Pirates, Pet Peeves, Quote and Quiz
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ealgyldenAnd an Ebay auction, actually, but that didn't alliterate.
PotC heads-up: the September issue of Starlog (#314, has Angelina Jolie snarling on the cover) has a pretty good article on the movie. Four pages, no new pics and a few mistakes (that Elizabeth steals Will's medallion because she loves pirates, that Jack loves Elizabeth, that sort of thing), but it has some good quotes from Johnny, Orlando, Keira and Jack Davenport (yay!), as well as from Hal Hickel (from ILM) and Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio (nobodies. The authors. Heh, sorry, I just watched Shakespeare in Love). I enjoyed it muchly, but then there have been so few magazine articles on this movie that I was rather desperate. There's also an itty-bitty picture of Peter Wingfield in X2 in the article on Kelly Hu (Lady Deathstrike), for those who search obsessively for such things. Which certainly wouldn't be me. Heh.
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Pet Peeve: Hollywood types describing every historical figure as "the rock star of his time." Pirates were the rock stars, the Younger Gang were the rock stars, Alexander the Great was the rock star... argh, shut up! Get a new useless metaphor already! I wonder if I could get away with that: "Oh yes, St. Aethelwold of Winchester was the rock star of his time. Of course, being a rock star was somewhat different in the tenth century. It involved rather more psalms, Masses and reformation of the monasteries of England." Yeah, I don't think so.
And though it hasn't happened often enough yet to be a pet peeve, I find it terribly disappointing to click on a story labeled "Jack Sparrow/William Turner" and have it turn out to be Jack/Will rather than Jack/Bootstrap. Does Will even get called "William" to his face in the movie? Jack comments in the jail that it must be his full name and then later calls him "dear William" to Elizabeth, but I think that's it.
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Quote: "That was a joke, Mr. Weatherspoon. Part of your duty is to laugh at your captain's jokes, is that understood?"
- Capt. Isaac Biddlecomb, The Maddest Idea (by James L. Nelson)
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Quiz:
You are Elizabeth Bennet! You are attractive,
intelligent, and are generally considered good-
natured.
Hm. Okay then.
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And non-alliterative Ebay auction: I had no idea that the old Playmobil pirate ships were so enormous. That thing is huge! Are the newer ones this big too? Where would I even put it if I won it? I'd need a whole room just for my pirates!
But oh, how I want it anyway. Even with the various missing bits. sigh
PotC heads-up: the September issue of Starlog (#314, has Angelina Jolie snarling on the cover) has a pretty good article on the movie. Four pages, no new pics and a few mistakes (that Elizabeth steals Will's medallion because she loves pirates, that Jack loves Elizabeth, that sort of thing), but it has some good quotes from Johnny, Orlando, Keira and Jack Davenport (yay!), as well as from Hal Hickel (from ILM) and Ted Elliot and Terry Rossio (nobodies. The authors. Heh, sorry, I just watched Shakespeare in Love). I enjoyed it muchly, but then there have been so few magazine articles on this movie that I was rather desperate. There's also an itty-bitty picture of Peter Wingfield in X2 in the article on Kelly Hu (Lady Deathstrike), for those who search obsessively for such things. Which certainly wouldn't be me. Heh.
~*~*~*~*
Pet Peeve: Hollywood types describing every historical figure as "the rock star of his time." Pirates were the rock stars, the Younger Gang were the rock stars, Alexander the Great was the rock star... argh, shut up! Get a new useless metaphor already! I wonder if I could get away with that: "Oh yes, St. Aethelwold of Winchester was the rock star of his time. Of course, being a rock star was somewhat different in the tenth century. It involved rather more psalms, Masses and reformation of the monasteries of England." Yeah, I don't think so.
And though it hasn't happened often enough yet to be a pet peeve, I find it terribly disappointing to click on a story labeled "Jack Sparrow/William Turner" and have it turn out to be Jack/Will rather than Jack/Bootstrap. Does Will even get called "William" to his face in the movie? Jack comments in the jail that it must be his full name and then later calls him "dear William" to Elizabeth, but I think that's it.
~*~*~*~*
Quote: "That was a joke, Mr. Weatherspoon. Part of your duty is to laugh at your captain's jokes, is that understood?"
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Quiz:
intelligent, and are generally considered good-
natured.
You make judgements of people at
your first-meeting, and are generally
correct...but be careful that your pride
doesn't make your prejudice unconquerable!
