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Let me be the first to wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year, IN the New year.
Continued thanks to our wonderful webmistress, Suzanne, without whom we would not have this marvelous meeting place to share ideas and discuss aout the world's greatest actor.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anne
Anne <ahard73977@aol.comfoo>
Alexandria, VA USA - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 22:07:52 (PST)
Happy New Year, everyone (although a lot of you are already a few hours into 2003). Please all be safe!
I have added the AR scenes from Therese Raquin to the video site. Enjoy--there's also a new song on the Audio page
Also, Anne in Manhattan sent me a picture from a tube station in Rickmansworth, England. Another good friend of mine Suzy Q transformed this pic into something I think we can all appreciate...LOL
Again...everyone have a safe and wonderful New Year!
Claudia 
GA US - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 19:36:36 (PST)
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I'd also like to thank our webmistress, Suzanne, for providing us with this fantastic venue to converse, confabulate and just carry on about our favorite British actor! Cheers and best wishes for a great 2003!
Now, on a much different note, I'd like to point all Rickmaniacs to this interesting link I discovered. It's called "Closet Land: A Hypermedia Essay." The site is a comprehensive look at the film "Closet Land," with movie stills, audio bites, movie clips, and reviews. Enjoy!
Closet Land: A Hypermedia Essay
Kimberly
Michigan USA - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 18:55:40 (PST)
Enjoyed your site greatly, having been a Alan R. devotee for years. As someone who lived in England in the late 1970's, let me say that, while 31 years may seem like a long time to someone American, many couples in the UK or on the Continent of Europe forego the "paperwork" of marriage and have common-law arrangements. The sensibility (no pun intended) seems odd to Americans, but life is taken differently across the sea. My favorite roles of A.R. were the dear departed in Truly, Madly,Deeply"...see it if you have not! ...., Col. Brandon in Sense and Sensibility (had to love that one, since we shared the same 'last name', and the evil Sheriff of Nott in the Kevin C. version of Robin Hood....So deliciously evil that I almost rooted for him! I am A.R.'s age and I suppose that I find him attractive because (1) his talent (2) his looks (purr!), and (3) well, let's face it, at 50 most men are going downhill fast! Alan, Love you truly, madly, deeply! "MaryB"
Mary Brandon <spedteach52@yahoo.comfoo>
blackwood, nj usa - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 17:48:09 (PST)
That's Beckett on Film.
Ach...as Hans might say....
R, - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 15:00:43 (PST)
OFT: Actor Alan Bates has been knighted, as has director Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise). Rickman, Branagh and R. Fiennes still haven't been recognized by the Queen for this honor.
Also, the comedy "The Play What I Wrote" is scheduled to move to New York in March, and Ralph Fiennes is said to want to reprise his role as the mystery guest at some point . . . but the guest identity, is, alas, not revealed until the course of the night's show . . .
PBS has not scheduled a second showig of Beckett on Stage as far as I can tell, only "Waiting for Godot" will show on the West Coast, 9:30 pm. For anyone interested in the idea that Christoher Marlowe wrote Shax's plays, Frontline's program airs at 9:00 pm on January 2, 2003.
Happy New year, all.
Renie
Thought you'd want to know, Fausta , - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 14:52:58 (PST)
Hiya everybody!! Just a quick post to wish all here a very Happy New Year, and to raise a glass to a fabulous, fun-packed, AR-filled (natch!!) 2003!!
Catherine - Snape thongs?! Whatever next?! *Puts on thinking cap!* ;-) <catherineharpham@hotmail.comfoo>
Reading, England - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 14:20:27 (PST)
Since AR was born in 1946, he's a Dog
.... in the Chinese Zodiac!
People born in the Year of the Dog possess the best traits of human nature.
They have a deep sense of loyalty, are honest, and inspire other people's confidence because they know how to keep secrets. But Dog People are somewhat selfish, terribly stubborn, and eccentric. They care little for wealth, yet somehow always seem to have money. They can be cold emotionally and sometimes distant at parties. They can find fault with many things and are noted for their sharp tongues. Dog people make good leaders. They are compatible with those born in the Years of the Horse, Tiger, and Rabbit.
Interesting, innit?
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 13:44:44 (PST)
Looks like the computer gods deleted part of my message: I'm entering and re-entering just to hear him say I am amazing. And, surely, this was intended just for me, so why can just anybody hear it?
Carolyn, dear Carolyn
CO USA - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 13:15:26 (PST)
I am so ashamed. From which movie is the audio file coming? Carolyn, dear Carolyn <---entering and re-entering just to hear him tell me I'm amazing!
Carolyn, dear Carolyn
CO USA - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 13:12:40 (PST)
Cool beans, Kim! Thanks for the cafeshops link. My new Sev jammies (long sleeve t-shirt and thong) are on order! LOL
Claudia
GA US - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 10:53:11 (PST)
i love your page and the person who it is about aspr best of all to makers of this site i am sure if i knew how to make a site for alan rickman it would be exactly like this
rose
- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 10:08:02 (PST)
Happy New Year, everyone! It's been a pleasure spending time with you this year, and I'm looking forward to lots more AR fun with you all in the new year. Thanks, as usual, to our gracious hostess for keeping this site up and putting up with us all throughout the year. Be safe tonight!
--Gwenn, signing out for 2002
gwenn
nyc, - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 10:05:17 (PST)
I've been.... inspired!
To the tune of "Wild Thing
Snape Thong
You know it's so wrong
It's where he belongs
Grrrroooovvvy
Snape Thong
I think I want one
Barbara the Wallpaperer <I know, I know.... I can't help myselffoo>
- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 09:37:00 (PST)
Jules from the UK, I hoped you lurked out there somewhere!
Cynthia
- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 09:30:19 (PST)
Aaaaaaahhh! There's life in the old GB yet! Thanks Harlii, for that festive image!!! Presumably you'll ask him to sign the photo of you wearing it! (That was a fun sentence to construct! I soooo wanted to insert a comma, or a 'while'...)
Jules
UK - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 09:03:53 (PST)
You know, for me personally, it really makes it worthwhile to come back to this Guest Book and read things like..."I'm Shaking my Snape Thang." It just makes me feel warm and fuzzy all over. God Bless you Harli... and the Snape Thong you rode in on! lol!!! ROTFLMAO!!!
ladyjane
- Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 08:33:04 (PST)
nice site
agboga <agboga@mugu.comfoo>
lome, togo - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 07:48:44 (PST)
I am very pleased with the choice of Michael Gambon for Dumbledore! As much as I like Sir Ian, it just did not seem right or logical for him to step into the Dumbledore role after creating such a memorable Gandalf. I had a feeling deep down that whomever they chose would be someone that none of the speculators would predict!
Snape thongs? Oh my...
Ali-Pat
very happy with my ersatz but chaste Slytherin scarf in Dayton, OH USA - Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 06:06:25 (PST)
Thanks, Suzanne, for the E!Online link regarding the "new" Dumbledore. I had doubts about Ian McKellan playing two characters who resemble each other physically, in films that are both fantasy-based and in release at the same time. Gambon sounds like a prudent choice.
Kimberly
- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 22:12:59 (PST)
For those of you coveting a pair of the Snape/Alan thong underwear mentioned by Harlii, they may be purchased here:
Kimberly
- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 20:58:13 (PST)
Okay ladies. Who else has one? A Snape thong. I got one for Christmas from a dear friend at Utopia (my board) and I'm wearing it today. I feel strangely jubilant thinking I have Severus Snape's face (as Alan) so near and dear to me. 
If you don't have one, you should buy one (even if you don't wear it) just for the conversation factor. My mother said, "You know, I really think you've lost your mind." 
Anyway, it's cute...all white cotton with a black and white image of Snape (the popular side view pic so often seen) on the front and on the back just under the waistband. Too cute! I'm shaking my Snape thang girls! 
Harlii
- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 20:18:54 (PST)
E! Online reports that Michael Gambon (AR's co-star in Standing Room Only) will play the new Dumbledore!
Suzanne <Suz@mail.usa.comfoo>
TX USA - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 18:00:27 (PST)
Madgoth, there are films that will give you much more AR for your dollar/pound than Therese Raquin. Alan makes an interesting appearance as a painter in this series, but there is far, far too little of him. Definitely worth seeing, but not one of the top-ten "must have" AR films.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 14:54:12 (PST)
Alan, if you read this - HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003 ps. thanks for the signed piccie!!
Jayne Preston <alan-j-preston@supanet.comfoo>
Walsall, uk - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 14:48:07 (PST)
First fell in love with the guy when I saw the first Potter movie (thanks to my son that I got Potter-mania!!). He's a brilliant actor and not a lot of people know about him! - then realise o yes he's the bloke who was in .......... etc etc! Keep up the good work and looking forward to seeing your next film - whatever that is??
Jayne Preston <alan-j-preston@supanet.comfoo>
- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 14:44:01 (PST)
Janet:
Alan Rickman has three siblings:
An older brother, named David;
A younger brother, named Michael;
And, the youngest sibling of the family, a sister, Sheila.
I hope this information is helpful. You will have to let us know if your friend is, indeed, Alan's brother.
Kimberly
Michigan USA - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 14:29:46 (PST)
Madgoth--JMO but if there is other Rickman work needed for your collection....go for it before buying "Therese Raquin".
Claudia
GA US - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 14:21:06 (PST)
Just in case you ever read this Mr Rickman, you are a truly talented and handsome man! Your acting is fantastic, as is your voice, as is your face...i could go on. Thankyou for being you. If anyone out there (who also greatly admires Alan Rickman) wishes to email me then please go ahead. Love from LJ. xxx
LJ <palastrina@yahoo.comfoo>
England - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 14:14:32 (PST)
I am considering buying Therese Raquin. Is it worth the money (to a person with limited resources) or would I do better to spend my moneyon something else?
madgoth <madgothmothra@yahoo.comfoo>
AL - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 13:34:50 (PST)
Hi i think i know Alan Rickman's brother! He has a different surname as he took his wife's name, she is an actress and author and comes from a prominent acting family. I don't want to ask them as they are good friends, but he has the same voice, manner and look and is the right age and a Londoner. So does anyone know what are the first names of Alan's brothers.
janet <naamati@naamati.freeserve.co.ukfoo>
London - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 13:06:31 (PST)
Happy new year to everyone seeing this message!
Alba
- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 12:24:17 (PST)
Ali-Pat, X Factor works for me! I am starting a campaign, and maybe some of you would care to join me. I love IFCTV! It's wonderful to have a channel that carries things worth watching during the daylight hours. Anyway, I thought it wouldn't hurt to email them and ask for an Alan Rickman Day on their channel. I've been able to catch a few of his things on there, but I want more, More, MORE! And I am not adverse to begging as long as it is for a, ummm, good...cause.
Carolyn, dear Carolyn
CO USA - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 12:01:41 (PST)
I think ur a good actor. I hope to see ur next film to Harry Potter.
Jana Barney <skittles822001@yahoo.comfoo>
Massena, NY USA - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 11:18:33 (PST)
http://www.ar.com.au/~jriddler/ba/league.html might be interesting to some people...
flamingkitties
Warminster, - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 10:53:45 (PST)
I've just called The Phoenix Learning Group about getting The Preacher video (info in FAQ). No doubt this has been posted before, but if you tell them it's for private usage only, it's $20 cheaper. It's still pricey at $69 for a 20 minute video, but it's a great performance and for me, one of the best things he's done.
sonoma
U.S.A. - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 10:16:31 (PST)
RE: Alan Rickman Day on Encore. I have not been able to catch the advertising . And there are no listings for any AR films on 1/25 on the TV Now listings. My daughter swears she saw the commercial...LOL....I have been grilling her about it for two days now. I'll let you know if I can catch the commercial and give more details.
Claudia
GA US - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 08:13:01 (PST)
Alan Rickman is the finest actor I have ever seen, with a voice like velvet. For those of you who havent seen Galaxy Quest, you must, its alan rickman as never seen before,excellent film. I adore him!!
carole <cmatchwick@aol.comfoo>
uk wales - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 07:40:26 (PST)
As always, you can find the current US Rickman movie schedule at TV Now.
Georgiana
Seattle - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 07:07:30 (PST)
Contance and Carolyn, your comments interest me as I have also gone through a body-morphing experience as a result of my AR obsession. The comment someone made about "getting in touch with your womanhood" is apt. I have never had so much fun being a girl as I have had this year! There was a whole subtext to the New York Experience that involved choosing the right clothes and shoes and makeup and jewelry and this and that. So what's up with that, anyway? Sympathetic resonance? The X Factor? Above and beyond (or perhaps below and beneath) Rickman's unquestionably fine acting talent it's just all part of That Thing That He Does.
I feel another song coming on...
When I have a brand new hairdo
With my eyelashes all in curl,
I float as the clouds in air do
I enjoy being a girrrrrrlllll!
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 06:26:28 (PST)
Now perhaps a little more relevant than two weeks ago - Uk VCR alert, Winter Guest is on TONIGHT on Channel 4 at 12;30am.
Jizel
- Monday, December 30, 2002 at 04:42:27 (PST)
I became aware of Alan as did many, from watching sense and sensibility. I loved it when I got his autograph when I saw him on stage. The most lovely of english actors, especially in the last boat scene in Dark Harbor.
Lesley Ratcliff
London, England - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 02:49:37 (PST)
I also checked each Encore station, such as Encore Action, Encore Love Stories, Encore Mysteries, Encore True Stories, Encore Westerns, etc. for Jan. 25th and still came up with nothing. I have all these channels and was just concerned for some friends asking for folks to tape whatever would be on *Alan Rickman Day*.
Harlii
- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 22:15:22 (PST)
Maybe someone can clarify the Encore - Alan Rickman Day. At their website there aren't ANY AR films listed in the schedule for Jan. 25th. The only movies for the month that are listed on both Encore East and West are QDU and DH. Perhaps there's an Encore station that isn't a part of that website: StarzEncore Website Just click on the Encore icon at the top and it will take you to that schedule. You can check daily, weekly and monthly times. I tried them all (all timezones, all days, etc.) and there's nothing to show that Jan. 25th is Alan Rickman Day. If it is, they'll have some rather awful scheduling conflicts with what's already listed. All of the movies, less the ones I mentioned show "No Airdates Scheduled"...You can also see this at his Current Month TV Schedule. Any clarification would be great. Thanks.
Harlii
- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 21:56:07 (PST)
Gwenn, I've been reading up on polyandry and I think I could work out the small troubles that might come with having 2 husbands. Both of my children are out of the nest now, so bathroom schedules aren't quite as tight as they used to be. So, I'm issuing an invitation: Mr. Rickman, should you find yourself at loose ends you are quite welcome to come to MY King Soopers and drop zucchinis all over the produce department (and anywhere else you please) as long as you come home with me. I'll be waiting. Sincerely, Carolyn, dear Carolyn p.s. King Soopers, Uintah Gardens, Colorado Springs, CO
Carolyn, dear Carolyn
CO USA - Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 19:31:27 (PST)
I also read yesterday that Sir Ian Mc'kellan will play Prof. Dumbledore! I thought he was wonderful in LOTR's. I hope he gets it! It was in the Sunday Mail. O/t, Ruby's book is sometimes hard to read but it once again shows how Loyal AR is to his friends. I think he was a strong support base for her. Too bad about HP5 book...... why is it taking so long to write? Thank you, Trisha and the other wonderful Barbara TW! still laughing at you poem! Welcome to Ange from Brissie! Bye.
Barbara the Australian. <hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Qld Australia - Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 18:02:05 (PST)
Hey all! I thought I should tell you all why I haven't been posting--I've been having a problem accessing either GB. When I go to the page, none of the submitted text is there, but the space for where it should be is there, and everything else is normal at the top of the page. I have no idea what's going on, but I just thought I would let you know that I haven't abandoned you all, I just haven't been able to read the posts so I can't reply to them. When I go into work Tuesday I'll try to see if I can get it from there, and if for some reason this is my computer I'm going to put my foot through it (ouch...). Hopefully I can clear this up somehow. Love you all and hope to talk to you later. :-)
CG - ARGH! Dumb computers :S
USA - Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 11:14:31 (PST)
Woops...I meant to say "That goes for Carolyn, too.
Gwenn
- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 09:32:36 (PST)
Constance: whoever starts "bapping" you will have to deal with me! That goes for Carolyn. It sounds like both of you are feeling great about yourselves, and that's what counts. Congratulations!
Saw Two Towers over the weekend and I agree that the actor who plays Faramir is very Rickmanesque in his looks. They could play brothers! With no Rickman in the movie, I guess it was the next best thing. By the way, I loved the film, and already can't wait for the next installment.
Gwenn
NYC, - Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 09:32:03 (PST)
Carolyn in Colorado: Your post really amused me because I too have had the same life-altering affects from this obsession. I lost 35 pounds, started coloring my hair, wearing make-up, dressing better, going to the Gym, dabbleing in power yoga and yes........ keeping my husband very happy (and surprised! lol). But I really don't think that all this comes from the expectation that Rickman will come to Cary, NC, shop at my Kroger and dropping zuccini all over the produce departement, fall madly in-love with me. No. That would be highly inconvenient ( with a loving hubby and 4 kids...). I think that AR has somehow awakened my femininity, my womanhood. Now don't you all start bapping me. I know that wearing lipstick does not the woman make! But that is just my experience! So there!:~D
Constance
Cary, NC USA - Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 09:14:09 (PST)
I was reading my morning paper and came across a review of Lincoln Child's new novel Utopia. It's the story of a futuristic theme park that's taken over by a gang of terrorists, led by a man who calls himself John Doe. At this point the reviewer inserts: "Think Alan Rickman in Die Hard mode . . ."
MA
"Who says we're terrorists?", USA - Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 06:42:47 (PST)
In today's New York Times: Ben Brantley's "Top 10 Moments in Theatre in 2002", including:
8. `PRIVATE LIVES' Noël Coward without camp, for a change. In this delectable British import, directed by Howard Davies, Lindsay Duncan and Alan Rickman restored the authentic sex appeal, and subliminal pain, to a show usually presented, with excesses of drollery, as a tarted-up old coquette.
Magda
Canada - Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 04:17:41 (PST)
Ah, the dreadful two syndrome strikes again.....lol
Jizel
- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 03:46:44 (PST)
ur site rox my sox
EmmaKate <miss_kitty_fantastiko@hotmail.comfoo>
- Sunday, December 29, 2002 at 00:15:33 (PST)
hi, alan rickman is my favorite actor! ever scince i saw harry potter. i'v started a collection of all the movies you have been in. i'm going to be professor snape for hallowe'en this coming year. i think you do an excellent job at acting. thanx for taking the time to read this. shannon
shannon <skatergirl_5@hotmail.comfoo>
st.jean baptiste, on canada - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 18:15:43 (PST)
Hmmm can't help but think that calling Ruby wax a 'sensation' is stretching it a bit far. People who don't like her hate her, generally speaking. I think she's okay but I wouldn't exactly got out of my way.
Kerry <kerry.wall@ntlworld.comfoo>
Coventry, UK - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 14:32:31 (PST)
ROTFLMAO! Thanks, Claire for that little tidbit!
Can you imgaine the stitches that Wax and Barr kept Our Man in? Hopefully, Rima H was there as well. LOL...I can just see it!
Claudia
GA US - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 13:20:15 (PST)
What AR did for Thanksgiving .... From Fox News 4th December 2002
.... So many good things came out of the Harrison concert, though, I think we should concentrate on them.
For example: On Saturday night, composer/arranger Michael Kamen hosted a pot-luck Thanksgiving dinner for all the musicians and friends who rearranged their schedules to be in London. He and his family really knocked themselves out to entertain the whole gang on their own dime.
The place they used for this was the 20th Century Theatre, an art gallery and performance space off the Portobello Road in Notting Hill. The cast of characters included actor Alan Rickman, Roy Orbison's widow Barbara and their son Roy Jr., former ELO leader Jeff Lynne and none other than Roseanne Barr, who came as a guest of comic and TV hostess Ruby Wax, an American who's an expat sensation in Britain.
Claire
- Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 12:43:40 (PST)
Yep, Carolyn, that's the Alan Rickman Marriage Enhancement Factor. Who needs those expensive weekends at bed-and-breakfasts?
Spider
DE US - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 12:15:03 (PST)
Thank you for the Closet Land shots, Amanda. Add one more flick to the things I covet. I was thinking, last night, of My Life As Altered By My Crush On AR. Ready? Too bad--you shouldn't have hesitated! I've changed my diet and lost a considerable mass of poundage just in case God ever whispers in his ear that he should relocate to Colorado. Yeah, right! I've begun wearing makeup again just in case I run into him at the grocery store. I'm practicing potions again--I made a very nice sugar scrub to rub all over so my skin is delectable. I'm burning a lot of candles towards influencing fate. And I'm wearing out my poor husband who has gorgeous hands and looks really, really good in his fencing gear! See what a good influence lust can be?
Carolyn, dear Carolyn
CO USA - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 11:56:42 (PST)
Aw shucks--why couldn't Encore have held off for three days and made my birthday Alan Rickman Day?????
And on a completely different thread... Last night I saw the trailer for the new Disney/Pixar animated feature Finding Nemo and was amused to see so much similarity to Help! I'm a Fish. Wonder if there's any connection? The IMDB only lists Andrew Stanton under writing credits. Has anybody else seen this trailer and noticed similarities?
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 10:12:27 (PST)
OK...I am in my car going about my business trying to deal with normal Saturday errands when my phone rings and it is my darling daughter. She says "This is going to make you really happy, Mom....."
ATTN: Encore subscribers...January 25, 2003 is "Alan Rickman Day" on Encore! My daughter only recognized Dogma and Die Hard but she assured me that when I see the commercial I will recognize all of the films they will show that day. So get those VCRs warmed up...this is a perfect recording time!
So now that Encore seems to be seeing the light...wonder when the others will follow suit?
Claudia
GA US - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 08:55:07 (PST)
More on Ruby Wax (just a little!). I think more than a little of what she writes in her book is exaggerated for comic effect. There are whole passages that have "schtick" written all over them. And I also wonder about that flat-sharing experience! Methinks some of the details of that experience can be found here and there in Girls on Top. (see--I CAN do it properly when I'm not distracted)
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 06:20:07 (PST)
MAJOR BECKETT ALERT!
In today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram (edited for the relevant stuff):
"(A) landmark series called Beckett on Film, in which all 19 of Beckett's stage plays were filmed with such directors and actors as Neil Jordan, Atom Egoyan, David Mamet, Harold Pinter, Julianne Moore, Jeremy Irons and, in his final acting performance, the late John Gielgud.
Co-produced by Irish stage director Michael Colgan and film producer Alan Moloney, the 2000-2001 project finally comes to the United States, and more importantly, to North Texas (this program aired elsewhere in the States in September). Seven of the films air Sunday on PBS in a program hosted by Irons. On Jan. 1, Beckett's best-known work, Waiting for Godot, airs in celebration of the play's 50th anniversary."
While the 7 films are not identified, it's probable that "Play" (which Rickman appeared in) is one of them as the article praises Anthony Minghella for his direction of it. So if you want to see AR in a non-hair part, check your tv guides for tomorrow.
Magda
Canada - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 03:54:55 (PST)
Hey fellow obsessed ones! i'm so happy to have found this website!! like a few around here, i'm 17 but a little bit love-struck. damn female hormones!! discovered Alan as Snape and the obsession has progressed from there. love his work, particularly Sense and Sensibility. love the site!! Big Love to you all, Ange**
Ange <oz_music_alltheway@hotmail.comfoo>
Brisbane, QLD Australia - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 00:50:00 (PST)
Hey everyone--just wanted to let you know, I took some Closet Land screenshots. :)
amanda <amanda_rickmaniac@hotmail.comfoo>
burke, va usa - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 00:12:17 (PST)
I read Ruby's book, and I think that she told the truth about the emotional, verbal and physical abuse that she endured, and what effect it had on her. Identifying with the abuser is one way to cope, and Ruby did do a bit of bullying; also the emotional, sexual and spiritual shutdown. The need for approval that never came, and the support she got from Alan Rickman. I would personally had a difficult time not confronting the parents with their inappropriate behavior and comments and gotten counseling a lot sooner. Better late than never is what I always say.
a concerned citizen
- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 22:56:38 (PST)
I find Alan Rickman very attractive and find it hard to believe that he is not married. Even though he is much older than when I first seen him in Die Hard, he hasn't changed much and is still a sight to see.
D. Garcia <Medanie102@aol.comfoo>
Kansas city, ks us - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 16:48:04 (PST)
I everybody. Im a new fan from AR and im curiouse about lots of thins. Im asking here from some ansewers, so if any one can help this soul in love - one more - for AR. I like a little daydream so email me and answer me some things. One is that someone that i cant tell who it was told me that AR and Rima had probably lovers in their past. Can someone say if there are people from the showbiz, people we all know involved? And yes, i cant understand why they lived more than 30 years and are not merried. And she often stays apart when seen with him, and she often dont go with him anywhere. I need help im full of questions. Email me and we could create a link, sending emais, chating, and stuff like that! May you all have a great 2003. Margarida
Margarida <margarida.pereira-77@clix.ptfoo>
Lisbon, Portugal - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 16:46:39 (PST)
Well, different strokes for different folks, I guess. It just seems to me that Ruby was spoiled a lot when she was young, and does nothing but berate her parents the whole time! Plus she was a drug dealer, and can't remember half of her early life because she was so stoned...
This is off-topic, so I won't go on and on about it. I haven't seen Ruby on TV much, but from reading her book, I don't like her.
Gaye
Adelaide, South Australia - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 16:21:15 (PST)
I'm curious too, Gaye. What do you mean that Ruby Wax seems like a horrible woman? I think she is hilarious and I applaud her for being able laugh at her tragic past.
I to loved reading all the comments she had about AR but she failed to do one thing....explain how in the heck she and he ended up sharing a flat together! LOL...that has been the burning question for me!
Oh and BTW, everyone have a safe and great New Years!
Claudia
GA US - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 16:14:35 (PST)
Okay Okay I know being in my late teens and having a sensual crush on a man older than my parents is somewhat weird and insane. As I said befor everything I do is insane, but you all must relize the sensuality of specific roles and movie characters that Alan has played over the years. My fist sighting in movie land was of Mesmer, the ambiguity and sensual uprising he flourished in my heart was amazing. After that the touchieness of that tango dance he did in the Texas video made my heart jump out and wish ever more and desiringly more so to have him if not any man hold me like that. I love him he is sensual and adverse, he knows how to play the role and his accent is just and add on which licks you across your already beating hear. Love love the word is so futile and so meaningful and that is the only way I can descrbe the sesuality of Alan Rickman. Thanks, and oh by the way I tried to download the Tango video and it didn't work major bummers there. LOTS OF BOUNTIFUL LOVE!!! Ami
Ami <ami_lynn_doe@yahoo.com>
Everything I do is insane so is everything you do, were not that diffrent., - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 16:06:13 (PST)
This Guestbook is really good, and I just wanted to aks, Gaye, what did you mean with horrible woman? And I think that Alan Rickman, was great doing professor snape.OOOhh i almos forgot, i'm 16 years!!Bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Emily <don't have foo>
- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 15:58:32 (PST)
I know that Sir Alan Rickman is the most gourgeous man alive Im 32 and hope to meet and be able to just look into his eyes one day . Im not crazy just totally enamored by this beautifull man...
leia
toms river, nj america - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 15:57:12 (PST)
Just thought I'd pass along that Sir Ian McKellen has contracted to replace Richard Harris and play Dumbledore in the next HP movie. Here's a link with the info.
Annette
Mansfield, Tx - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 14:02:02 (PST)
Italics fixed.
And thanks, everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
Suz (D.o.C.)
Oh no, not italics AGAIN.
I also received the Ruby Wax book for Christmas, and I must say, she seems like a horrible woman, LOL. Good on Alan for putting up with her so long!
Gaye
Adelaide, South Australia - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 12:56:27 (PST)
So sorry about the italics!!! Got distracted. Hummmpf.
Ali-Pat
- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 12:22:28 (PST)
Janie, dear Janie, sing along with me:
Why must I beeee a teenager in loooooove?
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 12:17:27 (PST)
Not only is Hans a multilingual "terrorist", he thinks it's a shame to ruin a goot zoot. The combined effect of all the "touches" which AR brought to Hans in Die Hard was key to the development (though I use that term loosely LOL) of action films. The "smart" and "sophisticated" bad guy is so much more enjoyable to watch than a dummy straw man who's also a slob. Not to mention that women could finally find something to watch besides explosions.
If you're looking for smart films with clever men trying to outwit each other, try older European films, and film noir for style and action. Since not many filmmakers had a budget for explosions, they relied on suspense and writing, and even *acting*.
I was told that there is a program on BBC2 called 'Dead Ringers' - it's a sketch show with a group of actors doing impersonations. Here is the part which relates to AR:
One sketch was about the 'sensitive, new Arnold Schwartzenegger movie - Killing Lots and Lots of Bad Guys With My Really Big Gun'. Their 'Arnold' is approached by a man in a wheelchair - their 'Ian McKellan' as the Obligatory British Bad Guy. Before the showdown, another Obligatory British Bad Guy appears - their 'Alan Rickman'.
'Alan' and 'Ian' begin fighting about who has custody of the Bad Guy role in this particular film. 'Alan' insists that he is the heir of all of 'Ian's' Bad Guy roles, stating that "Branagh wasn't even told about the audition!"
Anyway, a Happy New Year to everyone who posts and reads here and next door. May your most important wish for the New Year come true.
And thanks to Suzanne, who gives us the substantial gift of her time and energy, not just at Christmas, but the year round. To paraphrase Colonel Brandon, "Let's endeavor to deserve her."
Renie
Marin, , CA - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 10:36:28 (PST)
Janine, my loyal subject, of course you are forgiven. Thank you for the warning, I am hiking up a pair of extra large full coverage granny underwear as I post. I forgot about Australian men. Strict gun-control laws? How intelligent. Americans are not intelligent when it comes to guns. This is one of the more dangerous countries for me to fly over. To the person who posted in Spanish, thank you! Finally a language I can understand. Please post what Ruby says about Alan, you who are in possesion of her book! Anyone know when Love Actually is coming out, and what is Alan's next movie? At 9:40 am in Northern California, it's grey skies that are brightening slowly, and almost 60 degrees.
Eleanor, HRH
- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 09:42:08 (PST)
Help, I think I'm in trouble deep! I'm all warm and tingly and I feel like I'm 16 although I'm just a few years younger than AR. I've got a crush on this man and I've never even met him. Sound familiar? I'm so glad I found this site (and all the others). So much fun to feed my obsession! Mmmmm, Snape, mmmmm Jamie....
Carolyn, dear Carolyn
CO USA - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 08:38:56 (PST)
Thanks, MA. I'm not crazy...
Marie
Paris, FR - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 08:32:58 (PST)
cheers for the verses. good fun.
Superwitch
UK - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 07:21:29 (PST)
I do love Alan Rickman!
Kanako
Toyota, Japan - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 06:20:19 (PST)
Marie--I, too, heard "Allez, vite!" and simply assumed that the Hansgang are from different backgrounds and nationalities, so Hans happened to be speaking to one of them in French. He probably speaks half a dozen languages! *grin*
MA
C'est "l'education classique", USA - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 05:18:54 (PST)
RE Ruby Wax's book. I loved all the dialog between Ruby's dad and Alan (the term "long-suffering" springs to mind in reference to AR). It read like great sit-com material. Hold on--was sitcom material! Carroll O'Connor and Rob Reiner to perfection!
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 05:12:47 (PST)
Hi everybody. I'd like to have your opinion. I watched again Die Hard next week, and I heard a strange thing. At the beginning of AR's last scene, Hans is flying away with two of his men and Bruce Willis's wife. He says something to them, and what I hear is "Allez, vite" (in french), wich is rather surprising for a german terrorist. Do you hear the same thing?Is that a joke?
Marie
Paris, Fr - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 04:46:16 (PST)
Dear Alan, I hope you had a merry Christmas!!!!!! I wish you all the best for the next year! You're HOT!!! Yours Tanja
Tanja Maus <Madmouse@gmx.defoo>
Pirmasens, Germany - Friday, December 27, 2002 at 04:10:56 (PST)
Hello people, i am back. Well, i got Die Hard and the Ruby Wax book for christmas, that has lots of AR bits in which someone must remind me to put up somewhen :) I hope everyone had a lovely christmas!
