Uh oh. I better warn my kids.
So Franny has decided that taking a few friends to see The Hobbit will suffice for the lack of birthday party this year. Isaac is possibly on board as well.
Dawn: I think a date should be in a real fancy restaurant, then champagne at a night club with a floor show, then ballroom dancing. Joyce: Unfortunately, we're not dating in a movie from the thirties.
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Burrell - Dec 16, 2013 8:39:37 pm PST #26063 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Jessica - Dec 17, 2013 3:10:13 am PST #26064 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wanted more Beorn too. He's important, damnit.
Tom Scola - Dec 17, 2013 3:25:03 am PST #26065 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Jessica - Dec 17, 2013 3:40:22 am PST #26066 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have....very mixed feelings about this. I would love to believe it can be pulled off.
Calli - Dec 17, 2013 3:59:23 am PST #26067 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will direct and star in Sandman.
Huh. OK. I'll be interested in seeing that. I kinda figured it was destined for Tim Burton, but I've certainly enjoyed other things JGL has done.
Dana - Dec 17, 2013 4:04:24 am PST #26068 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I saw that Sandman news yesterday, and was...kind of perplexed.
I thought the barrel scene in The Hobbit was hilarious.
Tom Scola - Dec 17, 2013 4:10:10 am PST #26069 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Looks like they issued a correction for that article, JGL will produce, not direct.
Kalshane - Dec 17, 2013 5:32:00 am PST #26070 of 30000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
With amych and Suela on the desire for a single-movie Phantom Edit of the whole trilogy. That would be wonderful.
I loved the animated Hobbit growing up. It lead my 8 year-old self to find and read the book and started my life-long love of fantasy. I haven't watched it recently, though I still have fond memories of that movie's version of the songs from the book. (The Greatest Adventure, not so much. And I recall the elf song in Rivendell being annoying.)
The weird mutant wood elves bugged me, though.
Burrell - Dec 17, 2013 7:06:40 am PST #26071 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I don't recall the animated Hobbit beyond a vague memory of seeing it and the overall look of the thing, but when I read this,
And I recall the elf song in Rivendell being annoying.
I thought, "Thorin would agree." Doesn't he complain in the book about the elves singing too much? I'd go check the text but Franny has been taking it to school to reread it.
Connie Neil - Dec 17, 2013 7:24:21 am PST #26072 of 30000
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"Bilbo Baggins on a pony! Isn't it delicious!"