I read an early book of his, King Con, which was an excellent con-artist book (I'm a big fan of that subgenre--Sidney Sheldon's If Tomorrow Comes was also good).
Let him do his thing, and then you get him out. No messing with him for laughs.
Mal ,'Ariel'
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Kathy A - Jun 24, 2009 7:46:14 am PDT #2563 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
erikaj - Jun 24, 2009 8:23:20 am PDT #2564 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
He is one of my heroes, and one of the reasons is that he is so dyslexic that he pays someone to translate his phonetic spellings and stuff into standard English, and yet? Still managed to do all that stuff.
Laga - Jun 24, 2009 8:29:06 am PDT #2565 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The part where I really start laughing is ...
The icing on the cake of that shot is the zoom in on the name of the aircraft carrier .
Theodosia - Jun 24, 2009 11:17:32 am PDT #2566 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Emmerich is also the director who has his heroes outrunning killer frost in The Day After Tomorrow, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that he just gives up and throws in the kitchen sink (or random international landmark) for this movie.
Barb - Jun 24, 2009 11:21:12 am PDT #2567 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I just went and saw The Proposal. Predictable, but still cute and Ryan Reynolds is just my perfect kind of beta hero.
Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2009 11:54:46 am PDT #2568 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
BREAKING: Oscar’s Best Picture Nominees Will Expand to Ten.
“After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider field competed for the top award of the year,” said Ganis. “The final outcome, of course, will be the same – one Best Picture winner – but the race to the finish line will feature 10, not just five, great movies from 2009.”
The move is an obvious response to the recent discussion concerning The Dark Knight’s absence from the nominees for more art house style films such as The Reader and I would expect we can now look at Up as a serious contender for a Best Picture nominee when previous Pixar favorites Ratatouille and WALL-E were left in the cold.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2009 12:08:19 pm PDT #2569 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm all for it if that means we can get rid of the Feature Animation category.
DavidS - Jun 24, 2009 12:14:29 pm PDT #2570 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm all for it if that means we can get rid of the Feature Animation category.
But then "the nomination will be the award" for animated films. They'll never win.
This is really just because the Academy has gotten filled up with younger voters who like smaller, indie films and the Oscar isn't the marketing tool it once was for mainstream fare.
megan walker - Jun 24, 2009 12:20:57 pm PDT #2571 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
But then "the nomination will be the award" for animated films. They'll never win.
I have no problem with that.
Glamcookie - Jun 24, 2009 12:59:46 pm PDT #2572 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
But but but - Miyazaki!!!