Kid Monk Baroni
Holiday tick list update:
Lie in!
Gym x 3 (over 5 days people not per day!)
Cook Something New
Read - I Am Spock - Leonard Nimoy
DVD - Kid Monk Baroni
Cinema - Ice Age 3
Cinema - Moon
Cinema - Harry Potter
Museum visit?
LJ - Sort Memories
LJ - Sort Tags
LJ - New Layout
LJ - New Profile?
LJ - Sort Communities?
Other things may crop up...
KEY: Not started / Done / In Progress.
I forgot to mention in my last post Ice Age 3 totally has a Superman reference in it which was totally unexpected. At one point Manny says 'I'll raise them by myself...In my fortress of solitude....in ice...alone!" Hmmm... that sounds a familiar place ;) Anyway onto things. I finished watching the film and the DVD commentary for Kid Monk Baroni. I loved this movie mainly because of fandom cross-over squee:
So young and pretty! Jack Larson aka Jimmy Olson in The Adventures of Superman (not to mention also an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and more recently Superman Returns) And Leonard Nimoy aka Spock in Star Trek (to list all the movies, series takes too long!). Actually watching a young Nimoy at times made me think of Zachary Quinto although its so Nimoy's voice - you can't escape it - instantly recognisable. You wouldn't know if from the above photo but Larson and Nimoy actually play best friends in the movie. It's a cute story - I won't go into the details - you can read more here. They both provide a commentary for the DVD together (recorded in 2006) and it is well worth a listen to hear them talk. This movie was shot shortly before the first season of The Adventures of Superman which would make Larson a household name and was Nimoy's first lead role after moving to Hollywood. So they share the connection of this movie feeling like their big break at the time. It's interesting listening to them compare experiences in movie and TV in the 50s and the studio system (this seriously made me crave my American Studies degree as did the movie itself), the issues of being typecast, the wider issues going on at the time...yep craving my American Studies now. Also, cute dialogue at times such as (am paraphrasing here):
Nimoy: Look at us. We were just kids.
Larson: Yeah. Your a good leading man. I was never sexy enough.
Nimoy: What?! Whoever told you you weren't sexy was BLIND!
Larson: I became the best square for hire though. I was the cute guy to hire for that.
*laughter*
and in reference to this scene:
Nimoy: Oh here she is Mona! Hot!
Larson: Oh yeah, beautiful.
Nimoy: Yeah. Perfectly cast this movie *laughs*
There's more but some of it I struggled to follow without subtitles. Worth the struggle though!
Lie in!
Gym x 3 (over 5 days people not per day!)
Cook Something New
Read - I Am Spock - Leonard Nimoy
DVD - Kid Monk Baroni
Cinema - Ice Age 3
Cinema - Moon
Cinema - Harry Potter
Museum visit?
LJ - Sort Memories
LJ - Sort Tags
LJ - New Layout
LJ - New Profile?
LJ - Sort Communities?
Other things may crop up...
KEY: Not started / Done / In Progress.
I forgot to mention in my last post Ice Age 3 totally has a Superman reference in it which was totally unexpected. At one point Manny says 'I'll raise them by myself...In my fortress of solitude....in ice...alone!" Hmmm... that sounds a familiar place ;) Anyway onto things. I finished watching the film and the DVD commentary for Kid Monk Baroni. I loved this movie mainly because of fandom cross-over squee:
So young and pretty! Jack Larson aka Jimmy Olson in The Adventures of Superman (not to mention also an episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and more recently Superman Returns) And Leonard Nimoy aka Spock in Star Trek (to list all the movies, series takes too long!). Actually watching a young Nimoy at times made me think of Zachary Quinto although its so Nimoy's voice - you can't escape it - instantly recognisable. You wouldn't know if from the above photo but Larson and Nimoy actually play best friends in the movie. It's a cute story - I won't go into the details - you can read more here. They both provide a commentary for the DVD together (recorded in 2006) and it is well worth a listen to hear them talk. This movie was shot shortly before the first season of The Adventures of Superman which would make Larson a household name and was Nimoy's first lead role after moving to Hollywood. So they share the connection of this movie feeling like their big break at the time. It's interesting listening to them compare experiences in movie and TV in the 50s and the studio system (this seriously made me crave my American Studies degree as did the movie itself), the issues of being typecast, the wider issues going on at the time...yep craving my American Studies now. Also, cute dialogue at times such as (am paraphrasing here):
Nimoy: Look at us. We were just kids.
Larson: Yeah. Your a good leading man. I was never sexy enough.
Nimoy: What?! Whoever told you you weren't sexy was BLIND!
Larson: I became the best square for hire though. I was the cute guy to hire for that.
*laughter*
and in reference to this scene:
Click to viewNimoy: Oh here she is Mona! Hot!
Larson: Oh yeah, beautiful.
Nimoy: Yeah. Perfectly cast this movie *laughs*
There's more but some of it I struggled to follow without subtitles. Worth the struggle though!