::drinks Fernet::
::smokes cigarette::
::smiles::
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'
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Sean K - Apr 10, 2008 8:37:11 am PDT #4980 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Kevin - Apr 10, 2008 8:38:47 am PDT #4981 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
You know the bit in Grizzly Man with the voiceover about how the universe is driven by chaos and destruction? I got that quote put on a tshirt. With "I love my animal friends" on the back.
I was wearing it whilst speaking to one of the Serenity actors once, and they stopped, read the front, and backed away. I had to say, 'Oh no! It's from a film!'. I'm glad they never saw the back.
lisah - Apr 10, 2008 8:39:14 am PDT #4982 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
his female characters always make me cringe. There's always something that just makes me go "Um, okay, no."
Like how deeply stupid Naomi Watts' character is in Eastern Promises ?
amych - Apr 10, 2008 8:40:06 am PDT #4983 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dana beat me to the "Why did I read the comments". Thanks for having my back, yo.
Jessica - Apr 10, 2008 8:40:20 am PDT #4984 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Like how deeply stupid Naomi Watts' character is in Eastern Promises ?
I actually haven't seen that one yet (being released, as it was, post-baby). I think we have it on DVD at home though, so I'll see it eventually.
Sean K - Apr 10, 2008 8:41:01 am PDT #4985 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'll admit to spending a fair amount of time yelling "NO, YOU IDIOT" at female Cronenberg characters, but I submit in general they are more fully rendered than most female characters, even if their actions are stupid and annoying.
juliana - Apr 10, 2008 8:43:35 am PDT #4986 of 10000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Like how deeply stupid Naomi Watts' character is in Eastern Promises?
She was so stupid, I could not finish the film. Not even nekkid fighting Viggo could induce me to continue.
I didn't have anything to put in the papers.
What, the ashes of your enemies wasn't enough??
Amy - Apr 10, 2008 8:45:14 am PDT #4987 of 10000
Because books.
Not even nekkid fighting Viggo could induce me to continue.
Wow. That's a serious no.
Hayden - Apr 10, 2008 8:46:15 am PDT #4988 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'll admit to spending a fair amount of time yelling "NO, YOU IDIOT" at female Cronenberg characters
No, Holly Hunter! Don't do a creepy sex scene with other car-crash enthusiasts! NO ONE wants to think of you like that!
Jessica - Apr 10, 2008 8:46:18 am PDT #4989 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I submit in general they are more fully rendered than most female characters, even if their actions are stupid and annoying.
But I always have the vague niggling sense that the female characters' layers are only there to illuminate something about the male lead. They never seem to have characteristics of their own.
Which I realize is an argument you can make about practically all supporting characters - they exist primarily as foils to the (almost always male) lead, and as such don't really deserve their own stories - but with Cronenberg it tends to feel like bait & switch, and is somehow even more offputting than if they were just 2-dimensional objects to begin with.
(Yes, the last scene in History of Violence made me very, very angry, why do you ask?)