"It's never over with you," I think Jack said to Daniel in an episode; I don't remember which.

It's never over with me either, nor, apparently, Canada's Globe and Mail, which features this late-breaking review of Beowulf, complete with some suggestions for an encore for Robert Zemeckis, a few other classic works of literature and how he could ( Read more... )

Saturn nominations are listed here. It's nice to see some of my favorite shows. Brilliant Husband and I have been arguing Kevin McKidd versus Lee Pace. BH said, "Why isn't John Barrowman here?", but I think the acting noms are for North American shows only. If John Barrowman was on that list, we wouldn't be arguing anything. (I saw John Barrowman ( Read more... )

Legos first: loriel_eris posted a link to a Stargate Lego set-up.

That reminds me of one of the greatest Lego creations I have ever seen: Amy Hughes's Abston Church of Christ. It's amazing. Go through the galleries. Thanks to my brother, who put me on to this years ago; I have been sharing it ever since ( Read more... )

A few links of interest:

First, two more reviews of the recent movie Beowulf, as much to keep track of them for myself as for anyone else who is interested:
Richard North, Professor at University College London, in Time Out London
John V. Fleming, distinguished medievalist and Professor Emeritus of Princeton, in The National ReviewEven more ( Read more... )

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Or was it Beowulf: the first-person shooter? It looked like that a lot (I think; I don't actually play those games).

I'm going to steal a line from Roger Ebert's review (though I made the joke first in this entry, he says it better): "The movie uses the English epic poem, circa 700 A.D., as its starting point, and resembles the original in that it ( Read more... )

Pictures of Zachary Quinto as young Spock have appeared on JFX Online. The closer shots look odd to me--can't they afford a more convincing wig?--but the third thumbnail, at more of a distance, looks better (I hope that's not simply because of distance and graininess ( Read more... )

Get a load of this: Beowulf action figures. Be sure to click on each photo for a close-up! Hoo, boy! I Googled for more and found places pre-selling them for about $16/each, which is a bit steep for something so silly (especially as I'm compulsive about completeness and would have to get all four ( Read more... )

A trailer is up for the Zemeckis Beowulf (screenplay by Neil Gaiman & Roger Avary):

You know, I once read a poem by that title, and its main character was named Beowulf, too. But this doesn't look anything like that poem.

In fact, I've read that poem many times, sometimes in the original Old English!

If you want to know what the poem is really ( Read more... )