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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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."
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.
I'd like to see Burton do Star Trek.