I'm going to wait an extra half hour before I read the interview, to register my disapproval of the way he treated you. And, by extension, me. I can't live vicariously through him properly. That doesn't work.
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
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§ ita § - Aug 24, 2012 10:35:31 am PDT #22255 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Aug 24, 2012 10:43:18 am PDT #22256 of 30000
Because books.
However, I've met your DH, and he's met JGL, so JGL and I practically know each other now.
Hey, me too!
Jessica - Aug 24, 2012 10:43:29 am PDT #22257 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
However, I've met your DH, and he's met JGL, so JGL and I practically know each other now.
I support this logic. For, um, reasons.
SuziQ - Aug 24, 2012 10:45:41 am PDT #22258 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Dang, I haven't met your DH, so I'm one degree further away. Boo. I read the interview. Vera nice.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 25, 2012 5:28:55 pm PDT #22259 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
I felt like seeing a good scary movie tonight. Unfortunately, I saw The Apparition instead. The premise I'd heard in trailers was interesting (sort of like a modern-day version of Gothic), but that was apparently abandoned and recut between the time the trailers were made and the movie's actual debut.
It's beautifully shot, and the actors turn in good enough performances. But the story is incoherent.
lisah - Aug 26, 2012 11:55:46 am PDT #22260 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Just saw Premium Rush and it was HIGHLY enjoyable!!!
Polter-Cow - Aug 26, 2012 12:15:32 pm PDT #22261 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It looks like it's pretty fun!
amyth - Aug 26, 2012 2:40:06 pm PDT #22262 of 30000
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Calli and I just saw it too. I agree!
Calli - Aug 28, 2012 11:21:02 am PDT #22263 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Yeah, Premium Rush was actually a lot better than I expected. I figured JGL would be great, and he was, but the plot and some of the secondary characters weren't bad either.
§ ita § - Aug 28, 2012 11:35:21 am PDT #22264 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I got into a weird discussion with someone who was challenging the general good opinion of JGL--not saying he disagreed, but rather that the good opinion didn't exist.
One of his citations? TDKR.
I'm wondering--you have people saying that's why he's not good? And they outnumber the people saying he was all that and the movie was the Blake story and when can we have the next one?
When I countered him, he said it wasn't that his performance was bad, but that many people thought the character was the weak link in the movie, and they might blame JGL in error, although he didn't make any bad acting choices. And the "they" that might are enough to say that JGL doesn't have a good rep, never mind a "hot new (but old) thing" rating. It's ruined by all those people who only judge him on one movie and can't tell writing from acting, and think the character sucked?
WHAT UNIVERSE ARE YOU IN??? WHO DO YOU HANG OUT WITH??
And why are they stupid?
But it was the less frustrating discussion, compared to "I have found all the flaws in the premise of Looper, and there is no explanation the movie can give, nor entertainment that the well regarded director and cast (well, except for JGL, since it's clearly been established by someone else that he sucks) can conjure up to make my questions less important."
And, yes, I do regard it as different from "A universe in which all forms of energy have disappeared..." That's just a dumb thing to say. Your show might not suck, but please don't say that about it.