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.
I've got two words that are going to make all the pain go away. Miniature Golf.
Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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Hayden - May 26, 2009 6:29:58 pm PDT #1777 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
tommyrot - May 27, 2009 4:18:38 am PDT #1781 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.
Oh my, this is horrible.
The first draft of Star Wars was pretty awful. Mystery Man on Film takes a closer look at the 1974 version in which the young hero is Annikin Starkiller, Luke Skywalker is an elderly general, and Darth Vader is a minor character.
LEIA
Will we make it? Is there any hope? Stay with me… I love you.
Starkiller is slightly shocked at this outburst. The princess starts to cry and clings to him for support.
STARKILLER
No-one is going to die…so stop acting like a child, and start behaving like a queen. What is this silly talk of love? You belong to the people of Aquilae, and my job is to return you to them, nothing more. Now straighten up and get into a lifepod.
She’s deeply hurt by his callousness. She breaks away from him and runs down a hallway into a lifepod. He is tired, and angry at the whole incident.
It makes you wonder what difference it would have made if George Lucas had rewritten the prequels a couple more times.
evil jimi - May 27, 2009 4:30:36 am PDT #1782 of 30000
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
It makes you wonder what difference it would have made if George Lucas had rewritten the prequels a couple more times.
Or better yet, let someone who can actually write, write them.
Ailleann - May 27, 2009 4:34:31 am PDT #1783 of 30000
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
See: The Empire Strikes Back
tommyrot - May 27, 2009 4:36:02 am PDT #1784 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.
See: The Empire Strikes Back
Yep.
Did you know that Lucas considers that to be the worst of the Star Wars movies?
May Lucas rot in a hell filled with Jar-Jar clones.
OK, maybe that's a bit harsh....
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2009 4:57:50 am PDT #1785 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
May Lucas rot in a hell filled with Jar-Jar clones.
OK, maybe that's a bit harsh....
Ewoks, then.
ETA Harrison Ford had a classic quote during the shooting of Star Wars - "You can type this shit, George, but you sure can't say it."
Fred Pete - May 27, 2009 5:14:07 am PDT #1786 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
And I just saw it attributed to Raymond Chandler.
I recently saw The Blue Dahlia, which Chandler wrote as an original script. Studio came close to ruining it by tacking on a new ending at the last minute.