On the flip side, there are some movies that should only be seen on the TV. My strongest memory of Gladiator was not lush scenery or Oscar-winning costume design or actor Russell Crowe, it was being traumatized by Oliver Reed's zombie-like postmortem CGI face stretching across the screen in extreme close-up until it was like a dumptruck-sized ventriloquist dummy parroting his prerecorded dialogue down at me.
Say! look at you! You look just like me! We're very pretty.
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 04, 2008 1:26:05 pm PDT #4848 of 10000
"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
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2008 1:28:26 pm PDT #4849 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ah, yes. Home widescreen is revealing some things that were previously held quite secret between a patient and their dermatologist.
Kevin - Apr 04, 2008 1:33:01 pm PDT #4850 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I think a sign of a great movie is if it works well at both a theatre and at home. Because today's audiences are often not in the theatre when they watch things. By choice.
Jessica - Apr 04, 2008 1:59:47 pm PDT #4851 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Not said in the movie.
And yet, referenced in 2010 as if it had been. Which makes me think Clarke put it in the book after the 2001 screenplay was already in the can.
DavidS - Apr 04, 2008 2:32:38 pm PDT #4852 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
though there are bits where I go "Okay, Stan, you built a rotating set, you're very impressed with yourself, we get it, can we move on from the fucking stewardess and get to the spooky omnipotent aliens, please? Stan? Please?"
Pfft. That's practically my favorite part. Pan Am In Space! Plus the dissertation on zero gravity toilet flushing.
"Open the pod bay door, Hal."
DavidS - Apr 04, 2008 2:34:25 pm PDT #4853 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey, you know what's 21st century?
I always wanted to see the notorious Flaming Creatures by Jack Smith (important early 60s avant garde film that inspired lots of people including John Waters).
It's not out on tape, but Ubuweb's huge library of experimental film has it so I can just go and watch it. While I'm sitting in this cafe.
beekaytee - Apr 04, 2008 4:35:12 pm PDT #4854 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
Was this yonks ago? 'Cause I saw it there when they had the reissue.
Yup. That was it. But so memorable, it could have been last week.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 04, 2008 6:00:12 pm PDT #4855 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I couldn't finish Dr. Strangelove.
Those may almost be fighting words. Almost. Luckily, this is the war room.
sumi - Apr 05, 2008 10:27:09 am PDT #4856 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
beekaytee - Apr 05, 2008 10:51:54 am PDT #4857 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
Whoa. I love the voice of one of those actors. Samples on the site. And how odd to imdb someone and find only 1 entry. Huh.