Here's a long piece on the making of Thelma & Louise. Interesting to learn all the people who might have been cast: Jodi Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn...
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Consuela - May 11, 2012 7:31:31 am PDT #20157 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
DavidS - May 11, 2012 7:32:12 am PDT #20158 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Charlie Jane did not like Dark Shadows:
There are few movies as boring as Dark Shadows. Not even, say, a 10-hour Andy Warhol movie about clams opening. This film offers such a high level of boredom, it approaches a mental discipline, like meditation. Perhaps in the course of watching this film, your mind will expand to the vanishing point of nirvana. Perhaps not.
In other news, I've been watching trailers for Laika Studios (Corline) new movie ParaNorman for a while and been cautiously intrigued. Then I found out my friend Elizabeth Cody wrote the book!
Wacky.
DavidS - May 11, 2012 7:34:29 am PDT #20159 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Speaking of JG Ballard, Frank, I bet you've never seen Thirteen to Centaurus.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 11, 2012 7:35:21 am PDT #20160 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
3rd time for Avengers last night. The fun does not diminish with repeated viewings.
DebetEsse - May 11, 2012 7:40:28 am PDT #20161 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Finally saw Avengers last night, and enjoyed it muchly, in all its Jossy glory. I still don't particularly like Scarlett Johanson in that role (I think the scenes with Hawkeye could have worked better, for example), but, overall, I agree with what everyone else has been saying.
I have a new desktop wallpaper, for the time being, at least.
tommyrot - May 11, 2012 7:47:10 am PDT #20162 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, I remembered something about AVengers. Towards the end when Iron Man nukes the alien spaceship and all the aliens just fall down, anyone else reminded of those stupid battle-droids in Phantom Mencace that all shut down when the command ship was blown up?
eta: Gonna leave that type. AV Club Avengers!
-t - May 11, 2012 7:57:35 am PDT #20163 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Interesting to learn all the people who might have been cast: Jodi Foster, Michelle Pfeiffer, Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn...
Can you imagine it with Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand?
tommyrot - May 11, 2012 7:57:58 am PDT #20164 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The opening part of the Charlie Jane review cracked me up:
Many people will probably say that the problem with Dark Shadows is that it can't decide if it's a comedy, or a gothic weirdfest. They are missing the point. It is neither. The "humor" in this movie is an anesthetic. The "weirdness" is a needle. Neither is an end in itself, something you'll only realize as the last of your vital essence is drawn out of you.
Once you're properly drained, you will know first hand what it is to be a vampire. The slowness of eternity, the clawing hunger for something — anything — to warm your dead insides. By then, it will be too late, and your emptied husk will stagger out of the theater. Spoilers ahead...
eta: [link]
Polter-Cow - May 11, 2012 8:00:45 am PDT #20165 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh! While watching the Avengers, I had a quote pop into my head that pretty much only Buffistas (if anyone) would appreciate
Hee, smonster!
3rd time for Avengers last night. The fun does not diminish with repeated viewings.
Good to hear! I'm seeing it again tomorrow morning.
tommyrot - May 11, 2012 8:03:33 am PDT #20166 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Good to hear! I'm seeing it again tomorrow morning.
I'm seeing it again tonight! Aren't you envious, that my (third) repeated viewing is before yours?