Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Gemini Cricket]

'To Kill a Mockingbird'
What a great film. Gregory Peck is amazing. Powerful flick.

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

'To Kill a Mockingbird'
What a great film. Gregory Peck is amazing. Powerful flick.

Hear Hear! Peck is Atticus Finch.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I think of you as a freckle-faced hapless sidekick with a naked mole rat in your pocket. I may need therapy.

I'm more along the lines of a Draken. Except I'm not blue.

Actually, my hero is Plankton from Spongebob. I hope to be like him some day.

[katiesue]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Actually, my hero is Plankton from Spongebob. I hope to be like him some day.

Somehow this does seem to fit you.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I saw it a couple weeks ago and definitely not good.

What the movie is based on is a telephone relationsihp Amistead Maupin had with a teenager way back when and then it turned out they couldn't confirm the kids existence. Most of the stuff in the movie is just an extension of that but not based on any real events.

The CSI episode (and a similar Law & Order episode) is most likely based on the Kaycee Nicole scam a few years ago in which a woman posed online as a teenager dieing of cancer. Blogged the whole thing, got a lot of support, both emotional and financial.

Shortly after her death it came to light that Kaycee Nicole never existed.

Thanks Alex!
Yes, the show I saw was a teenage girl. It may have been Law & Order, I don't recall. And it was on the internet and phone calls. She was about to get a big life insurance check when they found she wasn't real. Whichever show that was.

Strange how much emotional support these people can get from strangers who never even meet them. They will do anything to protect them in some cases.

[wendybeth]

Whew! Thanks, Scaeagles- I can totally see you as Plankton!

I like Patrick.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by RStar

I saw some of it too, and it was my first time. Not bad, actually. I liked how Stalone had a bit of humor, those are the parts I like to see him in. The jail break part was good, and the part with his partner and his sister on the couch!

Oops, sorry. That was Tango And Cash. My bad.

[Gemini Cricket]

I think 'Kim Possible' is the only good show on the Disney Channel...

[Alex]

Originally Posted by RStar

She was about to get a big life insurance check when they found she wasn't real. Whichever show that was.

Strange how much emotional support these people can get from strangers who never even meet them. They will do anything to protect them in some cases.

That was the Law & Order episode then and definitely inspired by the Kaycee Nicole incident.

I was only on the fringe of Kaycee but in my too many long years in online communities I've seen it on a smaller scale so many times. If you ever want to express doubt about someones story you might as well save it unless you have absolute proof because until then you are just a cruel heartless bastard.

Some of you here are also familiar with SDMB so are familiar with the debate over whether Wally ever existed, and if he did whether he really died.

[Gemini Cricket]

'I'm Gonna Git You Sucka'
Hysterical.