Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.

'Hell Bound'


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Frankenbuddha - Jan 17, 2008 10:00:33 am PST #3373 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Now I want to somehow insert the phrase "Bob had bitch-tits" into every single M-I movie ever made.


Miracleman - Jan 17, 2008 10:09:55 am PST #3374 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Now I want to somehow insert the phrase "Bob had bitch-tits" into every single M-I movie ever made.

Hell, I'm thinking about inserting it into every conversation I ever have.

"Morning, Joe. Rough drive in?"

"Not too bad. Roads were wet, but not slick. Bob had bitch-tits."

"Good, good. What?"


Gris - Jan 17, 2008 11:44:43 am PST #3375 of 10000
Hey. New board.

I started reading Fight Club recently. It's pretty angry. I think I'm going to have an unhealthy relationship with Chuck Palahniuk soon. Sample chapters on the Kindle are like CRACK.

I want to see a movie today because my students drove me crazy today. It should be good, but not especially dark or depressing. I'm thinking maybe The Savages. Anybody seen it?


Tom Scola - Jan 17, 2008 11:47:05 am PST #3376 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

I think I'm going to have an unhealthy relationship with Chuck Palahniuk soon.

You know that he came out of the closet since he wrote FC, right?


Polter-Cow - Jan 17, 2008 11:58:27 am PST #3377 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Really? I had no idea.


Scrappy - Jan 17, 2008 12:21:39 pm PST #3378 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I was told by friends who saw it that The Savages was good but...dark and depressing.


Gris - Jan 17, 2008 12:22:48 pm PST #3379 of 10000
Hey. New board.

Darn it! Why are no Oscar contenders ever HAPPY?

I think I'm gonna see it anyway. As long as it's not about obnoxious teenagers, I guess I don't mind it being depressing.


erikaj - Jan 17, 2008 12:30:54 pm PST #3380 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!

Oh, once in a while they are. But it's been a while.


Polter-Cow - Jan 17, 2008 12:33:29 pm PST #3381 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Little Miss Sunshine was mostly happy.

And so is Juno, mostly.


Gris - Jan 17, 2008 5:25:30 pm PST #3382 of 10000
Hey. New board.

True, but I don't think Juno is a real contender for the best picture.

I was pretty much "eh" on The Savages. Its a dry indie film of the type that is pretty overdone these days. Lots of slightly off-kilter shots of people looking blank or worried or confused, set to extremely low-key acoustic singer/songwriter music and occasional score that's heavy on the whimsy. I didn't really care about any of the characters at all. And the only moment I really enjoyed is entirely attributable to Kurt Weill.

I felt much the same about The Squid and the Whale, but at least it had that awesomely weird kid.