Posts by Danielle
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I find it meditative rather than melancholy
It's the repetitive circularity of the melody, exacerbated by the lyrics... it sounds like the beginnings of someone cracking up. Elegantly.
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The chap sitting next to me muttered, "If they open their mouths to sing again, I am going to leave", and did so. I wished I had had his courage.
Philistines!
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the addition of the unicorn dream in Blade Runner's director's cut proves conclusively that Deckard is a replicant
I may regret this, but... how is there any doubt?
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the pathologically chirpy soundtrack to Les Demoiselles de Rochefort. Which is also a hell of a thing to have stuck in your head at 3 AM
Heh. The 'Chanson des jumelles' song just about ruined my life for a week after seeing that film. In case anyone else wants to have an earworm for the ages:
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Windmills of Your Mind
That song is like Dr Demento for middle-class intellectuals, or something. It really is quite evocatively creepy.
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While Wrath of Khan is a tour de force of over-acting and I love it
Get out of my brain, Emma. Star Trek II is the campiest (and therefore most awesome) of all the films, I think. Of course, my Star Trek love is based heavily on its kitsch-value, which is why I have such profound admiration for episodes like 'Spock's Brain'.
Time for a commemorative "KHAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!"
I wonder how many people have "KHAAAAAAN!!!!!' as their status message on Facebook right now... two of my friends, at least.
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you are in the same bucket as terrorists, arms dealers and drug smugglers
Hey, I'm a librarian. What if I said I was making a copy for archival purposes?
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Meanwhile I've been forced to take the laws into my own hands.
Yes, this might be a time for experimenting with just how well the PS3 manages to stream video from my computer on to the big telly...
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Ricardo Montalban, too. From hell's heart, I stab at thee.
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Déclassé sure seems like a fancy word for them parts.
Sorry, I must have been channelling Gore Vidal or something. I'm westside: get me a beer and some tater tots!