Mark is going to read The Princess Bride. This is going to take Not Prepared to completely unheard of levels. I doubt many people have read the book--especially given the number of people who have seen the movie--but the book is very much unlike the movie. It's like The Last Action Hero, a commentary on the genre rather than being a story within the genre. I love that the movie was written by the author of the book, a lot of the framing story is still there, but the tones of the two are so vastly different that it's going to be odd. I think a lot of people are going to be confused.
Buffy: How bored were you last year? Giles: I watched 'Passions' with Spike. Let us never speak of it.
'Beneath You'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Connie Neil - Mar 16, 2012 7:20:40 am PDT #18191 of 28282
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Laga - Mar 16, 2012 7:40:54 am PDT #18192 of 28282
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think a lot of people are going to be confused.
I know I was but it only took me a few chapters to fall in love as much as I had with the movie.
Connie Neil - Mar 16, 2012 7:44:27 am PDT #18193 of 28282
brillig
I adored the hat chapter.
Polter-Cow - Mar 16, 2012 8:03:59 am PDT #18194 of 28282
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
ME TOO.
I'm sad the Zoo of Death didn't make it into the movie. Man, remember that DEADLY SPIDER??
smonster - Mar 16, 2012 8:08:20 am PDT #18195 of 28282
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
My friend interviewed 5th graders about the Hunger Games:
Awww, little Zoe is such a Buffista spirit baby.
Jessica - Mar 16, 2012 8:17:23 am PDT #18196 of 28282
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Here come the king bats!
Connie Neil - Mar 16, 2012 8:38:58 am PDT #18197 of 28282
brillig
Oh, yes, the DEADLY SPIDER, lurking quietly on the door knob.
Strega - Mar 16, 2012 8:53:25 am PDT #18198 of 28282
I doubt many people have read the book
Your many may vary, but in a self-selecting geek audience, it's not exactly obscure. The book has had almost as many editions as the DVD.
§ ita § - Mar 16, 2012 9:26:16 am PDT #18199 of 28282
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've found a fair %age of people who'd identify themselves as SF and fantasy fans haven't read the book, and a depressing number don't even know that it exists, or that it has any sizable difference from the movie.
Amy - Mar 16, 2012 10:03:08 am PDT #18200 of 28282
Because books.
I haven't read The Princess Bride yet. One day.
For those who don't know if they should read 50 Shades of Grey, a flowchart.