bf, I think I wonder why "Stepford Wives" is on there because I think of that movie more horror than scifi. But I'm not sure why I do. "Firefly" definitely seems scifi to me.
Who among us can ignore the allure of really funny math puns?
Willow ,'Empty Places'
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le nubian - Aug 05, 2009 7:44:45 am PDT #3323 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
tommyrot - Aug 05, 2009 8:45:20 am PDT #3324 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.
IONonSciFiN: Worst fight scene ever? Clip from the 1994 film Undefeatable.
I like how they try to show them hitting each other in slow motion, only instead of doing actual slomo, the actors just move more slowly.
The final bit of smartass dialog is just... well, you'll have to see for yourselves....
beekaytee - Aug 05, 2009 9:20:37 am PDT #3325 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Oh my everloving god. That's just...well, it's so...VERY. I'm stunned into Valley Girlisms.
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 05, 2009 11:44:03 am PDT #3326 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
To recap: ANYTHING is better than Dune. Except for the two tv series, which I quite like.
I'm guessing antipathy for Kyle MacLachlan from that movie prevented you from watching Showgirls?
beekaytee - Aug 05, 2009 11:52:53 am PDT #3327 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Um. I didn't watch Showgirls because I value my sight. Nothing to do with Kyle.
In fact, loved him in The Hidden, which come to think of it, would be on my top 100 Scifi movie list.
Kathy A - Aug 05, 2009 12:07:10 pm PDT #3328 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I would definitely put The Hidden up there! That's a really great action/SF film.
quester - Aug 05, 2009 1:49:11 pm PDT #3329 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I had forgotten The Hidden! I loved that movie.
And for the record, while Dune had major problems, it still looked wonderful and the visually the casting was mostly spot on.
megan walker - Aug 05, 2009 1:54:02 pm PDT #3330 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
And for the record, while Dune had major problems, it still looked wonderful and the visually the casting was mostly spot on.
It's one of the few movies I've almost walked out on.
Of course, being a completist, I've never actually walked out of a theater in the middle, but I've been tempted two or three times:
Dune
(despite Sting)
The Last Action Hero
(despite being on a date)
Bram Stoker's Dracula
(despite Keanu)
javachik - Aug 05, 2009 2:21:09 pm PDT #3331 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I walked out of a movie with Debra Winger once [eta: the movie was "Betrayed"]. I don't remember which one--it was so incredibly ugly and racist and unwatchable. I'm sure the point of the movie was supposed to be the opposite of those things, but I couldn't stomach the badness of the movie and racism.
Tom Scola - Aug 05, 2009 2:25:20 pm PDT #3332 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I walked out of Clan of the Cave Bear. I was getting a whole Aryan superirority vibe from it. I also walked out if Ocean's Twelve, because it sucked.