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posted 24-06-2008 11:32
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Last night I watched Starship Troopers for the first time. In the scene where Rico and his love rival (the one with someone else's hair balanced on the top of his head) fight over Denise Richards, beneath the general hubbub of the barracks is, quietly but unmistakeably, Fade into You by Mazzy Star. WTF?
Also, Starship Troopers generally. Good or not?
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posted 25-06-2008 08:08
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That kind of thing has become common on TV shows like Grey's Anatomy.
Tarantino had a way of having inappropriate songs playing in the background for "ironic" effect.
And "Fade Into You"; what a great, great, great song.
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posted 25-06-2008 08:14
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The Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head sequence in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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posted 25-06-2008 09:20
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Starship Troopers is awesome. One of the
funniest films of the 90s.
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posted 25-06-2008 09:21
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I know the guy who's responsible for "Love Plus One" by Haircut 100 appearing in American Psycho.
An American friend of his, who was involved in the film, called him to ask for some suggestions for the soundtrack. He tried to think of the least Patrick Batemanesque song possible, just to take the piss, and was amazed when "Love Plus One" actually showed up in the film.
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posted 25-06-2008 10:03
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In the film 'Jindabyne' there is a nasty punch-up at a barbecue, underscored by The Go Betweens' 'Streets Of Your Town'. Yes it's an Australian film, but still...
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posted 25-06-2008 10:08
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Also, Starship Troopers generally. Good or not?
Good. Satirical elements aside, just the concept of clean-cut, good-looking, over-confident, all-American youth getting smushed by large psychotic insects is crowd-pleasing satisfaction all by itself.
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Last Edit: 25-06-2008 10:09 By ian.64.
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posted 25-06-2008 10:14
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Are the insects even psychotic? We provoked them.
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posted 25-06-2008 14:03
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Well, if you suck their brains out and bite them in half I suppose you could easily surmise that they didn’t spend their evenings sitting around the drawing-room piano, drinking Cabernet Sauvignon and singing Noel Coward songs.
I was walking ‘cross Klendathu,
On the way to have some tea,
When I saw some Starship Troopers
a-coming after me.
So I spiked them with my mandibles
And crushed them with my jaws,
And that, my dear,
Is how, I fear,
You get rid of frightful bores.
Don’t put arachnids on the stage, Mr. Heinlein,
Don’t put arachnids on the staaaaaaage!
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posted 25-06-2008 17:38
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Jindabyne
That film had a couple of fatal flaws, didn't it? Or did I not suspend my disbelief enough?
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posted 26-06-2008 01:52
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I liked the way Doogie Howser made General in under 24 months from basic training.
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posted 26-06-2008 09:09
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Well, he was psychic so he probably just brainwashed everyone.
The book is a fucking nightmare, though.
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posted 26-06-2008 19:39
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Paul McCartney's Junk appeared in Jerry Maguire. Remember at the time thinking what the fuck that was doing there.
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