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tpryan
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response 57 of 236:
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Jul 7 23:09 UTC 2000 |
I like the visual pun of Boris and Natashia leaving the
'J Ward'.
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mcnally
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response 58 of 236:
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Jul 8 01:06 UTC 2000 |
Yeah, there was a reasonable amount of stuff like that thrown in for
the benefit of the obsessive types who will see it multiple times..
That particular gag was one of the more obvious ones..
I checked Keith Scott's "The Moose That Roared" out of the library
yesterday and while I can't recommend the writing, it has some interesting
stuff in it. Just reading the Rocky & Bullwinkle episode guide brought
back a lot of really funny stuff I'd forgotten..
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jerryr
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response 59 of 236:
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Jul 8 01:47 UTC 2000 |
i keep hearing off key trumpets
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ryan
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response 60 of 236:
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Jul 8 03:35 UTC 2000 |
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slynne
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response 61 of 236:
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Jul 8 04:56 UTC 2000 |
I thought Rocky and Bullwinkle was a cute movie. It was better than I thought
it would be.
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otter
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response 62 of 236:
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Jul 9 15:05 UTC 2000 |
Someone mentioned _Dogma_ 'way back there.
We saw it this week and were tickled all the way through. It was so much
fun for us because it felt just like playing a well-refereed game of *In
Nomine*.
I kept looking at Kenn and asking, "When did you write this? And where
are the royalties?"
A blast.
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stacie
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response 63 of 236:
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Jul 9 15:06 UTC 2000 |
I saw Scary Movie last night. Oi vey... *snort*
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slynne
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response 64 of 236:
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Jul 9 15:24 UTC 2000 |
Was it funny? I was thinking I might eventually rent it. I dont know if
I want to pay $8 to see it.
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stacie
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response 65 of 236:
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Jul 9 15:26 UTC 2000 |
It had its moments and was fun but is a lot of humor that doesn't really
appeal to me. Farting and some really gross stuff. I would just rent it.
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slynne
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response 66 of 236:
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Jul 9 16:02 UTC 2000 |
There is fart humor in it!?! OH happyboy...did you hear that? It sounds
like we should go see it or at least rent it. *snort*
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otaking
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response 67 of 236:
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Jul 9 16:41 UTC 2000 |
I liked Scary Movie. It was fun. Some parts of it were just sick and wrong
though,
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jazz
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response 68 of 236:
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Jul 10 14:59 UTC 2000 |
The gloryhole scene was a bit much, and the spoof on American Beauty
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stacie
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response 69 of 236:
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Jul 10 15:06 UTC 2000 |
Yeah...and the snot, the ejaculation, the penis through the head. Oi!
*trauma* :)
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jerryr
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response 70 of 236:
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Jul 11 12:43 UTC 2000 |
i saw "patriot" last nite. what a bloody piece of cheez whiz. it reminded
me of the abctv movie of the week (read disease of the week) movies. every
and i do mean every thing in the movie was telegraphed. more suitable for
"history for kids" on the history channel - except it's a tad too gory for
that. i loved the cannon ball taking that guy's head off. highlight of
the film.
made me nostalgic for pacino's "revolution" which sucked almost as much.
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slynne
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response 71 of 236:
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Jul 11 15:26 UTC 2000 |
But jerryr, it has Mel Gibson in it. Hubba hubba
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jerryr
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response 72 of 236:
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Jul 11 19:21 UTC 2000 |
well, there is that. he wasn't terrible, but he had one cornball script
to work with. it was like an amateur production of zorro meets saving
private ryan.
