THAT is a very enjoyable movie. As is While You Were Sleeping.
"You could've had me for a song." Take that Dermot McDermott boyfriend guy!
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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DavidS - Jun 30, 2009 8:43:47 pm PDT #2817 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Maysa - Jun 30, 2009 10:11:44 pm PDT #2818 of 30000
Chiming in late, and out of lurkdom, to say - if you want a really good Truffaut film try Two English Girls. It's dark and sad and lovely. The story is a lot like Jules et Jim (and it was also based on a book by Henri-Pierre Roché) but it's much better and more grown up.
Juliebird - Jul 01, 2009 1:44:20 am PDT #2819 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Fireflies in the Garden, watch for the Ryan Reynolds, rewatch to see RR throwing small children around and telling them "Whatever" and "I could totally kick your ass, it's not even funny".
sumi - Jul 01, 2009 4:29:11 am PDT #2820 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Bill Nighy is joining the cast of the next HP movie.
Leaky Cauldron speculates he will play veteran Auror Rufus Scrimgeour; "I don't think I'm allowed to say it, but I'm going to be in the next Harry Potter film," Nighy told the newspaper. "I won't say which character, but he's a goodie. I just got the gig."
(Other casting spoiler - for a tv show at link.)
Tom Scola - Jul 01, 2009 6:08:51 am PDT #2821 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Soderbergh's "Moneyball" gets shut down by Sony, just days before shooting was to begin: [link]
Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2009 1:47:27 pm PDT #2822 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ladies and gentlemen, my Star Trek post. Thanks to everyone who suggested episodes!
Frankenbuddha - Jul 02, 2009 2:12:39 pm PDT #2823 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Nice viewing there. I can't believe you didn't succumb to watching everything.
Mirror, Mirror - Kirk, Scotty, McCoy, and Uhura end up in a parallel universe. Evil Spock! Evil Sulu! Evil Chekov! Spock's evil goatee was not as evil as I expected, sadly, but Evil Scarface Sulu was pretty awesome. And Marlena was pretty hot. Oh, and Uhura got to be badass! A-
I think the interesting thing in this episode was that Alterna!Spock wasn't really any different. And that the Vulcans would concede it was logical to fall in with the dominant power at the time instead of rebelling.
However, this 'verse gets REALLY interesting during DS9. Nana Visitor blows everybody else out of the water in terms of who played an evil version of themselves.
Also, in retrospect, it's really interesting to note that A) Odo was also close to the being exactly the same on the other side, much like Spock, and B) NV's alternate was highly offended by his death (given their "our 'verse" eventual romance).
Polter-Cow - Jul 02, 2009 2:15:25 pm PDT #2824 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I can't believe you didn't succumb to watching everything.
Well, I have, just not in a mainlining fashion. I wanted to get through all the good and important episodes first so I could grok the discussions. Now I can watch all the others at my leisure.
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2009 2:15:58 pm PDT #2825 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That was cool, P-C!
It's easy to see why the show is a classic, and its influence on all sci-fi television following it is undeniable.
I can't objectively judge it, because I loved it so as a child....
I was interested in it as a cultural text, but I wound up enjoying it as a television show.
Cool.
tommyrot - Jul 02, 2009 2:45:25 pm PDT #2826 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Not to change the subject, but this movie looks, if possible, to be even more awesome than 2012 or that giant shark vs. giant... squid, was it? Anyway, you gotta see this preview, and tell me that I'm not crazy when I say this preview is really... something....
RoboGeisha trailer is awesome, includes weaponized tempura shrimp
There is no part of this trailer that is not made of awesome. A robot geisha transforms into a tank. Two robot geishas (I guess) spew poison milk (don't ask) out of their titties at an opponent. A girl gets stabbed to death in the butt with a giant sword. Robot girls make giant swords pop out of their butts, presumably with which to stab other people in their butts. "Bust Machine Gun." And a dude is blinded with tempura shrimp.
All this and more in the trailer for Noboru Iguchi's new film RoboGeisha - you may recall his similarly-themed films Machine Girl and Tokyo Gore Police. According to the website, the film will be "in theatre fall 2009."
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The "so bad it's good" award has at least one strong entry this year. Winning scene for me? Buildings spewing blood after being crushed by a giant robot. The robo-sword pants makes for a close second, though.