Dismay among the Buffistas can't be overstated, I think.
I know right? buffistas moaning about this movie all over the site.
We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm the hero!
Wash ,'Jaynestown'
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le nubian - May 26, 2009 5:10:11 pm PDT #1771 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Typo Boy - May 26, 2009 5:32:43 pm PDT #1772 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Apparently a fair number of James M. Cain fans thought the 1946 movie "The Postman Always Rings Twice" was awful and insufficiently faithful to his book. (Interesting in light of the fact that today it is considered a Noir classic.) At any rate an interviewer asked Cain if he thought the movie makers had ruined his novel. "Heck No" he said pointing a copy on his bookshelf, "Its right over there". That's the attitude I intend to take if this version of Buffy gets made. The new movie won't ruin it. The Buffy I love is still there on DVD and comic books and probably eventually SciFi reruns.
bon bon - May 26, 2009 5:56:19 pm PDT #1773 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Ignore it. It's like Highlander 2 or the Grey Gardens with Drew Barrymore.
The press release is just a trial balloon anyway, one that should have worked sufficiently well to frighten off any financiers.
§ ita § - May 26, 2009 6:04:22 pm PDT #1774 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I heard good things about Grey Gardens.
evil jimi - May 26, 2009 6:14:44 pm PDT #1775 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I'm wondering how Surrogates will score on the Bruce Willis Toupeé Index - generally speaking, the closer the movie comes to showing his natural hairline, the better it is.
It should be great then, Theodosia. His "surrogate" sports a really bad weave, while his real self is au naturel.
bon bon - May 26, 2009 6:23:17 pm PDT #1776 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I heard good things about Grey Gardens.
I'm ignoring it!
Hayden - May 26, 2009 6:29:58 pm PDT #1777 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I've always heard that story about Raymond Carver, not James M. Cain. Edit: which doesn't mean anything. I'm sure it's apocryphal, one way or the other.
Polter-Cow - May 26, 2009 7:03:16 pm PDT #1778 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And I just saw it attributed to Raymond Chandler.
Typo Boy - May 26, 2009 9:27:07 pm PDT #1779 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
As you say, probably apocryphal. But even if it is not factual, it is true.
Hmmm. Did I just defend truthiness?
Theodosia - May 27, 2009 3:09:38 am PDT #1780 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Truthfully, yes.