Dear lord, is nothing sacred from remake? That was done phenomenally the first time!
You know what they say about payback? Well I'm the bitch.
Fred ,'Life of the Party'
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Frankenbuddha - Jun 11, 2011 8:02:21 pm PDT #3669 of 7329
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Theodosia - Jun 12, 2011 4:04:23 am PDT #3670 of 7329
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
That's... pretty damn useless.
Although with CGI and a modest budget, you could open it up more -- all I can remember of the scenes visually are a couple pillars and some filmy drapes. But then, it's been a while since I saw it....
OTOH, you're not likely to do better with the casting and acting.
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 7:03:38 am PDT #3671 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
No, but at least they're going back to the source material rather than just copying the first series.
True Blood: Sneak peek - includes the first two sneaks plus an additional couple of minutes.
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 7:27:40 am PDT #3672 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 10:09:07 am PDT #3673 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Camelot: Okay, so they killed the two things I liked about the show -i.e., Leontes and the budding relationship between Igraine and Merlin. Neither of these things were canonical so I suppose it doesn't matter. I had hopes (because so little of this show is like the original story and yet if lacks the charm of Merlin which is also not much like the original but is very charming) that they were going to have a Mordred that was the son of Merlin and Morgan - but noooo, randomly Morgan assumes Guinivere's appearance and seduces Arthur. . . oh well.
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 5:06:17 pm PDT #3674 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
GoT: Man, that was if possible more heartrending than the book. . . the idea that Ned knew that Arya was there as well as Sansa.
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 5:16:47 pm PDT #3675 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
Wow, I'm amazed by the number of people on the New Viewers thread at W-i-C who are bitching about the lack of battle scenes rather than the execution.
-t - Jun 12, 2011 5:37:53 pm PDT #3676 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
the idea that Ned knew that Arya was there as well as Sansa.
Right? That hurt.
OTOH, at least Ned knew Arya was alive and could send Yoren to her. I liked that he swore by the Seven and not the Old Gods.
Having just read that bit, we didn't see much of the battles in the books, either.
sumi - Jun 12, 2011 6:16:52 pm PDT #3677 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
No, definitely not Robb's ambush of Jaime - but I thought we saw more of the other battle.
-t - Jun 12, 2011 6:22:10 pm PDT #3678 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
A little more, but not much. Tyrion's sad story of first love is more important than his brief fight during the battle that turned out to be a distraction, if they had to choose (and seems to me that they did, they had a lot to pack into that hour). We did see more of the planning and have more of a sense of Tywin's strategy, but we didn't see much of the fighting.
I am bummed that they didn't include the reference to Robb being a young wolf with more bravery than wisdom who would fall easily to Tywin's cunning.