Child Actor Matthew Lawrence Says That a Director Offered Him a Role in a Marvel Movie... If He Took Off His Shirt and "Did XYZ"

Marvel movie, eh? What Marvel franchise has a lot of roles open, and also needs a lot of young actors to play those roles?

I'm thinking the X in XYZ maybe stood for "X-Men."

Lawrence says further that he was fired from his talent agency for refusing to strip for this director.

Matthew Lawrence is opening up about a horrible experience that involved an Oscar-winning film director.
During the latest episode of his Brotherly Love podcast, Lawrence recalled being offered a role at a Marvel production but only if he stripped.
"There's been many times in my life where I've been propositioned to get a huge role," Lawrence said. "I've lost my agency because I went to the hotel room, which I can't believe they would send me to, of a very prominent Oscar award-winning director who showed up in his robe, asked me to take my clothes off and said he needed to take Polaroids of me."

I kinda-sorta understand why you'd want to see someone's physique for a superhero movie. Or any movie where the person would be playing a heroic role.

But... this doesn't seem professional. It seems like you'd say "Okay we're going to need a physique test (or whatever), it'll just be me and the cameraman present."

Asking someone to take off his clothes, while alone with him, and snapping pics with the amateur pornographer's camera of choice, the Polaroid, seems very sketchy.

And what does "do XYZ" mean?

Lawrence added, "And then if I did X, Y and Z, I would be the next Marvel character. I didn't do that, and my agency fired me because I left this director's room."
The actor didn't reveal any names or give dates on when this encounter happened. Lawrence also mentioned the double standard that exists when male actors talk about sexual harassment versus female actors.

A lot of people are going to think Bryan Singer, who has had a lot of allegations thrown at him, including pressuring a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old to shower naked for Apt Pupil. He was recently, belatedly cancelled by Hollywood.

But unless I'm missing it, he never won an Oscar. Though I can easily see someone thinking he did; he got a lot of attention for Apt Pupil, and Christopher McQuarrie won a Screenwriting Oscar for The Usual Suspects.

Speaking of child actors being forced into unpleasant scenarios:

As has grown to be the Iron Rule of Woke Activist "Critics" and Disney Shills, the "reviewer" rating is high, while the actual audience score is dreadful.

The CBC calls this "pointless." It also say that this time, it's told from Wendy' point of view.

It was always told from Wendy's point of view, cuz.

But this time, This Princess Saves Herself! (Snap!)

Posted by: Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 Yo

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2023 06:30 PM (TZ75n)

2 Roomy

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2023 06:31 PM (TZ75n)

3 Rd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2023 06:31 PM (TZ75n)

4 Whoa-ke!

Posted by: Hamitchell62 at May 01, 2023 06:31 PM (EuCrk)

5 Th

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2023 06:32 PM (TZ75n)

6 Lots of openings in Uranus.

Marvel is sci-fi, isn't it??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 06:32 PM (Vwz3I)

7 Hi all

Posted by: Ciampino - mostest, bestest of all at May 01, 2023 06:32 PM (qfLjt)

8 How big is the Captain's hook?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2023 06:32 PM (63Dwl)

9 At least it wasn't ABC.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2023 06:32 PM (NpAcC)

10 As has grown to be the Iron Rule of Woke Activist "Critics" and Disney Shills, the "reviewer" rating is high, while the actual audience score is dreadful.

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67% ain't THAT high.

I'm still interested because David Lowery directed it, though. Dude is interesting at least (A Ghost Story and The Green Knight). Maybe one day I'll watch it, but I think Dolley finally canceled Disney+ recently.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:34 PM (xPkf4)

11 But unless I'm missing it, he never won an Oscar.
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Would that be Branagh, then?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2023 06:34 PM (krQz2)

12 Should we ask about Tinkerbell?

Posted by: TexasDan at May 01, 2023 06:34 PM (z9npv)

13 I am stunned that Hollywood has pervs in it. Who would have thunk it?

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 01, 2023 06:34 PM (oWBc3)

14 Marvel is sci-fi, isn't it??
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I)

They've a kink for e'rryone~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2023 06:34 PM (jzzG8)

15 Why are so many people in Hollywood perverts? Can't you just make a movie without engaging in pedophilia? Is that too much to ask?

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:34 PM (tp+tP)

16 The key takeaway here is that the creation of blackmail has to be voluntary on the part of the "victim".

That's what makes it Satanic.

The blackmail regime we all see and are outraged by exists. But it is mostly voluntary. Not all. But the vast overwhelming majority of it is.

Game out controlling a voluntary vs non-voluntary balckmail ring. Which is easier?

Posted by: Thesokorus at May 01, 2023 06:35 PM (jJDDr)

17 Which director?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at May 01, 2023 06:35 PM (O6uDo)

18 A lot of people are going to think Bryan Singer, who has had a lot of allegations thrown at him, including pressuring a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old to shower naked for Apt Pupil. He was recently, belatedly cancelled by Hollywood.

But unless I'm missing it, he never won an Oscar. Though I can easily see someone thinking he did; he got a lot of attention for Apt Pupil, and Christopher McQuarrie won a Screenwriting Oscar for The Usual Suspects.

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Singer is also the actual director of Bohemian Rhapsody.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:35 PM (xPkf4)

19 Don't think Favreau ever won an Oscar. Or the Russo bros.

Did Sam Raimi?

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2023 06:35 PM (krQz2)

20 14 Marvel is sci-fi, isn't it??
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I)

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I think there is precious little scifi in film, and most of what is called "scifi" is actually techno-fantasy.

Like Star Trek. The science is all bullshit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:36 PM (xPkf4)

21 Obammy won an Oscar for his Netflix film with Mike.

Posted by: Hamitchell62 at May 01, 2023 06:36 PM (EuCrk)

22 Sorry to this guy, I do not know him or even of him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:36 PM (/xaUq)

23 Ah the CBC: Canada's own State-Controlled Media.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 06:36 PM (PiwSw)

24 67 on the tomato-meter does not sound very high.

19% on the audience score is DREADFUL.

Posted by: rd at May 01, 2023 06:37 PM (Z32m1)

25 21 Obammy won an Oscar for his Netflix film with Mike.
Posted by: Hamitchell62 at May 01, 2023 06:36 PM (EuCrk)

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He did win an Oscar, but for his Netflix Documentary. Something about Chinese and factories in America. I dunno.

It's one of those things no one ever actually watches.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:37 PM (xPkf4)

26 @11 Would that be Branagh, then?

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I thought Branagh's only Marvel movie was the first Thor, and that had no kids in it.

Posted by: junior at May 01, 2023 06:37 PM (dT5r8)

27 *looks him up on imdb*

Yeah, well that explains why I do not know him.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:37 PM (/xaUq)

28 So far, can only think it's Kenneth Branagh.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2023 06:37 PM (krQz2)

29 Hollyweird, Disnut, all the major networks, nothing but pederasts and sodomites.

Turn their evil crap off and leave it off.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 01, 2023 06:38 PM (R/m4+)

30 67% ain't THAT high.

I'm still interested because David Lowery directed it, though. Dude is interesting at least (A Ghost Story and The Green Knight). Maybe one day I'll watch it, but I think Dolley finally canceled Disney+ recently.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:34 PM (xPkf4)

It was actually on the TV in the restaurant where I ate lunch today. I didn't pay a lot of attention to it, but I got the impression that Jude Law's Captain Hook is supposed to be a....semi-sympathetic villain? Or at least that Peter Pan's own hands aren't clean in that conflict. Or something.

Could be a little interesting for that reason, I guess, except that Ace's "The princess saves herself!" summary was very spot-on. Groan.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:38 PM (tp+tP)

31 Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper · 2h
Is this Taco Bell employee sleepy or high?

https://tinyurl.com/4ar3mt6s
2 minutes

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 06:38 PM (Vwz3I)

32 I thought Branagh's only Marvel movie was the first Thor, and that had no kids in it.
Posted by: junior at May 01, 2023 06:37 PM (dT5r

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It is, but he's the only one I can think of right now.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2023 06:38 PM (krQz2)

33 I thought Branagh's only Marvel movie was the first Thor, and that had no kids in it.
Posted by: junior at May 01, 2023 06:37 PM (dT5r

Maybe that's why.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 06:38 PM (PiwSw)

34 "And then if I did X, Y and Z, I would be the next Marvel character.

take 5 inches X in the ass Y for 2 minutes Z

MATHS

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2023 06:38 PM (BRHaw)

35 I think there is precious little scifi in film, and most of what is called "scifi" is actually techno-fantasy.

Like Star Trek. The science is all bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:36 PM (xPkf4)

Are we not mentioning Prometheus then?

Posted by: TexasDan at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (z9npv)

36 Like Star Trek. The science is all bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:36 PM (xPkf4)

Hey hey hey. Star Trek was not bullshit.

Science 'Fantasy' is probably a good way to put it. Although, tbf Next Gen was far worse with the technobabble than TOS.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (/xaUq)

37 Since no one watched it, we can’t be sure it was Obama-hana. But definitely it was him. Or “him” i.e. Mike.

Posted by: Hamitchell62 at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (EuCrk)

38 Don't they teach this stuff in acting school? "If you want to work in this business, you have to put out." Why is every actor so surprised when it happens to them the first time?

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (MvF+J)

39 Are we not mentioning Prometheus then?
Posted by: TexasDan at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (z9npv)

It is SO much more realistic. Plus a steaming pile of shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (/xaUq)

40 Could it have been a Deadpool movie? Those had kids in them but surely not Oscar level directors.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (z9npv)

41 36 Hey hey hey. Star Trek was not bullshit.

Science 'Fantasy' is probably a good way to put it. Although, tbf Next Gen was far worse with the technobabble than TOS.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (/xaUq)

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True. The way the writers wrote they did this: "We need to [tech] the [tech] in order to [tech]."

