SHE MADE ME WATCH THIS! Jan 4, 2008

The movie with Rene Russo is Outbreak...the one with the monkey.

Lori, you NEED to see Hoosiers. Fantastic movie.

I Am Legend was a good movie, but I felt it was a little anti-climatic in the end.

Good to hear that The L Word gets better...the first episode was horrible. Two mentions of the manatees, WTF!

Thanks for the vlog ladies!

I Am Legend sounds a lot like 28 Days Later.

Damn right I'm good in bed, I can sleep for days!

I am Legend was alright. I liked how they visually told the background story; but that was the only refreshing aspect of the film. Everything else seemed to familiar.

If I want the truth about television shows and movies I come to this vlog. Thank you.

it's soo good to have you two back. i was just about to go into serious withdrawal, lol. it's lucky i had all the old episodes to tide me over :D

i can't wait for Cashmere Mafia either. thanks for all the info and updates on it.

 thanks for another great vlog!

"Do something scary, the payoff is AWESOME!!"~ Lucy Lawless

I probably won't see I Am Legend...just because this is not the first time that I heard/read the Old Yeller comparison.

I already know I am going to buy The Great Debaters when it comes out on DVD because I found out that Denzel interviewed the actual college students (in their late 80s now) this movie is based upon and from what I heard...the female debate student is a mix of several of the female students though one in particular.

The other two movies you all reviewed...I had not heard of them until now...but both look interesting.

..and is it just my CNN junkie mind that read Sarah's tish as "POLITICIANS"?

Anyway.. I have nothing interesting to say. Just that, at first, I was happy that you AEers wouldn't be posting anything during X-mas (for us who spent the holidays without internet access) but I certainly missed you guys and realized that time spent catching up here would have been time good spent. But hey, absence makes the heart grow fonder! =D

Regarding the basketball movie, I can't believe they didn't have the girls playing the half-court game! Someone really dropped the ball (pun intended) in their research there. The girls game was played half-court until the 1960's. The only games that were played full court were the exhibition games played by teams like , "The Red-Headed League" who were kind of like the Harlem Globe-Trotters of women's basketball for that time. 

My mother and her twin sister played high school basketball from 1959-1963. My mother was a forward and her sister was a guard. All the guards played defense on one side of the court, and all the forwards played offense on the other side of the court. Plus there were a lot of ridiculous rules for the girls like you could only dribble three times.

I am Legend freaked me the hell out. I knew what to expect but I underestimated it. The emotions you feel while watching this movie are way to real. I've had to tell myself several times that it's only a movie. I'm hoping that seeing it again will help me get over it because I'm tired of sleeping with a night light.

Thank you for discussing The Great Debaters - I'm looking forward to seeing it more than any other film out right now. And thank you for that clip - just another reason to see it.

I'll be curious to see Believe in Me next to The Heart of the Game. I love women's sports movies (A League of Their Own still makes me cry everytime I see it), and as we all know, there are only a few to choose from, so one more is great news! Thanks for pointing us to this film! Now, if only someone would make a movie based on In These Girls Hope Is a Muscle.

Patient: There's like this longing ... this pull. I mean, does that make me, you know, like, some kind of...?

Maeby: Homosexual.

lmao at Lori!!!!! I feel the same way about the L-Word. No Dana = Bad Show. I wasnt going to comment but Lori made my day =D

 OMG!! I can't say how happy i am and how long i've waited for a new episode of this Vlog... it feels like forever even tho i know it has been about 2 weeks and i also know that Sarah and Lori were on their well deserved vacation.. but i just wanted to say how happy i am that there's finally a new "she made me watch this" today

 YAY!!! Thanks Sarah and Lori!!!!!!

"Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning"

Welcome back to the world of vlogging! I love the shirt, Lori, and definitely will be checking out the Kenneth Cole collection, per your recommendation.

I thought The Great Debaters was incredible...it rivals A Mighty Heart, I think, in the way it really challenges your purview. The movie deftly touched on so many issues (without being preachy) and just lets the horror of the circumstances speak for themselves. I think the movie benefited not from any overtly strong individual performance, but a strong collective performance from a great ensemble cast--it reminded me of Crash in that way.

