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| 14 APR 2011 at 9:38pm | |
DonaJourneyman  Posts : 801 Joined: 19 MAR 2005 Status : Offline | Daaaamn! Thank you, Karla! I only ever caught the one where her make-up changes for a split second. Now I'm tempted to watch the entire movie frame-by-frame... |
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| 14 APR 2011 at 10:06pm | |
karlaAdministrator  Posts : 2590 Joined: 27 JUL 2003 Location: US, Close to the Edge Status : Online | Originally Posted By Donna (14 APR 2011 9:38pm) Glad you like 'em, Dona! You can just go through the club scene frame-by-frame, as I did, and see a lot of other stuff. There's one frame I didn't even want to capture much less post because I think it's really gross-looking -- and I'm not real easy to gross out. Just remembering it makes my skin crawl. See my portfolio of original artwork at http://home1.gte.net/res0b8zk/portfolio/resources/portfolio.htm I put my heart and soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. - Vincent van Gogh |
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| 15 APR 2011 at 10:38pm | |
karlaAdministratorPosts : 2590 Joined: 27 JUL 2003 Location: US, Close to the Edge Status : Online | I was hoping this would be finished by now, but the Black Swan "who did the dancing" controversy continues, thanks to Sarah Lane... http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth/b236678_black_swan_dance_double_filmmakers_are.html Lane will also be appearing on 20/20 concerning the issue. Here's an excerpt, during which Lane says "you know" 17 times in a little over two minutes. [smiley=hair_pull.gif] It's a good thing she doesn't dance the way she talks... http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/natalie-portmans-dance-double-speaks-13377710 In view of Lane's accusations, I think Natalie Portman's restraint is admirable. See my portfolio of original artwork at http://home1.gte.net/res0b8zk/portfolio/resources/portfolio.htm I put my heart and soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. - Vincent van Gogh |
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| 24 APR 2011 at 9:15pm | |
TravellerGuild Master  Posts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | After watching the pilot episode of A Game of Thrones, I made the following comment on Goodreads: Yuck. I've just watched the pilot of the TV series based on the book, and I came away feeling I needed a good shower, body and mind. That was such a badly done mysogynistic fck-fest that watching a film based on the Gor books would have seemed infinitely better. Ugh really. It was just ugly, brutish, nasty and mysogynistic, like having accidentally clicked on a male domination porn movie with a penchant for doggie-style positions, when you thought you were actually going to watch a fantasy story. It actually scares me that this is apparently the trend on American pay-TV . I really, really don't feel interested in reading the books after watching that! [smiley=eww.gif] * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..." |
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| 24 APR 2011 at 10:19pm | |
colpetSchattenjger  Posts : 1630 Joined: 12 APR 2003 Status : Offline | After watching the pilot episode of A Game of Thrones, I made the following comment on Goodreads: I still recommend you give the books a try. I think the HBO adaptation is good, though parts of it (Dothraki wedding) are somewhat cheesy. I just fast forward the sex scenes. It's interesting that Daenerys changes substantially as the story progresses, yet in this first episode she is not much more than chattel. Martin's strongest characters are arguably more female than male, and the power they wield may come across better in the books where you can read their POV. I had a good movie viewing long weekend: Summer in Genoa - a poignant film about a dad (Colin Firth) dealing with the recent death of his wife nand his surviving 2 daughters. Despite the fact that I'd watch practicaly anything with Firth in it, I thought the film was worth the rental fee. Narnia Dawn Trader - Ho-hum Harry Potter Deathly Hallows part 1 - very dark and gruesome. The torture scenes made me squirm, I can't imagine younger children not being affected by them. Black Swan - awesome film. Very well done. I'm looking forward to Karla's links. King's Speech - the icing on the cake. All that I hoped for and more. I was tempted to see it on the big screen, but never got around to going. I'm glad I saw it at home with no distractions. Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&& |
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| 25 APR 2011 at 6:50am | |
