''I'm on a boat, a very big boat''

''I make shit meat pies, with Flies!''

I try your pie with a tear in my eye''

I was on a boat, now I'm cutting Throats'' etc etc etc.

Sweeny Todd was awful, just awful.

its interesting that people bash other folks for having "all style and no substance," or "one trick pony," but Burton gets a pass. por que?

every once in a while he steps out, and in my opinion thats when he's at his best. Big Fish is his best work since Scissorhands, in my opinion.

the older ones are great. Especially that fucking beetlejuice.

and i'll buy your explanation of him not being a one trick pony, and i'll back you on the Rodriguez and Tarentino dig.

Meanwhile, even within the realm of personality, Republicans get a free ride. McCain relies largely on his wife's fortune for his career while Obama pretty much lifted himself up by his bootstraps. Yet, this elitist argument never gets pinned on McCain, even though he had a much more privileged upbringing.

*fact s might not be facts.

And when people call Obama arrogant just because he speaks with confidence and dignity, it reveals someone's mentality. But such comments should be expected from someone who names themself after the blood supposedly coming out of a famous black actor's penis.

I'm suprised it took about 20 years for Burton to get around to directing a vampire project. It would seem like a natural subject given all the dualities involved, sex/death, dead/undead/alive...Lets just hope that Depp doesn't do another British accent variation. Does this also mean another role for Christopher Lee?

like you don't know.

When he attacked Clinton's comments about LBJ and MLK, it wasn't about race as much as a vision of American democracy. Obama believes that democracy works the best when it is informed by populist movements that force politicians to act. He has written about this a long time before Clinton's made her comments. It is a ground up approach to American democracy. LBJ was the best president for race relations since Lincoln (this is often overshadowed by his bumbling in Vietnam). However, without the populist movement headed by the likes of MLK, I doubt any of the civil rights acts would have been passed.

Like I said, you don't have to be racist to dislike Obama, but plenty of people will admit they won't vote for him because of his race. In some states that number is in the double digits. It is a reminder that two-hundred years after slavery we still have a long ways to go.

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This is the entire reason why I stopped caring about this election year a looooooonnnnggg time ago.

How about you folks? Is Planet of the Apes pretty much when the Burtonisms ceased to be fresh and became annoyances?

As for Planet of the Apes, it is as though Burton went out of his way to make the film dumber than the original. Oh well, enough POA hate...

By the time the show petered out there were werewolves, ghosts, witches, a Frankenstein type dude, disembodied heads, time travel, alternate dimensions etc etc... a few times they'd completely reboot the storylines by just going to the other wing of the mansion where history unfolded differently.

The best part of the show was the goofs. I don't know if it was always live, but there were live elements. My favorite was as the credits scrolled over a shot of some spooky room that the actor playing Barnabas tried to take a shortcut through on the way to his dressing room. He saw the camera, did a big D'OH take, and backed out. It was awesome. There were lots of moments like that. Another moment I enjoyed was watching the giant wire like chin hair on one of the lead women. It was like a toothpick stuck in her jawline. It wasn't there the next day.

For Planet of the Apes did anyone ever watch the DVD extra features? Like the only person who is on them is this boner who taught the actors how to walk like Apes. Like thats his job in life, he was so amazed with what they did in that movie. Its really funny, I kind of felt bad for the guy, because I could tell he took it really serious. I wonder what he does now?

Meh, I liked Sleepy Hollow so I'll see this.

Golden! I miss the days when SciFi had dark Shadows and Doctor Who back to back weekday mornings. I'd get off my nightshift, pop open a 40ozer and enjoy.

Anyway, I don't think Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is bad, but like most remakes it's just unnecessary. We already have a superior version, and I don't think Burton added enough to really justify his version.

It scared the hell outta me as a kid, but now half the fun is looking for the flubs.

My favorite is the one where the bat is about to make an appearance, and just before it happens you can see the shadow of a stagehand holding a fishing pole with a rubber bat dangling. Awesome.

Although without Dan Curtis it's questionable that a film will be much more than just another movie with sharp teeth. What's really a shame is that the 90's revival series was cancelled in a boneheaded decision. Curtis said the studio came back somewhat later saying they made a huge mistake, and that they wanted him to resume. Man, I would've loved to have seen what may have been....oh well.....