tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post114115630730473680..comments2023-10-30T09:21:51.870-06:00Comments on Almanac of Miscellaneous Merriment: Oscars and MeErin aka- absent-minded secretaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07006072541390397026noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post-1141245228058549792006-03-01T13:33:00.000-07:002006-03-01T13:33:00.000-07:00Dogers: It's true, I have never seen the original....Dogers: It's true, I have never seen the original. And I have seen the original PLANET OF THE APES. That is where my fear of monkeys came from. I was NOT supposed to be watching them, and my dad was, and I hid behind the couch. Complete terror filled my brain when Charlton Heston was in jail and tried to talk to other humans and they could not talk back. <BR/><BR/>LL: I might bend for Curious George, because I have a Curious George beanie baby. And I have only heard good things about CG.Erin aka- absent-minded secretaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006072541390397026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post-1141241218693636822006-03-01T12:26:00.000-07:002006-03-01T12:26:00.000-07:00There may have been giant spiders. I can't rememb...There may have been giant spiders. I can't remember. When this one scene with half a dozen raptors and countless brontosaurus feet passed the five minute mark, I kind of checked out and started thinking about more interesting things. Like laundry.<BR/>So, AMS, does this mean you won't be seeing Curious George? I have a feeling you'll be totally out of the loop come next year's Oscar party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post-1141239344922996912006-03-01T11:55:00.000-07:002006-03-01T11:55:00.000-07:00I could probably handle the large grasshoppers, un...I could probably handle the large grasshoppers, until they started eating people's faces. Eww. <BR/><BR/>If there were giant spiders... drawing the line. Spiders=monkeys in my book. And Spider Monkeys, *shuddering uncontrollably* can I die?Erin aka- absent-minded secretaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006072541390397026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post-1141239219252243722006-03-01T11:53:00.000-07:002006-03-01T11:53:00.000-07:00"T’was beauty that killed the beast..." is the fam..."T’was beauty that killed the beast..." is the famous quote from the original KING KONG, so they couldn't really have made a re-make without it.<BR/><BR/>It would be like re-making PLANET OF THE APES and not including the Statue of Liberty scene... oh... wait...<BR/><BR/>(Seriously, Absent-Minded, you saw the wrong PLANET... the original film is incredible... and it's a movie that's actually about something, an issue movie... not like the crappy re-make which was about seeing apes jump far, and which, plot-wise, was completely incomprehensible).<BR/><BR/>But seriously, it wouldn't really have been KING KONG without the famous line, so you had to put it in somewhere. But Jack Black didn't carry it very well. They should have given it to someone else perhaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post-1141234040263725032006-03-01T10:27:00.000-07:002006-03-01T10:27:00.000-07:00I will not see King Kong because I have heard that...I will not see King Kong because I have heard that there are giant grasshoppers that gnaw on people's faces. I hate bugs in general and mutated bugs in specific.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954160939175918093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post-1141230745119376282006-03-01T09:32:00.000-07:002006-03-01T09:32:00.000-07:00Th.: They seem pretty sure about themselves don't ...Th.: They seem pretty sure about themselves don't they.<BR/><BR/>B.: I will not see King Kong unless I am strapped to a bed and forced to under Chinese Water Torture. I do not like monkeys, or apes, or giant apes. I sat through Planet of the Apes, because a boy told me that would get me over the phobia. It just made me really disappointed in Marky Mark. <BR/><BR/>Peter Jackman must have been planning that line since childhood. You died a little inside? Yep, your LL's twin. So, glad to finally meet you byt the way, I have heard so much about you.Erin aka- absent-minded secretaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006072541390397026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post-1141220919010843572006-03-01T06:48:00.000-07:002006-03-01T06:48:00.000-07:00You've gotta see King Kong, sit through 3+ riducul...You've gotta see King Kong, sit through 3+ riduculous hours, just to get to Jack Black's trite, emotionless line: "T'was <I>beauty</I> killed the beast. I died a little inside. Ll, what was Dodger's response to that line?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19517384.post-1141200193506687662006-03-01T01:03:00.000-07:002006-03-01T01:03:00.000-07:00.Wow--that site has some strong opinions!.<BR/><BR/>Wow--that site has some strong opinions!Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.com