Can anyone explain why I fully blew off schoolwork ALL WEEKEND, and then got stressed out about it at 2 o'clock last night?
Um, because you're human?
Jessica, first, happy third-day-of-your-new-age! Second, how did you like GoF?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 40: The Nice One
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.
Nilly - Nov 14, 2005 5:18:42 am PST #3973 of 10006
Swouncing
juliana - Nov 14, 2005 5:22:13 am PST #3974 of 10006
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Thank you, all.
t waves at Nilly
I will remember "Shana Tova" for next year, especially since your Yom Kippur posts were the inspiration for mine. Thank you.
Nilly - Nov 14, 2005 5:24:24 am PST #3975 of 10006
Swouncing
juliana, did you see my edit? I can't spell Hebrew-in-English properly! It's "Shana Tova".
And thanks.
juliana - Nov 14, 2005 5:26:24 am PST #3976 of 10006
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Heh! Corrected, and again, thanks. :)
Jesse - Nov 14, 2005 5:26:24 am PST #3977 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Um, because you're human?
Stupid humanity.
Calli - Nov 14, 2005 5:28:56 am PST #3978 of 10006
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Happy Birthday, ChiKat!
Timelies all.
I skipped and skimmed like a rock thrown just right by Superman, so I hope all are doing spiffily. Also, I'm glad to hear the housing news, Kristin!
Jessica - Nov 14, 2005 5:36:08 am PST #3979 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jessica, first, happy third-day-of-your-new-age! Second, how did you like GoF?
Thanks! And as for the second, I thought it was disappointing -- there was just too much material to get through that in order to make the film under 3 hours long (just barely!) they cut out everything except the major high points of the A-plot. There wasn't time for any character development, and the person I saw it with who hadn't read the books was *completely* lost.
Nilly - Nov 14, 2005 5:44:40 am PST #3980 of 10006
Swouncing
they cut out everything except the major high points of the A-plot. There wasn't time for any character development, and the person I saw it with who hadn't read the books was *completely* lost.
Thanks, that was mainly what I was concerned about. I wonder what they will do with OotP, regarding length.
Both my mom and my brother read only up to the third book (um, the rest of us refuse to let the Hebrew translations anywhere in our line of vision, so they have to settle with the English originals, and obviously they read slower this way). I think my brother wouldn't want to see the movie before reading the book, but not my mom. So we'll probably have to do a LotR sort of "catch up".
[Edited because I just can't spell today]
Frankenbuddha - Nov 14, 2005 5:48:45 am PST #3981 of 10006
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Why are there Mondays? Especially when I didn't have a Friday (supposed to be a paid holiday, but I worked) or a Saturday (worked again) and the Monday was supposed to be a vacation day (but, yep working again)?
At least Bauhaus was good last night, and the Pats won, and I finally handed off b-day presents to a friend (two months late).
Anyway, timelies and all your gronk belong to me.
Jessica - Nov 14, 2005 5:49:03 am PST #3982 of 10006
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think OotP will be easier to adapt because even though it's so long, there are fewer Big!Major!Scenes! -- the problem with GoF is that the structure of the tournament means you HAVE to have a major action scene every 10 minutes. There's just no getting around it.