Jilli, are the author and screenwriter the same person? Because one review I read complained that too much changed from the novel.
Yep, same guy. And the same author who wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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Atropa - Jul 02, 2012 10:47:02 am PDT #21412 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
sj - Jul 02, 2012 10:49:04 am PDT #21413 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm probably going to go see it this week by myself. I haven't gone to the movies by myself in ages.
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2012 10:50:07 am PDT #21414 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's a $7 Tuesday theatre reasonably close to my neighbourhood. I wonder if tomorrow is $7, because although I'm not a mega-fan, I have the afternoon off, and relatively speaking, Spider-Man is worth that much.
Steph L. - Jul 02, 2012 11:12:34 am PDT #21415 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think Spider-Man might be what we see on the 4th of July to escape the heat. (I really want to go Tuesday night, but our neighborhood has a great rock-and-roll carnival the night before the 4th, and we generally never skip it.)
Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2012 1:40:45 pm PDT #21416 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The Avengers in Fifteen Minutes:
CLINT: Yeah, the rest of us are kind of concerned. I mean, the cube is a portal, right? We have no idea if there's cake on the other side, or if it's truthful at all.
STEVE [brandishing shield]: Son, I'm the man who punched Hitler in the face. I'm here to drink Ovaltine and kick ass, and they don't make Ovaltine anymore.
TONY: Do you know what happens to an Iron Man when it's struck by lightning?
THOR: Well--thou wouldst think, the same thing that happens to everything else--
FURY: FUCK THEE WITH THY HAMMER SIDEWAYS!
THOR: lol, thou mad
STEVE: You saw those doggone aliens up close, Stark--what are they?
TONY [landing]: They are--ANGRY JOSS WHEDON FANS. They've been promised snarky metafictional dialogue, and they won't stop until they get it.
EVERYONE: >:O
THE CHITAURI: YOU JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE FIRST SIX EPISODES!!
It's all so wonderful and hilarious.
sj - Jul 02, 2012 2:42:44 pm PDT #21417 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World was a sweet, quiet movie. There were only 2 other people in our theater because everyone else was seeing the kids movies.
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2012 2:48:36 pm PDT #21418 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But... [link]
Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2012 2:53:02 pm PDT #21419 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yes, the next line does point that out.
§ ita § - Jul 02, 2012 2:57:10 pm PDT #21420 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No LJ for me at work. I only have your quotes to go by.
JZ - Jul 02, 2012 3:06:26 pm PDT #21421 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World was a sweet, quiet movie.
Good to know! It's been on my I really like almost all those actors; please let the actual movie be as good as the cast list of might-sees for a while. It's still behind Moonrise Kingdom on the actual want-to-see list, but you've nudged me from vaguely wondering to actively interested.