Boring Sketchbook, Interesting Day

[tealin]

Actually working in publishing might not be so much fun, but having a roommate who does certainly is! Last night I got to see a preview of V For Vendetta (courtesy of Warner Books) and ... it was actually quite good. The Matrix people seem to have remembered that having an editor is actually a good thing, which is a plus. I won't say too much, except that the pacing and acting and, yes, even the writing were good, though Natalie Portman's accent was not (Vowels! Vowels! Is it so hard?), and ... STEPHEN FRYYYY! (eep!) I also suggest to those who go to see it that you sit in the back half of the theatre – I was near the front and some of the scenes were ... a little too frenetic.

Today's recommended daily allowance of cryptic comments is brought to you by the letter V.

WEDNESDAY'S SKETCHBOOK
Page One - Traded bus people for movie theatre people! Also, trying to remember how I drew someone's face, and some studies for an amusing sketch for the above song.
Page Two - More people standing around, and another study. I told you it was a boring sketchbook day, when will you people read the subject line? ;)

Comments

[hyel.livejournal.com]

Well, the writing was originally Alan Moore, so it could never be that bad.

[wizardelfgirl.livejournal.com]

Wanna know another cool job? Translating movies! You get to see a lot of movies before anyone else (though you also get to see a lot of crappy stuff). I actually saw a post-production version of Narnia and it was really funny to watch the children interacting with a ball attached to a stick instead of the beavers and... A plush Aslan!

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

I don't know if that would be really funny or really disappointing (maybe both)- you know, to have all the magic kinda ruined for you (or does it?)

[wizardelfgirl.livejournal.com]

Nah, you already know those creatures are CGI, and it's cool to see how the magic of special effects is actually done. Besides, the movie was in black and white, so when I finally saw it finished in the movie theatre somehow I considered it a different movie and was still amazed by it.

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

Cool - I was curious about that movie: aparently Alan Moore was really unhappy with it, but the concept sounded really daring, provocative, intriguing (and an LA Times article piqued my interest even more) - I will definitely make sure I see it now. Thanks!

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Curiosity says: is Alan Moore British? Because, if he is, and if the odd little snatches of black comedy sprinkled throughout the movie are his responsibility, then that goes to reinforce my theory that only Brits know how to do black comedy right.* If he isn't, or if the black comedy comes from the Wachowskis, then that's some sort of miracle. I'm assuming he is because according to Jon Stewart (who knows everything, obviously) the original graphic novel was a critique of the Thatcher government,** and he wouldn't have any reason to cock a snook at it if he wasn't under its thumb ... eh? Eh? Right? Yes? No? And how many Americans know anything about Guy Fawkes? [behold as she flails]

[niteflite.livejournal.com]

British. He also wrote the Graphic Novel "From Hell". Yay for Jack the Ripper!

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

... I KNEW it! HAH!

[basking in rightness]

Well, I certainly liked the movie version of V better than From Hell, which seemed to be an excuse for the director to find more and more artistic ways to portray more and more gruesome murder scenes. :P

[disneyboy.livejournal.com]

I know some about Guy Fawkes (which, based on the tag line form last year, I assumed the movie was about), but then I was just barely in England, and we got to see a nifty little historical-recreational-play all about it at the Tower of London. Very interesting!




Oh - wait. Was I supposed to fill you in about Guy Fawkes?
You're so cute when you flail!

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

Do you carry your sketchbook everywhere with you?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. I'll never be out of entertainment in a boring situation. :)

The problem is . . .

[noodledaddy.livejournal.com]

Almost every situation is boring, isn't it?

A²

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, pretty much.

[azvolrien.livejournal.com]

I carry a book pretty much everywhere. At one point it led to this brief conversation:
Duncan (foolish boy): God, Megan, don't you ever stop f***ing reading!!??
Me: No.

Simony

[sparrowofjack.livejournal.com]

You mentioned a couple of days back in your post that Simony's name was changed in the broadcast. Now, I didn't hear the original, so I don't know about that, but he was definitely named Sergeant Simony in the broadcast I heard just now. I have no idea why they would change it for the archive, but I thought I'd mention it.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I was referring to Ep. 2 – I thought the soldier Brutha talks to on the way out of Omnia should have been Simony, but he was called Akbar ... maybe it's some random guy in the book, too, or someone who gets killed or something. He's a soldier with a not-very-high opinion of the clergy, so I got him confused with Simony, whoever he is.

[mimeofquidditch.livejournal.com]

I was actually wondering if that movie was worth a watch.

Gosh... it's one of those really-out-of-it days... your name keeps making me giggle. O.o

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

It did that to me too, when I first heard it. (You can thank bananabasket.)

It's definitely worth a watch ... it's been bumping around in my head since last night, and very few movies can do that.

[fryingpanofdoom.livejournal.com]

Is "STEPHEN FRYYYY! (eep!) " mean that he is good or bad? I love him as both Jeeves and HP reader, but I know some people who detest him.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Cannot ... say; ... watch ... movie ...

(I like him [as an actor of course, I have no idea what he's like in real life] so if that makes any difference...)