StilerJourneyman Posts : 1462 Joined: 27 SEP 2004 Location: US, TN Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (24 APR 2011 9:15pm) The show will take time to build up, getting to know the characters, good and bad (and those that may surprise you). The books have plenty of debauchery in them, from rape to incest, etc. The series has a lot of twists and turns, it's not your family friendly pg-13 style of books (or show). It's a much more gritty, realistic (with fantasy elements) world with characters that can be flawed and story arcs that go into the seedier side of things as people do what they do. I wouldn't expect the show to be light on such things, if nudity/violence as such bothers you it prolly won't get any better for you, as that's how it is. I enjoyed the show because I like the mature and gritty nature of the books and how the characters unfold. The violence, the nudity and things are all a part of that, it can be a little much but it does develop characters in some way. It's meant to be mature, gritty and realistic.within the context of the world it's set in. Like for example, Spoiler AlertWhen you see the wedding of Khal to Daenerys, what he does with her, and she starts to cry, tell me that you didn't feel sorrow for her character and what she was going through, that the act of the sex and how it was shown didn't get at you? It might seem a bit much, but those things do develop a character in ways and make you feel for them. As far as the "male domination" goes, I can see you getting it from the above mentioned scene (As it was meant to be, against her will/want), however everything else seemed fairly open to me that both sides wanted it throughout the show. AS for the trend, I'm wondering have you watched Spartacus? (The Starz series). I watched the first episode, though to myself "Now this is just a terrible show, who writes this?" then I commited to watch a few mroe episodes, and the series grew very quickly, strong characters and storylines, with an emotional impactto some of them (especially Spartacus and his friend, one of the most emotional moments of a series imo). I'd take these type of shows over reality tv crap we get on most major networks anyday of the week. What happened to good family comedies? All you have is reality this that and crap crap crap. Where's the new All in the family/Honeymooners/Seinfield/Friends, etc? Just no shows that compare to those types on tv today. They even took off Saturday morning cartoons? That was like a staple for everyone I knew growing up, all my friends and I, always waking up saturday grabbing a bowl of ceral and watching all the cartoons we wanted. Now the only toons on are nick/disney channel "kiddie" toons that compare nothing to classic 80's/90's toons. Sorry, went on a bit of a rant there. |
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| 25 APR 2011 at 8:09am | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | Originally Posted By colpet (24 APR 2011 10:19pm) Ok, thanks, Colpet, perhaps I should give them a try out of curiosity now, if for nothing else. Posted by: Stiler Posted on: Today at 2:49am The series has a lot of twists and turns, it's not your family friendly pg-13 style of books (or show). It's a much more gritty, realistic (with fantasy elements) world with characters that can be flawed and story arcs that go into the seedier side of things as people do what they do. Well, I liked the way it started off, the snowy forest and so on, but the moment we saw Winterfell, I was already put off. I hate the modern trend of depicting a medieval setting as dirty nasty and brutish. I know that it probably was, to a large extent dirty nasty and brutish, but heavens, does everyone always have to be covered in mud? If one looks at paintings done in this era, people still seem reasonably clean (they did know about washtubs, btw), and the interior of all buildings were not like hovels, only hovels were hovels. http://www.2020site.org/history/medieval-castles.html Scroll down in my next link, and tell me if those interiors look nasty and dirty and ugly to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture http://www.terragalleria.com/pictures-subjects/romanesque-architecture/ [img]http://www.medievalweaponinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/medievalbridalfeast.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.timegun.org/medmirror1.jpg[/img] First picture: A medieval bridal feast. Note: they have a tablecloth This is what medieval clothing really looked like. ..and anyway, why can't these fantasy settings ever be set in the Renaissance, which has beautiful art and architechture? [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Gau1878.jpg[/img] Ok, the decor in the picture I'm showing, (Recoco - 18th century) is probably too fussy and overdone for most modern ppl, but the point I'm trying to put across, is that everything from olden times were not as grim and dirty and muddy as many modern filmmakers seem to want to convey. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_architecture So, when you're watching fantasy - (these places in the Game of Thrones world aren't even real places. they're made-up places) why does everything have to be muddy, dirty filthy, and every single person cusses and whores, and women are treated like farm animals. Regarding the sex and nudity, I don't have a problem with sex in films, and even less of a problem with nudity - in fact I have a marble lamp in my living room depicting a Grecian semi-nude female. I've watched my share of XXX films but the difference is, I expect an XXX film to be a male sexual fantasy. I did not expect to see a male sexual fantasy when I started off watching Thrones. All the women seem to be treated as if they are simply cows to be traded off as 'goods' as payment for some or other bargain. (Like slaves in the Gor universe.) I know this is how things worked in previous centuries, but heavens, this is the 21st century, and isn't it time we moved on from that? The books have been given such high praise, that I really expected to see more of a proper story. Anyway, let me rather shut my trap until I've read more of the first book at least. * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..." |
