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#151 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Birthday Thread » 26 Aug 09 :: 05:07
You know I love it. Rent, sweet Rent.
I could probably see it every week, and still end up crying like a baby watching it.
#152 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Birthday Thread » 26 Aug 09 :: 04:58
Thanks so much for the wishes.
Here's a song that I hope you like:
#153 Re: Square Eyes » Misc Stuff » 26 Aug 09 :: 02:12
Harlan Ellison is priceless in person. He pulls no punches and he's funny as hell. I love him! The last con I went too was Vulcon '94. I was heavy into Next Gen at the time and wanted to write a script for the America's Best competition, so I told myself it was research. I bought the show's Technical Manual there and it really did help. But the best part was Patrick Stewart's panel in which he reduced every woman in the room to a puddle on the floor by reciting an erotic poem in THAT VOICE.
Ellison is the man. The last time that I saw him was at a lecture at Ryerson theatre in Toronto on February 8, 1987, a very cold night, indeed. There was a blizzard coming, and, after about three hours of HE, he stopped to let us know that it was snowing madly outside, and that anyone using public transit (like me) had best leave ASAP, or face being trapped in downtown Trawna, in the snow !
I left, grudgingly, and he apparently continued for another hour or two.
#154 Re: Square Eyes » Post your recent DVD purchases » 26 Aug 09 :: 01:34
I have to put http://www.adventurelandthefilm.com/ on my Netflix queue. Thanks for reminding me that I didn't see that one.
#155 Re: Square Eyes » Misc Stuff » 26 Aug 09 :: 00:20
Disney wants it's own ComiCon, dangit!
I haven't been to a "con" in years. When I was about 15 years old, myself and two good friends of mine attended Star Trek Con '76, which was held at the very snazzy Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto (Patty and I have stayed there a few times, and it is just great).
We had a nitfy time, watching movies, going to panel discussions, meeting "Trek" actors (who were all very nice peeps), and, best of all, getting to hear Harlan Ellison lecture for the first time.
Oh yeah, I also spent a fortune in the dealer's room(s).
I need to go to a "con" again.
#156 Re: Chris On Screen » Infestation (SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE BEGIN ON PAGE 15) » 25 Aug 09 :: 21:19
I can't wait for all of you to see it. It's so much fun!
I watched INFESTATION on the absurdly named "SYFY" channel, so I am assuming that it was probably cut in some ways; I know for a fact that Kinsey Packard's boobies were blurred up/out. I will have to add INFESTATION to my Netflix queue to watch the uncensored version.
#157 Re: Off Topic Stuff » do you like TOAST ? » 25 Aug 09 :: 21:04
YEAH TOAST!
I like my link better :rofl:
#159 Re: Square Eyes » The Runaways/Joan Jett/Kristen Stewart - WARNING: ADULT CONTENT » 25 Aug 09 :: 20:29
Oh, Carol, stop. LOL!
I was always a bit creeped out by Ian Dury. But I can totally see Andy Serkis in that part! Great casting.
I even found the video for "Jilted John" (that's Martin Hannett pretending to play the bass in the background):
(just a note: the video is VERY loud)
#160 Re: Square Eyes » The Runaways/Joan Jett/Kristen Stewart - WARNING: ADULT CONTENT » 25 Aug 09 :: 20:17
TheCentralScrutinizer wrote:I'm particularly fond of this quote since there were questions posed as to why anyone would even want to make a movie about such an "obscure" band...
You REALLY need to get past that. I said I was sorry! :rofl:
I will more than likely be seeing The Runaways movie, having been a casual fan of the band back in the day (though I never saw 'em live, just on telly). I will also be seeing, and am really looking forward to, the Ian Dury biopic called Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. I was a BIG fan of Dury & the Blockheads, and it will be cool to see Andy Serkis playing yet another British music icon (he played Martin Hannett in the excellent 24 Hour Party People).
Note -- I just Wiki'ed Martin Hannett and found out that he was the bass player on the great song "Jilted John," which he also produced. I did not know that !
#161 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Randomness » 25 Aug 09 :: 19:59
Hee. My intro to Cockney rhyming slang came in about 1979 when I saw the Alderton & Collins Britcom, No, Honestly! for the first time. Clara was always mangling it and C.D. could never figure out what she was trying to say. It was HIGHlarious.
That was a nifty show. I have always liked Pauline Collins, and am pleased to see that she still is working regularly, though I haven't seen her in much since Shirley Valentine. She apparently has a part in the next Woody Allen film.
#162 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Randomness » 25 Aug 09 :: 19:40
LOL! I love this...
In London, some ATMs spout Cockney rhyming slang
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_odd_britain_rhyming_slang
Very cool, indeed. When we were in Utah a few years back, the ATM could dispense cash, etc. in a language called "HMOOB," which was a new one on me. Its apparently an Asian language.
#163 Re: Square Eyes » Amber Tamblyn » 24 Aug 09 :: 05:25
Haha i want your dentist! Or surgeon or whatever....once the initial stuff from the operation wore off i was told i was allowed to take panadol if it hurt. BOO! I wanted some fancy knock you out kinda drugs
Those musta been the kinda drugs that I had, 'cause I felt no pain whatever :silly:
#164 Re: Square Eyes » Amber Tamblyn » 24 Aug 09 :: 04:20
I'm supposed to be getting my wisdom teeth removed in December. I'm not looking forward to it at all.
The drugs that they give you are great. Don't be scared.
#165 Re: Square Eyes » True Blood » 24 Aug 09 :: 00:10
The same dude in the shower:
#166 Re: Square Eyes » True Blood » 23 Aug 09 :: 23:30
I don't watch True Blood, but here's an interesting article about one of the actors on the show:
#167 Square Eyes » this is a bad idea. » 23 Aug 09 :: 20:45
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Dakota Fanning is tipped to star in a sequel to The Wizard Of Oz, according to reports.
The 15 year old star of Charlotte's Web and War of the Worlds is set to take the lead in a follow-up to the classic 1939 movie that shot Judy Garland to fame.
The film's producer, Basil Iwanyk, says, "It will be set in the present day and feature Dorothy's granddaughter."
The original film - based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - won a number of awards including the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Co-producer Todd McFarlane adds, "You've still got Dorothy trapped in an odd place, but she's much closer to the Ripley character from Alien than a helpless singing girl."
The classic original already has one sequel - the 1985 film, Return to Oz, was based on Baum's novels Ozma of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz.
#168 Re: Square Eyes » Amber Tamblyn » 23 Aug 09 :: 20:12
Well, guess what, I also kept my pulled wisdom tooth. Granted, it's not hanging above my bed, but still...
-TeeJay
I had three wisdom teeth pulled, and I was too out of it to even have considered asking the dentist to give 'em to me for posterity. I loved the feeling after I had that done. I was like in heaven :hug:
#169 Re: Off Topic Stuff » a propos of vampires, Angel's Dad. » 22 Aug 09 :: 06:50
You can so see the resemblance to Jr, can't you? Why does he keep changing his last name?
Good question. Apparently, Boreanaz is the name that he was born with.
#170 Re: Off Topic Stuff » a propos of vampires, Angel's Dad. » 22 Aug 09 :: 04:11
Dave Thomas (not *that* Dave Thomas) was the star of Rocketship 7, a kid's show from Buffalo. He's now called Dave Roberts, and he's a weather man in Philly. In Buffalo, he was the sports guy, as I recall. He has aged well.
#171 Off Topic Stuff » a propos of vampires, Angel's Dad. » 22 Aug 09 :: 02:37
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#173 Re: Off Topic Stuff » Randomness » 21 Aug 09 :: 17:32
I stepped on a piece of glass this morning, ended up with a bloody foot, but still went back to a sound sleep.
#174 Re: Chris On Screen » Fanboys » 21 Aug 09 :: 17:26
Isn't Jaime King married to the guy who directed Fanboys ?
Also, who is Jacen ?
#175 Re: Square Eyes » Sequels, Prequels, Reboots, Adapatations » 21 Aug 09 :: 02:49
Good Lord.
Sorry, but it is a really bad movie.