Stuff

[shebit]

I've been a bit lacking on the posting front of late.

So... stuff...

We saw Rise of the Silver Surfer last week. It was entertaining fluff - not a patch on the X-Men movies but not nearly as irritating as the pretentious, emo wall crawler. We may go and see Die Hard 4.0 tonight, which I'm quite looking forward to. Oh, and the Transformers trailer

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[bossythecow]

Manhunter is awesome, one of my favourite films. My dad made me watch it when I was about 12 or so. My 10 year old brother and 13 year old sister watched it with me on Saturday. 13 year old sister and I had a fascinating talk about human psychology and why humans have emotions like love, familial bonds, compassion, etc. (family rules dictate once you are old enough to understand fiction is fiction you can watch what you like. mad hippy parents, children are just small people and can to make their own choices, etc

[shebit]

I'd heard that the film of Hannibal Rising was awful but that the book wasn't much better, because it was very much a novel written with the sole intention of making a movie of it.

Of course, seeing Manhunter and noting that it was made in '86 made me realise that Grissom is a little too old for a crush. Matters were not improved when I imdbed Petersen and discovered that he's a grandfather! I fancy a gandfather!

Red Dragon was the same book as Manhunter, yes? So was old Ralph being the Tooth Fairy? Surely he can't match up to the creepiness of Noonan? Who, incidentally, has apparently been a baddie of the week on CSI - I'll have to check which epsiode so I can acquire it and see Graham vs. Tooth Fairy round 2

How does Harris spell the name in the books? I noticed the different spelling in Manhunter.

[bossythecow]

In the books, Lecter. Manhunter is an inspired by film rather than a straight film of the novel, and I am not sure if they cahnged the name partly for that reason or because someone thought lecktor sounded or looked creepier, or more eastern european sounding. I imdb'd to see if I have seen the episode, I have - season 3 episode 5 noonan plays a magician

[shebit]

Grissom's bum! Not seen either episode (with Noonan or with Grissom's bum). Even Dan admitted on sunday that Grissom is a very fanciable character. For an older gentleman Petersen still has a boyish smile and those rather pretty blue eyes. Add to that my affection for gentlemen and geneii and I was bound to develop a crush.

Why doesn't Grissom ever leap through plate glass windows to save the girl?

I still maintain that Griss is borderline sociopathic, though, and that a good shove would push him over the edge and make Lecter (or, more fittingly, Lecktor) seem fluffy in comparison. I would not want to be in Vegas the day that man blows. Considering the season 7 cliffhangar, 8 might prove very interesting indeed.