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If ever a movie cried out for Toblerone!
Tonight we watched the original Ocean's Eleven, Rat Pack and all. My god, but that was boring. I thought it was going to be a caper flick, but it was mostly snappy patter, which I didn't always find so snappy. And then when they got to the actual caper, because they were knocking over 5 casinos at once, we saw the same scenes over and over. How many times do I need to see someone open an electrical box and look at the wiring? Or see two guys go stand at some slot machines for a second, then walk away?
Also I had trouble telling some of the 11 apart. We only stayed sane because every time Henry Silva came onscreen, we'd yell out, "Leave the Bronx!" and make cracks about "disinfestation".
I must say, though, the ending was brilliant.
In other news, I'm nearly caught up on LJ comments, far behind on email, and I spent the entire day on the couch, in my pajamas, writing on the laptop. I wrote about 2500 words on my Master&Wolf fic. So, I felt utterly lazy and utterly productive at the same time and I'm better rested than I was when I got up. My SG-1 and Jeremiah DVDs are still in their shrinkwrap. How's that for willpower?
After watching the Battlestar Galactica mini the other day, the Boy got all fired up to watch the remaining few eps of Galactica 1980. I taped these off Space a few years ago and was severely traumatized by the baseball episode. (Die, Starla, die!) But I sat down and we watched the second part of the Halloween episode.
Troy and Dylan drove their car off a pier in NYC and were soaking wet and being chased by the police. They hid out in a theatre where a truly sad musical review was taking place. They needed some dry clothes and for one heartstopping moment, I thought they were going to steal the big bear suits that were used for the previous number. I swear, if they had worn those, I would have written furry slash about them. Instead, they got into white tie and tails and bumbled through some choreography.
Bernie Hamilton was in this ep, playing an NYPD captain whose name was never mentioned, so I can only assume they wanted us to think that this was actually Captain Dobey. I kept hoping that Starsky and Hutch would show up and beat the living snot out of Troy (I rather like Dylan) but it was not to be.
Oh, and Dr Zee was his usual annoying self. Only two eps left. I hope he dies horribly and painfully. Also Troy.
Toblerone... *drools*
Wow, I remember those Battlestar episodes! The top hat and tails... don't remember a lot of detail, but I think they were... actually kinda funny. They were the ones with the super children hiding out on Earth disguised as cub scouts... and there were the two cute guys but unfortunately cluess guys trying to keep them protected and stuff. I never got to see much of the original Battlestar though. *Contemplates the beauty of dvd season/series editions.* But I'm saving my pennies for some cartoon sets this year. JEM and GARGOYLES... sigh.
Of course, the evil in me is looking at your comments and wondering about Dr. Zee/Troy fic now... :D
Mooncat
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Re: Toblerone... *drools*
Hee! They are tasty. :) In this instance, though, that's a reference to the MST3K episode Escape 2000. Henry Silva was in it playing this evil guy who was in charge of "disinfestating" the Bronx, which meant wiping out all the poor people. There was this whole group of people who lived underground and their leader had a funny name that the Bots and ... er, I think this was a Mike ep ... kept saying as "Toblerone".
Of course, the evil in me is looking at your comments and wondering about Dr. Zee/Troy fic now...
Here's a little Troy/Dr Zee:
Troy and Dylan went back to the Galactica. Troy went to see Dr Zee. "Here," he said, "I brought you an Earth treat." It was a huge Toblerone. "Excellent," said Dr Zee because even though he had an IQ of 30 million, he was still only 12 years old and kind of naive. He didn't know that Troy was actually a paedophile. While Dr Zee was eating his chocolate, Troy grabbed him and started to ravish him. Dr Zee tried to scream, but he choked on a section of Toblerone. Then the Cylons blew up the Galactica and they were all vaporized, except Dylan who went back down to Earth and joined the A-Team.
The End.
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Like icon. Icon sooo very good.
Favourite FF line: Malcom to Jayne: My days of not takin' you seriously are comin' to a middle.
Favourite Jayne line:
Malcolm on interrogating the Alliance cop: Just scare him.
Jayne with his BIG knife: Pain's scary.
Okay. going.
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