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.
Time for some thrilling heroics.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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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
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!
Vonnie K - Sep 09, 2020 10:24:00 am PDT #2844 of 3455
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I know it's set in the desert and all, but boy, is that ever so grey and brown. I know Villeneuve favours muted palette but Blade Runner 2046 was vibrant and stunning to look at (well, not everyone could be Roger Deakins, I guess) and this... might as well be shot in sepia.
I've never read the book and all I know about this universe is some acid flashback to the David Lynch version from the '80s, and the Children of Dune adaptation from 20-something years ago starring baby James McAvoy (with the weird incest vibe with his sister). Maybe I should try my hand at reading the first book at least.
I guess Paul's Chosen One-ness is not so much with him being a warrior, but more of a spiritual thing? 'Cause I can probably go on a hand-to-hand combat with Chalamet and knock him down. I thought they'd bulk him up a bit, but no, he remains his willowy self.
Atropa - Sep 09, 2020 10:53:34 am PDT #2845 of 3455
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Because I'm predictable, the only thing I really took away from the trailer is that the Bene Gesserit look AWESOME.