Jizel
- Friday, December 27, 2002 at 01:46:00 (PST)
Dear Elenor please forgive your humble Janine! Beware of Australian men when floating all the way to Australia. As they might not notice your royal countenance and be too busy thinking of becoming a Republic and juat try to look up you dress. As for guns, we have strict gun control laws here, so I don't think they will aim rifles.. ahem. Great Elenor! A lot is two words, a lot is two words, a lot is two words...and Happy New Year to the Queen of A Lot Similar. Thank you all rickmaniacs for making the world seem friendly for I am not the only mad Alan Rickman fan.
Janine
Melb, Vic Australia - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 17:14:42 (PST)
Thanks to Rickfan37 (who is a very talented fanfic writer also, by the way-if you go to fanfiction.net check out her work!) for spotting my work and making sure I got the credit. I don't blame Barbars-when I posted it to the AR Yahoo group, I didn't specifically claim credit for it-but it is mine. As is this (a few days late, but I hope still close enough to the season).
Twas the Night Before Christmas (Or, A Visit from S. Snape)
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through my home
Not a creature was stirring, not even a gnome
My cauldron was filled full of eggnog of course
But my spirit was heavy with pain and remorse
The house-elves had made up my bed with such care
But what did it matter-with no one to share?
So I in my nightie, so lacy and tight
Sat myself down for long, lonely night
When deep in the hearth the flames sputtered and spattered
I tilted my head to see what was the matter?
I blinked and I stared, disbelief filled my face
And the next thing I knew, my heart started to race
For out of the haze there arose such a sight
A wizard emerging, with robes black as the night
He was ashy and dusty, but untouched by the fire
And it took just one look, I was filled with desire
Then he snorted and muttered and brushed his clothes clean
With fingers so graceful, so long and so lean
His long hair was black, a bit greasy and slick
And I knew in a moment, it wasn’t St. Nick
I found myself gazing, my mouth wide and agape
I could not believe it, he looked just like dear Snape!
He was dressed all in black, from his toes to his head
And I hoped in an instant we’d soon be in bed
Than rapidly out of those sweet lips there fell
A whole string of curses, "Dear Merlin, it’s hell!
"Damn Albus, Damn Potter, Damn that Weasley and Granger!
Damn Lupin, Damn Hagrid, could they act any stranger?"
We all should be practicing quite nasty curses
Instead those fools sit and sing holiday verses!
This inane Christmas cheer-oh it’s humbug I vow!
I’ve run away, run away, run away now!"
"Dear Madam, excuse me," he said with a bow
"I fear that I should introduce myself now."
"I’m Professor Snape, and, believe me, my dear-
Despite my fierce looks, you have nothing to fear."
"Oh, Severus, dear!", I replied with a wink
"I knew you at once-won’t you please have a drink?"
In an instant both glasses were filled to the brim
And he sat down beside me-it really was him!
"What’s the matter?" he asked, "do you not like the nog?"
"Well, really," I said, "I had hoped for a snog."
"Far be it from me to refuse your request."
And believe me, dear friends, he can kiss with the best!
The next morning found me, alone and bereft
For when I had wakened, he’d already left
But under the tree there were gifts wrapped with tape
And on all the tags were the words: "Love, from Snape"
I opened my parcels and gifts in a trice
The presents he’d left me were really quite nice<
But allow me to say, and I hope I’m not bragging
That the best gift of all was my Slytherin shagging
Merry Christmas to all!
Trisha (aka Veresna Ussep)
Trisha
- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 16:42:37 (PST)
Hi guys! I hope you enjoyed Christmas and you will also have an excellent 2003! I decided to update my Alan Rickman Page with some DVD pics of Quigley Down Under. Come and enjoy our villain!
Stezi <alan-ric@alan-rickman.nlfoo>
The Netherlands - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 15:45:58 (PST)
Re. the Snape Xmas song, please give your credit to a wonderful fanfic writer, Veresna Ussep (anyone any good at anagrams?) who has rewritten several Christmas songs as well as the one quoted below! Here's a direct link, please read and review her, she's great! Oh, and her other stories are well worth a read too. Sorry if anyone thinks this is OT. But, well, tough! http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1102615
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 15:01:00 (PST)
HOLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA SOY DE ESPAÑA Y PIENSO QUE ALAN RICKMAN ES EL MEJOR ACTOR DE TODO LOS TIEMPOS ADEMAS DE SER EL MAS GUAPO. MUCHOS BESOS PARA TODOS Y EN ESPECIAL PARA ALAN. UNA FAN.
diana casdo <didisnape@eresmas.comfoo>
leon, spain - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 12:55:16 (PST)
Barbara TW - BRAVO! Thanks for brightening my day!
strega
- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 11:01:29 (PST)
Hello All!
Hope you have had a nice Xmas, and hope you all have a super New Year.
I assume all the UKers know The Winter Guest is on telly sometime between now and new years on Channel 4...! That is all
flamingkitties <louise@bubbles16.freeserve.co.ukfoo>
- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 09:20:23 (PST)
Well, I have to say that I have one the dearest, most indulgent friends in the world. I kept telling her that the one thing I wanted most for Christmas was Alan Rickman in a box. The day before Christmas, a package arrived from her and inside was a Snape action figure. "Well, I'll be dipped," I thought, "it really IS Alan Rickman in a box!" I'm still laughing over it!
Hope you all received equally entertaining gifts!
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 09:17:04 (PST)
From a mailing list:
Gee, I was going by Snape's office last night, and was quite surprised to hear him singing a Christmas Song -- guess he's really getting into the spirit, huh?
CASTING SPELLS (sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells")
(Sung by Snape)
Casting spells, casting spells
Cursing all the way
Oh, what fun it is to hex
A Gryffindor a day.
Casting spells, casting spells
Cursing all the way
Oh, what fun is it to hex
A Gryffindor a day
Slinking through the halls
With a sneer upon my face
The students hug the walls
Away from me they race.
Hearing students squeak
Because they're scared as h*ll
Oh, what fun it is to sneak
Behind them and to yell
Oh, casting spells, casting spells
Cursing all the way
Oh, what fun it is to hex
A Gryffindor a day.
Casting spells, casting spells
Cursing all the way
Oh, what fun is it to hex
A Gryffindor a day.
A day or two ago
That Potter brat did try
To sneak out of the school
With Weasley by his side.
I knew something was up
And so I cast a spell
It made his stupid cloak dissolve
And now he's mad as h*ll!
Oh, casting spells, casting spells
Cursing all the way
Oh, what fun it is to hex
A Gryffindor a day.
Casting spells, casting spells
Cursing all the way
Oh, what fun is it to hex
A Gryffindor a day.
Longbottom is next
He's such an easy mark
I'll curse his stupid toad
That should break his heart.
And last of all you see
There's Granger, she will learn
Sometimes it's best to close your mouth
And not talk out of turn.
Oh, casting spells, casting spells
Cursing all the way
Oh, what fun it is to hex
A Gryffindor a day.
Casting spells, casting spells
Cursing all the way
Oh, what fun is it to hex
A Gryffindor a day.
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 09:12:26 (PST)
I have a sudden urge to see parts of Die Hard again...
A Happy 2003 to you all! May it contain many moments of delight watching, listening to and maybe even meeting Alan Rickman!
Hej Sarah! Ljudfilen är ett hopklipp från Die Hard. ;) He really has a wonderful voice.
Inger
Gothenburg, Sweden - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 07:49:15 (PST)
I wish you all a werry christmas !!! ;-) And a happy new year !!!
Kristina Gernetzki <TheBlackTruth@aol.comfoo>
Eibenstock, Germany - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 04:49:00 (PST)
Hallo !! Ich bin ein sehr großer Fan von Ihnen !!! Ich finde Sie machen in "Harry Potter" einen sehr fiesen aber dennoch sehr coolen Eindruck !! ;-) Könnten Sie mir sagen ob Sie auch in den nächsten Filmen zu "Harry Potter" noch mitspielen ? Ich würde mich freuen !!!
Kristina, Gernetzki <TheBlackTruth@aol.comfoo>
Eibenstock, Deutschland - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 04:46:44 (PST)
Hi Everybody, Merry Christmas! Barbara the Aussie - Bloomsbury have announced that Order Of The Phoenix will not be out in time to boost their 2003 profits. Since thier financial year begins in June, they they say they expect the book to be out "early in the 2004 fiscal year." So, no book for at least six more months!
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 02:09:40 (PST)
Merry Christmas to all! O/t Has anybody out there heard when the New HP book will come out? I thought it was to be out by Christmas? Also any news on who is to play Prof. Dumbledore???? I have got a good feeling 2003 is going to be the best yet!!!! Bye.
barbara the Aussie <hermione_3@hotmail.comfoo>
Gold Coast, Qld Australia. - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 01:45:23 (PST)
to the wonderful Suzanne, who keeps this site special and to all on the guestbook, Have a merry Christmas and a wonderful and prosperous New Year.
Anne
Anne <ahard73977@aol.comfoo>
Alexandria, VA USA - Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 21:18:32 (PST)
We are having that Nor'Easter here in Maine too. It's time to stop looking out the window at my socked in driveway and put my new Dogma DVD in to watch on my new t.v. set. I just heard that wonderful Hans greeting!!!Made my night! Think I will have to watch Die Hard again this weekend!
Try08
Lewiston, Me - Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 17:51:45 (PST)
A very happy Christmas to all, from New York City where we're having an old fashioned nor'easter, complete with heavy snow AND thunder! It's beautiful! I hope you're all enjoying the day, wherever you are.
Unfortunately, my speakers aren't working, so I'll have to wait to hear the new sound clip--could you leave it on for a few more days, please? It sounds wonderful from the reactions it's getting.
Let's hope the spirit of peace that this holiday symbolizes touches the hearts of our world leaders. Peace, joy, hope and comfort to you all throughout the year!
Gwenn
NYC, - Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 14:54:38 (PST)
Merry Christmas Suzanne! I love the sound bite!! :-)
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 14:42:49 (PST)
Happy Holidays, everyone! Now, my 2 cents-I think that it's absurd to think that Snape would fall in love with anyone, because he's probably been married for years. Maybe even has a kid or ten. Why hasn't this been mentioned in the books? Why would it have been? What would it have added to the plots? Plus, that would explain that thing that someone said, about it happening in the past. I love gossiping about fictional characters! Ta!
Ms Monger
- Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 14:02:05 (PST)
Merry Christmas! :o)
Logos
- Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 11:53:29 (PST)
Thanks for the big smile you put on my face this morning with the wonderful sound clip surprise. Peace, love, and understanding to everyone on this day and all that follow.
sonoma
U.S.A. - Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 11:05:06 (PST)
Marry Christmas !! Die automatischen Übersetzungen sind einfach grauenvoll!!! Trotzdem wünschen ich allen Fans (da Mr. Rickmann lt. Angaben Sein Guestbook ohnehin leider nicht liest - oder liegt es an der Übersetzung???) ein gutes, gesundes und erfolgreiches Neues Jahr!! One of your greatest Fans!!!
Sabine
Deutschland - Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 07:29:26 (PST)
Merry Christmas, everyone.
What a treat to log on after the Christmas carnage of the kid's this morning and hear Hans' dulcet tones. Now I can go pick up all that wrapping paper with smile. ;-)
Cindie
The clip is from *Die Hard*.
- Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 06:54:48 (PST)
I agree this new audio clip is terrific and wondered where it came from. Another Audio Clip I really enjoy is from AABA when Alan longingly asks "Don't you love me just a bit?" ...my heart just melts when I hear him ask that!
Laura
US - Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 06:46:24 (PST)
Could someone tell me what Movie/Show the new Christmas Audio Clip is from? His voice is one of the most wonderful in the world.
Sarah
- Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 06:35:46 (PST)
The new audio clip is wonderful...a great surprise. Merry Christmas to everyone. Have a peaceful day.
Juliana
- Wednesday, December 25, 2002 at 01:12:44 (PST)
Merry Christmas fellow Rickmaniacs! And a special *Hug* and *Thank You* to our very own Suzanne!
It has been wild and fascinating year with Mr. Rickman doing Private Lives in London and then bringing it here, to America. What a year 2002 has been! Poor 2003.... with such a tough act to follow! :~D LOL
Constance <madaboutron4@yahoo.comfoo>
Cary, NC USA - Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 21:08:35 (PST)
Merry Christmas to all GBers and FOFanciers out there...
FastFilm
Tinseltown, CA - Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 18:52:19 (PST)
"It's Christmas -- it's a time for miracles."
Wishing everyone here -- and my fellow FoFians MA, Renie, Cindie, Magda, Sandy, Chris, Alice, Diane and Jasmine -- the Happiest of Christmases and most Joyous of New Years!
Special regards, as always, to Georgiana, for all her research and willingness to share.
And finally, to Her Imperial Majesty, our Empress, Suzanne, a million happy (and grateful!) returns.
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 11:57:08 (PST)
Merry Christmas Alan! Thank you for all you have given us through your artistry. Happy New Year! It's certainly not necessary to wish you a productive new year, I know you'll have that!
Alyssa
- Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 10:07:34 (PST)
Janine! Oh Lordy, I have to gather up my regal robes and float all the way to Australia, where the men will probably look up in sky and say, "What do we have here, a flying Sheila!", and then they'll aim their rifles at me. Great. Janine! A lot is two words, a lot is two words, a lot is two words...and Merry Christmas from the Queen of A Lot Similar.
Eleanor, HRH
- Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 09:58:42 (PST)
Merry Christmas and a Peaceful (God,Mr.Bush and Mr.Blair willing!!)and Happy New year to everybody at the GuestBook especially Suzanne. Glad so many of you got to see Private Lives in New York after we had so much fun in London. Lots of happy memories to look back on.
Sue
England - Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 05:28:46 (PST)
Merry Christmas to a.r. and all the guestbook peeps. love robin
robin
northpole , outer blovlivia - Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 05:12:06 (PST)
I haven't posted in awhile or read all the posts, but here are my thoughts on a few things: If Snape is NOT a vampire, JK Rowling sure is trying hard to make us believe he is. There are many, many clues in the books. Also, I know that selling autographs is big business for some people, and I don't care when they do it to other celebrities. But when they do it to Alan, it really bothers me. I guess because he is so generous and wants to please his fans so much. And also because I am one of the fortunate ones to have received his kindness many times and appreciate his effort and good intentions. I own many of his autographs, obtained in person and also by mail, and I don't take a single one for granted. I would not part with them for any amount of money because they have personal significance for me. I wish people would refuse to buy the Ebay items with his signature (some of them are fake) but I know there are new fans out there who simply don't know any better. As for fanfiction, I have read some stories myself. I don't like slash, but I have read some NC-17 Snape stories and I don't think they have anything to do with Alan. Snape is a fictional character. Some of the stories I read were terrible, while others were rather good. It makes me wonder why the talented writers don't create their OWN characters and write their own books. It seems a bit unfair to steal someone else's. A little off-topic: I recently saw The Two Towers and loved it, being a long-time Tolkien fan (25 years). I didn't notice similarities between AR and Faramir, but I did fancy Faramir and wondered why because I don't recall seeing that actor anywhere before. Merry Christmas to everyone and Ali-Pat is right... it did seem like Christmas all year for me too. Meeting Alan was the best present ever and I have memories that will last a lifetime.
Tami <tchapman@nd.edufoo>
Notre Dame, IN USA - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 22:46:45 (PST)
i have watched very few movies with AR and in each thought he was a great actor but it wasnt until Harry potter that i fell in love with him. i have read all the HP (harry potter) books many times and my fav person was snape before i ever saw the movie. when i saw Alan it was so wierd like i was transfixed i couldn't look away. i know he is an older man and that i am very young but he was sexy in some way to me. so my goal in life atleast for a wile will be to meet ALAN RICKMAN!
gabrielle <fleurs_sis_gabrielle_delacour@yahoo.comfoo>
north bend, or coos county - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 20:43:38 (PST)
I just want to agree with Rickfan and ES--I enjoy the fanfics that involve Snape but don't think of Snape as being Alan Rickman. Maybe when I picture the character in my head, he kind of looks like AR...But AR has played many different types of characters and has done enough interviews to show he is by no means interchangeable with Snape.
a Harry Potter fan (and AR fan)
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 18:28:04 (PST)
As someone who actually writes X rated Snape fic, I have to agree with ES. The Snape in my story is not canon, nor is he Alan. Yes, he sometimes has Alan’s face, and facial expressions, but my creation is mostly from my own head. And if JKR wanted to ban people writing about him, maybe she could start with those sickos who pair him with Harry, or Remus, or Sirius. Or raping underage schoolkids! As far as him having “no objective reality beyond the physicality of the body he inhabits, which is Rickman's”, I beg to differ. In my imagination, he does. And so he does in the imaginations of hundreds of people who have read my story. On the other hand, if people want to imagine Alan as Snape 100%, then I think he would be unsurprised. The man turns his sexuality on and off like a tap. He knows what he is doing and by all accounts is a consummate flirt when he wants to be. Oh, is that libellous? Sorry!
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 16:37:20 (PST)
Happy Holidays to all the Guest Book posters and readers. I hope all have a safe and hopefully stress free holiday season. On another note, a great big Thank You to all-without all your wonderful AR stories, I would never have had the nerve to book a trip to N.Y. to see Private Lives.It was one of the best vacations I ever had! I have enjoyed readng nd posting here all year. Thanks to Suzanne for hosting this wonderful site.
Troy08
Lewiston, Me - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 16:30:00 (PST)
Julia--I noticed that the writing on the blackboard was reversed, too. I guess I just thought that was yet another thing the young wizardlings were expected to learn--reading backwards. Or maybe that was the spell for reversing their critters backwards to their original state. I wonder if that was really a mistake or if they meant for it to be backwards?
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 15:57:36 (PST)
Ali-Pat thank you for the sign up I have enroled. So I hope people in Melbourne can role up as I do't want to be sitting near the window with my cleaning cloth and spatula all alone.
I would like a strawberry snape mint, odd looking yet simply delicious!
Merry Christmas or Seasons greetings to all my virtual friends here. I hope you all have a Happy and safe holiday. After a busy Xmas, I will spend New Years Eve in Tassie(translation Tasmania), so I wont be back online untill 7th Jan. I know that means alot of reading when I log back on, yet I will look forward to it. Let us hope for Peace on earth good will to all.
Janine
Melbourne, Vic Australia - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 15:01:24 (PST)
JK Rowling is the owner of the Snape character, and can legally block anyone writing stories about him. She has done it before. It is fine to say "if you don't like it, don't read it" One could say that about almost anything, including some pretty unsavory things that are illegal, and rightly so. I guess that my concern is the ethical aspect of it. I find it, at the least, disrespectful, and at the worst, a violation of Rickman's personhood. It is easy to say "it isn't him, it's Snape" but when I look at Snape, he has no objective reality beyond the physicality of the body he inhabits, which is Rickman's, and Rickman should, in my opinion, have some say about how his body is used and perceived when he is inhabiting a character of his own invention.....Snape and Rickman will always be intertwined in most Harry Potter fan's minds.
a concerned citizen
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 13:25:51 (PST)
Spoilers: I saw CoS yesterday. It was very different in tone than the first film, and I'm not sure I like that. The ending was really sappy, I thought. Branagh was good, and I really liked the way they handled the moving pictures. I loved the portrayal of the Burrow, too, and Ginny was quite capable. I even smiled a bit at the S&S reunion in this film. Robert Hardy, AR, Gemma Jones, and in the first film, the Fat Lady. Snape had some decent scenes. They were a bit longer this time around, which I appreciated. He's better when he has more to chew on! But as an arachnophobe, I had to huddle into my friends shoulder for almost 20 minutes and rely on her rather piece-y commentary. Thank god I'm not also afraid of spiders and rats, or else the whole movie would have been wasted! Did anyone else notice that in the scene where Prof. McGonnagoll talks about the Chamber, the film is reversed? You can tell by looking at the blackboards behind her; the writing is mirror image.
I've been having my own potions experiences lately. My mother's acupuncturist has been giving her what seems like wood shavings, so I've been brewing them into a tea for her. The house smells like rotten tea leaves, and the tea itself doesn't taste much better. It's so bitter that the aftertaste is sweet by comparison! But all the best potions taste foul, I'm told... I'm certainly beginning to understand why Severus is so sallow-skinned!I agree with Gwenn, I read a fair amount of fanfic about Snape, and I have my own ideas of what he would be like if he existed. In my mind's eye he resembles Alan facially, but in few other ways. I do not visualise him as "Alan in a cape". Therefore when I'm reading stories about him, x-rated or otherwise I'm not thinking about AR at all.
Alan is to me a seperate and completely different character, and I like him for a whole lot of different reasons. I don't think I could read anything x-rated that was written about Alan as himself. That I would find offensive. But that is just how I perceive it.
ES
UK, - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 12:34:06 (PST)
Concerned Citizen~ I don't know about other countries, but in America, unless you can prove that the material was designed SPECIFICALLY to slander or defame the person, there is no legal recourse. That's why libel and slander suits are so hard to win ~ there has to be some form of conspiracy to hurt the person, and the person must prove that it was premeditated. Since the fanfics weren't written to slander Mr. Rickman, and most of them are about Snape, there is nothing he or J.K. Rowling for that matter can do. Ethics are a whole different story...
Rickfan888
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 12:27:57 (PST)
People write X-rated stuff about Snape!!!???? How peculiar! I have never been near fan-fiction and have no intention either so I guess I cannot comment on the subject, except if you don't fancy it don't read it!!
Sue
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 11:26:06 (PST)
Uhhhh...I think I meant to say "involving Remus Lupin, for example, or Sirius Black." When I read my wording, I realized it looks like I am implying there are x-rated scenes involving both Lupin and Black, which is not what I meant to imply. Although, I am sure they are out there, lol.
Gwenn
NYC, - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 11:08:15 (PST)
I think the steamy fanfic discussion exemplifies the difference between the character and the actor . For example, there are plenty of x-rated scenes out there concerning Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, and we haven't even seen them embodied by actors yet.
Gwenn
NYC, - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 11:06:37 (PST)
Inger--don't worry, you haven't missed something. Either they meant Die Hard One, or they thought that he *is* in Die Hard Two, which he is not.
Snape's breath mint--CINNAMON! Nice and hot! ;-)
CG
USA - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 10:37:10 (PST)
a concerned citizen: I don't think AR minds what's being written about the characters he play in a NC-17 sort of way. I seem to recall one interview he gave where he said that he thought it strange that people would have fantasies about him, but in the end he had to remember that it was not HIM as a person but rather the image they had of him. Inger - I'm from Sweden too! Kul med lite landsfränder!
Sarah
Helsingborg, Sweden - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 10:22:45 (PST)
I wonder what Mr. Rickman thinks of the X rated fanfic concerning Snape? The thing {among many} I appreciate about FOF is the respect that it shows for Mr. Rickman. He plays people that are not HIM, but it is still his body, and I cannot help but wonder if he doesn't feel violated by the explicitness of some of it. Isn't there some sort of law about that, or is it just an ethical question? I would like to see this issue discussed in a respectful non inflammatory manner, as it might make provide food for thought. If we concede that many, but not all of us would like to shag Mr. Rickman {personally, I have to at least KNOW a person} can we bypass that particular topic of conversation?
a concerned citizen
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 10:16:31 (PST)
Wow, other Swedish admirerers of Rickman! But I didn't think AR was playing in Die Hard Two as well?! Have I missed something?
I've been too busy to visit this site for a while, but I tried to update myself some yesterday. There were lovely pictures from ES and Claudia, thank you, and I am looking forward to the Mac-version videoclips.
A Very Merry Christmas to you all! and thank's for a wonderful year full of AR-goodies!
Inger
Gothenburg, Sweden - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 10:06:35 (PST)
I almost forgot! Somebody down below spelled 'a lot' 'alot'! I have decided to be a kind and benevolent Queen of A Lot Similar, so here I come, floating down with my golden scepter. I whisper in your ear as you sleep....a lot is two words, a lot is two words, a lot is two words, OUCH! You little...
HRH Eleanor
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 10:02:21 (PST)
Hi Bruce, the Isle of Wight must be a weally liberal place if you feel comfortable being a teacher there and admitting your attraction to AR on the internet with your weal name, if that is your weal name. I've always thought it was strange how few men post here. Welcome Aboard!
Eleanor
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 09:54:44 (PST)
I love the suggestions for Snape flavors, particularly ginger. That one gets my vote. Now, if he were a Bertie Bott's Every Flavor breath mint, that opens up the field of possibilities even further, doesn't it?
Claire--the new photos are positively scrumptious! Who needs Christmas cookies when we've got treats like that to feast (our eyes) on? I've never seen the first one before--it's simply fantastic. And the two from Premiere are some of my favorites, particularly the 1995 one. At this time of year, I find that wrapping presents is just as good as window cleaning to work off that, um, extra energy. So...I'm off to wrap some more! Thanks again.
Wishing you all a very happy Christmas!
Gwenn
NYC, - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 08:24:07 (PST)
Hello, gang. Taking a break from wrapping gifts to wish you all an absolutely glorious holiday season! I feel like it has been Christmas all year. Seeing AR in person, discovering new films and recordings, getting to know new friends and fellow Rickmaniacs through this Guestbook--what else could a girl want? (Well, perhaps I could wish to find a release date for TSFJG under the tree).
Two more items of comment.
First off, anyone who is curious about the TV film Busted can read a very nice review of it hereon Fausta's site.
Secondly, have you all heard about the International Alan Rickman Meetup Day? Sounds like a lot of fun! I volunteer to organize the Dayton folks!
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, December 23, 2002 at 06:15:11 (PST)
I really think the bit where it says 'AR doesn't frequent the guestbook' should be in much bigger letters. And the AR bit. Where on earth did the Tom Felton fan come from? lol. How confusing. Anyway, chistmas is near, and hopefully some AR videos too. I won't be posting much over the next few days so i'll say Merry Christmas to everyone now. So, Merry Christmas!
Jizel
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 04:08:44 (PST)
Hi I am a teacher from a private school on the Isle of Wight. Retiring after 35 years!! I have also wondered what it would be like to sleep with Alan. I have been a fan and have a poster of him in my study, he is lovely. Best bit is when he played the baddie in Robin Hood. He was really scary.
Bruce Price <wincobruce@compuserve.comfoo>
- Monday, December 23, 2002 at 03:26:52 (PST)
Oh please. Don't even go there. The point of having a private life is to keep it private. I don't care what you want to imagine, just don't tell me about it....
a concerned citizen
- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 22:30:29 (PST)
Is there anyone reading this GuestBook who has not fantasized about what it would be like to sleep with Alan? I thought not.
Just Wondering
- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 22:16:17 (PST)
How 'bout those breath mints called "Icy Hot" His stare is Icy but he is HOT
Janno
- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 22:12:31 (PST)
A Concerned Citizen, the Snape dolls do all look pregnant! It's crazy. The one they put out after the first movie, where he has some potion bottles and a 'stone' with him, looks especially pregnant. It's wearing maternity robes!
If Snape were a breath-mint he'd be cinnamon 'cause damn! that man's hot! Hee-hee
Gonna go read everyone else's breathmint responses, now.
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri USA - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 20:05:39 (PST)
Snape a breath mint? I'll have to think on that one!! :-)
CG
USA - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 16:38:09 (PST)
Hi Alan, probobly you are not the one who is answering this but I like to say that you are the actor witch I like to se more of. You have a performens skill that you are "one of the kind at" at least for me. I love your roll in Harry potter as Snape and in Die Hard as Hans Gruber. I´m a guy in the middelage (53) and have seen a lot of films and would to meet you some day before I past away. My best regards a Merry Cristmas and a Happy New Year Kent ahlberg
Kent Ahlberg <kent@akosoft.nufoo>
Täby, STHLM Sweden - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 14:59:03 (PST)
Wow... I just saw Die Hard Two... Not that I haven´t seen it before :) But its realy one of the best action movies ever done... And Alan is realy GREAT :D Well. Take care everyone! ///Sweden
Isabel <bellasommerfeld@hotmail.comfoo>
Stockholm, Sweden - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 14:47:43 (PST)
ginger flavoured. hot.hot.hot
Superwitch
UK - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 13:55:07 (PST)
Flavor breath mint?--Cinnamon--hot with just enough sweet to make you yell for MORE!
Claudia
GA US - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 13:50:42 (PST)
Thanks Christine. Feeling a lot better now! The thing about posting is, I'd rather only post when I've got something to say. Since I'm usually the last person to find anything out, that isn't too often. Never mind! Kind of killed off that thread, anyway... Happy Xmas to all if I don't post before wednesday Kerry xxxx
Kerry <kerry.wall@ntlworld.comfoo>
Coventry, UK - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 13:46:25 (PST)
Your site is great. I just happened to have a moment to surf the net and came across it. Thanks 4 the good informations I have found on your site. Many Greetings
Connor Nackt
- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 13:21:28 (PST)
But too much liquorice'll make you...uh...ill! Maybe he'd be aniseed - an aquired taste that you either love or hate.
ES (who wanted to say squitty but thought better of it)
UK, - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 13:18:40 (PST)
Constance, don't feel bad, my queries are never answered either. "I'm glad you're back". Merry Christmas to all, and a happy new year. Next thought for discussion "If Snape were a breath mint, what flavor would he be?" I vote for licorice. Like the real stuff, {licorice, that is} he can make your blood pressure climb! Why do the toy Snapes always look pregnant? He didn't look the least bit chubby in the movie....
a concerned citizen
- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 12:02:04 (PST)
Hello Everyone! Hope all are well and ready for the Holidays!
Just back from Claire's site and dropping more *Spatulas* over her choice of pics. Thank you, Claire! How do you do it?( I ask this of her at least 6 times a year and have yet to recieve an answer. When I die, I will ask God the very question, along with... why mosquitos?)LOL Just kidding dear!
I did have a question: one of the lovely pics is from something called Busted. Does anyone know anything about this production? For TV? Theatre or film? Has anyone her seen it? I have never heard of it.
Well, that's all for now.............
Constance (still thawing out....) <madaboutron4@yahoo.comfoo>
Cary, NC USA - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 11:30:16 (PST)
u played the rule so well that sometimes when i saw u on the sceen i was really afraid
sonja <eninemgirl4747@sms.atfoo>
- Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 09:19:26 (PST)
I was just visiting and noticed discussion on Professor Snape being a vampire... is this part of some kind of fanfic you are talking about? For what it's worth ( and I'm sure you aren't interested in my opinion but I'll give it anyway ) I couldn't think of anything worse. I hate vampires.. and they are much much too evil to be associated in any way with Snape. He's a dark fella I'll admit, but I simply couldn't see him ripping someones throat out. Leave the poor bugger alone.
Sarah <sarah63@iprimus.com.aufoo>
Brisbane, QLD Australia - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 06:44:50 (PST)
Snape is really the Metraton, with missing bits and is therefore unable to consumate earthly..desires!lol This is my 2nd combined AR character effort what about some other efforts? (Yes I know about Flights of Fancy yet .... just short fun ideas).
Snape's mother was a witch and his father a Vampire, or vica versa as the witches hat had the stuffed vampire.lol.
Eleanor I did post my email about March, and if you/people wish to contact me for off/on topic things I am only to happy to hear from anyone. The nice thing about this GB is that alot of the HP sites involve people younger than I. Yet I do not mind if people are old or young for kindred is OK. So I feel that AR interest is a good measure of taste. I know there are other GB yet I like the characters here. I don't think you mean to send people away Magda yet I think at such a busy time of year people get sensitve so I am glad you and ES sorted it out for such cowards as myself who would have just gotten all sooky and sensitive. Then have gone back to lurking around here.
Janine (feeling tired yet that is what sleep apnea does to a person)
Melb, Vic Aust - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 06:30:26 (PST)
OK Magda, I'm sorry if you didn't mean it how it sounded. I've no wish to upset anyone so close to Christmas, so I'll take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and New Year. Take Care.
ES
UK, - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 04:33:17 (PST)
(snicker) Snape is a breath mint!
Claudia
GA US - Sunday, December 22, 2002 at 01:01:54 (PST)
ES, what exactly did I say that was so terrible? I simply pointed out that there are many other sites devoted to a particular topic; what is there in that to offend anyone? The Snape-is-a-vampire-no-Snape-is-a-breath-mint discussion has been going on for months all over the Internet. If people are really into that, then wouldn't they want to find out more about it?
