Why did no one tell me the movie would give me flashbacks to Pushing Daisies?
Kaylee: So how many fell madly in love with you and wanted to take you away from all this? Inara: Just the one. I think I'm slipping.
'Serenity'
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Polter-Cow - Aug 30, 2009 1:46:31 pm PDT #4029 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2009 2:22:50 pm PDT #4030 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Star Wars joke was the only thing I found funnier than the Hall & Oates number, and the movie had plenty of laughs.
Polter-Cow - Aug 30, 2009 3:26:23 pm PDT #4031 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Refresh my memory: which Star Wars joke?
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2009 4:03:16 pm PDT #4032 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think it's during or near the Hall and Oates where Tom looks at his reflection and sees Han Solo looking back at him.
Polter-Cow - Aug 30, 2009 5:02:14 pm PDT #4033 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh right! Yeah, that was pretty awesome.
Vonnie K - Aug 31, 2009 4:58:56 am PDT #4034 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
My favourite joke from 500 Days of Summer was the extended homage/spoof of the pretentious 50's European movies, complete with a mime (or was it a clown? I think it was a mime.) I nearly pissed my pants.
le nubian - Aug 31, 2009 6:24:51 pm PDT #4035 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I am re-watching "A Room With a View." I love this movie. (sigh)
tommyrot - Sep 01, 2009 4:28:15 am PDT #4036 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.
Of course, now the View is marred by all the cellphone towers....
Sorry, that was my attempt at an uncaffinated joke. Anyway, here's this:
Wired’s Favorite Sci-Fi Flicks of All Time
Sept. 1 is the 107th anniversary of the premiere of what’s probably the world’s first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon.
(Yes, we know 107 is not a round number. It’s a prime number, which for these purposes, is even better. So, be silent, earthling!)
To mark the occasion, we asked the staffs of Wired.com and its companion magazine, Wired, to tell us their favorite science fiction flicks. We’re not claiming these are the best, or the greatest, or anything else but our favorites.
Here they are, in chronological order, more or less — there’s an outlier at the end of today’s installment, Today we covers anything that’s pre–Star Wars. Tomorrow we’ll show you our faves from Star Wars (1977) up to 2009.
Some of my faves of their faves:
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
Yay! But, SciFi?
Zardoz (1974)
Yay! Although I haven't seen it.
Lassie Come Home (1943)
OK, they put that one in as a joke.
Typo Boy - Sep 01, 2009 7:39:06 am PDT #4037 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
>The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)
Yay! But, SciFi?
Well, it IS atomic.
tommyrot - Sep 01, 2009 7:45:23 am PDT #4038 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.
Well, it IS atomic.
Yeah. Plus it's set in some alternate reality where doctors sing about the wonders of "undulating undies."