Oh, I forgot to mention a celeb sighting when we went to the movies on Sunday. We were going up the escalator and a guy going the other way started calling "Andy, Andy!" our friend, Andy (the prop guy) looked up and there was Anton Yelchin, clearly with his grandparents, beaming at him. They chatted, then Anton made sure to say hi to the rest of us as he passed. You could just tell from that encounter that he was a good guy, and Andy confirmed it. He said he was one of those amazingly talented yet completely non-temperamental actors. He brought his parents to the set and was sweetly proud of them and was generally just a mensch.
My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Scrappy - Oct 16, 2012 9:01:34 am PDT #22691 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Liese S. - Oct 16, 2012 12:47:24 pm PDT #22692 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Aww. I like that kind of celebrity story.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 16, 2012 4:35:12 pm PDT #22693 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 just can't look at the trailer for the Lone Ranger remake without Jilli's "Friends don't let friends dress like The Crow" echoing through my head. [link]
§ ita § - Oct 16, 2012 4:54:06 pm PDT #22694 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know if the issue is The Crow so much as it is A Crow.
Juliebird - Oct 16, 2012 5:14:04 pm PDT #22695 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
That looked pretty good up until Johnny Depp showed up looking like an maroon.
§ ita § - Oct 16, 2012 5:29:05 pm PDT #22696 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who made the word maroon an insult? I first saw it used that way in Bugs Bunny. Was it in currency before that? It always jogs my eye because it's the name of a Jamaican people, and they're basically the coolest shit ever, so I need to rework all the sentences to make them insulting.
DavidS - Oct 16, 2012 5:43:53 pm PDT #22697 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I first saw it used that way in Bugs Bunny.
That's how I first heard it. I'm not sure if it's related to the Jamaican Maroons. I suspect Bugs' version is a variant off "moron." But I'm not sure. Where's erinaceous when you need her?
§ ita § - Oct 16, 2012 5:54:52 pm PDT #22698 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I doubt it would be related--why would any Americans care enough to make any use of the term, derogatory or otherwise?
DavidS - Oct 16, 2012 5:57:59 pm PDT #22699 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
> why would any Americans care enough to make any use of the term, derogatory or otherwise?
I care about the Jamaican Maroons! Totally badass! "Fuck all y'all, we're up in the mountains. It's bad for you if you come at us."
Frankenbuddha - Oct 16, 2012 6:22:56 pm PDT #22700 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Maroon was always paired with "im-bess-ill" for imbecile with Bugs, so I suspect it had nothing to do with any known terms, just comical miss-prow-nun-see-ations.