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That's weird. I remember the "your karate chops" bit, but I would have sworn it was followed by them singing, "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend". Maybe I'm merging two different sketches?
I remember my mother had the Flower Drum Song album when I was growing up, but I don't think she ever played it for me. She did have a tendency to break into "The Other Generation" when she felt put-upon, though.
I just got a streaming recs newsletter from the NY Times that talks about Scott Pilgrim vs the World, and says:
And it's a "before they were stars" extravaganza, presciently filled with talented young actors (Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Mae Whitman, Alison Pill, and many more) who were just about to pop.
...that's a glaring omission, right??
You mean Chris Evans? He had already starred in Fantastic Four by that point.
Oh, so you figured he had already popped? Yeah, that's fair.
That cast is ridiculous to think about now.
I need to watch it again soon.
never seen. wahhhhhh. need to remedy.
My favorite thing about Scott Pilgrim is the fake movie posters for Lucas Lee (Chris Evans' character): [link]
Anna Kendrick popped at 14 with Camp dammit.
You mean Chris Evans? He had already starred in Fantastic Four by that point.
One would think that, my unironic affection for that horrible failure of a movie series aside, that would be more of a bubble kind of pop than a pop-pop.
HBO Max debuts today. I thought it wouldn't be that different from HBO Now I have currently, but!! [link]
The service will be home to a wide variety of programming from across the WarnerMedia parent company — a gigantic conglomerate whose brands include everything from the Warner Bros. film studio to the HBO premium cable network to the Turner family of cable networks. Consequently, it will boast plenty of high-profile HBO Max exclusives, like Friends, DC's superhero films, and a constantly curated list of classic films from the Turner Classic Movies library. But it will also feature non-WarnerMedia programming like the complete library of legendary Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli and the complete archives of South Park (eventually).
I've stopped watching anything on TCM after switching from Comcast, because for some unfathomable reason, FIOS TV package only has TCM on standard definition and I CANNOT watch SD content on my widescreen TV because of unfixable aspect ratio issues. Between this and the Criterion Channel, I think I'll be set for my old movie fix. I AM EXCITE!!