It's one of my favorites. I'll have to see what comes on next.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
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Amy - Sep 01, 2013 5:50:05 pm PDT #25368 of 30000
Because books.
le nubian - Sep 01, 2013 6:37:49 pm PDT #25369 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think the marathon ends with this. Next is "The Lodger."
le nubian - Sep 01, 2013 7:45:15 pm PDT #25370 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh! "The Lodger" is a Hitchcock too.
Frenzy is at 3:30.
smonster - Sep 02, 2013 3:01:53 pm PDT #25371 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Just saw World's End.
Question--was the scene near the start of the movie where Gary was
I think the answer is probably - yes. Because I know at least one person who had to go to 12-step meetings during in-patient psych care. I didn't pick up on the hospital aspect, though, I just assumed 12-step.
I would say that World's End is easily my favorite of the trio, and I will readily admit that's partially because the blue goo allowed me to thorougly enjoy the fight scenes without getting hung up on the gore. I'd see it again in a heartbeat. Also, kind of in love with Nick Frost right now.
§ ita § - Sep 02, 2013 3:19:22 pm PDT #25372 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But smonster, my conclusion was not only that it was in an institution, but that it also wasn't twelve step but related to the suicide attempts instead. In retrospect, it didn't feel like he'd had help for addiction but rather for being suicidal.
Nora Deirdre - Sep 02, 2013 3:39:13 pm PDT #25373 of 30000
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I agree that it was suicidal crisis that Gary was dealing with. I assumed that was the reason he refused to roll up his sleeves in the (fucking awesome) scene in the golf course cabin. I don't think he would give a shit about them seeing old track marks, he knows they know that, but it's in character that he would NOT want them to know his recent suicide attempt.
That movie was awesome as all hell, and the gate crashing link that Jessica posted make me want to go see Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz again.
That Primal Scream song (Loaded) was EVERYWHERE in the movie. It was at the start of the film, it was in the car on the mix tape, it was quoted... definitely once, but maybe more than once?
smonster - Sep 02, 2013 4:45:58 pm PDT #25374 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I'm absolutely not disagreeing that he was in an institution for attempting suicide. I guess I saw it as Gary not getting the point of a 12-step group at all, and telling what *should* have been a tragic "beginning of my downslide" story but seeing it as a "Best. Night. EVER." story. If you're in for a suicide attempt but have substance problems, they will make you go to 12-step meetings.
Also, his tossed off comment that trauma can lead to adopting inappropriate coping mechanisms is pretty classic 12-step language. Plus, when he was complaining that they were just talking about "how bad things had gotten" that sounded like it was referring to rock bottom stories.
None of this really matters! I was just trying to point out that the two things are in no way mutually exclusive based on what I know from my sister's experience and also my own time in 12-step meetings.
Tom Scola - Sep 06, 2013 10:22:24 am PDT #25375 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Dana - Sep 06, 2013 10:27:41 am PDT #25376 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Oh, good. Because there's not enough Stargate in the world.
Juliebird - Sep 06, 2013 1:00:11 pm PDT #25377 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
The first movie was pretty perfect, Do Not TOUCH! And I was not a fan of the TV show.