It was a valiant attempt at Ras al Gul's look, you have to admit. Emphasis on attempt
No, because he's not playing Ra's, he's playing Henri Ducard. Ken Watanabe is playing Ra's.
(Edited to get the @#($ apostrophe in the right place.)
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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P.M. Marc - Dec 13, 2004 8:50:26 pm PST #7120 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Volans - Dec 13, 2004 8:50:46 pm PST #7121 of 10001
move out and draw fire
The Batman Begins poster is one of the best one-sheets I've seen in a long time! I wonder who did the design. It's frameable.
Broog, Alien Film Critic, disses Sky Captain with his tongue pressed firmly into the side of his cheek. Mandible. Whatever.
Kerry Conran’s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is subtle and nuanced. On the one hand it is a study of psychopathy, on the other, a pulp SF thriller. The richly-rendered CG backdrops which surround his anti-hero Polly Perkins (Paltrow) convey her sense of the world’s unreality, and his masterful use of a barrage of crossfades lends support to her perception of her own ontological uniqueness. Everything Perkins does - from her reported attempt to murder her lover (Jude Law) by sabotage to her decision to conceal vital clues which could save the entire Earth from doom - can be explained by reference to her own staggering egocentrism, which is so powerful as to eclipse all empathy and render her the perfect amoral being.
As far as His Dark Materials goes, I wasn't super-happy about a movie adaptation anyway, and once they dumped Tom Stoppard (who is a god to me), I had no hope. The news about removing the hostility to religion strikes me as more of the same problem we're having in general - the neo-Christians really are getting out of hand, and their actions and desires are shaping public policy and are overwhelming the decent Christians. Seems like art media should call them on it, rather than kow-towing. But that's just me; I like to scrap with people who use religion for evil.
Polter-Cow - Dec 13, 2004 8:53:14 pm PST #7122 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
No, because he's not playing R'as, he's playing Henri Ducard.
Who's that?
P.M. Marc - Dec 13, 2004 8:57:15 pm PST #7123 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Mr. Broom - Dec 13, 2004 9:07:14 pm PST #7124 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
No, because he's not playing Ra's, he's playing Henri Ducard. Ken Watanabe is playing Ra's.Bah. I'm an idiot. I even knew that and my brain went wrong.
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2004 9:08:30 pm PST #7125 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My god, the apostrophe in Ra's is even more restrictive than the Jaffa punctuation. How in god's name do you go possessive with that and not lose an eye?
Gandalfe - Dec 13, 2004 9:26:49 pm PST #7126 of 10001
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
How in god's name do you go possessive with that and not lose an eye?
Well, that's why they make you wear protective lenses. I mean, sure, if you say it, you can just duck, but if someone else says it? You're in danger. And if they type it, well, let's just hope you are wearing a high collar. 'S'all I'm sayin'.
Emlah - Dec 13, 2004 9:43:49 pm PST #7127 of 10001
To every idea a shelf...
Just watched Before Sunset.
What did you think of the ending? I really liked it, it kind of reminded me of Say Anything. (very vague spoiler)
With His Dark Materials, how will they deal with characters like the two angels if they remove religious content? From what I remember they weren't presented in an entirely positive light.
Jim - Dec 13, 2004 11:16:19 pm PST #7128 of 10001
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Well, positive, but I suspect their gayness might not play well in Utah.
Emlah - Dec 14, 2004 3:04:52 am PST #7129 of 10001
To every idea a shelf...
Oh, I'm sure the writers'll pull an Achilles/Patroclus on us. But wasn't one of the angels kind of whiny and cowardly? I can't even remember what happened to the two of them in the end. Anyway, I guess I'm really just wondering how the film makers will deal with the domino effect of making God a Generic Authority.
Did the stage version retain the religious content?