That's... a lot of rabbits.
I think there were only, what, seventeen?
Most people is pretty quiet right about now. Me, I see a stiff -- one I didn't have to kill myself -- I just get, the urge to, you know, do stuff. Like work out, run around, maybe get some trim if there's a willin' woman about... not that I get flush from corpses or anything. I ain't crazy.
Jayne ,'The Message'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2004 8:47:07 pm PDT #3359 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 8:48:08 pm PDT #3360 of 10002
brillig
Here's a can of worms, Deb, re: Hamlet movies--Branagh or Olivier? To get the ball rolling, I prefer Branagh's, despite his usual excesses in places.
Katie M - Jun 16, 2004 8:49:37 pm PDT #3361 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I think there were only, what, seventeen?
Yeah, okay, you knew the reaction that was going to get.
Hazel, Fiver, Acorn, Speedwell, Dandelion, Blackberry, Hawkbit, Bigwig, Pipkin, Buckthorn... that's all I've got for the group from the very beginning.
ETA: Oh, and Silver.
deborah grabien - Jun 16, 2004 8:49:41 pm PDT #3362 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I think there were only, what, seventeen?
Oh, hell. This is going to drive me bonkers.
Now I have to reread WD, damnit.
Nic just gave me an early birthday present: Border Crossing, by Rosie Thomas. She's a romance novelist, I think, but this is nonfiction; it's her chronicle of the 1996 Beijing to Paris road rally, using all vintage cars. We've been watching the multi-part documentary about it, and I'm fascinated.
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2004 8:51:55 pm PDT #3363 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Strawberry! There's a Strawberry too, isn't there?
No, I don't still remember all of them, dammit. Hell, I don't even remember as many as Katie does. Do love the book, though.
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 8:52:30 pm PDT #3364 of 10002
brillig
Is Hazel the big fighter? The one who, even though he's battered all to hell and gone, gets up and says, "My Head Rabbit told me to hold this position," and freaks out the enemy rabbits, who can't conceive of a rabbit tough enough to give this one orders?
deborah grabien - Jun 16, 2004 8:52:38 pm PDT #3365 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Branagh or Olivier?
Oh, definitely Branagh's, for me. Olivier's was a very specific timepiece, done for a very specific purpose: chivvy up the Brits to deal with the Nazis. There's no subtlety in it anywhere that I can remember, as well done as it was.
Branagh's melted me. It just fucking killed me. I went back and saw it four times in the first two weeks it was out; the music alone would have made me fall in love, but the long tracking shot after Agincourt, the purity of the St. Crispin's speech, a little touch of Harry in the night...
Damn. On any given day, ask me to name my top five movies ever, and that one comes up in the top three.
Katie M - Jun 16, 2004 8:53:48 pm PDT #3366 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Strawberry gets picked up on the way. (I was re-reading it... this winter? Didn't finish it. Maybe I'll take it with me on the cruise.)
Katie M - Jun 16, 2004 8:54:24 pm PDT #3367 of 10002
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Is Hazel the big fighter? The one who, even though he's battered all to hell and gone, gets up and says, "My Head Rabbit told me to hold this position," and freaks out the enemy rabbits, who can't conceive of a rabbit tough enough to give this one orders?
Bigwig. Hazel's the Head Rabbit in question. That's a great scene, too.
Connie Neil - Jun 16, 2004 8:55:01 pm PDT #3368 of 10002
brillig
Plus Olivier left out the betrayal by those three Englishmen before the invasion. That was blatant.
And the shifting from theater to theatrical set to "real world" was interesting, but jarring.