Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai  

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.


Steph L. - Jul 12, 2009 5:16:02 pm PDT #2953 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Was it a flaming peanut? Did he shoot it out of a gun?

I haven't seen Daredevil, so feel free to make shit up and embellish as much as possible.


tommyrot - Jul 12, 2009 5:18:08 pm PDT #2954 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.

It was a peanut that was heated up to the temperature of the sun's core with lasers, then teleported into the brain of the bad guy, killing everyone within a ten-mile radius.

eta: Or maybe the peanut was compressed until it turned into a black hole, and then it was shoved up the bad guy's ass.


Steph L. - Jul 12, 2009 5:19:08 pm PDT #2955 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism

DUDE! SWEET!

(WHAT'S MINE SAY?!?)

(...sorry; wrong movie.)


DavidS - Jul 12, 2009 5:22:01 pm PDT #2956 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

tommy's answers are too good to contravene.

(Though I will note the peanut kill was the most amusing thing in the movie and something I think about when flying next to an obnoxious co-passenger.)


Laga - Jul 12, 2009 7:24:22 pm PDT #2957 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

The paperclip was pretty good. I liked the extra flourish.


tommyrot - Jul 13, 2009 8:05:30 am PDT #2958 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.

Dog sleep disorders in Disney films

University of Barcelona researchers noted that dogs in classic Disney films frequently seem to exhibit REM behavior disorder (RBD). Below is the full abstract for their scientific paper, published in a 2007 issue of the journal Sleep Medicine:

During a viewing of Disney's animated film Cinderella (1950), one author (AI) noticed a dog having nightmares with dream-enactment that strongly resembled RBD. This prompted a study in which all Disney classic full-length animated films and shorts were analyzed for other examples of RBD. Three additional dogs were found with presumed RBD in the classic films Lady and the Tramp (1955) and The Fox and the Hound (1981), and in the short Pluto's Judgment Day (1935). These dogs were elderly males who would pant, whine, snuffle, howl, laugh, paddle, kick, and propel themselves while dreaming that they were chasing someone or running away. In Lady and the Tramp the dog was also losing both his sense of smell and his memory, two associated features of human RBD. These four films were released before RBD was first formally described in humans and dogs. In addition, systematic viewing of the Disney films identified a broad range of sleep disorders, including nightmares, sleepwalking, sleep related seizures, disruptive snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia and circadian rhythm sleep disorder. These sleep disorders were inserted as comic elements. The inclusion of a broad range of accurately depicted sleep disorders in these films indicates that the Disney screenwriters were astute observers of sleep and its disorders.


Kathy A - Jul 13, 2009 9:33:55 am PDT #2959 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The Chicago Tribune's given Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince 3 1/2 stars (out of four), and he calls it among the best of the bunch, next to HP&PoA. The review is not spoilerific if you've read the book.


Aims - Jul 13, 2009 9:45:12 am PDT #2960 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I am so excited!! t bounce bounce bounce

I see it in, like, 24 hours!!


le nubian - Jul 13, 2009 9:57:32 am PDT #2961 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

hmm. very interesting! given that they are splitting up the final book into 2 movies, I wonder if this will be the last opportunity for a really GOOD movie.


Kathy A - Jul 13, 2009 12:57:13 pm PDT #2962 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Why did I think HP didn't open until Friday? I was just looking at the show times, and it opens Wednesday--yay! (And, d'uh! on my part.) I've got to buy my ticket for Wed. night after work.