Another day, another dollar. And a Star Wars link of note. To wit, take a peek at these cartoonized sketches of assorted bounty hunters, including Messrs. Fett (natch), from The Empire Strikes Back.
Quite possibly my favorite scene — ”You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive. No disintegrations!” — from the original trilogy (kind of…):
Jawbreaker. Mean Girls. The Sleepover. The Craft. Every bad girl subplot on Gossip Girl. None even come close to the dark surreality of Heathers, a movie that, to this day, no one will watch with me. Because at one point in my life — let’s say 1992 for convenience — I seriously watched this movie at least twice a week. It was in constant rotation for a while, along with Grease, Rock n’ Roll High School, and Barton Fink. Make of that what you will, and join me as I revisit a film that deserves a revival. (But, please, sweet baby Jesus, not a wretched remake.) Here then are 33 reasons why we love said film (arranged, conveniently enough, in the order they appear on screen, with one exception…).
1. SCRUNCHIES!!!! Nuff’ said.
2. Serious contouring blush. Look at Shannen Doherty in that opening croquet scene.
3. Why did “you’re beautiful” as an insult never catch on? It’s sort of spectacular (at 3:25).
4. Winona Ryder can’t act for shit, but her eye rolling is pretty epic. See clip above. Or this montage below, which demonstrates that she carries this proclivity with, from role to role.
5. This great slogan tee, which is glimpsed oh so fleetingly. Feeling inadequate? (Click to enlarge)
Sighted at :13 in.
6. Remington University (calling to mind Reynholm Industries of the IT Crowd, and also sounding like an off-brand razor blade).
7. “Greetings and salutations” as an introduction in Christian Slater’s mouth turns that whole E.B. White Charlotte’s Web thing into something wonderfully filthy. Yeowch.
The ’70s were, by most measures, a decade of complete and utter excess. Need proof? Peep out this stunning slogan tee that Eric Clapton used to wear on stage. The message is clear, but also kinda desperate, don’t ya think? I mean, hey, you’re a rock star of the highest order (pun intended). Just put it on your rider, yo!
At one time, a repro of this tee was available at Worn Free, but strangely it seems to have disappeared from the site (in which case, try Zazzle).
