Snow day, low grade cold, generally lazy...hey, a meme!

[cherydactyl]

via nuadha_prime
1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times: Toy Story
2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in a theater: Real Genius (twice during original run), The Rocky Horror Picture Show
3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie: Simon Pegg (just watched Hot Fuzz last night...yowza!)
4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie: Tom Cruise
5. Name a movie that you can quote from: Finding Nemo
6. Name a movie musical that you know all the lyrics to all the songs: Across the Universe, but it's kind of cheating. White Christmas. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. There are others.
7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with: All of the above and many more, including Mulan. I even tried to learn the Chinese version of "Make a Man Out of You"...the Jackie Chan Mandarin (I think it's Mandarin...?) music video is on the DVD, since he did the lead's voice in the Chinese language cast.
8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see: Wordplay
9. Name a unusual movie that you own: The Three Caballeros
10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops: Hmmm...I don't know.
11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? No, sadly
12. Ever made out in a movie? Not since high school, more's the pity
13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't gotten around to it: The Dark Knight (yeah, yeah, I know.), An Inconvenient Truth
14. Ever walked out of a movie? No, though I've come close.
15. Name a movie that made you cry: Pan's Labyrinth
16. Popcorn? Does it have real butter on it?
17. How often do you go to the movies? Maybe three or four times a year
18. What's the last movie you saw in the theater? WallE
19. What is your favorite/preferred genre of movie? Action or Thriller, but it has to have some brains, and I don't mean as zombie food
20. What was the first movie you remember seeing in the theater? Star Wars. I still don't understand how in the heck my totally non-geek parents decided to take the whole family to this movie. This is the only movie I remember *ever* going to with my whole family. I remember buying candy at the mall drug store to sneak into the theatre. It was the first time I'd ever had Now and Laters. I was 7 and my sister was 6 and it was awesome.

Comments

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

:) Sorry about spreading my pet peeve about re-sequencing. Just because you put out a prequel, doesn't mean you change the name of/re-sequence it all. Besides the prequel trilogy was more horrible dialogue than ever. The visuals were more impressive, but visuals do not trump other aspects like story, characterization, not re-writing history.

I might tease you about getting Star Trek and Star Wars mixed up, but never for long, and never if it distressed you. :)

[tlatoani.livejournal.com]

The prequel trilogy simply didn't happen. I have no idea what you're talking about.

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

ROFL

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

That is a fabulous icon! :)

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

Does that mean you know Discworld?

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

Nope -- my inner geek thinks that the icon is hilarious on its own. Or, well, I know that there's a series called Discworld by Terry Pratchett, so I guess you could say that I know *of* Discworld, but, having failed to enjoy any of the other times I've tried reading Pratchett, I don't think I've ever attempted Discworld. Am I humor-impaired for not managing to appreciate Pratchett? I loved Douglas Adams's books, so I always feel like I *ought* to like Pratchett. But then it just never works for me. Sigh....

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

No, you're not humor impaired, you just may happen to like his brand of satire. Discworld is well over 30 books at this point, so there's a lot of variability even within the series, and Pratchett's satire has gotten more refined as his writing has improved over the years. Do you like Neil Gaiman? I could lend you Good Omens if you are interested, which is a one-shot collaborative apocalypse satire they did together.

The icon is from some stuff in the early/middle Discworld in which a young up-and-coming wizard named Ponder Stibbons makes what is in effect a magic and life-driven computer called Hex, and the quote is one of Hex's error messages.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

I do indeed like Neil Gaiman's writing. Hm... I'm sure I've seen a copy of Good Omens around here somewhere. I'll ask Jan if he knows where it is. (It's his book.)

[dichotomy2.livejournal.com]

The original full title of the movie is, and has been since its release in 1977, Star Wars [subtitle:] Episode IV: A New Hope. A Total of 9 movies were originally planned. Although Lucas has decided against ever making the final trilogy now.

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

I have been pretty sure that this is revisionism, the idea that he *always* had 9 movies planned. I can't cite chapter and verse to you as to why, but it has to do with some interviews I saw with Lucas that were recorded before the original trilogy was finished and some other stuff. That said, I recognize it's not the official line, and I have never spoken with Mr. Lucas.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

Interesting! We have a bunch of Star Wars movies on DVD, and one of them, probably Episode 4, has a humongously long and really interesting bonus material documentary on the making of Star Wars. In it, George Lucas talks about his original plan to have nine movies. I definitely remember that the original Star Wars movie was meant to be part of a trilogy. I'm not so sure when the original trilogy became a part of a trilogy of trilogies. I am not doubting you that this was not the original plan; I'm just trying to remember what it was that he said (without going back to watch the whole long documentary all over again).

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

I liked the Mad Magazine version, where they claimed that there were 12 episodes planned. All of the characters kept turning out to be each other's father. Especially Chewbacca.