Wow.. who hurt you bud?
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 08:24 (one year ago) link
Lol, thanks for correcting my precis. It's such a good book, and it really works on both levels -- as a colorful adventure for a six-year-old who likes Smurfs, and as a dark parable for adults (or teenagers who've read their first Orwell)
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 14:27 (one year ago) link
Brainy's misapprehension that he's going to be rescued by a grateful public is totally classic
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 14:29 (one year ago) link
Holy for shit, I forgot there was an A Team movie with Liam Neeson. Doubt it was dark and gritty, but I bet it was grim.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 14:34 (one year ago) link
I quite liked that A-Team movie. It has an amazing over-the-top scene where they crash land a tank from a plane into a lake.Parts of it work less well. There is a strong focus on the development of Faceman from an impulsive screwup to a controlled reliance and that means the ultimately, the main plan comes from him and not from Hannibal - who should really be the devious mastermind. Also, there's a whole thing about B.A. turning non-violent and then having a moment where he 'comes back' from that mindset in a very brutal manner. But overall, I would have liked to see more of this incarnation of the team.
― Valentijn, Thursday, 6 April 2023 10:45 (one year ago) link
But this story leads me to wonder if and how the Smurfs normally keep their population to exactly one hundred.
Soylent Blue
― nashwan, Thursday, 6 April 2023 11:45 (one year ago) link
When Jay Leno was set on fire by one of his cars, I immediately thought of a Cars reboot set in a vintage car collection where the cars - tired, corroded with rust, and riddled with metal fatigue - see their owner as a demonic zombie master who totally against their wishes for eternal sleep, keeps them alive and running. Eventually, they turn on him.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 18 May 2023 00:24 (one year ago) link
a man, meek and down on his luck, is at the end of his rope. as he hitchhikes at one last ditch effort to start over again, he keels over in pain as he hears a ringing in his ear. it gives way to a piercing voice that speaks only one word at a time. "Hope". "Peace". "Salvation".
Soon, coordinates are beamed to his phone, and he goes on a long, arduous mission to meet the source of the voice in his head. he faces death many times, and by the end of the movie he reaches his destination. he finds a glowing light and as he draws near he falls to his knees upon what he sees:
Hologram George Burns. the film goes to black and the film's title appears for the first and only time
"Oh, God! Book One"
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 20 July 2023 02:51 (ten months ago) link