Also, my ex (Emmett's mom) encountered a separated-at-birth twins scenario at summer camp when she was growing up. (Not her - two other campers.)
Are you sure she wasn't just remembering seeing The Parent Trap when she was a kid?
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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DXMachina - Aug 07, 2018 7:30:51 am PDT #1636 of 3463
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Vonnie K - Aug 07, 2018 7:38:36 am PDT #1637 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
If I hadn't gotten the yearly plan I'd have been long gone by now—moviegoing should not be ADDING stress and uncertainty to my life, it's supposed to be a way to relax!
Right?? I paid surge pricing once, then the second day the theaters were blacked out for selection, I was like, fuck this, I'm out. But I was a monthly subscriber. The unreliability was the crux of the thing. And who the hell knows how the plan will change in the next few weeks?
I keep checking on the entertainment news to see what other shenanigans MoviePass people are up to every day, even after cancelling. It's like a slow trainwreck -- I can't look away. I think their stock fell from like $35 last year to less than a buck this month. Someone referred to this as an inadvertent Robin Hood scheme, where they unwittingly enabled taking money from a bunch of clueless venture capitalists and giving them to the People in the form of movie tickets. It kinda was!
In the long run, this may end up facilitating several theater chains offering competitive subscription services, which is a good news for the consumers.
msbelle - Aug 07, 2018 7:45:58 am PDT #1638 of 3463
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I'm staying with my MoviePass for the time being. I bop between several theaters to see what I want and 3 movies a month works for me.
The daily changes need to stop though.
DavidS - Aug 07, 2018 10:16:34 am PDT #1639 of 3463
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Are you sure she wasn't just remembering seeing The Parent Trap when she was a kid?
It was pretty similar! Though it didn't have the same ending.
I can't remember their names but EM went to the same summer camp for all of her childhood.
She gets there at age 12 and greets her friend Anne (let's say), who she's known for years. The girl says, "I'm not Anne but you're the third person to call me that. Who's Anne?"
EM takes new girl, Jane (all names made) to meet Anne. They are agog. They look exactly alike. They are both adopted. They become friends and compare notes all summer.
They both live near NYC and after camp is over they meet each other in Manhattan. One of them has snooped through her parents papers and they have the name of the woman who gave them up for adoption!
She works in the Empire State building. They know what she looks like. They decide to confront her at work.
At the end of the workday, the woman comes down the elevator to the lobby and she sees these two twelve year old girls who are identical. Who look exactly like she did when she was that age. She knows exactly who they are. Her face turns white, and she turns on her heel and goes back to the elevator. She refuses to ever meet with them.
But the two sisters found each other and remained close.
Jessica - Aug 08, 2018 10:53:05 am PDT #1640 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
New Oscar category "Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film"
Terrible idea, or the most terrible idea?
Discuss!
Dana - Aug 08, 2018 10:54:57 am PDT #1641 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
They could just call it "Genre Ghetto" and save us all some time.
Jessica - Aug 08, 2018 10:57:35 am PDT #1642 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's such a pathetic ratings grab for the broadcast while ALSO being an excuse for never giving Best Picture to something like Black Panther.
Tom Scola - Aug 08, 2018 11:00:41 am PDT #1643 of 3463
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Birth. Movies. Death. said they should just call it "Best Cape".
Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 08, 2018 3:17:56 pm PDT #1644 of 3463
"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
It's such a pathetic ratings grab for the broadcast while ALSO being an excuse for never giving Best Picture to something like Black Panther.
If it's the first winner they can underscore the insult by making the statue a golden lawn jockey!
Dana - Aug 08, 2018 3:23:24 pm PDT #1645 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Yeah, the comment I saw on Twitter was that really, this was the year they decided to create a category that's basically separate but equal?