You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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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.
sj - Nov 30, 2012 12:19:04 pm PST #22934 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
It will be very pretty. Just ... go in with lowered expectations for the storyline.
Jilli, I read the white font, and I will.
Gris - Nov 30, 2012 3:31:05 pm PST #22935 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Musicals!
I... agree with things!
Les Miz was my One True for a long while, then I went through a Phantom-and-Les-Miz-inspired anything-epic-and-overwrought phase (Jeckyll and Hyde! The Scarlet Pimpernel! Miss Saigon!), then, of course, there was Rent. Then I discovered the smaller-and-funnier (Urinetown!), the kind-of-traditional-but-not-quite (Thoroughly Modern Millie!), and Sondheim. Well, Into the Woods anyway - the rest of Sondheim came later. Then I saw Spring Awakening 17 times in one year, started a fan club and forum that got a shout-out on the Tonys and only shut down about a year ago, burned myself out on it a bit. Finally I did an intensive summer musical-theater training program where I realized that I didn't know much about musical theater but I liked it, got a lot of it out of my system, and now I just happily listen or watch whatever I'm in the mood for and don't stress about it too much.
Sorry about that paragraph. Rambling, but I think therapeutic.
I want to see the Les Miz movie, though. That's the takeaway.