Anya ,'Touched'
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Loved The Dark Crystal. Some of my all-time favorite characters are in it: Aughra, the feisty old woman with the sagging breasts (loved that detail!) and that incredible moving solar system, and the Chamberlain, with that whiny, smarmy voice who'll strike out at you in a flash (both were voiced by Frank Oz, BTW).
Has anyone heard anything about Beyond the Sea, the Bobby Darin biopic starring Kevin Spacey? I saw the trailer on Coming Attractions, and it looks pretty good.
Yeah, I've read the book, but it's been ages.
Martin Landau on the making of 'Ed Wood'
Well, it's a good thing they picked Landau rather than another actor. That still pings me as the best performance I've seen in movies made after they went color.
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The first Neverending Stories takes A LOT fof liberty with the book. However, IMO, it stays closer to the book than the piece of crap second movie and even bigger piece of shit third movie. The book is amazing.
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I knew Aims would eventually show up and let us know.
(I was starting wonder where you were, babe)
Ok, how do you feel about the movie The Neverending Story? With Bastain and Atreu and the Swamps of Sadness?
I loved it as a child, but I saw it again recently and I didn't remember it very well.
The scary part, to me, was where the storm was going on and Bastian had to scream out his mother's name to save the world. (I loved Bastian. Atreyu was just the other guy, I guess because Bastian was easier to identify with.)
I adore The Neverending Story far beyond reason. Atreyu was one of my first crushes (along with Disney's Robin Hood--yes, the fox).
Heh. You do know that the Disney version of Robin Hood is one of the most important reference sources among the furries, right?
My blood runs cold; my memories have just been sold.
How are you defining "reference source," Hec? For costuming, or furrier things?
There's a moment in a recent X-Men comic where Rachel and Kurt kiss and she marvels (no pun intended) over his smooth fur. That sort of thing generates the ... interesting thoughts.
How are you defining "reference source," Hec? For costuming, or furrier things?
I just remember it being cited in an article among furries as a turning point for a number of them. It was the catalyst to bring forth their latency. Sort of like the inflationists who first saw Violet blow up into a blueberry in Willy Wonka or ballet dancers who saw The Red Shoes.
Also, yes, identifying with or desiring the characters, modeling costumes after the movie.