X-posted with Natter- The Ballad of G.I. Joe. [link]
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
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Daisy Jane - Aug 12, 2009 1:25:44 pm PDT #3630 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
dcp - Aug 12, 2009 1:59:45 pm PDT #3631 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Jaws
I didn't get to see Jaws until two years after it came out, and I had already read the book, so I figured I was pretty well prepared for it, but I still flinched at some of the "surprise!" moments, and for a few nights afterward shadows in my bedroom looked enough like sharks to make my pulse race.
Now I've seen Jaws so many times in passing on TV that I'm desensitized, and it only comes across as a comedy.
If you've never seen the movie, though, Robert Shaw as Quint telling the story of the Indianapolis alone is worth the price of the DVD rental.
Cashmere - Aug 12, 2009 2:37:01 pm PDT #3632 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
It's easily the least obnoxious of the entertainments my children like. I'll take techno & dancing and Mark Mothersbaugh teaching kids to draw and Biz Markie teaching kids to beatbox any day over the mindnumbing stupidity of Scooby Doo or the insipidity of Blue's Clues.
Oh, TONS more obnoxious shit out there! Tiny Planets comes to mind. But that could be because it came on in the wee hours of the morning when I would be unwilliingly awake with toddlers. At the end of the show, the two aliens would be snuggled in bed and all I could think was, "you total bastards."
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2009 3:29:45 pm PDT #3633 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.
Robert Shaw as Quint telling the story of the Indianapolis alone is worth the price of the DVD rental.
Huh. I still haven't seen Jaws, although I did read the Reader's Digest Condensed Book version of the novel (my mom got those).
There should be a movie about the Indianapolis. Would be kind of a downer, though.
javachik - Aug 12, 2009 3:38:19 pm PDT #3634 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I have a great book on the Indianapolis--you can borrow it!
Laga - Aug 12, 2009 3:40:39 pm PDT #3635 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
ugh it's just so horrible. I like my violence in the "that could never happen" vein.
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2009 3:45:00 pm PDT #3636 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.
I have a great book on the Indianapolis--you can borrow it!
Heh. I have one or two myself....
megan walker - Aug 12, 2009 3:46:01 pm PDT #3637 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I saw Jaws pretty soon after it came out, i.e., way too young (I went to the campus showing, which we fac brats often did). To this day, I am not happy swimming because in the back of my mind I think something's going to get me, even in a lake.
There's also a similar reasoning to explain why I always have a clear shower curtain. What can I say? I'm susceptible.
Good thing I didn't see much horror as a child. I do remember seeing the (I'm sure) god-awful It's Alive when I was about 10. I remember being freaked out for weeks afterward whenever I heard a baby cry .
tommyrot - Aug 12, 2009 3:51:58 pm PDT #3638 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.
Huh. The loss of the cruiser Juneau during WWII was almost as big a fuckup for the Navy as the Indianapolis (in both cases the Navy didn't launch the search for survivors until days after the sinkings due to bureaucratic fuckups). And that did get made into a movie, The Sullivans, about the five Sullivan brothers who all died on the Juneau. [link]
Ooh - it's available on DVD.
Laga - Aug 12, 2009 3:57:52 pm PDT #3639 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
oh that's so sad. I didn't know The Sullivans died due to negligence. I used to walk by their poster every day when I worked in the library. It was all "Join the Navy! They gave their lives for their country and so should you!" (I'm sure my paraphrasing is a wee bit prejudiced) No mention of it being a total waste.