And then the technical advisors would come up with scientific sounding words to fill in the gaps.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (xPkf4)

42 Do you like gladiator movies, Billy?

Posted by: Leslie Neilsen at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (0A5+1)

43 Science 'Fantasy' is probably a good way to put it. Although, tbf Next Gen was far worse with the technobabble than TOS.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (/xaUq)

My multi-modal reflection sorter rates this is "True."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (PiwSw)

44 Why are so many people in Hollywood perverts? Can't you just make a movie without engaging in pedophilia? Is that too much to ask?
Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:34 PM (tp+tP)

Because they are amoral trash humans.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (CZBWZ)

45 Um sir, this is a Wendy.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (DsA2n)

46 Kenneth Brannagh was married to Emma Thompson and cheated on her for a while with Helena Bonham Carter (resulting in Thompson filing for divorce). He doesn't seem to be gay.

Posted by: ace at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (iHBZj)

47 43 Science 'Fantasy' is probably a good way to put it. Although, tbf Next Gen was far worse with the technobabble than TOS.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (/xaUq)

My multi-modal reflection sorter rates this is "True."
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (PiwSw)

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Did you calibrate the tachion-o-meter beforehand?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (xPkf4)

48 Yes; supposedly Hook has a backstory where's he's sympathetic. He had a bad childhod or something. It sounds like the Masculine take on "rehabilitating" Cruella DeVille in "101 Dalmations". Meh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (Keyt1)

49 Just like Marvel films and the Star Wars garbage. Rotten Tomatoes gives it amazing scores, while the audience thinks it sucks.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (VWp7G)

50 38 Don't they teach this stuff in acting school? "If you want to work in this business, you have to put out." Why is every actor so surprised when it happens to them the first time?
Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:39 PM (MvF+J)

I believe Louis XVI put it in that historical record History of the World pt 1: 'You don' put out, he don' get out.'

That part made me cringe even as a kid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (/xaUq)

51 I think there is precious little scifi in film, and most of what is called "scifi" is actually techno-fantasy.

Like Star Trek. The science is all bullshit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:36 PM (xPkf4)

Sci Fi has wiggle room for advanced discoveries, even in "Hard" Sci Fi writers like Hal Clement who made a career about being the most scientifically accurate around.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (eoQWY)

52 46 Kenneth Brannagh was married to Emma Thompson and cheated on her for a while with Helena Bonham Carter (resulting in Thompson filing for divorce). He doesn't seem to be gay.
Posted by: ace at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (iHBZj)

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I dunno...he made Asgard pretty fabulous...

/jk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (xPkf4)

53 I thought Branagh's only Marvel movie was the first Thor, and that had no kids in it.
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The kid ended up Thor after the audition.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (Vwz3I)

54 Kenneth Branagh directed Thor. He directed Belfast, which won Best Original Screenplay.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2023 06:42 PM (R38qh)

55 True. The way the writers wrote they did this: "We need to [tech] the [tech] in order to [tech]."

And then the technical advisors would come up with scientific sounding words to fill in the gaps.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (xPkf4)

Always having to due with phase. Always.

Posted by: TexasDan at May 01, 2023 06:42 PM (z9npv)

56 >>>Kenneth Brannagh was married to Emma Thompson and cheated on her for a while with Helena Bonham Carter (resulting in Thompson filing for divorce). He doesn't seem to be gay.
Posted by: ace

She's quirky, but I always had a thing for Helena Bonham Carter. Always.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:42 PM (VWp7G)

57 It's such a great movie Disney plus already has it... Tells you something doesn't it...

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2023 06:42 PM (bs+z0)

58 51 Sci Fi has wiggle room for advanced discoveries, even in "Hard" Sci Fi writers like Hal Clement who made a career about being the most scientifically accurate around.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (eoQWY)

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I think scifi needs to make an attempt at being in alignment with speculative science of the time. It doesn't need to age well, but something like Arthur C. Clarke (pedo) imagining a space elevator because he read about the possibility of advanced light metals is very different from, "We need a budget-friendly way to get the crew from the Enterprise to the surface, cause we ain't building no shuttlecraft."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:42 PM (xPkf4)

59 50 I mean, Hollywood's been like that since, erm, 1910?

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:43 PM (MvF+J)

60

Director's Rights Respected...

Posted by: I'ma Slutte at May 01, 2023 06:43 PM (NRe2w)

61 Kenneth Branagh directed Thor. He directed Belfast, which won Best Original Screenplay.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2023 06:42 PM (R38qh)
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I think he won actor and director for Henry V.

Posted by: Axeman at May 01, 2023 06:43 PM (krQz2)

62 Why are so many people in Hollywood perverts? Can't you just make a movie without engaging in pedophilia? Is that too much to ask?
Posted by: Dr. T

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They form cliques, tribes, and secret societies. They all share something in common, and cover for and shill and promote each other. "Hire my buddy Bruce, after all, I hired your boy-toy in my last film."

IIRC, that was a major reason the US Military banned homosexuals from the ranks. They didn't want them to form those cliques and secret societies. The service academy ring-knockers did not want the competition.

Posted by: rd at May 01, 2023 06:43 PM (Z32m1)

63 interesting as I neglected the homopedophiles and was aware of only the females getting casting-couch offers.

According to their propensity the bastards need to be offered a choice of red-hot poker up the rectum or a red-hot knitting needle up the urethra ..... it will cure rectal cancer or bladder cancer right?

Posted by: Ciampino - mostest, bestest of all! at May 01, 2023 06:43 PM (qfLjt)

64 I am the Shadout Mapes, I owe you a steak dinner and bottle of your choice

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2023 06:44 PM (zEW8i)

65 59 50 I mean, Hollywood's been like that since, erm, 1910?
Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:43 PM (MvF+J)

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Probably a bit later, into the late teens would be my guess.

Lawless town sees the rise of a massively powerful industry pretty much overnight? The industry becomes the law, and they get what they want, which is a lot of young poon. Just ask Charlie Chaplin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:44 PM (xPkf4)

66 I believe Louis XVI put it in that historical record History of the World pt 1: 'You don' put out, he don' get out.'

That part made me cringe even as a kid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (/xaUq)

And also is not something Louis XVI would have said. Louis XIV and XV, maybe.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:44 PM (tp+tP)

67 "She's quirky, but I always had a thing for Helena Bonham Carter. Always."

As long as she stays on the other side of the screen, I'm cool with her.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:44 PM (MvF+J)

68 And then the technical advisors would come up with scientific sounding words to fill in the gaps.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:40 PM (xPkf4)

In TOS, iirc, they usually did more handwaving and assuming the thing worked rather than try to explain what they were doing. They'd talk about the problem, but be general.

'Mr Scott! The Transporters out!'
'ACHH' *mumbled profanity, jumps into Jeffries tube, bangs on pipes, moves some stuff around, jumps back out*
'Try it now, Mr Kyle!'

And it worked.

No, 'We have to reverse the polarity of the Heisenberg Compensators in order to improve the flow to the Dilithium matrix!' bullshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:44 PM (/xaUq)

69 Just like Marvel films and the Star Wars garbage. Rotten Tomatoes gives it amazing scores, while the audience thinks it sucks.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (VWp7G)

67 percent from the bought and paid for shill reviewers is pretty bad. Back in the day they could pull 90 + percent.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 06:44 PM (eoQWY)

70 "I have met an incredible number of men who are just astonishingly gorgeous and sexy."

"Anybody with a twinkle in their eye is sexy as far as I am concerned."

--Kenneth Branagh

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2023 06:45 PM (R38qh)

71 Wait there is child molesting in Hollywood?

Janie was a young starlet who appeared in several productions by Jack Woltz. After her first appearance, Woltz presented her with lavish gifts, only to molest her on his private jet whilst on the way to the Woltz mansion.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2023 06:45 PM (BRHaw)

72 >>>As long as she stays on the other side of the screen, I'm cool with her.
Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe

First noticed her in Hamlet with Mel Gibson. So pretty in that.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:45 PM (VWp7G)

73 65 I hate to imagine what the Gish sisters went through.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:45 PM (MvF+J)

74 69 Just like Marvel films and the Star Wars garbage. Rotten Tomatoes gives it amazing scores, while the audience thinks it sucks.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:41 PM (VWp7G)

67 percent from the bought and paid for shill reviewers is pretty bad. Back in the day they could pull 90 + percent.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 06:44 PM (eoQWY)

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Look at the live-action remakes of beloved animated movies. I think (it's been a while since I dug through the numbers, but this might have changed) the only one to get less than an 80% was Dumbo, which was something like 45%.

Why? Why would Disney let this happen?

Because Disney realized too late that Tim Burton made a movie about how awful Disney was, and they let it die.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:46 PM (xPkf4)

75 Helena Bonham Carter

She was married to Tim Burton

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (bs+z0)

76 a space elevator because he read about the possibility of advanced light metals is very different from, "We need a budget-friendly way to get the crew from the Enterprise to the surface, cause we ain't building no shuttlecraft."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:42 PM (xPkf4)

Plus the space elevator doesn't lend itself to nearly as many quirky plot complications.

Or maybe it does. But the teleporter sure deserved recognition as "most likely to be a part of the climax of an episode"

Posted by: TexasDan at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (z9npv)

77 Janie was a young starlet who appeared in several productions by Jack Woltz. After her first appearance, Woltz presented her with lavish gifts, only to molest her on his private jet whilst on the way to the Woltz mansion.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2023 06:45 PM (BRHaw)

I seem to recall a story where some sleazy exec tried to molest Shirley Temple- when she was little.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (/xaUq)

78 "And what does "do XYZ" mean?"

sounds like "anything and everything". "do ABC" might be more simple/innocent, but xyz is at the end of ... times?

