okay, this is the kind of stuff I just love.
hans solo, p.i.
Mal: You want to tell me how come there's a statue of you here looking at me like I owe him something? Jayne: Wishing I could, Captain.
'Jaynestown'
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le nubian - Jun 04, 2009 4:15:05 pm PDT #2294 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Volans - Jun 04, 2009 4:30:52 pm PDT #2295 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I'm not at all arguing that the Avatar world is based on Asian cultures. Every detail is Asian-inspired. But I think they purposefully drew the characters to bend and mix stereotypes (that's not the right word...maybe genotypes?). Inuits don't tend to have big blue eyes, for example, nor did queue-wearing Chinese tend to sport mutton chops.
That said, I've been wondering if M. Night has opted away from East Asian actors on purpose, since Avatar's also the story of China's expansion and occupation of Tibet, from a pro-Dalai Lama standpoint.
Vonnie K - Jun 04, 2009 4:47:06 pm PDT #2296 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Trailer for In the Loop, which I wanna watch *right now*. It looks freakin' brilliant.
Anne W. - Jun 04, 2009 5:14:46 pm PDT #2297 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oh, my goodness. I need to see that.
Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2009 5:23:33 pm PDT #2298 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That does look pretty hilarious. "Difficult, difficult, lemon difficult!"
Aims - Jun 05, 2009 5:05:40 am PDT #2299 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
So Michigan is slowly turning into The Place for Hollywood locations. In my town and surrounding area, we've had Transformers, Whip It, some Michael Cera film, and most recently Stone starring Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton. Well, welcome to Ypsi Mr. DeNiro. [link]
t slaps forhead
Vonnie K - Jun 05, 2009 12:00:01 pm PDT #2300 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
They are now saying that Carradine died not from suicide, but from autoerotic asphyxiation gone wrong.
(Clyde Bruckman!)
While I am still sad he died, a part of me is thinking, "72 years-old, and he went out, still flying his freak flag high. Way to go, dude!"
Tom Scola - Jun 05, 2009 12:05:12 pm PDT #2301 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Way to go, dude!
It certainly is quite a way to go.
Connie Neil - Jun 05, 2009 1:16:20 pm PDT #2302 of 30000
brillig
It has a bit more cachet than the usual drug overdose thing.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 05, 2009 2:44:44 pm PDT #2303 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
A sick part of me would like to do a LOLCAT of D. Carradine, Fox Mulder, Michael Hutchense and Vaughn Bode with the message of "Auto-Erotica: UR Doin it Worng!"