Magda
Canada - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 16:38:26 (PST)
Thanks, Claire (blush).
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 16:37:19 (PST)
Address deleted.
Tom Felton? I think you made a wrong turn, Roberta.
Suz (D.o.C.)
Child, don't you know better than to post your address on the internet? I am sure that your parents would not approve. Could someone remove that bit of the post? I would rather hear another "snape in love" or "Snape the snake" or "Snape the vampire" than arguing. Not that anyone asked my opinion....
a concerned citizen
- Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 15:54:17 (PST)
hi tom felton,my name's roberta ciccarelli.my everyone likes you very much and you are so nice,you want to become my friend?you can give me your address?mine is: *-*-*-* kiss napoli
roberta <dario553@interfree.itfoo>
napoli, italia bagnoli - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 14:25:17 (PST)
Magda, I hate to say this, but that is pretty grouchy. This GB is open to all topics AR-related as you have frequently pointed out, even to me. We've recently been told to butt-out on the humour front, and several of us "newbies" have been left feeling pretty unwelcome. Please leave everyone something to talk about. Nothing personal, but this place can be very stifling, and newcommers are getting scared off. Like it or not Alan chose to play Snape and therefore this GB should welcome those who love the character as much as all his others. Discussing where that character might lead is as related to Alan as any here.
Again, nothing personal, but I think your comment was a little unneccesary.
ES
UK, - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 13:26:26 (PST)
Funny you should be talking about AR's autograph. According to today's Evening Mail:
"A man has admitted selling fake autographs of film stars including Roger Moore and Kate Winslett during a show at the National Exhibition Centre. Dealer Larry Bore originally denied all charges over supposedly autographed pictures which also included Helena Bonham-Carter, Emma Thompson and actor Alan Rickman.
The pictures had certificates of authenticity or stickers 'guaranteeing' the signatures were genuine and were on sale for up to £70 each on Bore's Hollywood Store stand at a memorabilia show at the NEC in November 2000. But during an earlier hearing Warwick Crown Court heard the stars had confirmed they were not theirs.
At a pre-trial review hearing at Warwick Crown Court Bore, 46, of Bury, Lancs, changed his pleas to guilty on 14 charges of applying false trade descriptions. But Bore continues to deny further charges of obtaining and attempting to obtain money by deception from the sale of the fake signatures. Judge Martin Coates adjourned the case and Bore was granted bail."
I don't want to sound Grinchy just a few days before Christmas but there really are better sites to discuss the character Snape and what Rowling might have planned for him in future books.
Magda
Canada - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 13:02:40 (PST)
Ugh, crud on the typos. Fingers can't keep up sometimes.
Gigi
- Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 12:13:25 (PST)
I'm glad someone finally mentioned it - I was a bit too apprehansive to do so - but while watching The Two Towers , I also couldn't put from my mind the fact that Faramir did remind me of AR, though I couldn't quite put my finger on why. Something . . .
I find the dicussion on the possibility of Snape being a vampire somewhat interesting, but I must admit that I would be disappointed if he in fact turned out to be a blood sucker. Too predictable, and it certainly would detract from him as a complex character. Why can a character not be dark, brooding, and secretive for his or her own sake? I find Snape far more interesting because he has his own enigmatic personality traits, rather than those trite traits commonly associated with the literary vampire.
Curious that JKR is somewhat familiar (?) with the current fanfic circulating the net. Having said that, I am vastly grateful that she allows such fanfic to be posted - other writers, such as Anne Rice, have since vetoed any fanfic based on their characters. What with the torturous wait for the next book, it's a godsend for those of us who must have a small Snape fix, albeit not a legitimately trademarked one. Write on, fearless Snape fanfic writers!
Gigi
- Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 12:10:56 (PST)
For those of you who login in QUIET places (Ali Pat!!) please note the No Sound Alan Rickman Picture Page > has moved home and re book mark accordingly. The original remains in the same place.
Claire
- Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 10:30:28 (PST)
Kesyer--glad you enjoyed The Two Towers ! I thought it was excellent myself. Now that you mention it, Faramir is slightly similar to The Man. I never noticed that until you mentioned it, but you're right.
Superwitch--ahh, yes, a bite or two from Snape wouldn't be so bad. I don't really want him to be a vampire, but AR playing a vampire would be nice. And yes, Angel is quite a goregeous vamp, isn't he? Love the flowing trenchcoat, the black hair. Similar to Snape in a way. Interesting observation.
CG
USA - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 08:20:44 (PST)
Hi, This is my 2nd time writing to you guys. This is a truly well thought out and well put together website. Recently I had to do a school report on my favourite actor (Alan Rickman *duh*) I got most of my info from this site and ended up getting a 100 on the report!! I was so happy. So here's to knowing that while posting info and pictues of the most gorgeous, most interesting, funniest, coolest, actor on the planet, you've helped out a fourteen-year-old girl (yes, I said 14) ,who just cant get over The GREATEST ACTOR IN THE WORLD. I've bid my heart and Alan Rickman has won it. I just wish that he wasn't so much older than I and didnt have a GF because "For once in my life I would have something pure!Will you stop interfering!!!" Thank you. Oh and by the way if you are ever in St. Louis and you see a small girl wearing a tee-shirt that says "ALAN RICKMAN IS GOD" WITH A BIG PIC OF HIM ON IT, THAT BELONGS TO ME!
Sasha <www.amberr@hotmail.comfoo>
St. Louis, MO USA - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 07:34:21 (PST)
vampire theme: well i'm not averse to a bite or two. Snape would be a devastatingly wonderful vampire, and i must say the arguments seem quite compelling. it would also explain his look during the Quidditch scenes when i thought that he had rather alot of makeup on. it is quite noticeable - humph - and not unattractive either in a gothic way.
Angel (David B)from Buffy spinoff is a very gorgeous vampire - not a million miles away from Snape. has struggled with very dark past and it's guilt. 'Angel' is about atonement, redemption. is broody, dark and has long flowing coat. he drinks animal blood from a fridge because he longer wants to harm humans either drinking or killing. he now saves innocents.
so sorry about italics. i realize the mistake i kept making. that was a long time ago though....since i posted.
Superwitch
UK - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 06:22:57 (PST)
Sorry to have to post again...but I do hope to have Quicktime files of all the videos for all our Mac users sometime next month.
Claudia
GA US - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 05:51:39 (PST)
Good Morning, Folks. I just wanted to let you know the video page (which has evolved into a site) is back up and running. All videos are downloadable and will have to be downloaded in order to view.
Everyone please have a safe and wonderful Christmas
Claudia
GA US - Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 05:43:38 (PST)
For someone who doesn't post very often, Kerry, you certainly contributed words of wisdom. Good post. Feelin' better?
Christine
USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 20:15:12 (PST)
I saw The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers today (good film, I enjoyed it a lot and I'm not one of the JRR Tolkien faithful fans) and took special notice of David Wenham, the actor who plays Faramir. He doesn't look like Rickman but he did remind me of him. You can see what he looks like on the web page -
David Wenham page on One Ring Net
Keyser <keyserfankf@netscape.netfoo>
USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 19:47:43 (PST)
Well, not exactly free, you will have to put a stamp on it.
Linda
NJ USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 19:02:04 (PST)
Hi everyone, Just wanted to comment on the ebay/autograph thread. It makes me mad that people sell his autograph on Ebay. And it makes me even madder when people sell what they think is his autograph. I met him this summer and was fortunate enough to get his autograph for me and my children. Some of the autograph photos they are selling on Ebay are fake. The signatures don't match. I am sure it makes him upset to know that people are cashing in on his generosity. I would suggest that if you want his autograph, send him a letter, he will give you one for free.
Linda
NJ USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 19:00:53 (PST)
alas though, all these theories, and this darned book isn't even set to be released yet. Darn J.K, she's killing us all with the suspense! WOuldn't it be a bummer if she decided to totally leave Snape OUT of the book! But I don't think she is stupid, I think she knows darned well about us fans. I have a feeling this is going to be Snape's big book..
Kim the Vampire
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 18:24:13 (PST)
Hey! I know its been discussed. I have read the board though I don't really comment that often. But every time i see those rumours doing the rounds YET AGAIN it makes my blood boil. It really really ANNOYS ME!!!!!! I'm all upset now. (sobs.) Well, not really. But I just don't see what its got to do with anything.
Kerry <kerry.wall@ntlworld.comfoo>
Coventry, UK - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 18:23:17 (PST)
Okay guys. I somehow somewhere DID read that there IS GOING to be a Snape relationship in the future, but there is that one catch. It's a past relationship with Lily, i am sure you have all heard of this one. But man, SOMEWHERE I have seen something like this confirmed! (basicly) I heard something along the lines of "Snape isn't going to fall in love with anyone now, but in the past maybe" and I totally would LIKE to see the Snape/ Lily thing follow through. But you know what, I think Snape SHOULD fall in love. I mean, he deserves it! He works his sexy butt off for nothing! And look at this legion of fans, he could have any girl he pleased! But he is the kind of gentlemen who wouldn't just pick ANY girl! I wish he would find a young, pretty red headed DADA teacher...who ALSO has a taste for blood...namley...me....(except I don't support the vampire Snape very much..)
Kim the Vampire <kim_the_vampire@hotmail.comfoofoo>
Edmonton, Alberta Canada - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 18:22:12 (PST)
Not only does it not matter, it has been discussed approximately three thousand times already on this guestbook. Maybe the newcomers could read the archives to see their questions/concerns answered. There is still a "search" function, isn't there?
a concerned citizen <its nice to have someone tell me Im amazing at least once a dayfoo>
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 18:08:00 (PST)
I don't think AR is gay, I think he is a very private person which he has every right to be. He has made a point in interviews of stating that "When I am acting Hamlet, and I see a young woman in the audience wearing a Truly, Madly, Deeply T-shirt, there is a clash of realities." The point is partly that if you know everything about the actor, there is no suspension of disbelief. In any case, if he were gay, what has Rima Horton been doing with him for the last thirty years? Posing as an escort? I doubt it. And, presumably if he were gay he would have had gay relationships. Since these rumours have been around that long, anyone who had had a gay relationship could have sold their story for bucketloads of cash. The absence of such kiss and tells could lead to two conclusions: 1) that AR has been very discreet and very lucky or 2) no such relationhip has ever taken place. I don't need to point out which is more plausible. Just a couple more points, before I sound all preachy; any true fan surely respects AR's right to do whatever he wants with whoever he wants without having to offer up an explanation? And finally, DOES IT REALLY MATTER ANYWAY????!!!! Even if you fancy the guy like crazy!!!!
Kerry <kerry.wall@ntlworld.comfoo>
Coventry, UK - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 18:00:36 (PST)
Oh myyyyy, Bettina from arexperience posted this to the group this afternoon and asked me to post it to yall. Thanks, Bettina!
Claudia
GA US - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 17:30:35 (PST)
Regarding the J.K. Rowling "Snape doesn't fall in love and you will know why" interview???Does anyone have the link for that. I have never read that before and I check a couple of HP sites every day. They post the up to the minute news and the truly obscure news and everything in the middle. Would like to read that article. I still hope he does NOT turn out to be a vampire. That would really turn me off.
Troy08
Lewiston, Me - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 15:22:26 (PST)
Yesterday I also received an illegal copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and to brighten up the Christmas spirit I've updated my Alan Rickman page with nice and great pictures of Alan as Prof. Snape. They are almost DVD quality. Come and enjoy! About Alan being gay: HE IS NOT!!!!
Stezi <alan-ric@alan-rickman.nlfoo>
The Netherlands - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 15:11:17 (PST)
Must agree with Gwenn on the subject of the autographs. And "I smell eBay?" LOL. The man certainly has a mind.
I also agree that Snape will not fall in love. It doesn't seem the type of thing for him to do, and since JKR has said it, then I believe it. Barbara TW, I must agree with you. I love the Darkness and Light trilogy, and even though Snape won't fall in love, I appreciate the books and they're my favorite Snape novels. I'm glad you like them, too.
Tex, welcome! Galaxy Quest is one of my favorites, and I'm such a big fan of Star Trek I also got quite a hoot. :-)
CG
USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 14:58:08 (PST)
Love your website - wondered about the man behind the accent. I like his stuff - I think he's a good actor. No love life for Snape huh? Well, it IS a children's series...so I guess that makes sense, although I must admit I was *blushing* happy to see him play the role of Snape - made reading w/my daughter MUCH more interesting. *Ahem* Does anyone else like Galaxy Quest? I really loved that movie...I'm an old fan of Star Trek & got a "hoot" out of it - why didn't it do well? Bye Ya'll! Tex
Tex
TX USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 14:10:01 (PST)
Snape's Love Life
JK Rowling is, reportedly, rather bemused by the proliferation of fan fiction which gives Snape a love life. In one interview, she says that Snape will not "fall in love" with anyone and, once we all know what she knows, we won't be surprised.
Which I thought was terribly interesting -- although it hasn't hurt my appreciation for RJ Anderson's Maud Moody stories:
http://www.sugarquill.net/index.php?action=profile&id=277
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 13:31:26 (PST)
Lol. "I smell Ebay" ? Mauhahaha. The man once said he was hopeless without a script - he lies. That made me laugh.
Jizel
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 13:06:45 (PST)
Completely and totally off topic: I got "Big Night Out" in the mail yesterday. That's the book for which Beatie Edeny (LLD) wrote a story that Alan illustrated. The proceeds go to War Child. While I have to say that his illustrations are lacklustre to say the least, there is another mention of our man in a story called "The Cruise" by Ben Hatch. It mentions that the couple go on a whale watching excursion in the same boat as AR used when he attended Bill Gates' 40th Birthday cruise to Alaska. Which of course, brings me to the next point on my "things to eventually ask Alan" list: how/why did he get such an invitation?
Julia <j_petrov@hotmail.comfoo>
Calgary, Canada - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 12:57:17 (PST)
No he is not gay. Not telling how I know, although it is from observation only and not any lurid, illicit incidents. He is a shy private man who has chosen to share his love with one woman.
anon
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 12:36:51 (PST)
**Entry contains some HP spoilers** I don't know if Snape is a vampire or not, but the argument that Dumbledore wouldn't put a vampire in charge of small children doesn't make much sense when you figure that Lupin was a werewolf, Quirrel had Voldemort sticking on the back of his head, and Hagrid is a half-giant. The man believes in second chances. Perhaps there is some potion that could make him a harmless vampire (Like the wolfesbane potion for Lupin), he is after all the potions master. Another good theory is that since vampires are so sensitive to the sun, Snape has to wear some sort of "supersunscreen", which is why he is always greasy. Also, we have met most of the creatures JK has mentioned in the books (giants, dragons, hags, mermaids, dementors, the DADA creatues, and the boggart who turned into a banshee and a mummy) but we have yet to meet a vampire ~ or so we think. Perhaps he has been under our nose the whole time? And why does JK call Sev "batlike" all the time? Why did Lupin assign a vampire essay and mention it in front of Snape just after Snape assigned the werewolf essay? Also, Snape used to be a deatheater, and Voldemort tries to get all the dark creatures on his side~and aren't vampires dark creatures? JK showed some news person a picture she sketched of Snape, and he looked like a vampire, with the high-collared cape and everything. I hope he's not...but there are some things that raise questions. I myself will just wait until JK explains everything, and I'm sure it'll be great. I hope he falls in love with a female DADA teacher. Wouldn't it be the sweetest thing ever? Lonely Snapey finally finds a woman....*sigh* I know this doesn't have mucht to do with AR, but I wouldn't be nearly so obsessed with Snape if it weren't for Alan. Thanks for this guestbook, it is great!
Rickfan888
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 12:36:35 (PST)
If I remember correctly, I think he also called the suspected e-bay person a "creep" after the guy had skulked away. Or, at least, someone did.
I think we ought to beware of people selling autographed items. The point of getting an autograph is so that you can cherish it yourself--not to sell it. I realize that sometimes people need to part with beloved items so as to raise some cash, but there are an awful lot of such items out there. I believe he takes the time to autograph for fans because he thinks it's really going to mean something to them. I'm sure he'd object to his signature being re-sold for profit. Who wouldn't? After all, think of all those nights he could have gone home and crashed an hour earlier, instead of signing autographs and chatting at the stage door.
Gwenn
NYC, - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 12:11:47 (PST)
Thank you Lily, I enjoyed reading your posts as well. Though I still check in to read, I don't have that much to say. I'm hoping when Love Actually comes out I'll be re-inspired. I'm not obsessed with AR anymore, but I'm still interested, I just need some new material...
Cynthia
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 12:08:38 (PST)
So as not to appear crass, I need to point out that the items offered to me for purchase were NOT autographs or photos but books and films. AR has indeed cast a jaundiced eye on people who approach him with multiple copies of things to sign purely for their own profit. I recall an incident reported from the PL stage door this spring when he was asked to sign a dozen or so programs for the same person. His utterance then was, "I smell eBay."
(beg pardon for jumping in on this--it's the Hermione in me)
Ali-Pat
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 10:36:39 (PST)
Lee, what did he say to the ebay people?
Jizel
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 10:11:05 (PST)
Lee, I have gotten those emails out of thin air also, usually right after I have expressed a wish to find some item. I have come to the conclusion that they are from either a GB lurker or a GB poster who wishes to remain anonymous. My policy is to check the item out, and if it seems legit and is within my price range, make a bid. Seems mutually beneficial, and I do not feel exploited by it.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 09:00:36 (PST)
I just got an e-mail from someone asking if I'd be interested in any of her "Alan Rickman items" on ebay. For a split second I pictured toenails, etc.; but I also recalled AR's comments to the ebay autograph seekers outside the theatre. Is there a consensus of opinion among the GBers as to how to respond to such unsolicited e-mails?
Lee
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 08:45:30 (PST)
House elf (now who could that be?)--that's it! Thanks for leading me to the cite. I can't believe that in all the time I spend on this glorious website I have never noticed the Search box before. Well, it's the details I'm good at, not the blindingly obvious... Thanks also to Lily. I already knew about the IMDb entry, but I appreciate your desire to help. :o>
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 07:37:55 (PST)
Snape a vampire? When's he get time to be a vampire? When he's not teaching those rotten kids, he's spying on Voldemort and trying to save Harry from killing himself (yes he is). So the only time the poor guy's got left for sleeping is at night which means he'd go hungry. (On top of that his teeth'd let him down). Then there's the unliklihood of Dumbledore putting a vampire in charge of small children, and the fact he can't get in and out of Hogwarts by conventional magical methods to go in search of victims.
I suppose he does dress like one, and he does have a love of all things gothic, but no, rest assured he's not about to suck anyone's blood. Of course, JKR's Severus Snape might turn out to be one, but the real thing - he's just a misunderstood kinda guy with a love of black.
ES
UK, - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 07:05:41 (PST)
I must say Alan Rickman has this incredible X-factor.Let's just say I actually started noticing him after watching Prof Snape in Philospher's Stone!The thing about whether or not he's gay-it never crossed my mind.
valerie
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 05:13:27 (PST)
Alan Rickman is my god! Next to kevin Smith, that is. If I could meat Alan Rickman, I'd ... well... dunno what I'd do. I LOVE ALAN RICKMAN!
Susan <Sweety4446@aol.comfoo>
Reisterstown, MD USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 04:32:48 (PST)
I'm a huge fan of Alan, but for real; what's up with this rumour; IS HE GAY ? Does anybody have proof to that? Let’s face the facts; he isn't exactely open about his private life. No one really knows anything about his (supposedly) girlfriend RH. And when he's appearing in one-on-one scenes with women (lovely he's great,) but it doesn’t come across naturally', I read some posts on this site –rickman fans claiming they agree on this........... do you guys have any proof concerning this, or does it stay with rumours??
megan <supermegan1982@yahoo.co.ukfoo>
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 04:30:15 (PST)
but you wouldn't mind being his first victim, now would you ladies?
Jizel
- Friday, December 20, 2002 at 02:38:20 (PST)
HEEELLLLPPPP! I've just realized that I'm a huge fan in a really ODD way too!! LOL... My friend's neice (she's all of seven) was saying how much she loves AR...and I began to think of him in every rold I've seen him in and thought...'and a little child shall lead them!'...heehee...she had great taste. I love this site and all the chat and posts going on in this guestbook. Isn't the net a God-send for getting together over things like this. And wowww...I'm SO going to pay attention to that man's hands...I'm a hands kind of gal so I can't believe I missed that! Well, maybe I didn't on some level. Okay enough foaming at the mouth. I am of course purely fascinated by AR's talent and intellect as well as a lovely gift which he works so hard at bringing across, and that's all...really!! (RIGHT SURE!!!)...LOL.. Hugs to all from NYC! Chatty me!
Chattygal <whatishelike@yahoo.comfoo>
New York, NY USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 00:01:36 (PST)
I am one who DOESN'T think Snape should end up as a vampire, but I am VERY fond of the whole "he's gonna fall in love with the new female DADA teacher" or "he was once in love with Lily Potter." those are good theories, it would be great to see them played out. But J.K will probably suprize us all... So, no Snape as vampire, BUT Alan Rickman as vampire in Anne Rice movie. Done!
kim the vampire <kim_the_vampire@hotmail.comfoo>
edmonton, canada - Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 20:57:41 (PST)
Ali-Pat, perhaps this will help. The IMDb lists "The Billy Elliot Boy" (2001)(TV) in the UK, running 50 minutes. It is described as a documentary recording "Jamie Bell's progress from unknown schoolbory to award-winning star of 'Billy Elliot'." Credited cast includes Russell Crowe; rest of cast, using "archive footage," includes Albert Finney, Hugh Grant, Goldie Hawn, David Letterman, Haley Joel Osment, AR, and more.
Nice to see some re-appearances here--Marialis, Mortianna, Cynthia of Calif. (whose entries were always a good read). But Constance has gone missing since the storm of weeks ago. Also, Cyndi of Calif.'s knack for satire is missed by me, for one.
Lily
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 16:44:48 (PST)
Strega--must give a large THANK YOU for the Vampire Theory link. I have been wondering for ages and hoping for some possible proof...thanks again! :-) Would love to hear ES's theory...
CG
USA - Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 16:01:03 (PST)
Snape as a vampire????EYEW!!!!EYUCK!!! I don't really think so. We already have a werewolf and a half giant. Adding a vampire is to Anne Riceish. Mysterious, yes, enigmatic,yes, perplexing most definately, thats our Snape, but I hope the bats(and the vampires) stay in the belfrey. Shades of Dark Shadows(campy 60's t.v. series about a vampire)for all who may not understand the reference.
Troy08
Lewiston, Me - Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 15:57:00 (PST)
Ali-Pat, try "Billy Elliot" in the Search box on the homepage here. It came up with several hits, including January 2002 in the GB archives. Then you have to scan the whole month's worth of posts for your search subject. Jan. 8, 10:28 is the one I found. You'll have to search the other months yourself if you want anything more. Happy hunting.
house-elf
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 15:22:14 (PST)
Link fixed. And FOUR sets of Italic errors further down the page .. Superwitch PLEASE be careful !!
Claire
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 14:15:44 (PST)
Okay, sorry. That link is The Vampire Theory . If this doesn't work, I give up.
strega
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 13:28:34 (PST)
Verena, the vampire info The Vampire Theory . from I truly hope my attempt at posting a link works properly. If not, my apologies to all! I know this subject is not everyone's cup of tea, but I do see inklings of the vampire theory in AR's performance, so I beg indulgence.
strega
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 13:16:26 (PST)
oh my god, so many posts... Please,I have no time to read all, so could one of you PLEASE (again ;) tell me something about this ..thing "Snape is/could be a Vampire"???? Where do you have this ...no idea..rumour? (It doesn´t sound like this...) thx vee
verena
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 11:51:00 (PST)
Georgiana:
Where are you?? I miss your posts. Please come back and save us. That would be a wonderful Christmas present to the GB, if you ask my humble opinion.
Mesmer's Patient
USA - Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 10:22:50 (PST)
I am sure we could fit Alan into one of Anne Rice's movies, if she ever decided to make another one. Alan could play marius or Magnus, it would be great! He would fit the part so well!
kim the vampire
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 10:12:26 (PST)
Yeah, i heard all that stuff about Snape being a Vampire, and JK ROwling has some pretty good evidence of it. Man, I just gotta say us Harry Potter fans are quite genious, figuring all these things out. Problem is I dont really support that theory, though I should. I mean though if there was a new vampire movie coming out, I would love Alan to play in it!
kim the vampire
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 10:10:35 (PST)
first thing eleanor they're mother needs to confess that she beleives that Jesus Christ died on the cross for her sins and rose again on the third day and whosoever believes in him though they were dead yet they shall live. and she needs to be baptized. same goes for her kids. Just let the Lord take care of the rest. and that my dear is the best advice you will find anywhere. Sorry about your loss I lost my brother the day after Christmas 4 years ago he was 40. I feel comforted knowing he's in heaven partying it up i'm sure, while we're down here miserable. love you, robin
robin
ocala, fl - Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 10:08:56 (PST)
Kim, some HP fans speculate Snape is indeed part vampire (think half-giant Hagrid). They reference Snape's appearance, the fact that JKR describes him as "bat-like", his intuitiveness, the name Severus Snape could be a clue (think sever/cut nape/neck). It's thought Snape's hair is greasy because he uses a potion that allows him to appear in daylight (Quidditch match). HP BOOK 3 SPOILER -- After Snape assigned a werewolf essay so students would figure out Prof Lupin's identity; Lupin immediately assigned a vampire essay and made sure Snape knew it. Also JKR told AR information about Snape to help him in his portrayal - - which is somewhat vampiresque, in my opinion. This might be a bunch of bunk, but it's fun regardless. I’m interested to hear ES’s opinion on this one.
strega
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 09:54:58 (PST)
thanks for the info on the People magazine, I will try to find that issue! Anyways, I watched To Kill A Mocking Bird again today, and once again I couldnt shake the resemblence to Alan's and Gregory's voice! But, I wont bring that up again. I wish People magazine would do an article and Alan, I would LOVE that! Well, keep on woshing, I say! One more thing, Alan is the best Snape ever, but I think Alan could do a GREAT vampire!!! It would be awesome! Once againb, though, keep dreaming...
kim the vampire
edmonton, ab canada - Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 09:22:31 (PST)
I have really been enjoying the analysis and insight into Billy Elliot. Thanks! I remember seeing and loving the film when it first came out, but I had forgotten many of the details until last night's encore viewing. I also found the mini-documentary on the DVD interesting (not to mention the nano-second glimpse of AR).
(Still attempting to verify the print or recorded source of AR's comments about the film, however!)
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 05:13:07 (PST)
A lot of plonk, i should think, Juliana. He deserves it for working so hard this past year. Anyway, the main topic of this post is for something i found in the tv mag. The Winter Guest will be on new years eve on channel four at something ridiculous like half past midnight, so you might want to have a goose at your magazine to check i've got the times right.
Jizel
- Thursday, December 19, 2002 at 04:14:53 (PST)
I wonder what AR is getting for Christmas..........
Juliana
- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 20:47:52 (PST)
Hello everyone.O/T Janine , from Melbourne, I think Edward and Tim OR Peter Woodward, his sons, would be good for the Crouch Father and son! What a team they would all make! I have had a read of Ruby Wax's book and cried and laughed at the same time. Some interesting things about AR and RH at the end of the book too. Photo's a good also. I hope everyone here has a Great Christmas & all the best for 2003! P.S. Oh Con. Brandon is on on Sunday, Ch Ten I think, 8.30pm!!! I really love this one! Bye.
Barbara the Aussie
Gold Coast, Qld Australia. - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 18:48:36 (PST)
Dear Marialis thank you. Your clear and well-adjusted romantacism has refined a rather busy life at the moment and I do appreciate it. I will take five, and have some croissants in some more French ambiance. Now where can we volunteer as award stand in?
My husband lost his Mum when he was young and could only watch bits of Billy Elliot. Our son is a little Billy Eliot and that film has helped him so much as a personal motivation and as a way in which people identify and support him in his dancing. The best moment for him after his end of year concert was when a mum said to him "he certainly worked with his hands well too” He grinned and said my (his) favourite actor is famous for his hands. (Yet I knew he was laughing at me, and thinking about all you here)
Christine, yes it was for the first time, the film that is, yet he did not like RHPT too much as one of my X boyfriends looked a bit like George, hair no beard. Yet I must say my husband is a bit like a Colnel Brandon, kind handsome (used to be a bit sad) now he is just hassled and worn out. lol. I hope you figure out the man you want and then find him. Wheather you marry him or not (we took our time, our kid was the best man), learn how to share your life and be happy. We all can admire a thirty year effort of AR & R.
Janine
Melb (Summer is back), Vic Australia - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 16:42:43 (PST)
Billy Elliot
There's also the issue of the mother. AR, from all accounts, adored his mother. He lost her a number of years ago and -- judging from a similar experience WRT my own father -- anything which brings up that raw loss is especially poignant.
Just my opinion, of course. Your Mileage May Vary.
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 15:08:54 (PST)
Eleanor--I think you misunderstood my question, but your post was touching. It has been a long time since I saw Billy Elliot and now it will have even more meaning for me on a second watching. In fact, I think I'll take a look at it tonight...
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 14:19:12 (PST)
make that a pArka.
Fausta
- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 10:47:45 (PST)
Forgive me, but I find that the story about the missing 8 Women actresses was featured in Voici (which means here is, here are) hilarious. Not voici, more like quelque part. Funny and lame at the same time.
If you go to this site they have a tiny video of AR & JH. Can see an even tinier photo here. AR was not wearing a perka, but instead the dark suit he wore to the Homage to Bruce Willis show.
Fausta
- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 10:46:36 (PST)
Ali-Pat and others, as you know, Alan's father died when he was eight. Biily Elliot's mother died, and the letter she left him would make anyone fall apart, imagine how much more so if your parent had also died when you were a child. Billy's sexuality is a little ambiguous, and Alan has an ambiguous quality himself. Alan grew up poor, like Billy, and it's probably harder to be a sensitive, artistic child under those circumstances. Those qualities are less likely to be recognized and nurtured when money is short. Alan said he was raised under the 'children are to be seen and not heard' credo. He certainly has compensated for having felt unheard. (Becoming famous...)
Eleanor, HRH
- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 10:23:10 (PST)
Thank you Suzanne!
Linda
NJ USA - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 09:03:48 (PST)
Marialis, you can e-mail it to me, if you like (Suz@mail.usa.com). I'd be happy to post it for everyone to see.
Suzanne <Suz@mail.usa.comfoo>
TX USA - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 08:02:44 (PST)
THEY were not here... I'm so upset... sorry
Marialis
FRANCE - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 06:57:31 (PST)
Julia, Meg Ryan would be a delicious grown old Hermione … She’s just a little bit too old to take the place of Emma Watson for the next episode ! But When Harry Met Sally is one of my very favourite movies. I re-watched it recently too !
I’ve bought Voici yesterday and I’ve got the little pic of Alan Rickman with the French singer Johnny Halliday. I can scan it at my office but I can’t put it on line… So what can I do ? Can I send it to one of you ? It’s a very little pic but he’s smiling . I find his parka ugly… so far from his usual elegance. The magazine Voici doesn’t even mention his name ! I’m sure they don’t even know who he is ! Maybe you know more about it, but it seems that he was on the stage with Johnny Halliday to give the prize of best actress for the 8 actresses of ‘8 women” and none of them was there. Can you imagine that : the chance once in your life to go up on stage, to be near him, too receive something from his hands... and to kiss him... and THE WERE NOT HERE !!!
Marialis
FRANCE - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 06:56:13 (PST)
:blinks: This may just eb me, but i think we should maybe stop talking about Rima because although she is his significant other she isn't really related to his films and probably doesn't like to be talked about. I know He doesn't like talking about her, and what he says goes with me. :P
Jizel
- Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 05:41:23 (PST)
Sorry to belabor this, but I remain unenlightened. Exactly where did the interview come from where AR expresses a kinship with talented youngsters (having been one himself) and admits that he cries at movies? I really did think that was a part of The Billy Elliot Boy and that the short glimpse of him standing in line for the film was a part of a different documentary on the DVD release. Will somebody please help me sort this out?
