IO9 has an extended discussion of a) the fact that Marmaduke had an appalling opening and b) how it completely failed to engage any possible demographic.
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Jun 14, 2010 9:48:45 am PDT #6471 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Jessica - Jun 14, 2010 9:51:08 am PDT #6472 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I had no idea Marmaduke was a movie until DH reviewed it.
Kat - Jun 14, 2010 9:52:31 am PDT #6473 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Marmaduke did not look good. But I don't even like the Marmaduke comics so I'm clearly not the audience.
tommyrot - Jun 14, 2010 9:52:56 am PDT #6474 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I had no idea Marmaduke was a movie until DH reviewed it.
I did, because I saw this one poster at a bus stop on Sheridan near my apartment....
Amy - Jun 14, 2010 9:53:34 am PDT #6475 of 30001
Because books.
I can't figure out who it was supposed to appeal to. Kids aren't reading the newspaper comics anymore, are they? And I have no interest in a movie about Marmaduke. Of course, I've had no interest in the comic strip since I was about eight, either.
smonster - Jun 14, 2010 9:55:12 am PDT #6476 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I had no idea Marmaduke was a movie until DH reviewed it.
I was so intent on ignoring the trailer every time it came on that it took me about a dozen half-watches to notice Lee Pace.
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2010 9:56:57 am PDT #6477 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I watched the trailer a few months ago and it was one of the worst things I'd ever seen. WHY LEE PACE WHY.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2010 9:58:30 am PDT #6478 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think it was because Lee Pace was in it that I've known it was happening. Much like MGG being in Alvin & The Chipmunks 2 alerted me to the existence of the Squeakquel.
Hey, if any of you feel like breaking a tie, there's another one in the latest (season 5) Supernatural quote deathmatch: ita "Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?" Jun 13, 2010 1:49:05 pm PDT
Jessica - Jun 14, 2010 10:01:15 am PDT #6479 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Squeakquel
twitch
God I hate that word.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2010 10:04:34 am PDT #6480 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
God I hate that word.
There was a poster up near work with it FOREVER. For values of forever that equal longer than the Sherlock Holmes poster which is just the hottest poster to be out in a long time. Drove me bananas, as it embedded itself into my brain.
So now I have to inflict it on all and sundry.