Posted by: illiniwek at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (Cus5s)

79

John Travolta has spoken very clearly about how much he had to put out and/or swallow in order to get his first rolls in Hollywood.

Posted by: Ima Slutte at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (NRe2w)

80
A lot of people are going to think Bryan Singer

Dooood, mind blown...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (n+4am)

81 73 65 I hate to imagine what the Gish sisters went through.
Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:45 PM (MvF+J)

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Lillian was very loyal to DW Griffith, so I imagine she had some level of protection.

The big female stars at the time were probably pretty safe. It was all the hangers on, the wannabes, that got really used. Probably much the same as today.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (xPkf4)

82 Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2023 06:44 PM (zEW8i)

Thank you!! *pauses* What did I do?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (PiwSw)

83 Janie was a young starlet who appeared in several productions by Jack Woltz. After her first appearance, Woltz presented her with lavish gifts, only to molest her on his private jet whilst on the way to the Woltz mansion.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 01, 2023 06:45 PM (BRHaw)

Is that a real guy, or the guy who woke up to his horse's head in his bed?

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (tp+tP)

84 Hollywood has always had a casting couch culture, just of late a lot more gay involvement. Didn't Newsoms wife get harassed by Weinstein and then go alone to gus hotel room for an interview or was that another 15-20 actresses? Corey Haim was used like a piece of meat, but all his "friend" Corey Feldman can do is pop up every once in a while and hint at something, largely to be noticed

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (eFaiq)

85 " I hate to imagine what the Gish sisters went through."

Lillian never married did she? Had a very long career though.

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (gLRfa)

86 I approve of Kenneth Branagh's cinematic output. Love his Shakespeare stuff. Watch him do Heydrich in "Conspiracy" (2001). Colder than frickin ice, more efficient than a guillotine.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (MvF+J)

87 >>>Why? Why would Disney let this happen?

Because Disney realized too late that Tim Burton made a movie about how awful Disney was, and they let it die.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Absolutely. Disney films were almost always big draws, but Disney decided they would rather be woke than rich.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (VWp7G)

88 76 Plus the space elevator doesn't lend itself to nearly as many quirky plot complications.

Or maybe it does. But the teleporter sure deserved recognition as "most likely to be a part of the climax of an episode"
Posted by: TexasDan at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (z9npv)

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Not nearly enough space elevators in Star Trek. I think Voyager had one in an episode, but that was it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (xPkf4)

89
She's quirky, but I always had a thing for Helena Bonham Carter. Always.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:42 PM

I had to check, but I'm getting this quote from her in 'Fight Club', 'My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school.'

Not sure it made the final cut.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (enJYY)

90 The real problem with interplanetary sci fi, let alone interstellar sci fi is that space is BIG. REALLY, REALLY BIG.

Once you get beyond the confines of Earth, trying to figure out the science behind the science fiction you need is just mind-bogglingly complicated.

Easier to handwave it and give the protagonists fast fusion drives with inertial compensators, or whatever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (BpYfr)

91 Hollywood is a sex pool

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (xhxe8)

92 > John Travolta has spoken very clearly about how much he had to put out and/or swallow in order to get his first rolls in Hollywood.

There were pictures in the last few years of Travolta out at like 3am cruising gyms to pick up guys.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (R38qh)

93 >>>John Travolta has spoken very clearly about how much he had to put out and/or swallow in order to get his first rolls in Hollywood.

Posted by: Ima Slutte

It's why he's bald now.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (VWp7G)

94 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (BpYfr)

Is that opening sentence from Hitchhiker?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (/xaUq)

95 86 I approve of Kenneth Branagh's cinematic output. Love his Shakespeare stuff. Watch him do Heydrich in "Conspiracy" (2001). Colder than frickin ice, more efficient than a guillotine.
Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (MvF+J)

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His new Poirot film looks atmospheric. A Haunting in Venice. Could be fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRCKIP5paEU

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (xPkf4)

96 I guess it's nice that they have an actor with Down syndrome playing one of the lost boys.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (NpAcC)

97 91 Hollywood is a sex pool
Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (xhxe

You misspelled 'cess.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (/xaUq)

98 >>>I had to check, but I'm getting this quote from her in 'Fight Club', 'My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school.'

Not sure it made the final cut.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Heh, it's a great line, though.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (VWp7G)

99 Because Disney realized too late that Tim Burton made a movie about how awful Disney was, and they let it die

that was probably the only good live action remake

meanwhile I watched a really campy 90s flick I'd somehow missed back then - Tales from the Darkside the movie?

it was so fun! lol

it basically isn't great - very goofy - but one actor stood out as far as not sucking - Rae Dawn Chong. so it was bugging me, what happened to her? she was great in Quest for Fire, she was clearly a good actress, good "pedigree" for the nepotism? so what gives? she dropped off the face of the earth

anyone know why? again, I somehow missed the whole thing but it is quite juicy

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (w0NJk)

100 I approve of Kenneth Branagh's cinematic output. Love his Shakespeare stuff. Watch him do Heydrich in "Conspiracy" (2001). Colder than frickin ice, more efficient than a guillotine.
Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (MvF+J)

Oh yeah, I remember that. He was...disturbing in that one.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (tp+tP)

101 Is prominent director Spielberg? I've heard that rumor about him.

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah, thinks it's all ops at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (sJHOI)

102 Yeah, one of the reasons TOS is better than TNG was how they handled equipment malfunctions. TOS would put some flash powder on the transporter pad, hit the button and boom!--you knew the thing was busted. TNG has five minutes of techobullshit about the interociter not phasing with the gonkulator.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos (meh, it's a living) at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (3DZIZ)

103 90 Once you get beyond the confines of Earth, trying to figure out the science behind the science fiction you need is just mind-bogglingly complicated.

Easier to handwave it and give the protagonists fast fusion drives with inertial compensators, or whatever.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (BpYfr)

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And I am fine with that, except it ceases to be science fiction.

This only bothers me because people parade Star Trek around like hard scifi. It's "baby's first hard scifi" at best.

I do not know why it bothers me so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (xPkf4)

104 His new Poirot film looks atmospheric. A Haunting in Venice. Could be fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRCKIP5paEU
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (xPkf4)

Did you see the Poe film? Mystery something 'Eye.' It looked interesting. Is it even out yet?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:51 PM (/xaUq)

105 98 >>>I had to check, but I'm getting this quote from her in 'Fight Club', 'My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school.'

Not sure it made the final cut.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Heh, it's a great line, though.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (VWp7G)

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Real alternate line: "I want to have your abortion."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:51 PM (xPkf4)

106 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (BpYfr)

Is that opening sentence from Hitchhiker?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (/xaUq)
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Very similar, but with fewer references to the chemist shop down the street.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:51 PM (BpYfr)

107 Pale Blue Eye
Christian Bale
https://is.gd/BiInuc

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (/xaUq)

108 Lillian was very loyal to DW Griffith, so I imagine she had some level of protection.

The big female stars at the time were probably pretty safe. It was all the hangers on, the wannabes, that got really used. Probably much the same as today.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch

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Didn't Harvey Weinstein blackball Mira Sorvino after she said "No!" and meant it?

Posted by: rd at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (Z32m1)

109 This only bothers me because people parade Star Trek around like hard scifi. It's "baby's first hard scifi" at best.

I do not know why it bothers me so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (xPkf4)
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How dare you, Prometheus-boy...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (EZebt)

110 His new Poirot film looks atmospheric. A Haunting in Venice. Could be fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRCKIP5paEU
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:49 PM (xPkf4)

Maybe, but "Death on the Nile" really pi**ed me off.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (tp+tP)

111 Yes, happens to men too in Hollywood.

An actor I know said he stopped auditioning because "they just all wanted to see me naked," so now he's out of the business.

Posted by: PJ at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (G1dq6)

112 The real problem with interplanetary sci fi, let alone interstellar sci fi is that space is BIG. REALLY, REALLY BIG.

Once you get beyond the confines of Earth, trying to figure out the science behind the science fiction you need is just mind-bogglingly complicated.

Easier to handwave it and give the protagonists fast fusion drives with inertial compensators, or whatever.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (BpYfr)

I remember reading fan books about Star Trek Old Series and them quickly realizing that even with the vague "warp" speeds they could never really reconcile how fast the Enterprise got around the galaxy with any of the top speeds defined.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (eoQWY)

113 104 Did you see the Poe film? Mystery something 'Eye.' It looked interesting. Is it even out yet?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:51 PM (/xaUq)

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The Pale Blue Eye. It was a Netflix film.

I've skipped it because I've grown to dislike Scott Cooper, the director. He's empty arthouse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (xPkf4)

114 The Pale Blue Eye. It was a Netflix film.

it wasn't great

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:53 PM (w0NJk)

115 btw I'm liking "Beef" so far. so thanks for the input on that

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:53 PM (w0NJk)

116 I've skipped it because I've grown to dislike Scott Cooper, the director. He's empty arthouse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (xPkf4)

Awwwww, our little art critic is getting dismissive and catty!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:53 PM (/xaUq)

117 109 This only bothers me because people parade Star Trek around like hard scifi. It's "baby's first hard scifi" at best.

I do not know why it bothers me so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (xPkf4)
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How dare you, Prometheus-boy...
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (EZebt)

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Prometheus would also be some kind of techno-horror. I wouldn't call it scifi.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:53 PM (xPkf4)

118 Mahvelous.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2023 06:53 PM (v0R5T)

119 The enterTAINTment crowd/biz/circus is nothing but a bunch of depraved pervs who copulate like dogs in a kennel. . . . . . . . . . sniff. . . . mount. . . .motion. . . .and walk away with NO obligations, remorse or thought. And they don't care who they mark or ruin.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Creeps & Unnatural Leftist Acts at May 01, 2023 06:53 PM (5uy7A)

120 it wasn't great
Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:53 PM (w0NJk)

Ok. Too bad. I trust you, BO.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (/xaUq)

121 Brannagh's Poirot films are poor. At least this one is based on a story that hasn't been made into a theatrical movie before.

