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Post by Raistlin on Apr 30, 2004 12:41:39 GMT -5
This morning I was abruptly disconnected, which leads me to believe that my IP is down...I may not be able to come on when I come home (my dad is my host so I can't fix it myself...I *hope* he fixed it before he left for work...);
...so I may not be on, but I'll still do some work...but either way I'll get on at 6:30 central time when my dad get's home...
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Post by Calislahn on Apr 30, 2004 12:44:39 GMT -5
Your supposed to be the most powerful wizard alive can't you just magic yourself on
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Post by Mebyon on Apr 30, 2004 12:45:37 GMT -5
So this is a virtual reply Bravo as you won't be able to see it unless you're back on!
Welcome back! ;D
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Post by oldie on May 6, 2004 4:21:54 GMT -5
As a fan of Shakespeare, I try to see the new movie productions of his plays. One I missed when it came out about 4 - 5 years ago was "A Midsummernight's Dream". In Switzerland (unlike in the case of neighbouring Germany) non-German films are not dubbed - but left in their original language and subtitled. (It's most annoying, across the border, to view a movie in which James Bond, for example, speaks with the same voice as "Dracula" ). Anyway, I had the opportunity to see "A Midsummernight's Dream" a few nights ago. A most "unlikely" cast, including "Alie McBeal". But what a wonderful production - well filmed, well acted - true to Shakespeare, despite being somewhat "modernized". And, as Shakespeare always meant it to be performed, the ending was absolutely hilarious - I slid from my seat with laughter (the only other times this happened was with "Gold Rush" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"). Any other "good" AND "humorous" flims one can recommend?
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Post by Bravo 1 on May 6, 2004 6:34:55 GMT -5
Well, I'm a fan of Mel Brooks' "History of the World: Part I" ....and "Robin Hood, Men in Tights is Nice" ... But I dunno if you would call those good...I mean they are *really* funny...and have an ok plot...
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Post by Calislahn on May 6, 2004 7:32:25 GMT -5
Well in a similar vein to Bravo i love the two Monty Python films, Life of Brian and Holy Grail.
Monty Python just suits my sense of humour but i wouldn't say they are cinematic masterpieces.
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Post by oldie on May 6, 2004 7:40:56 GMT -5
Yeah, there are some excellent movies around ("Lord of the Rings", to name but one) which are not necessarily humorous and some absolutely hilarious ones (I'm also a Cleese fan, Cali - the restaurant scene in "The Meaning of Life" is one of the "sickest" around) but these aren't necessarily "great" movies. I was wondering about GOOD/GREAT & HUMOROUS (which I consider the 3 mentioned by me previously to be).
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Post by Calislahn on May 6, 2004 7:45:41 GMT -5
Well i really don't watch a lot of films so i'm not perhaps the best person to comment. It has to be really interesting to keep me watching.
I am going to see Harry Potter when it's released as part of my Niece's birthday present. A cinema full of kids what fun ;D
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Post by oldie on May 6, 2004 8:03:34 GMT -5
The "new" Harry Potter? - This will be number 3 or 4, won't it? I must confess I saw the first two - killing time on my way between London and Manchester at that Cinema Complex on the A40, just outside London! ;D
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Post by Calislahn on May 6, 2004 8:11:13 GMT -5
Number three, the others were fun but not a patch on LOTR for me.
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Post by oldie on May 6, 2004 12:24:21 GMT -5
My first computer game was a two-dimensional German product (created in someone's back-garage) called "Robot" and which I thoroughly enjoyed because it was a tremendous "mental" challenge. The next game I subsequently played was the very first (2D) version of LOR. And as a result of that game I immediately went out and bought (and read) the 3 printed vols. As a Tolkien fan, there's a tour I went on organized by Birmingham (City Council?) around his childhood "play places". Incredible to see how those early experiences influenced him.
But I agree - Harry Potter (which I've never read) can be considered "fun", but LOR (the "mythology" and, of course its filming - magnificent photography of Kayleena's new home) is in a different league. Will you find time to sit through the whole 3 volume CD release which is due out this year? Might be something one could organize a "midsummernight's party" around and get a crowd of like-minded people together to watch (I believe the full track will last 8 hours, or something like that!)
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Post by Mebyon on May 6, 2004 13:29:48 GMT -5
Dons flame proof suit. Personally I think that Ms Rowling wrote a very good book for kids with the first HP. She then read that Pratchett had made a fortune by writing kids books and now just churns them out to earn the cash. I buy them for my Potuguese neice as they come out, it's good for her English and she gains 'school cred' by having read it before all her mates. I can usually read one in a couple of days and to my mind they are getting more and more dire and bigger and bigger! Removes suit. On the subject of Shakespeare, well this is the off topic thread! The local amateur theatre group put on an open air showing of Missumer Nights in a local wood. Very good translation into Portuguese of the original but they added a Lusitanian twist to the story by having Hermia and Helena, the two love struck girls, prancing about in suspender belts, nickers and bras! I never got to the 'bottom' of that but it was typically Portuguese! ;D Films? I regret to say I liked Shrek most last year! ;D
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Post by Calislahn on May 6, 2004 13:39:32 GMT -5
Well i wont flame you ;D
I haven't read the books, my sister has as we bought them for my niece. I'm not sure i want to as i know i'm going to keep thinking that bit or this bit is from something else.
As for Pratchetts childrens books i loved them, they are just as funny as the adult ones and not too childish, he seems to know the kids will get the humour just as much as the adults.
But then you know my opinion on Pratchett already ;D
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Post by Bravo 1 on May 6, 2004 16:14:59 GMT -5
Oh come on...LOTR was a given...I have both the extended editions and eagerly await the final one...also note that I have watched both in a day...hmm lemme count, seen the 1st one 9 times by now, the second one 4 times and the last one about 3 times! ;D BUT! What I am REALLY REALLY REALLY...(you get the idea) excited about is the fact that the original Star Wars trilogy is coming out on DVD this fall! YAY! YAY! (I hated the new ones...but Naboo SF's are co cool!)
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Post by Calislahn on May 6, 2004 16:21:24 GMT -5
How sad am i I have both theatrical and extended editions of the first two LOTR, already pre ordered the third one, and i shall probably buy the trilogy edition as it has never seen before extras. They do that on purpose just so idiots like me will by it
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