Mountie: 1, Rat: 0
Nov. 9th, 2007 10:05 pmRatatouille is out on DVD, and we rented it because Dad hadn't seen it yet and I wanted to see it again.
Of course the movie was good--I believe I went on at length after I saw it in the theater about how it's one of the most adorable films I've ever seen, and I want to hug it and squeeze it and call it George. But as a bonus for the DVD, they also had a short film called, "Your Friend the Rat," a vaguely musical history of rats, hosted by Remy and Emile. It was cute and amusing all the way through, but the best part? When dramatizing why Alberta was particularly rat-free, they depicted the battle between Mountie and Rat as a video game wherein the Mountie (somehow dressed simultaneously in both the dress reds and the outfit of a particularly patriotic hockey goalie) used his arm padding/shield, which had a Canadian flag on it, to...shoot a laser in the shape of a maple leaf at the rat. I was on the floor.
(Oh, look, someone put it on YouTube. Why am I not surprised? Watch, it's hilarious.)
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Now I really want to cook my sausage-and-garbanzo-bean soup tomorrow. (Much like Linguine, I am winging it with the soup. This...is the first time I've ever made a soup that doesn't come condensed in a can. I hope it turns out edible.)
Of course the movie was good--I believe I went on at length after I saw it in the theater about how it's one of the most adorable films I've ever seen, and I want to hug it and squeeze it and call it George. But as a bonus for the DVD, they also had a short film called, "Your Friend the Rat," a vaguely musical history of rats, hosted by Remy and Emile. It was cute and amusing all the way through, but the best part? When dramatizing why Alberta was particularly rat-free, they depicted the battle between Mountie and Rat as a video game wherein the Mountie (somehow dressed simultaneously in both the dress reds and the outfit of a particularly patriotic hockey goalie) used his arm padding/shield, which had a Canadian flag on it, to...shoot a laser in the shape of a maple leaf at the rat. I was on the floor.
(Oh, look, someone put it on YouTube. Why am I not surprised? Watch, it's hilarious.)
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Now I really want to cook my sausage-and-garbanzo-bean soup tomorrow. (Much like Linguine, I am winging it with the soup. This...is the first time I've ever made a soup that doesn't come condensed in a can. I hope it turns out edible.)
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Date: 2007-11-10 04:30 am (UTC)Good luck with the soup.
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Date: 2007-11-10 12:53 pm (UTC)"O Canada" as 8-bit game music?! Fantastic!
I have got to see this movie. I missed it in theaters, and I've been waiting for the DVD release so I can catch up. Now the DVD is out, so... time's a wastin'!
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Date: 2007-11-12 07:22 am (UTC)Soups-not-from-cans are surprisingly easy. You'd think more magic would be required, but no.
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