OMG OMG OMG OMG.

[camwyn]

DR. OTTO OCTAVIUS IS T3H HOTTEST SCIENTIST EVAR.

Yes, that includes you, Egon.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG that man rocks.

.... yeah, I liked the movie. Why d'you ask?

Comments

[avram]

Yeah, he was pretty good.

[ahmeemee.livejournal.com]

My love for Alfred Molina is almost overriding my hate for Tobey Maguire and Kristen Dungst enough for me to want to watch the movie. Almost.

[sdelmonte]

Yes, but does Doc Ock collect molds? Insist print is dead? Drill holes in his head? I don't think so. :)

Molds

[(Anonymous)]

This is actually something that I think there's some room to dispute. Personally, I don't think that Egon actually did any such thing. I think it's more that he wanted to discourage Janine, and made it up along those lines since she surely wouldn't want to participate in that or anything.

At any rate I was a little disappointed that the post-bank fight didn't have anything to the effect of "You throw me the money, I throw you the old woman."

[quintus.livejournal.com]

He played Tony Hancock in a bio/drama about the comedian... Man he rocked.

[derien.livejournal.com]

noooo, CAN'T be hotter than Egon!!!

[camwyn]

It really isn't Egon's fault. A significant portion of Dr. Octavius' appeal lies in the way he moves- I've spent the last several years watching every martial-arts movie I can get my hands on. Dr. Octavius, and the arms he built, are fully capable of the kind of combat manoeuvres that would make my favourite Jet Li characters seriously consider whimpering. Yes, I know the arms were robotic in the movie, but we're talkin' integrated motion here- the arms AND the man moving as a single whole despite a relatively short time of acquaintance. That, plus Dr. Octavius is:

a) Brilliant
b) Capable of monogamous commitment
c) Capable of Doing the Right Thing Despite Being The Movie Villain
d) Prone to really, really excellent lines

I truly don't mean any offense to Egon. It's just that Dr. Octavius has him beat. It took a HELL of a lot to accomplish, for what that's worth. (And now you have one less bit of competition!)

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

Amen to that.

I also thought that pairing Alfred Molina and Donna Murphy was pure genius. The way they worked together made what happened to them that much sadder.

[sundre.livejournal.com]

did anyone else notice the focus on screaming women? not that it altered my enjoyment of the film at all, i'm just sayin. those girls have wicked pipes.

[camwyn]

Yeah, both Vicki and I commented on that. Quite a lot of screaming women. Although the guys in the hospital scene did a good bit of screaming too.

[sdelmonte]

I noticed it. It was annoying.

But then - and this seems to make me a minority of one - I didn't love the film that much. The screaming was just one of the problems.

[sundre.livejournal.com]

oh, i don't think it was a truly great movie. nothing to tell the non-existent grandkids about. it was just, well, fun. which makes it entirely worthwhile.

unfortunately, i went to see it with my little sister, who didn't get why i was laughing so hard. did anyone else get the reference to butch cassidy and the sundance kid?

er, sorry.

[sundre.livejournal.com]

yes, i notice that i keep asking "anyone else" for their opinion. this will change once certain friends in my vicinity go see it for themselves. i want to indulge in some fannish behaviour. but i can be patient. oh, yes, i can.

[kali921.livejournal.com]

I looove the Molina!!

I just didn't like some of the should-be-punishable-by-death cliches he had to contend with in the script.

And why do scriptwriters keep writing "for all mankind" still?!! Wouldn't "for all humanity" be a little more logical nowadays??

I thought he was sexy because he was so...vital. Full of anima.

[sdelmonte]

Just a thought: Peter Parker goes to Columbia. I have always assumed that Egon ended up back at Columbia when he was doing research in the second film.

But I doubt there's much chance mr. Parker would take any metaphysics classes.

Or is there?

[milkshake-b.livejournal.com]

Peter is a science geek. More of a focus on biology, I do believe, but still....

[dragonwhishes.livejournal.com]

You like the guy too? YYYYYYEEEEEESSSS! I'm not alone.

At the end, I felt very, very sad for him. I mean, heroic death, after doing the wrong thing.

By the way... Was anybody else thinking when Spiderman lost his powers for a bit: "Get a new spider! Comon, sneak into the place and let another one bite you!"

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

Just remember the old rule of supervillains (paraphrased from an axiom about humans in Dune): Never count a supervillain dead until you've seen the body. And even then you can make a mistake.

(Well, that's what I keep telling myself about Molina's Doc Ock, anyway.)

[dragonwhishes.livejournal.com]

True. Lets all remember Harrys father at the end of the second movie... I wonder if it somehow went into his geans.

Soooo... I think that we should probably check the pusle on a bad guys body afterwards. For a long time. And hold a mirror in front of their nose.

Thanks for reminding me about that.

ClassicDrogn

[(Anonymous)]

So, I guess the caption here ( http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=821831 ) says it all, then? ;)

(mildly un-work-safe)

- CD

Re: ClassicDrogn

[camwyn]

I ought to slap someone for that, but I don't think I will. Too busy laughing.