Burton would treat it like the fucked-up black comedy it is.
Twenty years ago, yes. Now?
Because we're desperate fans who are hoping that the spark and wit will come back. It's a dysfunctional relationship.
Yeah.
Nice acronym, Mom!
Buffy ,'Showtime'
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Jessica - May 10, 2012 5:44:12 pm PDT #20145 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
beekaytee - May 10, 2012 6:07:03 pm PDT #20146 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
True story: we had a trailer for Frankenweenie before The Avengers. Unfortunately, the friends who went to the movie with us had had to put their dog to sleep that morning. I am not even kidding. Worst. Timing. EVER.
I was having such a good time before the Avengers. Then, the Frankenweenie preview came up and I spent the next 10 minutes quietly crying.
Thank goodness the movie was enough to pull me out of it.
Love Tim Burton...won't be seeing that.
Steph L. - May 10, 2012 6:29:02 pm PDT #20147 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I was having such a good time before the Avengers. Then, the Frankenweenie preview came up and I spent the next 10 minutes quietly crying.
Oh, honey. Yeah, our friends got suckerpunched by it. But then they also had to laugh bitterly. Because -- worst. timing. EVER.
beekaytee - May 10, 2012 6:45:24 pm PDT #20148 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I felt really bad for my companion. She was mortified over something she had no control over. It was so, incredibly awkward.
Still, as I say, I pulled out of it.
I feel even worse for your friends. Bless them.
Steph L. - May 10, 2012 6:51:12 pm PDT #20149 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I feel even worse for your friends. Bless them.
The extra shitty part is that that day was the husband's birthday. So, first thing in the morning of his birthday, he had to take his beloved dog to the vet to be put to sleep. Poor noodle.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 10, 2012 7:02:16 pm PDT #20150 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
ION of mixed emotions for me: MGM Plans to Adapt Ray Bradbury's From the Dust Returned. I am ... wary. Yes, that's the best way to put it.
I'm at a loss regarding how would one go about making that without the entire audience assuming it was an Addams Family rip-off. I know Addams actually illustrated "Homecoming" back in the 40s and he and Bradbury talked about collaborating, but to anyone who doesn't know that history it's going to look derivative.
Toddson - May 11, 2012 4:40:05 am PDT #20151 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I was in the bookstore and they have (1) DVDs of some of the original "Dark Shadows" (includng "The Best of Barnabas") and (2) an entire series of books by Lara Parker (the original Angelique ... from Martinique ... who was in quite a pique).
Frankenbuddha - May 11, 2012 5:50:46 am PDT #20152 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
smonster - May 11, 2012 6:11:55 am PDT #20153 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Oh! While watching the Avengers, I had a quote pop into my head that pretty much only Buffistas (if anyone) would appreciate: when Thor gets ejected in the Hulk cage from the ship and tumbles towards the earth , I immediately thought, "Nobody likes a blond(e) in a hamster ball."
erikaj - May 11, 2012 7:13:13 am PDT #20154 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Elmore Leonard Richard Price(though part of me would like to see Burton!Funhouse Dempsy burnin cause I'm gross like that.) Dennis Bring-the-Pain, uh, Lehane ditto.