It will be interesting to see the Narnia movie when it comes out. As a 10-year old, I didn't see any of the Christian imagery at all. I'll be curious to see how the screenwriter deals with it. Whether they emphasize it or try to eliminate it or just kind of let it ride where it's at. Also, I'll be curious to see how I'll react to it. Even once I could see it, it didn't annoy me or anything and I don't, by any means, consider myself "Christian." I really am pretty oblivious that way.
Stop that right now! I can hear the smacking!
Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
SailAweigh - Sep 11, 2005 12:08:33 pm PDT #3696 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Gus - Sep 11, 2005 12:19:56 pm PDT #3697 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Thanks, Nilly and Tim. My ages-ago post about "Moon" comes back to me now as an attempt, however murky, to point out that the value of "Moon" had more to do with people than it did with political philosophy. The political philosophy stuff was just an element of the setting, to me.
Nutty - Sep 11, 2005 2:04:02 pm PDT #3698 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Holding my tongue on the Moon remarks, because you have all enjoyed my "novels are more fun to read than macroeconomics lectures" rant.
And Hem's Cradle Song at the end?
OMG! I have seen Hem in concert, and hung out with them after. A friend of mine runs their website! I am thisclose to all manner of fame now.
(They are the only band I have seen who can play without any drummer at all. I asked, and they do have a drummer sometimes, just not on this particular performance date. They were just back from Britain -- and Ireland? I disremember -- and were very tired.)
Betsy HP - Sep 11, 2005 2:06:13 pm PDT #3699 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
"novels are more fun to read than macroeconomics lectures"
Yes, but history is more fun than novels, at least if you pick the right history.
Nutty - Sep 11, 2005 2:09:33 pm PDT #3700 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, we can't all be Thomas Carlyle, but it's worth aspiring to.
(I am sure there are economists who are rousing lecturers too, but I don't know their names.)
Jars - Sep 11, 2005 2:11:13 pm PDT #3701 of 10001
Nutty, I love Hem. I've seen them live twice in Dublin; the last time was probably the tour they'd just come back from when you saw them. I think they'd just released Eveningland? Great, great band.
Gus - Sep 11, 2005 2:11:30 pm PDT #3702 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I have not read any Nutty "novels are more fun to read than macroeconomics lectures" rants.
I should, though. The title is enticing.
Polter-Cow - Sep 11, 2005 2:18:28 pm PDT #3703 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I am listening to "I Wonder Why the Wonderfalls."
Why is there no more show? Waaaaaaah.
tommyrot - Sep 11, 2005 2:20:45 pm PDT #3704 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Why is there no more show? Waaaaaaah.
Let's not play the blame game.
Sorry. I hate that phrase. So I try to cope by overusing it.
Nutty - Sep 11, 2005 2:22:03 pm PDT #3705 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Jars! I know they have released Eveningland in the US, because I have it. I don't know about releases overseas (or is there a region difference thing in records the way there is in DVDs?)