I'm pretty excited about Woman King: the PCHH gang really really loved it.
I know, world in peril and we have to work together. This is my last office romance, I'll tell you that.
Buffy ,'End of Days'
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Consuela - Sep 16, 2022 4:47:21 pm PDT #3166 of 3424
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Jessica - Sep 17, 2022 8:52:15 am PDT #3167 of 3424
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Tonight I'm going to see the Bowie doc in IMAX. His music is going to sound so good on that big sound system.
We are doing that this afternoon! I can't wait!
DavidS - Sep 17, 2022 9:10:59 am PDT #3168 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We are doing that this afternoon! I can't wait!
I will forewarn you that it wasn't what I had expected. With all the visuals and spectacle it's a really close examination of Bowie's own creative process and path, through his own many interviews. So it doesn't really talk about his many creative alliances at all (except Eno). So Marc Bolan, Carlos Alomar, Iggy Pop, Angie Bowie, Tony Visconti (who is the music supervisor) don't even get mentioned.
It's not a standard biopic at all. Which is good! But if you know the arc of his narrative it was a little odd the way it dealt with his massive cocaine addiction in LA and move to Berlin (which they sort of evoke through a chaotic sound collage?) or his series of heart attacks sidelined him for almost a decade. That kind of thing.
Jessica - Sep 18, 2022 7:45:01 am PDT #3169 of 3424
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
It's not any kind of biopic, it's a 2+ hour music video with some narration edited in in vaguely chronological order. Which I honestly loved - Bowie's music and stage presence are very well suited to 2 hours of No Plot Just Vibes in IMAX.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 03, 2022 7:02:30 am PDT #3170 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
Bros was funny and kind of sweet, but involved way too many hectoring gay history lectures and rants about, well, everything from Billy Eichner's character. He really should have taken some marginalized people's mantra of "it's not my responsibility to educate you" to heart, it might have driven smaller crowds away.
Ah well, I can at least hope its marketing push brings Luke MacFarlane to the attention of casting agents who should have been sending him scripts for the past decade.
And I did win the game of subconscious roulette, dreaming last night about dating Luke rather than Billy shudder.
Jessica - Oct 03, 2022 11:07:48 am PDT #3171 of 3424
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
rants about, well, everything from Billy Eichner's character
I mean, "rants about everything" is kind of his entire brand, so that isn't surprising.
EpicTangent - Oct 03, 2022 11:50:05 am PDT #3172 of 3424
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
brings Luke MacFarlane to the attention of casting agents who should have been sending him scripts for the past decade
He's been getting scripts...for Hallmark & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channels. So I think you meant to say *good* scripts.
Dana - Oct 03, 2022 12:02:59 pm PDT #3173 of 3424
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
He was on Killjoys, which was super fun, but it's not really part of the leading man pipeline.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 03, 2022 1:33:34 pm PDT #3174 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
Yeah, apparently he was a lead on an obscure Canadian sitcom and a regular on a PBS period drama in between Brothers & Sisters and Killjoys as well as all the Hallmark Christmas movies. But this is the first time he's been able to audition for the lead in a major studio film, and that's really a shame.
-t - Oct 03, 2022 8:54:41 pm PDT #3175 of 3424
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
He should be a bigger name, for sure.