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2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jun 5, 2016
'Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach, in meiner Brust...' - Goethe
('Two souls inhabit my breast, alas...')
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jun 5, 2016
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 5, 2016
" I adore Mos Def in the Hitchhiker's film." [Sol.
I like Mos Def in "Be kind, rewind." Just not in "Hitchhiker's guide to the universe." I wasn't slamming the actor, just the choice of role.
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Recumbentman Posted Jun 5, 2016
I thought he did fine.
Two bodies, one soul? No problem. Body = hardware, soul = software.
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
You can call me TC Posted Jun 6, 2016
Robbie did, too. He (Mos)came up with most of the nifty ways of using a towel himself.
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jun 6, 2016
Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen had this to say about two souls in one body when she was elderly (I'll just quote two of eight verses, if I may):
"There lives a young girl in me who will not die
she is no longer me, and I am not her,
but she stares at me from the mirror, from the lakes of her eyes
as if she seeks something she can no longer find.
She has no one else in the world to ask than me:
where are my dreams? and where is my twenty year's joy?
Where are the innocent smiles, the serious game?
And where is the country, we should tread together?
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jun 6, 2016
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 6, 2016
I have a feeling that my foot is too big to fit in my mouth MMMMF
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jun 6, 2016
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 6, 2016
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
broelan Posted Jun 6, 2016
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, paulh, yours just happens to be... perhaps not wrong, just unpopular.
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 6, 2016
Thanks, broelan.
I'd like to see a movie version of "Restaurant at the end of the universe," but I guess the first one didn't do well enough to met Hollywood's test of worthy sequel material. I've always thought that "restaurant" was Douglas Adams's finest novel.
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Baron Grim Posted Jun 6, 2016
Yeah... sadly there's a lot of hate for the film amongst the general public and those that were either not strong fans of the previous iterations or were VERY strong fans of the previous versions. I like it but I also can understand some of those that don't. It's an impossible task to please the die hard fans and make it accessible to those completely unfamiliar with it. I personally felt they did a fine job trying. There was new material and gags for those overly familiar with the source material (like me) like the Humma Kavula stuff, the "Slap Sticks" and the POV gun. The "love story" seemed like pandering to the LCD American crowd, but I like both actors so I just rolled with it.
But for those with no previous knowledge, some of the stuff was surely quite confusing because the jokes were rather compressed and edited. It's a LOT of source material to cram into a tolerable 100 minutes so that's inevitable I suppose. Like I said, it's an impossible task to try to please both the fans and the general audiences you need to have a successful film.
I love it, personally; and I waited SO long for it I couldn't not like it. I have my limited edition DVD right next to my TV series collection.
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor Posted Jun 6, 2016
Thanks everyone for 'explaining' the slap sticks. I never got that joke until now. It only completely confused me.
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jun 6, 2016
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Milla, h2g2 Operations Posted Jun 6, 2016
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Jun 6, 2016
Hamlet is the most unlikely play ever. It takes place in Elsinore. But there isn't even ONE drunken Swede in it
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Jun 6, 2016
2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
Baron Grim Posted Jun 7, 2016
My favorite version of Hamlet is _Strange Brew_. And it had a Swede in it (Max von Sydow).
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1768423449
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2016-05-29 Note from Robbie Stamp. Of Leopards and Spitting
- 61: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jun 5, 2016)
- 62: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jun 5, 2016)
- 63: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 5, 2016)
- 64: Recumbentman (Jun 5, 2016)
- 65: You can call me TC (Jun 6, 2016)
- 66: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Jun 6, 2016)
- 67: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jun 6, 2016)
- 68: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 6, 2016)
- 69: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jun 6, 2016)
- 70: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 6, 2016)
- 71: broelan (Jun 6, 2016)
- 72: broelan (Jun 6, 2016)
- 73: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 6, 2016)
- 74: Baron Grim (Jun 6, 2016)
- 75: Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor (Jun 6, 2016)
- 76: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jun 6, 2016)
- 77: Milla, h2g2 Operations (Jun 6, 2016)
- 78: Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ (Jun 6, 2016)
- 79: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Jun 6, 2016)
- 80: Baron Grim (Jun 7, 2016)
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