Epic Confliction!

29 08 2009

I really don’t know what to think of this at all:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2igjYFojUo

On the one hand, my inner Wes Anderson apologist is whispering reassuring nothings that “it’ll be fine, it’ll be fine, once you’ve seen the whole thing everything will drop into place and sense”. Meanwhile, my inner Roald Dahl fan is screaming blue and fierce murder – “What the FUCK have you done to my favourite childhood story? *thousands of sad D: faces*”

Why does the conflation of two of my favourite things look so bad? WHY?





We Don’t Actually Plan These Things, They Just Seem To Happen

4 08 2009
Hayley: the question we should be asking, why doesn’t bill PULLMAN have an oscar?
 
 Jen: pfft. can he top bill paxton’s performance in aliens? i think not

Jen: pullman is a little bit hot tho

Hayley: pfft. president in goddamn independence day!

Jen: um. exactly

Hayley: this is also true

Hayley: hush, that movie’s awesome

Jen: I’m sorry, what movie were YOU watching?!

Hayley: the awesome one where the fresh prince saves everyone from crazy aliens.

Jen: yuh huh. have you ever watched the end of that film? that is an atrocious ending. the one is which the entire world has to wait for america before they get off their arses and I dunno, try to save their OWN LIVES?

Hayley: dude, it’s called INDEPENDENCE DAY. of course everyone has to wait for the americans to do shit! it’s not like we could call on china or something *cough*

Jen: I’m afraid of you right now. Who the hell am I talking to?! Is this … Hayley?!

Hayley: look, it has nostalgic value or something? i remember watching it at school at the end of term when the teachers couldn’t be bothered with real lessons.

Jen: hmmm. that is an absolutely shit end of term movie! I had Princess Bride.

Hayley: i don’t care. independence day is lovely and fuzzy in my mind and bill pullman was the best president ever until jed bartlett came along. fin

Jen: man, right now I’m wondering if I should go back and watch that turd. and I know I can’t talk, because I have watched and loved so many trashy, trashy films…

Hayley: you should watch it!

Jen: but, like. IT’S CALLED INDEPENDENCE DAY. IT’S AN AFFRONT TO US ALL.

Hayley: it is trashtastic

Jen: hmmmm hmmmm

Hayley: just try to overlook the rampant american imperialism. for me? *bats eyelashes*

Jen: I’ll try. God, I do not have one good memory about that film though.

Hayley: really? I find this incredulating. then again, i haven’t  watched it for, what, ten years? maybe it’s my mind that’s cracked!

Jen: ok, now I’m making us both watch it, so I can make faces at you after we both realise that yes, it’s really really bad

Hayley: AWESOME

Hayley: i’m gonna bring pie … good ol’ fashioned american apple pie …

Jen: hang on…

Jen: omg did you say you’d bring PIE?!

Hayley: … yes

Hayley: is pie worth watching independence day for?

Jen: FUCK YES. I’LL TOTALLY WATCH THAT FILM WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE IF YOU BRING ME PIE

Hayley: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS