"There's a dark time; this is a dark life."

[greygirlbeast]

My last entry before Readercon 21The past two days have been hell here in Providence. The temperature hit 101F on Tuesday (a record for the date), and wasn't much better yesterday. We've had to stay out of the House as much as possible, trying to stay cool. It is an old house, this House, and it is made to hold in heat in cold winters. It also

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[cithra]

Your reaction to The Last Airbender reminds me of Howard Taylor's review, as relayed to me by my brother (so I'm definitely not quoting here) - If you are a fan of the manga, it's a terrible movie. Otherwise it's merely painfully mediocre.

[greygirlbeast]

Sounds about right.

[nullmode]

I do hope he didn't say manga. Last Airbender is neither manga nor anime.

But sadly yes what a botched job. This could have been so much more and wasn't.

I have to say the miscasting bothered me. It wasn't so much the race thing, though that didn't help, it was that most of the casting was so thoroughly wrong. Whether or not you were a fan of the show you have to admit that it had a definite flavor to it. Shyamalan seems to have missed, or more likely, chosen to ignore this. That is where he fails. He has messed with the chemistry to much. Producing something that feels alien and hollow to the fan base this movie was made for.

Don't get me started on the dialog and the acting either. ugh...

Sounds like I should see Toy Story 3 though.

[greygirlbeast]

I do hope he didn't say manga. Last Airbender is neither manga nor anime.

Hence I said "animated series."

It wasn't so much the race thing, though that didn't help, it was that most of the casting was so thoroughly wrong.

I thought Aang worked, but that was about it.

[cimeara]

I would hope, and even expect, that people who preordered the book would care enough (and be intelligent enough) to read Amazon's email closely enough to keep their order from being canceled.

3D varies so much, it's hard to tell whether to deliberately see a non-3D version. In "Last Airbender" it was also a post-production addition, and extra-bad accordingly. But I'd heard that it fit better in "Toy Story 3"? Or did you still find it bad there?

[greygirlbeast]

I would hope, and even expect, that people who preordered the book would care enough (and be intelligent enough) to read Amazon's email closely enough to keep their order from being canceled.

Indeed.

3D varies so much, it's hard to tell whether to deliberately see a non-3D version. In "Last Airbender" it was also a post-production addition, and extra-bad accordingly. But I'd heard that it fit better in "Toy Story 3"? Or did you still find it bad there?

I cannot actually see 3-D, as I have no vision in my left eye. However, the way that cinematography gets skewed for movies that are intentionally 3-D, with all those things jumping out of the screen at you shots, it ruins films. 3-D is antithetical to good movie making. It didn't seem to hurt Toy Story too badly (though you could spot the gimmick shots).

[martianmooncrab]

black light is very unforgiving to white roots...

Hope you have a good time at the con, and the AC stays happy.

[greygirlbeast]

Yeah. I should have said, my hair's not so much gone grey, as it's gone white.

[gargirl]

My 16 year old saw the new Airbender movie and he is a fan of the anime. He thought it was pretty weak, not that his is the definitive fan opinion, it's just an opinion.

Thanks for the update on The Ammonite Violin, I was beginning to wonder what was up. Have fun at Readercon, I wish I was going.

[fornikate]

thank you for the update on the preorders.