Dude, don't watch that movie. Seriously. Bang your head against a wall for two hours instead.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
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Dana - Sep 27, 2009 7:57:42 am PDT #4234 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
DavidS - Sep 27, 2009 8:14:16 am PDT #4235 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dude, don't watch that movie. Seriously. Bang your head against a wall for two hours instead.
Too late! It has the dwarf lady from Poltergeist and Rebekkah Del Rio from Mulholland Drive!
DavidS - Sep 27, 2009 8:18:50 am PDT #4236 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bai Ling has already kissed Wallace Shawn and The Rock. Justin Timberlake has facial scars and all the women have Hairdos.
le nubian - Sep 27, 2009 8:25:44 am PDT #4237 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
WTF?
Peace be with you on this quest.
tommyrot - Sep 27, 2009 8:53:10 am PDT #4238 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.
Dude, don't watch that movie. Seriously. Bang your head against a wall for two hours instead.
I liked it. I'd have a hard time explaining why, but the Mega-Zeppelin was part of the reason (sorry, Hec.) Plus it's general over-the-top-ness and humor. (Like when SMG explains why she won't do anal .) Plus the music is awesome.
Hayden - Sep 27, 2009 9:18:24 am PDT #4239 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I was kidding about Polanski. He did a terrible thing 32 years ago, but only after having faced firsthand some of the worst things in the 20th century (i.e. the Holocaust and Charlie Manson). His victim has made peace with him and it's a certainty that it won't happen again. I mean, it's not like he's spent the last 32 years doing drugs and molesting children. I just don't see where there's any justice in this. It's a meaningless vendetta.
bon bon - Sep 27, 2009 9:29:17 am PDT #4240 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Punishing someone who had evaded justice for forcible rape (including sodomy) is not a meaningless vendetta. Nor is the behavior of a judge or prior bad experiences even remotely an excuse for it.
Hayden - Sep 27, 2009 12:41:00 pm PDT #4241 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Well, yes, those are the facts of the case. And without trying to excuse Polanski's actions or deny these facts, I'm saying the prosecution of Roman Polanski is a meaningless pursuit at this point. There is not a conceivable outcome that will result in anything like justice for any aggrieved party, including the U.S. legal system. I question why Switzerland chose to arrest Polanski now, instead of the numerous times that he has been in the country in the past 32 years. I question how extradition to the U.S., presuming that's the point of the arrest, will result in an outcome that is better for anyone than the status quo.
Scrappy - Sep 27, 2009 1:06:50 pm PDT #4242 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Well, the case could be decided and Polanski could be free to travel and work in the USA.
Hayden - Sep 27, 2009 1:13:50 pm PDT #4243 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Call me cynical, but I don't think that's too likely.