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 L.R.K.
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Mohawkguy - thanks, that sounds really interesting! For me, one of the main reasons I like a series is if I'm interested in/like the characters.
I do hope good conquers all, though - I always do. The same thing with Wheel of Time - talking, of which, here is the first chapter of "Towers of Midnight" for anyone wanting to read it:
http://www.orbitbooks.net/towersofmidnight/
Personally, I hate reading long chunks of text on the computer - and my eyes are hurting! but I will just have to... (haven't read it yet, am going to now.)
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #34670 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Fri, 01 October 2010 19:27 |
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I was looking forward to the next Mark Morris program at Zellerbach.
Ordinarily the Mark Morris Dance Group only performs to live music but this program was going to include Behemoth from his Brussels days, which is danced to silence, and Looky where the accompaniment is a disklavier piece. The last piece, Socrates, is set to Satie's music and included super titles so there were a number of uncharacteristic features throughout the program.
I say I was looking forward to it since I don't think I would see it again. This is not a statement I have ever made about a Mark Morris program before. I admit that I have only ever gone to the same Morris program on successive nights once but I have always happily attended revivals.
Of the three Looky was a pleasant enough thing if rather lightweight, sort of The Hard Nut meets Night at the Museum. Socrates was stylistically more in line with why I love his work but needing super titles for something you watch was a bit of a problem. Needing them was a disappointment in itself, usually Mr. Morris manages to tell as much story as you need without this kind of aid and having to switch between them and the action on the stage was a functional problem as well as an aesthetic one.
I will concede that Behemoth was a success in that it really was a dance to silence, as contrasted to a dance to music you can not hear. In the end, though, the lesson I took from it was that if this is what a dance to silence is like I don't like silent dance.
Still, I can understand the desire to perform these three pieces together and I still am looking forward to the next Mark Morris program.
Edited to add - Rereading this it seems more negative than I intended so I have tried to fix it but I still don't seem to have hit the right tone. It wasn't what I expected. I would have preferred what I expected, but it was a noble experiment and I am glad I went . . . and I am looking forward to next time.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #34891 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Wed, 06 October 2010 23:11 |
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Oh, good.  Let's hope there won't be too many updates, however, since most news about this movie tends to be bad - but on a positive note, I suppose, if the movie actually gets made this will be a very inspirational tale of perseverance and never giving up etc. (Cue mushy music.)
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #34972 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Fri, 08 October 2010 17:38 |
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Well, putting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11493676
in this thread may be a bit of a stretch, but I didn't know where else it would suit so... Also the fourth Pirates-movie is something I'm really, really looking forward to - in fact, I think we'll probably go and see it in the cinema instead of waiting for the DVD to come out - I haven't been in years; in fact I can't even recall what film it was that I last saw at the cinema. (Though I have no interest in seeing it in 3D - I just hope they will have it in 2D as well, since I don't know why I should pay extra for something I don't even want?)
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #35016 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Sun, 10 October 2010 12:44 |
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Shalea - you've read the books? (I've only read "Hitchiker" - as yet, of course! ) Great! Do you think they could be made into a good adaptation? - I mean, translate well into a visual medium? - because I certainly thought the description sounded really fun, and something I'd look forward to seeing, myself.
And in other news:
more about Brandon Sanderson's Super Secret Project:
http://twitter.com/BrandonSandrson/status/26722479208
http://twitter.com/BrandonSandrson/status/26724709475
Those are the newest entries on the subject - for those interested, go to his twitter and scroll down, there is more, for example:
http://twitter.com/BrandonSandrson/status/26606929210
and:
http://twitter.com/BrandonSandrson/status/26114641726
which I feel is a lesson to us all - at any rate those who have twitter and an agent... I wonder if some people took this very seriously however, since he then tweeted:
http://twitter.com/BrandonSandrson/status/26118822373
http://twitter.com/BrandonSandrson/status/26118917802
There is more there - for instance, the book involves a necromancer - but I think this is enough (and more than enough) for this comment.