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| 25 APR 2011 at 2:03pm | |
Lucien21Guild Master Posts : 4876 Joined: 9 JUL 2003 Location: 0 Status : Offline | Personally I thought the pilot of Thrones was a faithful adaption of the first novel so far. I have to disagree with Traveller though as there is a big difference between depicting mysogymy and endorsing it. The books are about power in a dangerous and primitive time and the women in the series use sex to maintain their power. Without spoiling it, in the books it's the women who manipulate the men and have most of the power. Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount. |
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| 25 APR 2011 at 11:40pm | |
DonaJourneymanPosts : 801 Joined: 19 MAR 2005 Status : Offline | Originally Posted By colpet (24 APR 2011 10:19pm) This is so true. I had read the book 7 roughly a year before seeing the movie and when I realised that scene was coming out, I just got this overwhelming feeling of panic and wanting to leave the theatre until the scene was over. It was terrible (and yet they showed so little). |
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| 27 APR 2011 at 1:20am | |
StilerJourneymanPosts : 1462 Joined: 27 SEP 2004 Location: US, TN Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (25 APR 2011 8:08am) I think with the first area they were going for a more Norse/viking style of place, rather then your medieval/late middle ages classical style. The Paintings you often see are commissioned paintings done by wealthy families/royalty. They would often make sure to have themselves painted in their best clothing/looking their best. Even the city of Kings Landing (where Lord Stark and the King are going now) is rife with filth and slums within it's walls. There can be beauty in the world (landscape wise, it has some very nice areas yet to be seen in the show), in the palaces and other lands. However it's just settled in a more realistic world for that type of era. I have a suggestion if you haven't, you might want to watch The Borgias. It's a show that just came out on Starz. It is from Neil Jordan (The guy who did the Crying Game/Company of wolves (one of my favorites of his) and Interview with the vampire. It's set in Rome and it has some VERY exquisite set design/clothing design, it is following the story of the pope and his family after all, which was one of the first known criminal families as well, it's not a stuffy high-brow period piece, lots of intrigue/mystery/death/betrayal, etc. Some great acting as well by the likes of Jeremy Irons who plays the pope. Regarding the sex and nudity, I don't have a problem with sex in films, and even less of a problem with nudity - in fact I have a marble lamp in my living room depicting a Grecian semi-nude female. Maybe you should watch the second episode then, I don't want to give anything away but you might see how Dany is turning out with her marriage. The woman in the world of Game of Thrones might seem that way at first, but they will use their setting to gain power themselves, as they say, behind every great king is a great queen. |
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| 27 APR 2011 at 9:28am | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | Thanks for the info Stiler and Lucien, however, let me quote from the book, Game of Thrones by GRR Martin: A shadow emerged from the dark of the wood. It stood in front of Royce. Tall, it was, and gaunt and hard as old bones, with flesh pale as milk. Its armor seemed to change color as it moved; here it was white as new-fallen snow, there black as shadow, everywhere dappled with the deep grey-green of the trees. The patterns ran like moonlight on water with every step it took. …The Other halted. Will saw its eyes; blue, deeper and bluer than any human eyes, a blue that burned like ice. Then, if you’ll recall, the two of them have a sword-fight, which for the life of me, I cannot imagine why it was omitted from the film, because it would have made for a nice bit of action. Instead, they added a very boring bit with Bran doing some target shooting, which is not in the book at all. ..and mentioning that, I want to tell you that I had never read the books when I watched the pilot, so I had no idea who what was. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found out that the Starks were actually aristocracy, because the place and the people looked so poor, primitive and grungy, that I thought they were poor peasants! In fact, regarding the ‘castle’ I asked someone who had read the book, if the “village” ( I thought the castle courtyard was a peasant village) and village people were really depicted so muddy and dirty in the book. …so I picked up the book, and saw: Bran's father sat solemnly on his horse, long brown hair stirring in the wind. His closely trimmed beard was shot with white, making him look older than his thirty-five years. ..so the real Lord Stark is younger than the pudgy fifty plus he looks in the film, and he has clean hair. Oily hair does not stir in the wind. Oh, and if Lord Stark is only 35 years old in the book, why is Catelyn so old in the film? Is she older than her husband then? In the film, she definitely looks old enough to be the mother of 35-year old.. About the king’s entourage: