Holy cow, that was Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh?!? No wonder...
Why couldn't Giles have shackles like any self-respecting bachelor?
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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Volans - Aug 20, 2007 1:09:59 pm PDT #969 of 10000
move out and draw fire
Gris - Aug 20, 2007 4:31:38 pm PDT #970 of 10000
Hey. New board.
One heart-broken reader of the original books reported that upon watching the trailer, a part of them died.
I started crying. In the movie theater. It was pretty traumatizing. I think that the hyperbole is actually a pretty common one, too.
ETA: For fear of seeming too crazy, it didn't make me so sad that I failed to enjoy the movie. But those books were very important to me as a child, and seeing it so screwed up makes me hurt internally.
Anne W. - Aug 20, 2007 5:54:21 pm PDT #971 of 10000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
those books were very important to me as a child, and seeing it so screwed up makes me hurt internally.
Yes. This.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 6:10:30 pm PDT #972 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I guess I'm not that attached to any story. If they messed up an adaptation of something dear to my heart I'd cling more tightly to the original, but as long as that doesn't go away I wouldn't be more than disappointed.
It is possible I have no heart to break. That has been previously suggested.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2007 6:31:15 pm PDT #973 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The current contender for Most Beautiful Woman In the World, Aishwaria Ray.
Previous contenders...
Catherine Deneuve
Halle Berry
Gong Li
Isabelle Adjani
Ava Gardner
Sophia Loren
Elizabeth Taylor
Hedy Lamar
Your vote?
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 6:55:25 pm PDT #974 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'll cast a vote for Deneuve. Not for Halle, because although I can't find anything wrong with her at all, my eye doesn't really catch on her.
Now I have to go flip through my venus pictures.
Damn you, Hec.
Glamcookie - Aug 20, 2007 7:00:50 pm PDT #975 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
In your list I pick Gong Li. Hott.
Cashmere - Aug 20, 2007 7:08:13 pm PDT #976 of 10000
Now tagless for your comfort.
In your list I pick Gong Li. Hott.
Me, too.
§ ita § - Aug 20, 2007 7:10:33 pm PDT #977 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
- Elizabeth Taylor, yes.
- Iman is otherworldly
- Famke Janssen
- Sofia Loren
- Gina Torres
- Grace Kelly
- Isabella Rosselini
- Eve Salvail
- Sanaa Lathan
- Shohreh Agadashloo
- Vivien Leigh
- Ziyi Zhang
For a first pass.
DavidS - Aug 20, 2007 7:57:11 pm PDT #978 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ahhh, some good ones I missed, ita.
Definitely on Iman, Grace, Isabella and Vivien.
And you know how much I love Eve Salvail!
I think also Joan Chen, Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz.
As for Halle, I get what you mean. She's obviously beautiful but doesn't ping me. Not like say, Jada Pinkett or Debra Winger.
Eliza Dushku? Most beautiful Mutant Enemy Alumnus?
Gina and Morena are both very beautiful. So is Charisma. And I could more readily fall in love with AH or SMG. But I think Eliza.