He was in that? I'm afraid Maggie Smith was the only other actor that managed to break out of my tunnel vision focus on Jeremy Northam during that movie.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Aug 20, 2007 6:40:27 am PDT #957 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
beekaytee - Aug 20, 2007 6:49:45 am PDT #958 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
she didn't get an audition because they didn't think she could sing. HA!
I love Sissy's voice. Saw her last year doing back up for her daughter, Schuyler Fisk. They opened for Colin Hay...who was awesome with his acoustic show.
Most of the audience had no idea it as Sissy, which blew me away. She looks EXACTLY the same as I have ever remembered her.
When Schuyler asked her two back ups to introduce themselves, all Sissy would say is, "Hi, I'm Mom." Very sweet.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 8:53:06 am PDT #959 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have to admit I've never read The Dark Is Rising, but article boggles me on a few levels. The changes do seem horrible and I know people here are pissed by them, but would you say you're this attached to the story?
One heart-broken reader of the original books reported that upon watching the trailer, a part of them died.
sumi - Aug 20, 2007 8:57:10 am PDT #960 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
You mean the agreement problem? Or that it's just not good PR - except that the curious might want to see just how bad it is.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 8:59:26 am PDT #961 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Agreement with what?
I just meant having a part of you die because a crappy movie is made from something you love--I don't think I could ever love a story enough for that kind of hyperbole.
Assuming, of course, that it is hyperbole and not just gangrene somehow linked to the adaptation.
Dana - Aug 20, 2007 9:00:15 am PDT #962 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
It's not something I would say, but I am utterly unsurprised that someone, somewhere said it.
sumi - Aug 20, 2007 9:01:13 am PDT #963 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
reader/them
That agreement problem.
brenda m - Aug 20, 2007 9:04:13 am PDT #964 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That is a little over the top - though I have to say, reading that article it does sound like they went out of their way to fuck it all up.
Polter-Cow - Aug 20, 2007 9:04:48 am PDT #965 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
A friend of mine, when she first saw the trailer, reacted with shock and horror and horrific shock. She scrunched down in her seat and seemed slightly traumatized for the rest of the previews.
Miracleman - Aug 20, 2007 9:06:59 am PDT #966 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
I don't think I would get that invested...though I have been known to growl "WRONG!" at certain licenses taken by comic book movies.
A part of me didn't DIE but got very sick at the "Horton Hears A Who" trailer, however.