So. Very. Funny
21 March 2004 15:11![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandragoraStarsky & Hutch that is. Went to see it last night, in the company of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
foolme8, prudentia, seiyaharris. It was the perfect company, because, really the best people to go and see a slashy movie with are slashers.
The film lived up to expectations, not to mention the reviews I've seen on my friends-page. I laughed like a drain. At some points I was laughing so hard that I could barely breathe. We saw it in the West End on a Saturday night, hardly the easiest crowd, but everyone in the audience seemed to enjoy it. Including the two aging fanboys sitting next to me, who were both very slightly smaller versions of the comic/Star Trek fanboy in The Simpsons. The resemblance was uncanny, right down to the body odour. Okay, so I don't know that Comic-book guy in The Simpsons has bad BO, but I'm betting that he does.
As others have said if you take the S&H movie as anything but a parody then you're going to be disappointed. I can't remember who said that it's the S&H version of The Bullshitters but whoever it is was spot on, that was exactly what it was. It's not 'authentic' S&H but gosh, it was funny!
And talking of authentic S&H I bought the first season DVD set on a whim whilst I was in Forbidden Planet. And a few books, of course, including Kushiel's Avatar which is high on my 'to read next' list.
From there I sloped off to meet the others for cocktails, together with a whole other bunch of people, includingfides and fledge. Some people were off to see Return of the King and some were Gilberting and Sullivaning, although I have the merest suspicion that the main attraction there might be seeing Anthony Stewart Head... (and where are the reports as to what Pirates was like, hmmm?).
Dinner was at Wagamamas. The S&H contingent had plenty of time. The others rather less so. I hope none of them suffered from gulping down their food like that.
But anyhow, S&H. Strongly recommended and a definite purchase when the DVD comes out.
foolme8, prudentia, seiyaharris. It was the perfect company, because, really the best people to go and see a slashy movie with are slashers.The film lived up to expectations, not to mention the reviews I've seen on my friends-page. I laughed like a drain. At some points I was laughing so hard that I could barely breathe. We saw it in the West End on a Saturday night, hardly the easiest crowd, but everyone in the audience seemed to enjoy it. Including the two aging fanboys sitting next to me, who were both very slightly smaller versions of the comic/Star Trek fanboy in The Simpsons. The resemblance was uncanny, right down to the body odour. Okay, so I don't know that Comic-book guy in The Simpsons has bad BO, but I'm betting that he does.
As others have said if you take the S&H movie as anything but a parody then you're going to be disappointed. I can't remember who said that it's the S&H version of The Bullshitters but whoever it is was spot on, that was exactly what it was. It's not 'authentic' S&H but gosh, it was funny!
And talking of authentic S&H I bought the first season DVD set on a whim whilst I was in Forbidden Planet. And a few books, of course, including Kushiel's Avatar which is high on my 'to read next' list.
From there I sloped off to meet the others for cocktails, together with a whole other bunch of people, including
fides and fledge. Some people were off to see Return of the King and some were Gilberting and Sullivaning, although I have the merest suspicion that the main attraction there might be seeing Anthony Stewart Head... (and where are the reports as to what Pirates was like, hmmm?).Dinner was at Wagamamas. The S&H contingent had plenty of time. The others rather less so. I hope none of them suffered from gulping down their food like that.
But anyhow, S&H. Strongly recommended and a definite purchase when the DVD comes out.
