Vonnie, if you've seen Branagh's Henry V, you've seen Toby's dad. Robert Stephens, an acclaimed Shakespearian actor of the 1960s and at the time considered on the same level as Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole until he crawled into a bottle for most of the 1970s, played Aged Pistol in that movie.
How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
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Kathy A - Nov 02, 2005 10:23:22 am PST #8434 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Vonnie K - Nov 02, 2005 10:49:52 am PST #8435 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
It's been years since I've seen Branagh's Henry V so I don't recall him very well, but this photo of the presumably young Robert Stephens doesn't resemble Toby that much other than the same impression of lanky physicality.
Great Shakespearian actors and the affinity to bottle seem to go hand-in-hand.
Glamcookie - Nov 02, 2005 1:03:11 pm PST #8436 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I saw Capote over the weekend. I really liked it, which surprised me since I really don't like Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was great in this, which was no small feat considering the schtick he had to employ. Great job. Catherine Keener (the reason I went to the movie) was wonderful as usual.
sumi - Nov 02, 2005 1:50:03 pm PST #8437 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Did you guys get the Netflix email about the class action suit settlement?
Apparently you get your account upgraded for free for one month?
Sheryl - Nov 02, 2005 1:58:21 pm PST #8438 of 10002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Did you guys get the Netflix email about the class action suit settlement?
Apparently you get your account upgraded for free for one month?
I got that e-mail, haven't decided what to do yet.
§ ita § - Nov 02, 2005 2:02:58 pm PST #8439 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I got it too, and I won't actually watch one more movie a month, and I don't want Netflix to spend more money on me, so I won't bother.
askye - Nov 02, 2005 2:06:49 pm PST #8440 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
Make sure you downgrade before the end of the month or they'll start charging you for the upgrade.
I went ahead and did it. Partly for the upgrade, but also because recently I've had problems with dvds supposedly sent out on the same day getting to me 5 days apart. Or dvds that don't seem to get to Netflix on time. They ask that you wait x number of days after sending dvds back before you list them as missing, and twice recently I've waited that time period and was getting ready to list them as missing when I got an email from Netflix saying they'd recieved the dvds.
I'm not going to be cancelling my subscription anytime soon, but they haven't been living up to their advertising.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 02, 2005 2:43:10 pm PST #8441 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think I'll stay with the bargain basement plan, what with having kept Reason to Believe for a solid month before viewing it. I signed up for the wider-than-Blockbuster selection and the fact that the monthly cost is less than I pay in late fees when using local video stores.
sumi - Nov 02, 2005 3:12:10 pm PST #8442 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
askye - that was totally my worry. That you would get the free upgrade and then next thing you know -- be paying for it.
Also, I really haven't been going through my list. Well, perhaps after November sweeps.
Tom Scola - Nov 03, 2005 8:57:50 am PST #8443 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Interview with Harold Ramis, where he talks about the unmade Ghostbusters 3, which sounds really, really cool.