I had heard that for the first SW flick Lucas insisted Leia have her breasts taped or bound or something, as he didn't want excess distracting motion going on.

Personally, I don't think I've ever noticed the Leia boobage bounceage.

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Ooh! Can we use a T-test!? Can we? Can we? Can we?

These are somehow sexy words.

Spielberg was married to Amy Irving--or breaking up with her--when he did Doom. Filming of ToD was actually where he and Kate Capshaw, now Mrs. Spielberg, met.

Actually, Doom was released in 1984 and his marriage to Irving ran from 1985-1989, with him marrying Kapshaw in 1991. It may well have been where he met Kate, but his entire first marriage came after the filming.

I bow to superior knowledge. He and Irving were an item long before they married, though, weren't they?

Trying to think of another movie where the heroine or female lead is forced to wear something ridiculous and then spend the rest of the flick having to fight in heels and a dress.

Some Like It Hot.

Quote check. I need a sig line. And also a hug.

"...waiting for notes...not fine...growing a tumor..."

Does anyone recall the line? I need it as a security blanket at the moment. (I'm waiting for notes.)

I can't help with the quote, but consider yourself hugged.

((jengod))

I hope everything is ok or gets better.

This, Jen?

Tim Minear: Can anyone else tell I don't have any scripts due and that I'm waiting for notes on my "Moon" outline?

Laura: Do you recall what that being able to breathe thing felt like?

Tim Minear: What are you talking about? I'm waiting for notes. I'm not breathing, I'm growing a tumor.

{{{jengod}}}

t hugs jengod

Betsy, are you well-read in Andre Norton? Could you recommend a few titles?

Well, I'm not Betsy, but I'm a huge Norton fan. here is a bibliography sorted by series. In general the stuff written before 1985 is preferable.

I think the Solar Queen series, despite having absolutely no female characters to speak of, is quite good adventurous SF. Includes Sargasso in Space, Plague Ship, and Postmarked the Stars. Multi-ethnic characters (about which she doesn't make a very big deal) running a freelance trading/shipping business in competition with The Big Corporate Shipping Lines. Interesting plots, lots of action.

She has a series of time travel books, starting with Time Traders, I believe, which are based on the premise that a secret government agency is fighting a war against alien time-travelers. So there's lots of going back and forward in time to defeat the aliens. The historical/archaeological research is fairly sound, IIRC. And then they find an alien space ship and start visiting other planets.

The classic Norton novel involves a young person who finds themselves an outcast in their society, because of heritage, physical deformity, odd talents, or some such thing. They will either choose an adventure or find one forced upon them, and in the course of the story will discover both talents they didn't know they had, or know to appreciate, and a family or people who value them for the very reasons they were ill-fitted for their past lives. Often there's a romance, but not always.

Her fantasies also fit this mold, the most famous series being the Witch World series, which is a loosely linked (very loosely in some cases) series of novels and stories set on another world that was once inhabited by beings of great power. The power ran amuck, a lot of damage was done, and now the more ordinary humans are trying to survive amongst the remnants. It's sort of like living in a psychic minefield: you never know when the temple in the back 40 is going to burp and start emitting demon-dogs to eat your sheep.

My favorite of the Witch World novels is Year of the Unicorn, primarily because it's a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Although I'm very fond of The Crystal Gryphon as well.

Norton also wrote an assortment of historical novels, covering eras all the way from prehistoric Egypt to the American Civil War.