YES! I am not crazy, then! or, not for that, at least.
For further reassurance, see my current tag! [from the surprisingly good conclusion to an otherwise very mediocre lecture series on biology and behavior I've just finishes listening to]
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Jessica - Jun 04, 2009 8:35:34 am PDT #2272 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Scrappy - Jun 04, 2009 8:37:51 am PDT #2273 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My friend Andy is doing props on it (and has been for literally a year) and I can vouch that the crew t-thirts call it "Avatar."
Glamcookie - Jun 04, 2009 8:57:29 am PDT #2274 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Grumbles about how there is only one Avatar (the Last Airbender, yo) and also how there is no need for a live-action movie of it as the animated series is perfection.
Offa my lawn!
amych - Jun 04, 2009 9:00:20 am PDT #2275 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
stands at the edge of GC's impeccable lawn with a "what she said" sign
Tom Scola - Jun 04, 2009 9:05:04 am PDT #2276 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Grumbles about how there is only one Avatar (the Last Airbender, yo) and also how there is no need for a live-action movie of it as the animated series is perfection.
And that's even before the casting FAIL.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2009 9:13:57 am PDT #2277 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And that's even before the casting FAIL.
But didn't you see? They cast an Asian person. It's okay now. There's one.
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2009 9:36:28 am PDT #2278 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, there are three or four, actually. Too bad they're the villains!
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 04, 2009 10:08:07 am PDT #2279 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
Now I'm having flashbacks to Christopher Lambert and James Remar being cast as the Japanese storm god in those Mortal Combat movies.
Tom Scola - Jun 04, 2009 10:11:13 am PDT #2280 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
They did cast an actual Asian movie star in the lead role in the Mortal Kombat films.
§ ita § - Jun 04, 2009 11:20:22 am PDT #2281 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That was after Lambert's tour de force as a Scot, wasn't it Matt?
Too bad they're the villains!
Is Zuko villainous for the whole movie?