I think my recasting of Buttercup has nothing to do with RW and more to do with the description of book Buttercup, and that's a pretty high fricking standard. I saw the movie first, and she didn't bother me. But ever since I read the book, The Most Beautiful Woman EVER is always in the back of my brain, and RW is not my cuppa. Almost but not quite how Jen Garner is quite fugly to me.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
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Juliebird - Aug 22, 2009 6:21:00 pm PDT #3842 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2009 6:42:14 pm PDT #3843 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The Most Beautiful Woman EVER is always in the back of my brain
Who would you have cast in her place? I think she has a remoteness that I think is applicable to Most Beautiful Woman EVER even if I can't decide who wears that crown.
The movie is one of my favourite book adaptations ever, because of precisely what it left out--so much, but somehow still telling the same story.
Juliebird - Aug 22, 2009 6:58:18 pm PDT #3844 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Who would you have cast in her place?
I don't think I could even begin to answer that question. Not off the top of my head. If only because I can't think of who was around at that time. And also because who knows what unknowns were around at that time with the looks and the chops.
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2009 7:23:52 pm PDT #3845 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, if you're remaking the movie is there any one you'd pick from the here and now? I'm interested in how she looks to you.
Juliebird - Aug 22, 2009 7:36:23 pm PDT #3846 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
No one is more beautiful than a young Michele Pfeiffer. And, I know you hate, but Jessica Biel has that otherly beauty that is so not the norm for Hollywood beauty.
But that's not to say that's how she looks in my head when reading the book.
§ ita § - Aug 22, 2009 8:20:08 pm PDT #3847 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pfeiffer's definitely got the looks and the chops. I think Biel's pretty, but I can't see her pulling it off.
Typo Boy - Aug 22, 2009 8:22:35 pm PDT #3848 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Alternate game: great scenes from awful or mediocre movies.
My example: Opening of "Cutthroat Island" the scene that ends with the line "I have your balls" and Geena Davis strutting away with a monkey on her shoulder.
Sue - Aug 23, 2009 4:17:57 am PDT #3849 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I don't get Jessica Biel as beautiful. I think she is pretty, but very plain.
Juliebird - Aug 23, 2009 5:10:11 am PDT #3850 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I think the plainness is one of the things I like. That and the odd bone structure that's kind of Native American.
flea - Aug 23, 2009 5:11:13 am PDT #3851 of 30000
information libertarian
My vote for Most Beautiful Woman Ever goes to Isabelle Adjani (though she'd be all wrong in Princess Bride). She was 40 in the (not good) La Reine Margot, and looked about 15.