it is.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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Laga - Mar 09, 2009 5:40:13 pm PDT #367 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2009 5:41:09 pm PDT #368 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I decided that it was Ozy's hair...
For me it was that and the occasional pursed mouth - just a little too Church Lady-ish.
megan walker - Mar 09, 2009 8:00:03 pm PDT #369 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Re: my earlier commentary comment. It's not that I have no interest in commentary at all, it's just that there are plenty of movies I rent where I have no interest in it.
Classic movies? Most movies I own? Sure.
The commentary on many Criterion editions was very useful when I was teaching. My dissertation advisor did the commentary for 1/2 of Criterion's Les Enfants du paradis.
But I often use my Netflix to quickly catch up on things I haven't seen. Usually I don't want to watch them twice before returning them, so I can see the reasoning behind special "no features" editions. Besides, that is often the edition that first comes out anyway. Most of the movies in my recent Oscar blitz were pretty stripped down feature-wise.
And, remember, many people didn't even care when most movies were pan and scan. I doubt they get into features much.
Laga - Mar 09, 2009 9:28:16 pm PDT #370 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
gah! film broke during the opening credits and they cancelled the show. We're trying again on Wednesday.
le nubian - Mar 10, 2009 2:24:41 am PDT #371 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the thing that gets me is that those three movies of Baz have nothing in common with each other, except they were directed by him. So to sell them as a trilogy doesn't quite work for me.
Jessica - Mar 10, 2009 3:55:13 am PDT #372 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Questions for people who have seen Watchmen but not read the book:
1: Did you understand what the Keene Act was?
2: What did you think the implications were of Rorschach's journal being published by The New Frontiersman?
I was talking about the movie with a co-worker yesterday and the people who hadn't read the book in the group he saw it with missed the point BIG time on both of those. (Which we both agree was not their fault, since Snyder kind of forgot to put them in the movie.)
Jessica - Mar 10, 2009 3:56:06 am PDT #373 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I think Baz himself came up with the "Red Curtain Trilogy" thing, but I could be wrong there.
Steph L. - Mar 10, 2009 4:12:14 am PDT #374 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Jess, I know that The Boy totally got #1. I'll have to ask him about #2. I wish Snyder had had the chance to play up the loony fringe-ness of The New Frontiersman. (And also, in the book -- I can't remember -- didn't Rorschach view The New Frontiersman as the only paper that told the truth? Which is why he delivered his journal there?) Again, I would have liked to see that just a little bit in the movie.
Miracleman - Mar 10, 2009 4:19:12 am PDT #375 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I don't know that Rorschach viewed the New Frontiersman as the ONLY paper to tell the truth, but he certainly was a devoted reader.
tommyrot - Mar 10, 2009 4:20:06 am PDT #376 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.
And also, in the book -- I can't remember -- didn't
Yes.