From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V10 #225 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Monday, June 4 2001 Volume 10 : Number 225 Today's Subjects: ----------------- bits [grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan)] Re: AND...THEY'LL...WIN!!!!! ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Re: more pointless opinions from yours truly ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] Re: more pointless opinions from yours truly ["Andrew D. Simchik" ] reap [Eb ] Re: reap [Jeff Dwarf ] moulin rouge [Stephen Mahoney ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 18:13:07 +1200 From: grutness@surf4nix.com (James Dignan) Subject: bits >Ever see the Japanese film "Tompopo"? > >A strange, slightly surreal tale involving the quest for the perfect >Japanese noodle house and a kind of Japanese mafia character who mixes >food with sex. In one sequence, he places live shrimp in a bowl of >liquid, and places the inverted bowl on the abdomen of his lover. The >fan-life tails of the crustaceans cause her to giggle with delight. > >Definitely a unique take on seafood and its role in sex. that's Tampopo, and yes, it's a great, if bizarre (and very Robynesque in part) movie. >>"Stewart C. Russell" wrote: >>> Don't try this at all: >>> >>> http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,675183a10,FF.html >>> >>> Stewart one question remains unanswered. Stewart, why were you looking this site up? Are you spying on me? ;) James James Dignan, Dunedin, New Zealand. =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-= -=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.- .-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=- You talk to me as if from a distance -.-=-.- And I reply with impressions chosen from another time =-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-.-=-. (Brian Eno - "By this River") ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 11:26:31 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: AND...THEY'LL...WIN!!!!! on 6/1/01 10:48 AM, Miles Goosens at outdoorminer@mindspring.com wrote: > At 12:52 PM 6/1/2001 -0700, The Great Quail wrote: >> PS: Other movies that I think were woefully misunderstood by the >> unwashed masses: "The Fifth Element," > > Melissa and I saw it as Big Silly Fun, I was squirming in my seat by the time the big blue alien sings, wishing like hell it was OVER. >> "Bram Stoker's Dracula," This, on the other hand, never gets old. Never dies. - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 11:28:36 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: more pointless opinions from yours truly on 6/1/01 10:55 AM, Miles Goosens at outdoorminer@mindspring.com wrote: > later this > month the entire BLACK ADDER series comes out on DVD. Oh, of COURSE...now that I have it all on VHS. On the other hand, only the first two series are really indispensable...Blackadder III in particular was kind of painful, though it shouldn't have been. Speaking of Ben Elton...whither THE YOUNG ONES on DVD? - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 11:35:21 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: possible Lestats on 6/1/01 2:58 PM, James Dignan at grutness@surf4nix.com wrote: > Willem Dafoe? Also too old, though I really liked his scenery-chewing in SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (which was not the greatest movie, though it was better than I'd feared) as Count Orlock. Lestat from THE VAMPIRE LESTAT on must be (or seem): - - twentysomething - - fearless - - arrogant to a fault - - boundlessly sensual - - self-righteous - - childish - - temperamental What you want is a total brat. It's actually the sort of character I see Leo DiCaprio playing, though of course he's physically (and vocally) all wrong for the role. Oh well. - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 11:40:03 -0700 From: "Andrew D. Simchik" Subject: Re: more pointless opinions from yours truly on 6/1/01 3:15 PM, Ken Weingold at hazmat@hellrot.org wrote: > On Thu, May 31, 2001, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: >> James SPADER?! > > Yeah, I'm serious. I think that he is good looking, and could do all > the different sides of Lestat. I can totally see that nasty edge. > Think about it. Make any sense? I see where you're coming from, but I don't think he would work for me. > Yeah, Benderas was great, but not Armand. I was kind of wondering if > they ever made a movie of The Vampire Lestat, how he would be > portrayed, giving the story of how he was made. I am sure they > could change it all to fit him, but it would just ruin the character. Ah, they'd just cast someone totally different, the way they recast Lestat for _QUEEN OF THE DAMNED_. I just hate the game/practice of casting well-known actors in iconic parts. I'd so much rather have them find unknowns who fit the part perfectly than squeeze people into roles just because they happen to be decent actors. Too often it's impossible not to see the actor as opposed to the character. - -- Andrew D. Simchik, drew at stormgreen dot com http://www.stormgreen.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 16:13:02 -0500 From: Miles Goosens Subject: Re: more pointless opinions from yours truly At 11:28 AM 06/03/2001 -0700, Andrew D. Simchik wrote: >Oh, of COURSE...now that I have it all on VHS. On the other hand, >only the first two series are really indispensable...Blackadder III >in particular was kind of painful, though it shouldn't have been. III is my favorite -- Pitt the Even Younger, the Black Adder destroying Dr. Johnson's dictionary, "Stop calling me 'Bladder!'".... In fact, I'd rank them III - IV - II - I, though all are very good. later, Miles np: David Mead, MINE AND YOURS ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:03:18 -0000 From: Melissa Higuchi Subject: Re: possible Lestats "Andrew D. Simchik" said: > Lestat from THE VAMPIRE LESTAT on must be (or seem): > > - twentysomething > - fearless > - arrogant to a fault > - boundlessly sensual > - self-righteous > - childish > - temperamental kinda makes me think of Jude Law as Bosie. still don't know if that's quite right either Melissa ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 16:05:24 -0700 From: Eb Subject: reap Anthony Quinn, Imogene Coca, Hank Ketchum, apparently most of Nepal.... And yet still, Jerry Lewis lingers on. Cruel world. Eb ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:21:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: reap Eb wrote: > Anthony Quinn, Imogene Coca, the scene of her shrugging off the dog marking the sandwiches in _Vacation_ is still a great little moment, even if most of the rest of the movie doesn't quite hold up that great anymore. > Hank Ketchum, apparently most of Nepal.... if only more royalty would follow the Nepalese example... > And yet still, Jerry Lewis lingers on. Cruel world. ===== "Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul." Mark Twain "For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it." George W. Bush, May 14, 2001 Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:22:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Stephen Mahoney Subject: moulin rouge anyone see this film yet? am I the only one who thinks this was a master stroke of genius or what? ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V10 #225 ********************************