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?
Very convincing. Makes me completely want to put myself under government control. Please take me to where you can make me unconscious and naked.
Riley ,'Help'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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-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
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?
Scrappy - May 11, 2012 8:29:51 am PDT #20167 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I am seeing it for the first time tomorrow AND I AM VERY EXCITED.
Consuela - May 11, 2012 8:33:35 am PDT #20168 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Hmm. I could go again tonight...
tommyrot - May 11, 2012 8:34:48 am PDT #20169 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.
Hmm. I could go again tonight...
You should. People seeing Avengers tonight are awesome!
Sean K - May 11, 2012 8:59:11 am PDT #20170 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'm so busy right now, but I'm desperately trying to work in a second and third viewing. This movie is going to have crazy legs.
DebetEsse - May 11, 2012 8:59:24 am PDT #20171 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yes, Tommy, I was. Well, not that, specifically, but I had the, "well, that's convenient" thought.
Vonnie K - May 11, 2012 10:50:06 am PDT #20172 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Ioan Gruffudd always struck me as too boyishly pretty, with all that ridiculous curly hair (I mostly just remember him as Horatio Hornblower), but DAMN if he isn't working it in this shoot: [link]
Scruffy and kind of dusty, sepia-toned-moody suits him very well indeed.