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Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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Tom Scola - Oct 05, 2010 7:48:25 am PDT #11377 of 30000
hwæt
Frankenbuddha - Oct 05, 2010 7:56:12 am PDT #11378 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That's some cast.
DavidS - Oct 05, 2010 8:05:55 am PDT #11379 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm excited to see that.
Volans - Oct 05, 2010 8:12:02 am PDT #11380 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I might actually get to see a movie in a theater! My office is planning a work trip to see The Social Network.
I love my office.
Sean K - Oct 05, 2010 8:28:01 am PDT #11381 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Oh. My. Gods. Hellen Mirren as Prospero is possibly the most amazing piece of casting news I think I've ever heard.
I just had a massive geekgasm.
juliana - Oct 05, 2010 8:30:45 am PDT #11382 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Oh. My. Gods. Hellen Mirren as Prospero is possibly the most amazing piece of casting news I think I've ever heard.
That is pretty awesome.
I just... I have serious problems with Caliban being played by the only person of color in the entire damn movie. Even if Taymor treated the Caliban storyline mercifully, it still rankles.
Jessica - Oct 05, 2010 8:31:08 am PDT #11383 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My Shakespeare-professor aunt-in-law is cranky that the character has been renamed Prospera. (Cross-casting in Shakespeare has been around since, well, SHAKESPEARE, just let her play ProsperO.)
Sean K - Oct 05, 2010 8:32:02 am PDT #11384 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Even if Taymor treated the Caliban storyline mercifully, it still rankles.
Fair point. Though I still want to see Honsou as Caliban.
Sean K - Oct 05, 2010 8:35:04 am PDT #11385 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yeah, Jess. That's kind of silly. But whatevs. I'm hoping/expecting Mirren to make the most badass Prospero ever.
juliana - Oct 05, 2010 8:35:33 am PDT #11386 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
(Cross-casting in Shakespeare has been around since, well, SHAKESPEARE, just let her play ProsperO.)
This, too, but eh.
Fair point. Though I still want to see Honsou as Caliban.
And he'll be amazing. It's just... way to (unintentionally, I hope) reinforce shitty fucking stereotypes. There's other ways of marking Caliban as Other.