I know nothing of this show, except my friends on litmag used to draw the posters. Clearly my heart is a charcoal briquet.Anne's hair looks cute like that, though.
Willow: Yes. Hi. You must be Angel's handsome, yet androgynous, son. Connor: It's Connor. Willow: And the sneer's genetic. Who knew?
'A Hole in the World'
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A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
erikaj - Nov 30, 2012 8:15:59 am PST #22916 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Atropa - Nov 30, 2012 8:45:56 am PST #22917 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, I've been meaning to ask you if you have seen the Addam's Family musical and if it is any good?
I haven't seen it, and specifically chose not to when it was here in Seattle. A few years ago I purchased the soundtrack without having heard anything, because HELLO, ADDAMS FAMILY. But most of songs are nothing special, the lyrics try too hard to be ooky-spooky, and the plot makes me want to punch people. Whitefonted for anyone who doesn't want to know:
Wednesday is in her late teens and has fallen in love with a normal boy. He and his family are coming to the Addams house for dinner, and Wednesday pleads with her parents to pretend to be normal people for just one night. Ugh, no. There's also a subplot about Morticia having some sort of crisis because she feels she's old, ugly, and that Gomez is no longer interested in her.
From what I remember, it all works out in the end, with everyone accepting each other for who they are, but I can't get past those plot ideas to give it a chance.
However, the opening song of "When You're An Addams" is a lot of fun.
Kalshane - Nov 30, 2012 8:46:25 am PST #22918 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Yeah, "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" is another gut punch.
Sean K - Nov 30, 2012 9:11:10 am PST #22919 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Ugh, that sounds terrible, Jilli. It sounds like Wicked is a MUCH better gothy musical, with good music and intelligent plot and character development.
Atropa - Nov 30, 2012 9:26:54 am PST #22920 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Ugh, that sounds terrible, Jilli. It sounds like Wicked is a MUCH better gothy musical, with good music and intelligent plot and character development.
Oh, Wicked is the One True Musical for me, absolutely. The images I've seen from The Addams' Family musical look good - they got the image and style right. But the plot, oh G-d, the plot. I want to find the writers and ask them if they knew anything about the property before they started writing the musical.
JZ - Nov 30, 2012 9:35:06 am PST #22921 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.
Re your whitefont: That is seriously not any iteration of that particular character that I would ever, ever have recognized in a million years. It's in fact an iteration of the character that I'm fairly sure would have the original chanting, "Kill it, kill it with fire."
Frankenbuddha - Nov 30, 2012 9:44:58 am PST #22922 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That is seriously not any iteration of that particular character that I would ever, ever have recognized in a million years. It's in fact an iteration of the character that I'm fairly sure would have the original chanting, "Kill it, kill it with fire."
Same with the whitefonted subplot, JZ. It sounds like they used La Cage aux Folles as the template which is totally wrong.
Atropa - Nov 30, 2012 9:46:47 am PST #22923 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It's in fact an iteration of the character that I'm fairly sure would have the original chanting, "Kill it, kill it with fire."
Pretty much, yes. And I was so giddy with hope when the news of an Addams Family musical was first announced! But alas, no. And when it was here in Seattle last month, everyone kept asking me if I was going to go, if I was excited about it, and so on. I felt like such a killjoy (and not the MCR kind, dammit) for Holding Forth about the wretchedness of it.
JZ - Nov 30, 2012 9:52:56 am PST #22924 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.
Oh my God, Frank, you're completely right. I KNEW I knew that plot already, but the title kept slipping away.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2012 10:49:48 am PST #22925 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The guardian movie--anyone have a first (or maybe second, amateur) hand opinion?