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 04:16:15 (PST)
Amen, Gwenn. Snake and I might have signed a piece of paper 25 years ago, but that's hardly what's kept us together. Mr. R and his lady have put in sufficient time and effort - most marriages don't make it that long. That's a pretty powerful demonstration of a loving commitment.
And I, too, cringe when 'those' posts hit the screen. Everyone makes the odd mistake, but some posts are written in teen-ese, and virtually illegible. Please, please, kids, read before you post, and remember that oral language and written language have different conventions!
Spider, wielding her red pen
US - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 03:57:38 (PST)
Thank you all for the "Billy Elliot"-explanation. Alan Rickman crys on sad films? He likes romantic films? Oh, I´ll ask him to watch "Amelie" with me. *lol* @Mortianna: Billy Elliot läuft auf Premiere. Mehrmals im Dezember und wird wohl im Januar auch noch mal öfter zu sehen sein. So vom Hocker gerissen hat er mich jetzt nicht. Es war ganz spannend, denn der Bub und seine Familie hatten es nicht leicht. Ballett im Arbeitermillieu und dann noch ein Junge... Wenn du kein Premiere hast: Wird sicher bald auf Pro7 oder Sat1 zu sehen sein. ;-))))
Lisa
Bavaria, - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 02:06:16 (PST)
Gwenn, I call him "The Appointed One".
Claudia
GA US - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 01:40:50 (PST)
This is definitely the original source for all things Alan Rickman. Wish there were more updates on this exploits as Snape. Nice Site. r
balrog
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 22:06:30 (PST)
I think I must comment on the recent posts that seem to imply there is something wrong with being with your "lifetime partner" without that little piece of paper called a marriage license. My significant other and I have been together for 12 years. We plan to be together for at least another 80 years, at which point I'll be 113 and he'll be 121, without getting married. We simply have no need for marriage. It's not "a pity", or "a shame", or "too bad." Neither is it noble...it's just our way. We're fine with the way things are, and after a while the people around you just get used to it. As Mr. Rickman said in one of his interviews (to paraphrase), relationships ought to be able to have their own rules, that work for the people involved.
Now, another gripe: every time I see a barely coherent post, I always look down at the city/country line with a cringe, hoping against hope that it's not an American post. It almost always is. And yet, that guy in the white house (I still can't bring myself to call him "our president") continues to pour money into the military and not education. Sorry if this is O/T, but it's all just so embarrassing. Ex-pat status, here I come!
Gwenn
NYC, - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 20:21:24 (PST)
Janine in Oz, I think that's sweet that you saw TMD (for the first time, or no?) with your future husband. Before I got home from work today I stopped at a grocery store and saw a middle-aged guy who really resembled Jamie -- the slightly shaggy hair, the moustache, even the long dark coat. Me, I'm without a significant other and generally okay with that, but seeing that guy gave me some thoughts I haven't had for a while. Oh well, off to bed... to sleep, perchance to dream...
Christine
USA - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 19:24:58 (PST)
Alan Rickman is the greatest actor on earth. You can respect the guy. I hope he keeps on doing comedies
Serena
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 17:17:10 (PST)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Alan Rickman soooooo much... Like he's the hottest babe to ever walk on the planet. I love all his roles, especially he's role as SNAPE in Harry Potter!!!!! I love he's hot voice to his sexy smile to his HANDSOME LOOKS!!! Like I so want him... And I love he's rolein sense and sensesibility... ( Cononel Brandon)and heyaz to all the people out there who love him 2 god ur the best ( email me ) **WINKS** and **WAVES** @ u and for the people who disagree "go and get bent!!" and for Alan Rickman( my babe) I love you so much ... I would die 4 you... g2g i'll be back soon lotz of love amber/jenni p.s Alan is the best pp.s one day i'll be mrs Rickman PP.s SNAPE IS SO HOTT!! l8er **MWAH** **byes**
Jenni aka Amber <beach_blonde_gurl@hotmail.comfoo>
San Fran Sisco, california usa - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 17:16:17 (PST)
Speaking of curly-haired blondes, maybe I've been reading too much SS/HG fnafiction, but as I watched When Harry Met Sally last night for the nth time, I caught myself thinking--- Wouldn't Meg Ryan make a great grown-up Hermione? (With an English accent, of course!)
Julia
Calgary, Canada - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 17:10:19 (PST)
Madison, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been together almost as long sans wedlock. It's sort of a '60's thing, maybe you had to be there. Just be joyful AR doesn't sport a long grey ponytail like the lesser souls in my demographic!
FastFilm
Los Angeles, - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 16:38:15 (PST)
Sorry.. probably no one knows .. just read your FAQs. :-) Just such a pity to be with someone so long and not tie the knot.
Madison
Columbus, Ohio USA - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 15:15:17 (PST)
How is it that AR has lived with Rima Horton for 30 some years & isn't married still? And how is it that we never see her & him together? What a shame.. I'd be by his side (hopefully photographed) all the time. I'm sort of a new admirer so maybe I've missed something? Thanks. I love your guestbook & the news.. What a nice thing it was finding this homepage. :-)
Madison
Columbus, Ohio USA - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 15:02:32 (PST)
SNAPE!!!!! http://www.alan-rickman-online.de/snapey_film2.shtml You don't wanna miss it!
Ulrika
Sweden - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 14:29:39 (PST)
Okay, my ducks are severely out of line on this one. I thought there was an interview with AR about the film Billy Elliot where he says some words to the effect that he identified with the star of the film--being a talented youngster and all. Is this part of the 1 1/2 minutes on The Billy Elliot Boy, or is it from a completely different piece of film?
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 13:47:27 (PST)
Yes, Lily, definitely bittersweet.
Marialis: I think your thoughts on the history between Snape and Dumbledore are right on. Thanks for posting them.
As for my poor, confused cousin and her poor, confused boyfriend--don't worry, I set them straight. They will never again confuse Jeremy Irons with Alan Rickman, for they now know that if they do, they'll have to sit through another half-hour lecture from me on the many fascinating faces of Rickman. :-)
Gwenn
NYC, - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 12:51:35 (PST)
Launching into song --
Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket
Never let it fade away....
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 12:21:25 (PST)
My subjects, I merely reign over 'a lot' and 'similar'. I can't take on the world here. If I can rid this guestbook of 'alot' and my own former offenSe, 'similiar', I will feel I have made some contribution to this crazy universe. Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars! (That's how it goes, back off!)
Eleanor, HRH
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 11:40:17 (PST)
Nice pic on Empireonline film mag page of AR at The European Film Awards. (You will have to click on thumbnail)
sue
England - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 11:36:30 (PST)
I was just surfing the web to see what others have done. I thought yours was cool so I figured I'd sign your guestbook and let you know.
Jennifer Nackt
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 11:19:53 (PST)
To expand a little more on "The Billy Elliot Boy". AR's appearance is a whole whopping second and a half. It shows him arriving to the premiere of the film.
Claudia
GA US - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 11:06:22 (PST)
Jeremy Irons eh? Sounds like thay're getting thier "Die Hard" s in a twist if you ask me.
Josephine
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 10:58:11 (PST)
AR is not in the film "Billy Elliot" itself but appears in the documentary, "The Billy Elliot Boy". which will be shown in the UK on Channel 4 at 10.45 on Jauary 1st.
vs
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 10:44:28 (PST)
Jeremy Irons? JEREMY IRONS? Please, god, someone..... put them out of their misery. Kill them. LOL!
Jizel
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 10:23:58 (PST)
Should read: "...froth like a just-shaken martini."
If polled, my recommendation would be: Savor the films, like chocolates. AR=Valhrona chocolate, 71% cocoa content, definitely bittersweet.
Lily
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 07:15:54 (PST)
Apologies for not posting this on News & Info page; hopefully, someone will pick it up from here and put it there. Troy of Lewiston, Maine, mentioned this article a week ago on 12/7. It's quite a nice reminder of summer days and nights. Entertainment Weekly 12/20-27/02 Issue "The Best and Worst of Stage, 2002" [No. 9 of 10 in the "Best" Category] "PRIVATE LIVES (Broadway) Some 70 years after Noel Coward and Gertie Lawrence gave us a gin-soaked glimpse into their 'Private Lives,' Alan Rickman and Lindsay Duncan made the comedy of marital manners froth like s just-shaken martini. In last spring's Tony-winning revival the duo played divorcees whose destinies are so intertwined that they honeymoon--with new spouses--in the same hotel. In neighboring rooms. With adjacent terraces. Every quip and caterwaul danced with delicious aplomb. In Coward's words, a marvelous party."
Lily
Chicago, IL - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 06:56:57 (PST)
It’s OK Mortianna. And thank you for your explanations.
Janine, my explanation is maybe a little too down to earth… But I would be so deceived if I learn in the seventh book that there was only a problem of girl between James and Severus… JK ROWLING has got too much imagination to be where we are waiting for her !
I think that Dumbledore was early very concerned with Severus. Because he was one of the most brilliant wizards of Hogwarts. And because he was a Slytherin and I guess that in this dark times all the Slytherin were suspects ! But all the education system of Dumbledore is based on confidence and trust. He always let his pupils make their own choices and lead their lives as they want. He let kids make their own experiences and researches and know who they are themselves through their acts and the answers they find. How many times he could have helped Harry by giving him the keys he was looking for. But he didn’t : he let Harry searching and he is only here for a final help and for final explanations. Even if he actually knows that Harry and his friends make things against the rules of the school. I think he acted the same way with Severus. He let him search for his own way, just trying to be here when it was necessary. And then Severus followed wrong ways, made things that didn’t work, learnt that he hadn’t got a soul of Death Eater… and always found Dumbledore on his way to understand what happened and to give him the keys he needed to continue. But... still... it's not very romantic, isn't it ? Or maybe I am the Mike Leigh of the Guesbook... I can find romantism everywhere, in every relationship even the most common... just if there is love !
Marialis
FRANCE - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 05:38:27 (PST)
Sorry, sorry, sorry, but I'm not able to scan the picture... I hope someone else will... About the make-up: I just wanted to say that maybe he looked better during the rehearsal because he had no make-up on. When you're tired, you often look better with no make-up at all than with.
Marie
France - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 04:48:29 (PST)
sorry, Marialis, just didn't want to get hit over the head again because of my English. I like my height as it is. I don't think there is a connection between AR and Billy Elliott other than that AR liked the film, said that on some interview or other, was at the premiere, where he was photographed, and I THINK I read somewhere that he cried over the film. There were thoughts on the guestbook why he did so, probably because of the connections between him as a working class guy going into the arts and the child in the film (haven't yet seen it, would love to, though). But perhaps the movie, like much of the work AR does, brings out the longing to DO what you want to do in some people and that is tears-inducing enough. Well as they say, it's all in the archives, somewhere or other:-) according to my memory. feel free to correct me on the facts, anyone.
mortianna
well, would of course have already seen the film, if AR WERE in it, - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 03:55:25 (PST)
Merci Marie ! I reach buying Voici for the first time of my life... just after work !
Lisa I'm like you : I don't know what is the link between Billy Elliot and AR... Could someone tell me in english or in french ? Sorry Mortianna, I don't speak a word of german !
Marialis
FRANCE - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 03:24:53 (PST)
Lisa - ich glaub, nicht, dass AR bei Billy Elliot mitgemacht hat. Ich meine mich zu erinnern, gelesen zu haben (nun, an dieser Satzkonstruktion soll die Korrekturdame *and I use this term lightly*:-) sich mal die Zähne ausbeißen), dass er den Film sehr schätzt und bei der Premiere war und da geheult hat. Auch schön...
mortianna
- Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 03:10:21 (PST)
Not too much make up, but a little bit of relaxing time after his long stage-work in London and New York and then back to London doing a new film, being at HP2-Premiere etc. AND: I still didn´t find out what Alan Rickman does in "Billy Elliot - I will dance". I read that he worked on that film, but where???? Please, don´t let me die stupid! ;-)))
Lisa
Bavaria, - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 02:50:42 (PST)
Marie:
Is it possible for you to scan the picture from "Voici" for all of us in Rickmanland to see? Merci!
Kimberly
Michigan USA - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 01:45:27 (PST)
For the frenchies: there's a nice little picture of AR in this week's issue of "Voici", in the article about J. Halliday. It seems to be from the rehearsal of the European Film Award, because AR is wearing his strange green parka, and not the black suit I've seen on other pictures. He also looks younger than on the other pictures of this event (too much make-up?).
marie
FRANCE - Tuesday, December 17, 2002 at 01:15:26 (PST)
I would love Professor Snape to be my teacher! Can't wait for the next Harry Potter movie.
Jackie <nonefoo>
SD U.S. - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 23:59:35 (PST)
Marialis, wow that was great, I guess when I get away from my low brow motivations. I can see that some people can be driven by non romantic things. Yet I wonder if (I follow your lead) yet add that at school Snape well may have admired and respected Dumbledore, so that Dumbledore (who seems to be a good judge of character) had a good enough connection to know he could trust Snape.
I must admit I have admired AR for ages yet I did not make the connection until HP. I mean I did Shakespeare as all High School student do here (in OZ), watched Romeo and Juliet and thought Juliet was a dill. I mean AR in tights, phew and hormones started to rage. Yet the funny thing is I went to see TMD with the man who is now my husband and it was one of those defining things that stops you taking things (love) for granted. Having kissed a few frogs in my time (the type that don't turn into princes). I must say that I could make you all sick with sugary niceness about my husband. Like FastFilm think AR "still being with his university sweetheart all these 30 years hence makes him all the more attractive. But not accessible". So I think it is good to be inspired by the image AR projects. Like I said I was amazed to realise it was the same person.
Janine
Melb, Vic Australia - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 16:53:44 (PST)
Uh oh...You spell "offence", we spell "offense"...
...let's call the whole thing off! :-)
Gwenn
NYC, - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 16:10:02 (PST)
Italics fixed.
Sorry, missed that one!
Suz (D.o.C.)
Is anyone looking after the GB for Suzanne this week? I just wondered if someone could undo the mess I made with the italics a couple of days ago. Its even making me feel ill now.... :-s Thanks.
ES
UK, - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 14:07:15 (PST)
Eleanor-Queen of Spelling eh!!?? Pity you can't spell B***** offence then!!LOL
Sue
Home of english as she is spelt!!!, England - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 13:51:35 (PST)
Eleanor, if you are the Queen of All Spelling, I must be the Supreme Empress, since 'cohort' is not hyphenated, lol!
Helen
Cheshire, UK - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 13:34:26 (PST)
Eleanor: If you are the Queen of all Spelling, then what did you think of the post below that mentions "Alana Rickman"? That person should feel your wrath!
Here is an Alan related story: I was at my mother's holiday party this weekend, where I saw my 17 year-old cousin and her 17-year old boyfriend. They were talking about the new Star Trek movie, and I asked if they'd ever seen Galaxy Quest. "Oh yeah, I love that movie," they replied. Then the boyfriend said, "The same guy who was in that was in Dogma, which is another great movie," and my cousin said "Oh yeah...he's great! Who is that--Jeremy Irons???" "No," I said, "that's Alan Rickman, and he's in lots of other things you've probably seen too. For one thing, he plays Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films." And they were amazed...they couldn't believe it was the same actor. And then I mentioned some of his other roles and they recognized the pop ones. So, it was heartening to see young people who knew him from something other than HP (no offense to those of you who discovered Alan through HP--there's nothing wrong with that, the important thing is that you're here). And now that we've cleared up the little Jeremy Irons confusion, perhaps there are two more converts.
Just thought someone might find that interesting. Now...back to chapter 5...
Gwenn
NYC, - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 13:12:22 (PST)
I've heard of a Hort-a...
Cindie
- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 12:16:18 (PST)
Her Majesty to you.
Eleanor, HRH
- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 11:21:12 (PST)
Dear Sue, no need to worry about the Spelling Police, it is I, the Spelling Queen you must fear! Why delegate to the police when you can spread fear and panic on your own? I am Queen A Lot Similar. Anyone misspelling 'similar' or 'a lot' will get a mild shock to the typing fingertips, at first offense. After that, a much worse fate, I will print and send all misspellings to Mr. Alan Rickman and his ex-college professor co-hort, someone who probably still itches to correct a few papers. What does co-hort mean, and why is it spelled like that? Can you be just a plain 'hort'?
Eleanor
- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 11:19:13 (PST)
Kim, the latest issue has the cast of Friends on the cover. They printed one letter regarding our darlin' Alan. It's upstairs and I'm all comfy right now, with a sore throat. So I'm not going to get it, but it had the word 'debonair' in it. If your letter didn't, then it's not your letter. There was only one letter re AR. I have a subscription, so it might not be in all stores yet.
Eleanor
- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 11:06:02 (PST)
Thanks for the info on theMad satire--I knew it had to exist. I was mainly interested in what kind of name they came up with for Snape--"Severely Snapped", very funny! I think their character analysis is pretty good, too!
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 10:56:11 (PST)
Thanks, Jayne Claire! How've you been?
Lee
- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 10:37:48 (PST)
Hermione....Snape...hahaha...never! He's MINE!
KIm the vampire
- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 10:19:49 (PST)
Totally almost off topic, but i'm currently writing a fic whist trying not to include too much of my usual slash, gore and happily plodding off the subject. It's about Harry stalking Snape and poor ickle Sevvie having no-one to turn to except Hermione, who takes the friendship a little too far....^_^ So if anyone's interested in reading five chapters of romantasized drivel, it can be found at http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1108974
Jizel
- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 09:50:13 (PST)
oh yeah, please email the info to me, because I won't be around till tonight!! Thank you all!
kim the vampire <kim_the_vampire@hotmail.comfoo>
Edmonton, Canada - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 09:12:20 (PST)
I wrote a letter into People magzine regarding Alan Ricman in the Sexiest Man Alive Magazine... But I am wondering when and which issue they are going to print the letters about that issue! If anyone KNOWS about the People magazine with the Sexiest Man ALive letters in it, PLEASE tell me, I have been waiting! (Well, it came out two weeks ago or three. Man! When will it come?)
kim the vampire
- Monday, December 16, 2002 at 09:11:01 (PST)
Hello Cynthia so you’re still here ?! It’s nice to know you’re alive too !
About Snape : I don’t think there is any important relationship between Snape and the Malfoys at the beggining. Snape should have been from a middle class family. His father and his mother weren’t worst than others but they were both ex-slytherin. So he grew up in a strong bath of culture “Slytherin”. His education was austere and strict and he early developed aptitudes to make potions. Maybe his father was a dearth eater… but I I think he was just a sympathizer of Voldemort. It was one of these families where adults never explain, or even talk to children… “because you can’t understand, you’re too young”. So the young Severus was wondering and imagining a lot of things. He was solitary. And instead of playing with other children he preferred staying at home and studying… not because he wasn’t interested in others but because others frightened him. Making a potion was more reassuring than human relationships… You always know what you can expect of your mixture if you have been precise enough while doing it. Humans are so much more complex ! Then when he arrived at Hogwarts he was one of the most brilliant pupil He didn’t need a reason (love for Lily or so..) to hate James and his fellows… Slytherin hates Griffindor. It’s natural from generation to generation. But the big difference between him and James Potter was that he, Severus, was brilliant but he wasn’t loved even by the others “slyterin” but James Potter (and certainly Sirius Black and Remus Lupin) was absolutely brilliant. He was one of these persons admired and loved by everyone and he gave a sort of image of perfection. He really seemed to have everything a man could want. Severus was as dark as James was solar. And he started to hate him very early. As he hated Sirius and Remus who were the images of a strong and friendly relationship… something he could never have because he can’t destroy the wall he had built between him and the others. So he became more and more lonely. At the same time, he was deceived by what he was taught at Hogwarts. He already knew a lot of things… and he ‘d like to know more about the only thing which was taboo : the black arts. And we all knows that those teenagers shy and so “bad in their skin” (French expression ?), in rebellion against everything are the most vulnerable in front of persons teaching hate…. Those persons know the words they have to say and they know where they can find young people to follow them. We can imagine that Voldemort sent Lucius Malfoy to convince Severus. Lucius was so charming and he’s got a strong personality (I know that now that I’ve seen Jason Isaacs ! Gosh this man could make me forget Severus Snape for a while !) And Lucius knew things Severus wanted to learn… What happened then ? I think Severus was closed within a tower of hate… but the heart inside wasn’t so bad. And when he became a death eater, Voldemort asked him to do things to prove that he was able to serve him. But he couldn’t torture or kill other people… Maybe Dumbledore understood or learnt what happen… so he met Severus and spoke to him frankly. And Severus found a hand to hold him and a good heart to help him. And decided to join secretly Dumbledore and the Order of Phoenix and to betray Voldemort.
What do you think of that ? Is there anyone here thinking I could be right ? (sorry for my long post and not so good English !) I haven’t read Gwenn fan fiction yet… I hope I could do that soon.
Marialis
France - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 09:00:52 (PST)
Hi Rickmaniacs, perhaps someone can help me out: There is a film "Billy Elliot - I will dance" and Alan Rickman has a part in it? I watched the film twice and I watched the cast-list in the end - where is Alan Rickman? I didn´t see him! Thank you!
Lisa
Bavaria, - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 08:53:07 (PST)
I love Alana Rickman! He is extreamely hot! I have a wallpaper on my computer of him, I saw a lot of his movies.
Hope <adigallia_1987@hotmail.comfoo>
Canada - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 08:11:22 (PST)
Ali -Pat, you can see some of the Mad issue here:- www.ronsoup.the-burrow.net/madmag
vs
england, - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 07:33:01 (PST)
Ali-Pat: the current issue of MAD has a satire of HPCoS; it's on the cover so you can't miss it.
Magda
Canada - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 07:28:00 (PST)
sue - thanks for the pic of that parka guy. That the tea lady with him?
mortianna
and thanks to suzanne, for putting it up on facts - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 07:00:03 (PST)
Ali-Pat - Yes, they did and Yes, they are on-line somewhere but no idea where, but have a feeling may have accessed it through The Leaky Cauldron or similar. (Wary of using that in case the Spelling Police are about!!)
Sue
Angleterre - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 06:41:52 (PST)
Hello, all! Does anyone know if Mad magazine did a spoof on either of the HP movies? If so, can you tell me which issue(s)? Better yet, if you actually have the issue(s), will you email me? Thanks!
p.s. Janine--yes, lucky indeed. Hysterical just imagining it!
Ali-Pat <sa.pe@earthlink.netfoo>
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, December 16, 2002 at 06:06:27 (PST)
Chris, perhaps you need to watch more AR movies. He is not a complete a** in Sense & Sensibility, Truly Madly Deeply, Blow Dry, Galaxy Quest, Rasputin, Judas Kiss, Close My Eyes...
Jizel, I have to admit that I have only been a Rickmaniac for over a year now. It feels like I've always been one now. I have tried pacing myself with the movies. The only one left for me is January Man. (Not counting Barister Chronicles, Murder Obliquely, and short films he's been in) I guess my town has good availability of movies. I usually rent instead of buy.
Jude
CO USA - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 22:06:23 (PST)
Someone wrote a letter to People magazine regarding Alan's inclusion in their sexiest men list and his "surprisingly sexy' status. She wrote something like, what do you mean "surprisingly sexy"?, he's debonair and classy etc. Also, they printed a letter from someone who didn't agree that Ben Affleck is the Sexiest Man Alive. They must have written something about Ben's impressive physique in the magazine, and the woman wrote something like, if Ben Affeck showed up on my doorstep with no shirt on, I'd have him mow my lawn, watch my kids and talk to my husband while I take a nice, long bath.
Ellie
- Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 22:01:52 (PST)
(Hi ES- I tried to email you but it didn't work. My email address is jukatcaAThotmailDOTcom. Hope to hear from you!)
Jude
CO USA - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 22:00:33 (PST)
FastFilm, good work on 'similar'.
Eleanor
- Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 20:31:08 (PST)
You are right all, To Kill A Mocking Bird should NOT be remade, but it was just a thought. I would LOVE to see the Alan Rickman Eco Challenge thing, I can't get enough of his voice. And I watched "Sense and Sensibility" again for the Hundreth time last night, and I have to come a a conclusion: Colonal Brandon is my ABSOLUTE favorite Alan Rickman role... I mean, that was also THE BEST movie out of all he has done. I mean, An Awfully Big Adventure was just sad (and weird) and Mesmer was .... strange. I have not yet seen Rasputin (even though good old Rasp is my favorite dude in history) but I am SURE he is good in that. Oh yeah, I NEVER hear anyone talk about Alan in Blow Dry. Personally, I LOVE that movie! It was the PERFECT part for Alan to cross over to the world of comedy! (same with Dogma, gotta love it)
kim the vampire <kim_the_vam[pire@hotmail.comfoo>
Canada - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 19:37:09 (PST)
Gemma, your enthusiasm is touching. I, for one, feel that Mr. Rickman still being with his university sweetheart all these 30 years hence makes him all the more attractive. But not accessible. 19 is a great age to keep your eyes open for your own similar find...
FastFilm
Los Angeles, - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 19:29:06 (PST)
I just saw Dogma for the first time in a long time, and I have determined that this is the only role of his that I didn't "hate" him in; that is, that he didn't play a despicable a**! well, whether he plays a despicable a** or not, hes got a lot of talent, and that wry wit he has is just priceless. Peace, to you all, and him!
Chris <www.ZBraveWhiteWolfZ@aol.comfoo>
Chicago, IL USA - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 18:29:25 (PST)
I have only recently become aquainted with the wonderful work of ALAN RICKMAN, after watching the 2 Harry Potter films i was so impressed by his acting not to mention he must be the most attractive man in his fifties ever, and im only 19!!!! The only other film ive seen him in is Robin Hood, but now I know he exists i will certainly be renting out the rest!!! Ive watghed 1st Harry Potter movie over 50 times and been 2 see the new one 5 times, purely to see the man im saving myself for !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CALL ME ALAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gemma Blackburn <g.blackburn@dundee.ac.ukfoo>
Dundee, - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 13:25:55 (PST)
I am a total Rickmaniac. I cant get over how extrordinarily magnifcent he is!!!! This website has been very infomative to me and I thank you for posting it. I have learned in my studies that Alan is very close mouthed about some things and does not like Inteveiws, talking about himself or watching himself on t.v. nor does he like watching movies that he is been in. I have also noticed that he looks very sad in a bunch af his photos. I know that some actors occasionally think about life if they werent famous, but Alan just looks so sad, and lonley or as if something is troubling him. Anyway, I LOVE ALAN RICKMAN!!!!!!!!! this is a great site K.U.T.G.W!!!! Thanks
Sasha
St. Louis, MO USA - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 12:46:18 (PST)
Kim the Vampire--you know, I never though of Gregory Peck sounding like a Southern Alan, but you're right, he does. I am NOT in favor of a To Kill a Mockingbird remake--it's perfect as it is! If only we could find some way to make a special edition where we put Alan and his voice over Peck electronically...I'm sure it could be done. Not to insult Peck, but it would be a second edition for all us Rickmaniacs!
Jizel--I recommend going by it slowly. If you devour all sorts of AR movies at a time, what new do you have to look forward to except for theatre releases? I like hunting for them and taking it slowly, so I can suck it all up and enjoy it, and have more to look forward to. Am I making any sense whatsoever...? I didn't think so.
CG--who makes no sense (which is normal)
USA - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 12:14:05 (PST)
GML - I agree with you about Almodovar´s "Talk to her".... Great film. Like "All about my mother"... I would love to see Alan work with him!
Kirsi
- Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 09:35:28 (PST)
Hi guys! I've updated my Alan Rickman page with magazine pics and Haymarket pics. I wish you all a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year with lots of Alan!!!!
Stezi <alan-ric@alan-rickman.nlfoo>
The Netherlands - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 09:17:27 (PST)
Well I've probably only seen about as many as you have Jizel, and I'm not in a rush to see the rest. I personally enjoy reading snippets of other people's views on films and building up a kind of outline in my head of what its going to be like. When I actually come to see the film I love it when all the bits finally drop into place. And more often than not I find I've got a slightly different view of it than most.
I also find I'm attracted towards watching some types of films and not others, so I've more or less seen all the ones I KNOW I'll like, while the rest are kind of waiting for the right occasion. If you know what I mean. Basically I'd carry on as you are - don't rush out and buy every film just cos ARs in them, but build up a list of which ones you are drawn to and then add to it as you go along. Otherwise there's always the danger that once you've seen them all you might get bored and "heaven forbid" find yourself watching Kevin Costner instead!! Argh!!
ES - Just my opinion.
UK, - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 05:02:29 (PST)
I need someone else's opinion on this moral dilemma i have. My friend Amanda (she frequents this guestbook, she's the one with the R&J pics) has seen almost every AR film he's made, even with R&J and Barchester Chronicles. I, however, have only seen around ten or so and believe to space them out during the course of ones life (and not going schitzo if i can't find one, lol) is by far the more interesting expierience becaue then you don't have to wait six months for another film to come out if you try hard enough finding them. With this in mind, which is safer/more enjoyable? All the films at once or savoured like so much belgian chocs?
Jizel
- Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 04:03:03 (PST)
Thanks Kimberley & Julia and others for the info re the film on Versailles. I do remember reading about it, I believe he was/is to direct it, but I have a suspiscion it was all started before Alan knew he would be going to Broadway for months. It could be that collaboration with other people, access to the castle in Versailles or whatever arrangements he may have had with French people over there were so disrupted timewise that it will be a while before it can happen again, if at all. I don't really know, I'm speculating here, but it takes a lot of people being available at the same time to make a film. Let's hope it does happen some time.
About the European Film Awards, typical that it should be aired in a late time slot, isn't it? Europe? Where's Europe? Oh, yeah, that big island off the coast of England... ;) Anyway, I am really looking forward to it, not just to see Alan (that bit is on Claudia's site, *bows low* ;) but to see the whole thing. Especially as I understand Pedro Almodovar wiped the floor with the others. Has anybody see Talk to Her, his last film? Sensitive, disturbing and provoking as ever. Gets you to walk home afterwards re-thinking a few of your views on life. Very much the sort of film Alan likes to play in, I think. Although if he ever was to work with Almodovar, he would have to do something about his Spanish! Any Spanish fans out there wishing to help? :)
GML
UK - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 04:02:21 (PST)
OZ TV Alert and some Xmas cheer
S&S at 8.30 pm on Sunday 22nd Dec. Channel Ten in Melbourne, I am not sure how it works in other states. Enjoy!
Janine
Melb, Vic Australia - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 03:52:53 (PST)
Alan Rickman would be one of the most talented actors of today, and judging from the numerous interviews of other famous (and not so famous) stars he is a pleasure to work with. Leaving us all in awe after every performance, a gift which he so readily presents, is something we all commend him on. Thanks for so many hours of enjoyable viewing.
Rebecca Jones <scary_moose@hotmail.comfoo>
Mackay, QLD Australia - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 03:38:05 (PST)
In the Age of Prequels, sequels and remakes. I would like them to make a G.Q 2 and any story where A.R. character gets to kill of Kevin Costner. Both would be even better.
Janine
Melb, Vic Australia - Sunday, December 15, 2002 at 01:11:22 (PST)
Georgiana, haven't heard from you for awhile-are you still there?
a concerned citizen
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 23:42:07 (PST)
Just bought the 2003 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 35-day desktop calendar. It has clips from the film and some interesting details and some excluded shots.
January 7 -- Publicity shot of Snape in his jar-lined office
February 11 -- Lucius Malfoy's wand
February 15-1 -- Duelling Club Snape is watching Draco fly through the air.
March 14 -- Severus Snape's wand It's solid black, of course. I think it's ebony. The grip has some kind of carving or beading on it.
May 7 -- Hermione Granger's wand
June 24 -- Ron Weasley's wand, broken
June 26 -- Duelling Club Back of Snape as he and Lockhart salute each other
July 16 -- Duelling Club Snape, taken aback by Harry's Parseltongue ability
August 22 -- Snape in his office A slightly different version of the publicity photo
September 1 -- Duelling Club A slightly different version of Snape, taken aback by Harry's Parseltongue ability. What a lovely image for the beginnings of the Hogwarts' school year.
November 1-2 -- Publicity collage of images from the 1st film Snape with his arms crossed and Snape leaning on his desk in the 1st potions lesson
November 6 -- Gilderoy Lockhart's wand
November 10 -- Duelling Club A slightly different version of Snape, taken aback by Harry's Parseltongue ability.
November 19 -- Harry Potter's wand
December 22 -- Snape telling off Harry and Ron about the flying Ford Anglia It's a 3/4ths view of the back of his head....
