Comments | adustierstar: "You'd rather watch me drown than see your hands get wet"

adustierstar

"You'd rather watch me drown than see your hands get wet"

Apr 08, 2010 14:19

First and most importantly, dear friends, I have an urgent question for all of you: should I buy this handbag? I am leaning toward yes, but it is possible that's because I responsibly decided against the last handbag I almost bought from this company and was thwarted today when I went to a store that said "Handbags half price!" and they had THREE ( Read more... )

shopping, seastar, movies, holiday, weight

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vanillafire April 8 2010, 14:11:23 UTC

That handbag is super cute, and I think you should buy it right now. :D

adustierstar April 8 2010, 14:18:43 UTC

Haha excellent! I tend to agree XD

flickums April 8 2010, 17:54:53 UTC

I also agree - just for the adorable little owl!

adustierstar April 8 2010, 18:13:08 UTC

Huzzah! Now I feel justified XD

meat0r April 8 2010, 22:53:16 UTC

It has a highly educated owl on it- which means buy.

adustierstar April 8 2010, 23:13:16 UTC

Haha that's an argument I can't deny.

limbomonkey April 9 2010, 01:05:49 UTC

Yes, buy the handbag! I've been very pro-Owl lately.

What book was How to Train your Dragon allegedly based on?

I'm still not sure why, but I am very anti this new "Alice" movie. It might be in part because as far as I can tell someone didn't know the difference between the Red Queen and the Queen of Hearts.

I don't think I bring myself to see the remade Clash of the Titans. The original just has a special place in my heart.

adustierstar April 9 2010, 09:20:05 UTC

Yay owls! I was shown a story on Jezebel about an owl who was scared of heights! It was super adorable and a little sad ( ... )

limbomonkey April 9 2010, 12:23:46 UTC

Yeah, from the description I read they only used the same characters (sort of) and made a new story. Disney conflated the two books too (though I'm not a fan of the Disney movie either). I think what it comes down to is my own snobbery: the "Alice" movie also annoys me because I liked Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass way before it was trendy. And now everywhere I look I see an image of the Mad Hatter or the Cheshire Cat that aren't John Tenniel's. (Just like how I was into pirates way before the movie and plastic frame glasses way before Sarah Palin.) And...I know this might shock people...I'm not a huge Tim Burton fan.

How to Train Your Dragon is based on the book How to Train Your Dragon

I feel like an idiot.

adustierstar April 9 2010, 16:09:04 UTC

Yeah, the idea is that Alice has grown up and forgotten about Wonderland, then ends up going back and having to rediscover it (which is sort of dumb since everybody knows what everything is already except Alice), and there's a prophecy she's supposed to fulfill but she doesn't want to etc. And the Hatter is sometimes and inexplicably Scottish. I know EXACTLY what you mean about trend-bitterness. Especially the Pirates example, but also the resurgence of movies from my childhood that happened a few years ago etc etc. Haha I always found Tenniel's illustrations scary, especially the Hatter and the Mock-Turtle. I mean, I didn't hate the movie, but I thought it could have been better. I am, like many people, getting tired of Tim Burton's pointy-curlicues and black vines schtick, so I can definitely understand that.

Haha it was a legitimate question! They often change books' names in the process of making them movies! XD

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