I'd rather see David Lynch's house, or the abode of John Waters...

David Lynch's house is featured in Lost Highway - and even in the film, I expect that's how he lives, minimally furnished with the occasional tear in the space-time continuum. Or psychogenic fugue. Or whatever actually happened in that film.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 7:26 PM on August 7, 2008

Craig
Dalton
Connery
Lazenby
Brosnan
Niven
Barry Nelson
Woody Allen
Moore
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 4:24 PM on August 6, 2008

bruceo, the Gardner books are really terrible, IMHO. Raymond Benson was more bearable. But - shudder - Charlie Higson's Young Bond series has more integrity than both.

Plus why would the filmmakers pay for the film rights to those books, when they can pay someone to create an original screenplay for them?
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 4:28 PM on August 6, 2008

Atkinson (would make a better Bond than..)
Craig

Oh, ZachsMind, never change.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 4:38 PM on August 6, 2008

James Bond does not wear a toupee, dammit.

Connery was wearing a toupe in some of his 60s Bond films as well.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 7:18 PM on August 7, 2008

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it the year 4644/4704-11-23 in the Chinese Calendar?
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 7:11 PM on August 7, 2008

34.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 4:20 AM on August 6, 2008

In the broader sense, I'm interested in the ways in which the media chooses to condemn, tolerate, or perpetuate homophobia, whether real or perceived.

Thanks for the links, [N H-IST]. That Snickers ad is terrible, but thankfully that ad has been pulled and/or hasn't spread around the globe (except in discussions like this) like the terrible Katy Perry song has.

I think it's very interesting that two songs with the same title... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 7:04 PM on August 2, 2008

Just what the homophobe needs, more publicity.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 11:08 PM on July 29, 2008

Ya get a terrible FPP made about ya at MetaFilter...
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:03 PM on July 29, 2008

Living goddess Ellen Burstyn as Pazuzu.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I just snorted my brain out of my nose...
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:26 PM on July 27, 2008

Fantasy, not science fiction, but I adore:

"This is my favorite book in the world, though I have never read it."
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 9:03 PM on July 25, 2008

"I couldn't really blame my Swiss-cheese memory with the holes in if for landing me with a gun at my head"

Seems to be as good as most of the ones cited.

Not really. Saying "swiss-cheese memory" and "with the holes in it" is redundant.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 6:43 PM on July 26, 2008

ZachsMind, is he still posting? WTF? I HATED ZACHSMIND!

... okay. So. I don't hate him per se. I kinda liked his first post but I didn't like everything after that. And... I didn't even read his posts in this thread. It's about CARS. Why would I want to read about that?
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:57 PM on July 22, 2008

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posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 8:21 PM on July 22, 2008

"In humans, the categories of gay and straight are socially constructed.”

In other news, water is wet and the Pope is a Catholic.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:45 PM on July 13, 2008

Mr. Bay and his team wrought something fairly wonderful out of a vacuum.

And then it rained a fire of flying pigs and the snowballs of hell all got gay married.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 11:40 PM on July 7, 2008

I read this site years ago and then one day I couldn't access it any longer - and still can't. Is it blocked outside the U.S.? What gives?
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 7:36 PM on July 7, 2008

I enjoyed the stories of Kafka's two visits to Cicely, Alaska on Northern Exposure. Do they count?
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 11:48 PM on July 3, 2008

Metropolis: The Directors Cut - 80 Years in the Making!

Brilliant.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 6:16 PM on July 2, 2008

Now, someone needs to dig up Lost Horizon.

Oh, yes - but at least there's a full audio soundtrack for that and I do like the Special Edition DVD for the way they have "restored" the missing film with production stills. But a complete Lost Horizon would be awesome.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 6:23 PM on July 2, 2008

Um, WTF John Hughes?!

There was talk of the full cut of The Breakfast Club being put on DVD or at least the deleted scenes being included. Pales in comparison to the Metropolis find, though.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:44 PM on July 2, 2008

The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions has been re-edited by several fans.

Isn't it just easier to pretend they didn't exist?
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 8:09 PM on July 2, 2008

I hope Major Briggs found his way through the Black Lodge and is resting in the White Lodge.

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posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 2:19 AM on July 2, 2008

I'm really looking forward to this - but what a crappy post.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 6:14 PM on June 29, 2008

Now, now crossoverman. You've been around here long enough to know that this is how MeFi rolls.

A link to two Myspace pages, a link to the anemic official site and a link to the trailer on the phrase "Joss' announcement". I know Joss said to spread the word, but the word could have stood to be previewed and re-written.

Joss' announcement, FWIW. (Oh, I love the man - but the announcement might have been better in a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:07 PM on June 29, 2008

.pepsiblue
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:26 PM on June 26, 2008

People expect the wrong thing from his movies. Go in with a suspension of disbelief, without analyzing (and needing an explanation) for everything, take it for what they are. Short stories in movie form.

I object on behalf of short stories everywhere! The problem with most Shyamalan movies is that they aren't short stories, but half stories - missing a first act, a second act or a resolution.

I think the reason people keep... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 8:58 PM on June 17, 2008

I just noticed that rottentomatoes' summary information template doesn't include the screenwriter. That's just sad.

Yes, it does.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Screenwriter: M. Night Shyamalan
Producer: M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer, Barry Mendel
See, he can be blamed THREE TIMES.

I don't think there's really anything wrong with his movies per se, if anything it's bad... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 9:12 PM on June 17, 2008

Also, anyone else feel like "The Happening" is the result of a contest to see who can make up the most perfectly awful, incredibly pretentious M. Night title?

