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Been mauling. Wait, no, malling.
Today I traipsed merrily off to see Once Upon a Time in Mexico (Antonio! Johnny! Salma! Eeee, too much Pretty at once! I don't care if it's incoherent- Rodriguez's films tend to be, and I love 'em anyway). But then I decided to watch it on Saturday and bought a hundred bucks worth of shower gel and magazines instead. Somehow that's a logical decision to my brain. Yeah, I don't get it either.
But a couple of heads-ups: the October issue of Military History (which I didn't buy, amazingly) has a cover story on T.E. Lawrence- it looked like pretty standard stuff with a few nice (though not really new) pictures. Oh hey, it's online. That's handy. Well, I'll read that later, I guess.
The July/August issue of Creative Screenwriting (it's a bimonthly, but it often shows up well into the second month) has an interview with Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott, the screenwriting team behind Pirates of the Caribbean (among others). It's about four pages long and looks pretty interesting. From Ted Elliott: "Hopefully, the final resolution of the story is our point of view about the whole thing, which is 'Don't fall in love with the romantic illusion; find the romantic reality.'" Aw. I like these guys.
The July issue of Film Score Monthly (it's not bimonthly or anything; it's just late a lot) is "The Pirate Issue," and has an article on Klaus Badelt for Pirates of the Caribbean, one on Harry Gregson-Williams for Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (both Badelt and Gregson-Williams are part of Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures group, incidentally), and a mini-article on eleven recommended pirate movie scores. It also has a review of the limited Dark Crystal release that I was swooning over back in June (four-and-a-half stars out of five, with only minute reservations). Interesting stuff, though Badelt sounds a mite flaky and Bruckheimer like a bit of a jerk. Shocker, I know.
If anyone's interested in the PotC stuff and can't find Creative Screenwriting or FSM, I'm always happy to transcribe. Just let me know. (I should probably get a new scanner, yes, but you know that if I did it would probably end up keeping the DVD player company in "Not-Hooked-Up-Land" for ages. Typing I can do).
And just because I thought it was fun: the Top Eleven Strangest Star Wars Action Figures. I wish Toy Biz would take a lesson from Kenner and make some really minor characters into AFs (at their normal high standards, of course). Like Faramir's loyal, dour lieutenant (whose name escapes me right now). Or some of those grumpy-looking Men at the Council of Rivendell. Or some wee little hobbit moppets. Or Gil-Galad. That would be very cool.
But a couple of heads-ups: the October issue of Military History (which I didn't buy, amazingly) has a cover story on T.E. Lawrence- it looked like pretty standard stuff with a few nice (though not really new) pictures. Oh hey, it's online. That's handy. Well, I'll read that later, I guess.
The July/August issue of Creative Screenwriting (it's a bimonthly, but it often shows up well into the second month) has an interview with Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott, the screenwriting team behind Pirates of the Caribbean (among others). It's about four pages long and looks pretty interesting. From Ted Elliott: "Hopefully, the final resolution of the story is our point of view about the whole thing, which is 'Don't fall in love with the romantic illusion; find the romantic reality.'" Aw. I like these guys.
The July issue of Film Score Monthly (it's not bimonthly or anything; it's just late a lot) is "The Pirate Issue," and has an article on Klaus Badelt for Pirates of the Caribbean, one on Harry Gregson-Williams for Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (both Badelt and Gregson-Williams are part of Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures group, incidentally), and a mini-article on eleven recommended pirate movie scores. It also has a review of the limited Dark Crystal release that I was swooning over back in June (four-and-a-half stars out of five, with only minute reservations). Interesting stuff, though Badelt sounds a mite flaky and Bruckheimer like a bit of a jerk. Shocker, I know.
If anyone's interested in the PotC stuff and can't find Creative Screenwriting or FSM, I'm always happy to transcribe. Just let me know. (I should probably get a new scanner, yes, but you know that if I did it would probably end up keeping the DVD player company in "Not-Hooked-Up-Land" for ages. Typing I can do).
And just because I thought it was fun: the Top Eleven Strangest Star Wars Action Figures. I wish Toy Biz would take a lesson from Kenner and make some really minor characters into AFs (at their normal high standards, of course). Like Faramir's loyal, dour lieutenant (whose name escapes me right now). Or some of those grumpy-looking Men at the Council of Rivendell. Or some wee little hobbit moppets. Or Gil-Galad. That would be very cool.
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Er.
Compared to the action figures in my head. And the Darth Jar Jar on my desk at home. And stuff. Yeah/
*falls asleep*
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Um...
You win. Heck, no contest. shudder
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Hee! Your entries crack me up.
Very interesting magazines! The film score one sounds especially interesting. I didn't know those existed.
Ooh, Gil-Galad figure! How cool would that be!
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I'm always surprised when I can find Film Score Monthly up here- honestly, I can't imagine anyone buys it except me (I should probably just subscribe already). But then you never know. All sorts of surprising people turn out to be movie music fans.
I would love a Gil-Galad figure. The first time I saw FotR in the theater, I squealed when I saw him (for the whole ten seconds or whatever). Very embarrassing. So yeah, I'm not holding my breath for an AF, but it would be so great. My Elrond fig would be so happy!
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True, and movie scores are sort of the new symphonies, in a way. It's the best way for composers to get a large audience for classical type music.
I've ceased to have any dignity at all when it comes to squeeing in a theatre. PotC saw to that. But yes, a companion for Elrond! T'would be nice.