From: "Rev. Ivan Stang" <stang@subgenius.com>
Newsgroups: alt.slack
In article <39499fbe$0$36233$65a95bcd@news.citilink.com>, ?!
<schabe@daedgniklaw.ten> wrote:
> In the end, they name the planet "Bob".
>
Out of ALL the movies we haven't seen and could have -- most of this
and last years' movies -- what did We/I decide to see, but this
elaborate children's cartoon. We had seen the trailer on TV and it
promised to be a mindless orgy of special effects, which is what we
wanted, and which is what it pretty much was. I didn't know whether to
be more impressed with the marriage of computer and traditional
animation, or the truly exhaustive catalog of script cliches (all the
way down to "No... you go on... without me!"). I mean, I was seriously
IMPRESSED with how thoroughly cliche'd the script was; I figured it
must be deliverate, in which case it's a masterpiece of satire. If it's
not deliberate, it's an almost hilariously bad script.
BUT! The clashing asteroids of ice crystals were WELL worth the price
of admission.
But imagine our surprise when the last 7 or 8 lines of dialog in the
film, the whole "feel good" capper that would have the audience leaving
with a chuckle, were entirely dedicated to the name "Bob", that being
hilariously funny because it's so INAPROPRIATE in its simplicity for
being a brand new glorious Eden-like PLANET's name.
In other words, the final cliche punchline of this orgy of cliche's was
THE STUPID CLOYING USE OF THE NAME "BOB". (Like the Bridge named Bob in
Colorado in the 80s, the conventions of Bobs, the countless half-funny
Bob ads of yore)
Still, my jaw hit the floor in,,, I dunno what... as the movie ended.
How did it go?
"Well, now that you've created this new planet, what are you going to
name it?"
"Oh, I think I'l call it... Bob."
"Bob! You can't call it Bob!"
"I can call it Bob if I want to... I like Bob."
"Well... I'm not gonna call it that."
I think I've forgotten or misremembered several lines, but I know that
the last line of the movie is Drew Barrymore's voice saying, "Well, I'm
not gonna call it that."
Today we saw MISSION TO MARS at the $1 thee-ate-er, and at the end, I
thought -- "Yep... a perfect argument for STEALING YOUR OWN SHIP." As
crappy as the grey's ships are, they're shitloads better than NASA's!
O KOK I'm LATE FOR WORK!! BYE!
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Subject: Re: Titan A.E. -- SPOILERS!
From: "?!" <schabe@daedgniklaw.ten>
The head scriptwriter was Ben Edlund, creator of "The Tick". I'm pretty
sure those cliches were intentional, all right. Unfortunately, I'm afraid
the deadpan satire thing was pretty much lost on the directorial staff.
> I think I've forgotten or misremembered several lines, but I know that
> the last line of the movie is Drew Barrymore's voice saying, "Well, I'm
> not gonna call it that."
You forgot Matt Damon's line:
"Oh, so suddenly *you're* making all the decisions -- you're the Queen of
'Bob'".
--
schabe "'Bob' First!" @walkingdead.net
http://walkingdead.net
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Subject: Re: Titan A.E. -- SPOILERS!
From: Resop <tstcraig@erols.com>
One other spoiler:
The music seriously, seriously sucks.
Why couldn't the have thrown a million or so bucks to Chas Smith?
Pastor Craig
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Subject: Re: Titan A.E. -- SPOILERS!
From: "Paul Murray" <pmurray@nospam.bigpond.com>
"?!" <schabe@daedgniklaw.ten> wrote in message
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>
> The head scriptwriter was Ben Edlund, creator of "The Tick". I'm pretty
> sure those cliches were intentional, all right. Unfortunately, I'm afraid
> the deadpan satire thing was pretty much lost on the directorial staff.
EAT MY JUSTICE, EVILDOERS!
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Subject: Re: Titan AE
From: mannixh8u@aol.com (Rev. Irrelevent)
The same thing happened here, I stood up as well with a big ol' Praise Bob!!!
and as well people looked at me with the same awkward look the monkey's give me
when I throw my own fecal matter back at them in the zoo.....but hey, to each
his own.
"If ya ain't got socks, ya ain't got much. So if ya got 'em,
ya might as well pull 'em up!!!"
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