On Star Trek - it wasn't so much that fanfic becoming canon was exciting and revolutionary (that has happened since the 50s at least, in varying degrees of "official"), but that a major creator was cool with the notion that his two stars of an internationally-acclaimed series might have been gay. That, alone, was freakin' MASSIVE. It is a real pity that TNG was so lame (and they killed off the one openly gay character after a SINGLE APPEARANCE), so any claims that the franchise is "friendly" is... debatable.
Yeah, I cannot watch pretty much any mobster film made before like, 2010. I don't know why, but they bore me to death, hence my still not having seen The Godfather.
I haven't seen that either. Tried on numerous occasions but never made it very far in before I felt the overwhelming need to just watch something else. Didn't matter what. Just needed to watch something other than The Godfather.
*is speechless*
*chokes on disbelief*
*turns blue*
I... really don't know how anyone could not have watched The Godfather. Seriously, it is one of the formative influences of my youth, up there with Ghost In The Shell and giant non-fiction books. I must have seen the films (yes, even Part III) at least thirty or more times each. I even have the DVDs.
You know, I had forgotten all about that sub-plot until Max mentioned it. What a strange predicament to have.
Ask Kevin Smith. I'm sure he will talk endlessly about his wife for you. Go on - he's on twitter, and isn't afraid of...
sensitive topics.
Just in case anyone's counting - I believe Fen said that I had to beat Bos in this thread under pain of death or something...
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Man, I really need to post moar.
How would y'all define "classic"? Is there a year or something? Because I've seen a fair share of older movies, but not sure if they're "classic" or not.
It is like the quote about the line between erotica and pornography - don't ask me to describe it, but I'll know it when I see it. King Kong is a classic, The Magnificent Ambersons is a classic... even something like Boys Town (no apostrophe) falls into the category. A lot of films from the 30s through to the 60s might land in Classics when they are shown on television or released on DVD, but aren't really. Some are downright awful, but because they are old some people insist on sticking them into the same lists.