bonny,
thanks for sharing all that. I have certainly found your comments very interesting and informative and might not have stumbled upon them on my own.
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le nubian - Jul 30, 2009 6:38:06 am PDT #3231 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
beekaytee - Jul 30, 2009 6:56:06 am PDT #3232 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Thanks le n. It's funny how one reference...Peter Jackson, of all people...can set off an interesting conversation. That's one of the many things I love about this community.
InMovieNews, I watched Bottle Shock the other day...I confess it was because I'm an Alan Rickman completist...and enjoyed it more than I expected to.
I remember when that blind taste test occurred. I lived in Northern California and my father was into wines and my grandmother lived in Napa. The lowly NoCal vineyards were completely gobsmacked and that area just exploded with commerce.
"Bottle Shock", as a malady? Never heard of it...but I'm no man's oenophile.
Sean K - Jul 30, 2009 7:11:43 am PDT #3233 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I just saw an ad for a new miniseries on IFC - Bollywood Hero, starring Chris Kattan, apparently as himself (there's a clip of a guy begging him to do the Roxbury dance, and Kattan doesn't want to do it). He's apparently in India to star in a Bollywood musical. I'm not a very big Kattan fan, but I really want to see this.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 30, 2009 7:18:53 am PDT #3234 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Those are some awesome T-shirts. I have a friend who totally needs the "Big Trouble..." and "Tron" tees.
tommyrot - Jul 30, 2009 7:21:12 am PDT #3235 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.
What was the Federation called in the Mirrorverse? 'Cuz I love their symbol of the Earth with a huge knife running through it. I need a t-shirt with that design....
Frankenbuddha - Jul 30, 2009 7:24:07 am PDT #3236 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What was the Federation called in the Mirrorverse? 'Cuz I love their symbol of the Earth with a huge knife running through it. I need a t-shirt with that design....
According to Wikipedia, it's the Terran Empire.
Jon B. - Jul 30, 2009 8:05:54 am PDT #3237 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Terran Empire emblem: [link]
Tom Scola - Jul 30, 2009 1:39:35 pm PDT #3238 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The 2009 Venice Film Festival line-up was announced today, and one of the more interesting-looking films screening out-of-competition is Alex Cox's Repo Chick, described by the director on his blog as decidedly not a sequel to his own Repo Man, but "a story of different characters in a different world." And yet, Cox notes, that hasn't stopped Universal Studios from sending him a "cease and desist" letter, which he's chosen to ignore. So Universal has apparently decided to pull a two-year-old Jude Law organ-stealing vehicle called Repossession Mambo off their shelves and release it next year as Repo Men.
Laga - Jul 30, 2009 1:49:00 pm PDT #3239 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Oh for goodness sakes.
Strega - Jul 30, 2009 6:28:56 pm PDT #3240 of 30000
Versus is an excellent time. It's sort of like Evil Dead 2, but with Yakuza. And then you add in a little bit of Highlander, and a touch of Police Squad.
And the zombies with guns are fantastic.