Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.

'Serenity'


Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai  

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Amy - Jun 01, 2012 7:26:34 am PDT #20908 of 30000
Because books.

Also it's interesting that this movie appears to take place at the same time as Bournes 2&3.

That's what I noticed in the trailer, which is cool.

Shall I be required to rewatch the first three? Oh, the burden.

Right? And I haven't seen the third one as often as the first two, so here's a perfect excuse.


§ ita § - Jun 01, 2012 8:04:10 am PDT #20909 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Bourne into a superspy that's the best ever

Really? I mean, I was starting to accept that until you posted the evidence, and I'm back at creme de la creme superspy.

What I don't remember is a considerable degree of luck or other people tipping the scales his way as much as in the novel, but I'm perfectly willing to concede that I plain don't remember--the Bourne in the books had a collaborative process to winning, but one of the things that irritated me about the films was that pretty much all the knowledge/credit was put on him, as opposed to Marie contributing key expertise with her banking knowledge like the book.


le nubian - Jun 01, 2012 8:12:26 am PDT #20910 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

So, I never got that Bourne was the best ever spy. Only that (at least with the first film), his lack of memory was causing him to be unpredictable and this added a level of unpredictability that would-be assasins could not readily plan for.


Vonnie K - Jun 01, 2012 11:42:45 am PDT #20911 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.

I'm still resisting Tumblr, but brown_betty over at LJ just linked to a bunch of Avengers fanart on Tumblr and they were 1) awesome, 2) made of adorable, 3) ridiculous, often all at the same time: [link]

I don't get the sleipnir thing though.


§ ita § - Jun 01, 2012 11:58:44 am PDT #20912 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, it's weird to see people call lettie/cafe de labiell Bumblebee, even if that's what her tumblr title says. And before she got into SPN fandom, she was a prolific Batfamily artist.

I'm beginning to suspect she doesn't exist, because I don't understand how she can have such a crisp and polished style this whole time, and she's apparently she's not past 25 yet.


§ ita § - Jun 01, 2012 12:18:46 pm PDT #20913 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

This: [link] is a pretty sweet boxed set, but the Avengers are not quite the Fellowship for me, so the fact that I have the three solo setup movies in the franchise means that I will just buy the one remaining important one when it hits the stands.


DavidS - Jun 01, 2012 12:32:21 pm PDT #20914 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ha! Loki and Lilo: "This is your badness level."


Gris - Jun 01, 2012 12:46:59 pm PDT #20915 of 30000
Hey. New board.

Finally saw Avengers. It was pretty great. I didn't like the 3d conversion, though, and will be avoiding it in 3d for my next viewing.


§ ita § - Jun 01, 2012 1:27:46 pm PDT #20916 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I found most of the darker clothing seemed to be tailing a ghost in the 3D conversion


Zenkitty - Jun 01, 2012 2:47:55 pm PDT #20917 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I don't get the sleipnir thing though.

I almost peed myself laughing at that! Um, the story is, Loki screwed around with the gods, getting them to bet a guy he couldn't build a thing in a certain amount of time. But he had a really strong fast horse named Svaðilfari, and so he was getting real close to winning, and the gods got mad and told Loki he better fix it so the guy loses, so Loki turned himself into a sexxay mare and distracted Svaðilfari... all night long, and by morning the stallion didn't give a shit about the bet anymore and so the builder lost. Then a few months later Mare!Loki gave birth to the eight-legged colt Sleipnir, who was the fastest and strongest horse there ever was, and he became Odin's steed.

Which, in the context of the Avengers universe, is hilarious.