Because, really, they're always terrible!

May 24, 2005 23:05

A couple of highly insubstantial things while my 11 p.m. frozen-pizza dinner bakes ( Read more... )

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eestiplika May 25 2005, 06:38:02 UTC
i know someone who used to write the blurbs on the back of movie boxes. they never saw the whole movie, just the beginning, usually. and sometimes the end.

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iheartleaven May 26 2005, 18:47:28 UTC
Actually, that would explain quite a lot. And anyway, I don't think I can really hold their occupation against them, I just like to pretend I can.

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ruckusgochild May 25 2005, 09:17:25 UTC
1. I used to be that way about marshmallows. I didn't even like them. It was just that they were there in front of me and my hand just happened to continue to grab more of them and put them in my mouth. And, I mean, once it's in your mouth, it's pretty much a disgusting waste to spit it out or something, so then you chew and swallow and next thing you know, holy heck! It's more marshmallows!

2. I bet some of those men and women are actually really smart and know that they're screwing the man by being paid money to half-assedly compose some synoptic teaser. They probably get together on Thursday nights for beers and cheer to whoever they're scamming the most dollars out of. The rest probably take great pride in their work and call themselves journalists or authors or something when they introduce themselves to new people. Really, when it comes down to it, what gets me are the folks who assess the quality of spraypainted leopard print on faux fur in slipper factories.

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iheartleaven May 26 2005, 18:51:59 UTC
1. That's an awfully apt description of what happens when I eat licorice sticks. I have no recourse but to chew and swallow once one is in my mouth, and then, before I'm even through, holy shit! There's another one in there!

2. I can only such Thursday nights take place. It's such a happy scene. I don't think I've ever heard of leopard print quality control on slippers, though. That's totally new.

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iheartleaven May 26 2005, 19:00:49 UTC
The trouble here is that I want - I ache - desperately, to correctly quote the packaging for the Battlefield Earth DVD, but I can't remember it and I can't find it online. The point is that, in the midst of summarizing the film, the writer chose to also point out the brilliance of the scene transistions.

I'm sure I've told you this before.

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iheartleaven May 27 2005, 00:10:01 UTC
But those are both online reviews, not the packaging, eh?

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