It is quite the challenge to satisfy those who loved the original, and at the same time attract a new generation of fans. I am cheering for them to get it right.
Xander: I do have Spaghetti-os. Set 'em on top of the dryer and you're a fluff cycle away from lukewarm goodness. Riley: I, uh, had dryer-food for lunch.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Buffy and Angel 1: BUFFYNANGLE4EVA!!!!!1!
Is it better the second time around? Or the third? Or tenth? This is the place to come when you have a burning desire to talk about an old episode that was just re-run.
Laura - Sep 05, 2025 6:42:52 am PDT #10478 of 10483
Our wings are not tired.
DavidS - Sep 05, 2025 8:35:39 am PDT #10479 of 10483
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I just can't imagine how they're going to manage that tricky tone with the quippy one liners and deep emotional beats and the HSQ.
I'll certainly check it out, but they need a lot of really good comic actors who can play richer material too, not just cute faces.
-t - Sep 05, 2025 9:25:33 am PDT #10480 of 10483
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I will certainly watch. I have no idea what to expect and will try to keep it that way as I feel like that will be the only way to manage my expectations (that is, to strive not to have any at all).
I was thinking I haven't seen any Chloe Zhao movies, but I have seen Eternals. I don't think that tells me anything, though. I just looked up the Zuckerman sisters and they are associated with Poker Face and Fringe and some other things that sound positive, so that's promising
Trudy Booth - Sep 05, 2025 9:47:58 am PDT #10481 of 10483
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I want to love it and likely will.
Tom Scola - Sep 05, 2025 9:49:36 am PDT #10482 of 10483
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Chloé Zhao’s movie, Hamnet, currently in the film festival circuit, is at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Although it is Most Emphatically Not a Light Comedy.
-t - Sep 05, 2025 10:14:10 am PDT #10483 of 10483
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Also, I am reminded that I wouldn't have thought the American Pie guys would have been a good choice to bring us Murderbot and they are knocking it out of the park, so who even knows?