tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post7767920532843394927..comments2024-02-16T14:01:23.523-05:00Comments on THE B-MOVIE CATECHISM: HOLY HORRORS FOR HALLOWEEN FILM FESTIVAL II: BRIMSTONE & TREACLEEegahInchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-82989047477899643712014-10-14T09:55:01.931-04:002014-10-14T09:55:01.931-04:00Hey, Spoilers! I'm only half way through Book ...Hey, Spoilers! I'm only half way through Book 3. I also keep forgetting everyone is mostly naked in the series, so thanks for reminding me of that. Now my entire mental picture of Severian has changed to reflect David Carradine in The Warrior and the Sorceress.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-91539713721064279862014-10-13T22:42:53.330-04:002014-10-13T22:42:53.330-04:00The Book of the New Sun? Are you crazy?!?! Severia...The Book of the New Sun? Are you crazy?!?! Severian makes Martin look like a celibate choirboy. Really, he walked around shirtless, hitting every woman except... well, I was going to say "except his grandma" but you know...<br /><br />I never watched Dune. Read the book long ago. Preferred Andrea Norton.MissJeanhttp://thehouseofnonsense.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-29088889091750060052014-10-07T01:32:59.673-04:002014-10-07T01:32:59.673-04:00Ah, The Bride! Too this day, anytime I get togethe...Ah, The Bride! Too this day, anytime I get together for drinks with my old high school friends, someone inevitably says to the waitress, "Another pint! And another pail!"<br /><br />Rocket, you're bound to remember the song "Every Breath You Take." It was pretty inescapable for about a year. That was The Police, Sting was their lead singer/songwriter. I attended high school from 1980 to 1984 and I can assure you, there was a small cult of teenage girls who adored Sting and watched Dune for no other reason than him.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-33657354933653294972014-10-06T20:30:12.404-04:002014-10-06T20:30:12.404-04:00Who are Police? I'm sure I'm showing my ag...Who are Police? I'm sure I'm showing my age.Rocket Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288373796495213700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-23304356386387257122014-10-06T17:11:31.728-04:002014-10-06T17:11:31.728-04:00Never read Dune. My husband's family watches ...Never read Dune. My husband's family watches the movie, however, every! single! year! post-Thanksgiving dinner. I love Sting. Loved his oiled up blue speedo. Had the Police posters on my wall. But that performance couldn't hold a candle to my adolescent heart to Sting's performance in The Bride. Tortured, wounded, possibly insane genius? Swoon.<br />I always wanted to watch Brimstone and Treacle when I was in high school, but none of the video stores in my suburban town carried it. Now it's probably too late. Sting doesn't hold the same appeal now as he did a much younger Cari.<br /><br />Daryl on The Walking Dead, however...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629132804649152538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-86612383984583774942014-10-06T10:12:40.955-04:002014-10-06T10:12:40.955-04:00You didn't miss a thing in the sequels to &quo...You didn't miss a thing in the sequels to "Dune." I couldn't finish "God Emperor of Dune," back when I finished everything. Ihat's why they'd need an artsy director to do anything with them.<br /><br />Glad to hear you're reading New Sun!Xena Catolicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-7954864939187846492014-10-05T22:36:32.748-04:002014-10-05T22:36:32.748-04:00I'm kidding about the speedo, of course. My re...I'm kidding about the speedo, of course. My readers are far too smart to let an actor's looks affect whether they enjoy something or not. (Except for maybe Darryl on The Walking Dead. A lot of the ladies really seem to like Darryl.)<br /><br />I just thought Sting was a weird choice to play what was supposed to be a pre-pubescent character. They even had him written to act like a child. The odd thing is, Jodorowsky had signed on Mick Jagger to play Feyd. Must be something about rock stars. I guess a lot of people see them as stunted growth man-children.<br /><br />And full disclosure, I only read the first Dune book. I just didn't get into it for some reason. Maybe I should revisit it sometime.<br /><br />Oh, speaking of books, I have already finished the first two New Sun novels and am well into the third. You were right, they're much more compelling than Moby Dick. I'm going too fast, though, so I'll probably have to reread them to catch everything.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-64259027083713291342014-10-05T22:14:10.321-04:002014-10-05T22:14:10.321-04:00Who said anything about the Speedo scene? For the ...Who said anything about the Speedo scene? For the record, one Police album and zero posters. Blond men might as well be Big Bird on my libido chart, since you bring it up.<br /><br />If Jodorowski's version had a script that needed acting, he departed from the book. And while I kinda see the appeal of Orson Welles as the Baron Harkkonen, I think my point still stands---few of the parts require acting, because few of the characters make a difficult decision on stage. <br /><br />FWIW, I think an ambitious, art movie like Jodorowski's would have been much more suited to the second or third book. Xena Catolicanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-39569072284162188482014-10-05T20:19:19.653-04:002014-10-05T20:19:19.653-04:00Ladies, ladies, ladies. A couple of points if I ma...Ladies, ladies, ladies. A couple of points if I may.<br /><br />1) I own every album by The Police, but I never had a Sting poster on my wall. Oiled-up Sting in a speedo sways me in no way whatsoever.<br /><br />2) More important, two months ago I would not have said anything negative about David Lynch's Dune. But I recently watched the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune which covers the details of the first effort to bring Dune to the big screen. Before funding was pulled, Orson Wells, Gloria Swanson, Mick Jagger, David Carradine, and Salvadore Dali had all been cast. Salvadore Dali! In Dune! Geiger was the art director. Pink Floyd was going to do the soundtrack. Dan O'Bannon was co-writing it. It goes on and on. Ever since I saw the doc, I can now only feel disappointment in what we got and weep for the Dune that might have been.<br /><br />EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-26416656292772558192014-10-05T19:23:32.687-04:002014-10-05T19:23:32.687-04:00My thought exactly.My thought exactly.Rocket Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288373796495213700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-50429426484525309512014-10-05T17:23:55.799-04:002014-10-05T17:23:55.799-04:00You dissed "Dune"?!?!? Sting in "Du...You dissed "Dune"?!?!? Sting in "Dune"? Um, maybe we didn't read the same book, but it's not like that part actually required acting. Other than Patrick Stewart being perfectly cast with a major stick up his butt, almost none of those parts required acting. <br /><br />Xena Catolicanoreply@blogger.com