After he was laid off at 40, Lee Child deliberately set out to create lucrative thrillers. I doubt he would say much about the casting if the deal was right. As I recall, he's said he thinks of Jack Reacher as his height, which is 6'5".
Cruise should TOTALLY cast everyone proportionally shorter than him and use forced perspective an' stuff to LOOK 6'5". It could be a whole reverse-Hobbit thing.
How does someone sound Jewish?
It could be an inflection/cadence/word-arranging kind of thing. I can't describe it well, but as far as I can tell you don't so much talk like a Catskills comic.
The Average White Baby is in the house!
And Matilda is feeding him.
Consuela, if you can get the doctor on the phone, maybe a little something for yourself??
No shit. I mean, not to be like "OMG, you really need to calm down!" or anything--more "OMG, you deserve a chance to freakin' relax"
Maybe some medicinal marijuana. :)
Cruise should TOTALLY cast everyone proportionally shorter than him and use forced perspective an' stuff to LOOK 6'5".
OK, I might see THAT, for shits and giggles. I just don't see how Tom Cruise is going to seem physically imposing. And while I don't think the guy has to be UGLY (I mean, he somehow finds women who do shit for him every book, he's gotta have something), he's supposed to be someone who gets on a bus to new towns with his wallet, and like, a knife and a toothbrush. Tom Cruise strikes me as someone who'd have to carry a mirror and gel.
I'm pretty sure a wallet and a knife would be too many possessions for Real Jack Reacher.
No shit. I mean, not to be like "OMG, you really need to calm down!" or anything--more "OMG, you deserve a chance to freakin' relax"
Yeah, that.
Loki is a big furry ball of therapy. He's making big eyes and puring at me as I rearrange his fatexcess skin. He's a big ball of cuddle. I wish I could ship his soothings to Consuela.
But I think I can make a compelling argument that Brad Pitt should have played most of the roles in that movie. Well, either it is actually compelling or Jilli and Plei wanted me to shut up.
No, it is an actually compelling argument! One that we have developed shorthand for!
but love Magnolia -- please forgive me, Teppy
t obligatory Magnolia stinkeye
suela, vent away. When life feels one note, then venting makes perfect sense. It's not boring, at least to me. I just wish it were easier for you.
No opinion on the new TC movie, but knee jerk negative reaction to Cruise as an actor.
I went to the worst PD ever, which brings out the rude in me. It was sort of ugly... actually beyond ugly. The woman was both pedantic and ill-informed. Then in the stack of "articles" on giftedness she passed out, she included one from about.com. Really? This woman has her doctorate from where exactly?
(She also claimed that baby boomers weren't cheaters, in the grand scheme. And while I agree that cheating, like technology, is more pervasive now, I have to question that statement.)
YAY NORA AND TOM
poor Homer
Does anyone know where my credit card is? (and if you guess me, you lose)
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suela, vent away. When life feels one note, then venting makes perfect sense. It's not boring, at least to me. I just wish it were easier for you.
Very much this.
and if you guess me, you lose
No, seriously. That's where it is. Who are you to argue? I mean, other than you? Look again. I'm sure of it.
To anyone who has an Android phone: be careful, it will call strangers. Seriously--tell it to call Brian Rich and it will totally look a number up on the internet and call it, and I DIDN'T SAY BRIAN RICH. I DON'T KNOW ANYONE CALLED BRIAN RICH. Voicemail picked up before I worked out what had happened.
