Charlie StrossDec 17, 2022

What. The. Whatting. What?

https://youtu.be/8zIf0XvoL9Y

Barbie | Teaser Trailer

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Show threadAngus McIntyreDec 17, 2022

@cstross I will admit that I did not have "The trailer for the 'Barbie' movies is a shot-for-shot remake of the opening of '2001'" on my 2022 Bingo card.

And that's just the FIRST trailer. Place your bets now on whether we get "Psycho" or "Un Chien Andalou" for the second.

Show threadCharlie StrossDec 17, 2022
@angusm Personally I'm hoping for a "Terminator" mashup with "Un Chien Andalou" references as Arn^WBarbie slices open her own eyeball then inserts a screwdriver to dig out a horrified (and now dead) cop's bullet, before picking up her trench broom and kicking open the doors of a shuttered Toys R'Us big box store …
Show threadAngus McIntyreDec 17, 2022
@cstross If Hollywood doesn't deliver, you can always work it into the next "Laundry" novel.
Show threadCharlie Stross
@angusm Too late; the next New Management book is headed to the printers (releases in May), and the next Laundry book is … well, I have editorial notes. (TLDR is the editors like it but it's too short, can I make it longer?)
Dec 17, 2022 at 4:56pmWeb
Show threadBruno GirinDec 17, 2022
@cstross @angusm can you add that Barbie scene to it then?
Show threadCharlie StrossDec 17, 2022
@brunogirin @angusm Alas, no. (Our protagonist has NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN a colour TV, or been allowed to go to a cinema since 1984.)
Show threadBadExampleMan 🟣Dec 17, 2022
@cstross @angusm week there you go. Too short? 30k additional words about the 50 foot Barbie turning little girls homicidal.