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Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 12, 2013 11:09:08 am PDT #24676 of 30000
"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

She's frequently in need of rescue

Three decades of Superman comics readership leads me to believe this is Lois Lane's defining character trait, if not her entire raison d'être.


DavidS - Jun 12, 2013 11:51:42 am PDT #24677 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Three decades of Superman comics readership leads me to believe this is Lois Lane's defining character trait, if not her entire raison d'être.

Yeah, but at least in the Fleischer cartoons she wasn't afraid to pull out a tommygun and blast away at gangsters.

Though I have affection for the insane and insanely sexist Mort Weissinger era Lois.


beekaytee - Jun 12, 2013 12:04:53 pm PDT #24678 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

Late to say that I really enjoyed the mooseelk convo but this bit...

Boom, scienced.

...was my favorite. I can just see P-C flicking his hand out like he's droppin. the mic.


Gris - Jun 12, 2013 4:28:13 pm PDT #24679 of 30000
Hey. New board.

I liked Watchmen just fine, though I came at it from the perspective that it was pretty much doomed from the get-go, so there you go.

I saw This is the End today and was suitably entertained! It's a pretty awesome premise, everybody does a good job of either playing an exaggerated version of their public persona or doing something COMPLETELY different. Of the smaller roles, Michael Cera is pretty awesome, as are Emma Watson and Mindy Kaling. (I don't think those are really casting spoiles at this point, but I was pleasantly surprised by their being in the movie so I'll leave that possibility for others).

The actual end-of-the-world stuff is pretty well done as well. It feels like it owes a lot to Shaun of the Dead in its ridiculosity, more so than, say, Zombieland. I liked it. The ending was pretty silly, but it worked for the movie.

All told, solid entertainment. If you detest Seth Rogen, don't see it. If you detest (or often detest) James Franco, you can still see it and probably enjoy it.


Jessica - Jun 12, 2013 5:03:31 pm PDT #24680 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Watchmen was a fucking train wreck, but I wasn't bored by it, and I rather enjoyed 300.


§ ita § - Jun 12, 2013 5:07:59 pm PDT #24681 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Emma Watson is in trailers, Gris.


Juliebird - Jun 12, 2013 5:12:37 pm PDT #24682 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

I made the mistake of reading the graphic novel before seeing The Wathchmen, and the pleasure I derived out of the latter was the way the visuals were woven. I thought the genious wasn't in any sort of good or compelling story, but in the deftness in how the information was laid out, and in what increments, and in the actual layouts of the panels. Its been awhile. So, while I was meh on the story of the graphic novel, I was wowed by the delivery. And since the movie didn't adhere to that, the magic of the experience was negated.


Atropa - Jun 12, 2013 5:34:04 pm PDT #24683 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Watchmen was a fucking train wreck, but I wasn't bored by it, and I rather enjoyed 300.

points at what Jessica said, nods emphatically

Hell, we own the Blu-Rays of Watchmen and 300, because they're stupid pretty bombast. But even the visuals couldn't save Suckerpunch, and I now know I don't need to think at all about seeing Man of Steel.


Amy - Jun 12, 2013 5:36:46 pm PDT #24684 of 30000
Because books.

I always forget about 300. It was sort of fun, because it was just so stunning, in all senses of the word.


Atropa - Jun 12, 2013 5:41:50 pm PDT #24685 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I watch 300 for Fierce Bitch Xerxes. (The eyebrows! Flawless, flawless eyebrows!) I spend the rest of the movie trying to decide if the gorgeous red cloaks are CG enhanced, or just a really good weave of silk.