tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post1376369493678247416..comments2023-05-28T21:17:11.258-05:00Comments on Look What Danny Made!: Project Valentine, Day 2: His Girl FridayDannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02528188612235068004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-79655106552363928212011-02-05T23:38:35.642-06:002011-02-05T23:38:35.642-06:00I await on pins and needles, Wm.I await on pins and needles, Wm.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528188612235068004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-35986458449622324812011-02-05T09:37:14.408-06:002011-02-05T09:37:14.408-06:00"This was one of those movies that seems inst..."This was one of those movies that seems instantly familiar when you do see it, because it's been referenced, spoofed, and copied a hundred times over."<br /><br />Your experience here reminds me of seeing "Casablanca" for the first time in my early 20s. I felt like I did studying Shakespeare after committing Sting's "Nothing Like The Sun" to memory. Whatwhatwhat, you mean Coke didn't originate the "soon and for the rest of your life" line?<br /><br />And I have also just subscribed to Kyle's blog. I saw that you signed up for mine Danny, thanks. I will start posting regularly again.Will Meekinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398390797602774245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-9917011132242812972011-02-03T13:03:28.248-06:002011-02-03T13:03:28.248-06:00I really agree with you, and have also just subscr...I really agree with you, and have also just subscribed to your blog. ("Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter!" There is literally no situation The Simpsons does not cover.) That's always gnawed at me, too, and it's a trope that's stuck around into modern romcoms.<br /><br />I remember when Reality Bites, a movie I already didn't like very much ("F.U. Hollywood! You can't define my generation and our ideals!" - Danny, 1994) came out, and somehow I was the only person I knew who thought that the girl was much better off with Ben Stiller's character than with Ethan Hawke's. What, you deserve her more because you've known her longer, because you think she's your sooooulmate? Then make a move before she's taken, slacker.<br /><br />I also hate how the ejected party almost always just slinks off or leaves with some variation of "Just promise to treat her right, mmm-kay?"Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528188612235068004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458465103162971589.post-23843264735404558622011-02-02T23:51:05.756-06:002011-02-02T23:51:05.756-06:00One of the things that still strikes me as...I don...One of the things that still strikes me as...I don't know, unsettling for lack of a better word, is how many classic RomComs revolve around one person trying to steal the love interest of another with no regard for that person's feelings or the questionable nature of basically dropping an atomic turd on someone else's relationship. <br /><br />It Happened One Night, The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby each fall into this category. And while I really enjoyed The Philadelphia Story, I didn't love the other two (in fact I really disliked Bringing Up Baby) and no small part of not liking them was the fact that I thought the third party was just being a ginormous, selfish, insensitive jerk. <br /><br />Man, where did this moral compass come from???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com