I'm in good company then. ::passes Jesse a tissue::
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
Xander ,'The Killer In Me'
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Amy - Mar 31, 2012 5:43:02 pm PDT #19156 of 30000
Because books.
javachik - Mar 31, 2012 5:43:24 pm PDT #19157 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Huh. Just read the Cracked.com movie article. Surprised it doesn't mention the death of Vic Morrow and two children during Twilight Zone. I haven't seen a John Landis movie since then and believe he should have gone to jail.
Also not mentioned - Lars von Trier. His treatment of actresses (tormenting them to get those dark, dark performances) is well-documented.
erikaj - Mar 31, 2012 5:45:29 pm PDT #19158 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Yeah, Amy it is.
bon bon - Mar 31, 2012 8:35:17 pm PDT #19159 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Saw 21 Jump Street tonight, laughed a billion times. Recommended! Also, Channing Tatum, quite funny! ita, you will love it!!!
§ ita § - Apr 01, 2012 1:10:20 am PDT #19160 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'll get right on that, bon, once the personality transplant has had a chance to settle in.
Scrappy - Apr 01, 2012 6:43:25 am PDT #19161 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I adored Bridemaids and the cop is FANTASTIC.
DavidS - Apr 01, 2012 6:49:03 am PDT #19162 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Yeah, Emmett and I snuck in to see 21 Jump Street after watching John Carter. Jump Street was very funny, and Tatum was well cast/used.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 01, 2012 7:00:38 am PDT #19163 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
She's the Man and his SNL hosting gig did convince me he either has some comedic talent or a personality that approximates the possession of same. Whatever it is vanishes into the mist when a role calls for dramatic chops, however.
§ ita § - Apr 01, 2012 7:24:31 am PDT #19164 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
21 Jump St looks entirely not my sort of comedy, and I don't believe I'll die any the less well-rounded for not having seen it, so I'm pretty okay with skipping it.
If he's good at that sort of comedy, he isn't good at anything I enjoy yet, so he's going to have to cry himself to sleep yet one more night.
§ ita § - Apr 01, 2012 10:23:21 am PDT #19165 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm reading Development Hell, and it's an interesting book, and I do feel for screenwriters. Well, it kind of makes you feel for everyone, even yourself--as Hec mentioned upthread, it's a fucking miracle anything gets made, much less anything anyone enjoys or lauds.
I'm in the middle of the Total Recall chapter right now, and I took a break to read the entry on Wikipedia to refresh my memory, and I hadn't realised it had that much critical acclaim. I thought people liked it because it was cheesy, not because it was good.
Full disclosure: I don't really like it, and I certainly am not bothered by a remake. I'll totally go see that. But did you guys *like* it? Did you respect it in the morning, or was there a walk of shame involved?