Other Tuesday Stuff

[yendi]

1. Razor Magazine is dead. Damn. There goes one of the magazines I snagged a free subscription to.

2. In the movie meme from yesterday, I omitted a film(well, I probably omitted plenty, especially in the "underlooked" category). A truly despised film that I love is the 1996 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau. It starred Brando and Kilmer, possibly the two least fun people in Hollywood to work with at the time, and was slammed by everyone. But I adored it. Saw it in the theatre twice, even. Assholes or not, the leads did a great job, and Brando's late-career mumbling and overacting was actually put to good use. The cast included Ron Perlman and Fairuza Balk, and it was directed by John Frankenheimer (who gave us the good version of The Manchurian Candidate*). A film that's a lot more fun than most people remember it being.

3. First class of the year is in an hour. Ick. My voice is still a wee bit raspy from last week's cold. Maybe I can convince them I'm Tara Reid. Only sober, and with better (man) boobs.

4. Awesome Slings and Arrows news, courtesy of muse0fire: Season 2 will debut on Sundance in February! Woohoo! Not that I want to wait that long, but at least we now have a specific date!

5. I meant to mention this a while ago, but over in Kingdom of Loathing, I gave up on being Hardcore. I'm still Oxygenarian, but I don't have the patience for hardcore. Currently, my Turtle Tamer is at level 9, and has completed all the available quests (including the Felonia-related ones).

6. Finally, for anyone else doing the clues over at The Nameless Novel for the next Lemony Snicket Book (and I love the current Amazon cover art for it!), they've now revealed both a page of text (with some omissions) and three illustrations, and are currently working towards the cover art itself. Quite fun. Especially since both the text and the images hint at the return of some old characters and settings. :-)

*He also gave us Dead-Bang. But we can assume he was on crack when he made that one.

Comments

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

1. I've never heard of it.
2. I bet Ron Perlman played a character that required extensive latex appliances and makeup. Have you read the book?
3. Tara Reid? You won't even convince them you're Reed Richards!
4. I've never heard of it.
5. Never heard of this either.
6. I haven't read the Lemony Snicket books, but keep meaning to.

[yendi]

1. One of the many Maxim knock-offs.
2. He did, and yes.
3. All I'd need is some grey hair dye for my temples. Or, if they've seen the movie, really bad dialogue.
4. You'd like it. It's a damned funny show about a theatre company. And it co-stars Rachel McAdams.
5. Yet another online addiction.
6. Well worth the time and effort. The only book series ever for which I can say that the movie-tie-in puzzle book is required reading.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

1. *yawn*
2. I could have a heart attack from not surprise.
3. And indecision. Don't forget to pour in the indecision and let set.
4. !
5. I must just not have the gene to appreciate those things. Sort of like the people who can't smell asparagus pee.
6. There's a movie tie-in puzzle book?

Val Kilmer gets shipwrecked and washes up a a Furry Con

[mister-wolf.livejournal.com]

It's all right. I forgive you.

Re: Val Kilmer gets shipwrecked and washes up a a Furry Con

[yendi]

*snort* Great title line.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

2. I enjoy Island of Dr. Mephesto also. 'And here, of course, is my four-assed ostrich.'

2a. I also enjoy the Manchurian remake. In no way a replacement of the original classic, but I felt it succeeded in being its own thing.

3. Ph34r yendi's man-boobs. They dispense good recommendations.

[yendi]

I've only seen the Manchurian remake on an airplane, and thus without sound (I refuse to pay for the earphones) and any nudity or excessive violence. I just never saw the need for a remake.

And see, no matter how many implants Reid gets, she'll never toss out recommendations like I can.

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Well, it depends. When Tara gets really drunk, there's no telling what can come out of her boobs. Ice skates, Ernest Borgnine — the sky's the limit.

[yendi]

So Tara's got Clown Tits?

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Dude, do you really wanna go there? I mean, if we collaborated on an extended riff on Tara Reid's boobs, the result would be legendary, but then on our deathbeds we'd look back and say 'Damn. I spent a whole evening riffing on Tara Reid's funbags. I suck.'

[yendi]

True. And if our deathbed moments were any more than a year from now, people would hear our last words and go, "who?"

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Ah, but the the 1977 Island of Dr. Moreau (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0076210/) was the very first film I ever wanted my money back for, despite what I remember as some pretty good makeup on the creatures.

[yendi]

I've managed to miss that one, and have yet to be convinced I need to do otherwise. :-)

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

Burt Lancaster, man. Burt Lancaster is reason enough to see, hear, smell, or blow anything.

[yendi]

And yet the greatest Lancaster movie evar still isn't out on DVD.

(Yeah, I know -- I need a region-free player. And this was my first Burt Lancaster movie).

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

'Yeah, I know -- I need a region-free player.'

You lose at life DVDs.

[yendi]

Seriously, I think that Tough Guys is one of the few discs to ever make me regret not having one.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

That's a horrible, horrible movie.

[yendi]

Like I said, it was one I know lots of people despise.

[das_hydra]

I like The Island of Dr. Moreau, in one of those cheesy guilty-pleasure type of ways. I was reading the book when it was announced they were releasing the film, which made me all the more excited.

[sainthuck.livejournal.com]

Best thing about the Moreau remake? When Kilmer goes into his extended riff on a Brando impression, complete with wardrobe. Totally unexpected, and hilarious. I also remember that film for being the first and last time anybody tried to turn David Thewlis into the Next Great Thing. Unappreciated? Yeah, but it is still crap for the most part.

And I'll defend the Manchurian remake like this: the first one was Cold War era, so much of the politics surrounding it is from another time, and another place. The remake updated it to a more modern setting with the details, but what's funny about all that is how little updating is needed on the core plot points - the principles of power in a jaded society are basically the same today as they were fifty years ago. Now, nobody's gonna top Angela Lansbury, I'll give you that...

[yendi]

You might have a good point about the Machurian remake. If it's ever on cable, I may Tivo it just to see if I can stand it.

[sainthuck.livejournal.com]

In no way am I saying it's superior to the original, but it's pretty darn good, as remakes go. Cable is a good way to check it out - no cost but your time.