There are other interesting details -- like the cover of Moste Potente Postions and Lockhart's insignia.
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 23:35:22 (PST)
Kim the Vampire:
Alan narrated "Eco-Challenge Argentina ~ 1999." The 2-set video (NTSC version) can be purchased by CALLING "The Discovery Channel Store" at 1-800-627-9399 24 hours 7 days a week:
The video set is not listed on their website.
If I remember correctly, the set runs around $35.00 US.
Kimberly
Michigan USA - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 22:52:26 (PST)
I may be talking to nothing but: Does anybody know about that "Great Race" or something LIKE that, and apparently Alan did the Narrating of it? I am curious...
Kim the Vampire
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 20:34:47 (PST)
Uh yeah! Hi Gwenn, who wrote a long time ago, I would like to say that they SHOULD make another to Kill A Mocking Bird movie, with Alan, cause it would RULE!!!!! Yes, I just LOVE that movie and book, even though I had to study it in english class...
Kim the Vampire <kim_the_vampire@Hotmail.comfoo>
Canada - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 20:25:03 (PST)
Yah, I am back from yesterday and still on the subject of Gergory Peck in the thought that he totally ISNT Alan, but the similarites are there! The charm is different, but I am not saying Mr. Peck dosnt have a charm, cause he DOES!! Yes, and I would also like to say I freaked out when I saw Alan Rickman in the Sexiest Man Alive People magazine! That was the best day of my life! And I LOVE his hands!! Man, the pic in the magazine gets his hands so well!! Long live A.R's hands!
Kim the Vampire <kim_the_vampire@hotmail.comfoo>
Canada - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 20:18:50 (PST)
Did I just spell Missouri with an 'e'? Ugh! That's okay, half the people hear spell it with an 'a' :-). (Missoura)
Brit
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 19:51:37 (PST)
ES, I don't think it was anywhere on my TV. I don't watch TV very often but I think I would have heard. I don't know, now I have to go find out. I can't believe that it would be and I wouldn't hear of it. I almost always hear of award shows. Thank you
Bye-now
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missourie USA - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 19:49:49 (PST)
I anyone wants to spell check the entry they make in this guest book. The simple way is to write it out cut it into Word, (or whatever you use) paste it back. Or just write it in Word, spell check it then paste it in. Every time I do not do this I make silly mistakes.
Ali-Pat, Lucky you wern't on The FOF page, that sound card certainly would have worried those at the Archabbey Library at St. Meinrad.
Jizel, I think the point is that we are not artificial here. Yet I wouldn't mind pretending to be a relative if I could get extra 'vids off people. Alas my family think I do not need encouragement.
Janine(who sadly lives in a part of Melb that is getting obsessed with looking Baywatchy)
Melbourne(a social reject of), Vic(but I like it here usually) Australia - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 15:51:44 (PST)
Just thinking the same thing, Jizel...SOOO...anyway, good for you, Jizel. You lucky duck! I doubt my family will buy me anything AR for Christmas, they all think I'm nutsy...but that's part o' being a Rickmaniac, isn't it? :-)
CG - having one crazy day
USA - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 13:42:02 (PST)
Yet another example of "spam" (which has now been removed).
Suz (D.o.C.)
Can someone please answer my question - *why* did a person just have a five line post on breast implants, of all things? WHYYY? Random..... Anyway, i'm very happy because my mother inadvertantly revealed that she's got me loads of AR vids for christmas. :P
Jizel
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 13:27:57 (PST)
Well, that'll just about have done it then.
nicely done ES - yeh real smooth...
UK, - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 13:04:34 (PST)
I know, I know - re-read your posts before you press Submit Sorry...
ES - too much excitement for one day!
UK, - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 12:59:50 (PST)
Uh, Brit, didn't you poor Americans have the event screened over there pretty much live over there, while we UKers are only just now getting to see it here. Unless I'm confused again.
ES
UK, - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 12:56:37 (PST)
My memory may be faulty and you'll have to check the archives to be sure but it seems to me that AR will not be appearing in the Versailles film; apparently he's the producer and/or possibly the director but won't be acting in it. Anybody remember exactly?
Also, didn't someone put up pics of AR at the European Film Awards where he was a presenter? If you scroll down you can find them - somewhere.
Magda
Canada - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 12:49:22 (PST)
Ooh. As for the European Film Awards, will you guys promise to tell us poor Americans all about it, if something interesting shows up?
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri USA - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 12:43:09 (PST)
Ali-Pat and Kimberly: When I saw PL in may this year, I asked AR about the Versailles project. He did say they were working on it, and that it would be filmed in France, but did not give any further information. Unfortunately, my question stemmed from shameless self-interest, and not from true Rickmaniac inquisitveness, so I did not ask more detailed questions. Sorry!
Julia <j_petrov@hotmail.comfoo>
Calgary, Canada - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 12:07:33 (PST)
Oh, thank you, thank you, Suzanne for putting up the Four Yorkshiremen skit. Also, thank you Claudia for pointing it out for me. Now I'll certainly be able to convert my friend Sar to a full-fledged Rickmaniac!
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 11:42:24 (PST)
I believe that's 12.30 am on MONDAY morning, not Sunday morning. But I took that from Yahoo's TV listings, someone else may want to double-check.
ES
UK, - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 10:49:59 (PST)
Thanks GML!! :-) Hey Mary - I'm trying to reply to your mail, are you getting it or is your pc playing up again? LOL
ES
UK, - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 10:24:07 (PST)
YES. Thank you channel 4 12-30am for an hour.
Mary
uk - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 10:22:04 (PST)
Hi again,
I was queuing up at the supermarket till this afternoon and browsing through the TV programmes to kill time when I saw something about The European Film Awards on Channel 4 (the one everybody gets) (if they live in the UK, that is) tomorrow. Hope I got this right, I had to quickly put it back on the stand when I realized my shopping was gone, the receipt out and the cashier waiting. Can somebody in the UK confirm (or call me names if I got it wrong)?
GML
UK - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 10:05:46 (PST)
El-the George Clooney film was at The Gate Notting Hill, followed by drinks at the Pharmacy (according to the Standard)
Sue
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 09:59:20 (PST)
i'm so miserable without you it's as if you're actually here.
robin
home, usa - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 09:58:10 (PST)
Thank you Anne, and again, I'm sorry for offending you. So similiar is similar. Really? It doesn't look right, but I believe you. I was once corrected on 'alot'. It's 'a lot'. 'Alot' is not a word. Just thought I'd pass that one on. Improve the world when you can, I always say. I love Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird. The internet makes me feel like I have other selves living in parallel universes.
Eleanor
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 09:34:37 (PST)
Oops! "told him...there's no secret"
Claudia
GA US - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 08:56:36 (PST)
Hi All--I am being forced to pull down the video page until I can get the download feature in place and work on expanding the bandwidth required (my host is freaking out....he wants to know my secret to getting traffic....LOL...I told there's no secret!).
Anyway, it will be back better than ever in a couple of weeks and best of all, the vids will be downloadable so that you can view them anytime without going online. I'll announce when its back.
Hope you understand.
Claudia
GA US - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 08:54:48 (PST)
Several AR mentions or AR related mentions in the new Entertainment Weekly Best of 2002 issue(with Denzel Washington on the cover).Beckett on Film was no.7 in the top ten video release catagory, Private Lives with a nice mention of both Alan and Lindsey was no.9 on the best of stage list. Mexican director Alfonso Cauron was listed at no.10 on the best of entertainers list(which bodes well for his direction of Prisoner of Azkaban). The Harry Potter DVD was on the worst vid list for all the hoops you had to go through just to reach the extra scenes. And Mike Binder(of John Gissing fame)was on the worst t.v. list for some show I never heard of.
Troy08
Lewiston, Me - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 08:22:58 (PST)
Obviously, I meant to say "To Kill A Mockingbird is my all-time favorite."
Gwenn
NYC, - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 08:16:30 (PST)
Ali-Pat: Hysterical!!! Well, you gave them all a little thrill. What the hell...it's Christmas!
Kim the Vampire: To Kill A Mockingbird is by all time very most favorite movie! (Sorry, I know it ought to be an AR film, but he just wasn't around when they were making it!). And I never noticed the thing about Gregory Peck's voice and AR's, but now that you mention it, I think you're right! Now, back to our little casting game, can you imagine if they re-made Mockingbird with Alan Rickman? I think I would die of bliss.
Gwenn
NYC, - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 08:15:40 (PST)
Well, I think I have just had what qualifies as the most embarassing moment in my life. Here I am seated at a computer in the quiet, contemplative atmosphere of the Archabbey Library at St. Meinrad, merely wishing to take a quick look at the Guestbook to see what I've been missing. Why, oh why didn't I remember to switch the sound off? I only hope that all the monks and seminarians enjoyed hearing Alan Rickman tell them they are amazing...
Kim--that Versailles project has been kicking around for a while. I remember him telling someone at the stage door this summer that it was on hold for a while (Julia, was that you?).
Now trying to skulk out of the library without being noticed...
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 06:45:45 (PST)
Hi there, I'm not that good with guestbooks, but I just wanted to say, Alan, I loved you in Dogma. You're a great actor. Really talented. I wish I'm as good as you. So you also have fans in Holland. Now you know that. I can't wait until Harry Potter an the prisoner of Askaban comes. Love, Leontine
Leontine <flap.flapdoos@xs4all.nlfoo>
Brielle, Nederland - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 06:24:23 (PST)
Soundclips are up--at the bottom on my Romeo and Juliet screencap page. ^_^
amanda <amanda_rickmaniac@hotmail.comfoo>
usa - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 05:46:30 (PST)
hey all, i've been away for a while and it's taken me ages to catch up, so i'm sorry if these replies are a little dated. Superwitch, i am so so so sorry, i had you looking in the wrong place for Snape posters, it wasn't HMV, it was actaully Virgin Megastores. i must have got caught up in the moment, and my brain turned to mush and dribbled out of my ear, so i apologise sincerely. ES - i went back to the Warenr Bros shop to look for the mugs but they had all gone! looks like someone else beat me to it! and just a little extra thing, i was on my home the other day when i passed a street call "Severus Road" which made me smile!
Sez
Newcastle, UK - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 05:25:27 (PST)
GML:
Last rumour I heard about AR and Projects:
***Alan Rickman working on Versailles love story*** Alan Rickman is working on a film script set in the French palace of Versailles. He told the Daily Express the plot is about the man who designed the gardens. He falls in love with a woman during his work for the palace, according to Rickman. "It is a love story which is played out against the backdrop of Versailles at the time of Louis XIV when the expensive gardens were being created," he said. "We're just about to send half the script in now and are still working on the other half." Story filed: 09:07 Wednesday 30th May 2001
Anyone out there able to verify this story???
Kimberly
Michigan USA - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 04:43:56 (PST)
O/T - Jude and Jizel, I've been trying to find your email addresses, but not sure if you've ever posted them. Could you drop me a line instead if you get a mo thanks! :-)
ES <ensnaringsnape@lycos.co.ukfoo>
UK, - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 03:24:55 (PST)
I like The Man's hair when it's bouncier. And with the nice centre parting. Mmmm.....
Jizel
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 03:09:30 (PST)
Actually, Harry Potter III - Prisoner of Azkaban will be the Snape-a-thon of the series to date. He will have quite a bit more screen time in that one than the others so far. Book IV, on the other hand, will be back to the sidelines.
Magda
Canada - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 03:00:35 (PST)
Thanks for the pic, Suzanne & Sue, and I too hope the 'dead things' hanging from MmC's bag are a fashionable synthetic imitation (says this WWF supporter). Considering the rest of the guys' outfits, that's likely enough. And it's very wet and rainy in London, yes. Well, 'tis here. Nice to see AR comes out to support other actors directorial debuts. By the way, he's finished shooting Love Actually, shooting Harry Potter III (if it has started) cannot take that much of his time considering the little screen time he gets, we know he's not very good at sitting around and counting his toes so... what is he up to? Working on a project of his own I hope :) - Were there any in the pipeline that better informed people than I am can remember?
GML
UK - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 02:54:05 (PST)
Oh and Brit...scroll down this page to 12/11...you will see that Suzanne has done the 4 Yorkshiremen skit in videogram for you.
Claudia
GA US - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 02:45:04 (PST)
Thanks Sue and Suzanne for the new pic. He is sooooo gorgeous! BTW, what kind of purse is MM carrying? OMG, do you think AR might have wondered if it would reach out and bite him, maybe?
Claudia (Who, if had been that close, would have nibbled on him herself)
GA US - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 02:43:16 (PST)
Ann W. (are you Ann from New Jersey that I met at PL?): You're right, Snape doesn't appear to come from a powerful or wealthy family – I was thinking more in terms of their attitude (not nice people) and ancestry (pure-blood/Slytherin). Maybe the Snapes were wealthy and powerful once but have fallen on hard times – perhaps are dependent on the Malfoys and their ilk – and aren't happy about it. As for his motivation in protecting Harry – Dumbledore does suggest to Harry that it's done in payment of a debt, and maybe it is, but I think there's more to it than that. However, I'm finding it hard to clarify even to myself just what I mean by that, so I won't ramble on.
Eleanor: I've been typing for lawyers for too many years not to [sic] a typo or spelling error when quoting directly – "similiar" for "similar." You did it again, twice, just now. It's such a common mistake that Word auto-corrects it. (It drives me crazy that we can't spell-check our posts!) As for teeth – I've managed to develop a sense of humor about quite a few of my many imperfections but my teeth are so spectacularly imperfect that they're downright un-American and I'm afraid I'm rather touchy about that. Obviously your remarks weren't aimed at me personally, and I suppose I over-reacted.
Anne/Manhattan
- Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 00:40:43 (PST)
O/T again, sorry, just wanted to say LEE!!! Welcome back!
Jayne Claire
AL/MS - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 20:58:07 (PST)
Meryl, LOL. Where do you get this marvelous information?!
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 20:10:39 (PST)
I just watched 'To Kill a Mockingbird' a couple of weeks ago. I too noticed that Gregory Peck sounded somewhat like AR. However, it's just not quite Alan. (at least to me). Cool to see that someone else thought the same of Peck's voice, though.
Also, does anyone know where I can find the link to the videogram for We Know Where You Live's presentation of Four Yorkeshiremen. Thank you.
Bye-now
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 20:05:52 (PST)
Yep, if it says "Born Insane" or Butt Inshine,Ala Ruhwah" its his. :)
Meryl <aanrmem@yahoo.comfoo>
middles of nowhere, OH - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 19:46:22 (PST)
how in little man's name did you manage to land THAT signature? It must have taken a lot of work, eh?
kim the vampire
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 18:48:05 (PST)
This is what the bonafide signature looks like (obtained from Da Man himself).
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 18:46:15 (PST)
Ah signatures, you can NEVER trust em! Hey, do YOU agree that Gregory Peck sounds JUST LIKE Alan Rickman, only southern? If you have never heard of him, I will understand. To Kill A Mocking Bird is an ooollldd movie!
kim the vampire
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 18:44:26 (PST)
Actually, there's quite a lot there with very dubious looking signatures, at eBay eh? I like the one signed by 3 HP cast members, including AR, and all the signatures look like the same person trying to write slightly different...
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 18:42:37 (PST)
hey, what DOES Alan's signature look like for real? This pic IS pretty suspicious, but I have no idea HOW it SHOULD look!
kim the vampire
canada - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 18:41:46 (PST)
Just doing a run through at eBay because I hadn't for a while and oh my! People are cashing in, aren't they? This signed photo looks NOTHING like ARs signature! You just have to be careful at eBay nowadays eh?!
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 18:35:33 (PST)
Hey, just a curious input here from one of the worlds biggest Alan Rickman fans: Dosnt the actor from "To Kill A Mocking Bird" the movie, Gregory Peck who played Atticus Finch sound terribly like a southern Alan Rickman?! If you havent seen the movie or just dont remember, I DARE you to watch and tell me they do not sound TOTALLY alike! And Gregory Peck DOES have a certain charm about him! They could be brothers! Only this guy was probably already 30 when Alan was born... Just thought I would say that!
Kim the Vampire <kim_the_vampire@hotmail.comfoo>
Edmonton, AB Canada, eh? - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 18:27:38 (PST)
Sorry 425, It will be some time next month before I can get started on the Bruce Willis tribute video. If it doesn't show up before then, I'll work on it for ya (along with the other requests I have been getting).
I really do love watching him in this and he is funny. He does a little quip on Jeremy Irons that is quite cute.
Claudia
GA GA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 17:43:24 (PST)
I'd like to know if anyone can make a videogram or some equivalent of Alan hosting the American Cinematheque Awards honoring Bruce Willis...from all of the quips I've read, sounds like it's worth a a major look!
425
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 17:33:35 (PST)
i luvvvvvvvvvvvvvv tom feltonnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and... it's friday the 13th, and i'm verry suppersticious AND i had a terrible day, so b nice!!!
jules
martinez, ca contra costa i think - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 17:06:28 (PST)
If I was in Alan's shoes I'd be doing my best Snape-glare at those dead animals Martine is carrying around. He looks good though, as usual.
Hat hair - OK. Hat hare - ugh. Just my opinion.
Christine (grrrr)
USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 16:44:59 (PST)
Thanks for the picture Suzanne. That looks like a very casual affair. Alan looks like he has hat hair, or just came out of the rain. Where did the screening take place? What country is Alan in?
El
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 15:58:00 (PST)
Alan Rickman with Love Actually co-star, Martine McCutcheon at the first screening of George Clooney's directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, in today's Evening Standard (thanks, Sue!).
Suzanne <Suz@mail.usa.comfoo>
TX USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 15:31:36 (PST)
Nope It was "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" George Clooney's directorial debut.
Sue
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 15:28:11 (PST)
So Alan just went to the premiere of George Clooney's new film-well if the film was "Solaris" I hope he enjoyed it more then I did. I actually walked out of it, (only the second time in my entire life I have done that).That movie was so dull-so boring-they could use it to cure insomnia at sleep deprivation clinics. Solaris is slower then molasses in Siberia! Even Clooney's bare butt is not enough to save this film. Even Alan Rickman in it would not be enough to save this film.
Troy08
Lewiston, Me - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 15:15:26 (PST)
Not in my world...my world is different than the world in FoF...
CG
USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 14:19:32 (PST)
CG, You need to read your FoF back issues! Ed took care of that bit of business *ages* ago.
Cindie
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 12:51:22 (PST)
That's interesting, ES. Wish I was Snape's sister, Spider...if you are. I'm dying to know. Though no one is interested, I can trace back Hans' family way back. But I'm not allowed to reveal that information as yet. He's still in hiding. We're trying to find a computer genius to clear his name. (Ed, where are you when we need you?!) That would be an interesting conversation...what makes Hans tick...
Leaving now to free everyone from my certain terrorist obsession!
CG
USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 12:33:53 (PST)
Merry Christmas to everybody, regardless of religion or non-religion! Santa is for everybody! Long Live Santa! Merry Christmas!
Juniper
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 12:30:40 (PST)
Oh, and Spider - there's an easy way to tell if you are Snape's half-sister.. do you have a birthmark on your... tell you what, email me and I'll let you know! ;-)
ES
UK, - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 11:29:54 (PST)
Actually CG I gave you some duff information about the Snape/Malfoy clan wars. The Malfoy heritage stretches back further than the Snapes'. They tended to think of themselves a world-worthy bunch, regarding the Snapes as somewhat "nouveau-riche" in comparison. It was likely that the Malfoys were responsible for the attempted demise of the Snapes, finding their existance threatening and resenting their alliance with their leader. Fortunately Severus was made of stronger stuff and found in Dumbledore the support of a force more powerful than Voldemort or the Malfoys put together.
Can't help you on Lucius-whateverhisnamewas-Severus though - I don't actually think he was related to either clan, though perhaps he was the resultant spawning of one of the sadly infrequent peaceful periods when they all got on together...
ES
UK, - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 11:26:13 (PST)
There are some good stories about Snape and other HP characters at www.schnoogle.com. Also some lovely ones about Brandon at www.pemberley.com (Click on link "Bits of Ivory".)
Lee
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 11:09:18 (PST)
Here in my part of the U.S I like non-uniform teeth and so I like British teeth because they are like mine (non-uniform, non-perfect, but perfectly good for munching and smiling!) --Lee (back after long absence)
Lee
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 11:05:44 (PST)
Hmm, ES, after watching me in action at school one day, my own spiderling asked if *I* was Snape's sister....need to check with my mom on this one. Come to think of it, the Prof has become my role model in dealing with certain of my students (if only I really could turn them into toads or ferrets...temporarily, of course)
spider, perfecting my glare during fifth period
US - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 10:14:06 (PST)
*pops champagne bottle and pours* Cheers! I, also, am so thankful to be here. I don't know what I'd do without this little community! Sometimes the little acts of kindness showed here keep me going on really bad days. ES, if you stop posting the pics, I will also sorely miss them. But you can always post pics to me in email...:-) (Hans grumbles at such fluffyness.)
Richard Harris computerized? That seems odd, but I guess possible. Did any of you know they're making a new "Gladiator"? Yes, it's true, I read about it in Entertainment magazine. (As far as I know it's not a rumor.) How many people would like to see our Alan playing the warrior Emperor Lucius Septimus Severus?? *looks for raised hands* (ES, any resemblence to our Severus with this Emperor? Share any family history? Thanks for sharing. Hope he doesn't curse you too much.)
CG
USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 10:03:45 (PST)
Jen, or anyone, how can we see this Bruce Willis Tribute with Alan as master of ceremonies?
Alyssa
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 09:41:15 (PST)
Dear Anne/Manhattan, I once made a comment about Alan's teeth, (which actually I love), I guess I poked fun at British teeth in general, ( Yes! I stereotyped! I taunted! I mocked! Come get me!) Anyway, (I'm from the U.S., of course, who else would be so arrogant?) Jules from the U.K. teased back that American teeth are depressingly similiar and uniform. That gave me a laugh because I had never thought of it like that. Here in the U.S., we don't think of teeth that way, we want them, well, uniform and similiar. Alan wouldn't be the same with 'perfect' teeth, so Jules' point is well-taken. Her remark stayed with me because it was, for me, a new, valid, and amusing way to look at the subject. Why are you offended? I'm sorry, I didn't anticipate anyone would be offended. Also, I'm interested in my grammar or spelling mistake, why did you (sic) my sentence?
Eleanor
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 09:37:54 (PST)
From the Things-You-Never-Thought-You'd-Hear-AR-Say Department, a little TGIF giggle:
While making tapes for two friends I am hoping to "convert" to the Rickman side, I stopped to watch a moment of "The American Cinemateque Tribute to Bruce Willis" (AR was Master of Ceremonies). Just as I open this GB, I hear him say (on the tape), . . . "After her roles in 'Seduction' and 'Men in Black,' I suppose that it was inevitable that I dropped my pants for her in 'Dogma.'"
A coffee-spewing moment if there ever was one! (He was introducing Linda Fiorentino.) So I thought I'd share that bit with you all. (His Hans reprisal always does me in as well!)
Cate, thank you! No worries on my score, though. I plan to keep all my depression-inducing and controversial remarks to myself from now on . . .
Regarding AR forums that give some leeway for more personal chat, there are several wonderful e-mail lists at Yahoo! Groups (Frankie's AR Experience is a riot!), and at least two public AR boards at EZboard that I know of (one of them being TARF, my own forum, linked below--word of warning, though: it's a supreme mixture of silliness, warmth, and "depression-inducing, controversial" film analyses LOL). The wonderful thing about AR fandom on the Internet is the fact that there's a forum out there for everyone (you just have to look around), and many of us contribute to several, since they're all so different. None are quite like this GB, though, the "Original" AR Web forum, long may she reign!
Jen
MD US - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 09:36:30 (PST)
Gwenn, been reading your story - I like what you've done so far, and very much looking forward to seeing how you portray our dear Professor. When you've written a few more chapters I'll be happy to put a link on my site for you. Mail me if you want me to.
ES - ps how's the hangover?!! <ensnaringsnape@lycos.co.ukfoo>
UK, - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 08:49:54 (PST)
425: you can find Gwenn's fanfiction here: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1117546&chapter=1
Maria
Germany - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 07:41:55 (PST)
I'm sorry to dissapoint you Josephine, but Snape has no brothers. He has a half-sister, who's identity I'm not at liberty to divulge. I dread to think what he'll do to me for posting this info, but I've been building up a pretty good immunity to curses and negativity lately, so I'll risk it.
The Snapes go back as far as the Malfoys, and there have been regular bouts of rivalry between the two clans. Severus' parents were not the warmest of parents, but he suffered through lonliness rather than cruelty. Both parents are now deceased, which leaves Severus to pass on the family name... (there is actually an heir, but I cannot tell you his name as the lad doesn't know himself).
Snape turned to Voldemort when he left Hogwarts purely because of his love of Potions. They needed him, he wanted to prove himself. However the war lost him his parents and his only real friend, the pain and guilt of this sent him to the only place he knew outside his family home - Hogwarts and Dumbledore. The rest as you know is herstory.
The half-sister and the son, well that's for me to know and you to speculate!
ES - off to take more anti-curse potion before it spoils...
UK, - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 07:31:08 (PST)
Can anyone post the link to Gwenn's HP fanfiction about Snape? I can't find it! Also, for fans of HP Snape fanfiction, check out an author by the name of R.J. Anderson at www.sugarquill.net (maybe a dot com) and her Snape fanfiction, "The Darkness and Light Trilogy" begining with "The Potion Master's Apprentice." Just on a side a note about her stories, they are FAR from being NC-17 and her more plot and character driven, rather than by...um...(ahem)...sex. LOL...
425
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 07:28:06 (PST)
There is a nice pic in tonights London ES(Evening Standard)Magazine of AR and Martine McCutcheon at the premiere of George Clooneys film. He appears to be wearing some sort of parka!!(Possibly getting ready for imminent invasion!) I have scanned it to Suzanne.
Sue
England - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 07:26:41 (PST)
Hi ES - what exciting news! I seem to remember that this same technique was used for Oliver Reeds’ character in “Gladiator”, so not so unlikely.
Re: Snape - he certainly seems to be rebelling against something to me, but whether his rebellion involved becoming a death eater is debatable. Perhaps he came from a family similar to the Malfoys, fell into the death eater thing, then his rebellion took the form of becoming the double agent on Dumbledors side, as hinted at during the end passages of GOF? Perhaps I am thinking at a tangent to everyone else - I don’t know.
Alternatively, perhaps there is a background of sibling rivalry? I wonder if Snape has any brothers with whom he is constantly trying to compete? Maybe I just wonder if he has any brothers - now there’s a thought!
Josephine
UK - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 06:28:50 (PST)
No idea if this is true, but our local radio station thismorning were reporting that Dumbledore's role will be taken on by...Richard Harris. Yes you heard me. Apparently they are going to use computer wizardry to superimpose previously unused shots of the late great RH over shots of his body double. I guess its plausible...
ES
UK, - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 06:01:57 (PST)
Re. Snape. Although he may well be from a family such as the Malfoys I tend to doubt it for a few reasons. One, his major ambition is to become the Dark Arts professor. True, I recall in one of the books he thought he could replace Dumbledore, but he doesn't actively try to bring about his downfall. Second, he seems to be too much of a "suck up" to be from a powerful family. Also, the Malfoys weren't necessarily Harry's enemies: they would have welcomed him into Slytherin. Snape, not so. Finally, I can't imagine the Malfoys trying to save Harry's life based on a debt they owed his father. Snape did. My guess is that he was a unpopular loner type, not a leader, of the Slytherins. Ann
Ann Williams <awilliams@sjc.edufoo>
Simsbury, CT USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 05:29:17 (PST)
Hi. Special thanks to Suzanne!!!!!!!! Your "welcome mail" makes me feel good here in GB.Thanks again. JIZEL, LYNN I love your note... Alan is beautiful, with or without trousers.... UUpppsss, pardon me... Ladies will understand. Mmmmmmm, Alan Rickmannnnn....Nice! GWENN, belive you had a colourful dreams. Anything special you want to share with us? CITIZEN, love, but parrallel "helicopters over Sarajevo " was not too successful... But, I want to tell this: RASPUCIN!!! ARs one of three best role. Thats definitly. An unique strong expresion... Is there anyone with a different thoughts? If there is: RENT IT AGAIN and pay attention my friend.....
Mima
Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 04:12:31 (PST)
Dear fellow Buckeye--check eBay for Barchester Chronicles, especially the copy for sale by the nice lady in Canada. Keep checking eBay and half.com for CME--cheaper copies show up occasionally. Or, just go to flea markets and video stores who are closing out their VHS supply in favor of DVDs (that's where I lucked into my copy!).
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 04:05:52 (PST)
Re: RexFeatures
This just received in response to a query about downloading/obtaining reprints for personal use:
Unfortunately, the extremely large number of members of the public who were downloading preview images on our site meant that our Internet connection was being overloaded nearly every day.
Therefore, regretfully, we have had to limit the viewing of previews, for the moment at least, to our registered professional clients only.
We do, however, have plans to launch a separate site specifically for non-professional users, which will offer prints, downloads, etc. Please check back in the coming months to see what progress has been made.
Anne/Manhattan
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 03:49:16 (PST)
Eleanor: "as depressingly uniform and similiar [sic] as American teeth" (phrase borrowed from Jules)??? Do people outside the U.S. really believe we all have those perfect Hollywood smiles? You're not the first person I've heard say something like that, and maybe I'm hypersensitive on this issue – my teeth have been an embarrassment since I was old enough to know what embarrassment was - but frankly, I'm rather offended by such comments. Though I take your point – it gave me a bit of a jolt this summer to see McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Body Shop, etc. in amongst the centuries-old buildings of Stratford-upon-Avon.
Spider: Interesting discussion. My take on Snape has long been that nobody's ever loved him, starting with his mother (contrast with Harry, whose mother loved him enough to die for him). I picture his parents not unlike the Malfoys – Mum & Dad bad to the bone, little Sevvie wanting badly to please and never being quite good (bad?) enough. As a schoolboy, Severus seethes while Popular Kids like James Potter carry off Quidditch cups, pretty girls, Head Boy badges and so on, and make fun of his greasy hair, large nose and not-so-winning ways. One of the books refers to Snape's "gang of Slytherins," but Slytherins being what they are, his "friends" probably don't like him much either and only hang out with him because they see some advantage in it. What the hell - if you can't be loved, you might as well be feared. So he grows himself a thick hard shell and digs himself into a nice deep rut. And something I just thought of – he's proud as well as ambitious and probably one of those "better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven" kind of guys – except that with Voldemort in charge, poor Snape's going to be serving in Hell, too – maybe that makes it easier for him to betray Voldemort (or maybe I'm just being cynical).
ES: Good article on trolls. I hope everyone reads it.
Janine: Looks like I can't afford the trip to Oz this year, but thanks for the yellow pages link.
Anne/Manhattan
- Friday, December 13, 2002 at 03:42:54 (PST)
Eleanor, Utopia is a private Message Board, and isn't taking new members at the moment. However, EzBoard is a very good place to start if anyone would like to create a Rickman Forum of their own.
Gaye
Adelaide, South Australia - Friday, December 13, 2002 at 02:30:46 (PST)
Gwenn, "cheers" *clinks glass of mulled wine* Its great to come here and chat too. I think Snape was born with his impossible stubborn attitude- its in his blood. ES, you restored my bounce! Wish I could restore yours!
Jude
CO USA - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 23:04:48 (PST)
Oops, I meant buckeye. Darned computer!
:)
- Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 22:25:38 (PST)
Hello everyone! I hate to ask this since I know it has been discussed recently, but this is for a gift and I would really appreciate any help. I am looking for a copy of Close My Eyes and/or the Barchester Chronicles in NTSC format. I actually have found CME, but it was close to $50, and I have limited funds. BC, on the other hand, I couldn't find at all. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help. However, even if nobody can offer this information, I would still like to thank you all for providing such a wonderful (and always lively!) forum for all things AR. I love this GB!
yet another resident of "the buckey state"
- Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 22:22:43 (PST)
PS: I just looked at Amanda's R&J pics for the second time, and now all I can say again is, "Tights...yummy."