I read it. I remember it being okay but not really. It's from her later period.

Posted by: ace at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (iHBZj)

122 was Dark Star sci fi?

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (w0NJk)

123 "He was...disturbing in that one."

Actors must have to dredge deeper than the darkest parts of their souls to do performances like that. I imagine it shortens their life expectancy a bit.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (MvF+J)

124 did anyone else watch Jury Duty?

Posted by: ace at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (iHBZj)

125 And I am fine with that, except it ceases to be science fiction.

This only bothers me because people parade Star Trek around like hard scifi. It's "baby's first hard scifi" at best.

I do not know why it bothers me so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (xPkf4)
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I'm generally OK with that as well. I think I prefer to *read* hard science fiction than watch it. Watching hard science fiction is kind of boring to me...Reading it, on the other hand, can be much more interesting if the author uses the appropriate literary techniques to *make* it interesting (few info/expository dumps).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (BpYfr)

126 @99 Rae Dawn Chong married C. Thomas Howell (sounds like the Gottfried joke) and they had a home up outside of Woodstock. . I seem to recall it was foreclosed on but whatever happened I don't know

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (eFaiq)

127 116 I've skipped it because I've grown to dislike Scott Cooper, the director. He's empty arthouse.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (xPkf4)

Awwwww, our little art critic is getting dismissive and catty!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:53 PM (/xaUq)

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I do my best to give the benefit of the doubt. You should go back and read my Ralph Bakshi post. I kind of hated his work, but I think I still gave him a fair shake:

https://tinyurl.com/5n77jap8

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (xPkf4)

128 The Babylon Bee:

Chelsea Clinton Seen Lurking In Windowless Van Passing Out Pornographic Material To Kids

https://tinyurl.com/mt7xhtbz

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (NpAcC)

129 wait maybe I'm thinking of the Christmas time murder. Maybe I didn't read Hallowe'en Party.

Posted by: ace at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (iHBZj)

130 Shadout, ringplanet flat out lied about Frontier giving up their landlines. Thanks to you for making me look harder
I owe you

Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (zEW8i)

131 Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (/xaUq)

A Poe movie with Christian Bale? Hm, that could be interesting.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (tp+tP)

132 125 I'm generally OK with that as well. I think I prefer to *read* hard science fiction than watch it. Watching hard science fiction is kind of boring to me...Reading it, on the other hand, can be much more interesting if the author uses the appropriate literary techniques to *make* it interesting (few info/expository dumps).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (BpYfr)

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Here's the thing:

Most hard scifi bores the shit out of me. The people who can write it are generally good scientists and poor writers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:56 PM (xPkf4)

133 124 did anyone else watch Jury Duty?
Posted by: ace at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (iHBZj)

Exploring the Pauly Shore oeuvre?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:56 PM (/xaUq)

134 well no one cares about Ms Chong but what happened was, she was in The Color Purple with Oprah and they didn't get along very well

then she was interviewed and went OFF on how much Oprah was a kiss ass and annoying and not that talented but because she sucked the right butts got really far with that and omg a lot more. it was a RANT for the ages!

so that was it for Rae. Oprah pulled in favors and got her deleted from Hollywood entirely.

she discovered Chris Pratt tho, at a Bubba Gumps! so thank Rae Dawn Chong for him lol

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:56 PM (w0NJk)

135
I had to check, but I'm getting this quote from her in 'Fight Club', 'My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school.'

Not sure it made the final cut.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Heh, it's a great line, though.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (VWp7G)

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Real alternate line: "I want to have your abortion."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch

I think I read the book first, prior to seeing the movie, so the 'grade school' line stuck. But I think you're right, in the movie she did say that. A great movie, nonetheless. For gawd only knows what reason.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 01, 2023 06:57 PM (enJYY)

136 Does Wendy still make those square cheeseburgers?

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2023 06:57 PM (v0R5T)

137 Not nearly enough space elevators in Star Trek. I think Voyager had one in an episode, but that was it.
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And it was called something lame like "gyro zip pod"??

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 06:57 PM (Vwz3I)

138 Brannagh's Poirot films are poor. At least this one is based on a story that hasn't been made into a theatrical movie before.

I read it. I remember it being okay but not really. It's from her later period.
Posted by: ace at May 01, 2023 06:54 PM (iHBZj)

They'll probably race-swap half the characters and clumsily shoehorn in a lesbian romance again. Or maybe not; maybe they'll make somebody transgender this time. That should make a lot of sense in 1930s Europe.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (tp+tP)

139 I've seen some empty arthouses. Me, I'll watch anything I don't have to pay for.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (MvF+J)

140 I watched Jury Duty. I thought it was a little slow but the payoff is great, and the guy who didn't know is unbelievably patient and nice.

Posted by: DJ at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (H5y4s)

141 Seen a preview for the Little Mermaid. Instead of being a caucasian ginger she's black now. Occasionally you'll see a few black people snowboarding and a few more skateboarding but only white people frolic in the ocean with sharks. Black people don't.

Posted by: JROD at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (IlL6s)

142 I do my best to give the benefit of the doubt. You should go back and read my Ralph Bakshi post. I kind of hated his work, but I think I still gave him a fair shake:

https://tinyurl.com/5n77jap8
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (xPkf4)

The only Bakshi stuff I have seen is the original LotR movie and bits of Heavy Metal. I 'sort' of liked the art style of LotR, and some of the shots were quite good, but they butchered the story so much it is hard to tell what the hell they are going for.

Thank God for Peter Jackson.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (/xaUq)

143 79
John Travolta has spoken very clearly about how much he had to put out and/or swallow in order to get his first rolls in Hollywood.

Posted by: Ima Slutte at May 01, 2023 06:47 PM (NRe2w)
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I didn't know that!
BTW roles.

Posted by: Ciampino -- mostest, bestest of all! at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (qfLjt)

144 130 Shadout, ringplanet flat out lied about Frontier giving up their landlines. Thanks to you for making me look harder
I owe you
Posted by: Ben Had at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (zEW8i)

Glad I could help!

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (PiwSw)

145 134 Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:56 PM (w0NJk)

Orca Winnifried and Whoopee Goldbaum are the best actresses ever!

//Marty J Cloggenstein, Brattleboro VT

Posted by: sven at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (Lzpvj)

146 The left has seen that Hollywood is essentially immune from the consequences of sexual harassment, sexual favors in exchange for work, and straight-up child rape, so they figure they can roll it out for the country as a whole.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (ZCCyW)

147 135 I think I read the book first, prior to seeing the movie, so the 'grade school' line stuck. But I think you're right, in the movie she did say that. A great movie, nonetheless. For gawd only knows what reason.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 01, 2023 06:57 PM (enJYY)

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It's not in the movie, but it's an alternate take of the scene that you can find on the home video release as an extra.

That movie was all about pushing buttons.

I've never really understood the people who REALLY got into it. My brother almost punched me because he was trying to defend the movie by referencing the book, and I kept responding, "I haven't read the book. Why does that matter?'

My brother is an asshole, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (xPkf4)

148 DRR at the bottom an actress' vita:
"Director's Rights Respected"

Posted by: Fox2! at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (O6NhO)

149 A Poe movie with Christian Bale? Hm, that could be interesting.

Christian Bale is good in it

the guy playing Poe will make you want to murder yourself

or just stick a fork in your eardrums or something

my daughter loves loves loves Poe so really wanted to watch it and it annoyed her greatly. I don't know much about the source material or Poe's life so I didn't get as upset about that part (it's sort of a "young Edgar" bio)

anyway. it's worth looking at but if you want to take a break or not finish you're probably fine. you'll figure out the mystery pretty early

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (w0NJk)

150 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (xPkf4)

I wasn't making fun of the being dismissive and catty, but rather that you were really maturing as a movie reviewer.

Watch out, Rex Reed!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (/xaUq)

151 137 Not nearly enough space elevators in Star Trek. I think Voyager had one in an episode, but that was it.
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And it was called something lame like "gyro zip pod"??
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 06:57 PM (Vwz3I)

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That sounds about right. I like later Voyager quite a bit, though. Season 5 is great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (xPkf4)

152 >98 >>>I had to check, but I'm getting this quote from her in 'Fight Club', 'My God. I haven't been fucked like that since grade school.'

Not sure it made the final cut.
Posted by: Divide by Zero

Heh, it's a great line, though.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 06:50 PM (VWp7G)

It made the final cut.

https://youtu.be/7heCCqZp_k8

2:46

Posted by: Heavy Meta at May 01, 2023 07:00 PM (gryET)

153 I've never really understood the people who REALLY got into it. My brother almost punched me because he was trying to defend the movie by referencing the book, and I kept responding, "I haven't read the book. Why does that matter?'

My brother is an asshole, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (xPkf4)

Save it for the therapist, dude.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 07:00 PM (tp+tP)

154 My brother is an asshole, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (xPkf4)

*watches slow pitch sail across the plate, decides against it*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:00 PM (/xaUq)

155 P.S. about Jury Duty - it did not seem mean spirited at all, for those who had that concern.

Posted by: DJ at May 01, 2023 07:00 PM (H5y4s)

156 Save it for the therapist, dude.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 07:00 PM (tp+tP)

The joke I was considering was 'Sir, this is an Arby's.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:00 PM (/xaUq)

157 142 The only Bakshi stuff I have seen is the original LotR movie and bits of Heavy Metal. I 'sort' of liked the art style of LotR, and some of the shots were quite good, but they butchered the story so much it is hard to tell what the hell they are going for.

