Comments on: Share and Enjoy

By: kelvin

kelvin — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:33:09 +0000

Oh, and I appear to be the only person in the world that thought that Spaced was better than Shaun Of The Dead, and that what the film was badly missing was Jessica Stevenson’s input beyond her cameo.

I’m looking forward to Sin City, and I’m remarkably pleased that it’s gone from Robert Rodriguez’s little vanity project based on a comic hardly anyone has read, to a major film release. “The Next Pulp Fiction” is a bit of a thickheaded appraisal, but taken on face value, it’s good to hear. Bitch!

By: kelvin

kelvin — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 01:28:56 +0000

Well, the first episode was largely based on the original scripts. The second and subsequent episodes should give us a better look at how well they’ve translated the concept. And as Meg has pointed out, it’s going to be an astonishing example of cackhandedness if they can’t find things to make jokes about in the American work environment.

ChickChickChick seems to be the official, or at least semi-official version of the name. Although it’s a big joke at everyone’s expense, of course.

By: Liam

Liam — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:14:09 +0000

It’s any three identical repetitive noises. Bok!Bok!Bok!, Snap!Snap!Snap!, Bitch!Bitch!Bitch! would also be valid. Great concept.

I saw the Yankee "Office" and didn’t find it as horribly awful as I thought I would. Still not as good as the original, but I was always going to say that. Maybe I’ll post about it.

By: kelvin

kelvin — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:05:01 +0000

By the way Lig, did you see Yankee Office yesterday? What did you think?

By: kelvin

kelvin — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 00:03:52 +0000

“!!!” is pronounced BANG!BANG!BANG! or ChickChickChick, depending on your mood. Both are apparently official.

By: Arethusa

Arethusa — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:39:14 +0000

I still haven’t read this book (as yet?). Pretty soon I’ll be ashamed to admit that in public.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:40:19 +0000

Hi Lig! Thanks very much for my CD, it was a most pleasant surprise :)
It’s all good stuff, too. One question, though — how do you pronounce “!!!”?

By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:15:51 +0000

Fry is the voice of the Guide.

By: kelvin

kelvin — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:32:52 +0000

So is Fry the voice of The Guide, or is he just the narrator?
They need to get the voice of The Guide right, Mos Def or no Mos Def.

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:50:49 +0000

Much of the screenplay was written by Douglas Adams, or so it seems, and the new character played by John Malkovich was written in by Adams with Malkovich in mind.

Although I’ve never seen the TV series, the general consensus was that its sfx were ropey. At the very least, this version will have good sfx. The production designers seem to have done a good job with the sets, too. I’m just going to wait and hope that Mos Def can actually act as I have every faith in Martin Freeman doing the job properly, and I can imagine the offkilter chemistry between him and Sam Rockwell already.