The cast of Snow White and the Huntsman reads aloud from 50 Shades of Grey.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
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Amy - Jun 13, 2012 6:11:23 am PDT #21168 of 30000
Because books.
sj - Jun 13, 2012 8:24:21 am PDT #21169 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I admit I skimmed, but did anyone post this Dork Tower yet? [link]
I think I did a few days ago, but it's worth re-posting.
Also funny: [link]
Ha! That's adorable.
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2012 10:15:40 am PDT #21170 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Andrew Garfield is currently being trashed by some IO9 posters because he said he wanted his Spider-Man to be a skinny superhero. I know I'm not a great big Spidey fan, but what he said sounded totally on point (and is part of why he doesn't get my knickers in a twist, but still--canon, and totally working for a significant fanbase).
"He's a symbol of hope and I was a skinny kid and I still am a skinny kid. I wanted to have more power. I felt like I was born into the wrong body and I should have been stronger and bigger. I saw him as an idealist. I was an idealistic kid as well, so whenever I saw an injustice I wanted to do something, I didn't have the authority or power to do it and I'd usually get my teeth kicked in. [The character is able] to reach his hand out and grab the viewer's hand and like, ‘Hey, you're not alone,' Spider-Man was that for me. I wanted to stay skinny because that's a much greater fantasy. A skinny guy beating the crap out of big guys is what I want to see. We all know that Jason Statham can beat the crap out of people, but there's no surprise and there's nothing thrilling about that to me. But, what is thrilling is when you see someone who looks like he is going to get blown over by the wind really surprising a bunch of mean, big [expletives]."
How is this offensive to either Statham or people who got bullied and weren't skinny? It's not like he's testing BMI at the treehouse door, or anything.
Polter-Cow - Jun 13, 2012 10:27:07 am PDT #21171 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sounds fine to me.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 13, 2012 10:36:58 am PDT #21172 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
Sounds good to me too. I may have concerns about the trailer's All About Peter's Dad theme (which I don't recall ever seeing anything about in the comics), but Garfield wanting to be true to the source's original empowerment of skinny, bookish nerd story doesn't trip any warning bells for me.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 13, 2012 10:37:58 am PDT #21173 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That is weird. Actually, in my anecdotal experience, skinny guys seem to be the only people who understand the experience of a chubby girl sometimes!
le nubian - Jun 13, 2012 10:46:23 am PDT #21174 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I may have concerns about the trailer's All About Peter's Dad theme
I have serious concerns about this. Grievous. On these concerns alone I have convinced myself the movie is going to fucking suck. Beau is an optimist. I'm going with him to the movie, hoping it is better than "Prometheus."
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2012 10:46:33 am PDT #21175 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apparently he's making the story inaccessible to people who were teased because they weighed more than average. I feel that as someone who was bitten by a spider as a child and who has a scientist as a parent this is explicitly my story, so I wouldn't expect a huge box office. I mean, how many people can possibly relate to that?
::checks gonads::
Ah, well, fuck.
Jessica - Jun 13, 2012 10:48:29 am PDT #21176 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I may have to delete this soon, but there is basically nothing in the trailer that actually made it into the movie.
Steph L. - Jun 13, 2012 10:53:24 am PDT #21177 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Jess, did that make the movie better, or worse, than you hoped it would be? (If you had any expectations at all, that is.)