That said, I do want to acknowledge the performance of Jurnee Smollett, as Samantha Booke, who had some really breakout moments in the movie (one of which you included in the vlog). I hope to see more of her in the future. She's come a long way from her days as Denise on Full House.

Sidenote: The movie's set in 1935 and, if I remember correctly, there wasn't actually a woman on the team that year. Samantha Booke is loosely based on the experience of Henrietta Bell, the team's first female debater, who graduated from Wiley in 1934, and was a part of the first interracial debate. When Wiley College won the national championship (against USC, not Harvard, as depicted in the movie), they weren't actually allowed to call themselves national champions because they weren't members of the debating society.

And honestly, can I just say that I'm glad to see a movie about young black people that's not about dancing, music or basketball? Or, really, a movie about young college students that focuses on a purely academic pursuit--when's the last time we saw that? As a recovering nerd, I couldn't be more proud.

I love how you guys make me want to watch movies that I had never even considered going to see =)

I'm looking forward to Cashmere Mafia too!

Welcome back!!

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I just found a "whatever" bunny T-shirt at a thrift store in my hometown. According to the label, it is the It's Happy Bunny line connected to books and cards. The artist's web site is:

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To find some Happy Bunny clothing:

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just fyi.

There was a gaping hole in my vacation with no updates on afterellen :(

And I can totally see you two playing center/guard (respectively).

omg, inbd

The power of oratory: that is what The Great Debaters is all about. It's not a movie that I'd typically see in theaters but I'm strongly considering it after seeing that clip, plus a movie that stimulates the intellect is always good.

As for I Am Legend, I agree with you ladies' assessment. There are so many layers to that movie. One thing that I liked was how he was able to or tried rather to maintain his social skills after being virtually alone for something like 3 years (a la talking to the manikins in the video store). That's the sociologist in me picking up on behavioral stuff. But really it turned out that this movie had a little something for everyone, but with a SciFi twist!

And you could even make fun of it! My friends said the moral of the story was: don't try to cure cancer! LOL

The ending, however, was meh! but over all a pretty good movie.

The others I don't think I'll watch. Don't seem appealing, sorry. Hoosiers just doesn't interest me. I guess sports movies just aren't my thing!

Anywho, welcome back. I was desperately in need of a Vlog fix!

Will blog for food!

It's good to see new vlogs on Afterellen - the hiatus was way too long :-)

I really liked "I am legend", although I'm not a big fan of Will Smith. But he was ok in this movie.

I won't watch "Then she found me". The book was great and I won't ruin it with watching a somehow "ok" movie.

Can't wait for "Cashmere Mafia" and I loved your shirt, Lori!

Don't worry, Lori, you're not alone. I zoned out somewhere in the middle of season 2 of the L word, I half-heartedly watched Sarah Shahi's scenes but ... meh. Meh.

As for Cashmere Mafia - it gets an OMGICAN'TWAIT bunny from me. Too bad it won't be aired here in three years or so. DVDs, anyone?

 but five minutes and you didn´t tell us what the movie is about now you go of topic too. That´s fun. my name for the blog Sarah and Lori make me watch to much TV and Movies. The great Debaters sounds good. I will probably watch that ,too. I AM Legend starts next week here and i will be there. More pionts for Lori and shake the bunnys all you want ;o). 

I loved Helen Hunt in mad about you and the new movie sounds good.

Cashmere Mafia looking forward t that and The KL Word every sasn they say it´s better then the last and that is sadly not saying much. I love Alice. But Jenny???

I so get that you need powerpoint ;o)

Glad to have SMMWT back

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Urgh 2nd time writing this as i didnt realise i had been signed out!

Welcome back! Xmas was sooo boring with nothing new to read/watch...hope u had a gd xmas/new year etc...

