Somehow All This Talkin Don't Seem to Help No More
Somehow, in Hollywood, it seems the harder you work, the less people notice. Then again, most people in Hollywood work hard... so maybe that just mushes you into the crowd of hard-workers.
One of these days, all of this will make some sense.
Anyway, I've been reading "The Neverending Story," and I've been sadly disappointed with the book overall. I don't know if it's the translation that is weak (it was originally in German), or if the writer is the one to blame. There are some parts toward the middle of the book that are pretty interesting, but the dialogue is forced and the descriptions are horrendously bland. That being said, there are 3 interesting things about the book the book thus far.
1. When Fantasians are sucked into the Nothing, they enter the human world and become lies. So the more of Fantasia (or Fantastica, as it is called in the book) that is sucked into the Nothing, the more lies there are in the human world, and the less people will want to read fiction.
2. Gmork, the Nothing's representative is a werewolf in the book... and he has been hired by liars in the human world, so that people will lose hope, and believe in the lies.
3. The movie only covers the first half of the book. In the second half, Bastian travels into Fantasia and is given Auryn to recreate Fantasia himself, as he would like it. It's very "Magician's Nephew"-esque... although I still value C.S. Lewis' work far above "The Neverending Story."
Why has work been so dead the last few weeks?!?!?!? Guh! I'm so bored!!!!
But luckily there is Vanity Fair to temporarily heal my boredom. For example, it last month's issue, A.A. Gill decided to explore Kentucky's Creation Museum... which has a history of the world from the Creationist point of view. My favorite part was how the museum explains that dinosaurs went extinct because people were killing them for sport in the Middle Ages, when they were known as dragons. Really? Really.
Well, to end this all on an up-note: "Isn't it better to spend a lifetime being second-rate at what you're good, what you love, than first-rate without a soul?"
Which begs the question, can someone be first-rate without passion? But that's something to answer at another time.
One of these days, all of this will make some sense.
Anyway, I've been reading "The Neverending Story," and I've been sadly disappointed with the book overall. I don't know if it's the translation that is weak (it was originally in German), or if the writer is the one to blame. There are some parts toward the middle of the book that are pretty interesting, but the dialogue is forced and the descriptions are horrendously bland. That being said, there are 3 interesting things about the book the book thus far.
1. When Fantasians are sucked into the Nothing, they enter the human world and become lies. So the more of Fantasia (or Fantastica, as it is called in the book) that is sucked into the Nothing, the more lies there are in the human world, and the less people will want to read fiction.
2. Gmork, the Nothing's representative is a werewolf in the book... and he has been hired by liars in the human world, so that people will lose hope, and believe in the lies.
3. The movie only covers the first half of the book. In the second half, Bastian travels into Fantasia and is given Auryn to recreate Fantasia himself, as he would like it. It's very "Magician's Nephew"-esque... although I still value C.S. Lewis' work far above "The Neverending Story."
Why has work been so dead the last few weeks?!?!?!? Guh! I'm so bored!!!!
But luckily there is Vanity Fair to temporarily heal my boredom. For example, it last month's issue, A.A. Gill decided to explore Kentucky's Creation Museum... which has a history of the world from the Creationist point of view. My favorite part was how the museum explains that dinosaurs went extinct because people were killing them for sport in the Middle Ages, when they were known as dragons. Really? Really.
Well, to end this all on an up-note: "Isn't it better to spend a lifetime being second-rate at what you're good, what you love, than first-rate without a soul?"
Which begs the question, can someone be first-rate without passion? But that's something to answer at another time.