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Is it just me or are MOST of John Cusacks roles guys youd want to date? I dont know if he just picks good roles or if its the fact its him (meaning if someone else had played the role would we still be attracted to the charactor?) OK...he was a bit much in BETTER OFF DEAD ...but still.....I cant think of any movie of his where I would run screaming. Maybe IDENTITY. Maybe.
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When I first saw 16 Candles I was about 14. My major crush in junior high had been a guy named Tim-he was my Jake Part of what made 16 Candles so great for me was I could identify with Sam chasing the dream-and she got him!
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If we were talking to little 80's Muffy I would have said Emilio Estevez! I had the biggest crush on him and Jason Bateman. I even wrote to a Emilio Estevez fan club out of the back of a teen magazine and got a signed B&W photo lol it was totally a stamp! yet still I wish I had kept it.....all the kisses rubbed the photo white i'm sure Posts: 2912 | Registered: Jun 2003 | Site Updates: 26
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I agree with BAMERSY . I KNEW a "Jake Ryan" in highschool. He was so beautiful and cool and 'above it all' and it seemed like an Impossible Dream...and I started hanging out with him and we DID end up going out! (The Lesson I tell my daughter is EVERYONE usually keeps away from The Beautiful Ones cuz they think they dont stand a chance, so when you actually let them know you're interested sometimes there can be surpsising success stories!)
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quote:Is it just me or are MOST of John Cusacks roles guys youd want to date? I dont know if he just picks good roles or if its the fact its him (meaning if someone else had played the role would we still be attracted to the charactor?)
Both probably. He picks characters that are obviously likable, and he looks good (without being too handsome) and seems like someone you'd want to hang out with.
quote:It was more about finding yourself worthy of the "ideal" than the person being the ideal. Hope that makes sense
Shazam. It's all because of the magic.
It makes sense. But dreaming you're worthy of the ideal doesn't really work out that well most of the time. You either are or you aren't. Then again... there's always magic. Shazam.
quote:I agree with BAMERSY . I KNEW a "Jake Ryan" in highschool. He was so beautiful and cool and 'above it all' and it seemed like an Impossible Dream...and I started hanging out with him and we DID end up going out!
Yeah, but you were a STONE-COLD FOX with great taste in music / movies.
quote:The Lesson I tell my daughter is EVERYONE usually keeps away from The Beautiful Ones cuz they think they dont stand a chance, so when you actually let them know you're interested sometimes there can be surpsising success stories!
Check: Can't win. Don't try.
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I have a friend that go back and forth with me on "you remind me of the babe.....what babe?.....the babe with the power.....what power....the power of voo doo...who do?.....you do.....remind me of the babe" haha Posts: 2912 | Registered: Jun 2003 | Site Updates: 26
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quote:How did I overlook it as a kid really?....c'mon?
It's not exactly something you can overlook! Even as a wee bairn I could see that Bowie was smuggling a little snack for later!
quote:Muffy-I love the masquerade ball/dream sequence
I think everyone does. A masque ball inside a snow-globe that runs just the right balance of melancholy, romance and fantasy.
quote:I have a friend that go back and forth with me on "you remind me of the babe.....what babe?.....the babe with the power.....what power....the power of voo doo...who do?.....you do.....remind me of the babe" haha
quote:Logan I had no idea thats what this was from! awesome!
He stole from the best.
quote:LOL, deary me
Fantastic! I wondered how they pulled it off. Now they'd just use CGI.
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