, and I'd be all for it.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Atropa - Jan 20, 2012 11:00:41 am PST #17687 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
tommyrot - Jan 20, 2012 11:07:01 am PST #17688 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.
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bon bon - Jan 20, 2012 11:15:50 am PST #17689 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
She's horrendously muscular for the movies, but she's not for the dojo. I'd be surprised if she's much larger than an 8.
She's definitely different than Angelina in Salt, which was really the nadir of "stick insects who kick ass." I think you're right about her being an 8, if only because, ironically, male MMA fans obsess about her inability to make weight. She seems to go between 145-175, and she's 5'8" or so.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2012 11:26:48 am PST #17690 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Was Salt worse than Angelina taking punches from Mr. & Mrs. Smith? That was so...I liked the movie, but seriously.
It's be a while before a truly thickly muscled woman gets the action/sexy lead in a Hollywood movie. It's not that I haven't seen size eights and below take on bigger guys and dominate, but no one cares in fight choreography (although, weirdly, Columbiana wasn't *awful*).
I'd have grabbed the nearest piece of furniture and fought my way out.
That would have been my panicked reaction, I think, if I didn't go effectively catatonic.
Steph L. - Jan 20, 2012 11:39:10 am PST #17691 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And I think rather than safety-ing out during the waterboard segment I'd have grabbed the nearest piece of furniture and fought my way out.
I'm sort of amazed that the people working there haven't had the crap beaten out of them yet -- not out of anger, but just because it seems like most people's instinct in that situation would be to flip out like a mammal.
§ ita § - Jan 20, 2012 11:40:39 am PST #17692 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For the first time in a while, Movietickets.com has sent me an email that got me going from the subject line on in. If you use them for tickets (which I do, for AMC), they spam you every now and again: Citizens of Panem: Save the Date!
I actually got a squee.
le nubian - Jan 20, 2012 1:32:44 pm PST #17693 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
That Hamburger Helper trailer was in such extreme poor taste that I laughed my ass off.
I know something is wrong with me.
Sean K - Jan 20, 2012 1:40:06 pm PST #17694 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm sort of amazed that the people working there haven't had the crap beaten out of them yet -- not out of anger, but just because it seems like most people's instinct in that situation would be to flip out like a mammal.
So very much this, just because the actors who work normal haunt attractions and just jump out at you and yell BOO! get punched, kicked and assaulted all the time.
P.M. Marc - Jan 20, 2012 2:12:57 pm PST #17695 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Gillian Anderson does a spiffy British accent but I don't think that really counts, as she actually grew up in London.
Yeah, I'd throw her and Denisof in as Not Counting, due to Time Spent.
smonster - Jan 21, 2012 5:42:14 am PST #17696 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
ita !, thought you'd appreciate this tidbit:
Ewan McGregor hit a lady! But don't worry—it was during work, so we don't have to start hating on the underrated hottie, who, in my opinion, is not being swooned over actively enough these days. Anyway, McGregor was filming his new movie Haywire when he accidentally punched his costar Gina Carano in the head. Carano is a badass mixed martial arts champion, and she wasn't fazed by the hit in the least, says Ewan: I had a series of three punches, but the third one...for one reason or another I connected really hard on the side of her head. "She was the one who got straight up and said, "Are you OK?" She was asking me if I was OK! But she was right because I almost broke my friggin' hand!