I think I will go to bed now, and there will defintely be visions dancing in my head, but they won't be sugarplums. ;-)
(sorry for the double post...like i said, I'm buzzed/pissed)
Gwenn
NYC, - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 21:20:51 (PST)
ES: I think your stuff is quite appropriate, pleasantly funny, and who cares about grown up? If you were to stop posting pics I, for one, would sorely miss them.
CG: When I read your post, I thought, "Oh, I hope she reads my story." Yes, great minds do think alike. Thanks to you and everyone else for your comments and encouragement. In chapter 4, Adelaide finally meets the Potions Master. I promise things will steam up shortly thereafter.
Since I just got home from my father's retirement party, and I'm slightly buzzed (that's "pissed" for the UK contingency), I will take this opportunity to say that I wish I could have you all over for mulled wine and an Alan Rickman filmfest! To bear my soul a bit--I have very few female friends in "real life," so it's a real treat to have this wonderful community to visit with each day. Someday, when I have a big house and not a closet-sized apartment, you'll all be invited. Thanks!
Gwenn
NYC, - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 21:17:48 (PST)
Amanda,
WOW, what can I say, he looks great in tights. :-) Ladies, i'm sure you all agree. i know you were thinking it.
even when he was younger he look great, but i think he looks fantastic now. Thanks for putting those pics up...
lynn
Ottawa, Canada - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 18:41:49 (PST)
Ok I am in Australia, I just carn't type
Janine again
Melb, Vic Australia - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 17:45:42 (PST)
Dear Gwenn, Thank you for "a nice read", I look forward to your Chapter 4.
Janine
Melbourne, Vic Austrlia - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 17:43:41 (PST)
ES, I'll email you as soon as I can, I'm getting mail out but as yet not in, I'll discuss his feet, hands, and any thing else you care to talk about, I'm all for funny and not to keen on grown up that comes quickly enough anyway believe me. It's late now I'll try tomorrow. Night all.
Mary
UK - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 15:28:10 (PST)
Gwenn--read your fanfic, and I could access all 3 chapters. I look forward to what you're going to do next. It's kind of freaky...our ideas are quite similar! Great minds think alike! :-)(Would review it on FanFic.net but for some odd reason my comp won't respond when I press the "review" button. :S.)
CG
USA - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 14:51:23 (PST)
Spider: No question, Maid Marion! Though the marriage scene would loose a lot of it's fighting then....lol
ES: I love your troll caption! Great!rofl
As to the Snape discussion, why he became a dead eater is still an unanswered question to me though I have been thinking about it a lot. I'm really currious to see what JKR's explaination will be. Let's see...
Black Sheriff
home alone with the puter running - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 14:27:08 (PST)
Mary, I thought it was a wonderful film and I loved it, thank you for asking. If you want to mail me I'll happily chat to you about it. For everyone else, while ES would dearly love to whip you all up into a frenzy of hormone-driven mayhem discussing the curvature of his beautifully tatooed feet, then throw in a few heart-stopping, keyboard splattering photographs for the world and his wife to whip off and stick on their wallpaper...its not appropriate, or funny or very grown-up. So I shan't!
ES - 34 and three quarters
UK, - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 14:23:30 (PST)
Hi all, Loved the R@J shots, would you say a Snape in the making. What did you thing of Alan as Phil ES? If you've already posted it I must have missed it in all the other mail, sorry.
Mary
UK - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 12:53:33 (PST)
Spider, if you get a minute, would you mail me. Nothing important, just if you get time. Cheers!
ES <ensnaringsnape@lycos.co.ukfoo>
UK, - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 12:34:54 (PST)
Hello all, 'Just come from the HP movie. I was quite disappointed to see that they have transformed a lot shot where AR should have been !! Just like at the beginning when Ron & Harry arrived in the castle. however I really have enjoy the movie.
Nathalie
Paris, - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 12:29:00 (PST)
Suzanne--Very nice decorating. Quite festive and pretty!
Palmora--are the only movies you've seen with AR the ones you've listed? I can give several suggestions, but I don't want to give some and find you've already seen them and feel stupid. :-) let me know and I'll give you some suggestions.
Spider--I have two theories for Snape. I pretty much agree with your statement, that he was a gifted child but was pressed too hard by his parents, etc. He might have come from a important or weathy family and was expected to live up to impossible expectations, and then was brought down because he was pressed to hard, and his father might have been a Death Eater and made him join. Or, he could have come from a not-so weathy family and his parents didn't give a darn what happened to him, and abused physically and mentally for no reason, which is one reason why he might have been driven to become a Death Eater in order to have power. Plus he was looked down upon by other students who excelled more than him, etc. And I firmly believe that Snape never had a "thing" for Lily or for any other woman, because he seems a "woman are just a distraction to getting the job done" guy. JKR, you're keeping us on tenderhooks!
Will let you know what I think of your story, Gwenn, once I read it after I finish this post. :-)
CG
USA - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 12:18:44 (PST)
Oh God....looking at those R&J piccies i can definitely say Alan is like vintage wine - he just gets better with age. He looks like a lanky ickle teenager even though he was 34 then, which shows us that he always looked around fifteen years younger than he is. Awww. What a darling.
Jizel
- Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 10:16:25 (PST)
Thanks for the Girls on Top info, Claudia! It looks like the DVD sets will include the entire season for year one and year two, doesn't it? Each set has two discs, which indicates to me that there will be a heck of a lot more stuff than you get on the three-tape VCR set, which only has six episodes. Cool!
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 10:03:11 (PST)
Hi Gwenn! I have read all three chapters six hours ago and had no problems. Now I'm waiting for the fourth with curiosity :)
Maria
Germany - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 09:19:23 (PST)
Marialis, just post twice a year or something so we know you're still alive! You are a very positive, thoughtful spirit here on the Guestbook.
Cynthia
- Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 09:06:57 (PST)
Ali-Pat: Going through similar teeth angst, myself! AR gives me encouragement that you don't have to have perfect teeth to be beautiful. :-)
Spider--Master of Ceremonies, huh? Interesting. Well, he would be great at it...knowing him, he'd probably even make it a turn-on.
Amanda--THANK YOU! I don't have the money to spend on the video, but I'm sure someone will snatch it up (you're selling it, right?). At any rate, the screenshots are wonderful. For about 3 minutes after seeing them, all I could manage to think or say was "Tights...yummy." Then I finally got the rest of my vocabulary back.
Lyn--thanks for letting me know you could only see chapter one. It's so frustrating--I don't know what I'm doing wrong! Chapter 2 & 3 are uploaded, they just don't link. I'll try to get it figured out. My email is moregato AT hotmail DOT COM.
Suzanne: thanks for the lovely christmas decorations! They're very festive. Keep posting everyone--this GB has been a joy the last few days (even in spite of the trolls--fyi, loved the troll caption on ES caption page!).
Gwenn
NYC, - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 08:25:38 (PST)
The Girls on Top Series 1 and 2--Region 1 DVDs will be released 02/11/2003. The Man did a small appearance in one episode and a voice over in another. But for anyone that likes Ruby Wax, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, or Tracy Ullman this will be worth the buy. Amazon has it for pre-order at $29.99 per DVD.
Claudia
GA US - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 07:15:53 (PST)
Suzanne--I see you have been doing some decorating! Very nice!
Spider, about various character motivations. I'm afraid I don't see that deeply into Snape. He seems more of a cartoon character to me (a really, really good cartoon character, however). Now Phil is something else. I think his appeal is that he is the quintessential "wounded man" who brings out the mothering/nurturing instinct in so many of us.
Eleanor, my American teeth are not uniform and similar, a fact which is a source of much disagreement between me, my dentist, and my insurance company at present! (Only teasing! Your observation about American teeth is true in general.)
Amanda--thank you for the early Christmas present. Very nice screen shots! It is intriguing to search that young face for signs of what will come later in his career.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 07:13:35 (PST)
After watching the PBS special about choreographer Bob Fosse, last night, I had the strangest brainstorm. Now, granted that remakes are generally dismal failures, but... Alan Rickman as the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret....
I know, it's either *eeewww* or brilliant... but it seems the sort of role he'd get into.
Spider, ducking tomatoes
- Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 06:58:47 (PST)
Thanks, Amanda. Your screen shots are brilliant. The R&J DVD is expensive and very little AR but still very highly worth it.
Claudia
GA US - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 04:47:09 (PST)
I took some Romeo and Juliet screenshots...
Interested?
amanda <amanda_rickmaniac@hotmail.comfoo>
usa - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 03:11:18 (PST)
Dear Lily I am glad you have renewed your faith in Baz L. skills. I too did not really like Moulin Rouge yet I was amazed at his ability to create a world that is not just a rehash of an old movie, yet a reinterpretation of a familiar story. I guess I like musicals so I think it funny that a movie genre (which always does well in social/economic recessions), has a great vibe when handle by Baz.
Subcultures, unrequited love, the outsider are all key themes in Baz work. I guess I am surprised that A.R. has not appeared in one of his creations before as we all love A.R characters who generally portray people who march to there own tune.
Spider, I think Snape just has the very bad case of unrequited love and I am sure it is Lilly Potter he has hang-ups about (yet a gay friend of mine thinks he really liked Harry's dad)LOL (sorry to any young kids reading this)I would like Snape to have a happy ending like Col. Brandon, I wouldn't mind being that character, the more darker, I mean that physically and spiritual Mary-Anne in the Harry Potter world. Yet I see Snape falling over the falls like Sherlock Holmes grappling Moriarty/Voldermort (that is untill Gwen entertains us)
Oh, and Thanks Gaye, I need little encouragement to shop some more (yes I am in an inner southern suburb of Melbourne called, Bentleigh).
Janine (born to shop,just not online)
Melbourne, Vic Australia - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 02:19:18 (PST)
Thank you for your "welcome back"... you made me feel at home !
Marialis
FRANCE - Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 01:10:00 (PST)
Gwenn, chapter 1 only. What's your Email addreess?
Lyn
USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 21:18:52 (PST)
Gaye, How do I find Utopia? You have Target and Borders in Australia?! Say it ain't so! The world is getting as depressingly uniform and similiar as American teeth, (I borrowed that from Jules/U.K.)
Eleanor
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 20:45:21 (PST)
Brit, you can download "The Four Yorkshire Men" skit here:
Four Yorkshire Men (AI-MP-6-3-01.exe, 10.5 MB, 6 min, 35 secs)
And to top it off, here's the transcript of the original Monty Python skit.
Suzanne (trying to catch up!) <Suz@mail.usa.comfoo>
TX USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 20:16:01 (PST)
Hi Rickmaniacs! I have just found the AR website and am in complete Heaven. Slowly, but surely, I have been uncovering more and more "AR lusting loonies" like myself and to come upon a website where people can make up their own stories involving his many brilliant roles is just too much. I have to admit that I am a bit intimidated by all of you, being a newly converted AR fan. I saw him in the first "Harry Potter" and the role struck a chord. My mother had recently repurchased RHPOT on DVD, so I watched it with renewed curiosity. To my happy surprise, "yes, indeed, my suspicions were correct, I had recognized him from another film." (In case you haven't figured it out, I'm a bit slow.) Well, there was the beginnings of my obsession. I saw TMD, and like so many others before me, was completey lost to any other man after seeing S&S. Since then I have set out to acquire anything and everything AR. Enough of me, if you feel there is a specific work I should get my hands on please feel free to write. Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone out there. Paloma (friends call me Bird)
Paloma <pahidalg@nmsu.edufoo>
El Paso, Tx USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 19:25:32 (PST)
Sorry to post again so soon, but had to comment on Lily's post. I agree that Phil Allen's appeal is his normalcy - he'd be a wonderful shoulder to cry on, wouldn't he? In the middle of that choatic personal situation and the circus of the competitioon, he's so steady and self-contained. Oh, gotta go watch it now...
Spider
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 18:56:47 (PST)
Since we've just done a pretty heavy-duty study of the Interrogator, how 'bout another, lighter psychoanalysis? What do y'all think makes Prof. Snape tick the way he does? Overbearing mother? childhood trauma? broomstick envy? (come out and play, ES!)
Me, I figure he was one of those gifted/talented children who got pushed way too hard by his parents, and reacted by succeeding in the wrong direction just for spite - you know the kind of parents who think being a schoolteacher (not even a university prof, for cryin' out loud) is just too lowly... Mom was probably from an old, moneyed family, and Dad just yes-deared his way through the marriage. Siblings, if any, are wildly successful in 'prestige' professions.
any takers?
Spider, very envious of Gwenn at the moment
US - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 18:52:17 (PST)
Greeting, Ya'll. Just wanted to check in and say Hi! Been kind of lost in a Wiggles World. :) Looks like I've dodged a bullet with the snipping over CL.
Anyway, hope everyone is/will be having a happy holiday. I'll see ya around later. :)
Meryl <aanrmem@yahoo.comfoo>
Middle of Nowhere, OH - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 18:40:30 (PST)
Janine in Melbourne disagreed with me on Baz Luhrmann and my wish that AR please NOT be in Luhrmann's epic on Alex the Great. Well, Janine, after reading all the rave reviews of Baz L's "La Boheme" in NYC, I might be ready to eat crow here. (The toga image does bring back GB archives I've read on the Anthony & Cleo experience.) I have no track record of being dead-on with my intuitions; maybe it's that I actually am able to see AR as Philip or Aristotle. He seems all too obvious a casting choice. Beats me how I could be more ambivalent. (It's the Moulin Rouge fever dream that still bothers me.
I thought Luhrmann's "Strictly Ballroom" was terrific and, as others have noted, the ancestor for "Blow Dry" (I still have to see "Best in Show," another of the off-spring), where the "regional" or a sub-culture, which is mocked and laughed at, is focused in on so intently that it goes from being parochial and low-brow to touched with the exotic. I really enjoyed seeing AR as the straight man in the midst of all the hoopla. (As if this group doesn't know, it's usually the other way around for his characters.) I think his restraint, and regular-ness, in the ultra-vivid world of B.Dry make him seem especially reachable and available. Hard to find the right word for it, but his portrayal in B.Dry is a real fantasy-feeder.
Lily
Chicago, IL - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 18:38:12 (PST)
In response to Spider's query about which female character in an AR movie we'd like to be: I can't be the only Marianne Brandon wannabee here...esp. if we can just skip Willoughby and all that angst and take up at the end of the movie, on our wedding day...
Embeth
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 16:37:34 (PST)
O/T message for Snape fiction fans:
Well, I've done it. I've written my first fanfic and uploaded it at www.fanfiction.net. I feel so ridiculous, but it was fun writing it, and I hope it will be a story that some of you will enjoy. It's rated R but it will be a long story and it hasn't gotten steamy...yet. The first three chapters are up and don't involve Snape, but the fourth one will (as soon as I write it). The first three just basically set up the story.
If anyone reads it and feels like sending thoughts, comments, and/or constructive criticism, it would be much appreciated. The only problem is that I seem to be having some problems with uploading it properly, which I'll try to get worked out right away. If you want to find it, the best thing to do is click on "find" in the menu at the top of the screen, and search by Author's pen name (Gwenn). It's my only story. Also, I'm only seeing chapter one on my screen, with no links to 2 & 3. If anyone looks at it, could you please let me know if it links to ch. 2 & 3? Otherwise, I have to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Sorry to take up GB time with this stuff--I know that some of you are not the least bit interested in Snape fanfic. From this point on I can communicate privately with anyone who reads it--just wanted to put the word out there initially. Thanks for bearing with me.
Gwenn
NYC, - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 15:58:18 (PST)
I've enjoyed reading the comments about Closet Land, even though I hated the movie, and have only been able to watch it once. I thought Alan looked great and acted brilliantly, but I just couldn't stomach the movie (I'll never look at tomatoes and garlic in the same light again.)
On a different note, I would like to let the Aussie readers of the GB know about some Harry Potter bits'n'pieces I've been able to buy here in Adelaide. I found the desk calendar in a Post Office Shop (thanks to Sally from Sydney), the red wrapping paper in Coles Supermarket (thanks to Janine (I think?) in Melbourne), a metal bucket and some tinned biscuits in Target, and the Snape mug in David Jones! I also saw the HP movie poster book in Borders, and there's a Panini sticker book which looks pretty good, too. I'm really surprised to have found all this stuff, as when Philosopher's Stone came out, there didn't seem to be much about.
One last thing - I remember some past unhappiness on this GB, which led to a web-site being set up by Harlii. We have a great bunch of people discussing everything, including all things "Alan". It's been going for quite a while now, and I even have a fellow Utopian from America staying with me at the moment! Having a Utopia to visit means we don't have to fill up Suzanne's GB with every-day friendly chit-chat, which though nice, does take up a lot of band-width.
Gaye
Adelaide, South Australia - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 15:54:12 (PST)
Uhh, that's supposed to be 187% . . .
Cate <cate8476 at yahoo dot comfoo>
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 15:06:54 (PST)
Ali-Pat and Spider, your comments on the set and color in "Closetland" have piqued my interest enough to make me want to watch it again, paying more attention this time to these aspects of the film. It's such a powerful piece, that one viewing doesn't really afford a person much time to notice the finer points--I was really consumed by the larger aspects of character and theme (as well as the actual and my own imagined images of the torture). Thank you both for your insight!
CG and others, I seem to remember that you've launched several interesting threads on this GB. If you don't have anything to add to the CL thread, start or contribute to another. There are often two or three discussions ocurring simultaneously here.
ACC, I agree %187! And I hope that you and all of the others involved in the CL discussion don't shy away from posting because of one person's unkind words.
Tami (brilliant site, BTW!), thanks for your post! I agree that AR chooses his projects very carefully and intentionally. I'm sure he was hoping that some of his roles would spark debate, which as someone pointed out, raises people's awareness of whatever issue is involved. And thank you as well for pointing out that reading this Guestbook doesn't have to be a side-splitting-with-laughter-every-single-time-I-come-here type of read to still be enjoyable! As I said before, this place has PLENTY of room for giggles AND for great intellectual debate.
My sincerest apologies if this post exeded acceptable length. *wink*
Cate
USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 15:02:22 (PST)
Don't be glum, ES. You sound like Eeyore, and we can't have that! I'll think up a funny caption and send it to you tomorrow. :-) *hugs*
Not hard for me to choose either, Spider. "I'd go for Holly Gennaro McClane in Die Hard, if I could ditch the hair, ditch McClane, and rewrite the ending."
I totally agree! :-)
CG
USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 14:10:31 (PST)
Jude, if you happen to find your bounce, let me know. I think someone stole mine too.
Here's a half-hearted attempt to fix it back for you. Best I could do... ..ho hum..
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 13:37:39 (PST)
Although I haven't had time lately to read all the discussion about Closet Land, I would just like to add my opinion, for whatever it's worth. I think Alan is BRILLIANT in Closet Land and the film is not difficult for me to watch-- but I like movies that are intense and disturbing. I don't see why this Guestbook must always be amusing to be relevant. I much prefer the analyzing of films, and I think many others do, too. Films such as Dogma and Closet Land were made for the purpose of encouraging discussion and debate about the topics they address... namely politics nad religion. To deny that would be to discredit the intentions of the parties involved, including Alan. Keep the discussions going!
Tami <tchapman@nd.edufoo>
Notre Dame, IN USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 13:31:13 (PST)
I don't think that it is nice to tell people to shut up when they are discussing a topic related to a Rickman movie.
a concerned citizen
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 13:27:45 (PST)
Hi all. Given all the recent controversy, just wanted to let y'all know I'm still lurking!
Have not seen Closetland so can't really enter into that discussion - not convinced I really want to see it actually, but it's interesting to skim through the posts about it.
ES - loved the picture from BD - can't wait to see it now.
Oh, and many thanks for all the intelligent comments from everyone about HPCOS, it has been fun surprising friends with remarks about the director's shortcomings. Good to be able to sort through different views and see which ones I agree with. Much easier for my non-artistic brain than coming up with opinions from scratch! I guess we've probably done it to death now, but it's been fun. Anyway, there's a while to wait for the next AR film release...
kroduk
UK - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 13:27:19 (PST)
Where can I throw up, I know a lot of you like ET but ET is a good handle for her wasn't he a funny wrinkled guy from outer space. Yeah go on tell me it takes one to know one. I know the Man gets on all right with her but he gets on with JS as well a much better combination.
Mary
UK - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 13:27:10 (PST)
That's easy for me, Spider. I would want to be F.B.I. Agent Sadie Hawkins from Judas Kiss! I think she and David Friedman could really do things up right! I wouldn't change a thing about Sadie and fortunately, I think she and David were headed in exactly the right direction!
Claudia
GA US - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 13:10:50 (PST)
The Lion in Winter is one of our family favorites, and I, too, think that AR would make a wonderful Henry. However, I also don't think that a remake could possibly match the original - who in the world could possibly outdo Kate Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, and Hopkins, and Dalton, and the others? The ensemble was greater than the individuals.
As for Emma Thompson as Eleanor, much as I admire her, she's too young - Eleanor was older than Henry. Maybe Diana Rigg?
Ah, well ... idle speculation here on a slow day...hmm, which female character in an AR movie would you most like to be? I'd go for Holly Gennaro McClane in Die Hard, if I could ditch the hair, ditch McClane, and rewrite the ending. LOL
Spider, who reminds CG that spelling only counts on tattoos
US - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 13:01:41 (PST)
ACK! Now I'm in for it from Spider. I didn't mean to spell environment with an "i"!
CG--hiding from the Teacher LOL (kidding, you know, right?)
USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 11:32:07 (PST)
PS. Welcome back, Jizel!
CG
USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 11:30:31 (PST)
I'm here, I just haven't been posting because most of the discussions have been about Closet Land, and since I haven't seen the film, I can't join in on the discussion. Please take no offense those who have objected to all the talking of Closet Land, but I don't mind reading other people's opinions and insights on the film, and I don't really feel excluded, because I'm glad people can come here and discuss these movies in a friendly invironment and share their ideas, etc. Sometimes if the discussions wear on, they become a bit tiring, but not really. The only time I don't like reading novel-length posts is when all there is is spamming or something like that.
Once again, please take no offense to those who objected to all the posting about the movie. Yes, it has gone on a while, and I would like to move on to some more fun things, but I like reading the discussions, and am glad you guys can discuss. If anyone takes offense, please let me know, and I apologize for it.
And though I don't want to encourage it, being a huge X-Files fan I must admit I got a kick out of the Mulder/Scully conversation.
CG
USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 11:29:29 (PST)
Hi all, I have got my copy of the Christmas TV magazine today. At first I thought it was going to be a miserable Alan free christmas, on the tele but no we have to wait till 1/1/03 and I'm sorry ES but it's on BBC4, The Billy Elliott Boy is on at 10-45 pm the film it's self is on BBC1 at 9-00 pm, I wonder how they will cope with the language on that?
Mary
UK - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 11:20:54 (PST)
Now i have the Tigger song in my head. Thank you so much Jude...... ;D
Jizel
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 10:47:45 (PST)
Spelled Tigger wrong. T-I-G-G-E-R. That spells Tigger!
Jude
CO USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 10:25:49 (PST)
Hi Jiz and ES. After reading DNFTT, I decided not to say "sic'em!". I haven't had a good laugh in days. :( I can think of something funny about Hitler, though. TOTALLY OFF TOPIC! Have you all seen "The Producers" (movie or play) by Mel Brooks? There's a hilarious song in there called "Springtime for Hitler". Recommend this movie. The Broadway show with Matthew Brodderick looked good. I want a digital conveyor to Broadway!
Jude
Feel like Tiger when bounce was taken away..., CO USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 10:23:57 (PST)
UK TV REMINDER
TMD - Tonight Film Four 6pm (7pm Film Four+1)
sue
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 08:44:00 (PST)
Thanks for the info' Janine! Alas, too late! Have never seen CL, not sure that I want to after reading the discussions and not quite through with my sulking yet!
Severina <Severina66@msn.comfoo>
Melbourne, Australia - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 07:07:38 (PST)
Janine - The "old lady" who played George's mother and the wonderful Mrs Proudie in Barchester Chronicles is Geraldine McEwan. She is *still around* as I saw her in the foyer of the Albery at the last performance of Private Lives.
Sue
England - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 06:25:00 (PST)
Sorry--it's me again. I should have said "recent and/or ubiquitous" instead of just recent. DH and RHPOT are still hot discussion topics, and they are not recent (but they are ubiquitous).
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 05:15:23 (PST)
Thanks, Spider--did not see your post until after I sent mine. I hadn't picked up on the coat color related to the cat before. Brilliant! But I agree that when the small bits of color appear, they really stand out. Kind of like that little girl in the pink (or was it red?) coat in Schindler's List.
Ali-Pat
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 04:26:06 (PST)
Cate--please come out of hiding more often. I thoroughly enjoyed your post. I also enjoyed all the serious discussion around Closetland and related topics, (although I am still hoping for some discussion of the set).
Still musing on the evolution of the GB (having once again visited the archives). I think some of the change may have come about due to the relative inaccessibility of some of the films that used to be regular topics of conversation back in the "old days". Five years ago, it was much easier to get copies of things like CL, CME and even some of the BBC productions and people were more familiar with them. Nowadays, conversation seems to focus on the more recent films which are much easier to find. Not that the recent films are not as good as the older films, but it does narrow the discussion somewhat. Kind of like orbiting the dessert table and never visiting the salad bar...
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 04:21:13 (PST)
Well Severina I owe you an apology as I did not read the TV guide and did not see that January Man was on Channel 7 today at noon. I would have posted a note here, I hope someone told you or you noticed.
Today's Rickmaniac experience was almost a surrealistic thing. While I do appreciate C.L. and the entertaining conversations about it, I bear too much personal scars to view it. I hope it educates people and helps them grow, I afraid I just carn't handle it. But I am proud to say I am not a statistic and I do lead a very happy life. (O.K. stop throwing up I will put the sugar coated healing talk away). So all this C.L. talk made me feal rather detached and although I usually work today, yet as it was my day off, I went out to lunch with a friend. WOW my reward for frequenting the local Red cafe for lunch, January Man was on the telly and I thought it was a sign that I should not have a fragile ego and while it is strange to relate to total strangers on this Guest Book, it must be right to find other people who find that AR movies help define there lives (for the better as the case may be). Yet I still don't like the hairy Rickman. yet I have an electric razor and will trim he he heh anywhere anytime and well you know what I mean as I am sure the cue would be long.
Mind you if I was realy cleaver I would change Rasputin for Snape in that scene oh well it works perfectly in my imagination.
I think the old lady who played the witch in RHPT and was on BC(I think) If she is still around could play the old woman with the cats that lived near HP, who appears in the last book as Harrys sort of minder.
Janine
In Caulfield for lunch, Vic Australia (where has summer gone?) - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 04:13:17 (PST)
Back to Closet Land (One mo' time, for Ali-Pat): The set does come off as sterile, like a surgical suite. What impressed me was the lack of color, and the plainness of it. Not even political posters or photos of "beloved leader" on the wall. Very impersonal - and that leaves the location very general. It could be anywhere: I think that's a deliberate choice. Not only is the prisoner kept 'in the dark' so to speak, but so is the viewer. There is nothing to say "this is a South American dictatorship" or "this is a communist bloc country" or any other nation on the planet. It's Anywhere.
I also notice color - in this case, the lack of it. The only color in the room is *added* - when the prisoner is made up like a tart, and when the Interrogator lays his overcoat on the table (it's got a bright blue lining). That coat lining is the same color that later shows up in the underside of the cat's wings, in the Prisoner's fantasy, and I think that's deliberate, also.
ES, you do need to see the film, and then you'll understand why there's been so much intense emotion here. Some can only watch it once, and some can watch it more frequently. I tend be analytic about a film like this (I 'depersonalize' - sorry!) and could watch it more than the average, I guess. My inner grad student...The only problem is that even I find it hard to watch it alone, and Snake refuses to watch it again (he's such a softy) so I gotta wait for Ms. Hardnose (daughter #2) to come home from college. Then we analyze away.
I'm planning on renting Dogma again, soon as the offspring are home for winter break, speaking of films with emotional reaction. The last time we watched it, it took me half the film to stop wincing over the language (I kept wanting to whip out a detention form - I do teach adolescents, and occassionally act like one). Finally got desensitized and enjoyed the rest.
Spider, trying to think of a NEW topic <spider2854@yahoo.comfoo>
US - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 03:54:43 (PST)
Many people were contributing to the "Closetland" discussion, and I found everyone's comments relevant. And it was great to see people posting who I haven’t seen here in quite a while. You even prompted ME to come out and post, and I have been a Web forum recluse for months.
Some people chose to focus on how the Interrogator came off as "sexy" despite his character's role, and how this made them feel. Surely this isn’t pure film criticism, but it IS relevant to a discussion of an AR film by a group of his fans. Others chose to debate the concept of the Interrogator's guilt, and the interrelated idea of his humanity or lack thereof. It’s natural, then, that some might compare him to historical figures such as Hitler. Controversial? Yes! But the entire FILM is controversial and painful to watch (which perhaps answers your question, Troy08, about why CL is not to be found on every video rental shop‘s shelf).
“Closetland” was produced by Amnesty International. Political views, therefore, inform the entire film. It is ABOUT government, just as “Dogma” is ABOUT faith. Banning these themes from discussion reduces analysis of both to AR’s hair, or something equally “superficial” (BTW, Metatron’s hair is loverly!) Might as well go ahead and outlaw discussion of both films entirely.
I found the discussion about choice, whether the Interrogator had one, and how that plays out in the real world (’cause this stuff IS real) fascinating. And I didn’t think it very kind or even your privilege, ES, to tell Jen, CC, Jude, Amanda, et al, to “shut up.” They weren’t tossing insults back and forth, or monopolizing the conversation; they were having a respectful, intellectual, and interesting discussion, leaving plenty of room for other people to post what they had to share. As for the "novel-length" post objection, ES, what constitutes such a thing? How many paragraphs? You yourself posted a four-paragraph-long, very interesting post on 12/9. Someone who posts less frequently than you are used to may indeed compose a longer post, especially when they find the discussion interesting or enlightening. To quote Black Sheriff: “Hey, post and let post! And skip what does not fit your interest.”
We all CHOSE to read what we read. I know I’m not the only one with a scroll button on my browser. If you’re wanting to avoid controversy or depressing topics, here’s some advice: DON’T watch “Closetland” or read posts having to do with it.
Troll infestation aside, yesterday’s posts were quintessential GB: Varied, intelligent, and more fun to read than Yahoo! News. This GB is big enough for both posters’ humorous musings and serious comments. I thrive on the mixture of both.
And, not to encourage this sort of thing for the future, I have to admit that I got quite a larf from the banter between Mulder and Scully.
Cate <crawling back under my rock nowfoo>
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 02:49:06 (PST)
Oh thank God. A friendly face! Welcome back Jiz!
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 01:14:00 (PST)
Christ, Ladies, i go away to germany for four days, i come back and a bunch of raving lunatics with appalling spelling and manners that aren't that good either swamp the guestbook with exqusitely random randomness of no relevance. : Brings out anti-troll spray : ES, Lemme attem! Germnay was very cool, but saw nothing of ARness. I did try to rectify the situation by going to Koln and going in every perfume shop i could find just to see if i could guess what sort of aftershave The Man uses. Ive decided i'm chronic. Oh Dearie dearie me. I'm off to watch TMD.
Jizel
- Wednesday, December 11, 2002 at 01:04:17 (PST)
Oh and for those who can't tell a troll from a GBer, (I'd never heard of one till ours moved in a few weeks ago) I've done some reading on it and now I'm enlightened. Perhaps we should adopt the phrase used on other GBs - Do Not Feed The Trolls! This article is actually quite interesting D.N.F.T.T.
ES
UK, - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 23:52:33 (PST)
So is this what us "chit-chat" girls with a sense of humour have made way for? Piles of novel-lenght views on Hitler and torture, interjected with complete cr*p from barely disguised trolls? Yeh, great. Really made for an enjoyable read over breakfast...can't remember when I had such a good time.
To all my humourous friends out there who have sadly sloped away over the last 2 days...COME BACK! You have as much right to be here as this lot, and I for one am sick of how depressing this place is without you all. Amazing how a place can change in such a short space of time.
Please everyone shut up about Hitler, the holocaust and the in-and-outs of interrogation before we all do ourselves in.
