Right? How did it go from being a Schwarzenegger sequel to being one of the greatest action movies of all time and turning Bruce Willis into an action hero? I'm surprised this bit of trivia isn't better known. Unless Wikipedia is lying.

Wikipedia lies... It lies... It lies when it cries...

It lies when it cries...

Bwah!

John Rogers is recommending Audition for weekend Netflix streaming pleasure. From now on, whenever anyone reccomends it, I'm going to suggest Oldboy as a tasty pairing. It never gets buzz, and it should.

Not a movie, but I think Dexter as a TV series surpasses the books.

Dexter in the Dark is excellent, and the tv series got its clever tone from Jeff Lindsay droll word play.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is pretty good, though it is at this point that one starts being annoyed by the differences in plot between show and book. Cody and Astor start to emerge as young sociopaths to whom Dexter will become as Harry to them. Doakes survives and has his tongue and various appendages cut off, and continues through the rest of the books to distrust Dexter.

Dearly Devoted Dexter is such a crock it doesn't even deserve to be used as a doorstop. The Dark Passenger emerges as a type of demon possessing Dexter, and there's an eventual battle with another, different evil demon.

Dexter by Design reads like a okay enough episode of the tv show, but continuing on the same original plot line. Dexter starts to teach Astor and Cody how to kill animals, which is totally creepy. Doakes now has some sort of vocalizer, so he can say, "I'm watching you" in a computerize voice.

Jeff Lindsay is married to Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter. They have known each other since they were kids, sailing together.

Err - Darkly Dreaming Dexter was the first book. I think you have the titles x-ed.

Haven't read Devoted yet, and didn't know there was fourth.

ETA: I meant "In the Dark". I did read "Devoted", which is the second book.

The musical of Wicked is (IMO) far more entertaining than the book

Oh, I disagree entirely. The musical is a bit of fun, with great songs (although pretty poor production, at least by the time it got here to London). The book is deep and I love it.

I saw Precious last night. The performances were really good, and Mo'Nique is definitely going to get Oscar nominated, but I found the film remarkably uninvolving considering the subject matter. I am very glad I saw it, but it just didn't move me. We were comparing it to the Brazilian film City of God, which was also about horrifying poverty and abuse, and that film felt that it drew me deep inside the story and characters, rather than showing me the events. It got right inside my heart and Precious didn't.

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Interesting, Scrappy. It's been all over the radio lately. I probably wouldn't see it in theatres, anyway. It will be interesting how people like it. Given the people involved and the lineage of the film, I would imagine that people would be inclined to review it favorably.

I couldn't stand Wicked the book. Hates Gregory maguire I do. Hates him.

The musical is fun.