How did MY Beautiful Launderette age? I was blown away by it when it was in theaters. Saw it several times.
Never send a minion to do a god's work.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
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Scrappy - Sep 07, 2020 3:53:01 am PDT #2834 of 3455
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
megan walker - Sep 07, 2020 7:37:38 am PDT #2835 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
How did MY Beautiful Launderette age? I was blown away by it when it was in theaters. Saw it several times.
Hard to say. It is definitely very much of its time, but also very ahead of its time and so still fairly relevant topic-wise. I can see why it was popular, but I thought it was just okay. It's very unpolished. More like a first film than it should have been. I didn't dislike it, and I'm glad I saw it, but it's closer to the bottom of my August rankings than the top. That said, I read that Kumail Nanjiani is supposed to be making a television series out of it and I would be very interested to see what he does with it.
megan walker - Sep 07, 2020 7:52:24 am PDT #2836 of 3455
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Speaking of things being of their time or out of their time, we watched two fascinating documentaries this week: Class Action Park, on HBO Max, and California Typewriter, on Criterion. The first is a wild look at an incredibly dangerous New Jersey water park in the 80s. The second is a meditative look at typewriters and their place in the modern world. I wasn't intending to watch the first, but the MG put it on and I just got sucked in by the insanity of it all. The latter had me wishing we were in normal times so that I could cross the Bay and buy a typewriter at California Typewriter.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 07, 2020 6:22:42 pm PDT #2837 of 3455
"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
Action Park is so legendary in its disregard for safety we've even heard of it down here in "Y'all Watch This!" country.
Tom Scola - Sep 09, 2020 8:12:56 am PDT #2838 of 3455
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Consuela - Sep 09, 2020 8:27:08 am PDT #2839 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Wouldn't mind if the palette of that were a little brighter: it's all pretty gray.
I forget who Momoa is playing: Gurney or Duncan?
Jessica - Sep 09, 2020 8:31:42 am PDT #2840 of 3455
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Momoa is Duncan Idaho
The palette doesn't surprise me because I'm honestly not sure Villeneuve knows about other colors? (I loved Arrival a LOT but it was also very, very, very gray.)
I remain all-in on this movie because DUNE but I can't tell what this trailer is trying to make me feel excited about.
Consuela - Sep 09, 2020 8:33:14 am PDT #2841 of 3455
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
oh, so he could be immortal!
Neat.
Toddson - Sep 09, 2020 8:54:37 am PDT #2842 of 3455
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
wow ... I remember reading Dune when it first came out - a serial in ... Analog? I remember the cover of one, with a sandworm on it ... I think I have the magazines packed in a box (I've been hauling my father's books, including old issues of Analog, Galaxy, F&SF, around for years).
-t - Sep 09, 2020 9:23:08 am PDT #2843 of 3455
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hell yeah to that trailer!