ES
UK, - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 23:15:49 (PST)
SPOILER-Rickman had an idea to have helicopter sounds as the background to the last scene where he and Maria Theresa are sitting in the courtroom alone during the French Revolution. Rickman thought that it would be good to have a modern parallel. Personally, I am glad that he was convinced not to do that, as it would have made a confusing muddled movies even muddier.
a concerned citizen
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 20:45:50 (PST)
What do you mean by "helicopters over Sarajevo"?
Alyssa
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 20:40:44 (PST)
doing my once a week reading... i must say i found it interesting. all these spoilers and thoughts about closet land makes me really want to see it. such a shame i picked up on AR while in HP and not much sooner. im still new and learning as much as i can about him, like a sponge. :) no matter how most of you have said this guestbook has changed, i enjoy it. whether your talking serious,joking,or out of complete lust for the man. this place is nifty! i also enjoyed the little mulder and scully skit two of you played earlier. im a huge x files fan, and since its been brought up any one else? all in all its fun being here. My compliments to the chef!
Heather <derangedspider@hotmail.comfoo>
nj usa - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 20:08:01 (PST)
SPOILERS-I would like to think that Rickman would make Closetland in a completely different way if he was the director, and especially concerning the editing. Most of the confusion regarding "who was in the closet" "who molested who" is due to sloppy editing, at least to me. A bit like Mesmer-no matter how many times one watches Mesmer, one still needs to go to their Funk and Wagnalls to figure out some of the plot points, like "what in the heck is he playing?" "Why are all those women moaning and groaning and fainting-doesn't look like an orgy, but sounds like one?" "Who is the person climbing up the stairs?" I don't think that those are Rickman's feet going up the stairs-I think that the person going upstairs is Maria Theresa's father, planning a midnight molestation. The confusion is part and parcel of the problem with that movie. Rickman is a feast, and worth watching, but the movie could have been better made. Another one that Rickers could redo himself, provided he has given up the "helicopters over Sarajevo" bit.
a concerned citizen
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 18:56:35 (PST)
I give up. People are saying they spend an hour reading stuff they're not interested in on this GB, and so could we stay on topic and not post long posts. Glance at and skip over the posts that don't interest you. I can't imagine spending an hour reading every word of every post, including the ones I'm not interested in. Read this GB the way you would read a newspaper. Who spends time reading every word of every article, even if it doesn't interest them? Strange.
Eleanor
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 18:35:46 (PST)
After reading all these comments and explanations of Closet Land I have decided it is one film I definately don't want to see. No amount of Alan Rickman could convince me to watch this film. As for all these "political views" being bandied about lately-I think there are better forums for them then this QB. Whats that old expression"Two things people should never discuss are politics and religion". Discussing Closetland(or Dogma) is fine as long as the topic remains the film-not peoples own religious and political views. ClosetLand must be a pretty obscure film-I have NEVER seen it for sale in any store or for rent in any video store. I wonder if that means anything?
Troy08
Lewiston, Me - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 18:17:14 (PST)
I just watched the Actor's Studio interview of Ian McKellan that I recorded the other night (thanks Christine).
First of all, McKellen is one heck of a great actor and seems just as down to earth as can be. And just one little giggle here. It was hilarious to hear this man with such a brilliant English vocabulary and proper accent to say "ain't". Yes, he said it tongue in cheek but still it was quite funny to hear just out of the clear blue like that!
Now I have a gripe! Almost every AS interview I have ever watched (and I have watched "a many"), James Lipton asks about almost every single flick the subject has been in. But do you think he even came near to asking about "Rasputin"??? H*** no! I was soooo ready for the flick to be mentioned and to at least hear The Man's name. That's all....just to hear his name mentioned. Oh well....rant over.
Claudia
GA US - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 17:53:13 (PST)
Jamie's Love Bow, I'd just like to say that I'm an atheist and also a strong advocate of Amnesty International and I have a perfect understanding of the severity of torture as a means to, as you so aptly put it, "convince" anyone of anything. However, I am curious as to the amount of people who did claim religions and have resorted to such acts of malignancy. (Perhaps Usama Bin Laden, G.W. Bush-Guantanamo Bay, Jim Jones, Martin Luther, the Crusaders).
I truly do apologize; I do not mean to rant. It is simply that careless remarks tend to grate on my nerves. Also, somehow, I got the feeling that AR would not agree with your logic (based on my observations of his non-prejudiced actions and words). However, De gustibus non est disputandem (Concerning taste there is no disputation). Good-night.
Bye-now.
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 17:14:52 (PST)
perhaps dropping spatulas and windex and idle adolescent chitchat doesn't seem quite so bad now?
Superwitch, poking her nose out of the dungeon
UK - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 17:01:55 (PST)
I'm sorry, but what is going on?!? I'll be back tomorrow. Maybe there will coherent conversation.
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:50:15 (PST)
Tracy, I'm still not sure. I seem to recall him saying some things that she had not given away (like the fact that she never screamed) once they had left the interogation room. I'll have to review my copy and see what I can come up with. Thank you
Bye-now
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:48:17 (PST)
This is what happens when AR is in a popular movie like Harry Potter. Crazy people start coming out of the woodwork. Why don't you all go and find a Kevin COstner Guestbook and leave us in peace?
Troll Warden
Wormwood Scrubs - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:42:13 (PST)
Damn it Scully. Next thing you know...you won't believe in the aliens! The Government is here to hinder us because they want to control us. We must all run away when mother comes home.....run for our lives... *runs away*
Mulder
Still in Skinner's Office - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:32:29 (PST)
More like "confessor" Skully!!!
AR BABE
Out There, - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:31:31 (PST)
I disagree. The government is here to protect us, not hinder us. They only want the better for their people. It's not all "bugging" to get info. It's "watching out for us". It's an institution. And in Closetland, he's our professor.
Scully
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:29:42 (PST)
I believe that they do have the money to bug every closet, Brit. The Government has access to everything about us. They are watching us even now and that is what ClosetLand is trying to show us. They will push us to sign that paper to make them "get their man" but they know who the man is. The truth is out there and we must find it. Come. Let us find it... *skips away*
Mulder
In Skinner's Office - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:23:52 (PST)
He just pretends to know.
tracy
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:23:34 (PST)
But his philosophy is so repugnant, surely he cannot imagine that she will buy it?
tracy
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:22:00 (PST)
Are you certain of that Tracy? Then how did he know if only she and the man in the closet knew? I don't know, I just think that maybe the government didn't have enough money or desire to bug every coat closet of all the non-descript single parent females in their country. ?Still confused?
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
MO - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:16:58 (PST)
OK - here's what I think about the torture business in CL. There are some people who have no religion, so they don't honestly understand that hurting people in order to convince them is wrong. So, getting back to the salesman analogy - the reason he's dressed nice and good looking is that he'd rather convince people the easy way, by explaining his political philosophy. But if that doesn't work, then he uses stronger "persuasion," in the form of pain. But I don't think he really considers that to be wrong. It's just that he truly believes his philosophy and wants others to agree.
Jamie's Love Bow
Arizona, USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:15:40 (PST)
But the man in the closet wasn't him , the interrogator is just exploiting her weak spot in order to break her.
tracy
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:10:28 (PST)
Just thinking that maybe, feeling sorry is better than feeling fear.
Brit
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:09:10 (PST)
Just methinks. Disregard if you must. I have always felt sorry to some extent for Hitler. I think it is because I feel that most torturers, monsters are made not simply born into existance. This would certainly not excuse his actions in any way. You can certainly imprison someone you feel sorry for. I am not very certain as to the nature of the interogator.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS Closet Land
I've been curious because it seems that the interogator lets his facade slip towards the end of impersonating the Friendly Rooster and begins to speak of himself honestly (being a professor, playing the piano) It is odd I think, considering that this government would probably consider a professor to be a threat, especially if he held the oppositions views. It makes me wonder if the government got to him long before he began meeting with the woman's mother and if perhaps he was simply not as strong as the woman. Either way, I have always been somewhat confused by that one bit. Certainly it is made more confusing when we find that the man in the closet with the woman when she was a girl was he. ????Mass Confusion????
Bye-now
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:05:36 (PST)
I read an interesting book called, "Explaining Hitler" about whether we minimize the horror of the choices that Hitler made by trying to "understand" him. If we understand him, then we can rationalize his behavior, then we can minimize it, and then, if we try, we can ignore it, forget it, or pretend it never happened. I believe that there are people who make choices that ultimately destroy their humanity-malignant narcissism, a personality of evil that has crept in until there is no goodness left. Do I care that Hitler liked dogs? Or that he patted small children on the head? Unless they were Jewish. Or homosexual. Or gypsies. The evil is that Hitler could love children and exterminate them also. This is a bit off topic, I know, but I feel that the interrogator is another character that has chosen to block out his own humanity until torturing people is just a nine to five job with weekends off and a two week summer holiday. Undoubtedly he played the piano well, and probably Wagner was his favorite composer. He blamed his victim for forcing him to torture her, and blamed her for enticing him to molest her.I don't buy it, sorry. It is a great temptation for an actor to turn a part on it's head-the sympathetic villain, the humanity of the serial killer, the childhood of the sexual sadist. For me, it all boils down to choices-there is a world full of people that had a hard childhood, and didn't resort to murder, torture, malignant narrcissim, genocide. Everyone has a "dark side", but sorry, I don't believe that we all could become a "Hitler", and by opening our hearts to such monstrosity, we risk being destroyed by it. The truth will set you free, and the truth is that "compassion" bought at the price of six million souls is too much to pay....
a concerned citizen
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 16:01:40 (PST)
Jamies love Bow -don't forget Hans representing the European Union and the demise of the DM?
Jade
CA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:59:51 (PST)
Whas alla dis? I'm thinkin' soma yous need Dr. Phil. I swear ta gawd...dat Alan guy, he's a goodfella.... but hey, wassamatta wit soma dis nonsence? Do we gotta use all caps or wut?
S. Barkey Sticks
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:57:20 (PST)
Wrongo Luv Bow!!!!! He ain't pretyy at all - he DDG GGGGGGGORJEOUS!!!! Yeehah
AR BABE
Out There, - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:55:07 (PST)
Don't you picture the Interrogator more as a salesman? I mean, a representative of his political philosophy? He's a salesman the way the Crusaders were salesmen for Christianity, or the way George, the Sheriff of Nottingham was a salesman for himself? Anyway, that's why he looks so gorgeous even though he's doing nasty things, right?
Jamie's Love Bow
Arizona, USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:50:55 (PST)
Thank you Claudia for the links to COTE and AA. I was looking around for a clip of The Four Yorkshiremen to show my friend Sarah who I've managed to convert, when I ran across a link to an international meetup where you can meet with other AR fans in your area on the second Tuesday of every month. You can find out more about the people you would meet while on the site. It sounded very interesting but not a lot of people had signed up. I thought I'd tell everyone, in case they hadn't heard of it. Anyhow, thanks again to Claudia. Also, if anyone would happen to know where I can find Four Yorkshiremen I'd be grateful. I'll try and place a link to the meetup website, in case you're interested.
Bye-now!
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
Missouri USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:46:44 (PST)
Wassup all u PEEPS!!? O my GODDD!!! ALAN RICKMAN is such a hottie!!!!!! He is DA MAN. If i every saw him in real life I would tell him HEY!!! I watch ur movies every DAYYYY!!!!!! MARRY ME WILL U???????? SEX GIOD!
Sexy Sinclairs Bit o Crumpet
CHeekyville - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:44:53 (PST)
I WUV AWAN WICKMAN! HE IS KOOOL!
SPOON GIRL
THE MOON - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:43:51 (PST)
ALLAN IS KEWLL.TROOOOOOOO
Narky Slag
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:39:06 (PST)
YOUR SO HOT I WANT TO SHAG YOUUUUUUU!
Mrs Snape
somewhere, - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 15:36:18 (PST)
Question about "Blow Dry" -- When Shelley goes to see the Doctor, he calls her Mrs. Birkett. Why is her name Birkett when she was married to you know who, with a different last name? If she took back her maiden name, it would be Ms or Miss. Just curious- can anyone explain it? Thank you.
Juliana
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 14:59:15 (PST)
Amanda, your purpose was to explain that Buddhism teaches compassion for all people, including torturers, which you saw as opposed to what CC was expressing. I was merely adding a third perspective to the mix.
CC expressed an objection to making torturers sympathetic, and I am assuming what CC meant was that attempts to make excuses for the Interrogator’s behavior, or to show him as someone who was also a victim, are morally reprehensible. I agree with this. As I said in my last post, I see no excuse for his behavior, no proof that he was incapable of making any other choice for himself. This carries over to Hitler as well. We’re not talking about someone hurting someone else’s feelings; this is torture and murder. Thus, it’s understandable that terms like “monster” would be used to describe someone like the Interrogator, someone who chooses to perform acts that the majority of us would never even think of doing. However, once we begin to classify torturers like the Interrogator as “monsters,” “madmen,” or “evil,” it allows us to push them away, far away from us “normal” people. If we see them as vastly different from ourselves, then we feel better. Admitting the fundamentally human nature of these people is key to both the Buddhist perspective and my own. We are all alike in nature; what separates us are our choices.
So, then, an honest portrayal of someone like the Interrogator or Hitler illuminates the fact that the person IS capable of choice. They choose to treat certain people they deem worthy of love with love, and others who they see as worthless with malice. I suppose the true point of my last post was to answer this question: Is a person with the unobstructed power to make their own choices (as Hitler indeed was)--whether good or evil--worthy of compassion? Your post would say that Buddhism claims that they are. (By compassion, I am assuming that you mean more than the Judeo-Christian concept of forgiveness; I am implying the additional desire to understand the torturer’s personal suffering and to attempt to alleviate his pain.) That is, as you said, one way of looking at it.
I appreciate you adding your thoughts, and I in no way meant any disrespect or to come off as judgmental. I apologize if I did.
Jen
USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 14:48:04 (PST)
i.........l..o..v..e.. you voice!!!!!!!!!! i think you are ungly but your voice is hot. You are in harry Poter and thats how I heard your wonderful voice... it really is a thing of beauty lol
Haily Berangy
california, - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 14:27:52 (PST)
Josephine, I've just taken your advice what a great idea contacting the BBC as you say if a few of us do it we might and it's a big might strike lucky. Come on UKer's let's try a bit of Alan power.
Mary
UK - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 13:01:29 (PST)
Evening all, Marialis, if your daughter wants to see more of Tom Felton aka Draco Malfoy try and get hold of Anna and the King he plays Jody Fosters son. If any body wants warming up on a cold night have you read the insert chapters of The Dungeon Amy McWilliams on the fanfic site, She's er, warmed things up a bit!! And Ricfan37 you aren't really going to leave us in suspense over the festive season are you? They want their heads banging together(in the nicest possible way of course).
Mary
UK - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 12:43:36 (PST)
Sue: You're right...as much as I would love to see Alan in The Lion in Winter, he probably would have more sense than to tamper with perfection, and they probably ought to just scrap the whole project. I also don't understand why they have to remake films that have already acheived perfection. Has anyone ever seen a remake that was actually BETTER than the original?
I can't believe they are remaking Wicker Man! That is hysterical, and with Nic Cage, no less. That ought to be the final nail in his career coffin.
And it's funny that you mentioned Casablanca, cause a few days ago I was proposing that if they ever DID do a remake of Casablanca (not that they would, or that Alan would do it, but if they did and he did), he'd be equally great as Rick or Viktor Laszlo.
Gwenn
NYC, - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 12:37:13 (PST)
Hey everybody, I'm back from another boring day at work (snooze.) Great to have Marialis back, and welcome Krafty! I enjoyed your story and I'm very glad for you :-). Have not seen Closet Land as of yet but I'm going to...if I can ever find it.
I'd be sad to see this GB break up, but if we had a place where we could just chit-chat and another place to post comments and discussions, that might be a good thing. We wouldn't have to leave this GB, but have another place where we can just talk silly stuff and pop in once and a while. I'm not sure how I stand on this issue, but I think it may be a good idea. I'm not sure.
Great pics from BD, ES! Ahhh...beautiful feet...
CG
USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 12:10:46 (PST)
US VCR Alert-
The Winter Guest will be on the IFC channel today again at either 5:00pm or 5:50, sorry, I can't remember which. Check your local listings if you have this channel. I'm thinking you might only get it if you have digital cable or higher. I've got digital, so I get the nifty movie channels. Anyway, it was on earlier and I caught it at about the middle of the ending credits, so now I have a reminder set to watch it later. Hope yall folks can catch it too! Enjoy!
Jayne Claire
AL - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 11:55:58 (PST)
Jen, I don't get your point. Certainly the Tibetan people have experienced their own holocaust. Buddhists struggle to feel compassion for all human beings. I'm sure it's extremely hard work. I would think all people feel anger when they are victims of crimes, my point was Buddhism teaches to not let rage take over your mind, for your own sanity, and one way to do this is to work at compassion for the person who hurt you. I appreciate how difficult this is and I am in awe of people who achieve it. I read about a woman who's child was abducted and murdered by a stranger. The only way the mother could continue to live a life worth living was to develop compassion for the killer, and she did. She said it was very hard. I can imagine! She began a relationship with his mother, and when he died in prison, together they visited his grave and her daughter's. Incredible. I'm not claiming to be capable of this. I'm not saying this is the only or the right way to deal with life. I was just struck by concerned citizen saying 'are we going to humanize monsters?'. It reminded me of Buddhism which in fact espouses that, and I was pointing out that it does.
Amanda
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 10:24:52 (PST)
Gwenn - Why ,oh why, do they feel the need to remake perfect films!!!?? The Lion in Winter is one of my all time faves, they won't be able to improve on it so why bother!!Yes AR would have made a great Henry but I am sure he wouldn't want to reprise a role. Glenn Close? I'm with you on that one;)I watched the first 10 mins of Dangerous Liaisons last night. It was the same scene as the one they showed in the Christopehr Hampton interview the other day and quite honestly there was No Contest!!On the subject of remakes I note that they are remaking The Wicker Man (A British cult classic) with Nic Cage!!! Is nothing safe? What next? Casablanca???
Sue
England - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 10:15:41 (PST)
I have e mailed the BBC via their UK magazine, "The Radio Times" asking whether they are ever likely to release any more of the footage used during the Christopher Hampton interview, which included three minutes of AR in LLD. If anyone else fancies dropping them a note politely making the same enquiry, the address is
radio.times@bbc.co.uk
I'm sure the larger the number of enquiries they recieve, the more likely they are to sit up and take notice.
Josephine
UK - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 09:56:37 (PST)
So many great posts, lately. I love this place. I've never seen Closet Land, but will someday, and in the meantime the discussions are fascinating (I know enough about the plot to follow along). Welcome, Krafty...and congratulations on your new literary adventure. Best of luck with it. And welcome back, Marialis!
Well, here is one for the "missed opportunities files": I just read that they are filming a remake of "The Lion in Winter", and guess who will tragically NOT be playing Henry? It is one of the roles I would absolutely LOVE to see Alan in...and just imagine that with Emma Thompson as Eleanor! OH--dream cast that never will be!!! How lamentable.
In case you're interested, it will star Patrick Stewart, who is no slouch of course, as King Henry and...wait for it...Glenn Close (blauugghhh!) as Eleanor of Acquitane (sp?). Don't know who will be playing the 3 sons, Prince Philip, or Alais. BTW, in case you have never seen this film, I HIGHLY recommend it. It is one of my most revered films of all time, and once you see it I'm sure you'll be as distraught as I am that we will miss the chance to see Alan in it, captured on film for all time. I still, however, hold out a tiny hope that, since the film was originally a play, it may still be a future stage role for Mr. Rickman. Sigh...
Gwenn
NYC, - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 09:32:10 (PST)
I credit Alan Rickman's performance as Snape in the HP movies for changing my life. That may sound quite dramatic, but believe me it is true. I have been dealing with a depression disorder since my early 20s, when I dropped out of dramatic arts college. I won't bore you with details (I'm now 41) but my life reached a crisis point this summer, when I lost my job and entered therapy. Well-meaning doctors had given me chemical solutions to my problems, but they tend to shut off the creative parts of the brain, even to the point where I was no longer dreaming.
A friend of my teenage son's left his DVD of the first Harry Potter movie at our house, and I ended up watching it several times. I fell in love with the magical world of Hogwart's, and was particularly captivated by the mysterious Snape. Alan Rickman's portrayal was genious -- the way he completely becomes the character, giving life and credibility to the other actors' characters by the way he listens to and reacts to them. He conveys so much emotion with his eyes, facial expressions, and hands, that you are somehow drawn to and sympathetic toward Snape, despite his snarling demeanor (shades of Jane Eyre!)
A few weeks later, the second HP movie was released, and I was one of the first in line to see it. Since then, I have read through all the HP books, and can't wait for the next. My interest in the dramatic arts has been rekindled, and I am happy to report that I am hard at work on writing a play. I am lucky enough to have a sister who works for an international airline, and she is treating me to a month in London this July. I am looking forward to seeing as many live theatrical performances as possible. My fondest wish is that Mr. Rickman will be appearing in a live production, although I have no idea if that is likely. Does anyone know what he is doing after filming on the third HP movie is complete?
Thank you for this website. I visit it frequently, and enjoy many of the linked sites as well. It is wonderful to read about the "close encounters" that some of you have had with Mr. Rickman, and the insights you have drawn from your own reactions to him. Happy holidays to all!
She'sKrafty <kladonna@aol.comfoo>
Atlanta, GA USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 09:02:23 (PST)
LOL....sounds like a VERY constructive use of time to me, Robin!
Hmmm, wonder if I could convince my boss to install a ridable troll in our office (we already have the bar in his office...LOL).
Claudia
GA US - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 08:49:41 (PST)
i heard during the first harry potter movie, when the cast got bored they all got drunk and took turns seeing who could ride the troll for the longest time.
robin
ocala, fl usa - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 08:44:55 (PST)
Welcome back Marialis:)
Sue
still lurking...., England - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 07:21:41 (PST)
About CoS : I can’t believe that they didn’t shot « Snape‘s big scene ». For me the most funny scene of the book is when Harry and Ron arrive at the college, look through the window and don’t see Snape… who is just behind them ! I would give all my HP collection to hear Snape’s words, at this moment, in the mouth of Rickman ! Can’t believe it ! Why ? Why ?
Anyway, I like the movie… as a fan of HP…. More than for Rickman who is quite unseen ! But I’ve got to say that my meeting with Lucius Malfoy (I didn’t know this actor at all) makes me feel more and more “slytherinean”. Even my daughter, who is only eight and unbelievable in love with Ron, whispered in my ears “The book doesn’t say that Drago’s father was so charming”… I was so relieved to hear that : maybe she’s by now lost on the Griffindor way… but I’m sure I can do something for her and hire her on the good way of Slytherin before she’s 11 and put the sorting hat on her head !
About the spirit of the GB : I quite stopped to read the GB last september… because I ‘ve no more time to read and to post… especially when it’s not in your native speaking, it takes lot of time ! And I’m amazed to see today how many new persons are here ! So I feel a little lost and I understand Suze. But really, all this new blood… is the reason why this place is so vivid… So I can only regret not to have time enough to make a friend of every new person here ! BTW, Eleanor, it was nice to have a thought for me !
Marialis
FRANCE - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 07:05:26 (PST)
A couple of the Chamber of Secrets poster books/coloring books have Snape posters. One has the Snape face that is the same as the screensaver along with Snape leaning against a desk or table I think. The other has Snape sitting in his office. I think this one also has a picture of all the faculty sitting at the dinner table, but this seems to be from the first movie since the flying instructor is in it. So I got two nice posters and my 7 year old niece gets the rest. Ann
Ann Williams <awilliams@sjc.edufoo>
Simbury, CT USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 06:14:26 (PST)
I read this guestbook frequently and by all this talking about Closet Land you made me very curious. Do you know where I can buy the movie? I tried at amazon.de and amazon.co.uk but they don´t supply it there. I like to buy it in Europe. Thanks for your help and for giving me some funny and dreamy minutes every day...
Michi <mboettcher@hotmail.comfoo>
Graz, Austria - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 05:53:18 (PST)
Italics fixed and trolls removed.
Suz (D.o.C.)
DoC - De-italicize please! I've got a whole weekend to catch up on and it looks like things got rather lively but I had to stop reading. Doesn't help that I need bifocals ...
Which reminds me, I got a kick out of a post spotted in passing that mentioned AR's "natural" hair color. Come on - the man's in his mid-50s! His hair in its "natural" state would likely be as gray as a city pigeon on a cloudy day. Personally, I liked it better dark (Liaisons, Die Hard), but most women I know who color their hair start going lighter as the underlying hair goes grayer, and he's probably doing the same.
Anne/Manhattan
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 04:25:24 (PST)
I would like to add one more comment about Closetland before I let it go for a while. Someone earlier said something about the stylized set, and I wonder if anyone besides me found the set fascinating? The table, in particular, was a constant surprize--the Swiss Army Knife of tables, to be sure. I particularly appreciated the sight-pun when he spun it around as he "turned the table" on his victim. I have seen a great deal of criticism of this set as being too stylish and distracting. Actually, I think the set added to the cold, clinical atmosphere of the film. On first glance, I thought even the chair was a torture device, and I suppose that is a metaphor for a lot of what follows--things are not what they seem. I also liked the way the actors used the various zones of the set--very theatrical. Any more observations along these lines?
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 04:14:58 (PST)
Spider, you need to watch Suzanne's videogram "The View". Its an interview of The Man, Emma Thompson, and Phyllida Law (BTW, did anyone spot her in the BC clip?) about how they (the women) dealt with the coldest day of the year. The tactics they took were quite humorous (and dangerous).
TWG is VERY high on my list of favorites and I think the film has to do with both life/death and reconciliation. I love this film. Each time I watch it, I take something new away.
Claudia
GA US - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 04:12:48 (PST)
Thanks to all who helped me mull over the Interrogator's personality. Jude in CO, as a state employee, I know the "It's policy" routine, and it does drive one nuts, unless one is nuts enough to believe that "policy" is the be-all and end-all (a catch-22 if there ever was one). The essentially powerless beaurocrat hides his powerlessness behind "policy", and HAS to believe that policy is correct, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary - usually along the lines of "But if we make even one exception...."
Jen, your comments are spot-on as well. Closet Land would have been even *more* disturbing if there had been more acknowledgement of the Interrogator's basic humanity. Surely he goes home to a wife or mistress, and is reminded again not to leave his dirty socks laying about, or he plays with the cat, hugs children, telephones his mother. It is too easy to label evil-doers as "other", "not like us", and to avoid the knowledge that every person on this planet is born with the potential for good or bad choices in life. Labeling the victims of genocide, torture, repression, or prejudice as "different" and "other" is what justifies their ill-treatment, as well. The humanity of every individual must be recognized.
Enough of this, for me at least. I can't deal with Closet Land for long, without, as many have said, feeling somewhat grubby. I just think it's important to look at the dirt and acknowledge its presence (and I think that's the purpose of the film).
On to the next question, class. Raise your hand if you've seen The Winter Guest, and can explain whether it's about death or reconciliation.
And how CAN Emma Thompson (or any of the cast, for that matter)go out on the coldest day of the year without a hat or gloves (tsk), and still not wind up with chapped, red cheeks and nose, speaking through chattering teeth. (The woman is just TOO gorgeous!)
Spider (Yes, there will be a test; it's all essay questions, and spelling does count))
US - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 03:55:34 (PST)
Double deleted.
Suz (D.o.C.)
Oops! Double post! Help me, DoC!
Jen <blame it on the insomnia . . . foo>
- Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 02:18:50 (PST)
OK, people. This is my first time, so I will be short. Alan Rickman is the best what UK can offer to world. You people MUST be proud... Best actor EVER... Please, tell me some more about him. All I can found out is by NET. And, I find that is... ZERO!!! Tell me more, tell me more... If you have some interesting interwiev, PLEASE, send it to me! If you want to, of course! He is very popular here in Yugoslavia, and I simple ADORE him. Sorry for my bad english. Be in touch. Cao. Mima, Belgrade, YU.
Mima <mimmikabgd@yahoo.comfoo>
Belgrade, Yugoslavia - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 02:18:09 (PST)
"Closetland" is a film that I was only able to watch one time. Yet I don't think that I can forget AR's Interrogator, or the sick feeling that the film as a whole left with me. Despite this, I recommend that people see it. These things really do happen, and it's shameful to bury your head in the sand and pretend that they don't.
With regard to "humanizing monsters," a true portrayal of a character like the Interrogator (or, yes, even Adolph Hitler) must show the many facets of the person's character/personality. Beryl Bainbridge, talking about how she got a lot of criticism for showing a "human" side to Hitler in one of her novels, said that she portrayed him as someone who had a very good sense of humor, and this rubbed a few people the wrong way. Her response to them was that he was a human being, and had some traits that the best of our species possess, and that it would not be an accurate portrayal without illustrating these along with his better-known ones. That, I think, is what AR was trying to do with his role in CL.
I have heard the argument that the Interrogator is just a man who was "doing his job," and that he might have been "a nice guy" outside of his work. Friend to puppies and small children, that kind of thing. I can't tell you how many interviews with children of Nazi war criminals I have read or seen where their children say what kind men their fathers were, how they loved music and art and flowers, were so gentle and loving, etc., and yet these people tortured and murdered people every day. To me, hearing about how gentle and loving they were to their children doesn't make them more human or sympathetic; if anything, it doubles my horror at the evil they perpetrated. Clearly, they were capable of some good, and they CHOSE to hate and kill. The excuse that a person MUST carry out these acts in order to save his own life, or the lives of those he loves, even, is just that--an excuse. And there is no excuse for deliberately hurting someone else. It always comes down to choice. The Interrogator had one, and so did Hitler.
I appreciate your sentiments, Amanda, truly I do. Yet (pardon my presumption) I doubt that you have ever experienced carnage on the scale of the Holocaust--I know I haven't. When I read about the rage and despair that someone like Elie Wiesel feels, to this day, at the people who destroyed the lives of every single person he ever knew as a child, including--to a large extent--his own, I marvel at his continuing faith in humanity and in God. And I cannot help but rage with him, against the choices made by people like Hitler, who showed NO compassion to millions of other human beings.
Jen
USA - Tuesday, December 10, 2002 at 02:16:48 (PST)
Ah, we have gone through this after the first Harry Potter movie and will after each of them I guess: an influx of new people hug the GB with such enthusiasm, some people feel squeezed out. New people is an excellent thing, there cannot be too many AR fans ;) but it is only fair to them and everybody else to explain the only way this particular GB can work: just to make sure nobody will drop on me like a ton of bricks (well, you can, I'm solid) I am quoting the mistress herself (clever, I thought ;): And to everyone else: please, you are not wasting my money by posting your comments, questions, discussions and information here. That's what we're here for. However, for someone who only comes here occasionally, or even once a day, it can be difficult trying to catch up when so much has been posted. So it's only the irrelevant chitchat that we need to try and cut down on a little
Hear, hear. And since it's for a good cause, I am happy to attempt to explain what (I think) was meant by a few people, and I am sure it wasn't meant in bad part and no doubt the misunderstanding was genuine too:
I can only log in once a day at best myself, sometimes less, and indeed I have the 'time' then to read everything. Sure. However, I log in here to read about Alan Rickman from all his fans and while I am happy to spend an hour catching up with a variety of posts and jokes and opinions, the more the better, I do not wish to spend an hour of my life every day putting myself through a very few people's own brand of chat (no, I have nobody in mind, because I have not been reading, lately). And, yes, I have been put off posting by the knowledge that other people are not going to bother reading the stuff either and therefore they would not read my post anyway. So I don't post and that contributes to the lack of variety. So people naturally feel there is space for them to post more. It's a snowball effect, no individual's fault. I have not talked about it before because I have the humility to assume I'm not a huge loss to the GB, however, others might be. Uh, I hope that explains things a bit.
Oh, and it might be worth mentioning that there is, or at least there used to be a chatroom frequented by Suzanne, etc. Is it on Claudia's site? It could be that the people who would enjoy it most simply don't know about it.
Anyway, since Monday's read was most enjoyable (and I need this place on Mondays), I'm sure we have reached a compromise now and I really, really must try and see Huit Femmes (the one AR gave the award for) in France when I go back this Christmas... Hey, that was fun the way Alan and JH gravely shook hands and burst out laughing at the ceremony. *I* would have been there to receive the award, believe me! ;)
GML
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 23:57:44 (PST)
Closetland A disturbing piece. Profoundly so. It made me want to scrub at my soul with a stiff-bristled brush until I felt "clean" again, after watching it.