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Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #35221 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Fri, 15 October 2010 21:51 |
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So a Hobbit-movie update - good news (mostly, at any rate):
http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/the-hobbit-finally-starts-fi lming-in-february/
As for this:
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UPDATE:Things must be getting close on The Hobbit, because casting buzz is getting strong in Hollywood. Word is Martin Freeman will soon be set to play Bilbo Baggins, that Jimmy Nesbitt has been offered a role and that Michael Fassbender is being pursued for another as is David Tennant. Ian McKellan and Andy Serkis are expected to reprise Gandalf and Gollum.
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So who do you think they would play? (I mean, of course, David Tennant and the others who have been rumoured to have been offered roles, but it has not been specified what roles.)
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #35375 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Fri, 22 October 2010 20:09 |
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Thanks, Jaccairn! I did recognise the name of Michael Fassbender since I've seen it around a lot lately - but other than that I, quite honestly, have no idea who he is either.
At any rate, here is some confirmed casting news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11604193
Michael Freeman will indeed play Bilbo. The only other actor I recognised was Richard Armitage, who I know as Mr Thornton in North & South. (The Elizabeth Gaskell adaptation - to prevent any possible confusion as to which series I'm referring to.)
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #35518 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Wed, 27 October 2010 22:42 |
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Yes, and then there is whatever else they choose to add - prosthetics/makeup/mask/whatever it is called - poor John Rhys Davies was allergic to his, so the skin on his face was all inflamed - he was given his last mask (or whatever it's called) to burn, which he did, like a shot - quite gleefully, I thought. (Well, considering the amount of discomfort he'd endured - I think the man's a hero!)
And it seems that it will be filmed in New Zealand after all:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11633724
I'm glad - I'm sure they could have made a good movie wherever they shot it, but it wouldn't have been quite the same...
And then to some other things - some books:
Patricia A McKillip's next book - "The Bards of Bone Plain" - will be out in December:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/patricia-a-mckillip/bard s-of-bone-plain.htm
And the cover is just gorgeous - as usual.
And Lindsey Davis has announced her next book:
http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/lindseyspage.htm
(scroll down to Next Book) It's not a Falco-novel but:
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Master and God, an epic novel of the Emperor Domitian
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And Sharon Penman talked about some publications (not her own) on her blog a while back:
http://sharonkaypenman.com/blog/?p=140
Some of them have already been published, but some are still forthcoming. Worth taking a look for anyone with an interest in historical fiction.
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #36658 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Tue, 16 November 2010 16:27 |
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And a trailer for the "The Eagle of the Ninth"-adaptation - now merely, for whatever reason, called The Eagle:
http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/hot-trailer-the-eagle/
Hmmm....?
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Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #36987 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Mon, 29 November 2010 17:24 |
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What did you think? I liked that they seemed to have retained some of my favourite dialogue, but at the same time it seemed that they've gone the very dramatic - or melodramatic - road. Still, overall it looked good, I thought. (Though "my" Mr Rochester is, and always will be, Timothy Dalton. )
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #37186 is a reply to message #31366 ] |
Sat, 04 December 2010 15:14 |
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A Doctor Who Christmas Carol:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/ 12_december/02/who_christmas.shtml
The new Just William-series:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/ 11_november/30/william.shtml
So, what MG/YA fantasy novels will be made into movies?:
http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/developing-which-uk-children s-book-will-be-the-next-harry-potter-like-hit-film/#more-880 19
or?:
http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/catherine-hardwicke-circles- the-maze-runner/
Personally, I'm in favour of this trend. Not because I think every book needs to be made into a movie - but with good source material we may actually get a few decent movies. What do you think?
(And by the way - Peter Jackson is thinking of making "Mortal Engines"? Wasn't he planning on doing something with the "Temeraire"-books as well? If so, won't he be a busy, busy man - what with The Hobbit and all?)