You love reading, and long talks, and
intelligent conversation. You want a guy who
will love you for your inner soul, and not for
outward considerations...and the guy you're
thinking of isn't it! He's still out there,
but don't expect him to come with bells,
whistles and smiles. Keep your heart open.
Have fun being your witty, delightful self!
Which literary heroine are you?
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Hm. Okay then.
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And non-alliterative Ebay auction: I had no idea that the old Playmobil pirate ships were so enormous. That thing is huge! Are the newer ones this big too? Where would I even put it if I won it? I'd need a whole room just for my pirates!
But oh, how I want it anyway. Even with the various missing bits. sigh
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Wow!
Date: 2003-08-09 12:54 am (UTC)I'm totally impressed!
Re: Wow!
Date: 2003-08-09 01:16 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-08-09 04:13 am (UTC)She doesn't? Heh, I thought that was her real motivation, and she only said she was afraid so she wouldn't have to admit it to Will.
I don't *think* anyone called Will Wiliam to his face. Also, did Jack say "Where is dear William?" or "Where is the William?" I sort of thought it was the latter.
And yes, current Playmobil pirates are about that big.
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Date: 2003-08-09 04:55 am (UTC)I don't *think* anyone called Will William to his face. Also, did Jack say "Where is dear William?" or "Where is the William?" I sort of thought it was the latter.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he was always "Will" or Mr. Turner." And I thought it was "dear," but "the" would add a nice parallelism. Hm. I'll have to double-check both of those when I see it again tomorrow. Last time, honest. Anything over five trips to the theater is a mite hard to justify, but if I don't physically drag my father, he won't go, and I know he'd enjoy it. Oh, the sacrifices I make.
And yes, current Playmobil pirates are about that big.
Wow, seriously? That's huge. No wonder they're so expensive. And they really even float! So very cool.
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Date: 2003-08-09 05:01 am (UTC)Love the Biddlecomb quote!
Wow, I never knew the Playmobil sets were so large. And it floats, too? That's so cool!
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Date: 2003-08-09 05:59 am (UTC)I'm really liking Isaac. He's a bit like Hornblower, in that he's very confident when he's in action and a bit overly self-critical when he's idle. But he's funnier than Horatio (hard not to be), and a lot less uptight. A benefit of being a "damned colonial," I guess. The problem is no one ever gets his jokes, poor guy. He has the worst luck ever, too. I'm starting to think he's cursed, except that he always ends up triumphant. It's handy being the main character.
Wow, I never knew the Playmobil sets were so large. And it floats, too? That's so cool!
I know, they don't look nearly so big on the box! My cats would love it- the littlest one would think it was her new bed. She wouldn't be too fond of the floating part, though.
Speaking of floating toys, it's not pirate-y, but check out this sea serpent (http://www.collectobil.com/images/items/3155.jpg) from the new Viking line. Not only does it float, there a little motor you can get separately so it can zoom around the water. I really want one.
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Date: 2003-08-11 04:02 am (UTC)Isaac sounds so cool! Man, this "to be read" book list keeps getting longer and longer...
What a nifty sea serpent! Are these Playmobil sets a current thing, and are they available in places like Walmart or toy stores? I don't think I've ever seen them before. We stuck to Legos and Playschool "Little People" when I was a kid.
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Date: 2003-08-11 05:17 pm (UTC)David Bowie the Conquerer! Huzzah! Well, maybe not... ;)
Playmobil has been around since the 70's, I think, but they had a big explosion of producing really detailed, really cool sets in the mid-90's (right about when Lego did, actually). So all of a sudden they jumped from being what I got when the good Legos were sold out to being my main addiction. *g* They might be available in Toys R' Us (not sure, it's been a while since I've been in one), and they're often carried by toy stores that carry other imported toy lines, like Brio (Playmobil is German originally), but unfortunately it's really unlikely that they'd turn up in KB Toys, Walmart, or any place that actually has a branch around here. I usually get mine from a toy store in Kingston (Ontario), from Ebay, or online. So it can be kind of a hunt to find them if you live in the middle of nowhere like me, but they're just so cool (http://www.collectobil.com/catalogue/catalogue.html) that I don't mind the extra work getting them.
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Date: 2003-08-13 02:25 am (UTC)Wow, cool! They've got quite an extensive collection. Oh, I so shouldn't...not on my budget :)