Happy New Year!
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crossover_chickI had a pretty good New Year's Eve -- we watched Airplane! and Spaceballs, which was fun. Though I was shocked to learn that Airplane is rated PG. P-G. P. Freaking. G.
-M: Cue chorus of everyone asking, "Why is that so shocking?"-
I'll tell you why. Not only is there any number of off-color jokes in this film (including at least one involving drug use) --
THERE'S A SHOT OF A NAKED CHICK IN IT.
I'm dead serious! During one of the initial panic scenes, a stark naked woman runs across the screen, pauses just long enough to give us a fairly good view of her breasts and crotch, then runs out again!
-TTV: It was -- surprising.-
I'll say! You think that would have gotten the movie an R! Still funny, though.
After the movies, we watched a couple of Three Stooges shorts they were showing on AMC until midnight. To our extreme annoyance, they had about four minutes of commercials for every three, four minutes of short! And it was almost all the SAME commercials too! Insanity.
-D: I know. But at least the shorts were funny.-
Yeah, I hadn't seen anything by the Stooges in forever.
Anyway! I have fic for everyone in honor of the New Year:
58. New Year
“So. To celebrate New Year’s, you rigged up a miniature version of the big ball they drop in New York.”
“Yes.”
“Complete with lights and everything.”
“Yes.”
“Where the hell did you even find a ball like that?”
“It’s a converted disco ball I found in an old junk shop.”
“Oooh. Yeah, I guess that would look cool. If, you know, the ball hadn’t decided to smash through your roof.”
“I seriously thought that cable would hold, Marty! I tested it three times to make sure it was safe! It was doing fine until about half a minute to midnight – then it just plummeted!”
“I guess you’re lucky it just went through the attic roof, and not all the way into your house.”
“Well, it did leave a bit of a dent on the ceiling, but there seems to be no major structural damage there.”
“Good thing. How pissed off is Clara at you, Doc?”
“She’s upset, but not as much as I suspect she would be if rain was predicted anytime soon. And she does seem to accept that what happened was an accident.”
“Come on, Doc, she’s lived with you for how long, now? She’s gotta know this is kind of par for the course with you.”
“Ha ha, Marty. Now help me get this tarp over the hole so I can call the roofer.”
“Clara’s not letting you do it yourself?”
“She says that putting a hole in the roof is one thing. Me breaking my neck is another.”
-M2: . . . That's so you, Doc.-
-VD: Oh, ha ha.-
XD Yeah, this came to me all in a flash the other day. I remembered another fic where Doc and Marty set off timed series of fireworks to ring in the New Year, and I got to thinking about a different twist on the concept. Of course, it all had to go wrong for poor Doc.
-HD: Well, it's still humor. I'll take it.-
How kind of you. Not much else to say, since I wrote it up so quick. Dunno what inspired me to make it dialogue-only -- it just seemed right.
Steve & Gary are also having a birthday party over in the Inkwell, and I've uploaded some icons for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
8docs_n_1victor. Specifically, all the Docs and Victor are taken care of, as well as icons for Martys and Jennifers. I've got a Emily and Victoria icon waiting in the wings, but I won't upload that until I'm settled with the Doc's Girlfriends one.
-VD2: Everything in the proper order?-
I feel better that way. Still, it's a start. I'll start prettying up the profile some tomorrow -- I've already altered mine.
-DW: Hmm, not bad. Made any New Year's resolutions?-
A few:
-->Finish "When Worlds Collide"
-->Finish "The Tale"
-->Put up the Victor/Alice 30 Dances (and get titles for all of them)
-->Get back to work on "There's Always Tomorrow"
There are some other goals, but those are the biggies.
-OD: We'd agree with that. *tentacles nodnod*-
I know. I'm sorry I've left it for so long.
-OD: It's okay, just try to think of something soon.-
I will. Anyway, right now, I'm making the most of my holiday and hanging out. See ya later.
-M: Cue chorus of everyone asking, "Why is that so shocking?"-
I'll tell you why. Not only is there any number of off-color jokes in this film (including at least one involving drug use) --
THERE'S A SHOT OF A NAKED CHICK IN IT.
I'm dead serious! During one of the initial panic scenes, a stark naked woman runs across the screen, pauses just long enough to give us a fairly good view of her breasts and crotch, then runs out again!
-TTV: It was -- surprising.-
I'll say! You think that would have gotten the movie an R! Still funny, though.
