Cereal:
Hec, what is this "Buffistarawk"?
You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Movies 4: Straight to Video
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Kathy A - Nov 10, 2005 2:25:36 pm PST #8621 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
DavidS - Nov 10, 2005 2:44:50 pm PST #8622 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, what is this "Buffistarawk"?
Insent to your profile addy.
Volans - Nov 11, 2005 5:20:56 am PST #8623 of 10002
move out and draw fire
So, what comes between Elizabethan and Georgian?
James became king after Elizabeth, right? Mary, Queen of Scots' son. So Elizabeth was the last of the Tudors, and he was part of the Stuart family. He was king of Scotland before he inherited the English throne.
Otherwise known in fashion as the Queer Eye for the Scots Guy era.
I do not know this "Collide," but setting a period movie's trailer to non-period music smacks of A Knight's Tale.
ETA: I just went and listened to Collide, and yeah, I've heard that but relegated it to unmemorable. Weird weird weird choice.
sumi - Nov 11, 2005 5:34:15 am PST #8624 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
David, would you send me the buffistarawk stuff too?
Beverly - Nov 11, 2005 5:40:32 am PST #8625 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
And me? Ta ever so, I hate being extra-loop.
tommyrot - Nov 11, 2005 5:42:20 am PST #8626 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Me too? Pretty please?
§ ita § - Nov 11, 2005 5:44:24 am PST #8627 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have to admit -- I'm curious about this offboard buffista stuff.
Vonnie K - Nov 11, 2005 6:01:08 am PST #8628 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
You can listen to a snippet of "Collide" from Amazon here: [link] It's a cute little inoffensive pop song but oy, so wrong for an Austen film.
Since we were talking about the cinematic depiction of British monarch:
Trailer for Libertine, [link] where John Malkovich plays Charles II. So, both Sam Neill and John Malkovich played the same king. This reminds me of the game I used to play with some online pals, in which one would give the names of two actors who have played the same character as the clue, and the rest of us would have to guess which role. So, "Cate Blanchett and Bette Davis" = Elizabeth, and "Winona Ryder and Katharine Hepburn" = Jo March, and so forth. It was fun, then people started cheating and looking things up in IMDb. Ah, well.
Jessica - Nov 11, 2005 6:06:45 am PST #8629 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The reviews of P&P have been interesting -- at least one rave (from Salon), but the Jane Austen Society was on NPR this morning just bashing it. One English teacher said "If a student decided to watch this movie instead of reading the book, they'd fail the exam."
DebetEsse - Nov 11, 2005 6:13:13 am PST #8630 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I heard that piece, too, and thought "Wow, the Jane Austen people are to the 'istas as the 'istas are to normal people"
And I think the exam comment is par for the course with book adaptations.
We just got spoiled with the BBC version.
The bit about choosing to set it earlier, for more fitted dresses, was interesting. Apparently, there was a draft of something that turned into P&P that early, even though it wasn't published for another decade or so. I don't recall the years, though