Thank God for Peter Jackson.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (/xaUq)

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Bakshi repressed almost all of his worst impulses in LOTR. He knew he was working with art much higher than he could reach himself, and he treated it with as much respect as he could. I think his adaptation of FOTR is actually pretty good. It's when he tries to fit about 75% TTT into 30 minutes that the film just kind of falls apart.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:01 PM (xPkf4)

158 And it was called something lame like "gyro zip pod"??
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 06:57 PM (Vwz3I)

"Mr Chakotay, apply the Tzatziki sauce and stand by."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:01 PM (PiwSw)

159
Most hard scifi bores the shit out of me. The people who can write it are generally good scientists and poor writers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch

Ringo's Troy Rising series is a good mix, I think. It isn't QUITE hard scifi, but it's hard enough to satisfy that....

Maybe I should rephrase that.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 01, 2023 07:01 PM (n+4am)

160 150 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:55 PM (xPkf4)

I wasn't making fun of the being dismissive and catty, but rather that you were really maturing as a movie reviewer.

Watch out, Rex Reed!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (/xaUq)

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Oh baby, I should really apply for that NYT movie reviewer position, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:01 PM (xPkf4)

161 I see they took The little Mermaid and made Ariel black.. Shouldn't they have changed her name to Lakesha or something ? I doubt Hans Christian Anderson imagined Ariel as Black though

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (bs+z0)

162 Christian Bale is good in it....

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (w0NJk)

That would be a first

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (yUjc0)

163 Taika Waititi qualifies, but I'd take the "Oscar winning" claim with some doubt as the story probably goes nowhere without that hook.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (k1Qly)

164 161 I see they took The little Mermaid and made Ariel black.. Shouldn't they have changed her name to Lakesha or something ? I doubt Hans Christian Anderson imagined Ariel as Black though
Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (bs+z0)

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Remember when Scarlett Johannson playing a cyborg in Ghost in the Shell was a racial crime?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (xPkf4)

165 That sounds about right. I like later Voyager quite a bit, though. Season 5 is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (xPkf4)

1) TOS
>
>
2) TNG (selections from)
>>>>>>>>>
3) DS9 (a few episodes)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
4) Voyager (almost all shit)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (/xaUq)

166 anyone who bashes Oprah is A-OK in my book

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah, thinks it's all ops at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (sJHOI)

167 >161 I see they took The little Mermaid and made Ariel black.. Shouldn't they have changed her name to Lakesha or something ? I doubt Hans Christian Anderson imagined Ariel as Black though

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (bs+z0)

Oh honey, we're all black now.

Posted by: Cleopatra at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (gryET)

168 ~~So it runs in the family!~~

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (Vwz3I)

169 Most hard scifi bores the shit out of me. The people who can write it are generally good scientists and poor writers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I like eating the peanuts out of my shit
- Arthur C. Clark has entered the chat

Posted by: Rendezvous with Rama was a turd I. Space at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (3CCua)

170 162 Christian Bale is good in it....

Posted by: Black Orchid at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (w0NJk)

That would be a first
Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (yUjc0)

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He's surprisingly one note. He has his moments, though. American Psycho, for instance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (xPkf4)

171 It's when he tries to fit about 75% TTT into 30 minutes that the film just kind of falls apart.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:01 PM (xPkf4)

Galadriel was beautiful.

Jackson just was out of his head throwing a perfect game for everything up to RotK.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:04 PM (/xaUq)

172 I see they took The little Mermaid and made Ariel black.. Shouldn't they have changed her name to Lakesha or something ? I doubt Hans Christian Anderson imagined Ariel as Black though

Posted by: It's me donna at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (bs+z0)

Oh honey, we're all black now.
Posted by: Cleopatra at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (gryET)

You new here?

Posted by: Anne Boleyn at May 01, 2023 07:05 PM (tp+tP)

173 He's surprisingly one note. He has his moments, though. American Psycho, for instance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (xPkf4)

He was good in that Jap movie where he was a child prisoner during the war.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 01, 2023 07:05 PM (R/m4+)

174 That would be a first

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (yUjc0)

He was good in that boxer movie with Marky Mark..."The Fighter."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 01, 2023 07:05 PM (ZCCyW)

175 Rendezvous with Rama

Tales from the White Hart were excellent. Back when ACC was married to an American.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 01, 2023 07:05 PM (u82oZ)

176 Aetius451AD
Purposely

Posted by: Skip at May 01, 2023 07:05 PM (xhxe8)

177 Honestly, I thought Bale was... serviceable in the Batman films. Not a good 'Batman' really, but good as the more generic 'protagonist.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:06 PM (/xaUq)

178 170 "The Fighter," "The Big Short." I enjoy Bale's stuff. (Not Batman, but that's cuz Batman as a character bores me. Batman is never as interesting as his villains are.)

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:06 PM (MvF+J)

179 I thought Bale was good in the Machinist

Posted by: DJ at May 01, 2023 07:06 PM (H5y4s)

180 Oh honey, we're all black now.
Posted by: Cleopatra at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (gryET)

That one just cracks me up... Cleopatra owned hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of slaves. So a modern Black woman wants to be a Slave Owner...

oh... wait... the first legal slave owner in the US was Black... so... I guess nuttin new.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2023 07:07 PM (oHd/0)

181 I want a Scream movie where Ghostface is actually a Shoggoth and it presages the arrival of Cthulhu, leading to the destruction of the world and the end of the series.

But mostly the end of the series.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:07 PM (xPkf4)

182 He's surprisingly one note. He has his moments, though. American Psycho, for instance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (xPkf4)

I liked that dragon movie he was in with Matthew McConaughey, "Reign of Fire." (God I hope I'm not the only one who remembers that)

Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 07:07 PM (tp+tP)

183 I liked Equilibrium (sorry Sean Bean).

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:07 PM (PiwSw)

184 Also, there have been several high profile directors attached to Marvel movies that were never made, so there's another list of people under suspicion.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 01, 2023 07:07 PM (k1Qly)

185 He's surprisingly one note. He has his moments, though. American Psycho, for instance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:03 PM (xPkf4)

He plays himself in every role. Actually, he plays Keanu Reeves playing himself in every role.

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (yUjc0)

186 I liked that dragon movie he was in with Matthew McConaughey, "Reign of Fire." (God I hope I'm not the only one who remembers that)
Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 07:07 PM (tp+tP)

Seconded.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (PiwSw)

187 177 Honestly, I thought Bale was... serviceable in the Batman films. Not a good 'Batman' really, but good as the more generic 'protagonist.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:06 PM (/xaUq)

I really like Batman Begins, right up until he becomes Batman.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (oHd/0)

188 183 I liked Equilibrium (sorry Sean Bean).
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:07 PM (PiwSw)

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I like the movie, too, but Bale is, pretty much by definition, one note in that movie.

He was cast well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (xPkf4)

189 >>>I liked that dragon movie he was in with Matthew McConaughey, "Reign of Fire." (God I hope I'm not the only one who remembers that)
Posted by: Dr. T

I really liked that and Bale was good in it. Equilibrium was also good, IMO.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (VWp7G)

190 I liked that dragon movie he was in with Matthew McConaughey, "Reign of Fire." (God I hope I'm not the only one who remembers that)
Posted by: Dr. T at May 01, 2023 07:07 PM (tp+tP)

I keep meaning to watch that. It was on Prime but I got distracted watching something else. I remember the commercials back in the day and wanting to see it, but never had enough ooooph to actually do anything about it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (/xaUq)

191 112 The real problem with interplanetary sci fi, let alone interstellar sci fi is that space is BIG. REALLY, REALLY BIG.

Once you get beyond the confines of Earth, trying to figure out the science behind the science fiction you need is just mind-bogglingly complicated.

Easier to handwave it and give the protagonists fast fusion drives with inertial compensators, or whatever.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 06:48 PM (BpYfr)

I remember reading fan books about Star Trek Old Series and them quickly realizing that even with the vague "warp" speeds they could never really reconcile how fast the Enterprise got around the galaxy with any of the top speeds defined.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 06:52 PM (eoQWY)
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The only technology that allows for the mind-boggling size of the Universe was/is the 'instantaneous jump' but they skip how navigation works under those circumstances.

Posted by: Ciampino --- mostest, bestest of all! at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (qfLjt)

192 "Marvel movies that were never made,"

Can't wait until they never come out. Something to look forward to.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:09 PM (MvF+J)

193 Sometimes I think conservatives overreact to things. I mean, how can you know if a young boy should play a character with extraordinary powers if you don't test to see how supple his asshole is?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - let's make a movie, but first touch my penis at May 01, 2023 07:09 PM (KFhLj)

194 191 The only technology that allows for the mind-boggling size of the Universe was/is the 'instantaneous jump' but they skip how navigation works under those circumstances.
Posted by: Ciampino --- mostest, bestest of all! at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (qfLjt)

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"Like...drugs...I mean...spice, man..."
-Frank Herbert

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:09 PM (xPkf4)

195 >>>I liked that dragon movie he was in with Matthew McConaughey, "Reign of Fire." (God I hope I'm not the only one who remembers that)
Posted by: Dr. T

Izabella Scorupco is in it, the fabulous babe from Goldeneye.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 07:10 PM (VWp7G)

196 Bale was a terrible batman, and Bale was the best batman since that movie with Prince doing the soundtrack.

Posted by: Biden 2022: I am making sure he does not become the next president again at May 01, 2023 07:10 PM (2cvp9)

197 "Like...drugs...I mean...spice, man..."
-Frank Herbert
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:09 PM (xPkf4)

Better than the alternative.
-Event Horizon

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:10 PM (/xaUq)

198 (I honestly like Bale as batman)

Posted by: Biden 2022: I am making sure he does not become the next president again at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (2cvp9)

199 Christian Bale makes Ben Stein seem flamboyant

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (yUjc0)

200 I liked that dragon movie he was in with Matthew McConaughey, "Reign of Fire." (God I hope I'm not the only one who remembers that)
Posted by: Dr. T

Seconded.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

I'll watch that movie just for the story scene where Darth Vader reveals he is Luke's father, all the little kids gasp and shrink back.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (3CCua)

201 Alex gets results!

alexandriabrown @alexthechick
I come to you, with tears in my eyes, and beg you: learn to diagram a sentence.

