I think Ninja Assassin is the movie Ben keeps saying he loves. Probably not for the same reason, though.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Jun 03, 2011 5:17:19 pm PDT #11289 of 30001
Because books.
Burrell - Jun 03, 2011 5:21:24 pm PDT #11290 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh, for changes: Wuthering Heights! On later rereads, everyone is completely fucked up!
Perhaps the biggest eye-opener was rereading the Chronicles of Narnia after taking a comparative religions class in high school and finally getting all the biblical references. It was the event that really taught me the value of returning to a text.
Hil R. - Jun 03, 2011 5:25:19 pm PDT #11291 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Changing text perceptions: Gone With the Wind, and Ashley Wilkes. First read, at age 12, I thought he was a romantic, tragic figure. By the time I got to my fourth or so read, in my early twenties, I just wanted him to get a grip and stop trying to live in the past; or, at the very least, decide which stupid ideal he was pining for.
amyth - Jun 03, 2011 5:36:49 pm PDT #11292 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Anyone else who grew up in NY in the seventies or eighties remember Magic Garden?
I have The Magic Garden on VHS, but I don't have a VCR anymore.
sumi - Jun 03, 2011 5:51:04 pm PDT #11293 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Power went out a couple of times. . . at which point I recalled that I had forgotten to replace the batteries in my flashlight.
DavidS - Jun 03, 2011 6:22:18 pm PDT #11294 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have The Magic Garden on VHS, but I don't have a VCR anymore.
I do! Come to my house and you can show it to me.
Here's a little insight into Matilda's devious little mindset...
Matilda: Daddy! Mommy is not a good mommy because she won't let me play [Drench]!
On the plus side, she skipped all the way home singing "Little Bunny Foo Foo" con gusto.
Polter-Cow - Jun 03, 2011 6:50:56 pm PDT #11295 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Does it say too much about me that I considered myself an R2D2 girl?
Are you admitting to being robosexual?
SuziQ - Jun 03, 2011 6:51:46 pm PDT #11296 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Is R2D2 sentient and consenting?
amyth - Jun 03, 2011 6:56:20 pm PDT #11297 of 30001
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
Sadly, it'll probably be 2012 before I can get out to SF. Not-so-sadly, because I'm going to France in October!
But I'll gladly mail you my Magic Garden tapes. It's time they got watched again.
DavidS - Jun 03, 2011 7:11:52 pm PDT #11298 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Sadly, it'll probably be 2012 before I can get out to SF.
::marks calendar...::