No, Katie, I think Lucy is a brunette. Although I'm far too lazy to find any of my copies of the books to prove it.
Well, we may not have parted on the best of terms. I realize certain words were exchanged. Also, certain... bullets. But that's air through the engine. It's past. We're business people.
Mal ,'Serenity'
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Gandalfe - May 07, 2005 7:36:25 pm PDT #2560 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Gris - May 07, 2005 7:38:24 pm PDT #2561 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Susan is blonde. Lucy is a brunette.
I don't know why I remember that, but I'm very close to 100% certain.
Katie M - May 07, 2005 7:41:24 pm PDT #2562 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Huh. Well, if that's the case, I had them exactly opposite in my mind. How weird.
Gandalfe - May 07, 2005 7:42:33 pm PDT #2563 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Katie, which one is older? Maybe you just have the names backwards.
Katie M - May 07, 2005 7:42:51 pm PDT #2564 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
No, I have the names right. Susan's older, Lucy's younger.
Gris - May 07, 2005 11:00:49 pm PDT #2565 of 10002
Hey. New board.
I love the beginning, with the shots of the kids in each of the movies. I don't love that both Ron and Harry have scraggly hair in this one. I like the Dragon, but gotta wonder why it looks like they extended that battle, possibly the most straightforward of Harry's quests: the book's already gonna be massacred to fit it into a 150 minute (accerding to IMDB, but possibly not relaible) film; they really shouldn't be adding stuff.
I really wish they had kept the same director as Prisoner, because now I can't have faith that this one will measure up. Shame, really.
Anne W. - May 08, 2005 3:13:43 am PDT #2566 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I liked the Narnia teaser, and didn't find that Lucy was jarringly off my mental image of her. Also, I love the casting for the White Witch.
Cashmere - May 08, 2005 5:21:42 am PDT #2567 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Zenkitty, here's the history summary I have for the Kindgom of Heaven: Baldwin ascended to the throne at 13 (even though his illness was known). He was an excellent leader, dealing Saladin his worst military defeat at the battle of Montgisard. Sybilla married a decent man, William Longsword, Marquis of Montferrat (an admirable choice) and bore him a son, also named Baldwin (or Baudouinet or "Little Baldwin"). William died tragically of a fever that same year. Guy de Lusignan was French, strikingly handsome and adept with the ladies. He consoled Sybilla and married her--over the objections of all the magnates of the kingdom. Baldwin, realizing Guy's incompetance as a leader was determined that Guy not become king. Since Baldwin's health was fading fast, he named Baudouinet his successor. Baldwin died in 1185 (two years before the Battle of the Horns of Hattin). The child king, Baldwin V was placed under the regency of Count Raymond of Tripoli. Guy, angered over the slight, rebelled against the regency. Sadly, the child died in 1186 and Guy then seized the throne for himself. So technically, Sybilla should have felt guilty--her choice of a husband made disasterous decisions leading to the defeat at Hattin. I'm going to have to take freakin' notes at the film to do some comparison to history.
Scrappy - May 08, 2005 5:39:24 am PDT #2568 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I think what she felt guilty about in the film was that when Baldwin died she chose Guy as her king, instead of having him be regent. That gave hom the power over the army and the chance to wage war.
Gandalfe - May 08, 2005 6:30:51 am PDT #2569 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Do we know who is doing the voice of Aslan?