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alexandriabrown @alexthechick · 11h
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Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (Vwz3I)

202 The only technology that allows for the mind-boggling size of the Universe was/is the 'instantaneous jump' but they skip how navigation works under those circumstances.
Posted by: Ciampino --- mostest, bestest of all! at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (qfLjt)
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The Infinite Improbability Drive answers this problem quite succinctly.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (BpYfr)

203 "I liked that dragon movie he was in with Matthew McConaughey, "Reign of Fire." (God I hope I'm not the only one who remembers that)
Posted by: Dr. T "

Wasn't Gerard Butler in that too? It was a long time ago.

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (gLRfa)

204 198 (I honestly like Bale as batman)
Posted by: Biden 2022: I am making sure he does not become the next president again at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (2cvp9)

Yeah, it is a weird conundrum.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (/xaUq)

205 DRR at the bottom an actress' vita:
"Director's Rights Respected"
Posted by: Fox2! at May 01, 2023 06:59 PM (O6NhO)

Does this include the right to Prima Nocte?

Posted by: rd at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (Z32m1)

206 @194: "'Like...drugs...I mean...spice, man...' -Frank Herbert"

Joe Rogan's DMT machine elves are the real navigators, man.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (k1Qly)

207 197 Better than the alternative.
-Event Horizon
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:10 PM (/xaUq)

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I watched most of that again recently. It's really not very good, but I kind of like it anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (xPkf4)

208 141 Seen a preview for the Little Mermaid. Instead of being a caucasian ginger she's black now. Occasionally you'll see a few black people snowboarding and a few more skateboarding but only white people frolic in the ocean with sharks. Black people don't.
Posted by: JROD at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (IlL6s)

And her Sisters... all Daughters of Poseidon... are all different races and colors.

I guess God Genes are not dominant and he gets around?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 01, 2023 07:12 PM (oHd/0)

209 Seen a preview for the Little Mermaid. Instead of being a caucasian ginger she's black now. Occasionally you'll see a few black people snowboarding and a few more skateboarding but only white people frolic in the ocean with sharks. Black people don't.
Posted by: JROD at May 01, 2023 06:58 PM (IlL6s)

Be fun to see how weeping yourself to death after getting jilted squares with Wamen Power.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:12 PM (eoQWY)

210 If admiral akbar could hyperspace INTO a trap, why couldn't he hyperspace his happy alien ass OUT OF a trap?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 01, 2023 07:12 PM (adyg8)

211
was Dark Star sci fi?
Posted by: Black Orchid

How about The Creature Wasn't Nice?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 01, 2023 07:13 PM (63Dwl)

212 Wasn't Gerard Butler in that too? It was a long time ago.
Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (gLRfa)

Yep.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:13 PM (PiwSw)

213 I watched most of that again recently. It's really not very good, but I kind of like it anyway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (xPkf4)

I like the design of the exterior of the ship. I like Shawn Pertwee (another Soldier alum.) I like everything up until they finally put all the cards on the table. That is true of almost ALL horror movies I have watched.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:13 PM (/xaUq)

214 Let's eat grandma!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2023 07:13 PM (CZBWZ)

215
Does this include the right to Prima Nocte?

Posted by: rd

Where all the Scottish women at?

Posted by: Longshanks at May 01, 2023 07:14 PM (3CCua)

216 201 Alex gets results!

alexandriabrown @alexthechick
I come to you, with tears in my eyes, and beg you: learn to diagram a sentence.

Quote Tweet ABC News @ABC · Apr 29
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alexandriabrown @alexthechick · 11h
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Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (Vwz3I)

Seems awful harsh for playing hooky for a day. I could see my boss yelling at me, but for several of them to come to my home and murder me? What happened to a written warning?

Posted by: rd at May 01, 2023 07:15 PM (Z32m1)

217 I like the design of the exterior of the ship. I like Shawn Pertwee (another Soldier alum.) I like everything up until they finally put all the cards on the table. That is true of almost ALL horror movies I have watched.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:13 PM (/xaUq)
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"This ship is fucked."
--Smitty

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 07:15 PM (BpYfr)

218 213 I like the design of the exterior of the ship. I like Shawn Pertwee (another Soldier alum.) I like everything up until they finally put all the cards on the table. That is true of almost ALL horror movies I have watched.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:13 PM (/xaUq)

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There's some real atmosphere there, which is kind of very basic horror requirement stuff. I think it's the moment we get the recording of the old crew, and it all looks so stagey and stupid. I mean...it's Paul WS Anderson, but even he could see that it looked like crap, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:15 PM (xPkf4)

219 I watched most of that again recently. It's really not very good, but I kind of like it anyway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:11 PM (xPkf4)

I don't know if it was that movie or Dog Soldiers, but I remember thinking that Sean Pertwee looked an awful lot like Dr. Who (Jon Pertwee) and then I realized. Oh. Duh. His son.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:15 PM (PiwSw)

220 / 221 - whatever it takes

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2023 07:15 PM (yUjc0)

221 The only technology that allows for the mind-boggling size of the Universe was/is the 'instantaneous jump' but they skip how navigation works under those circumstances.
Posted by: Ciampino --- mostest, bestest of all! at May 01, 2023 07:08 PM (qfLjt)

I think the only instant jump in the old series was one time where something blipped the Enterprise 200 light years off. Was it the Mirramanee!!! episode?

The did the warp being a jump or similar in the movies.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:15 PM (eoQWY)

222 193 Sometimes I think conservatives overreact to things. I mean, how can you know if a young boy should play a character with extraordinary powers if you don't test to see how supple his asshole is?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - let's make a movie, but first touch my penis at May 01, 2023 07:09 PM (KFhLj)
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Wait until your cellmate Bubba orbits Uranus.

Posted by: Ciampino - they need the 'take your head off' long drop at May 01, 2023 07:15 PM (qfLjt)

223 Yeah, it is a weird conundrum.
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I watched all the batman movies through bale. I refuse to watch the MARTHA! stuff with what's his name Boston Chowdah guy, matt Damon's brother or whoever he is.

I remember George Clooney as George Clooney in George Clooney, starring George Clooney. Sorry. Batman.

I'll take Bale all day long.

Posted by: Biden 2022: I am making sure he does not become the next president again at May 01, 2023 07:16 PM (2cvp9)

224 Seems awful harsh for playing hooky for a day. I could see my boss yelling at me, but for several of them to come to my home and murder me? What happened to a written warning?
Posted by: rd at May 01, 2023 07:15 PM (Z32m1)
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Sometimes it's about sending a message...

Posted by: The Management at May 01, 2023 07:16 PM (BpYfr)

225 >>>(I honestly like Bale as batman)
Posted by: Biden 2022: I am making sure he does not become the next president again

I agree. Didn't like the third film as much as the others, but I liked the first two.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 07:16 PM (VWp7G)

226 If admiral akbar could hyperspace INTO a trap, why couldn't he hyperspace his happy alien ass OUT OF a trap?
Posted by: 2009Refugee

I like J.N. Chaney's solution to that. You can hyper jump into a gravity well, but you cannot hyper jump out. His protagonists build a portable gravity well to trap the antagonists.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:16 PM (3CCua)

227 Quote Tweet ABC News @ABC · Apr 29
A North Carolina police officer and his wife were found shot to death in their home by his supervisors after he failed to show up to work, authorities say.

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I knew it was wrong when the dog wasn't shot.

Posted by: Biden 2022: I am making sure he does not become the next president again at May 01, 2023 07:17 PM (2cvp9)

228 I like J.N. Chaney's solution to that. You can hyper jump into a gravity well, but you cannot hyper jump out. His protagonists build a portable gravity well to trap the antagonists.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:16 PM (3CCua)
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That did become part of Star Wars canon in the Expanded Universe novels. "Interdictor" Star Destroyers would generate fake gravity wells to prevent ships from escaping or to snag them from hyperspace as they traveled nearby.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 07:18 PM (BpYfr)

229 I watched all the batman movies through bale. I refuse to watch the MARTHA! stuff with what's his name Boston Chowdah guy, matt Damon's brother or whoever he is.

I remember George Clooney as George Clooney in George Clooney, starring George Clooney. Sorry. Batman.

I'll take Bale all day long.
Posted by: Biden 2022: I am making sure he does not become the next president again at May 01, 2023 07:16 PM (2cvp9)

Ben Afleck. I have heard his rendition is actually not a bad Batman. Not watched the drek movies though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:18 PM (/xaUq)

230 If admiral akbar could hyperspace INTO a trap, why couldn't he hyperspace his happy alien ass OUT OF a trap?
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Because it's quicker to shoot your ass than you can run?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 01, 2023 07:18 PM (jzzG8)

231 Bale was also good in “Swingkids” as the kid who learns to like the Hitler Utes.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 01, 2023 07:18 PM (R/m4+)

232 I agree. Didn't like the third film as much as the others, but I liked the first two.
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 01, 2023 07:16 PM (VWp7G)

Saved the Movie= Anne Hathaway in a Catsuit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:18 PM (/xaUq)

233 I believe Lawrence.

Publicly saying what he did is a career killer.

