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THESOMNAMBULIST

Tuesday, July 5, 2005 8:18 AM

airylli wrote

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But a great shot of the rose windows would also be gorgeous. Ooh, and all the statues of the kings and all that good alchemy stuff.

Also known as "The Money" shot. ;)

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Yeah, it's a bit difficult, but I know some Spanish so it's a lot easier than I thought it'd be. I still can't conjugate a verb to save my life, but in context I can easily figure it out. I just want to get a feel for it in the original language.

Ok now you're scaring me... I know some spanish too. A very, very little amount. It was my first language, but sadly having lived here in England I've forgotten a great deal although, I understand a lot of it. I'm just unable to respond in time :(

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I agree...brilliant newcomers are always fun. Although I do love Liam Neeson.

Yep. That's what makes Firefly so good, and what is going to impress me the most about the release of Serenity.

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Hahaha hopefully. His life would be better for it. I prefer classics as well..as much as I love Hemingway and some modern stuff (Harry Potter!), going way back to Greek mythology and through the Romantic period just gets to me a lot more.

Good grief! I'm right there with you. I love Mythology! I'm writing one of my own. I've not read any Harry Potter though, the films kinda put me off, but I like Hemingway. "A Farewell to Arms" is one of my favourites. It's just so unusally worded. What about Marquez? Have you read any of his? One Hundred Years Of Solitude is my all time favourite book, but almost anything he does I love.

Ace chatting with you.

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AIRYLLI

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 4:08 AM

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Also known as "The Money" shot. ;)

Hee!

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Ok now you're scaring me... I know some spanish too. A very, very little amount. It was my first language, but sadly having lived here in England I've forgotten a great deal although, I understand a lot of it. I'm just unable to respond in time :(

Whoa, that's weird...yeah, I'm not too good with the speaking part so much. I was in Spain for a bit last year for spring break and I improved a whole lot, but then I went back to school and it all went bye-bye. But..England! I want to go there. I'm stuck in the States..oh joy..

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Yep. That's what makes Firefly so good, and what is going to impress me the most about the release of Serenity.

Exactly..I. Cannot. Wait. September should be in the middle of summer, I've decided.

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Good grief! I'm right there with you. I love Mythology! I'm writing one of my own. I've not read any Harry Potter though, the films kinda put me off, but I like Hemingway. "A Farewell to Arms" is one of my favourites. It's just so unusally worded. What about Marquez? Have you read any of his? One Hundred Years Of Solitude is my all time favourite book, but almost anything he does I love.

Hey, I wrote a myth once! Granted, I was in like 6th grade and it was about why the sky was blue and white, and I think I "borrowed" from a Chinese story I read once

. What are you writing about? Yeah, the Harry Potter movies are..tons and tons of fun, but only if you read the books first and don't take the movies too seriously. Try them, I think you'll enjoy them. I see some Whedon in Ms. Rowling.

I haven't yet read "Farewell to Arms," although I think that's one of my summer projects. I've read bunches of short stories by him though, which I absolutely love..except for the Nick Adams ones. Aside from one or two, I wasn't so much a fan of those.

I think I read a couple short stories by Marquez last year in class, which I really enjoyed, but I started One Hundred Years of Solitude and couldn't get through it. But I started it when I was really young, so I think it was just too early for me. I've heard he's a bit like Hemingway...is that true? If so, I'll definitely have to give him another chance. Have you read anything by Federico Garcia Lorca? I'm not certain a lot of his stuff has been translated, since poetry's a bit difficult to do, but he's really brilliant. Oh, actually, he wrote "The House of Bernarda Alba" which I think was made into an English movie. That was pretty good too.

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Ace chatting with you.

Right back at you! I think I'll go work on that screenplay now...

Airylli

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HASUFEL

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 7:06 AM

A few repeat votes first:

Notre Dame - exactly. And will never happen. (sigh)

Pern - I have quiet hopes that now that Ronald Moore is in with BSG on the SciFi Channel, he might get to resurrect his Pern series and get to do it right. One can always dream.

And for my own addition -

Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C. Clarke). Probably wouldn't work or would be changed to be unrecognizable. Clarke has a way with "dangerous, not sinister", but Hollywood just doesn't get that. Morgan Freeman has actually been shopping this as a movie property for some time, but it doesn't look like anything will come of it. ( http://www.rendezvouswithrama.com)

Arizona Browncoats - http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/AZ_Browncoats/

AIRYLLI

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 3:55 PM

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A few repeat votes first:

Notre Dame - exactly. And will never happen. (sigh)

Aww hey now, if someone (or I) ends up writing a really good screenplay, finding a good and willing director, a perfect and preferably unknown cast, a helpful producer, and a non-evil sponsor/movie release company thingy, it could happen possibly.

Yeah, guess not..

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ZEEK

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 4:21 PM

Well pretty much everything I would like to see has already been mentioned.

Enders Game - though I don't think they could possibly do it justice.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - though I don't think it would get the budget to do it justice.