The visitors poured through the castle gates in a river of gold and silver and polished steel, three hundred strong, a pride of bannermen and knights, of sworn swords and freeriders. Over their heads a dozen golden banners whipped back and forth in the northern wind, emblazoned with the crowned stag of Baratheon. Ned knew many of the riders. There came Ser Jaime Lannister with hair as bright as beaten gold, (not filthy and oily ) Yet the huge man at the head of the column, flanked by two knights in the snow-white cloaks of the Kingsguard, seemed almost a stranger to Ned . . . until he vaulted off the back of his warhorse with a familiar roar, and crushed him in a bone-crunching hug. << (That’s the king) About the king’s conversation in the crypt; he never spoke as coarsely as saying:” I just wanted to crack skulls and f.. girls”: it’s much more flowery, in fact: "You need to come south," Robert told him. "You need a taste of summer before it flees. In Highgarden there are fields of golden roses that stretch away as far as the eye can see. The fruits are so ripe they explode in your mouth-melons, peaches, fireplums, you've never tasted such sweetness. You'll see, I brought you some. Even at Storm's End, with that good wind off the bay, the days are so hot you can barely move. And you ought to see the towns, Ned! Flowers everywhere, the markets bursting with food, the surnmerwines so cheap and so good that you can get drunk just breathing the air. Everyone is fat and drunk and rich." He laughed and slapped his own ample stomach a thump. "And the girls, Ned!" he exclaimed, his eyes sparkling. "I swear, women lose all modesty in the heat. They swim naked in the river, right beneath the castle. Even in the streets, it's too damn hot for wool or fur, so they go around in these short gowns, silk if they have the silver and cotton if not, but it's all the same when they start sweating and the cloth sticks to their skin, they might as well be naked." The king laughed happily. Also, the feast wasn’t quite as coarse and “peasanty” as in the film : The Great Hall of Winterfell was hazy with smoke and heavy with the smell of roasted meat and fresh-baked bread. Its grey stone walls were draped with banners. White, gold, crimson: the direwolf of Stark, Baratheon's crowned stag, the lion of Lannister. A singer was playing the high harp and reciting a ballad,.. ...His father was observing all the courtesies, but there was tightness in him that Jon had seldom seen before. He said little, looking out over the hall with hooded eyes, seeing nothing. Two seats away, the king had been drinking heavily all night. His broad face was flushed behind his great black beard. He made many a toast, laughed loudly at every jest, and attacked each dish like a starving man, but beside him the queen seemed as cold as an ice sculpture. "The queen is angry too,".... * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..." |
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| 27 APR 2011 at 9:34am | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | About the clothing, I’m pretty sure in Martin’s world they are not all just dressed in drab grey, brown and black, but in colours and exquisite fabrics: Ser Jaime Lannister was twin to Queen Cersei; tall and golden, with flashing green eyes and a smile that cut like a knife. He wore crimson[highlight] silk[/highlight], high black boots, a black [highlight]satin[/highlight] cloak. On the breast of his tunic, the lion of his House was embroidered in [highlight]gold thread,[/highlight] roaring its defiance. The king was a great disappointment to Jon. His father had talked of him often: the peerless Robert Baratheon, demon of the Trident, the fiercest warrior of the realm, a giant among princes. Jon saw only a fat man, red-faced under his beard, sweating through his [highlight]silks.[/highlight] Bran was going to be a knight himself someday, one of the Kingsguard. Old Nan said they were the finest swords in all the realm. There were only seven of them, and they wore white armor and had no wives or children, but lived only to serve the king. They dressed her in the wisps that Magister Illyrio had sent up, and then the gown,[highlight] a deep plum silk [/highlight]to bring out the violet in her eyes. The girl slid the [highlight]gilded sandals [/highlight]onto her feet, while the old woman fixed the tiara in her hair, and slid[highlight] golden bracelets crusted with amethysts [/highlight]around her wrists. Last of all came the collar, a [highlight]heavy golden tore emblazoned with ancient Valyrian glyphs.[/highlight] Dany found herself looking at the knight curiously. He was an older man, past forty and balding, but still strong and fit. [highlight]Instead of silks and cottons, he wore wool and leather[/highlight]. His tunic was a dark green, embroidered with the likeness of a black bear standing on two legs. (implying that everyone else wore silks and cottons.) Yuck, and as if dull, tatty and grungy isn't bad enough, their clothes are just as dirty as their hair in the film. They did wash clothes in medieval/ancient times, and you would expect aristocracy to have laundrymaids, for pete's sake... About Winterfell castle: They were old, those eyes; older than Winterfell itself. They had seen Brandon the Builder set the first stone, if the tales were true; they had watched the castle's granite walls rise around them. …To a boy, Winterfell