the tree of pain has many thorns

[space_botz]

I just spent the last two hours searching the university database for critical reviews of Dan Simmons' Hyperion series... and came up with nilch. :( Instead I stumbled into a multitude of critical essays on Frank Herbert, Ursula K. le Guin, Robert Heinlein... even Iain M. Banks! The wealth of writing on Dune (in particular) is overwhelming. There

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[uberaxl]

you know how this works....
Now we play the casting game - a la Dune Community, worst casting call gets the Golden David Hasselhoff statue from me :)

So, without further ado I present our man about town, Keanu Reeves as the Shrike.

beat that!

[space_botz]

omg cass, that's like... the WORST thing you've ever said.
EVER.
you're so cut-off!
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though I bet I could beat it... ;P

Tommy Chong as the Consul?
or BRAD DOURIFF AS ALBEDO!!!

[uberaxl]

haha, Alan Alda as Kassad!
kd lang as Lamia!

that weaselly Frodo dude as the Keats persona.

[space_botz]

...too bad we can't cast
Chris Farley as Lourdesamy ;)
(unless of course, you're
kool with putting zombies
in the vatican?)

gosh cashew, feels like forever
since i've seen you...
hasn't actually been that long,
but i miss you!
when we gonna play again?

[uberaxl]

indeed, where have you been?
I hear rumours you are swamped with life like the rest of us :)
I'll be out and about again, once the Pouncer situation is settled.

[space_botz]

swamped is almost an understatement!
did you get my email the other day?
had some good updates n' stuff in it...

[uberaxl]

yah, got your mail - both email and real :)
Glad to hear your good news, and really silly monkey - you'd never have to thank me for anything - I love you endlessly - I'll do anything for you :)

Have the eeevil mid-terms this week, plus the Pouncer situation so planning to read the short story next week when (hopefully) things have settled down.

[rokkitz]

i was thinking:
keanu reeves as colonel kasad
nicolas cage as the shrike
brad dourif as lenar hoyt
julia roberts as het masteen
william shatner as martin silenus
gerrard depardue as A. Bettik

but that's just me ;o)

[space_botz]

julia roberts as het masteen? what have you been smoking!?!?
i can barely handle the idea of nicholas cage as the shrike...
it's actually worse than matthew broderick as leto. (wormface!)

south park: "so children, ghengis khan was a mongol. not to be confused with a mongoloid... like that actor, nick cage."

[rokkitz]

but what about shatner?

[space_botz]

no comment.