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Carl Goff
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| Alex Oster wrote: | http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/films34-8-0-0-0-0-0.php
March 31 – April 9 = Sarasota Film Festival (Florida) |
Irony of ironies-I used to live in Sarasota. Just moved last year. AAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah, well. I'll tell a friend of mine who's still down there to go see it.
Oh, East of sands and sunlit gulf, your blood is thin, your gods are few;
You could not break the Northern wolf and now the wolf has turned on you.
The fires that light the coasts of Spain fling shadows on the Eastern strand.
Master, your slave has come again with torch and axe in his right hand!
-Robert E. Howard
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Steve Grisetti
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| Carl Goff wrote: | | Alex Oster wrote: | http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/films34-8-0-0-0-0-0.php
March 31 – April 9 = Sarasota Film Festival (Florida) |
Irony of ironies-I used to live in Sarasota. Just moved last year.... |
I was thinking of driving down, but that is still a bit far from the Orlando area. I think I will wait for the DVD. I have (optimistically) decided that there is a high probability for this to come out on NTSC DVD. If I am going to take a long solo drive, I would rather go to the Blade Show.
"...dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly."
- Sir Toby Belch
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Mikko Kuusirati
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| Posted: Thu 23 Mar, 2006 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| R. D. Simpson wrote: | | Mikko Kuusirati wrote: | Well, as long as they don't do it actually like Polar Express. That thing was just creepy throughout... *shudder*
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Unfortunately, that appears to be exactly how they're doing it.  |
Huh. I cannot for the life of me figure out why - it looks absolutely dreadful (almost human but not quite, which is the worst possible thing to do with animation; it might work as a gimmick for a freaky horror movie, but is otherwise a complete failure in every regard) and adds nothing that could not be done better with live action.
"And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
— Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
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Ben Crowell
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Hello folks. I'm new here, and I was actually planning to make an introductory post -- up until I saw this post about Beowulf.
I am THRILLED they might even make a movie about Beowulf, and would love some of the other sagas made into movies.
I believe Beowulf's sword was named Naegling.
Dealing with Grendel, have any of you read the book "Grendel" by John Gardner. I would HIGHLY recommend this book. In it, yes, Grendel is a "monster" but John really goes into an excellent story telling basically the Beowulf saga from Grendel's perspective.
I loved the part when Grendel was recounting when he'd first seen Beowulf's longboat cutting through the water towards the beach, and they were rowing so hard and with such force the sailors beached about 2/3 of the boat up onto the sand, then Beowulf jumps out and Grendel's description of him at first glance as the biggest man he'd ever seen, etc.
It was very well written and insightful in a lot of areas. Gardner did an excellent job of retelling the story from the misunderstood monster's point of view.
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