That sound of the spoon scraping over the can ribbing as you corral the last ravioli or two is the signal that a great treat is coming. It's the washboard solo in God's own
bluegrass band of comfort food. - LawBeefaroni
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” - H.L. Mencken
The sources of the fantasy and characters can be seen in Sarah's bedroom at the beginning of the movie: She has a stuffed animal that looks like Sir Didymus on her dresser; a doll that looks like Ludo on the shelves next to her door; bookends with with goblins similar to Hoggle on her dresser; and figurine of Jareth on the right side of her desk. After you see the Hoggle bookend, a scrapbook shows newspaper clippings of Sarah's actress mother with an actor - David Bowie. Plus, the dress she wears in the ballroom scene adorns the miniature doll in her music box. And a wooden maze game on her dresser foreshadows the Labyrinth itself!
Monty Python and the Holy Grail: The scene at the French castle, when the taunters are asked to tell their master about Arthur's quest for the grail, and respond "He's already got one!" (which foreshadows the ending, when Arthur and his pals are faced with the very same French taunters, who evidently did already have one -- the same one Arthur was looking for all along).
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." — P. J. O'Rourke
The sources of the fantasy and characters can be seen in Sarah's bedroom at the beginning of the movie: She has a stuffed animal that looks like Sir Didymus on her dresser; a doll that looks like Ludo on the shelves next to her door; bookends with with goblins similar to Hoggle on her dresser; and figurine of Jareth on the right side of her desk. After you see the Hoggle bookend, a scrapbook shows newspaper clippings of Sarah's actress mother with an actor - David Bowie. Plus, the dress she wears in the ballroom scene adorns the miniature doll in her music box. And a wooden maze game on her dresser foreshadows the Labyrinth itself!
“We can never allow Murania to become desecrated by the presence of surface people. Our lives are serene, our minds are superior, our accomplishments greater. Gene Autry must be captured!!!” - Queen Tika, The Phantom Empire
Monty Python's Meaning of Life.
The Fantasy of the Accounting firm taking sail and becoming corporate pirates and the nudity in the scene of the man choosing to be executed by being chased off a cliff by a horde of topless women with large breasts.
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” - H.L. Mencken
Not a chance from me. At work. Looking up pictures of topless young women on my work account wouldn't go over well at all.
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” - H.L. Mencken
Does anyone need a reminder of all the bouncing boobs in this movie?
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"The world is suffering more today from the good people who want to mind other men's business than it is from the bad people who are willing to let everybody look after their own individual affairs." - Clarence Darrow
Emanuelle in Bangkok. It was a fantasy for me back when it was on Cinemax.
That sound of the spoon scraping over the can ribbing as you corral the last ravioli or two is the signal that a great treat is coming. It's the washboard solo in God's own
bluegrass band of comfort food. - LawBeefaroni
Isgrimnur wrote:Please keep it to links rather than images. Spoilered or not, they still come over the wire, and risk getting the thread flagged by filters.
Oops, learning experience. I changed the tag to [url] -- is that OK?
"What? What?What?" -- The 14th Doctor
It's not enough to be a good player... you also have to play well. -- Siegbert Tarrasch
The Evil Dead and its infamous tree rape scene (which Sam Raimi himself admits "was unnecessarily gratuitous and a little too brutal").
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." — P. J. O'Rourke
I don't consider the nudity in Heavy Metal to be gratuitous. It is core to the aesthetic of the film. Categorizing it as gratuitous strikes me as being puritanical.
Also, humor is subjective.
"What? What?What?" -- The 14th Doctor
It's not enough to be a good player... you also have to play well. -- Siegbert Tarrasch
no, ok, I agree - however the word gratuitous doesn't preclude "core" to me. It's a ton of freely laid on nudity in a more truly fantasy setting. I would give yours and a few other submissions genres to Horror over Fantasy.
So yeah, Heavy Metal's nudity: uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted and core to this fantasy genre movie.
That's what the nudity is in both yours and his submission. Isn't it?
Unagi wrote:no, ok, I agree - however the word gratuitous doesn't preclude "core" to me. It's a ton of freely laid on nudity in a more truly fantasy setting. I would give yours and a few other submissions genres to Horror over Fantasy.
So yeah, Heavy Metal's nudity: uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted and core to this fantasy genre movie.
That's what the nudity is in both yours and his submission. Isn't it?
I'm not arguing that Heavy Metal is a bad pick. I was just goofing about the gratuitous (or lack thereof) nature of the nudity.
"What? What?What?" -- The 14th Doctor
It's not enough to be a good player... you also have to play well. -- Siegbert Tarrasch
Meh, it's all a crap shoot anyway. The ones I win are usually not the ones I think I have in the bag. The ones that win often make be go WTF? Really? It's the nature of the game, especially when played with sort-of-random internet forum members. It's not like playing with friends where you likely all live in the same place, have the same socio-economic background, drive the same cars, have kids at the same school, etcetera.
That sound of the spoon scraping over the can ribbing as you corral the last ravioli or two is the signal that a great treat is coming. It's the washboard solo in God's own
bluegrass band of comfort food. - LawBeefaroni
EvilHomer3k wrote:Meh, it's all a crap shoot anyway. The ones I win are usually not the ones I think I have in the bag. The ones that win often make be go WTF? Really? It's the nature of the game, especially when played with sort-of-random internet forum members. It's not like playing with friends where you likely all live in the same place, have the same socio-economic background, drive the same cars, have kids at the same school, etcetera.
I'll have you know I was hand selected to play against you and I'm not just some random internet forum member! If you are not happy with my work please take it up with FishPants or something, don't drag it out here.