Fashion Board 11-2-03 - 12-09-03

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I need you guys to do me a favor. I need you to approach every gay man you know, and tell them you need them to pass along a message to whatever Trilateral Commission of Gay Men makes trend decisions in this country. Doubtless, all of them will look at you like they don't know what you're talking about, but some of them will be faking. These men know who to call.

I need you to tell them to tell the Commission to instruct all 13- to 24-year-old girls to stop plucking their fucking eyebrows. I was served my double tall cap this morning by two women with completely drawn-in eyebrows. They looked like goth clowns or something. This has got to stop. It's like women are now looking at their already-too-thin eyebrows the way an anorexic looks at dangling earlobes --- a fucked-up message that says "keep going, you're on the right track, almost done, just a little left to go."

That is all.

You're going to have to talk to Penske and PLF, because this request needed to be made years and years ago. Women like:



have heavily influenced gay culture to such an extent that the pencilled-in eyebrow is ingrained.

TM

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
You tell me.

http://imdb.com/Photos/Events/2030/K...246359_400.jpg

http://imdb.com/Photos/Events/2030/K...246482_400.jpg

She doesn't have much breasts.

Or, apparently, much pubic hair...

[dtb]

Originally posted by Not Bob
The original "Sabrina" -- perhaps not really an underrated classic, although I'd say that it shows that Humphrey Bogart may have been underrated or typecast as an actor. Lovely romantic fluff, and how can you go wrong with a young Audrey Hepburn? Can you blame William Holden for going ga-ga when he first sees her on her return from Paree? Yowza.

I was gonna say that one! Honest!

Originally posted by Not Bob
More recently, "The Sting." Wonderful comic plot that leaves you guessing, great ragtime and jazz music, superb wardrobe, and Newman and Redford at the top of their game.

Great call. I can't believe I forgot that one.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
wtf?

[on the ball]

I would fall asleep, roll over backwards, and crack my skull. Finally, something to put me out of my misery.

[SlaveNoMore]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
Whats up with the horrid puns in the re lines? You gong for a Kafka Award? Or a Cognitive Minority Grant?

And how much time a day do you spend surfing for photos of hot starlets?

About 2 years ago you openly criticized me for always changing the name of every thread to something clever [note: I sometimes fail], arguing this this destroyed your ability to follow a thread.

Granted, I've been too bored to do it lately. But that I do it every so often should come as no surprise to you.

Methinks you just needed to engage me in conversation, as clearly you still heart me.

And Google takes 3 seconds. You should try it sometime, since you clearly still haven't mastered the art

[taxwonk]

First of all, kudos to whoever already listed Guys and Dolls. Marlon Brando singing. What more needs to be said.

A couple of my favorites:

12 Angry Men. Henry Fonda, Melvyn Douglas. Barely controlled rage in a classic battle between logic and prejudice. It's classic study of the democratic process on a micro level in which, for a change, democracy wins.

A Thousand Clowns. You'll laugh, you'll cry.

The Professionals: A western in the mold of The Magnificent Seven.

I know there are many more, but I actually have to get some work done today.

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
About 2 years ago you openly criticized me for always changing the name of every thread to something clever [note: I sometimes fail], arguing this this destroyed your ability to follow a thread.

Granted, I've been too bored to do it lately. But that I do it every so often should come as no surprise to you.

Methinks you just needed to engage me in conversation, as clearly you still heart me.

And Google takes 3 seconds. You should try it sometime, since you clearly still haven't mastered the art

While I am sure I said something in the past I doubt I ever said "clever"- this has always irritated me. Either I was being nice so as not to make you feel bad while still trying to get my point of "cut that shit out" across, or you misremember. WHy dont you find the post Mr. Google? And go back to being lazy.


I never hearted you. One of my socks did. It unraveled and was tossed in the Infirmation recycling bin where it bc I *heart* Plate and some other sox.

And the fact that it occurs you to google these chicks makes me think you have the mentality of a tweleve year old. You probably subscribe to stuff, maxim and that other one with the letters. probably where you get all your witty little puns from.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by taxwonk
12 Angry Men. Henry Fonda, Melvyn Douglas. Barely controlled rage in a classic battle between logic and prejudice. It's classic study of the democratic process on a micro level in which, for a change, democracy wins.

Any fan of Henry Fonda's dramatic work should also see "Once Upon a Time in the West," one of Sergio Leone's westerns shot in Sicily. The movie is not "good" in the sense that the modern moviegoer --- who appreciates subtle emotions and understated symbolism --- expects, but it is profoundly operatic in scope (and length). In a surprising turn, Fonda plays the film's central villain. It's difficult to imagine that the same person played Tom Joad and Norman Thayer. He apparently said this was his favorite film and role. This was my favorite western until "Unforgiven" took the title. "Lone Star" remains my favorite movie about the southwest, but is not technically a western.