Now, had he kidnapped his kids, threatened and abused various women while claiming to be into gender bending sex, he'd have landed a prestigious role worth large bucks.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at May 01, 2023 07:18 PM (2YtOq)

234 The year is 1970AD. My HS english teacher fucks up some syntax on the blackboard. I offer to diagram the sentence for her. "We don't diagram sentences anymore, gp."

I was a smartass even back then, yet I failed to remark "And it shows!"

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:19 PM (MvF+J)

235 Again, Doof

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2023 07:19 PM (CZBWZ)

236 If admiral akbar could hyperspace INTO a trap, why couldn't he hyperspace his happy alien ass OUT OF a trap?
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 01, 2023 07:12 PM (adyg

In more thought out SF, usually hyper isn't available too close to a gravity well, so if you hyper to a planet and move even closer you can't just blip back out.

This also dodges issues like firing off your hyperdrive in the center of a major city.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:19 PM (eoQWY)

237 I am Batman.

Posted by: Fat Batman at May 01, 2023 07:19 PM (v0R5T)

238 Every movie is improved with the presence of a giant, floating, stone head the ejects guns from its mouth.

Yes, even Love, Actually.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:19 PM (xPkf4)

239 Again, Doof
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 01, 2023 07:19 PM (CZBWZ)

Twice in one day! Do I dare attempt a trifecta??

Posted by: Doof at May 01, 2023 07:20 PM (yUjc0)

240 @IGN

Millions of people watched the entire Super Mario Bros. Movie on Twitter after a user uploaded it using the Twitter Blue subscription’s new feature to post long, high quality videos. https://bit.ly/3Hsf7xV

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2023 07:20 PM (NpAcC)

241 or to snag them from hyperspace as they traveled nearby.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I read another author (don't remember whom) that was pirating ships that way, but was getting heat from his crew because the technique was slagging the hyperspace drive and cutting into profits.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:20 PM (3CCua)

242 210 If admiral akbar could hyperspace INTO a trap, why couldn't he hyperspace his happy alien ass OUT OF a trap?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 01, 2023 07:12 PM (adyg

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Kryptonite? ..... wait, wrong character?

Posted by: Ciampino - they need the 'take your head off' long drop at May 01, 2023 07:20 PM (qfLjt)

243 I am Batman.
Posted by: Fat Batman at May 01, 2023 07:19 PM (v0R5T)

More like 1.5 Batmans.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:21 PM (eoQWY)

244 Every movie is improved with the presence of a giant, floating, stone head the ejects guns from its mouth.

Yes, even Love, Actually.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:19
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Sorry, we couldn't squeeze that into the script.

Posted by: This is Spinal Tap at May 01, 2023 07:21 PM (2YtOq)

245 "I remember George Clooney as George Clooney in George Clooney, starring George Clooney."

I like "Michael Clayton." Good performances all around. "The Peacemaker" not too awful.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:21 PM (MvF+J)

246 So, we all know you wanted a third Mamma Mia movie, and it looks like you're going to get it.

Yeah, I'm talking to you.

You know who you are.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:22 PM (xPkf4)

247 only on AoSHQ ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at May 01, 2023 07:22 PM (1WdLY)

248 6.02 x 10^23 Batmans/ mol

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:22 PM (/xaUq)

249 "Every movie is improved with the presence of a giant, floating, stone head the ejects guns from its mouth.

Yes, even Love, Actually."

Especially Love, Actually

I really hate that movie except for the Colin Firth parts.

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2023 07:22 PM (gLRfa)

250 If admiral akbar could hyperspace INTO a trap, why couldn't he hyperspace his happy alien ass OUT OF a trap?
Posted by: 2009Refugee

Because it was a trap.

Posted by: Fat Batman at May 01, 2023 07:22 PM (v0R5T)

251 245 "I remember George Clooney as George Clooney in George Clooney, starring George Clooney."

I like "Michael Clayton." Good performances all around. "The Peacemaker" not too awful.
Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:21 PM (MvF+J)

Ocean's 11. Brad Pitt was better in the movie- so was Andy Garcia(?) And fucking Elliott by God Gould.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:23 PM (/xaUq)

252 If admiral akbar could hyperspace INTO a trap, why couldn't he hyperspace his happy alien ass OUT OF a trap?
Posted by: 2009Refugee

I like J.N. Chaney's solution to that. You can hyper jump into a gravity well, but you cannot hyper jump out. His protagonists build a portable gravity well to trap the antagonists.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:16 PM (3CCua)

Why would that be the case? I've heard of can't hyper in or out, but in only makes no sense.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:23 PM (eoQWY)

253 Hmmm, George Clooney in a remake of Fail Safe from 2000. I'll watch it. I'm not proud.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:23 PM (MvF+J)

254 A third "Mama Mia?" Groovy, another chance to not watch that particular movie.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at May 01, 2023 07:23 PM (2YtOq)

255 Also, in the Peacemaker, Nicole Kidman was actually pretty hot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:24 PM (/xaUq)

256 Clooney was also in the remake of "Solaris".

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:24 PM (PiwSw)

257 253 Hmmm, George Clooney in a remake of Fail Safe from 2000. I'll watch it. I'm not proud.
Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:23 PM (MvF+J)

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If that's what I think I remember, it was a tele-film performed live.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:24 PM (xPkf4)

258 Bohemian Rhapsody Won Best Picture and Singer was the Director

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2023 07:25 PM (dKiJG)

259 or to snag them from hyperspace as they traveled nearby.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I read another author (don't remember whom) that was pirating ships that way, but was getting heat from his crew because the technique was slagging the hyperspace drive and cutting into profits.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:20 PM (3CCua)

Space is so vast the chance of people going 'nearby' is zero.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:25 PM (eoQWY)

260 Why would that be the case? I've heard of can't hyper in or out, but in only makes no sense.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:23 PM (eoQWY)

Depends on the hyperspace ... theory they are trying to use. Star Trek was a bubble of subspace, iirc. Star Wars was.... I do not even remember.

I think the idea is that you have to be free and clear of space bending things that 'warp' space around them in order to do your thing and enter whatever mode you are using.

It is a way to give limitations to the schtick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:26 PM (/xaUq)

261 Why would that be the case? I've heard of can't hyper in or out, but in only makes no sense.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:23 PM (eoQWY)
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One of the "scientific" explanations is that mass casts a gravity shadow into hyperspace and thus getting too close to one of those will yank you out of hyperspace into realspace. You have to then navigate far enough away from the gravity well of the planet before entering hyperspace again. It's still a ludicrous explanation, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 07:27 PM (BpYfr)

262 258 Bohemian Rhapsody Won Best Picture and Singer was the Director
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2023 07:25 PM (dKiJG)

========

No it didn't. It lost to Green Book.

Singer was the actual director, but he was fired at some point through the production and replaced by someone else (Dexter Fletcher) finished for him. Singer just...stopped showing up at some point. It was also around the time it came out that he was a gay predator. I imagine the studio let that leak because they were mad at him for abandoning the film.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:27 PM (xPkf4)

263 "If that's what I think I remember, it was a tele-film performed live."

I like those! Best ever is "The Comedian" (1957) with Mickey Rooney. Knocks my socks off every time.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:27 PM (MvF+J)

264 So, we all know you wanted a third Mamma Mia movie, and it looks like you're going to get it.

Yeah, I'm talking to you.

You know who you are.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:22 PM (xPkf4)
*********
"Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?"

Nope

Posted by: redridinghood at May 01, 2023 07:27 PM (NpAcC)

265 Space is so vast the chance of people going 'nearby' is zero.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:25 PM (eoQWY)

I always weep when they do the 'Stranded in a space suit' schtick. Or stranded in a ship. Horrible way to die and NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND YOU. Unless you had a beacon of some sort- which is usually what such plot devices revolve around.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:28 PM (/xaUq)

266 Is Mama Mia the one with ABBA?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:28 PM (/xaUq)

267 Woohoo!!!

VICE IS PREPARING TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY - NYT

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 07:29 PM (Vwz3I)

268 I can't wait for Fast and Furious In Space, where Vin Diesel goes FTL by punching the nitro button.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2023 07:29 PM (v0R5T)

269 265 I always weep when they do the 'Stranded in a space suit' schtick. Or stranded in a ship. Horrible way to die and NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIND YOU. Unless you had a beacon of some sort- which is usually what such plot devices revolve around.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:28 PM (/xaUq)

========

I loved when Battlestar Galactica did that during the battle with the Galactica, the Pegasus and the Cyclon Stars with Apollo just floating around. It's my favorite episode of the show. I should watch that thing again...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:29 PM (xPkf4)

270 Is Mama Mia the one with ABBA?
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I don't know at all.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 07:29 PM (Vwz3I)

271
Should we ask about Tinkerbell?

Posted by: TexasDan

Played by a Puffin ... or so I heard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 01, 2023 07:29 PM (pNxlR)

272 267 Woohoo!!!

VICE IS PREPARING TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY - NYT
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at May 01, 2023 07:29 PM (Vwz3I)

Awww. What a shame.

I had Tuscan Chicken leftovers. Not bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:29 PM (/xaUq)

273 "I had Tuscan Chicken leftovers. Not bad."

Sounds better than bad. Sounds good!

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:31 PM (MvF+J)

274 @249

>>I really hate that movie except for the Colin Firth parts.

What you really like is the hot Portuguese actress but also Colin Firth is really good actor.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 01, 2023 07:31 PM (up/3i)

275
Is Mama Mia the one with ABBA?

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes. And that plank Meryl Streep

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 01, 2023 07:31 PM (pNxlR)

276 Christian Bale was in Newsies too.

He can dance pretty good for a white kid.