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richard
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response 73 of 236:
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Jul 16 03:44 UTC 2000 |
X-MEN-- this should have been made into a movie a long time ago. A good
flick that fairly well resembles the comic books. Patrick Stewart, one of
my favorite actors, as the leader of the X-men, Professor X, and Ian
McKellan as arch-nemisis mutant leader Magneto. Best thing about the
movie is the makeup and special effects. The director of X-men, Bryan
Singer who did "Usual Suspects", is quoted as saying they couldnt have
done this movie five years ago because the technology wasnt there to do
the effects necessary to really showcase the mutants powers. Anyway,
X-men is a lot of fun. Supposedly all the actors are signed for two more
X-men movies too! (*** stars out of 4)
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jerryr
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response 74 of 236:
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Jul 16 13:07 UTC 2000 |
would someone who has absolootly no clue about the content of the comic books
like this film?
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goose
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response 75 of 236:
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Jul 16 13:44 UTC 2000 |
Yes...there are a couple inside jones (and Stan Lee makes a cameo)
but I went with a couple friends who were not fans of the Comic
and they really liked it....hell I didn't remember that much from the comic
and I liked it.
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jerryr
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response 76 of 236:
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Jul 16 14:32 UTC 2000 |
k. thanx.
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ric
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response 77 of 236:
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Jul 17 12:41 UTC 2000 |
I had never read the comic books and didn't know anything about the characters
and really enjoyed the movie.
There was one part that I *KNEW* was an inside joke but I had to ask my wife
about it... Wolverine says something about the uniforms they're supposed to
wear, and Cyclops says "What would you prefer, yellow spandex?"
Adrienne still has a wolverine action figure from ages ago. It's missing one
set of claws.
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goose
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response 78 of 236:
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Jul 17 20:23 UTC 2000 |
Yep...that's one of 'em...;-)
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mcnally
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response 79 of 236:
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Jul 18 01:23 UTC 2000 |
Since I was visiting, this weekend, with my sister Maureen and my
ten-year-old nephew Ramsey, I wound up seeing "X-Men".
Not a brilliant movie by any stretch of the imagination, but an
enjoyable enough action movie, and much better than normal for comic
book adaptations. Hardcore fans of the comic will no doubt be appalled
at the mixing and matching from different eras of the comic's existence,
but as a former occasional comic reader, I thought they did a decent
job balancing the weight of twenty years of soap-opera-like episodic
continuity with the narrative constraints of a 100 minute movie.
To answer the question posed in #74: My sister apparently enjoyed it,
and she definitely falls into the "absolutely no clue about the comic
books" category.
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lelande
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response 80 of 236:
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Jul 18 05:44 UTC 2000 |
been waiting for x-men to be made into a movie since i was 12 years old.
countless sleepovers were spent composing the best possible cast of actors
for said hypothetical movie. rarely did we cast anyone but patrick stewart
as professor x. i recall one evening jim gose suggested kojak would make a
better xavier, and nobody ever talked to him again.
it's a slick sci-fi/special effects/action/adventure flick for anyone who
wants to go roller coaster riding, but those who don't know and don't care
about the comic book won't appreciate
a) the inside jokes, of which there are several ranging from the
self-mocking (like the yellow spandex) to the coy (key characters
with huge fan-bases from the comic slipped in very, very briefly,
like kitty pryde)
b) the surprising faithfulness to the development of many stories
and characters in the last 30 years of the comic, particularly
with wolverine, one of the most complex and easily overdone
characters in the history of comics, they managed to not fuck him
up, maintaining many facets: his animosity with summers, his
doggin after jean grey, the bond he's forced into with rogue
because of her power, the weapon x project, his relation to
sabretooth ... cyclops was done perfectly ... other odds and
ends surprising from hollywood.
c) the red carpet being rolled out for sequels galore: already i'm
fantasizing about a whole movie devoted to weapon x, another
devoted to phoenix ... already i fantasize about future wolverine
sub-plots, all of which will involve his heart warming up to yet
another young x-man girl (shadowcat, jubilee)
everyone go see x-men so they make lots of money and then make lots of
sequels.
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edina
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response 81 of 236:
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Jul 18 17:31 UTC 2000 |
$54.5 Million the first weekend. How's that?
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