Interesting that two of the films mentioned in the poll ("Twelve Angry Men" and "Wait Until Dark") are also staples of high school theater. Maybe I should vote for "The Wiz."

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Connect_the_Dots
Is it me, or does this girl look like Natalie Portman (with bigger TITS!)?

From a web bio:
"Knightley began acting as a child and appeared in films and on television in the U.K. before being cast in George Lucas's Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999). Hired for her resemblance to Natalie Portman, Knightley played Sabé, Queen Amidala's decoy and bodyguard. "

http://www.who2.com/keiraknightley.html

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
You probably subscribe to stuff, maxim and that other one with the letters. probably where you get all your witty little puns from.

Apropos of men's mags, I actually DO read the articles in Playboy (of course I look at the pictures as well). Sometimes it has decent fiction. But Maxim, Stuff, et al are only useful for the pics. I've tried to read that shit but I can't. It's like reading Diet USA Today/Soldier of Fortune* but for twelve year olds.

*No, I have no idea what's actually in this magazine.

[str8outavannuys]

Originally posted by baltassoc
From a web bio:
"Knightley began acting as a child and appeared in films and on television in the U.K. before being cast in George Lucas's Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999). Hired for her resemblance to Natalie Portman, Knightley played Sabé, Queen Amidala's decoy and bodyguard. "

http://www.who2.com/keiraknightley.html

This photo deserves more than a link. I now see what all the fuss is about, and hereby retract my previous stupid comparison to methol-face.

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Any fan of Henry Fonda's dramatic work should also see "Once Upon a Time in the West," one of Sergio Leone's westerns shot in Sicily. The movie is not "good" in the sense that the modern moviegoer --- who appreciates subtle emotions and understated symbolism --- expects, but it is profoundly operatic in scope (and length). In a surprising turn, Fonda plays the film's central villain. It's difficult to imagine that the same person played Tom Joad and Norman Thayer. He apparently said this was his favorite film and role. This was my favorite western until "Unforgiven" took the title. "Lone Star" remains my favorite movie about the southwest, but is not technically a western.

Interesting that two of the films mentioned in the poll ("Twelve Angry Men" and "Wait Until Dark") are also staples of high school theater. Maybe I should vote for "The Wiz."

One of the most underrated westerns of all time is "The man who shot Liberty Valence." As most film buffs know, the cowboy genre can be subdivided into the John Wayne type, the Jimmy Stewart type and the Clint Eastwood type (the Gene Autry type westerns are a joke and don't really count). The Man who Shot Liberty Valance represents the nadir of the western because it has BOTH John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart (some day we may be able to digittally re-master it and Clint to it as well).

[Connect_the_Dots]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
This photo deserves more than a link. I now see what all the fuss is about, and hereby retract my previous stupid comparison to methol-face.

I don't have much to ass to this, but I just wanted to reply so that anyone kethcupping will get to see Keira as many times as possible.

She doesn't even look british here. She looks good enough to be a podium girl.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Any fan of Henry Fonda's dramatic work should also see "Once Upon a Time in the West," one of Sergio Leone's westerns shot in Sicily. The movie is not "good" in the sense that the modern moviegoer --- who appreciates subtle emotions and understated symbolism --- expects, but it is profoundly operatic in scope (and length). In a surprising turn, Fonda plays the film's central villain. It's difficult to imagine that the same person played Tom Joad and Norman Thayer. He apparently said this was his favorite film and role. This was my favorite western until "Unforgiven" took the title. "Lone Star" remains my favorite movie about the southwest, but is not technically a western.

Interesting that two of the films mentioned in the poll ("Twelve Angry Men" and "Wait Until Dark") are also staples of high school theater. Maybe I should vote for "The Wiz."

I love this movie. It isn't a great movie, which is why I left it off my list. It is, however, a great example of the broad sweeping epic so popular in that era. For pageantry and scope, it belongs in the same class as films like "Ben Hur" and The Ten Commandments."

[SlaveNoMore]

paigowprincess
And the fact that it occurs you to google these chicks makes me think you have the mentality of a tweleve year old.

Since most twelve year olds know actually how to surf the internet for information, rather than feel the compulsive need to post every and any question they ever had about anything to a bunch of anonymous people rather than using the 45-odd seconds it takes to compose a post to do the needed research to answer the question themselves, I'll take the "tweleve [sic] year old" statement as a compliment.