Compared to Achilles?
Achilles has problems.
No, Achilles is also a jerk. But I would much rather read about him being a jerk than Odysseus being all "Oh, woe, I wish I could get home to Penelope. Guess I'll have sex with Calypso to kill the time."
Every planet has its own weird customs. About a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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."
Dana - Apr 07, 2009 1:29:23 pm PDT #8706 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
juliana - Apr 07, 2009 1:29:39 pm PDT #8707 of 28431
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
The Branagh Henry V and Much Ado are good adaptations of the text. I don't mind some cutting, usually, because Master Shakespeare is occasionally digressive and overly enamored of the language.
DavidS - Apr 07, 2009 1:30:48 pm PDT #8708 of 28431
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I would much rather read about him being a jerk than Odysseus being all "Oh, woe, I wish I could get home to Penelope. Guess I'll have sex with Calypso to kill the time."
I don't really begrudge him that one. Besides, he only did that for like twenty years, right?
Dana - Apr 07, 2009 1:38:39 pm PDT #8709 of 28431
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Right. And then he got home, and to celebrate, he killed everyone. Party at Odysseus' house!
Scrappy - Apr 07, 2009 1:39:55 pm PDT #8710 of 28431
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
OH, but the Olivier Henry changes from a stage production and transforms into real life. It's also a great contrast the the Branagh version. One is a stirring call to pride for an England suffering in the depths of WWII and one is a powerful and moving anti-war piece--and both serve the text beautifully.
Miracleman - Apr 07, 2009 1:41:07 pm PDT #8711 of 28431
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Party at Odysseus' house!
"Welcome home, dude! Where's the k--GUCH! DUDE! YOU STABBED ME! WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE? NOT COOL!
I brought...you...Heineken...you bastard..."
Connie Neil - Apr 07, 2009 1:44:07 pm PDT #8712 of 28431
brillig
Also, I love Jacobi's Chorus. "Oh, for a muse of fire that wouldst ascend the brightest heaven of invention"
Oh, yeah. Love. That's the most polite word for how I felt watching Derek Jacobi in that glorious coat.
Connie Neil - Apr 07, 2009 1:45:27 pm PDT #8713 of 28431
brillig
One is a stirring call to pride for an England suffering in the depths of WWII and one is a powerful and moving anti-war piece
And to do that Olivier had to cut out all of Buckingham's betrayal.
Kathy A - Apr 07, 2009 1:50:31 pm PDT #8714 of 28431
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Oh, yeah. Love. That's the most polite word for how I felt watching Derek Jacobi in that glorious coat.
He was really hot in this movie, wasn't he?! A total Silver Fox. Hmm, now I have to check that ita has him in that coat over at her website...
DavidS - Apr 07, 2009 1:55:01 pm PDT #8715 of 28431
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Right. And then he got home, and to celebrate, he killed everyone. Party at Odysseus' house!
They were dicks! They deserved to die. They were really, really obnoxious houseguests.
"Welcome home, dude! Where's the k--GUCH! DUDE! YOU STABBED ME! WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE? NOT COOL!
I brought...you...Heineken...you bastard..."
Pfft. Odysseus didn't stab them. He shot them through the throat with arrows. There might've been a slight spearing or two as well.