And Miranda Otto is to star in the upcoming series Locke & Key - or, well, it's just a pilot at this stage, but since I think it sounds as if it could be (if done right) really interesting, and since I like Miranda Otto, I can hope, can't I? :
http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/miranda-otto-to-star-in-foxs -locke-key/
And finally (anyone having made it thus far in this comment is probably drawing a sigh of relief), Gore Verbinski is to direct The Lone Ranger:
http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/toldja-verbinski-helming-the -lone-ranger/
This would normally not interest me so much, but a while ago - quite a long while ago, actually - when I first read about it - in this BBC article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8028788.stm
that not only was Johnny Depp to star in it, but the script was being written by the same writers who wrote the script for the Pirates-movies, I thought that this could actually turn out to be a lot of fun - if they could do for the western, what they did for pirate-movies. But this is the first I've seen about the projected movie in ages, so I can only hope that the same writers are still attached... Anyone else know something about it?
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #37288 is a reply to message #37213 ] |
Wed, 08 December 2010 23:51 |
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| NotACat wrote on Mon, 06 December 2010 15:43 |
Dirk Gently
I went to school with the guy playing Dirk, he's really rather good 
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Oh, I'm so glad - you live in England, don't you? Then you can watch it when it airs and tell us all about it? (I am of course, also, a tad envious - but I'm mostly glad. ) According to IMDb it is in post production, and I also found this article:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/news/a288109/dirk-gently-wr iter-teases-pilot-episode.html
Note that it says:
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The Dirk Gently pilot is expected to air later this year or in early 2011 on BBC Four. It has previously been suggested that a full series will be considered if the episode is successful.
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So it is the manifest duty of everyone who can watch it to do so, so that the rest of us non-England residents who can do nothing about it, also get a series out of this.
And a trailer!:
http://www.blogomatic3000.com/2010/12/08/first-trailer-for-b bc-fours-dirk-gently/
I (who haven't read the books) think it looks like a great deal of fun - what do those who have read them think?
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #37295 is a reply to message #37288 ] |
Thu, 09 December 2010 05:01 |
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| L.R.K. wrote on Thu, 09 December 2010 04:51 |
| NotACat wrote on Mon, 06 December 2010 15:43 |
Dirk Gently
I went to school with the guy playing Dirk, he's really rather good
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Oh, I'm so glad - you live in England, don't you? Then you can watch it when it airs and tell us all about it? (I am of course, also, a tad envious - but I'm mostly glad. ) According to IMDb it is in post production[...]
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It's on next Thursday. I'm hoping it won't be up against anything the Spousal Over-Unit wants to watch, or else i'll have to resort to iPlayer, which on our cable is always chancy.
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I (who haven't read the books) think it looks like a great deal of fun - what do those who have read them think?
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I haven't read them in ever so long, so I'm not planning a re-read before watching to avoid spoiling myself I do however anticipate a great deal of fun, yes, not least because Stephen Mangan (my school friend) is a bit of a comic genius, and they've paired him up with Darren Boyd who is one of those quiet people you see in so many things looking befuddled and just doing it right, you know? Not to mention Helen Baxendale who I suspect a lot of you chaps over the pond might recognise... 
Phil
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which is like OCD but with the initials in proper alphabetical order…
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| Re: Looking Forward To... [message #37308 is a reply to message #37294 ] |
Thu, 09 December 2010 19:22 |
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| jaccairn wrote on Thu, 09 December 2010 10:39 |
Just saw that Cate Blanchett will be reprising her role as Galadriel in the Hobbit - I'm wondering if they will be expanding it to include the expulsion of the necromancer from Mirkwood. It will be interesting to what they do cover in the films, it looks like they're adding from other sources than 'the Hobbit'.
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Yes, I saw that too -
http://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2010/12/galadriel-will-be-ba ck-in-hobbit.html
and Radagast is to be in it as well - and rumour hath it, that so will Legolas:
http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/orlando-bloom-close-to-legol as-reprise-in-the-hobbit/
But that's just a rumour, and I don't know how much substance there is to it, but be that as it may, it does indeed look like they are expanding the story quite a bit.
I think they begin shooting in February? I think it's quite exciting - we're bound to get more and more information on what's going on.
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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