was a grey stone labyrinth of walls and towers and courtyards and tunnels spreading out in all directions. In the older parts of the castle, the halls slanted up and down so that you couldn't even be sure what floor you were on. The place had grown over the centuries like some monstrous stone tree, Maester Luwin told him once, and its branches were gnarled and thick and twisted, its roots sunk deep into the earth. When he got out from under it and scrambled up near the sky, Bran could see all of Winterfell in a glance. He liked the way it looked, spread out beneath him, only birds wheeling over his head while all..etc. You’d think that with a huge ancient stone castle like this, they would bother to lay a stone courtyard – not muddy filth like in the film. About the rest of the country: Somewhere beyond the sunset, across the narrow sea, lay a land of green hills and flowered plains and great rushing rivers, where towers of dark stone rose amidst magnificent blue-grey mountains, and armored knights rode to battle beneath the banners of their lords. The Dothraki called that land Rhaesh Andahli, the land of the Andals. In the Free Cities, they talked of Westeros and the Sunset Kingdoms. Her brother had a simpler name. "Our land," he called it. Regarding Dany, no mention is made in the film when we are introduced to her and Viserys,Spoiler Alert about their mad father and how Robert deposed him, and the bit of background there – it’s just briefly mentioned that they were deposed and want their throne back – so brief, that not having read the book, I didn’t make the connection that it was Robert who was ” the usurper” and so forth. Interestingly, the first part of the Marriage ceremony does seem rather true to the book, even though the introduction of Dany to Drogo is totally different; and also the actual consummation of the marriage is quite different, and they left out the best part of the wedding feast, which is Dany's delight in galloping her horse around. Ok, I understand they must cut some parts out and change things to be more dramatic and cinematic for on film - but often it seems to me that they're actually cutting all the nice action bits and the positive parts out, and focusing on the drab and negative. Anyway, I'll get to hopefully watch the second episode later today. * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..." |
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| 27 APR 2011 at 3:23pm | |
StilerJourneymanPosts : 1462 Joined: 27 SEP 2004 Location: US, TN Status : Offline | In the 2nd episode they go into that part of the backstory. |
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| 28 APR 2011 at 11:55am | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | Some medieval castle courtyards: [img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/13754417_254db83f71.jpg[/img][img]http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/487003/487003,1275830490,2/stock-photo-courtyard-in-medieval-castle-54643687.jpg [/img][img]http://gb.fotolibra.com/images/previews/705079-inner-courtyard-medieval-castle.jpeg[/img] [img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/226207607_176be4dbb7.jpg[/img][img]http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/710/castlecourtyardsmaller.jpg[/img] [img]http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/32/7d/24/the-castle-courtyard.jpg[/img] Note that the courtyards are all either paved with stone or laid out with lawn. Having it paved with stone simply makes sense, because there were a lot of horses and other animals walking along in and out of the courtyard, and people generally don't like a muddy mess. * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..." |
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| 28 APR 2011 at 12:47pm | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | ...anyway, watched the 2nd episode now, and I must admit, they make a good job of making one hate those dastardly Lannisters! > Poor Lady... :'( and the butcher's boy, and Bran, etc. I guess I'll just try and enjoy the TV show for what it is.. * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..." |
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| 28 APR 2011 at 8:25pm | |
Lucien21Guild MasterPosts : 4876 Joined: 9 JUL 2003 Location: 0 Status : Offline | I think I would be remiss in not linking to my employers website at this point. If you want to see castles. http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/inv-medieval-castles.pdf *Shamless plug* Dear Diary, My teenage angst bullsh*t now has a bodycount. |
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| 28 APR 2011 at 9:14pm | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | Cool! So do you work for Historic Scotland? Before he got married, my brother used to live in an old Scottish castle that had been redone as 'rooms' or apartments. I forget the name right now. I've always loved stories of Charlemaigne and Arthur and from hence developed my fascination with things medieval such as armour and castles. I realize of course, that people were generally pretty dirty in most of Europe in those days, but Game of Thrones is fantasy, not realism, and the Sunset Kingdoms is a made-up place. (There's dragons and monsters and zombie-like thinggums in it, for heaven's sake.) Also, I remind you that the Romans and the Chinese were clean people who bathed and cleaned themselves regularly, even in ancient, pre-medieval times, and there is not reason why the people of Westeros cannot also be clean. * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..." |
