HOW CAN ANYONE WRITE A WHOLE ARTICLE ON KATE AND NOT MENTION THE LION IN FUCKING WINTER???
HOW???
No, seriously, HOW???
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P.M. Marc - Feb 29, 2012 5:10:28 pm PST #18493 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
le nubian - Feb 29, 2012 5:19:52 pm PST #18494 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
how do you really feel?
JZ - Feb 29, 2012 5:45:08 pm PST #18495 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
FUCK THE LION IN FUCKING WINTER, WHAT ABOUT THE GODDAMN AFRICAN QUEEN?
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 29, 2012 5:45:37 pm PST #18496 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
The author mentions that JZ, though not in detail.
§ ita § - Feb 29, 2012 6:49:49 pm PST #18497 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If there is a trailer on Apple, there's a real movie, right?
I'm too scared to actually play it, in case it does something to my brain.
I also don't have the right cultural background to fully appreciate the universe.
Strega - Feb 29, 2012 8:48:14 pm PST #18498 of 30000
The criteria are (1) Multiple movies (2) not directly connected to each other (ie, not a single movie series/franchise) (3) that exist in a shared universe.
So unrelated movies that are eventually linked by some kind of crossover?
Freddy vs. Jason. Alien vs. Predator. Dracula vs. Frankenstein. Destroy All Monsters.
You could make a case for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And Pixar, via the Pizza Planet truck.
And then there's Tarantino. His movies are interlaced in more subtle ways, like, Vic Vega and Vince Vega are brothers. If you require multiple authors, Kill Bill pulls together unrelated characters from Japanese & Chinese pop culture. Or add Rodriguez; Michael Parks played the same character in From Dusk till Dawn, Kill Bill, and both parts of Grindhouse.
...Although if there have to be multiple creators, I'm not sure why Avengers counts.
chrismg - Feb 29, 2012 9:02:34 pm PST #18499 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Destroy All Monsters.
Oooh, yes! Definitely the Godzillaverse!
Polter-Cow - Feb 29, 2012 9:05:54 pm PST #18500 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And then there's Tarantino. His movies are interlaced in more subtle ways, like, Vic Vega and Vince Vega are brothers. If you require multiple authors, Kill Bill pulls together unrelated characters from Japanese & Chinese pop culture. Or add Rodriguez; Michael Parks played the same character in From Dusk till Dawn, Kill Bill, and both parts of Grindhouse.
Oh, that's cool, I had no idea he had a little 'verse going on there. That's the sort of thing I'm talking about, where unrelated movies are still connected in some way.
...Although if there have to be multiple creators, I'm not sure why Avengers counts.
Why wouldn't it? Different writers and directors, all playing in the same sandbox.
Fiona - Feb 29, 2012 10:45:47 pm PST #18501 of 30000
Micheal Keaton played Ray Nicolette in "Jackie Brown" and the same character as a cameo on "Out of Sight". The original novels were both by Elmore Leonard but otherwise - different authors, directors, and production companies.
In the '30s and '40s studios would throw their various franchises together fairly randomly if they thought it would generate any revenue at all. The "Abbott and Costello Meet Various Members of the Universal Horror Stable" series is perhaps the best example, but there were a number of mash-ups of varying weirdness which are (mercifully) mostly forgotten about today.
sj - Feb 29, 2012 11:51:53 pm PST #18502 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
HOW CAN ANYONE WRITE A WHOLE ARTICLE ON KATE AND NOT MENTION THE LION IN FUCKING WINTER???
HOW???
No, seriously, HOW???
Needs repeating, but otherwise that was a great article.