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Is the moon upside down in this?
Where to watch?
Name of the Rose reference?
Bible references removed but Aristole inserted?
Anyone know when this will get a proper release?
So basically…
Where was Tuvok?
Anthony Ingruber
Kirk is out of character
Underrated Episode
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No, it was Christina's hand.
You left out the worst part. The woman was a performance artist but the reason she used puking was because she has an eating disorder. So Gaga encouraged her self harming.
Her first few films were iconic and ahead of their time in some ways (such as the modern music used in Marie Antoinette). Everything after that has been bland and forgettable. The Bling Ring is the most frustrating as it had so much potential but she chose to focus on the wrong characters. Somehow she keeps getting worse and worse over time.
No, it wasn't about being attracted to Mavis but what Mavis represented to Sandra in her head. In high school, Sandra dreamed of being popular but instead of trying to make friends naturally she treated Mavis like she was a best friend already when they never spoke because the fantasy of being popular and best friends with Mavis was so familiar to her in her head. Sandra now dreams of going off to the big city and leaving her small town life and being best friends with someone like Mavis who leads a seemingly glamorous perfect life. Instead of taking steps to get a better job and move, she begs Mavis to take her with her as Sandra can't disconnect her idea of Mavis and her own dream life. For Sandra, she needs as close as possible to BE the Mavis in her head which can't happen. Anything Sandra does herself will never be as good as Mavis because Sandra can't become her perfect fantasy version of Mavis because it's unrealistic.
Similarly, Mavis built up a whole dream scenario of winning the old Buddy back and reliving her old high school life and maybe having kids of their own even though Mavis neglects her dog and would be a terrible parent. Both of them were fantasising about people they barely know now but treat like they are close because they represent their dream lives. I wish the movie had focused more on the Sandra/Mavis dynamic. Mavis tells her whole fantasy to Buddy and comes across as unhinged and then Sandra does the same to Mavis but Mavis is unable to see the parallels. Instead Sandra pushes Mavis back into her old fantasy of leaving small town Mercury and living it up in the big city because she is better than everyone else. Neither of them are able to see that the real problem in their lives is themselves and that they will be unhappy wherever they go if they don't change this. They both want connection deep down but they put people on pedestals or push them too far away to have anything real.
Agree. I'm a huge fan of both Elvis and Sofia Coppola but I'm not sure what the point of this was. The original adaptation of the book was much better. This was very forgettable.
Elvis liked Priscilla because she looked like his mother who had recently passed away (not sure if he was aware of the resemblance or it was a subconscious thing). Several of his other girlfriends had a similar look.
Bill and Ted III: The Search for Rufus
Rufus has disappeared and Bill and Ted get asked to find him. They travel through alternate dimensions and space looking for him using the phone box. They visit some previous locations and see old characters but not for too long. They also visit different places in space and time. At one point they hide and see themselves meet themselves in a scene from a previous film so that there were actually 3 Bills and Teds. They keep hearing Rufus’s voice through the receiver (clips from Carlin’s old stand-up and interviews). Eventually they realise Rufus doesn’t want to be found and sometimes you have to accept that people want different things and changes have to happen even if they are difficult. The theme ties into a subplot about them not being ready to accept that their sons are growing up and taking different paths in life and that they are getting older themselves. This is what then inspires them to write a song that brings everyone together through the message of respecting other people’s needs and differences, about being young and old, about the importance of close friendships but also giving people space when they need it. There is a shot of a body double of Carlin in the distance watching them so the audience knows he is ok because he knew that his disappearance was necessary to inspire them.
When they had Mozart playing the harpsichord I thought they were going to use Aerosmith's Dream On, similar to how they used the Kiss song before.
This is old but the red lanterns in the hot tub scene did remind me of that movie. I wouldn't say it was a reference though as those types of lanterns are pretty common.
Angel is bland. He was ok in the early seasons but didn't need his own show or to be brought back.
Spike was best when he had the chip and was a mix of good and evil ("Draco in leather pants"). Getting his soul back turned him bland as well. Buffy should have dusted him during the r*pe scene. He wasn't a good person underneath and him trying to become one just went against his character.
She mentioned feeling lost for the last 3 or 4 years in a recent interview. She did say she is due to begin an MA in Creative Writing so hopefully she is able to develop something genuine.
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