After the movies, we watched a couple of Three Stooges shorts they were showing on AMC until midnight. To our extreme annoyance, they had about four minutes of commercials for every three, four minutes of short! And it was almost all the SAME commercials too! Insanity.
-D: I know. But at least the shorts were funny.-
Yeah, I hadn't seen anything by the Stooges in forever.
Anyway! I have fic for everyone in honor of the New Year:
58. New Year
“So. To celebrate New Year’s, you rigged up a miniature version of the big ball they drop in New York.”
“Yes.”
“Complete with lights and everything.”
“Yes.”
“Where the hell did you even find a ball like that?”
“It’s a converted disco ball I found in an old junk shop.”
“Oooh. Yeah, I guess that would look cool. If, you know, the ball hadn’t decided to smash through your roof.”
“I seriously thought that cable would hold, Marty! I tested it three times to make sure it was safe! It was doing fine until about half a minute to midnight – then it just plummeted!”
“I guess you’re lucky it just went through the attic roof, and not all the way into your house.”
“Well, it did leave a bit of a dent on the ceiling, but there seems to be no major structural damage there.”
“Good thing. How pissed off is Clara at you, Doc?”
“She’s upset, but not as much as I suspect she would be if rain was predicted anytime soon. And she does seem to accept that what happened was an accident.”
“Come on, Doc, she’s lived with you for how long, now? She’s gotta know this is kind of par for the course with you.”
“Ha ha, Marty. Now help me get this tarp over the hole so I can call the roofer.”
“Clara’s not letting you do it yourself?”
“She says that putting a hole in the roof is one thing. Me breaking my neck is another.”
-M2: . . . That's so you, Doc.-
-VD: Oh, ha ha.-
XD Yeah, this came to me all in a flash the other day. I remembered another fic where Doc and Marty set off timed series of fireworks to ring in the New Year, and I got to thinking about a different twist on the concept. Of course, it all had to go wrong for poor Doc.
-HD: Well, it's still humor. I'll take it.-
How kind of you. Not much else to say, since I wrote it up so quick. Dunno what inspired me to make it dialogue-only -- it just seemed right.
Steve & Gary are also having a birthday party over in the Inkwell, and I've uploaded some icons for
8docs_n_1victor. Specifically, all the Docs and Victor are taken care of, as well as icons for Martys and Jennifers. I've got a Emily and Victoria icon waiting in the wings, but I won't upload that until I'm settled with the Doc's Girlfriends one.-VD2: Everything in the proper order?-
I feel better that way. Still, it's a start. I'll start prettying up the profile some tomorrow -- I've already altered mine.
-DW: Hmm, not bad. Made any New Year's resolutions?-
A few:
-->Finish "When Worlds Collide"
-->Finish "The Tale"
-->Put up the Victor/Alice 30 Dances (and get titles for all of them)
-->Get back to work on "There's Always Tomorrow"
There are some other goals, but those are the biggies.
-OD: We'd agree with that. *tentacles nodnod*-
I know. I'm sorry I've left it for so long.
-OD: It's okay, just try to think of something soon.-
I will. Anyway, right now, I'm making the most of my holiday and hanging out. See ya later.
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Date: 2010-01-02 04:45 am (UTC)Yus!
-->Finish "The Tale"
Double yus!!
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Date: 2010-01-02 07:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-02 04:51 am (UTC)I'm not surprised by that PG rating. If I remember correctly, Airplane came out in 1980 or thereabouts. It seems like movies from the 80s and before weren't given the same kind of scrutiny that movies from the 90s and later were given. Can you imagine what the rating might be if BTTF came out in 1995 or 2005 as opposed to 1985? We probably would have been looking at a PG-13 rating, because of the incestuous overtones.
The current ratings system is crap. It was designed to keep the "widdle pweciouses" from viewing inappropriate content, but the new ratings don't apply to these older films. You saw it yourself last night. The PG movie of today is way watered down from what it might have been thirty years ago.
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Date: 2010-01-02 07:15 pm (UTC)*checks* Yeah, 1980. And BTTF ISN'T PG-13?! I could have sworn. . . *checks* You're right, PG! Sheesh, that's weird.
Yeah, that's a very good point. Not to mention a lot of parents take their kids to see R-rated films anyway (and buy them M-rated video games, to bring that in). I can't imagine what a comedy like Airplane! would be rated today. Hell, I'm not entirely sure you could MAKE a comedy like Airplane! today. (Kind of a shame, really.)