Posted by: Just Lily at May 01, 2023 07:31 PM (RLLZj)

277 I believe Mama Mia is a musical built around the songs of ABBA.

From what I understand, though, Hollywood hired actors who couldn't sing, unlike ABBA.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at May 01, 2023 07:31 PM (2YtOq)

278 274 @249

>>I really hate that movie except for the Colin Firth parts.

What you really like is the hot Portuguese actress but also Colin Firth is really good actor.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 01, 2023 07:31 PM (up/3i)

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Especially the part where Firth's faith in Zardoz is shattered when he discovered that it was just a shortening of "The Wizard of Oz."

Heart-breaking.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:31 PM (xPkf4)

279 Then the gang gets to Alpha Centauri but the Japs are already there and all the space ships have manga cartoon character paint jobs and do donuts all day to impress the alien chicks in plaid miniskirts.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2023 07:32 PM (v0R5T)

280 "What you really like is the hot Portuguese actress but also Colin Firth is really good actor."

As a gal can't say I was much attracted to her but Colin Firth is another matter.

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (gLRfa)

281
Did you calibrate the tachion-o-meter beforehand?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch

More importantly, did the ship's quartermaster lay in a robust supply of ball gags for Wesley Crusher?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (pNxlR)

282
Space is so vast the chance of people going 'nearby' is zero.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:25 PM (eoQWY)

If you had an Infinite Improbability Drive you could do it.

Posted by: Just Lily at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (RLLZj)

283 267 Woohoo!!!

VICE IS PREPARING TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY - NYT
Posted by: andycanuck

Thoughts and Prayers.

Posted by: Puddleglum at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (sAmhv)

284 281 More importantly, did the ship's quartermaster lay in a robust supply of ball gags for Wesley Crusher?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (pNxlR)

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So THAT'S why Picard kept him around...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (xPkf4)

285
Why would that be the case? I've heard of can't hyper in or out, but in only makes no sense.
Posted by: Oldcat

A reusable plot device for his space battles and tactics.

And I got the author wrong. It's The Slaver Wars, by Raymond L. Weil. Link goes to good reads for the series page.
https://is.gd/XOoU5Q

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (3CCua)

286 More importantly, did the ship's quartermaster lay in a robust supply of ball gags for Wesley Crusher?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (pNxlR)

Wesley! One of your toys is in that airlock!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:34 PM (/xaUq)

287 271
Should we ask about Tinkerbell?

Posted by: TexasDan

This is the best Peter Pan

https://youtu.be/knlJOHnr11A?t=9

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:34 PM (PiwSw)

288 @278

>>Especially the part where Firth's faith in Zardoz is shattered when he discovered that it was just a shortening of "The Wizard of Oz." Heart-breaking.

His best move was telling Elizabeth Bennett despite all of his better judgement and despite the vast divide in their social circumstances and her ridiculous mother, he loved her.

Baller.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 01, 2023 07:35 PM (up/3i)

289 Why are so many people in Hollywood perverts? Can't you just make a movie without engaging in pedophilia?

You could, but why would you?

Posted by: Hollywood at May 01, 2023 07:35 PM (CaJIi)

290 If you had an Infinite Improbability Drive you could do it.
Posted by: Just Lily at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (RLLZj)
.......

I've got one of those but it needs a new alternator.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2023 07:35 PM (v0R5T)

291 Hollywood is creepy and gross.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at May 01, 2023 07:35 PM (aD39U)

292 "Colin Firth is really good actor."

"The Command" (201

aka "Kursk". He has a small but good part. Fine movie.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:36 PM (MvF+J)

293 This is the best Peter Pan

https://youtu.be/knlJOHnr11A?t=9
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, Housekeeping Influencer at May 01, 2023 07:34 PM (PiwSw)

I had managed to block that from my memory.

Thanks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 01, 2023 07:36 PM (/xaUq)

294
Space is so vast the chance of people going 'nearby' is zero.
Posted by: Oldcat

Yep, ludicrous. Unless you're lurking along a known route that requires threading a needle navigation-wise through dense gravity sources which is what this author was doing.

Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:36 PM (3CCua)

295
Didn't Barry and Big Mike pimp out one of their "daughters" to Harvey Weinstein years back before the troubles as a assistant trainee or something?

Wonder whatever happened to those poor girls.

Posted by: Auspex at May 01, 2023 07:36 PM (j4U/Z)

296 Woohoo!!!

VICE IS PREPARING TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY - NYT
Posted by: andycanuck

Learn To "X, Y, and Z"

Posted by: t-bird at May 01, 2023 07:36 PM (CaJIi)

297 "This is the best Peter Pan "

Anybody here ancient enough to remember Mary Matin as Peter Pan And Cyril Richard as Captain Hook?

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2023 07:37 PM (gLRfa)

298 295
Didn't Barry and Big Mike pimp out one of their "daughters" to Harvey Weinstein years back before the troubles as a assistant trainee or something?

Wonder whatever happened to those poor girls.
Posted by: Auspex at
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I forgot about that! I think she interned.

Posted by: Piper at May 01, 2023 07:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

299 NOOD Cafe

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 01, 2023 07:38 PM (nRMeC)

300 297 Yes. They gender-swapped roles even way back then.

Posted by: gp's Sack O' Woe at May 01, 2023 07:38 PM (MvF+J)

301 "I forgot about that! I think she interned."

Malia. The tall skinny one

Posted by: Tuna at May 01, 2023 07:38 PM (gLRfa)

302 Remember when Scarlett Johannson playing a cyborg in Ghost in the Shell was a racial crime?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, being witty and sophisticated with Ernst Lubitsch at May 01, 2023 07:02 PM (xPkf4)

Nobody complained about her in Japan, She even LOOKED like THE MAJOR

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2023 07:40 PM (dKiJG)

303 If you had an Infinite Improbability Drive you could do it.
Posted by: Just Lily at May 01, 2023 07:33 PM (RLLZj)
.......

I've got one of those but it needs a new alternator.

Posted by: wth at May 01, 2023 07:35 PM (v0R5T)

Try sticking the wire ends into a good hot cup of tea.

Posted by: Reforger at May 01, 2023 07:41 PM (B705c)

304 Matthew Lawrence was born in 1980, making him ~18 when the original x-men came out.

He doesn't actually say how old he was when this happened, so it could have been when he was an adult, and still be about an MCU director, but if that's the case I don't see why anyone would care.

Most likely it would have been Singer/x-men in pre-production. He would have been in the right age range for Singer's predilections.

Posted by: Sunshine the Evil Cat at May 01, 2023 07:44 PM (QNzwg)

305 Why would that be the case? I've heard of can't hyper in or out, but in only makes no sense.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:23 PM (eoQWY)
---
One of the "scientific" explanations is that mass casts a gravity shadow into hyperspace and thus getting too close to one of those will yank you out of hyperspace into realspace. You have to then navigate far enough away from the gravity well of the planet before entering hyperspace again. It's still a ludicrous explanation, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 01, 2023 07:27 PM (BpYfr)

this is the "can't hyper in OR out" rule, not the "can hyper in CANT hyper out rule

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:46 PM (eoQWY)

306 Yep, ludicrous. Unless you're lurking along a known route that requires threading a needle navigation-wise through dense gravity sources which is what this author was doing.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 01, 2023 07:36 PM (3CCua)

Why not go around these sources and save the trouble and the pirates? It isn't like going a million miles out of your way matters if you are going hundreds of light years, and with navigational hazards and pirates even more reasons to avoid it.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 01, 2023 07:48 PM (eoQWY)

307 I hate this sort of shit.

While I don't doubt something happened, if you're not prepared to state names and details, you should just shut up: all you're doing is seeking a few extra minutes of fame.

Put up or shut up-thats my take.

Posted by: Joe Wagner at May 01, 2023 08:15 PM (O/+Mn)

308 Newsflash: name names or you are only one of two things: an enabler or a liar.

Either way you have no credibility or moral authority.

Posted by: SMFH at May 01, 2023 08:38 PM (L7Tc9)

309 Nobody complained about her in Japan, She even LOOKED like THE MAJOR

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 01, 2023 07:40 PM (dKiJG)

Yup.

Posted by: pookysgirl has a Laughing Man tshirt at May 01, 2023 08:48 PM (dtlDP)

310
I seem to recall a story where some sleazy exec tried to molest Shirley Temple- when she was little

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The Sinister, Untold Story of Shirley Temple:

https://tinyurl.com/mryzknx4

Posted by: Midnight Rambler at May 01, 2023 09:28 PM (8E8Am)

311 "Matthew Lawrence is opening up about a horrible experience that involved an Oscar-winning film director.'

Oh, sorry, I read that as MARTIN Lawrence...

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Posted by: Martha Villarreal at May 02, 2023 02:05 AM (WjVZc)

313 yah this smells fishy, especially how he found a way to conveniently add that he was sent to a hotel room. I call it "prompting the algorithm"

have you ever seen how feminists will try to get a guy banned from a website was accusations that don't really make sense until you realize they are:using language lifted directly out of a mods training manual, like "i dont feel safe with him on this site"

Same thing with hotel remark. I have friends in porn and "don't meet in motels" is conventional wisdom. no agency would encourage it and no actor would keep the appointment once he saw it was at a motel.

but that's between us lznI'm going to give Disney hell for this on Twitter

Posted by: Fen at May 02, 2023 02:47 AM (+LcMo)

314 it sounds weird and scripted. He might as well have said "I can't believe my agent said to follow the nice man back to his van and play with cute puppies"

Posted by: Fen at May 02, 2023 02:52 AM (+LcMo)

315 although... it's possible for both to be true

1) it pretty much went down like the child actor described

2) and he was coached by some PR people to include specific language in his statement that would resonate with anyone who's ever dealt with

Most agencies will fire the ACTOR if they find out he/she went ahead and met a studio to rep in a motel room, probably to keep their insurance premiums low and the playing field level

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