I saw I am Legend with my family on Boxing day (My mum didnt realise what it was about when she booked it and spent most the film covering her face). Overall i thought it was an alright film, i didnt get bored or want to leave halfway through, but i probably wont watch it again (it did make a refreshing change for the main male and female characters not to be romantically involved). It definitely reminded me of 28 Days Later - just less gory and scary.

I cant wait to see the new L Word - ive been watching promos etc on Youtube and am hoping its going to be good!

HUGZ. Happy New Year to you Ladies! I hope your vacation was well deserved. I am glad you two included "The Great Debaters" in your movie review. My Aunt and her family went to see it. One day I will. I'm curious about the movie "I am Legend",as sci-buff, it's difficult to like a sci-fi that hasn't been redone in  typical traditional sci-fi themes.  I'm so glad you let us know about "Believe in Me" I most def want to see that on dvd. I can see you two play some b-ball back in the day. I bet Lori's team will over Sarah's team. She seems like she can get down and dirty on the court.   I wish you had covered Sweeney Todd, a great movie  directed by Tim Burton which is based on the musical.

I agree with you Lori, I think the L word possibly may have good new season on Season 5. It still sucks Dana isn't on it. I think the character Tasha makes up for that loss. Let's hope they don't kill her off.

Diggin your shirt Lori! =)

Nice to see you ladies!  Missed you and all of AE postings

Some good movies in the review and I like 'Believe in Me' and will look for it!

Looking forward to Cashmere. I hope it lives up to the hype!

The L Word...caught the first ep on the net.  It remains to be seen how good it will be.

Thanks and looking forward to more more more!!

All i could think about when you girls were talking about Believe in Me

was about a movie I saw just a weak ago that's from 2004 (I think) and it's called Double Teamed. It's about he twin sisters Heidi & Heather Burge and their story. It's was pretty cool movie, you can't be too picky with the number of women's basketball (or any sport really) movies or tv shows (or even books for that mather).

Just thought I'd should let you know. :)

*ignorence is bliss*

I got not much to say about the movies, since haven’t seen any of the mentioned and I guess I probably wouldn’t part with $12 to see another big visual effect flick, backdrop in Manhattan. I’ll mostly wait for the DVD.

RE: Cashmere Mafia

Ummm…now the expectation is mounting high and we don’t want to set this kid up for failure. I do have my concerns (more so after I came across Malinda's article –Lesbian back in Network TV), since I don’t have much faith in Network TV in portraying underrepresented groups, as the networks cave all the time, to whoever or whatever they feel the need to cave. And, it’s ABC, one wee step up from FOX. (I take all the hypes a grain of old salt. However, I certainly do hope the network would prove me wrong, seeing that Obama has won in a 95% white state. The America is evolving, slowly, but evolving.)

On a SATC note, as a buff,

I hope Cashmere Mafia won't open up with Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte sitting in an upper east side diner and debating about something I read in the textbooks, like said, “The Art of Merge & Acquisition”.

Or, I don’t want to see they make Somerville’s character living in the trendy Meat Packing District and meeting her potential love interest while shopping in newly open Apple store. (not that there is anything wrong with it.)

And she better not worship Manolo Blahnik. That would be SOOOOOOOOOO last decade and SATC ripoff. Not cool. @_@

I watched the censored S5EP01 TLW at ourchart… nothing to be too excited about, the usual Ilene’s alter ego, talking to her manatees, but, what can I say… it’s our game, our only adult-game in town, so I would, of course, tune in. Dammit, Ilene. (but I did notice MM seems doing a better job smooching up JB.)

Great to have you back, and I am digging the longer hair, Sarah & Lori. : )

PS: Sarah, you got nothing to feel bad about; you look young at your age (not that 30-something is old in any stretch) and your girl, Lori, WOW.., in her full-bloom. That’s all I can say. (OK. This is my Exit Strategy. ;-))

great to have you back.

Can't wait to see I am Legend although it sounds like a remake of the Omega Man.

