It is totally like watching a video game with non-action bits in between that are in a candy world with super saturated colors and awesome cartoonish clothes.
And John Goodman fighting Ninjas!
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
Xander ,'Get It Done'
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Frankenbuddha - Dec 11, 2009 9:45:09 am PST #5520 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Polter-Cow - Dec 11, 2009 9:47:01 am PST #5521 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oooh, wait, I thought John Goodman fought ninjas in Crank 2. And there were Vikings. This makes more sense.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2009 10:09:59 am PST #5522 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
John Goodman ninja fights might be worth a rental...I find having prepaid movie rentals makes me more accepting and more willing to try stuff than paying for individual viewings.
Strega - Dec 11, 2009 11:17:42 am PST #5523 of 30000
Oooh, wait, I thought John Goodman fought ninjas in Crank 2. And there were Vikings.
MAYBE THEY ARE SAVING THAT FOR CRANK 3!
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 11, 2009 11:35:56 am PST #5524 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
John Goodman fighting skinhead punks with a bowling ball was certainly awesome, so this speaks well of Speed Racer.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2009 11:42:15 am PST #5525 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Very few things are as awesome as Lebowski, though.
Strega - Dec 11, 2009 12:43:08 pm PST #5526 of 30000
According to Chris Sims, Speed Racer has a John Goodman Ass Kicking Quotient lower than Big Lebowski, but higher than O Brother Where Art Thou.
Kathy A - Dec 11, 2009 8:09:45 pm PST #5527 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Someone over at World Crossing mentioned that Every Little Step, the documentary about A Chorus Line, specifically about the casting of the revival from a few years back, was available OnDemand, so I just watched it. Oh, so excellent! Every fan of Broadway should watch it.
It was fun seeing Tyce Dorio get smacked down for being too egotistical at the final callbacks, and hearing him prattle on even after the smackdown was just annoying and made me really not like him. If I see him in next week's SYTYCD finale, I will just laugh and laugh at him.
I already knew who was cast as Cassie, so that wasn't suspenseful, but I'd forgotten who was Sheila, and never knew the other cast members, so it was fun to see them go through the audition process.
One of the main reasons I originally wanted to see this was to see casting for Zach (the director), but they didn't show that at all. Mike Berresse was a classmate of mine in h.s., so I was a bit bummed that the only footage I saw of him was when he was reading the part for the Cassie auditions at the final callback, and in the footage of the performance of "One" at the end. Maybe he didn't have to audition, or they just did separate auditions for that role since it is mostly voice work with the only dancing being at the end.
Aims - Dec 12, 2009 5:16:31 am PST #5528 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
t makes note to watch as a treat if I get more work done
I love A Chorus Line.
Kathy A - Dec 12, 2009 5:45:07 am PST #5529 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I saw the play in Chicago when I was in high school, but I was a big fan of the OCR for years before then.
My parents were wonderful about taking us into the city for plays--my first musical (not The Nutcracker) was Jesus Christ, Superstar for my tenth b-day. By the time I was in college, I'd seen Victor Garber and Luci Arnez in They're Playing Our Song, Jim Belushi and Peter Noone in Pirates of Penzance, Yul in The King and I, Rex in My Fair Lady, Evita, Music Man, Chorus Line, and a few others I can't remember right now. I've got to start getting back to spending my own money and seeing more shows--in the past 20 years, I've probably only seen four or five shows.
ETA: When you watch the doc, make sure you have kleenex for the Paul audition--the young man who ends up with the role just nails the emotion of his monologue, and leaves everyone at the audition in tears.