They, for the most part, obeyed my one rule of possible plot holes: Ask the question. Give me a line of dialogue. Acknowledge you thought of it, even if your answer is "I dunno."
::golf claps:: That is an utterly splendid rule.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
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JZ - Feb 14, 2010 4:26:17 pm PST #6813 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Kathy A - Feb 14, 2010 5:14:39 pm PST #6814 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
2) Okay, I'm a dolt. It has taken me nearly a year to figure out that Bones is Eomer. He does such a good job!
3) (related to 2)) Bones and Scotty? My favorite characters.
The casting for Bones and Scotty were the reason I was so excited to see this film in the first place. I'm such a Karl Urban fangirl that I was all over the idea of him playing McCoy, and Pegg is such an SF fanboy that him playing Scotty was a perfect choice.
They, for the most part, obeyed my one rule of possible plot holes: Ask the question. Give me a line of dialogue. Acknowledge you thought of it, even if your answer is "I dunno."
One of my favorite examples of this was back on classic Dr. Who, during a Pertwee ep, when someone asked the Doctor about some time-travel conundrum issue. He is just about to answer when he's interrupted by the monster of the week. At least they got the question out there, even though the answer was never given.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 5:44:28 pm PST #6815 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Isn't that call "hanging a lantern on it"?
Pointing out a plot incongruity within the plot?
§ ita § - Feb 14, 2010 5:48:06 pm PST #6816 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not a lantern--a lampshade.
Laga - Feb 14, 2010 5:59:57 pm PST #6817 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
quick poll: what's the scariest ghost movie you ever saw?
Juliebird - Feb 14, 2010 6:03:23 pm PST #6818 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
The Frighteners!
I kid, although...
The Others, maybe? I'm ruling out anything that was gory and gross and disturbing.
Laga - Feb 14, 2010 6:06:34 pm PST #6819 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yeah The Others definitely wigged me out. I can't decide if it was scarier than The 6th Sense because I never saw the latter on the big screen.
Kathy A - Feb 14, 2010 6:10:33 pm PST #6820 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I always liked Lady in White. It wasn't overly scary, but Lukas Haas did a good job portraying terror, and the scene with the little girl ghost reliving her assault and death was horrific in its own way.
Laga - Feb 14, 2010 6:12:43 pm PST #6821 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Ooh I've never ssen that. I'll put it on the list.
DavidS - Feb 14, 2010 6:13:58 pm PST #6822 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Lady in White is very good.
I vote for the original version of The Haunting, though.