Is Alita: Battle Angel a good enough movie for Saturday movie night, or is it a cheesy thing that I should just watch on my own?
Mal: And I never back down from a fight. Inara: Yes, you do! You do all the time!
'Shindig'
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sj - Aug 09, 2020 5:58:55 pm PDT #2769 of 3455
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Kalshane - Aug 10, 2020 5:32:20 am PDT #2770 of 3455
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Ars Technica did a 35th Anniversary retrospective on Real Genius and now I want to watch it again. [link]
Steph L. - Aug 10, 2020 5:34:17 am PDT #2771 of 3455
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
God, I love that movie so much.
EpicTangent - Aug 10, 2020 9:50:19 am PDT #2772 of 3455
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
"In the immortal words of Socrates, 'I drank what?!'"
Great write up.
Kalshane - Aug 10, 2020 12:04:15 pm PDT #2773 of 3455
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I'm playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey right now and Sokrates is an NPC you interact with from time to time and that line goes through my head every time he's on-screen.
Steph L. - Aug 10, 2020 3:48:36 pm PDT #2774 of 3455
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
The author of an article I'm working on is named Mako Mori. I am DYING over here.
chrismg - Aug 11, 2020 9:33:50 am PDT #2775 of 3455
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
sj, it's a good cheesy movie. I don't regret the money I spent to see it in the theatre.
amych - Aug 14, 2020 1:28:43 pm PDT #2776 of 3455
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
When I played AC: Odyssey (and, ok, every single other pop culture representation) I just call him "So-crates dude" ALL THE TIME.
Beverly - Aug 15, 2020 5:41:20 pm PDT #2777 of 3455
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
We're probably watching Made in Italy this weekend on On Demand. It got me thinking. A Year in Provence, Under the Tuscan Sun, and Made in Italy--their stories are hung on the string of restoring/rescuing a villa in Provence/Tuscany. The other thing of note they have in common is Lindsay Duncan.
Fred Pete - Aug 17, 2020 3:28:50 am PDT #2778 of 3455
Ann, that's a ferret.
I saw an interesting old military buddy movie over the weekend, Soldier in the Rain. Sgt. Slaughter (Jackie Gleason) is a lifer in the Army. Sgt. Clay (Steve McQueen) is looking forward to the end of his enlistment so he can get to work on his get-rich-quick schemes. Despite the reputations of stars, this is neither a comedy nor an action movie, although there are comic moments and a barroom brawl or two.
There isn't an overall plot -- it's more a string of short stories documenting Slaughter and Clay's adventures in the Army and life more generally. Clay and Slaughter put one over on Lt. Magee (Tom Poston) so Clay can get a fan on his desk. Clay gets into a car accident while training the geeky PFC Meltzer (Tony Bill), allowing Clay and Slaughter to outwit the annoying MP Sgt. Priest (Ed Nelson) and meet the teenager (Tuesday Weld) who isn't as worldly as she thinks she is. And if you wait until the end -- yes, that's Adam West playing a captain in the inspection scene.
Nothing spectacular here. No pies in the face or exploding anything -- just a Pepsi machine that gets a bit temperamental now and then in the way vending machines can be. But an absorbing 90-minute slice of life with two stars doing something other than what they're best known for.