it wasn't a combat-related injury
Phew!
I've been on a medieval roll (still) and cannot seem to give up my Ivanhoe disk. Netflix is raking in the dough on this one.
Last night, I watched the first disc of "The Celts" a documentary that is fairly cheesy in its production values (lots of bad beards and fake swathing in the reinactments). I did, however, learn a few interesting bits of tid, but not enough to keep me from fast forwarding through a lot of the arty stuff.
The best bit? A bonus interview with Enya from an Irish morning show. E came off as pretty unsympathetic. At the end, the interviewer said something about Enya's music being 'landscape music' to which Enya made some snottyesque reply. They cut back to the studio where the anchorwoman takes a deep breath and snarks,"Riiight. We'll let's see what kind of weather we'll have in our landscape today. Bill?"
I realize that, in print, that doesn't come off as funny but it cracked me up. Plus? It would have been really easy for the docu makers to cut that bit out. Must not be a lot of Enya-love going around.
Still, her music really did enhance the documentary.
Okay, maybe not -any- sporting-type thing.
Jeez! I hope not!!
And non-torn ~ma headed your way.
Nothing to do with the actual novel, but full of vampires and pretty clothes.
Totally. I own the book by the costume designer. This gives me all the best parts of the movie, without the plot, acting, or dialog.
Did you know that Eeyore sounds like Alan Moore? I had no idea.
That is so freakin' funny.
Oh, and The Husband of Reason says: "Oh sure, invoke my wrath when you know full well I'm hip-deep in painting and there's no bloody way I have time to come on the board and give you shit. I feel like paying your airfare to Seattle just so I can kick your arse in person. Hugs, Pete."
I know. I'm a right bastard that way.
Jilli, go buy Eiko and Coppola NOW: there's a copy for $18.00. Link
Totally. I own the book by the costume designer. This gives me all the best parts of the movie, without the plot, acting, or dialog.
The big coffee table book? Yep, I have it too. Someday, when I am fabulously wealthy, I will have Mina's red dress made for me.
Fair enough. I'll freely admit I get a little turned on by the hairy beast sex in the rain scene, but only because of the mostly nekkid chic.
And now I'm sure I've just skeeved out a bunch of people.
Not nearly as much as if it were because of Gary Oldman in hairy beast prosthetics.
I actually think the opening act in Transylvania is the finest depiction of Dracula that I've ever seen. It just goes to hell when the setting switches to London and we get Dracula as a Victorian Mack Daddy chasing after Mina.
The wee little train steaming across the map pretty much clued me into the joke. That and the licking of the straight razor. (thehthehthehtheh...)
There was a kerfluffle in the past about this very issue
Oooooh. Gotcha. Quickly moving on, then...
Dracula is astonishingly pretty. I always think he should have gone another half-step, eliminated the dialogue, and just made it a crazy baroque silent film. It's a terrible big-budget extravaganza, but an interesting art-house experiment. Er, in my head.
Wow.
I just caught a quick preview/behind the scenes thing on HBO's upcoming Life and Death of Peter Sellers, and....
Wow.
Just.... wow.
In makeup and costume, Geoffrey Rush's resemblance to Peter Sellers was un-fucking-canny.
