Posts by Danielle
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Muse: Film Socialism (or, How You'll…, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
The one with the doors. Whatever that one is, it’s far too long.
'Broadway Melody'? With (the late and glorious) Cyd Charisse? And her *legs*?
Well, there's nowt so queer as folk.
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Muse: Film Socialism (or, How You'll…, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
I am confused. You want the entire film to be twice as long as the song 'Singin' in the Rain', which would make the film very short? Or you want the giant end number of fabulousness to be chopped in half, which would make the film... somewhat shorter?
Either way, you are 100% wrong. :)
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I really, really miss Film Society (the kidlet put paid to my membership) and it's a fantastic bargain. Join, you bastards! (Or don't. I don't want to get all up in your respective grills. But it's awesome.)
In fact, the trifecta of The Shop Around the Corner, Viaggio in Italia AND my favourite movie of all time, Singin' in the Rain on the big screen, might be enough to make me find a babysitter later in the year. Save a $30 sampler card for me...
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to Steve Barnes,
You have MySky and you still watch crap?
No wonder the country’s going to the dogs.Yeah, sorry, that's a ludicrous argument. "Your enjoyment of [trivial thing] is what's wrong with the world today!" Sorry Steve, was I on your lawn?
The idea that we can't have nice things (in this case, a proper national broadcaster) because there are other "less nice things" on the airwaves is really annoying. Isn't the budget for TVNZ7 really teensy?
PS Craig, I've never missed an episode of America's Next Top Model either. :)
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Hard News: The digital switch-off, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Which I find deliciously amusing, when those evil corporate pay cable fucks are producing some of the most ambitious and satisfying television ever.
Yeah, DeepRed's "I haven't had a TV for years, therefore I know that the programmes are crap" doesn't sound quite logical to me. (I wouldn't dream of missing an episode of Jersey Shore, though, so you might want to discount my opinion altogether.)
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Hard News: Nothing important, just some tunes, in reply to Sam F,
Oh how I wish George Carlin had at least hung on to see the GFC and bailouts fulfil his prophecy.
I often think these sorts of things about George and Bill Hicks. It's a bit disturbing how many of Bill's bits are still completely relevant.
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Hard News: Nothing important, just some tunes, in reply to Steve Barnes,
The thought of paying to watch advertising would have been laughed at twenty years ago
Ah, but I pay to *not* watch any ads: MySky.
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that’s totally old-person music
I noted on Twitter at the time that - much like the Pixies last year - there were pretty large numbers of heavily pregnant women in their 30s at that show. I kept running into different ones in the upstairs loos. When the pregnant peeps show out in force, that is the very definition of Old People Music. (However, I imagine that even Teh Yoof might have agreed that the giant galloping origami horse animation was bitchin'.)
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Cracker: It's a Wonderful Thing, in reply to Sacha,
Well, that's just proof of my ancientitude, innit? Basically the uncoolest music on earth right now! (It was big dumb fun, though.)
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I say biccie and I'm as American-culturally-influenced as a NZer can get.
I think I might therefore be 'an older person'.