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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2009 19:25:41 GMT
It's like I've had one weekend, and now I get another one. Hurrah! Lovely and sunny today. Went down the Bay for some more free live storytelling at the WMC. Yesterday watched some Laurence Olivier Shakespeare DVDs and wrote to my uncle to tell him my opinion of them, then went to church in the afternoon. Apart from that, been reading Lewis Carroll's 'other' novel, 'Sylvie and Bruno', which I hadn't even heard of before, and deserves to share the fame of 'Alice' in my humble opinion. Tomorrow - more church, more Lewis Carroll, some Socrates, then on Monday... this! Martin |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2009 21:36:46 GMT
It seems that you have a much more literate-minded life than what any of us do, Martin. While the rest of us are reading stuff by Simon Furman you're reading stuff by Shakespeare.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2009 21:49:39 GMT
It seems that you have a much more literate-minded life than what any of us do, Martin. While the rest of us are reading stuff by Simon Furman you're reading stuff by Shakespeare. Nah, I haven't got the stamina/willpower to read Shakespeare, just to watch it performed. And the more you watch, the easier it gets. And I know I'm not the only one on the Hub... Martin |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2009 21:52:41 GMT
Who is the other cultured one on the Hub then?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2009 22:23:48 GMT
Does anyone else think the test signal is truly sinister? There's something wrong about that little girl, the clown and the game of noughts and crosses. Yep, which is why the bits in Life on Mars with the test card girl were deeply unnerving! -Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 11, 2009 23:00:32 GMT
Who is the other cultured one on the Hub then? There's a few lurking here. Plus, of course, Simon Furman himself, and Galvatron, in the Marvel UK TF story 'Perchance to Dream'... Martin |
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 12, 2009 7:12:38 GMT
And Dinobot. He was always* quoting Hamlet in Beast Wars.
*Well, once or twice.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 12, 2009 11:25:36 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 12, 2009 11:52:53 GMT
Happy Easter everyone
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Post by legios on Apr 12, 2009 14:13:42 GMT
Ah, the Test card. Thanks Martin - at least I can be sure that my eyes are properly tuned. Even if the hearing is still extremely variable.... :-)
Hope folks are having a good Easter. I'm just back from a wander along a bit of the canal that I hadn't done as yet - five kilometres out and the same back (or so) between Linlithgow and Edinburgh. I took some lunch and sat on a log by the waterside with a book to enjoy my meal. Can't really think of a better way to spend a sunny warm Sunday.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 12, 2009 14:39:23 GMT
Thanks Martin.
Al Pacino in the Merchant of Venice, might get that as it was one of the Shakespeare plays we studied in school that I enjoyed.
Andy
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 12, 2009 16:45:37 GMT
Back at ya, big guy! And to all my cyber-chumbs! Did an egg hunt for Piglet earlier, very cute. |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2009 17:45:34 GMT
That version of Romeo and Juliet is pretty good.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Apr 12, 2009 21:55:46 GMT
The Kenneth Branagh version of Hamlet is very good. I saw it for the first time recently and was very impressed.
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Apr 14, 2009 17:26:15 GMT
Branagh is apparently gunna direct the upcomming Thor film this/next year! How cool is that!
They're gunna re-start the Fantastic Four movie franchise. I know alot of folkes didn't like the prev 2 films, but I right enjoyed them! Love the cast in partic! Apparently they're gunna make it darker! Ohhhhhhh!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 14, 2009 20:59:11 GMT
Pain is big today. Nasty fall while carrying Jonathan tonight.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 15, 2009 18:25:45 GMT
I've just noticed that Christian Bale has a speaking role in this, as the boy. Quite recognisable once you know, even though his voice had yet to break. Quite at home in a cast that includes Branagh, Brian Blessed, Ian Holm, Richard Briers, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Paul Scofield, Robbie Coltrane and Emma Thompson. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!" Martin |
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Post by legios on Apr 15, 2009 19:48:03 GMT
Quite at home in a cast that includes Branagh, Brian Blessed, Ian Holm, Richard Briers, Derek Jacobi, Judi Dench, Paul Scofield, Robbie Coltrane and Emma Thompson. "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!" Martin That is a very good cast. Might have a look about renting this as well in due course. I could stand to develop an appreciation of the classics... Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2009 19:53:00 GMT
It has THE BLESSED?  !!!!! SOLD!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 15, 2009 20:02:51 GMT
'Tis certainly to be recommended. For those unaware, 'Henry V' is the one where charismatic leadership and devastating archery allow the English, outnumbered allegedly 5-to-1, to demolish the French at the battle of Agincourt. It contains probably the two greatest pre-battle rousing speeches in world literature. And the Blessed gets to pound various enemies into the ground.
He also appears as the ghost in Branagh's 'Hamlet'.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 15, 2009 20:05:25 GMT
And the Blessed gets to pound various enemies into the ground. Martin This sounds like the greatest film ever made!!! -Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 15, 2009 20:13:39 GMT
This sounds like the greatest film ever made!!! I imagine Shakespeare woke up one day, and thought, "Sod it, I've done enough cross-dressing comedies and deep-thinking angst-fests. Today I'm just going to write a play in which our guys pound the other guys into the dust." And he wrote 'Henry V'. Martin |
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Post by legios on Apr 15, 2009 20:33:53 GMT
I imagine Shakespeare woke up one day, and thought, "Sod it, I've done enough cross-dressing comedies and deep-thinking angst-fests. Today I'm just going to write a play in which our guys pound the other guys into the dust." And he wrote 'Henry V'. Martin ....and as waking resolutions go, that isn't so bad really is it. Karl |
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