OMG What We Do in the Shadows is absolutely hilarious. I'm not sure what else to say without giving too much of the funny away. I haven't laughed that hard since Guardians of the Galaxy, maybe? And if ever a film was made especially for Jilli, this is it.
Hey, evil dead, you're in my seat.
Xander ,'First Date'
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Frankenbuddha - Apr 10, 2015 10:56:40 pm PDT #28709 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
SailAweigh - Apr 11, 2015 3:41:55 pm PDT #28710 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Someone recommended that movie to me. Is it the one with the guys from the Flight of the Conchords?
Frankenbuddha - Apr 11, 2015 5:57:46 pm PDT #28711 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yes, the one who wasn't FIGWIT. Very much in the same deadpan quality of humor as FotC.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 14, 2015 5:43:18 am PDT #28712 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The last quarter of last night's horror movie viewing reminded me why I remembered C.H.U.D. fondly. Rather than screaming and cowering like the traditional horror movie love interest, Kim Greist's character:
1) bolted immediately upon being confronted by a C.H.U.D. peering over the starwell bannister at her,
2) locked herself in a room and moved lots of furniture in front of the door,
3) blinded the C.H.U.D. with bleach when it burst through her barricade,
4) grabbed a ceremonial saber and lopped its head off,
5) pragmatically kicked away the decapitated head that tried to bite her,
6) stole a police car and rushed to the area where boyfriend John Heard (the nominal "hero" of the movie) was trapped in sewers being filled with gas,
7) badgered police officers on the scene until they told her who was in charge,
8) chased said shady government official down on foot, and
9) warned John Heard and Daniel Stern about the shady government official's attempts to run them over after they escaped the sewer.
All this two years before Ellen Ripley kicked alien queen ass. If the movie had just followed her rather than John Heard the previous hour and a half probably wouldn't have been such a snoozefest.
Tom Scola - Apr 14, 2015 5:50:21 am PDT #28713 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There's a famous quote by Joss about how he created Buffy:
The first thing I ever thought of when I thought of Buffy, the movie, was the little...blonde girl who goes into a dark alley and gets killed, in every horror movie. The idea of Buffy was to subvert that idea, that image, and create someone who was a hero where she had always been a victim.
I think it's quite likely that Joss got the idea by watching Night of the Comet, where the blonde lead character is attacked by zombies in a dark alleyway, who then proceeds to beat the shit out of them.
Steph L. - Apr 14, 2015 5:52:43 am PDT #28714 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Night of the Comet
That movie is good stuff.
Una - Apr 14, 2015 6:43:05 am PDT #28715 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Given that quote, I absolutely love that the first little blonde girl we see in the show is *Darla*.
Polter-Cow - Apr 14, 2015 7:57:26 am PDT #28716 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Night of the Comet
That movie is good stuff.
Daddy would have gotten us Uzis.
DavidS - Apr 14, 2015 7:51:20 pm PDT #28717 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think it's quite likely that Joss got the idea by watching Night of the Comet,
I'm pretty sure he's specifically cited Night of the Comet for the tone of Buffy's character.
Steph L. - Apr 16, 2015 10:35:30 am PDT #28718 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
That new Star Wars teaser makes me think it might not be hopeless bullshit. Old Man Han Solo and Chewie made me SO HAPPY.