It least it had a few good elderly actors being featured in major roles. But yeah, Fenny and Gregory Bates were terrifying in the book, and just kinda pathetic in the movie.
Wesley: All right. I'm going to let you all in on something you may have trouble comprehending. I assure you however-- Gunn: Vampires are real. Wesley: I was telling!
'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2010 6:46:31 pm PST #6870 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
javachik - Feb 17, 2010 8:29:53 pm PST #6871 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Ghost Story terrified me as a kid (the book). I never saw the movie. I heart Peter Straub.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 18, 2010 3:25:50 am PST #6872 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
But yeah, Fenny and Gregory Bates were terrifying in the book, and just kinda pathetic in the movie.
Not to mention non-sensical without Sears James' story.
So much of his earlier stuff was just epic.
I think Shadowland is my favorite, but Ghost Story was close.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2010 6:23:05 am PST #6873 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.
Whedon And Super-Size Me Director Are Casting Their Comic Con Documentary
Rumor has it Morgan Spurlock and geek overlord Joss Whedon may teaming up for a project documenting fan culture at San Diego Comic Con. And they're looking for three subjects to follow around. Any takers?
After making a bunch of fanboy jokes, E! is reporting that Whedon and Spurlock are currently looking for the ultimate geeks to profile in a possible Comic Con documentary.
"They want to follow people for about three months leading up to this year's Comic-Con," the source said. "And then they want to film them there. They're looking at all types of people."
erikaj - Feb 18, 2010 7:22:13 am PST #6874 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
VICTORY! Sorry, comic-con shoutout.
Juliebird - Feb 19, 2010 2:51:47 pm PST #6875 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Rewatching The Fall. My love just grows. And now the end that usually ticks me off I finally get. Where before I viewed it as a horrific testimony to the f***ed up things stunt people did back in the day as compared to now and therefore was completely not in keeping with the rest of the story, I suddenly realized that it was about Alexandria's imagination and the power of that and that, whatever happened to Roy, in her eyes, he lived on forever in her eyes. Every stuntman was him, walking, standing, climbing, jumping and falling. The control she took over his story that finally gave him a reason to live, gave him the ability to heal and walk. Even if it isn't true, it's her story now.
Laga - Feb 20, 2010 9:49:18 pm PST #6876 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Rewatching Inglourious Basterds I just caught that the basterds' seats at the premiere are Tarantino's usual seats at the Cinerama Dome (Row CC).
§ ita § - Feb 21, 2010 2:57:16 pm PST #6877 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aims - Feb 21, 2010 3:07:25 pm PST #6878 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Ok. Just saw The Princess and the Frog tonight. I sobbed. It was awesome.
quester - Feb 21, 2010 3:51:25 pm PST #6879 of 30000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I saw The Young Victoria. It was a lush Masterpiece Theatre movie. And I've seen other films that cover the same territory, but it was still pretty and full of familiar British actors.