I was really hoping for an Alice In Wonderland trailer.
We got that at Avatar. Looks all kinds of awesome.
We'd be dead. Can't get paid if you're dead.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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Volans - Dec 28, 2009 6:27:24 am PST #5806 of 30000
move out and draw fire
SailAweigh - Dec 28, 2009 7:47:36 am PST #5807 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
The Online Etymology Dictionary (pretty much my one-stop shopping place for period slang) has this to say about dick:
"fellow, lad, man," 1553, rhyming nickname for Rick, short for Richard, one of the commonest Eng. names, it has long been a synonym for "fellow," and so most of the slang senses are probably very old, but naturally hard to find in the surviving records. The meaning "penis" is attested from 1891 in British army slang. Meaning "detective" is recorded from 1908, perhaps as a shortened variant of detective.
That takes it back a little bit farther, but it doesn't give a reason why or any history behind it.
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2009 7:59:22 am PST #5808 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've only been in genre-type places reading Sherlock Holmes reviews, but they've been more positive than I was expecting, and many are defending the canonicity of Ritchie's interpretations and not slamming the slashy overtones.
flea - Dec 28, 2009 2:39:42 pm PST #5809 of 30000
information libertarian
Watching "Up" on DVD. I started crying the instant Ellie comes on the scene, and freaked out my kids I was crying so hard during the life review. Ugh.
Stephanie - Dec 28, 2009 2:54:08 pm PST #5810 of 30000
Trust my rage
Joe and I both cry at that part every time we watch.
Eta: Joe would like to add that he does *not* cry during that part. It's allergies.
DavidS - Dec 28, 2009 3:19:50 pm PST #5811 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Eta: Joe would like to add that he does *not* cry during that part. It's allergies.
Joe lies. Joe lies when he cries.
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2009 3:54:55 pm PST #5812 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Speaking of crying, or not crying, I'm trying to compile a list of my favourite couples of the oughties, and so far I have:
- Li Mu Bai and Yu Shu Lien
- Zoe and Wash (okay, cheating, because TV first, but still)
- Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist
Canonically, I can't think of any happy ever after couples I like. Uncanonically I totally throw Holmes and Watson up on that list, for instance, but I'm trying to play conventionally.
Can I really be that tragic? Anyone remember me liking a couple that both live through the end credits, preferably together?
Steph L. - Dec 28, 2009 4:06:34 pm PST #5813 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Eta: Joe would like to add that he does *not* cry during that part. It's allergies.
Joe lies. Joe lies when he cries.
Man. That one was like shooting fish in a barrel.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 28, 2009 4:18:02 pm PST #5814 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Well, I think maybe Zoe and Wash are favorites despite the dying, not because of?
§ ita § - Dec 28, 2009 4:24:00 pm PST #5815 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think maybe Zoe and Wash are favorites despite the dying, not because of?
They're kinda cheating because I liked them going in. But at least the narrative never pointed to them being doomed. It's a debate as to whether Twist/Del Mar or Li Mu Bai/Yu Shu Lien can be separated from their tragic ends.