Just got tickets for me and Mark to the advance screening in Berkeley! I'll have to finagle something with work to get there early enough.
Huh, just realized that Mark hasn't met Drew Goddard OR Amy Acker in his Whedonverse watching yet.
I'll be in my bunk.
Jayne ,'War Stories'
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Polter-Cow - Mar 20, 2012 3:01:38 pm PDT #18862 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Toddson - Mar 21, 2012 8:14:54 am PDT #18863 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I saw and ad for Dark Shadows the other day. I was a big fan of it when it was new and I remember how they introduced Barnabas and it really took off. They introduced a werewolf, alternate time tracks, people going to the past ... and then it got weird.
le nubian - Mar 21, 2012 8:37:31 am PDT #18864 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
especially for megan, but others here too:
do you think there is an analogy to be made between "V for Vendetta" and "Hunger Games?"
Polter-Cow - Mar 21, 2012 8:39:29 am PDT #18865 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maybe for Catching Fire/Mockingjay.
But only in the sense that a lot of dystopian stories involve rising up against the totalitarian regime.
megan walker - Mar 21, 2012 8:44:16 am PDT #18866 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Unfortunately, I've never read or seen V for Vendetta.
le nubian - Mar 21, 2012 8:49:44 am PDT #18867 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm not sure that is particularly unfortunate. a lot of people really liked it, but it kind of left me cold.
Fred Pete - Mar 21, 2012 8:53:16 am PDT #18868 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I was a big fan of it when it was new and I remember how they introduced Barnabas and it really took off. They introduced a werewolf, alternate time tracks, people going to the past ... and then it got weird.
And they stopped showing the reruns on the Sci Fi channel!
I still haven't forgiven them for waiting so many years to start rerunning them again.
Polter-Cow - Mar 21, 2012 8:57:28 am PDT #18869 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I liked the movie, but I wasn't as into the book.
Steph L. - Mar 21, 2012 4:59:37 pm PDT #18870 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
So, there was a 70th anniversary showing of Casablanca tonight, apparently all over (other than just Ohio, I mean). I hadn't seen it in a long time, and had never seen it in a theater, so we went to see it.
Like I said, it had been a LONG time since I'd seen it.
...Rick/Louis, right? I mean, from their very first scene, before Ilsa ever walks through the door of Rick's Cafe?
After the movie was over, I said to Tim, "My god. Fandom has ruined me."
Him: "How's that?"
Me: "It's touted as the most romantic movie of all time, and all I can think is, forget Ilsa; it's Rick/Louis all the way!"
Him: "Fandom didn't ruin you. They're like Sherlock and Watson."
Me: "Oh my god, *I* have ruined you!"
...but seriously. I just want to draw sparkly hearts around them. Screw Ilsa.
Also, I think the movie should be renamed Victor Laszlow: Balls of Steel. Seriously, the man is a badass.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 21, 2012 5:08:57 pm PDT #18871 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 think the film pushed the subtext coming from Rains' character as far as they could get away with under the Hays Code.