I have a notion for my own little Hitchcock Moment in the movie, just for the sake of having done it. All the wailing and gnashing of teeth over author presence in fanfic makes me loath to have any series in which I haven't appeared at least once.

>Now, Gryphon the Director taking an EVA for a joyride in a BT, that
>would be fun. :)

"Mr. Director, stop! Think of our insurance rates! Ahh, nutbunnies."

--G.
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Ahh, but of course. That's different.

My two favorite examples of those are Hitch missing the bus at the opening of North By Northwest (the recent dvd of which is an amazing transfer, fyi) and the guy in Jurassic Park: The Lost World who gets snatched up by the t-rex while trying to bail into the video store, who was the screenwriter.

>>Now, Gryphon the Director taking an EVA for a joyride in a BT, that
>>would be fun. :)
>
>"Mr. Director, stop! Think of our insurance rates! Ahh, nutbunnies."

*shatter*

That was almost a turkey and bacon sandwich casualty. Ow.

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"You're a louse, Roger Smith."
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Chad Collier
Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company

"Remember your weapons were made by the lowest bidder"

" Friendly Fire isn't"

For me, the best of Hitchcock's was the one in Lifeboat. How can a director have a cameo appearance in a movie that features a small cast trapped in a location where no passers-by are possible throughout the film? There's a newspaper in the boat, turned to a page with a before-and-after weight-loss ad. Hitchcock is 'before'.

--G.
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Consider yourself lucky. I damn near kittened my soda onto the keyboard.

And this is my computer at work, so I can't just replace the kybrd.

Peter Eng
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"Oh, Bother," said Pooh, as the EVA aimed its particle beam rifle.

That was at work as well, and explaining turkey and bacon sandwich snarfage to the sysadmins here I don't want to do. (Our High Priestess admin here, upon my making a passing joke about something she was working on in the machine room looking like plastic explosives, replied deadpan with, "Well, if I remember correctly, Semtex is orange, and this isn't, so we're ok." I'm a model user. ;)

>"Oh, Bother," said Pooh, as the EVA aimed its particle beam rifle.

Eyore in a plug suit. Let that mental image sink in for a few.

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"You're a louse, Roger Smith."
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Chad Collier
Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company

"I'm feeling very melancholy today," said Rei.

"I know exactly how you feel," said Eeyore.

--G.
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"Thanks for noticing me," said Shinji.

"Figures... people are stealing my lines," replied Eeyore.

Reverend Hammer
Janitor for the Hundred Acre Dogma...

"You need a new kybard? What's a kybard?" "JUST SIGN IT ALREADY!"

--G.
one of my favorite Dilberts
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Actually, that might not be a bad idea... After all, if you ARE SI'd as yourself, it gives more weight to the "I'm not DJ!" argument...

Offsides, 5 yard penalty, still second down.

#include <stdsig.h>

What's so hard about that? Lessee, flat platform with a little retaining wall, wheels, hitch, big "Apotheosis Now" decals on the sides. Make sure you have a proper lights-n-brake hookup with the towing vehicle and you're ready to go!

<grins, ducks and runs>

-- Bob

Oops. I meant "2000 or 2001". Yeah. In NGE, Asuka was born on Dec. 4th, in either 2000 or 2001. Almost certainly 2001.

"Omoshiroi. Yarou ka?"