I have to admit you make me watch Cashmere Mafia. Without you talking about it al the time I would have never bothered with it. hopefully you'll review the Sarah Connor Chronicles as well. I can't wait to finally see Lena Headey in action ;)

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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz oh! uh yeah the last 5 minutes was entertaining. lol sorry

-Nathiest

it's probably not a movie that you'd normally vlog about here on AE, but i would recommend you (and everyone) watch the kite runner - tenderly tragic yet fantastically hopeful in all aspects.

a truly wonderful film experience

I know that everyone has said this but I really missed your vlogs.. I was in a serious withdrawal.

Lori i LOVE ALL your T-shirts, Sarah I think you created a new TV/movies fan!!!

REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK!!!!!!!!

The debating movie looks excellent. I was in a debating team in college (high school), but I got relegated to writing arguments, since I suffered from cripping stage fright. Oh well. It's an interesting period too, and the race and class stuff looks great.

Not too sure about Will Smith. It seems that the whole premise of it - scientists develop new treatment and turn people into ebil zombies - is nicked directly from Serenity. Still, it's a different spin, I suppose.

As for that terrible game where you don't get to dribble the ball, we still play that in the former British colonies - netball. It's by far the biggest women's sport in Aus/NZ/UK/Caribbean/SA... and isn't as boring as you basketballers might think. They still wear the little skirts too. :-)

Oh, and as for the "no improv" thing, I am totally with you, sistahs. (See above re stage fright. Also, I do the best diagrams!)

Back!  Hope you two had a lovely holidayeak.  I haven't snn I am Legend yet but dying to see it. Lori I can't believe you don't watch the L Word.  Well  I guess I can.  It has its moments.  I just rather watch that than some boring hum drum television show I'm half heartedly interested in cause nothing better is on. 

BTW I found it worth mentioning that I was point guard on my high school team.

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everyone has said WELCOME BACK! I'll only add DON'T DO IT AGAIN :)

I'm kinda in agreement with you about the movies, except:

I didn't think The Great Debaters was brilliant because I feel about dramas the same way you 2 feel about sci-fi/horror movies where everyone dies due to a virus. All the drama makes it hard for me to concentrate on the story and the acting.

And sport movies are not really my thing. Don't care if it's all girls. I only love soccer therefore would only care about a sport movie if it was about soccer, so clearly you can already guess that I loved Bend it Like Beckam :)

Lori, I'm with you about The L Word except I stopped caring after they got rid of Marina. Yeah I know, it's been a while, I should get over it, but no other character has captivated me as she did. Now, I watch the show when I have nothing better to do.

Again, good to have you back.

Not sure, but I think the girl in The Great Debaters played Michelle's friend on Full House...and I feel like a total dork for recognizing her, especially since it's been years since I've watched an episode of that show.

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I haven't been to see "I am Legend" yet but I've read the book by Richard Matheson.

The book is really excellent and a must read for horror fans as it's claimed to have inspired every Zombie/ Vampire flick since it's release in the fifties. It's really intense and claustrophobic and everyone I've lent it to loves it.

In the book he's an average jo stuck in a town in the middle of nowhere not in Manhattan. I'm guessing that the ending of the film is the same as the book (because it's such a awesome ending) so if your a horror fan I implore you to read the book before you see the film otherwise it'll spoil it, it's only about 100 pages it won't take long!

I'm scared to go see the film because I known I'll be thinking the whole way through "It's not as good as the book" 

When I went to see I am Legend with some friends we walked into the wrong theater catching the last 5 minutes of the movie. I was able to catch up on the whole movie after finding out why the credits were rolling.
I'm sort of stuck on why people just didn't take a sample of Will Smith's(which obviously had the cure) and injectc it in others or find the cure in that.
I probably would have a better review of the movie if I had seen the whole thing but...

 I realize I'm posting on something over two months old - I'm usually a little on the slow side.

I am wondering if anyone that has seen the movie would be willing to tell me how it ends.  I have read the book and absolutely loved it.  While I usually don't like to know the ending of a movie, I'm not in any hurry to drop down my cash to watch the hollywood bastardization of an excellent book.  I'm curious to know if the social commentary remains or if it's everyone goes home and life continues as though it was a bad dream.