10 Tammuz/22 June, 2010
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bearshorty Article on cracked.com about Seven classic Disney movies based on R rated stories. One of the examples here was “Tarzan” and its original, fairly non-happy ending.
I read "Tarzan" as a kid, all twenty something volumes that came out in Russian - I was obsessed with it at some point and I always knew how the first story ended. He only married Jane in the second book. I wonder how that book would read now as an adult. Instead of the adventure story I would probably just over-analyze the colonialism. Although, my favorite part of the book was in the beginning where it is just him learning to read from this hut he found. I might actually re-read it in English sometime.
If “Leverage” will keep on burning two episodes every Sunday they will be done pretty quickly this summer. Papa and I watched two episodes from last Sunday today. Aw, Hardison and Parker danced together, it was very sweet. Hardison and Parker discussing Nate’s passwords was also fun.
“Riverworld” I watched Part One on this day, but I watched Part Two on June 23. I just decided to combine the review here for convenience. This miniseries aired on Syfy channel a few month ago and I missed it. I saw that it came out on DVD and was vaguely curious and then I saw that it was on Netflix Instant Play. So I just started watching it to see what it is like and I just love the concept behind it. I’m so reading the book. It is based on Farmer’s Riverworld series and I did vaguely heard about “To Your Scattered Bodies Go.” The Japanese woman, Tomoe, kicks ass. She rescues the main character all the time and she fights and has a generally a good perspective on life. And she is beautiful and ties her hair when she fights.
The guy who plays Burton, who is a villain here, is very easy on the eyes and the most interesting character besides Tamoe. I never really seen Peter Wingfield before since I never really watched “Highlander” that much (and I did not notice him in two seconds of “Caprica”), but he is a very gorgeous man. And I really liked that the ‘villain’ succeeds, although with not expected consequences. I could actually understand the villain’s motivation in the end too, which was nice.
Jesse’s character was annoying – she was just a love interest that the two men (Burton and Matt, our hero) could fight over, her own ideas change with whatever man she is with. And the ‘hero’ only knew her for two month – not that grand a love – so his motivations are sometimes silly. Tomoe is much more interesting as a character than Jesse.
I do wish this was a TV show, not just a miniseries but I don’t think that will happen. Overall, I loved the concept of it. One thing I don’t understand is why characters react so dramatically to death in this world if they know that they will be resurrected anyway. I will read the books. Proportionally, there are many more men in the merry band, of course. And there are no girls in the evil bands. But we can’t have everything. And I think I will start watching “Highlander” now since I should probably catch up on that and I would love to see more of Peter Wingfield.
I read "Tarzan" as a kid, all twenty something volumes that came out in Russian - I was obsessed with it at some point and I always knew how the first story ended. He only married Jane in the second book. I wonder how that book would read now as an adult. Instead of the adventure story I would probably just over-analyze the colonialism. Although, my favorite part of the book was in the beginning where it is just him learning to read from this hut he found. I might actually re-read it in English sometime.
If “Leverage” will keep on burning two episodes every Sunday they will be done pretty quickly this summer. Papa and I watched two episodes from last Sunday today. Aw, Hardison and Parker danced together, it was very sweet. Hardison and Parker discussing Nate’s passwords was also fun.
“Riverworld” I watched Part One on this day, but I watched Part Two on June 23. I just decided to combine the review here for convenience. This miniseries aired on Syfy channel a few month ago and I missed it. I saw that it came out on DVD and was vaguely curious and then I saw that it was on Netflix Instant Play. So I just started watching it to see what it is like and I just love the concept behind it. I’m so reading the book. It is based on Farmer’s Riverworld series and I did vaguely heard about “To Your Scattered Bodies Go.” The Japanese woman, Tomoe, kicks ass. She rescues the main character all the time and she fights and has a generally a good perspective on life. And she is beautiful and ties her hair when she fights.
The guy who plays Burton, who is a villain here, is very easy on the eyes and the most interesting character besides Tamoe. I never really seen Peter Wingfield before since I never really watched “Highlander” that much (and I did not notice him in two seconds of “Caprica”), but he is a very gorgeous man. And I really liked that the ‘villain’ succeeds, although with not expected consequences. I could actually understand the villain’s motivation in the end too, which was nice.
Jesse’s character was annoying – she was just a love interest that the two men (Burton and Matt, our hero) could fight over, her own ideas change with whatever man she is with. And the ‘hero’ only knew her for two month – not that grand a love – so his motivations are sometimes silly. Tomoe is much more interesting as a character than Jesse.
I do wish this was a TV show, not just a miniseries but I don’t think that will happen. Overall, I loved the concept of it. One thing I don’t understand is why characters react so dramatically to death in this world if they know that they will be resurrected anyway. I will read the books. Proportionally, there are many more men in the merry band, of course. And there are no girls in the evil bands. But we can’t have everything. And I think I will start watching “Highlander” now since I should probably catch up on that and I would love to see more of Peter Wingfield.