Neverwhere - I think it could do well considering how the Harry Potter movies do.

the only ones I didn't see previously mentioned:
Timothy Zahn's Star Wars trilogy. He did a far better job capturing the feel of the original trilogy than Lucas ever did. I would still like to see them as movies even though the cast is getting too old now.

WEICHI

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 5:02 PM

I really liked "The Sparrow" by Mary Doria Russell (not sure of the authors name). Its a nice 'first contact' story, we recieve transmissions from a doable solar system, while the UN argues the Jesuits send a mission. Would not exactly be an action movie but good science, I thought.

See how I'm not punching him, I think I've grown!

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 7:57 PM

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Neverwhere - I think it could do well considering how the Harry Potter movies do.

Neverwhere is a 6-part miniseries http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115288/ . I bought it without having read the books, but didn't like it.

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 10:34 PM

airylii wrote:

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Whoa, that's weird...yeah, I'm not too good with the speaking part so much. I was in Spain for a bit last year for spring break and I improved a whole lot, but then I went back to school and it all went bye-bye. But..England! I want to go there. I'm stuck in the States..oh joy..

I have a no excuse really; I grew up in Paraguay and as I was only three at the time Spanish was my first language, with the native guarani being me second. When we came back to England, I was nine, I spoke little English. However because I kept being teased at school I made a strong effort to learn English very quickly, and somehow somewhere along the way, my Spanish just left me, or I rejected it I don't know... :( It's kinda there but not in a good way.

As for England - well I guess it's worth a visit... It has it's moments no doubt. I live in the countryside and I love it here, but it took me time to settle with England - the attitude is very different to what I grew up with in Latin America.

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Exactly..I. Cannot. Wait. September should be in the middle of summer, I've decided.

He, he. Yeah I'm excited about Serenity. I converted my two best friends to Firefly, and we're going together to watch Serenity on it's release. It's going to be a hoot!

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Hey, I wrote a myth once! Granted, I was in like 6th grade and it was about why the sky was blue and white, and I think I "borrowed" from a Chinese story I read once . What are you writing about?

Excellent!!! Wow I'm impressed. Have you stopped writing?

I started mine thirteen years ago. My approach is to just keep on adding to it. It's become, in it's own little way, quite dense. It's really a reaction to events I've expericed, that I then transpose onto make believe characters, creatures and landscapes through a muddle of poetry and prose and plain old simple storytelling. As I was quite young when I started it it initially began more as a jilted man's handbook, but it's moved on since then.

However as my influences were and are very much things like Hugo,Marquez, Cervantez and Galliano it's tragic for the most part.

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Yeah, the Harry Potter movies are..tons and tons of fun, but only if you read the books first and don't take the movies too seriously. Try them, I think you'll enjoy them. I see some Whedon in Ms. Rowling.

Friends have told me this - but I think there's too much hype presently for me to enjoy it just yet, so I'm waiting for some silence. Then I'll tackle them.

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I haven't yet read "Farewell to Arms," although I think that's one of my summer projects. I've read bunches of short stories by him though, which I absolutely love..except for the Nick Adams ones. Aside from one or two, I wasn't so much a fan of those.

A farewell to Arms is just such an unusual book. It tells the story by the omission of words. That sounds crazy, but if you read it you'll see what I mean. The language of it is irregular, clipped even... Give it a whirl.

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I think I read a couple short stories by Marquez last year in class, which I really enjoyed, but I started One Hundred Years of Solitude and couldn't get through it. But I started it when I was really young, so I think it was just too early for me. I've heard he's a bit like Hemingway...is that true?

It may not be an age thing. I read it when I was young and recently I gave it to my best friend to read and he couldn't get through it either, and he's now thirty. No I think it's just maybe one of those things. Magical Realism isn't everyones cup of tea, it may just be that way with you also.

To help it may be worth trying Chronicle of a death Foretold first. This is somewhat easier and perhaps more accessible to start with... I dunno. Could be worth a go.

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Have you read anything by Federico Garcia Lorca? I'm not certain a lot of his stuff has been translated, since poetry's a bit difficult to do, but he's really brilliant. Oh, actually, he wrote "The House of Bernarda Alba

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ANFA

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 11:01 PM

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Neverwhere is a 6-part miniseries, available in regions 1 & 2. I bought it without having read the books, but didn't like it.

The BBC version - bless them, anyway - did it less than justice. Read the book!!

It has so much potential, if someone had time and money . . . Anyway, (to loosely quote Jayne) if wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak!

" We're just too pretty for God to let us die."

ASTRAGYNIA

Wednesday, July 6, 2005 11:20 PM

Ooh, Neverwhere - I really, really like that book. I like the BBC series, too, but it - uh, how shall I put this - requires a fair amount of imagination and forgiveness to get around some of the low-budget-ness, terribly bad fight-choreography (to the point where you can't always tell that a fight was going on) and tacky music.

I heard a rumour somewhere that a movie of it was proposed, but the producers wanted to set it in New York City, so Neil Gaiman said no. I mean, New York!?!? Neverwhere without London just wouldn't be Neverwhere. It would be like doing Firefly without the ship.