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Post by jean on Jan 30, 2012 9:15:07 GMT
How did someone who's died manage to post on there? That's what I want to know.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 30, 2012 9:51:55 GMT
How did someone who's died manage to post on there? That's what I want to know. They must be on Facebook. FaceBook has broken all the old traditional barriers.
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Post by everso on Jan 30, 2012 11:38:17 GMT
No. It's quite different really. Not so cosy as this place but can be very interesting - and funny. I found myself almost crying with laughter during an altercation between Weyland and Mick (who I think has flounced, although he might be there under another name - they keep changing their names ) It was pretty much a Strasbourg moment.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 30, 2012 12:19:16 GMT
No. It's quite different really. Not so cosy as this place but can be very interesting - and funny. I found myself almost crying with laughter during an altercation between Weyland and Mick (who I think has flounced, although he might be there under another name - they keep changing their names ) It was pretty much a Strasbourg moment. He said the board had been highjacked by a clique, and then did a stealth flounce. I changed my name to Weyland Yutani. Thought it was time I came out. I love being on both boards. They're SO different. The Crouch is my real love, though. I'm hoping that eventually all Stubbies will be over there as well. It would do GWD a power of good, and I'm sure we'd all get a good laugh out of it. Yesterday somebody called Sparra and me "fellow dullards". If he doesn't behave I may have to reassume my long-dormant Godzilla persona.
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jan 30, 2012 17:33:20 GMT
I'm obviously persona non grata... ....I'll get my fur wrap...
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Post by Weyland on Jan 30, 2012 18:04:52 GMT
I'm obviously persona non grata... ....I'll get my fur wrap... What id have you requested, BB?
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Post by bonbonlarue on Jan 30, 2012 21:34:02 GMT
Who else but myself?
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Post by Weyland on Jan 30, 2012 21:54:56 GMT
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Post by Weyland on Jan 30, 2012 23:42:49 GMT
If no progress detected, BonBon, apply again. I've alerted the Admin bloke (in Arizona) but their ultra-cautious anti-spamming software might already have deleted your previous attempt. Don't ask.
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Jan 31, 2012 4:25:43 GMT
Went to bed too early. 9pm...no alcohol. Wide awake at 2.
Was it Aubrey who mentioned The Woman In Black? Been listening to this audio version on You Tube...
The TV adaptation was disowned by the author Susan Hill as they radically changed the story much to her displeasure.
The new film version is released in February with that notoriously bad actor Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps...never really forgiven Radcliffe for his limp wristed portrayal of Jack Kipling (Rudyard's son) in My Boy Jack...he was absolutely awful in it.
Will wait and see what this new version of The Woman In Black is like, but judging by the clips I doubt Susan Hill will be that impressed...they apparently drive up to Eel Marsh House by car!!! In the novel they can only get there by pony and trap.
...and pony and trap is what I think this might be!
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Post by aubrey on Jan 31, 2012 10:54:36 GMT
The TV version from a few years ago (89?) was adapted by Nigel Kneal, who I think is the finest popular TV writer of his generation.
I watched it on Saturday night, and it was really good.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 31, 2012 11:24:10 GMT
The TV version from a few years ago (89?) was adapted by Nigel Kneal, who I think is the finest popular TV writer of his generation. He wrote Quatermass. I have the script of Quatermass and the Pit somewhere. Great stuff. I can still get terrified watching clips on YouTube. (The 1950s TV version, of course.)
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Jan 31, 2012 11:59:34 GMT
The TV version from a few years ago (89?) was adapted by Nigel Kneal, who I think is the finest popular TV writer of his generation. I watched it on Saturday night, and it was really good. It is good but they changed the ending...the woman in black appears on a river and then the branch of a tree crashes into their rowing boat killing the family. In the novel his wife and daughter are mowed down by a runaway horse and cart at a funfair. Susan Hill backs the stage play but slammed the TV adaptation, as the horse and cart or pony and trap are crucial to the plot, with the impending disaster pointed to throughout the tale.
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Post by trubble on Jan 31, 2012 14:02:50 GMT
The only way to experience "The Woman in Black" is as a play. It's sublime. It is the very definition of "theatre".
London has been staging it for years, I presume it's still on there somewhere. Find it & go.
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Post by trubble on Jan 31, 2012 14:06:18 GMT
"The Woman in White", conversely, should only ever be read - as a book that one can hold in one's hand and stuff into one's bag when the train comes etc. "The Woman in Red" should never be seen; just as "The Lady in Red" should never be heard. Follow these simple rules and you'll be able to sleep at night.
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Jan 31, 2012 14:07:17 GMT
The only way to experience "The Woman in Black" is as a play. It's sublime. It is the very definition of "theatre". London has been staging it for years, I presume it's still on there somewhere. Find it & go. One of the longest running of all time...never seen it...keep promising I will get round to it.
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Jan 31, 2012 14:11:13 GMT
"The Woman in White", conversely, should only ever be read - as a book that one can hold in one's hand and stuff into one's bag when the train comes etc. "The Woman in Red" should never be seen; just as "The Lady in Red" should never be heard. Follow these simple rules and you'll be able to sleep at night. You've done it now Trubbs...that awful dwarf is far scarier than any woman in black!! Terrifying!
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Post by Weyland on Jan 31, 2012 14:17:27 GMT
"The Woman in White", conversely, should only ever be read - as a book that one can hold in one's hand and stuff into one's bag when the train comes etc. "The Woman in Red" should never be seen; just as "The Lady in Red" should never be heard. Follow these simple rules and you'll be able to sleep at night. Rules -- Addendum: A woman's lady's place is in the wrong.
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Post by aubrey on Jan 31, 2012 14:32:14 GMT
The TV version from a few years ago (89?) was adapted by Nigel Kneal, who I think is the finest popular TV writer of his generation. I watched it on Saturday night, and it was really good. It is good but they changed the ending...the woman in black appears on a river and then the branch of a tree crashes into their rowing boat killing the family. In the novel his wife and daughter are mowed down by a runaway horse and cart at a funfair. Susan Hill backs the stage play but slammed the TV adaptation, as the horse and cart or pony and trap are crucial to the plot, with the impending disaster pointed to throughout the tale. I see S Hill's point; but the TV ending was good because it was so prosaic. It reminded me a lot of those BBC Xmas ghost stories, the way it just stopped.
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Post by chris & the giant peach on Feb 1, 2012 15:38:03 GMT
Talking of Derek Nimmo and All Gas and Gaiters
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