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gemfyreThe playset with Meadow (Brook?) is being released in Australia!! *Squees loudly*
Friday saw T3. Twas okay, not a patch on the original 2 movies. Can we say God characters? *looks bored* Grown up John is nowhere near as cute as 10 year old John *swoon*. Arnie called himself a "T-101" or something. He's a T-800!! It was stated that John was 13 in the last movie. Nope, he was 10. They did seem to just change a few facts of the previous movie to fit in with their storyline. I would have really loved to still have Sarah in the movie, she kicked arse. I guess Linda Hamilton wasn't interested or something so they had to kill her off. And "Terminatrix"? Yeah lets obviously have Matrix references. Why are the higher Terminators all human form? Surely there are more efficient forms than that of a human to produce killing machines in. The only advantage of the human form would be to infiltrate among humans. But when all the models look the same it gets a little sus. And why a woman for the T-X? For the specific purpose of distracting people? Weird.
I got 3 songs at karaoke. I Guess That's Why The Call It The Blues, You're So Vain and Beautiful Day. Now since Tuesday I have had an icky/sore throat, phlegm/cough. Friday night it peaked I think. I did the first song and all most broke down in a coughing fit mid-verse but managed. When I got the second I was expecting Beautiful Day and got You're So Vain sprung on me! Great, a song I don't know well AND a crapped up throat. I managed tho. Then someone did Without Me and I "sang" along to that and promptly completely cactused my poor throat. I could barely talk. So I drank a bit of red wine (ugh) for the throat soothing properties of the alcohol because I reckon the stuff tastes foul and drank water and sucked on throat lozenges and didn't speak or sing. Eventually Norbert tells me he's gonna put me up again. I'm like "Okay, but I'll probably be shit because my throat's crapped up!" I told him to put up The Days Of Our Lives for me. But the song before I'm up he asks me again what song I want. This was towards the end of the night and even tho Days... would have been an easier song, it's pretty boring. So I decided what the hell and did Beautiful Day. Wow, I managed to do that okay as well. My throat decided to be nice so I could get out a song then it was all *coughing fit*. And the people on the table behind us were smoking THE most REEEKY cigarettes. Smoke is bad enough when one has a blocked nose/sore throat but ultra stinky ones to boot. Ugh.
Saturday I went op-shopping in Freo with Kitty. Bought three funky tops and a pair of jeans. $18 all up (the jeans were $4!) God I love op-shops. :) Found the revised edition of Everycat for $3 so I also yoinked that. It is such a great book. Also bought some crayons to colour in my new pony colouring books *reverts to being 8 years old again*.
Well, mum and dad left for a holiday down south this morning so I have the house to myself until Friday! w00t! It means I have to be home once a day to feed Phantom but I wouldn't want to neglect my bub. I can run on my own schedule and not have mum nagging me for a week!! Can we say spa party people? Ah yes, uni starts this week too. Balls...
Joined some more LJ groups (oh no!) But these are just the coolest. The main one being![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
kittypix. Ultra ultra cute. And me always taking photos of Phantom this is the perfect outlet for me to show her off. :) :)
Friday saw T3. Twas okay, not a patch on the original 2 movies. Can we say God characters? *looks bored* Grown up John is nowhere near as cute as 10 year old John *swoon*. Arnie called himself a "T-101" or something. He's a T-800!! It was stated that John was 13 in the last movie. Nope, he was 10. They did seem to just change a few facts of the previous movie to fit in with their storyline. I would have really loved to still have Sarah in the movie, she kicked arse. I guess Linda Hamilton wasn't interested or something so they had to kill her off. And "Terminatrix"? Yeah lets obviously have Matrix references. Why are the higher Terminators all human form? Surely there are more efficient forms than that of a human to produce killing machines in. The only advantage of the human form would be to infiltrate among humans. But when all the models look the same it gets a little sus. And why a woman for the T-X? For the specific purpose of distracting people? Weird.
I got 3 songs at karaoke. I Guess That's Why The Call It The Blues, You're So Vain and Beautiful Day. Now since Tuesday I have had an icky/sore throat, phlegm/cough. Friday night it peaked I think. I did the first song and all most broke down in a coughing fit mid-verse but managed. When I got the second I was expecting Beautiful Day and got You're So Vain sprung on me! Great, a song I don't know well AND a crapped up throat. I managed tho. Then someone did Without Me and I "sang" along to that and promptly completely cactused my poor throat. I could barely talk. So I drank a bit of red wine (ugh) for the throat soothing properties of the alcohol because I reckon the stuff tastes foul and drank water and sucked on throat lozenges and didn't speak or sing. Eventually Norbert tells me he's gonna put me up again. I'm like "Okay, but I'll probably be shit because my throat's crapped up!" I told him to put up The Days Of Our Lives for me. But the song before I'm up he asks me again what song I want. This was towards the end of the night and even tho Days... would have been an easier song, it's pretty boring. So I decided what the hell and did Beautiful Day. Wow, I managed to do that okay as well. My throat decided to be nice so I could get out a song then it was all *coughing fit*. And the people on the table behind us were smoking THE most REEEKY cigarettes. Smoke is bad enough when one has a blocked nose/sore throat but ultra stinky ones to boot. Ugh.
Saturday I went op-shopping in Freo with Kitty. Bought three funky tops and a pair of jeans. $18 all up (the jeans were $4!) God I love op-shops. :) Found the revised edition of Everycat for $3 so I also yoinked that. It is such a great book. Also bought some crayons to colour in my new pony colouring books *reverts to being 8 years old again*.
