Oh my God, Frank, you're completely right. I KNEW I knew that plot already, but the title kept slipping away.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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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.
§ 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?
Jessica - Nov 30, 2012 11:01:26 am PST #22926 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2012 11:18:12 am PST #22927 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wow, those commenters did not like your DH not liking it. His explanation seemed pretty simple, though. Not sure why it went over any heads.
Jesse - Nov 30, 2012 11:19:33 am PST #22928 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You don't have to be Christian to celebrate Christmas and Easter! @@
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2012 11:39:25 am PST #22929 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You don't have to be Christian to celebrate Christmas and Easter!
It's more than a little rude to insist that anyone who isn't does, though. If you are backing things up to the the events they're co-opting, you're still excluding a fuckload of kids.
And if I'm to believe Ethan, the premise seems to be that if you do not believe, you're fucking the world over.
I'd flip the movie the bird too.
Jesse - Nov 30, 2012 11:41:59 am PST #22930 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I was rolling my eyes at the people who would say that, because fuck them.
§ ita § - Nov 30, 2012 11:52:21 am PST #22931 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was actually disappointed not to see (there might be by now, there should be) the "Actually, Easter ... Eostre ... stuff yadda" arguments, but I still think they are poopy heads.
Wikipedia says the following:
hence the saying, "to breed like bunnies"
Uh, that is not my bunny saying. Who are you, my grandmother? Mr. Bowdler?
Interesting conflation, tho.
sj - Nov 30, 2012 12:04:28 pm PST #22932 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Thanks, Jilli. Next time I'll ask before I buy tickets. Maybe it will at least be pretty? Our local theater was having a black friday sale, and it was the only musical I could get TCG to agree to. We're also going to see another silent film with the live Wulitzer like we did last year, and at least I know that will be fun.
Atropa - Nov 30, 2012 12:11:58 pm PST #22933 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
It will be very pretty. Just ... go in with lowered expectations for the storyline.