I can only assume the Dune purists were less than impressed with that interpretation...
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
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EpicTangent - May 19, 2020 4:00:34 pm PDT #2669 of 3424
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Matt the Bruins fan - May 19, 2020 5:37:52 pm PDT #2670 of 3424
"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
Y'know, I don't think I've ever actually run across a Dune purist.
-t - May 19, 2020 6:09:15 pm PDT #2671 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I have. I don't think that particular thing made it into any complaints that I heard, though. I mean, there was so much else!
EpicTangent - May 19, 2020 8:28:31 pm PDT #2672 of 3424
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Enough else that holographic refrigerator boxes didn't make the cut? Wow.
Toddson - May 20, 2020 5:54:45 am PDT #2673 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I once saw a cartoon - in the autumn - showing a sandworm parked outside a Starbucks with the caption, "the pumpkin spice must flow."
Jessica - May 20, 2020 7:19:12 am PDT #2674 of 3424
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I don't think that particular thing made it into any complaints that I heard, though. I mean, there was so much else!
And to be fair, at the time the movie was released the reaction would have been more "WOW DIGITAL EFFECTS EXIST!" and less "WOW these digital effects are garbage."
Vonnie K - May 20, 2020 11:06:47 am PDT #2675 of 3424
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
TCM is scheduling movies this month around the theme of Asian Americans in classic Hollywood: [link]
The only movies I'd seen out of that list are Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (which does not really count as it has Jennifer Jones playing a Eurasian, le sigh) and Flower Drum Song, which I am a little leery about revisiting after all these years. Not that I remember much else other than "I Enjoy Being A Girl." Anyway, on a lark, I checked out The Crimson Kimono, a breezy 90 minute Sam Fuller thriller set in LA, featuring a love triangle involving a white girl who is a key witness to a murder and a pair of detective partners, one of whom is portrayed by the Japanese American actor James Shigeta. And it is honestly a little shocking how progressive the movie is for the times (1959). Not to mention how James Shigeta is HOT LIKE BURNING, with that sensitive face and the lovely voice, plus charisma to burn. He plays a supporting character in Flower Drum Song, but this is a much better showcase for him. It's available on Watch TCM app for streaming until tomorrow if you have cable.
On Criterion Channel, I finally got around to seeing the two Kelly Reichardt films I've been meaning to check out. Really loved Wendy and Lucy, and still trying to wrap my head around Meek's Cutoff, especially that ending. Michelle Williams is such an impressive actress. Who knew all those years ago when we met her as Jen Linley on Dawson's Creek?
Beverly - May 20, 2020 2:00:23 pm PDT #2676 of 3424
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Being Of An Age to have seen Gwen Verdon in her heyday years, I have a basis for comparison and was very impressed with Williams in Fosse/Verdon, the TV miniseries. Not an impersonation, but mannerisms, expression, voice, body language. She's definitely impressive.
ETA: Shigeta was one of my seekrit Hollywood boyfriends in my yout'. Everything you said about him, Vonnie. Yes.
Toddson - May 21, 2020 4:58:03 am PDT #2677 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A bit off topic, but I always had a soft spot for Jack Soo.
DXMachina - May 21, 2020 5:19:07 am PDT #2678 of 3424
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Jack Soo was hilarious.