Well, mum and dad left for a holiday down south this morning so I have the house to myself until Friday! w00t! It means I have to be home once a day to feed Phantom but I wouldn't want to neglect my bub. I can run on my own schedule and not have mum nagging me for a week!! Can we say spa party people? Ah yes, uni starts this week too. Balls...
Joined some more LJ groups (oh no!) But these are just the coolest. The main one being
kittypix. Ultra ultra cute. And me always taking photos of Phantom this is the perfect outlet for me to show her off. :) :)
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Date: 2003-07-20 01:03 am (UTC)I'll probably be there, assuming it's not on Tuesday (and considering Matt and I will be roleplaying then, I'm guessing it won't be then :P)
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Date: 2003-07-20 02:24 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-07-20 02:26 am (UTC)My earliest starts are 9:30 but I have about 3 of them.
T3
Date: 2003-07-20 03:38 am (UTC)http://www.solo.net/~jnice/page/faqlist/tfaq4.html#s420
has lots of information about screw ups in the first two films.
Why a woman for the TX? Why the hell not? I enjoyed watching Arnie being smacked around by her!
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Date: 2003-07-20 03:44 am (UTC)I so need to see the director's cut of T2. I read the book and it has whole chapters missing from the movie.
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Date: 2003-07-20 03:48 am (UTC)"Reese (in T1) and Arnold (in T2) both refer to the Terminator as a "Cyberdyne Systems Model 101". Reese adds "the 600 series had rubber skin. We spotted them easy. But these are new." Obviously there is more than one variation on the Model 101. In T2SE, after the chip-toggle scene, the Terminator reboots and the startup data is shown from his point of view. In the top left corner of the screen it says "Cyberdyne Systems Series 800 Model 101 Version 2.4". Presumably, the metal endoskeleton is Model 101; the flesh-covered units are Series 800."
comments on T3 which I haven't seen...
Date: 2003-07-20 12:04 pm (UTC)here's my "cynical bitch" answers to your questions/comments:
> It was stated that John was 13 in the last movie. Nope, he was 10.
True. But he looked at least 13 ;) And he acted at least 13. That's what pissed me off about T2--they wanted to set it in the year they released it, so they made him 10. But raise your hand if you would have thought he was 10 if they hadn't told you so? Didn't think so.
> I guess Linda Hamilton wasn't interested or something so they had to kill her off.
She could smell a trainwreck as well as me, I guess. I reckon the only reason Arnie turned up was the money--he can make a stinker or two at this point, noone's ever going to forget his name. And did Jim Cameron write this one or not? I think he refused, too.
> And "Terminatrix"? Yeah lets obviously have Matrix references.
Huh. Never thought of that. Rather obviously supposed to make you think "dominatrix" if you ask me. Sex sells.
> And why a woman for the T-X? For the specific purpose of distracting people? Weird.
That's about the size of it. For the specific purpose of getting money from teenage male hornbags. Sex sells.
You know, I don't think I'm ever going to watch that movie. On principle. You could tell me it's brilliant, and I still wouldn't believe you.
btw, I *will* make it to karaoke next week, dammit! Couldn't this week cos I went to Mum's instead and didn't get home until 9:30pm
Re: comments on T3 which I haven't seen...
Date: 2003-07-20 12:07 pm (UTC)and yep, James Cameron had no hand in this installment.
Re: comments on T3 which I haven't seen...
Date: 2003-07-20 12:13 pm (UTC)I remember when we had that sleepover and watched Pet Semetary 2 just cos he was in it. And that other movie, with Brian Krause; "You need to learn to keep your hands off other people's cars. And here's yours."
I think Arnie said he wouldn't do another unless James was involved, too... but I guess they wrote a few more zeros on his cheque and he changed his mind.
Re: comments on T3 which I haven't seen...
Date: 2003-07-20 12:14 pm (UTC)I think he now intends to buy most of America.
Re: comments on T3 which I haven't seen...
Date: 2003-07-20 12:18 pm (UTC)Re: comments on T3 which I haven't seen...
Date: 2003-07-22 06:39 pm (UTC)You are making a hell of a lot of assumptions about the movie, the actors and their motives (lotus). You would be more creditable if you stated your opinions in the form of questions and hypotheticals.
Firstly, T3 is a great movie. Step out of the left brained, analytical dry thinking suit for a moment and consider the special effects, the edge of your seat thrilling action, the acting, the spectacle. It's not all about what model the terminator bot (played by Arnie is) or the relative age of John Connor. These two relatively unimportant dry facts are not hugely important to the theme and the style of the movie. These may be important factors to yourselves but this is, for the most part, subjective. The film has many aspects you may not have appreciated in coming to your overall assessment.
Now based on these relatively unimportant dry factors that only a heavy left brained thinker would care about you have assumed the movie sucked and then gone on to suggest that Arnie is in it for the money because of course it's a crap film with John not being as cute as John from T2 and his age being questionable by 3 years and lets not forget Arnies model number is 800 and not 101 (big deal). May I suggest some right brain thinking. Some creativity, some imagination, some understanding of the creative and artistic roles a movie takes on.
So based on all the analytical discrepancies of this movie you have made an assumption (lotus). You assumed that Arnie would make a crap film for a decent cheque but Arnie has business investments being an avid entrepeneur. The money he makes from this film is but mere pittance in his investment portfolio.
Now to throw some of your own heavy critical, analytical and left brain thinking back at you (lotus) - you've made big assumptions about Arnies motives for making the movie. Your assumptions have no basis in fact, no evidence to support them and no substance therefore can't be given any credit whatsoever.
Some people can never be pleased.