Someone asks the important question, though--when do you tell them about the prequels?
Never would have been good for me.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Amy - Mar 28, 2011 4:49:52 pm PDT #13812 of 30000
Because books.
Jon B. - Mar 28, 2011 5:19:48 pm PDT #13813 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I just saw Super. I think I liked it. It was pretty uncompromising with the violence, and the turns from funny to disturbing can be wrenching. But I think I liked it.
Note: I haven't seen Kickass so I can't compare.
beekaytee - Mar 28, 2011 5:49:55 pm PDT #13814 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Did different people read different roles? Or did you assume the main character was black just because the reader of the whole book was black?
I could have sworn I made the assumption based on something the reader said, but it may have been solely based on the voices Henry did.
I didn't assume that all the characters were black but I was certain the main character was.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2011 6:10:50 pm PDT #13815 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
He did black voices? I'm not getting what you're saying. Maybe I should listen to it.
For the record, I got that he was West Indian, most likely Jamaican, but I don't remember an explicit calling out of race.
Fiona - Mar 28, 2011 7:53:43 pm PDT #13816 of 30000
Is there a cinematographer-turned-director who's won multiple Oscars for the former?
There's Steven Soderbergh, who has won an Oscar for directing and does all of his cinematography under the pseudonym Peter Andrews.
Barry Sonnenfeld would also fit the bill if he had won some Oscars.
They are all who spring to mind just now.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2011 7:54:49 pm PDT #13817 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Soderbergh, eh? I like it. But I thought he retired.
Fiona - Mar 28, 2011 8:01:26 pm PDT #13818 of 30000
But I thought he retired.
First I've heard of it. But I don't ususally trust these guys when they say they've retired. Something interesting comes along and they're right back in the saddle.
-t - Mar 28, 2011 8:11:53 pm PDT #13819 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Nice one, Fiona! Soderbergh is an interesting possibility.
DavidS - Mar 28, 2011 8:22:27 pm PDT #13820 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I don't ususally trust these guys when they say they've retired.
Yeah, me neither. But he did make a statement recently about retiring in the near future.
Polter-Cow - Mar 28, 2011 9:17:40 pm PDT #13821 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I missed it too; it came up in later discussions on the book. It's more subtle than in Anansi Boys.
I thought it was pretty clear in Anansi Boys that the main character was black, and though I normally have white bias, it was one book where if race wasn't specified I assumed the character was black instead of white.