I feel so vindicated. I thought I was the only one who hated that movie.
Yeah, I could do that, but I'm paralyzed with not caring very much.
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Calli - Sep 05, 2017 1:32:44 am PDT #960 of 3463
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Anne W. - Sep 05, 2017 4:32:11 am PDT #961 of 3463
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm another one who didn't like ET. I think it was partially due to the blatant emotional manipulation and partially due to the fact that I went in with my expectations jacked sky-high for 'the best movie EVAR!!!1!'
Vonnie K - Sep 05, 2017 4:38:17 am PDT #962 of 3463
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Don Hertzfeldt has written a sequel to World of Tomorrow (!) and apparently it's just as amazing: [link]
If you haven't seen World of Tomorrow, do yourself a favour and check it out. It's only 15 min long and is streaming on Netflix. It is marvellous in a way that's difficult to describe and will give you ALL the feelings.
SuziQ - Sep 05, 2017 4:44:14 am PDT #963 of 3463
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Out of nowhere, CJ just said he never liked ET. We weren't talking movies or anything. It cracked me up based on the conversation here. We agreed that the target audience were people like me who saw it when we were young when it first came out. The few times I've seen it since I haven't had that same Ohhhhh feeling - more I watch it out of nostalgia while thinking, this movie is a mess.
-t - Sep 05, 2017 7:11:54 am PDT #964 of 3463
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven't seen ET since it came out. Liked it then, though it's possible I liked the novelization better.
ETA: is CJ hooked into Facwbook's algorith, tracking you Suzi!?!?
SuziQ - Sep 05, 2017 7:17:16 am PDT #965 of 3463
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
No clue, -t. I laughed when he mentioned it, which was not the reaction he was expecting. Once I explained that my invisible internet friends started the discussion, he just rolled his eyes and went back to discussing why he doesn't like ET.
Jessica - Sep 05, 2017 7:38:18 am PDT #966 of 3463
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Don Hertzfeldt has written a sequel to World of Tomorrow (!) and apparently it's just as amazing:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can I borrow a time-turner from someone so I can watch this RIGHT NOW and then get back to the mountain of work I have to do?
[eta: Oh thank god, it's just an announcement. I have time to read that.]
Atropa - Sep 05, 2017 8:38:22 am PDT #967 of 3463
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I liked ET at the time, because blatant emotional manipulation really worked on me. But I rewatched it a few years ago, and while some fictional emotional manipulation still works on me, ET is now on my list of "Ew, can we not?" movies.
though it's possible I liked the novelization better.
Oh, I know I liked the novelization better. IIRC, I tended to like the movie novelizations for Spielberg movies better than the movies, except for Raiders of the Lost Ark.
megan walker - Sep 05, 2017 9:03:16 am PDT #968 of 3463
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Out of nowhere, CJ just said he never liked ET.
The children are our future.
Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2017 1:28:58 pm PDT #969 of 3463
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Rami Malek IS Freddy Mercury: [link]