And Now...
...For Something Completely Different. (Well, not completely, but I'm not tagging anyone this time.)

Something I've been meaning to do, but haven't, is talk about my movies. Because I'm that bored, here I am. Also, volleyball. I'll do that first.

I don't do sports. Not really. In fact, if at all possible, I'll be on the sidelines watching everyone else. Unless I'm told I must play. Or it's volleyball.

Why volleyball? I don't know. Maybe because it was the first sport in which I had any expertise. I was easy to talk into playing when I was twelve, so I did. The only part of the game in which I excelled was serving. I once earned my team 9 points straight simply by serving. Actually hitting the ball back over the net once it's been served? Not so much. I once got hit in the chest and had to spend some of the rest of the game on the sidelines. Remember, I was 12 at the time. The chestal region was still very sensitive, if not developed to a great degree.

Recently, I started playing again, and realized a previously unnoticed competitive streak in me. Now, I play because I want to. Unless I'm under the weather, then I opt out, obviously, but I actually have fun. Even this last week (we play every Monday night at FHE), when I got hit in the eye, not only did my glasses stay in one piece, but I continued to play with a comment about having 'taken one for the team' (though, it was said by a cute guy, so that may have been part of it).

Onto my collection of movies... (all quotes from IMDB.com unless stated otherwise)

Batman Begins: Coolest Batman movie ever. Usually, with DVDs, I just watch the parts I liked and call it good. Not with this one. I try that, I have to go back and watch the whole thing, because it is just that awesome. I love Michael Caine. He does a good Alfred and makes him what he is. All wry, dry British wit and unafraid of the Bat's wrath.

Bruce Wayne: [as Alfred opens the curtains] Bats are nocturnal!
Alfred Pennyworth: Bats might be, but even for billionaire playboys, three o'clock is pushing it. The price of leading a double life, I think. Your theatrics made an impression. [shows the newspaper to Bruce]
Bruce Wayne: Theatricality and deception are powerful weapons, Alfred. It's a good start.
Alfred Pennyworth: If those are to be the first of many other injuries to come, it will be wise to find a suitable excuse. Polo, for instance.
Bruce Wayne: I'm not learning polo, Alfred.
Alfred Pennyworth: Strange injuries and non-existent social life, these things beg the question as to what exactly does Bruce Wayne do with his time and his money.
Bruce Wayne: And what does someone like me do?
Alfred Pennyworth: Drive sports cars, date movie stars, buy things that are not for sale... who knows, Master Wayne? You start pretending to have fun, you might even have a little by accident.

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker: May I say that Mark Hamill rules? His Joker is the absolute best, the first I met. And I loved how he talked about people looking at him funny on the freeway as he practiced his laugh. And, this being the uncut version, I know what actually happened down beneath Arkham that night. It's a shocker.

The Joker: You're out of your league, McGinnis. I know every trick the original Batman and Robin knew at their peaks.
Terry McGinnis/Batman: Maybe, but you don't know a thing about me.
The Joker: You? What's to know? You're a punk, a rank amateur, a costumed errand boy taking orders from a senile old man.
[rolls up his sleeves]
The Joker: Still, if it's a whuppin' you're a-wantin'...

Darkwing Duck: I've had the theme song in my head for a while, now, it's so catchy. And I finally got the lyrics, since it's hard for me to make them out from just watching. This was one of my favorite shows when I was growing up, and I was so mad when I thought they weren't releasing it, but they were going to release Goof Troop. I always thought that Darkwing was better than Goof Troop, no offense to Goofy. Since I went to the trouble to find them, here are the lyrics (Though the show is a lot more silly then they make it seem):

Daring duck of mystery,
Champion of right,
Swoops out of the shadows,
Darkwing owns the night.
Somewhere some villain schemes,
But his number's up.

(3-2-1) Darkwing Duck (When there's trouble, you call DW)
Darkwing Duck (Let's get dangerous)
Darkwing Duck (Darkwing, Darkwing Duck!)

Cloud of smoke and he appears,
Master of surprise.
Who's that cunning mind behind
That shadowy disguise?
Nobody knows for sure,
But bad guys are out of luck.

'Cause here comes (Darkwing Duck)
Look out! (When there's trouble you call DW)
Darkwing Duck (Let's get dangerous)
Darkwing Duck (Better watch out, you bad boys)
Darkwing Duck!

Firefly: As I already mentioned in a previous post, one of the best shows to ever get cancelled. The people at Fox were idiots and aired the eps out of order, but their back in order on the DVD set. And they're fabulous. I never get tired of them. I mean, you're basically rooting for the bad guys, but they tend to do a lot of good things in ways that are against the law. One of those questions of morality, here. And they're not necessarily the best there is at what they do.

Zoë Washburne: Cap'n'll have a plan... always does.
Kaylee Frye: That's good right?
Zoë Washburne: It's possible you're not recalling some of the cap'n's previous plans...

Jack of All Trades: Starring Bruce Campbell, who is beyond cool. And the beautiful Angela Dotchin as Emilia, who took no crap from Bruce's Jack Stiles. While it is clear that these two adore each other, the relationship itself is never more than teased, because this was another series killed before it's time (though they did show their affection by teasing each other). Another tragedy to lay at the feet of studio heads.

Mrs. Emilia Smythe Rothschild: Ten of your American dollars says God is a woman.
Jack Stiles: Which explains why nothing we do ever pleases Her.
Mrs. Emilia Smythe Rothschild: And also explains why we're no longer covered in fur and hunting our neighbors for sport.
Jack Stiles: Next you'll tell me God's British.
Mrs. Emilia Smythe Rothschild: I'm trying to break you in slowly, Jack.

The Secret of NIMH: THE best animated feature I have *ever* seen, and don't let anybody tell you any different. I still get chills when I see this movie about a mother mouse trying to move her family before the plow gets them. It definitely ranks as fantasy (and, as a side note, features the REALLY young voices of Wil Wheaton as Martin and Shannen Doherty as Teresa. However, if this turns you off the movie, I will add this was way before 90210, and hence before any bad behavior). And, one of the best parts of it all, it has Dom DeLuise as Jeremy. And who doesn't love Dom DeLuise?

Mrs. Brisby: You keep making all that noise, and Dragon's sure to hear you, if he hasn't already.
Jeremy: Wouldn't you sing too? I mean, if you felt...
[laughs]
Jeremy: if you felt the call of the wild?
Mrs. Brisby: I would not, if I knew there was a cat nearby.
Jeremy: But she's out there, somewhere. And when I find here, I'll feel it way down in my wish bone. I - -What cat?

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo: A reference in and of itself to the anime quality of the show, the Titans are lead to Tokyo by a mysterious villian who attacks the Tower. We learn that Beast Boy loves manga and Japanese girls (though he might have loved them a little less later on; the girls, not the manga), Cyborg can eat a restaurant out of buisness, Raven can't find anything to read but a stick of gum, and it's a rocky road to romance for Robin and Starfire (did no one see this coming?). It's funny, and I enjoyed it, but I didn't really find it as good as the series. There's supposed to be a second movie, so we'll see how that wraps everything up. (Oh, and I recommend finding an uninterrupted slot of time to watch it, because there are no 'chapters' for the movie.)

[Beast Boy has a stain on his shirt after getting attacked by a giant monster]
Beast Boy: Oh man, how am I supposed to talk to hot Japanese girls with a huge stain on my shirt?
Raven: Your skin is green, your ears are pointed, you have fangs... you're really worried about the shirt?

There it is. My movie list, as it stands. I'd do my book list next, but that could take months. *shudders* I don't even want to think about it.