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Captain Tightpants as Green Lantern in fan-made trailer. Oh WOW - http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=13600&count=0

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Your result for The Classic Leading Man Test...

Humphrey Bogart

You scored 29% Tough, 24% Roguish, 29% Friendly, and 19% Charming!

You're the original man of honour, rough and tough but willing to stick your neck out when you need to, despite what you might say to the contrary. You're a complex character full of spit and vinegar, but with a soft heart and a tender streak that you try to hide. There's usually a complicated dame in the picture, someone who sees the real you behind all the tough talk and can dish it out as well as you can. You're not easy to get next to, but when you find the right partner, you're caring and loyal to a fault. A big fault. But you take it on the chin and move on, nursing your pain inside and maintaining your armour...until the next dame walks in. Or possibly the same dame, and of all the gin joints in all the world, it had to be yours. Co-stars include Ingrid Bergman and Lauren Bacall, hot chicks with problems.

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The film version of the E. Nesbit novel was on the telly tonight and it really grabbed Rowan's attention. Her bedtime was delayed as a special treat so she could watch the end of the film. This was, in retrospect, possibly a mistake. The missing father anxiety and the rising tension typical of any film was too much for her and she was in tears by the end. When I said that it ended happily, she said "I know; but it's too happy and it makes me cry."

She then farted, and I said "now that wasn't a happy ending." Rowan, and then Sam and myself dissolved into laughter. Poor Oscar didn't know what to make of his family in hysterics. Pity really, as he's got a great line in fart jokes.

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My wife and I took advantage of my in-laws yesterday to skive off for a couple of hours to go to see Serenity, Joss Whedon's new SF "western in space" movie based on the ill-fated series Firefly.

sammywol and I don't get to the cinema much nowadays. It's hard to find the time and babysitters to make it happen and the whole business is too much work most of the time. This film, of course, we made an effort for.

We both greatly enjoyed the TV series and bemoaned the short-sighted accountants and producers at Fox who canned the show before it had a real chance to find its legs. We both followed the news as the film was first mentioned as a possibility and then as a certainty. We heard the rumours and avoided (or not; I'm looking at you,

sammywol) the spoilers. It was inevitable that the film wouldn't match the long build up of expectations.

It came close though.

I don't know if Serenity is a good film for people coming to it without any experience of the TV show. I don't know that it would do much for an audience of non-fans, or those not already receptive to genre fiction. For me, however, it worked just fine. The dialogue was there, the character play was as I remembered it, the thrillin' heroics and the dusty planets and moons were all present and correct. Serenity is a good Firefly movie.

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Rowan Tree and Red Thread

He fills those green pants well

[Quiz] Leading Man or an old rummy trying to get a boat through impassable jungle?

Humphrey Bogart

Five Children and It

Serenity (spoiler-free)

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