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| 28 APR 2011 at 11:36pm | |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective Posts : 581 Joined: 26 APR 2005 Location: PT Status : Offline | Sorry to pop in a middle of thread of a TV series which I have no knowleged of 8-), but Trav's comment just made me remember this scene from the movie Just Visiting. The specific scene begins at minute 3 (however I do recommend watching the whole clip ): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFndXWin2Es "No sire, I have taken a bath at Christmas!" |
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| 28 APR 2011 at 11:48pm | |
DonaJourneymanPosts : 801 Joined: 19 MAR 2005 Status : Offline | Les Visiteurs! I love that movie soooo much! Here comes the inevitable "French version is better!" but all three movies are pretty, pretty entertaining (to this day I say "Smells like forest!" and then get sad when no-one gets the reference :C) |
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| 29 APR 2011 at 3:29pm | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | Originally Posted By TechnoSpike (28 APR 2011 11:35pm) Heheh - that's hilarious! A bit like the reverse of Black Knight. Also reminds me a bit of Peter Sellers in "The Party" and the first Mr Bean film. Both of the latter 2 films have hilarious bathroom scenes.) * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..." |
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| 29 APR 2011 at 7:07pm | |
StilerJourneymanPosts : 1462 Joined: 27 SEP 2004 Location: US, TN Status : Offline | Trav have you had a chance to check out The Borgias show yet? I really do think it's that type of thing you are looking for in terms of design/look. Excellent costume/set designs, very colourful and vibrant, etc. |
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| 29 APR 2011 at 7:58pm | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (29 APR 2011 7:07pm) I haven't yet, no, but it's on my list, thanks, Stiler! The reason why I'm getting so upset about the Game of Thrones, is because it's been on my to-read list for a long time (I belong to a few fantasy and Science-fiction bookclub websites), but never got around to reading them because they are so long. However, I did read a bit of it, and as I say, I was expecting more of a fanstasy-feel out of the series, which I've been looking forward to since it was announced quite a while ago. * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
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| 3 MAY 2011 at 3:18pm | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | Ok, so I watched the 3rd episode of Thrones, and now I'm really liking it. [smiley=thumbsup.gif] (Still, I wouldn't mind if Sean Bean washed his hair now and then... ) I'll definitely be catching up on the books in my June vacation. 8-) But..-hang on.. whatever happened to that Jennifer Ehle was going to be cast as Catelyn Stark? [smiley=cry.gif] Also watched the pilot episode of Borgias, and it's very interesting from a historical POV. The costumes and setting is indeed rich and nice. Thanks for pointing me to it, Stiler! The casting in this one was done really well, I thought so far. Lucrezia and Giulia are exquisite, aren't they? * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
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| 4 MAY 2011 at 5:47am | |
StilerJourneymanPosts : 1462 Joined: 27 SEP 2004 Location: US, TN Status : Offline | She backed out for other commitments, least what people reported. Lucrezia is simply stunning in her role, they cast someone that literally seems as they you could pluck from a beautiful painting in that era. The series really picks up a few episodes in when you see things starting to spin out in all directions for the characters. |
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| 4 MAY 2011 at 8:33am | |
TravellerGuild MasterPosts : 4040 Joined: 3 JUL 2010 Location: US Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Stiler (4 MAY 2011 5:47am) What a pity, I would have preferred a younger actress in that role than the one they currently have in that role. The rest of the cast is actually very well chosen, and I must say, I think the actress they finally decided on for Dany, was a very good choice. I also like the new settings and costumes better than the Winterfell ones in the first 2 chapters. Probably they are then just emphasising how "grim" Winterfell is in comparison. Lucrezia is simply stunning in her role, they cast someone that literally seems as they you could pluck from a beautiful painting in that era. Oh, absolutey, her facial shape and structure even resembles what are thought to be portraits of the real Lucrezia. Guilia is actually prettier in the series than her real portait portrays her, but hey, who's going to complain about that? In any case, they both seem to be good actresses portraying their role very well - the same goes for Lucrezia's mother, and for Cezare. I like the actor playing Cezare, in spite of the "bad" things his character does, and that is quite a feat, I guess. * * * Just call me Trav. * * * “Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
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