Studio interference. Shyamalan's script was called "The Green Effect" which I think is worse.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 9:28 PM on June 17, 2008

The Village flips that theme around: A character (just one this time) who previously thought that the home she knew was real finds out that it's not real.

Except she doesn't discover this, does she? They sent the blind girl out so she doesn't discover the truth of the Village. Because the moral of the film seems to be it's okay to lie if you really truly believe it does people good - which kind of makes me throw up in my mouth... a lot!
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:16 PM on June 17, 2008

Night needs to ditch his Yes Men and surround himself with Your-Shit-Does-Stink-Sir Men

This is his failing - he can't do this or refuses to. He thinks every tale he spins is brilliant and won't be told otherwise. He's impervious to criticism. Someone keeps shelling out money for this hack to keep making films, so he thinks that's proof enough that they are films worth making.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 11:18 PM on June 17, 2008

"No," Shyamalan says through gritted teeth. "That's cottage cheese on a wad of wilted shit with three slices of canned motherfucking peaches."
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 5:06 AM on June 18, 2008

Man, I really liked The Sixth Sense - and is probably still why I hate MNS pissing away his obvious talent. I just find it rewatchable and not because of already knowing the twist, but because it doesn't seem like there's much more to it than the surface. And it's a beautiful, well shot surface - but beyond the twist (which I like), it doesn't seem to have much depth. So, yeah, it probably shouldn't be so high on any Top 100 lists - but it's better than the rest of his movies. (Although... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 6:02 PM on June 18, 2008

That's kind of a tip off if you're expecting some kind of twist.

Which is the problem - IF you are expecting the twist, it's an easy twist to find. I wish I hadn't known there would be a twist, then I wouldn't have been looking for it.

But knowing there is a twist, it's basically the only twist there can be.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 8:04 PM on June 19, 2008

For a start, the title could have been abridged: Indiana Jones and the... Skull.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 9:15 PM on June 18, 2008

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posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 7:45 PM on June 14, 2008

I've learned a lot about my parts this month on Mefi. First my cervix and now my ovary.

Woah, that was your cervix? HOTT!
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:13 PM on June 12, 2008

> There are no native peoples who are vegan (or vegetarian) It is a purely social construct.

Everything is a social construct. Being raised to eat a meat rich/fat filled diet at the expense of fresh fruit and vegetables is a social construct. Unless we question why we eat meat, we are merely fulfilling a societal norm or construct - uncritically.

Vegans choose not to eat meat for many reasons - but not to subvert societal... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 4:20 AM on June 12, 2008

I just want to know what the fucking smoke monster is.

This has been explained.

Congratulations America, now on to November! And don't fuck this one up!
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 11:50 PM on June 3, 2008

The fact that the superdelegate vote is flexible in the primary makes choosing to concede quite different.

Not at this point. Once Obama passed the half-way point - the 2118 delegate votes needed for the nomination - the Super Delegates were unlikely to go against the will of the people or the majority of the delegate votes. Obama passed the half way point of the pledged delegate count last week. It's been a foregone conclusion... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 4:53 AM on June 5, 2008

The new film title comes from a Fleming short story.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 5:25 AM on May 26, 2008

I've loved Moffat's work since "Press Gang" - and I think his Who work is the best writing of the New series, getting better with each year. He also wrote the awesome seven minute "Time Crash" - about the meeting of the Tenth Doctor and the Fifth Doctor.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 10:48 PM on May 21, 2008

I think what's interesting, though, is not White's point - which I actually disagree with - but the fact that while most film criticism is shit, it seems to be getting worse with the proliferation of online bloggers/reviewers and the squeezing out of film critics from major publications. I don't think it's elitist to expect film criticism to be well written and delivered from someone who knows film history beyond the last five years. This doesn't mean it was better in the so-called "golden... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 11:00 PM on May 8, 2008

I guess film criticism is also about what we bring to it, which is why I am always banging on about current critics who have little knowledge and no appreciation for where the art form has been before. Essentially, nobody ever needs to read a film review. You can pick and choose what you see based on a preference for genre, director, writer, actor, trailer.

The best film critic for me can put a film in context - how does it fit into the genre; how... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 6:54 AM on May 9, 2008

Avenue Q' book writer Jeff Whitty, along with Scissor Sisters band members Jason Sellards and John Garden, is penning the musical, due to hit the stage during the 2009-2010 season."

As if Tales wasn't gay enough already! I can't wait.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 9:38 PM on May 4, 2008

I loved Gary McDonald as Norman Gunston - although the 90s revival of the character caused McDonald to have a nervous breakdown. And he was excellent as the put-upon son in "Mother & Son". Having recently seen him on stage in "Guys & Dolls", he's a great actor but a terrible singer.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 9:33 PM on May 4, 2008

Anthony Perkins, Charmian Carr - that combination alone makes it worth it. But it's pretty much the lost Sondheim, the Holy Grail for collectors. I know a couple of the songs, but haven't heard the whole score yet. I'm getting this and then I'll grab one of the other recordings.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 5:35 PM on April 16, 2008

Also, the appointment begins in September, not next month.

The news deserved a FPP, but two wiki links and three links about previous Governors-General and other quibbles... it deserves a better FPP.
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 8:40 PM on April 13, 2008

More notable is the fact that there's a good chance she'll be Australia's last Governor General.

Let's hope!
posted to MetaFilter by crossoverman at 9:00 PM on April 13, 2008