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Gris - Nov 06, 2014 7:50:25 am PST #28001 of 30000
Hey. New board.

I watched that the other day too! I agree, it's gross, but I thought it did a good job of staying on the "it sucks but this is the world she lives in" side of gross.

I loved the midwestern step-mom/groupie/whatever by the end.

I thought it was a very enjoyable movie.


Polter-Cow - Nov 06, 2014 12:37:14 pm PST #28002 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

John Lasseter will direct Toy Story 4.


erikaj - Nov 06, 2014 3:48:59 pm PST #28003 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

All Kim Dickens boosters should watch Treme, too.


Frankenbuddha - Nov 06, 2014 9:48:30 pm PST #28004 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

All Kim Dickens boosters should watch Treme, too.

Tru dat.

And I'm guilty of missing a season and a half, although the season I missed was cut to way fewer episodes. But guilty still. And for some reason this is a show I feel REALLY guilty about missing.


erikaj - Nov 07, 2014 5:39:00 pm PST #28005 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!

And not only because David Simon might find you on the internet and tell you you suck, right?(Although he might--I've never seen someone so famous so on top of the vanity google. Sometimes, it makes me sad. I need him to be better than I am, I suppose.) But yeah, you should catch up, because it continued to be good. Although not especially resolved, because it's a Simon joint and apparently tidiness gives him allergies. But I do admire his apparent commitment not to write "chick parts" so he can get such good work out of Kim Dickens, Melissa Leo, and Khandi Alexander, who were all great in other stuff that's probably more on topic.


Jessica - Nov 08, 2014 11:47:41 am PST #28006 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Took the kids (plus some neighbor kids) to Big Hero 6 today, and it was tons of fun! Definitely Disney's "let's merchandise to boys this year" answer to Frozen, even if it just might pass the Bechdel test. (There are two female characters with names who talk to each other about science, but it's always in big group scenes because ALL of the scenes are big group scenes except for when Hiro is alone with Baymax.)

The production design is really fantastic. "San Fransokyo" is an absolutely beautiful city. Baymax is sweet and funny, and there is a scene where he learns how to fist bump that makes me want to buy one for Ichabod Crane.

The story could be better plotted, but it's heart is in the right place and I really wound up loving it by the end.

Stay through the end credits. There is a Thing.


Calli - Nov 09, 2014 6:46:49 am PST #28007 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm watching Shall We Dance (1937, Rogers and Astaire). There's a scene where Astaire's' character decides that if he can't dance with Rogers' character then he'll dance with a dozen or so women wearing masks of her face. I'm finding it kinda creepy, which isn't my usual response to Rogers and Astaire movies.


Typo Boy - Nov 09, 2014 8:34:37 am PST #28008 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Hitchcock's North by Northwest remains awesome, in spite of the fact that one of the villain's minions is an *actual* commie-pinko-fag.

I watched that election night instead of tormenting myself getting the bad news drip-drip-drip through the night.


Tom Scola - Nov 09, 2014 8:42:08 am PST #28009 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

if he can't dance with Rogers' character then he'll dance with a dozen or so women wearing masks of her face. I'm finding it kinda creepy,

Hmmph. That’s nothing.


Calli - Nov 09, 2014 12:05:33 pm PST #28010 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

Wow, Tom. I feel like I should have been on something while watching that.