I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.

Buffy ,'Showtime'


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Jessica - Dec 11, 2009 6:25:12 am PST #5497 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

all the SFX footage looked so video game-y and unreal in the previews I've seen that it's not a selling point.

The footage you're seeing in trailers isn't fully rendered and has been flattened to accomodate a 2D display. It's not even close to how the finished movie will look in a theatre.


§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 6:28:44 am PST #5498 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I never got the hate for Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. It wasn't great, but it had fun moments. And one of my favourite movie lines, when Sever reveals her closet of weapons goodies and says "Some women buy shoes." I like Banderas and Liu as action heroes.

The others, on the other hand, all looked like crap, although Babylon AD tempted me for a little while.


Steph L. - Dec 11, 2009 6:43:24 am PST #5499 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

The movie ends with Dances With Wolves proposing to go to the government and confronting them on how they treat Indians, despite the fact that when he pops his head up he's going to be locked up for desertion. The chief had proposed he just disappear into the tribe, but Dances felt the need to Make A Statement.

I totally remember it the other way! Weird. I think I'll hang on to that.


Fred Pete - Dec 11, 2009 7:42:52 am PST #5500 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.

From tommyrot's link:

28. 'The Hottie and the Nottie' (2008)
Paris Hilton ... acts. And she doesn't even get killed at the end. Do we really need to say more?

What I want to know is, who played the hottie?

20. 'Little Man' (2006)
Marlon Wayans is a tiny thief who passes himself off as a baby. Because that would happen.

I haven't seen this, but I bet it was better when Lon Chaney made it as The Unholy Three.


§ ita § - Dec 11, 2009 7:54:07 am PST #5501 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Man, I know one of the stars of The Hottie and the Nottie (he's the reason I've shared oxygen with Paris Hilton, although I completely overlooked her at the time. Turns out she just looks like some skanky overdone blonde in person. Who knew?). For his sake I'm sad to see the movie there, but note I didn't exactly support him in the theatre. Friendship has limits.


Daisy Jane - Dec 11, 2009 8:05:13 am PST #5502 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Huh. I didn't think Wicker Man was all that horrible.


Jessica - Dec 11, 2009 8:08:28 am PST #5503 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Wicker Man was dreadful, but in a must-see so-bad-it's-good kind of way. I mean:

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(Okay, it's not toast in the original clip. Still one of the best things on the internet.)

Most of the rest of that list is so-bad-it's-just-really-bad.


tommyrot - Dec 11, 2009 8:09:12 am PST #5504 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

How did Wicker Man compare with the original?


Frankenbuddha - Dec 11, 2009 8:10:42 am PST #5505 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

How did Wicker Man compare with the original?

Mainly having the island be a matriarchy rather than a patriarchy like the original. So Neil LaBute could let his issues hang out all over the place.


Strega - Dec 11, 2009 8:12:27 am PST #5506 of 30000

Worst Movies of the 2000s: The 40 Biggest Stinkers of the Decade

I kind of want to see Speed Racer because some people seemed to enjoy it on a Crank-like level.

I don't want to see Avatar, because I know elves when I see them.