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WaylonJennings
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I can never watch "Return of the Jedi" the same way again.
Loud, obnoxious - and large.
Loud, obnoxious - and large.
bagelchick
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She's been "plastic surgeried" to death, and was equally as obnoxious.
Killick
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Damn, baby! Eat a salad!
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Bob Slydell
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Time has not been her friend. After Jedi, she went downhill thanks to the booze and drugs.
HejiraHenry
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Things started downhill after she kissed her brother.
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Fenian_Bastard
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I saw her one-woman show "Wishful Drinking" a month ago and it was very, very funny. Her account of Eddie Fisher's leaving her and Debbie for Liz Taylor had me on the floor.
Sorry if the adolescent jack-off Jedi fantasies get ruined, but this is one smart, hilarious woman.
Sorry if the adolescent jack-off Jedi fantasies get ruined, but this is one smart, hilarious woman.
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WaylonJennings
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21 said:
OK, forget about the appearance shot. That was low.
I was just surprised at the boisterousness. Not that there's anything wrong with it.
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She has a razor wit.21 said:
Much more impressive than being thin.
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It's weird. Harrison Ford moved beyond just being Han Solo a long time ago, but some fans can't Fisher as anything other than Princess Leia. Maybe it is because they never had to because the things she has done since then have been so different from Star Wars. Ford had already done Raiders of the Last Ark and Blade Runner before Return of the Jedi came out, so he had already expanded before the original trilogy was done. What was Fisher's most famous movie appearance outside of the Star Wars movies at that time? The small role in Blues Brothers?
That's not to say she hasn't done anything since then. Of course she has. She's not Mark Hamill (though was fantastic as the cartoon voice of the Joker for years). I'm just not sure the good work she has done was the type of material that would attract the average Star Wars fan.
That's not to say she hasn't done anything since then. Of course she has. She's not Mark Hamill (though was fantastic as the cartoon voice of the Joker for years). I'm just not sure the good work she has done was the type of material that would attract the average Star Wars fan.
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outofplace said:
OOP, I think you nailed it. Ford's movies from that time period are the kind of flicks that a Star Wars fan is going to love. Hans Solo is Indiana Jones in space. And it is the kind of work that makes you a star. If you do Blade Runner, Star Wars and Indiana Jones, that kind of coin is going to get the studios to come calling. But if there is 90% crossover between Star Wars and Indy fans, there is about 3.5% crossover from Star Wars and doing funny material about having a screwed up Hollywood family.
Johnny Dangerously
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Han, not Hans.[/sportschick]
Count me in with Fenian, 21 and Simon. I'm happy to see Carrie Fisher on this side of her demons and addictions, even if she's *gasp* been unable to maintain the figure of a 19-year-old more than 30 years later.
Her kind of obnoxious I can embrace, if only because for me it speaks to a fighter's spirit still punching.
Count me in with Fenian, 21 and Simon. I'm happy to see Carrie Fisher on this side of her demons and addictions, even if she's *gasp* been unable to maintain the figure of a 19-year-old more than 30 years later.
Her kind of obnoxious I can embrace, if only because for me it speaks to a fighter's spirit still punching.
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What she needed to do was to get real busy after "Jedi," capitalize on her Star Wars fame and also break out into some other defining roles, but her coking/boozing in the later 1980s pretty much derailed that plan.
She seems to have landed on her feet just fine.
Plus, as has been noted many times, Hollywood doesn't seem to have many roles for non-bombshell women in their 40s/50s. Although I could see Fisher having some kind of acting comeback (if she wants it) playing brassy middle-aged types, a-la Kathy Bates (who just turned 60).
She seems to have landed on her feet just fine.
Plus, as has been noted many times, Hollywood doesn't seem to have many roles for non-bombshell women in their 40s/50s. Although I could see Fisher having some kind of acting comeback (if she wants it) playing brassy middle-aged types, a-la Kathy Bates (who just turned 60).
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outofplace said:
Who could match the thespian goodness of **** Knocker?
http://monsterdonut.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/****-knocker-double-check.jpg?w=333&h=500
;D ;D ;D
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I prefer to remember Carrie Fisher from The Blues Brothers. Loving but with a helluva mean streak.
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Fenian_Bastard
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One bit from the show, about the aftermath of Mike Todd's death in a plane crash, and how Eddie Fisher ran to the widowed Liz Taylor.
"My father rushed to her side, gradually working his way around to her front. He consoled her with words, and with his company and, ultimately, he consoled her with his penis."
"My father rushed to her side, gradually working his way around to her front. He consoled her with words, and with his company and, ultimately, he consoled her with his penis."
expendable
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playthrough said:
Here you go, Play.
Jake: Oh, please, don't kill us. Please, please don't kill us. You know I love you baby. I wouldn't leave ya. It wasn't my fault.
Mystery Woman: You miserable slug! You think you can talk your way out of this? You betrayed me.
Jake: No I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD.
[Elwood covers his head in anticipation of more gunfire, Jake removes his sunglasses to make a wordless appeal, and the Mystery Woman visibly softens]
Mystery Woman: Oh, Jake... Jake, honey...
[Jake embraces the Mystery Woman and they kiss]
Jake: [to Elwood] Let's go.
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She was great on "30 Rock" as the '70s-era writer Liz Lemon wanted to emulate -- or thought she wanted to emulate.
