OKAY! Let's talk Dante now.
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Yeah, I got nuthin' either.
Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!
Oz ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 39 and Holding
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Sep 24, 2005 6:58:19 pm PDT #703 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
JenP - Sep 24, 2005 6:59:01 pm PDT #704 of 10002
The Sawney Beanes! Why that deserved an exclamation point, I have no idea. Maybe just because I recognized what you were talking about. It's mythy and urban legendy, no? (ETA: Slow posting there, yes indeed)
ita, I actually spoiled myself for that tidbit before watching S3, and it in no way diminished my enjoyment of Season 3. I'm also frankly amazed at how well all the cast changes went. It was so smoothly interwoven and organic (which could also be a side effect of having watched all the eps in one week), and, well, Adam is hot and Zaf is a cutie. So .
Nutty - Sep 24, 2005 7:00:18 pm PDT #705 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Kat, that sounds like the same thing, although I can't find specific reference to it on HBO Films's site. I saw it a long time ago, probably while still in college, so it sounds like the right film.
HBO Films' Documentary unit seems to be ace. Unfortunately, they also do nothing but incredibly depressing topics. (The other HBO doc I saw, about the same time, was a "biography" of the Lodz ghetto, during WWII.)
Kat - Sep 24, 2005 7:01:48 pm PDT #706 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
No WAIT!
I bought three beautiful books by Sandow Birk channelling Doré in a great modern derivation of Dante.
§ ita § - Sep 24, 2005 7:03:30 pm PDT #707 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Adam is a straight up hottie. Just beautiful. I need to find pictures.
Burrell - Sep 24, 2005 7:06:30 pm PDT #708 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
That Scottish story is so much more interesting as fiction than as truth.
Kat - Sep 24, 2005 7:08:41 pm PDT #709 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Adam who?
Hey Burrell! how are you?! The room my Dante class is in doesn't have wireless, which is for the best because I should actually pay attention to what he's saying since reading Dante is like beating myself around the head with a board with nails protruding from it.
Burrell - Sep 24, 2005 7:08:47 pm PDT #710 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
In grad school, Dante always came up, at least in certain classes. I mean, he wasn't the hoor that Melville was but still, came up way more than he should.
Kat - Sep 24, 2005 7:10:27 pm PDT #711 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My problem is that my class is on Dante, so there is no escaping him. It could be worse. It could be Philosophy of Death.
Burrell - Sep 24, 2005 7:11:05 pm PDT #712 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
reading Dante is like beating myself around the head with a board with nails protruding from it.
This sounds like one of the punishments in Dante's Inferno, actually. Reserved for someone who needed an eternal cluesticking.