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I'll delurk for Ewan. I loved "The Long Way Round". The countries they travelled through were fascinating, and their bonding and friendship was really neat too.
Apparently they are gearing up to do "The Long Way Down" next, riding down through Africa, IIRC.
I thought so, too, Abby. And like I said, it overcame my mother's eyerolling and she got into it too. The Long Way Down sounds dirty. Not that that's a bad thing.ETA: I had Bravo last year...how'd I miss that?Too many channels.
I love the Long Way Round. It's on my tivo wishlist permanently, so that I can rewatch it a lot.
Newsflash: Originality is dead.
I found this disheartening: " The Taking of Pelham One Two Three starts shooting later this year." Although not quite as bad as when they were talking about remaking The Women.
Pelham doesn't sound like a good remake? I mean, it's a decent thriller that's slightly slow now and can be adapted pretty well. They better hurry before they fix South Ferry, though.
To me, the NYC-in-the-70s vibe is so strong, I can't imagine the remake.
OMG, I take it back. This is even worse: Tony Scott's LA-set revamp of that quintessential New York movie, The Warriors.
We loved Long Way Round. Lots of Ewan for me, motorcycles for the DH and exotic locales and interesting folk for the both of us. It boosted my Ewan love to the stratosphere, and it was already pretty high up there.
Wrod.
Boorman. Charley Boorman, The Emerald Forest, Excalibur, Beyond Rangoon.