New Fashion Board 10-3-2003 - 11-7-2003

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

NYTimes and Salon were in rare agreement: all style and no substance, unless your idea of a good movie is a bunch of genre-movie references flung about with no consideration for why people loved the applicable genres in the first place.

I'll probably see it, if only because "all style no substance" is not necessarily the kiss of death for me. I loved the Cell.

What I really want to see is intolerable cruelty.

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I have seen two really sucky reviews of it. WSJ (which frankly I don't often put too much stock in) and somewhere else that right now I am forgetting.

Originally posted by Aloha Mr. Learned Hand
Reviews I've seen range from 3 - 4 stars (Ebert). Definitely want to see it. Seems pretty bizarre. Tough call whether to see that or the new Coen Brothers movie first (reviews 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 stars).

Just remember, the Big L got tepid at best reviews, was in theaters maybe two weeks. Classic. Critics dont often get brilliant offbeat humor. Unless they write for Salon, sometimes.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

According to a new study, owners of cars are paying about 15 percent too much for car insurance, and are subsidizing insurance for people who own SUVs. SUVs do more damage than regular cars, but we get to pay for it. Short piece re this is here; more about the study is here.

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by Connect_the_Dots
I think you have figured out why fringey hates you. That and the fact that she was passed over for the moderator promotion because she is a woman.

Promotions. Can supermods ignore mods? If so, why not promote Fringey to supermod status while you're figuring out what to do about the users-ignoring-mods issue? Or, if supermods don't have greater ignoring powers, why not simply make her an admin* so she can take away SD's modpowers if he acts up?


* She can also help E/O with her groupie -- er personal modding -- duties.

[rufus leeking]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
?

Cause really...this sucked.

well it was rushed, but conceptual.
would it help if I told you I thought Brittany was a dumb name?

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Allow me to be the first to say that this may be the single worst submission I have read so far...

Paigow, what do we have for him? A set of Ben Wah Triangles? A year's supply of genital itching? A crock pot from Service Merchandise?

Cause really...this sucked.

Or a bottle of Turtle Brazilian Bikini Wax for being runnerup to that dreadful theresmyignorelist, n thatsit.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by rufus leeking
well it was rushed, but conceptual.
would it help if I told you I thought Brittany was a dumb name?

um....no. but thanks for playing.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by pretermitted_child
why not promote Fringey to supermodel status

Oh, you are sweet, but I've already conceded I'm not hothothot

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Allow me to be the first to say that this may be the single worst submission I have read so far...

Paigow, what do we have for him? A set of Ben Wah Triangles? A year's supply of genital itching? A crock pot from Service Merchandise?

Cause really...this sucked.

Whatever, so long as it's considered "Lovely Parting Gifts"...

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Is anyone planning on seeing this? I loved Pulp Fiction, liked Reservoir Dogs, and never saw Jackie Brown. Of the movies that he wrote, but didn't direct, I've only seen True Romance, which I love. The reviews so far look good, and I've been loving the previews.

Here's hoping.

I was hoping someone would bring this up. This looks like an exceptional weekend for movies, with both this and Intolerable Cruelty opening. The few reviews I've seen so far for both are uniformly positive.

I'm hoping the buzz is true, but I'll probably have to wait a bit to see them. If any of the board members do see either this weekend, I'd like to know what they think.

Decisions, Decisions.

sf

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
NYTimes and Salon were in rare agreement: all style and no substance, unless your idea of a good movie is a bunch of genre-movie references flung about with no consideration for why people loved the applicable genres in the first place.

I'll probably see it, if only because "all style no substance" is not necessarily the kiss of death for me. I loved the Cell.

What I really want to see is intolerable cruelty.

While I too love "style sans substance", I cannot for the life of me imagine what you saw in The Cell.

[pretermitted_child]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Oh, you are sweet, but I've already conceded I'm not hothothot

Aw shucks, but you forgot the [sic].

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by andViolins
I love the fact that e-mails from the ABA to my work e-mail address are blocked by our IT software because allegedly:

"The original message content contained a virus or was blocked due to blocking rules and has been removed."

And yet some dude in Africa is able to send me countless messages about a bank account, war, millions of dollars, blah, blah, blah.

aV

My favorite IT idiocy is the fact that I get 300 emails a day about how I can get a GREAT DEAL on a new or used car or the LOW LOW Rates avaialable right now on home loans, but the House of REpresentatives web page is blocked by content advisor.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by pretermitted_child
Aw shucks, but you forgot the [sic].

There is no [sic] when I misquote.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Allow me to be the first to say that this may be the single worst submission I have read so far...

Paigow, what do we have for him? A set of Ben Wah Triangles? A year's supply of genital itching? A crock pot from Service Merchandise?

Cause really...this sucked.

Have you been skimming? I have read much worse. Who is on your ignore list?