What disturbed me most is not that AR's character tortured MS's character. No, the most disturbing part was that AR was able to fascinate me with his character's attacks, with the same clinical satisfaction I got as a child floating leaves down the gutters and watching them swirl.....
Had to re-read Essays in Pragmatism a few times to get the bad taste out of my heart.
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 22:31:41 (PST)
The Interrogator in Closet Land is a bureaucrat of the worst sort. He hides behind the "just doing my job" mentality. Have you ever really needed a favour from a stranger behind a desk or counter and been rejected because its "against our policy"? Have you ever been the person working behind the counter. I have. I worked at a medical center that required people have prior authorization from insurance or else sign a paper saying that they'll be responsible for payment. Many people didn't know about this when they showed up for their appointments. They were stressed, hurting, just wanting to see their Dr... some would plead with me to just let them go up to see their doctor. I stood behind "company policy". Such a self loathing comes up that to get away from it, you convince yourself even more that the "company policy" is right. (Needless to say, I quit that job in a state of semi-nervous breakdown many years ago.) It was a good lesson in learning to break the rules- you've got to do what you believe in, not what you're told to do. There is nothing sexy about the bureaucrat mentality- there's nothing sexy about real torture. Pretend, consensual 'torture' is not torture. AR knows this. We all have seen his ability to turn his sex appeal on or off at will. He did not 'turn it on' in Closet Land. He did turn out a brillant and disturbing performance. Now, it'd be a totally different story if he broke out of his bureaucrat mentality, showed compassion, and risked his 'career', his life, to free his victim. Can anyone think of a movie they have seen that has this ending? Can't think of one right off hand.
Jude
CO USA - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 22:24:55 (PST)
I quite like Mr. Rickman's work. I have seen both HP movies and I admired his acting. I, myself, am an actress and try to perform any time I can. Thank-you for your wonderful work and I am very excited about seeing more of your work. Marie Barnes
Marie Barnes <mdb_productions@hotmail.comfoo>
Vancouver, BC Canada - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 20:43:56 (PST)
Dear Concerned Citizen, if they are human "monsters" then it is not inappropriate to humanize them. If you were of the Buddhist religion, you would practice compassion for all people, including Adolph Hitler. The Dalai Lama tells the story of a man he admired who was a political prisoner for many years. The Dalai Lama asked him if he were ever afraid, and he replied that his one fear during his captivity was that he would lose compassion for his captors. Your perspective that Hitler was a monster undeserving of human compassion is just one perspective, there are others.
Amanda
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 20:02:19 (PST)
Oh! (Whacks forehead) I get it now. In that case, I have dropped many a'spatula in my time. (Heehee). Thanks Rickfan37...hey, we are twins.....sortof, in a roundabout way. Yay. Cheers!
Rickfan888
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 16:53:43 (PST)
Hey, another Rickfan! Hello! The spatula dropping was a big issue on this guestbook about a year ago (see the archives) when a very dear friend of mine dropped one upon seeing a rather stunning pic of the man. It is now a description of that jaw-dropping (or rather, spatula dropping!)moment when, for whatever reason, he takes our breath away. I have very many spatulas. Sigh.
Rickfan37
Cheshire, Uk - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 16:23:39 (PST)
I love this site...it's great! But after reading the guestbook I am a wee bit confused...why do people keep "dropping spatulas"? I saw a reference to that on another AR site...is it some inside joke that I am completely ignorant of? (Feels dumb.) Help!
Rickfan888
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 15:20:53 (PST)
Thanks to all of you posting their opinions about Mesmer. I will recinsider buying it. I think my best bet is on BD, now I saw the pics. Thanks ES!
Re divising the GB: I can only repeat what s.o. posted in september or october: is it this time of the month again? We seem to have the same discussions time and time again here. Hey, post and let post! And skip what does not fit your interest. Real life is too hard to be serious all the time!
Black sheriff
believe me, I know what I'm talking about! Night, night! - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 15:20:35 (PST)
ES (Ensnaring Snape, I presume?) however did you get such deliciously crisp screen captures from "Blow Dry"? Got any more? Lovely!
Georgiana <gellis@drizzle.comfoo>
Seattle - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 15:03:19 (PST)
re CLOSETLAND, I object to making a torturer sympathetic, which I believe Rickman attempted to do, and stated somewhere that "he was a victim too". In that interpretation, one should sympathize and feel sorry for Hitler, which brings up the question of whether we should try to humanize monsters. There are people who enjoy Closetland and believe that Rickman is "into" S&M because he captures the mix of pain and sexuality so well-that Amnesty International message boomeranged into something else, and I am a bit worried about what sort of letters Mr. Rickman gets from people who like "Closetland" for the wrong reasons. Not that I mean to imply anything to those of you who see the movie in a straightforward way, and appreciate the intended meaning. For me, the film didn't work, and in fact, had the opposite effect, probably because some bits of it could have been applied to my childhood-when Madelaine Stowe kicked him in the gonads, I felt like clapping and cheering, which on closer examination is not the most mature measured response to injury, and not at all what the film maker had in mind, methinks.....
a concerned citizen
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 14:48:06 (PST)
Live and let live, I don't get your point. If a person turns on their computer once a day and reads this GB they can read everything on it. You say if people post long posts it's difficult for others who can't log on 20 times a day. I read this GB once every few days and I read everything. Can anyone explain Live's point to me? I sometimes post long posts so I'm interested.
Eleanor
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 14:40:04 (PST)
Thanks, ES! The two from Blow Dry are absolutely fantastic!
Gwenn
NYC, - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 14:08:25 (PST)
Thanks for your concern and enthusiasm, Brit but I do have feelings for any organization I contribute my time energy and/or money to and there are many others than the two I found AR to be associated with whether it is here in the US or abroad. Now if we are talking passionate...then cancer research would be on the top of my list.
Action Aid focuses on world poverty. I believe AR joined the likes of Emma Thompson with this organization.
Children on the Edge devotes their energies to helping children that have become victims of authoritarian regimes...Romanian orphanages was their founding project. And with this organization, I believe it was Juliet Stevenson that influenced The Man with this one.
Claudia
GA US - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 13:35:15 (PST)
Subject normal, wonderful. What great definition ES what did you use a Digital camera. That man can cut my hair any time he likes. Love BD that and TMD are my favorites.
Mary
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 13:34:34 (PST)
I like this GB I feel as though I've made friends here not just in my own country but all over the world, that world map that ES put out last week was wonderful. As we in the UK go to bed the USA comes on line and as they go off the OZ's come on, plus all stations in between, I love opening these pages to find out what you've all got to say, but I enjoy the fun too, life would be very dull if we couldn't smile, let's face it our Man has a sense of humour we follow where he leads and that is what is interesting we all get lead in different directions
Mary
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 13:27:50 (PST)
Now where were we? Oh yeh. All those of a nervous disposition, please put away all liquids...oh you know the drill...! Goodnight and God bless!
ES - Well, I've had enough serious for one day! :-)
UK, - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 13:18:00 (PST)
Also, what does COTE and AA do?
Brit <britty77@joplin.comfoo>
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 12:58:29 (PST)
Claudia, I understand. I'd been involved with Amnesty Intl. (writing letters and such) for quite some time before I was even an active fan of AR's. I do feel strongly about most of their causes, however. It's wonderful you're honoring this, but make sure you have feelings for this too. Either way, you go girl. (silly mood)
Bye-nowRE: Joining Amnesty International--I had been an Amnesty believer for quite some time before I knew The Man was involved with them or "Closet Land" (and still am). Not believer enough to join but when I contemplated doing something in honor of The Man's birthday last year, I tried to join Amnesty but never heard a peep out of them, so I moved on to the next cause I had read he was involved in which was Children on the Edge and Action Aid. COTE and AA contacted me immeidately after I expressed an interest.
Claudia
GA US - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 12:43:24 (PST)
Getting back to the discussion about Closetland... I got my copy about 8 months ago and even though he is on screen all the time, with the voice and the hair and the yadda-yadda-yadda, I haven't been able to bring myself to watch it moe than once. Yet. I think it's because I was very much aware when I watched it that ALL of the methods of torture shown in the film are well-documented, actual torures used on political prisoners the world over. Violence, even acted violence, just isn't sexy. And it's a definite turn-off when you know it's an accurate representation of reality. So, it's a wonderful film, his acting is superb, really superb, but don't expect to drool over him in it (I'm sure he wouldn't want you to!). Just expect to feel very, very disturbed. And join Amnesty. That's why he made the film for them in the first place.
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 12:22:48 (PST)
ES: wonderful stuff.
bloody freezing here too. this heap big notice eh? don't really feel like saying much.
Samantha - that's nice.........
Superwitch
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 12:12:17 (PST)
If you have an opinion on a particular film, please post it so we can read it. People should stop worrying so much about hurt feelings (their own and others') when someone posts something they don't like. It doesn't offend me when people go on (and on and on) about how horny they get watching AR movies; it annoys the heck out of me but it doesn't offend me.
The fight over "old" GBers and "new" GBers is a useless one and we don't need to waste Suzanne's bandwidth rehashing it again. But I would like to point out to EVERYONE that when a GBer gushes over AR she really isn't discussing AR, she's discussing herself. Sometimes it comes under the category of "way too much information". Just a suggestion.
Magda
Canada - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 11:57:29 (PST)
Oh, and Josephine - thanks for the offer, perhaps we should all come over yours with a bottle of wine and have a Closet Land film evening! (Do you have heating? I'm bloody freezing!)
ES - don't panic I'm only kidding!! *grin*
UK, - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 11:29:08 (PST)
OK, I’m home, the house if freezing and I’m typing in fingerless gloves!! You’ll forgive me if this has hit a nerve with me and I’ll get off my soap box when I’ve had my say, but I’d like to explain. Suze is hopeful that this GB will revert to the kind of place it used to be when she came to visit. It might. However, things evolve, like Eleanor said, things change, people come and go, and just because some people choose to leave rather than continue to contribute, does not mean that the rest of us are wrong to be here. Perhaps the GB Suze loved so much in the past has seen its day, maybe its time to move on. AR has done a lot of wonderful work, but as someone mentioned yesterday, ultimately there is a limit to how many times you can analyse a film or a play. There has to be room for other things as well.
Having said that, I have thought long and hard about starting a second GB. But it wouldn’t be the same. For a few weeks perhaps a group of us would find it refreshing to be able to blast about and say what we like without fear of retribution. But soon enough, without the mixture and variety that this GB offers, people would drift away, and guess where they’d come? Back here! Even me I’m afraid. And that’s because we’re all stimulated by different ideas and cultures and contributions.
I’m an artist. I see things in a very visual way, I like to express myself through images and graphics. I know I get carried away at times, and perhaps this isn’t the place for that. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t read, that I’m not interested in what others have to say about films. I can’t express myself in long words and though-provoking in-depth discussions, but that doesn’t mean I don’t get a lot out of what others with that ability can offer. I read all the posts and have learned a heck of a lot from everyone here.
So I really would hate for this GB should split. There is a real buzz about the place at the moment and for the most part everyone seems pretty happy. I will make a concerted effort to tone down my contributions, and I will make a place of my own somewhere that I can go and let off steam in without upsetting folk. Those who want to pop in and contribute will be more than welcome, but ultimately everyone should stay put. This is a great place, full of interesting people. If I’ve learned anything from this GB its that everyone has a different opinion, and no matter who you try to please, you will in the process hurt someone else. So the only solution is to compromise. A little of something for everyone.
ES - you see I told you I was rubbish at being serious!
UK, - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 11:18:58 (PST)
Well...I come back and I have nearly a thousand posts to read up on! Yikes. That's a good thing, though. :-)
ES--email me if you would. I don't want to fill up the GB with my opinions on Mesmer and hurt somebody's feelings about the film by stating my opinion, since I know some people really like it and some hate it. I want to avoid another conversation like Dogma where people's various opinions were hurt.
I also agree with Superwitch...why divide up the GB just to satisfy one person? This GB is for everybody who's an AR fan and all ages, isn't it?
Back to slaving away at work...
CG--Cold, but no snow. Blak. :S
USA - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 10:59:51 (PST)
Lily: I saw "8 femmes" in Montreal and I stayed until the end only because I always do no matter how bad a movie really is. I can't quite say why I thought it was horrible. The plot was interesting, the actresses were obviously very good (even if I think that giving an award to the entire cast is very insulting as if none of the actresses stood out from the ensemble -> I would have given it to Fanny Ardant or Isabelle Huppert). I LOVE French cinema but I hated that movie.
Back on topic: I almost passed out when I heard AR say "Bonsoir" during the presentation of the best european actess. I have to say that a man speaking French with an English accent is probably the biggest turn on for me so imagine what it's like when it is done with The voice!!!
Zora
Montréal, Canada - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 10:45:30 (PST)
What an amazing website! I hope this Alan Rickman guy knows how much he is adored and admired. Probably the wrong place to mention this but I don't know who he is *however* after reading most of your intruiging website he sounds a bit of all right. I'm glad the world is filled with people like you because you have this unconditional admiration for someone you have never met while respecting his privacy. I hope he does read this guestbook or at least has some understanding of the work put into his adoration. If someone were to devote a lot of their energy to my veneration I would feel pretty good about myself as well as validated in my work. It's important to make others feel their place in this world is worth while. I hope Alan Rickman appreciates the time an effort gone in to this website and the admiration shown by you is reciprocated. Keep up the good work!
samantha russell <samanthajanerussell@hotmail.comfoo>
Palmerston North , New Zealand - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 10:43:12 (PST)
Thank you, Zora, for the meaning behind Snape's French name! I agree--it is an appropriate one. But I still find it amusing.
As for the nature of this Guestbook, both past and present, I prefer the more serious, informative posts and sometimes tire of wading through what seems like endless chat. HOWEVER, being prone to some supremely silly moments myself, I cannot help but be forgiving. Besides, the way I see it, it is Suzanne's party and we must respect one another as her guests in all our variety. It is the spice of life.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 10:37:04 (PST)
HI all,I've already sent this to ES at her complaints site but I would like to throw it open. I saw or recorded the BBC4 thing on Friday night the Les Liaisons Dangereuses scene's where great the R.S.C. did a great job filming it, that's my point if they filmed it or who ever did, where is it and why don't they release it as a DVD/video. I know Hollywood had a go at it, but it couldn't possibly be as good as that, and I only saw what three minutes at the most I would love to see the rest of it, and if they filmed that how many more little gems are they sitting on?
Mary
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 10:36:59 (PST)
I watched the European Film Awards Saturday evening and got a lucky break between yesterday's holiday parties (what good timing!) to see the repeat of our hero giving the Best Actress award to the ensemble of actresses in Francois Ozon's "Eight Women." Did anyone here see the Ozon movie? I have, with a few couples who are pretty good film-goers: for their bonafides, we've recently seen "Ararat," "Sex & Lucia," and "Heaven" together. But, they "made" me walk out of "Eight Women." Not one of them could bear sitting through it to the end. They thought it partook too much of the very trifle it was resurrecting from the 1950s-60s, so much so that none of them cared that Deneuve, Huppert, Ardant were reprising, with light caricature, their early roles. I lost whatever battle you can do in a dark theater and, I confess, shared some of their opinion. Even knowing it was going to be a comedy, "Eight Women" wasn't what one would expect after "Under the Sand."
I wish my Italian were good enough to have understood director Tonino Guerra's comments at the ceremony. He received the "Lifetime Achievement" award. I hope someone will put a translation of his remarks on the internet because my "poor" Italian did clue me in enough to understand he had something to say about the state of European film (There were comments by others regarding whether or not one was giving acceptance remarks in English or their own language.) On that note, and back to our hero, AR was possibly the only presenter to be introduced with a more commercial and American (are those adjectives redundant?!) description of his acting credits: It was noted that he'd just finished filming Curtis' "Love Actually," had starred in films from England to Hollywood movies (believe me, NO ONE ELSE was in a Hollywood movie), and was currently to be seen in HP (did they say Warner Bros.?) which is now showing aroung the world. For better (or worse), no other presenter had a "caption" that came close to that one. However, he was selected to be a presenter of one of the major awards.
It was agreed tht the state of European cinema is improving. I know 4-6 new independent movie theaters have opened in this city since 1998; happily, one of them is an easy walk from home. (Upside, no parking issues; downside, a kind of neighborhood provincialism sets in.)
Suze, I'd be happy to know what role AR had in the European awards, is he a spark-plug or what? But, on a lighter note, I enjoy the fun around here. Maybe it's all just the revenge of the repressed in me, but I'm thoroughly sick of, well, decades of being so, so very serious. If ES and others go away, little-to-no laughter in the day. Yuck. If Suze and others go away, too much fluff. A bit like "Eight Women" or having to eat 8 jars of marshmallow cream. Never mind compromise, that way no one will be happy. How about just getting in there and sticking up for what you think is important or have to say, and persist in it, that way the "balance" is more interesting. Struggle is good.
To end on a light note, I agree--they've gotten the red out of his hair! Every beautician seems to think red coloring is the key to rescuing someone's looks in middle-age. Wrong. Oh, and my favorite line in B.Dry is said by the kid you all love to dislike, "If Henry Moore were alive today, he wouldn't be (missed word, damn!) with marble, he'd be cutting hair!"
Lily
Chicago, IL - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 10:28:25 (PST)
The point regarding the GB/chatting problem is not whether somebody's idea of humour is funny to all. The point is that if people do not exercise a little self-restraint with multi-posts, the sheer volume of their posts simply obliterates everybody else's idea of what is funny and interesting. It is like in a real-life conversation at a party: there usually are people who out-talk all the other guests by not giving them a chance to be heard or to take their turn in steering the conversation. It's plain bad manners and it certainly is not a question of age. It is a case of one person's freedom stopping where another person's freedom starts (or so it should). The majority of regulars here simply cannot access this GB 20 times a day and should not have to do so in order to be heard when they too have something to say or wish to hear what other less prolific posters have to say.
Live, let live and make room for others. A clearly outdated principle.
England - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 10:17:14 (PST)
Mesmer Spoiler Below!
Eleanor
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 09:48:58 (PST)
I rented Mesmer from Hollywood Video, there was no problem with the sound, though I've heard many have had audio problems with it. It's not a great movie, (weird ending), but parts of it make excellent AR fixes. I like his conversation with the short, plump woman at a party in the beginning. Her facial expressions as he lectures her are hysterical, "Oh! Philosophy!" I feel Alan is talking to all of us when he says, "You just think you do," when the young girl says, "I love you." The molestation scenes I can't stand, so I don't rewatch this movie, but he looks beautiful in it. They should not have had two young, long-haired beautiful women mooning over him, it was redundant and I got them confused. Who was the one who just seemed to be living in his house? (It's been awhile since I saw it.) I loved when he rescued her. To Suze who complained about the middle-aged adolescents who've taken over this site, (women- when you first starting posting, I thought you were kids too!) This site is always changing. People come and go so of course the tone of the site changes as well. Nothing will prevent that. People may not be shying away because the GB has changed, for some this GB is a phase they go through. I used to post a great deal under a different name, at least once a day. My life got busier and my obsession with AR lessened. I'm sure that accounts for much of the drop-off in former posters. I haven't heard from Marialis or Lelufua in a long time, but I won't assume it's because they don't like the GB anymore. Just wait, the GB will change again, and again. Maybe you'll prefer a future incarnation to this one.
Eleanor
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 09:48:05 (PST)
I find "Closet Land" an important and extremely relevant film. I agree that it is also very disturbing, but it promotes truth, and brings an unpleasant subject into the debating forum. It also educates people, and isn't this one of the aims (although not, of course, the be all and end all) of any art medium?
The character of the Interrogator is a difficult one - perhaps the lack of attraction, despite the fact that he looks like Alan Rickman, lies for me in the fact that I find it hard to believe in him as a character which exists outside the bounds of the room in which the film is set. As a character I find he is dehumanised to a great extent - the guy doesn’t even have a name, and seems to find it hard to feel any emotion at all.
ES if you want to see the film, you are welcome to come and watch it at my house!
Regarding the GB in general I agree with Superwitch - why split to make one person happy? Personally I find the movement between serious discussion and light hearted banter go very well together, as they do in any conversation when many different people are contributing. I love you just the way you are (Blegh! Where’s the sick bucket?)
Josephine
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 09:47:01 (PST)
I have a love-hate relationship with Closet Land. Both Rickman and Stowe are incredible in it and the film is fascinating to watch, but I think the movie is too stylized and too clean for its subject, not to mention unrealistic. It's too easy to want to understand the Interrogator (he looks and sounds like Alan Rickman after all) when absolutely nothing could excuse him. I kind of wish it was presented just as a thriller or sci fi piece, without Amnesty International being so prominent. It would be easier to enjoy and marvel at the stunning artistic qualities of it. But it disturbs me to take any pleasure in something that's trying to remind me of real victims suffering the real devastation of torture and child molestation. I'm just a bystander, but I like this site a lot. I'm not really into the sex god aspect of Alan Rickman, but this place is one of the best for information on his work, past and present. Whoever brought up The Preacher, thank you so much! It's breathtaking.
sonoma
U.S.A. - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 09:07:19 (PST)
Severina & Superwitch, I do have some things I'd like to say on the subject (suprise huh?! lol) but it will have to wait till I'm home from work in a couple of hours. One thing I will say quickly, is that I don't see why anyone has to put IMHO at the end of every sentence. It should be taken as read that everything anyone writes here is their own opinion. I do know exactly what you mean. More from the "MWHAHAHA" ring-leader later. LOL
ES
UK, - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 08:10:35 (PST)
i would follow you lot anywhere, but I’m not really sure why we should feel that we should divide ourselves in two just because one person is unhappy. ARE more people unhappy with the way this GB is? perhaps they should speak up. Personally, I find it difficult to separate the serious from the frivolous, the two go together, unless I am doing academic work…….
Zora: Woaw - ‘rudeness and stiffness’ – yea gods: at this time of day :o} the French name makes very good sense. Time for window-cleaning, swinging from chandeliers, vigorous dog-brushing etc. (more adolescent ravings of ancient crone of variable age)
and I can’t afford Closet Land either. ……………….or Mesmer, or QDU, BD, BC, RTON, Michel Collins etc. etc. etc.
Spider: I believe IMHO (do I have to say that every time I voice an opinion then?) that his darker characters like Snape are exciting – yes because of passion – but also maybe because of ambiguity – he is mixed dark and light – OR light is hidden, but you can feel it. Also inner pain, which comes from the conscience. From the description I presume the Closet Land guy is unambiguous and without conscience. I notice that although Lucius Malfoy is delectable, he too is unambiguous.
Superwitch aged 15++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 07:56:41 (PST)
To qualify previous rantings, I am by no means advocating that ppl will abandon this fantastic site, but that they can visit either site - one strictly AR and the other, possibly more 'laid back' and chatty, whilst still being AR centered, and post in a manner appropriate to either site! After all, how many of us already 'drop in' on different AR sites from time to time just to check them out?
Any comments?
Severina
M, Australia - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 07:03:45 (PST)
Ali-Pat: Rogue is a French word that mean "Arrogant with a little bit of rudeness and stifness". You must agree that it is exactly how Snape is. I have to admit that even after reading all the books in French numerous times I think about the Potions master as Snape and not as Rogue.
I hope his French name now makes more sense to you
Zora
Montréal, Canada - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 06:28:29 (PST)
Wish that I could be as charitable and forgiving as the rest of you guys but I'm feeling furious! SUZE!!! Have a nice day!!!
Sorry if my "adolescent" ravings have offended anyone. (Well, actually,ravings of a 36 yr old college-graduate - albeit, retired, but why quibble?)
I have found it difficult to obtain a lot of AR films discussed in this GB. I haven't read the HP series due to disability which means that I can't read extensive passages - have no trouble with these succinct entries - having a lot more difficulty, but no less enjoyment with "Snape in Love". Halfway through Ch 2!
I love this GB because I'm associating with like-minded ppl. Other ppl's opinions of AR's work is greatly appreciated and the considered merit or lack thereof, of particular performances is constructively argued. The humour is a most enjoyable bonus!
While it is clear that some people would prefer to stay absolutely OT, (as is their right), I personally have enjoyed the light banter and personal anecdotes that show the 'human face' of AR's appreciative audience.
Whilst sincerely not wanting to promote division amongst this fabulous group, I would have to ask, (acknowledging that I would definitely be one of the 'adolescents' referred to), is an alternative GB required? If so, to all of you - (if I mention names, I'll omit and offend!) who enjoy the comic relief, led by the indomitable ES, ( of "MWAHAHAA" fame!) - Take me with you!!! If not, it's a sad day, (especially in the light of current world events), when laughing is frowned upon, (except by Snape - then it's wholly acceptable!) and being 'human' is discouraged.
Said my piece. As is my right. Night all!
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 06:25:52 (PST)
Just adding my voice to the Closetland discussion. Yeah--what Spider and Claudia said. I feel guilty every time I watch this film because AR looks so dishy in it I want to drool all over the rug, but his character is an absolute monster. There is an attempt at the end of the film to redeem him, but by that time, I am too gun-shy to believe it. His character is so manipulative and so coldly detached, it is nearly impossible for me to see a human within that (absolutely gorgeous, fit to perfection) designer shirt. And the acting is marvelously complex--"tour de force" doesn't quite cover it, especially when he is playing more than one person at a time. The problem is, as Alan himself has admitted, there isn't a single joke in this film (or words to that effect), and humor is what he uses to make his villains appealing. (Actually, there are attempts at humor, but they are so ghastly in light of the action I can't feel good about laughing at them).
So, in short, I want to watch AR in this movie over and over again, but I can't bear to actually watch the movie over and over again.
And a postscript on variations on Snape's name. I am still amused by the version that appears in French on the action figure package--"Professeur Rogue".
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 06:06:03 (PST)
Spider - £70 is abou £32, still pretty expensive. Strangely I feel drawn towards Closet Land now, when I feel perhaps I should run away instead!! Curiosity getting the better of me...
ES
UK, - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 05:54:12 (PST)
Annu - The only other McGonagall I can think of is William McGonagall, a truly "terrible" Victorian poet who is famed for a poem on the Tay Bridge Disaster. Maybe that is where the translator got *terrible* from ;)
Sue
England - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 05:11:29 (PST)
Snape as in Snake... Is that the connotation you English speaking guys get? In the Finnish HP books Snape is Kalkaros (Finns would think about kalkkarokäärme, rattlesnake). McGonagall is translated "McGarmiwa", and if translated back into English it would be "McCreepy" or "McTerrible". Is there something in McGonagall's name that I am not getting? Gonagall=terrible? I am not sure if I made sense at all... What would Freud say about wands, snakes, and indeed, those two combined in a famous snake-head cane?
Annu
Savonlinna, the Opera Festival City, Finland - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 04:55:57 (PST)
Yeah, Very painful to watch. I've seen it three times now since October. Touches a new nerve everytime, but I also notice more subtleties in the performances each time.
See, we *can* stay on topic!
Spider, REALLY going to work now
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 04:16:01 (PST)
Spider, I think you hit the nail on the head with your comments on the Interrogator. Personally, I thought his look in the film was mouth watering and his performance (along with Stowe's) meticulous. But I do have a hard time with that film--I have watched all his stuff time and time again with the exception of "Closet Land" (only twice since I bought it and the second time was a favor for a friend). It does hit very close to home, I think.
Claudia
GA US - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 04:11:13 (PST)
Closet Land *was* hard to find - I went through Amazon (US), but they only had it via outside retailers, and it was going for as much as $50 (approx 75 pounds? - so glad I watch Antiques Roadshow/UK!) and that was too pricey for me... I waited until there was a used (rental) copy offered for $15 (still very expensive for a used video, I think).
It was worth it, however. The Man is brilliant. If he received awards for Rasputin, with its passionate, over-the-top character, then he should have gotten the same notice with this tightly controlled -and controlling- man.
Make every attempt to find it, ES. But it should come with a warning of major discomfort for anyone who's ever been involved with a controlling, manipulative personality. Could bring back nasty memories.
Spider, in control now, and off to work
- Monday, December 09, 2002 at 04:07:45 (PST)
...or maybe its cos we havn't seen it cos we can't find a copy..! *sniff* And you make it sound so appealing too...!
UK
ES, - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 03:53:27 (PST)
Good morning, all.
Just wondering, if so many of you (us) are attracted to the darker, more villainous characters that AR has portrayed (you know who you are!), why no one is absolutely bonkers for the Interrogator (Closet Land)? He's certainly got the looks, and is well-read, can be charming and polite, and definitely authoritarian.
I'm going to postulate (and at this hour!) that most are put off by his lack of passion - the man is competent at his work, but it's a passionless routine to him. He has no soul? Even the Sheriff at least took great delight in his work, and Hans was definitely passionate and up front about his ambition. But the Interrogator is such a cold fish ...even when he appears to hesitate, there's not much concern generated, at least on my part.
Is such a deadened automaton to be thought beyond redemption and not worthy of interest for our hormonal surges (adolescent or not)? Doesn't anyone fancy trying to nurture his emotional needs?
Of course, the lack of appeal could be in the utter reality and modernity of the protrayal. If CL had been set in the 13th century, I bet the fanfic would be encyclopedic. It's just hitting too close to home, is that it?
Spider, just musing
US - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 03:45:15 (PST)
Italics fixed.
Suz (D.o.C.)
so sorry, i keep messing up with the italics............many grovellings..............
Superwitch, aka Quasimodo
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 03:03:55 (PST)
Emperor, mmmmmmm, well, obviously one of his last lives - has now abandoned extreme cruelty as being unevolved, but vestiges remain......actually i think that a fighter rather than a lover is more him anyway - disciplinarian, authoritarian, rules, constraints, armour, under orders (Dumbledore), boundaries, dogma, restraint, formality, considering the struggle against Voldemort not for foolish children who put everyone and everything in danger. however, that archetype is attracted to and is attracted by it's opposite: the sexy, life-enhanced, instinctual, firey,impulsive, fascinating life force. (the Bodyguard as example - and - that scary man (forgotten name) in Quasimodo and the Gypsy-girl) (mind gone completely this morning) it's The Bells - The Bells - the Hunchback of Notre Dame (such a fascinating film).
Superwitch
UK - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 03:00:37 (PST)
Ah, you've found me out. Now you know where I get my fighting streak!!
ES -who wouldn't mind being the Septimius in that sandwich!
UK, - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 01:26:21 (PST)
Here is a website about Emperor Severus if anyone is interested in reading it.
Alas, he was a fighter and not a "lover". If a movie were made of his life, it'd make "Gladiator" look like "Cinderella". I take it back that it might make a good movie for AR to be in. We want him to play more of a "lover" (like in Richard III, you with me Spider?).
Jude
He's got your same initials, ES..., - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 00:39:37 (PST)
Thought I'd give everyone a little Roman history lesson and food for thought. Bear with me...
For those of you who have seen "Gladiator", I'll start around that time period.
Marcus Aurelius Caesar dies in 180 AD leaving his incompetent son Commodus as Emperor. Commodus is assasinated in 192 AD. After a year of turmoil, a provincial general, named LUCIUS SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS (146-211 AD) becomes Emperor.
I was reading about some Roman history last night, just for fun, and his name SHOT out at me.
More on Emperor Severus taken from the Oxford Dictionary of World History:
"Roman Emperor (193-211). He was active in the reforms of imperial administration and of the army, which he recognized as the real basis of imperial power. In 208, he took an army to Britain to suppress a rebellion in the north of the country, and later died at York."
I just know JK Rowling must have taken the names Lucius and Severus from this Emperor's name. If I find out more about Emperor Severus (love the way that sounds), I'll let you know. Another role for our man? The age would be about right.
Jude
Ooo, maybe he was one of those decadent, orgy-oriented Emperors. , - Monday, December 09, 2002 at 00:16:53 (PST)
Dear Cindie I thank you, yet I cannot claim to be the genius as in Crusade a spin off of Babylon 5. Edward Woodward played Alwyn, father of Peter Woodward, who plays Galen.
Janine
Melb, Vic Australia - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 18:42:38 (PST)
Janine, That would be perfection! Edward Woodward & Son for the Crouches -- I wish this were a pipeline straight to the casting people. (The Equalizer and Hans in the same movie... what a concept.)
Cindie
- Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 18:12:08 (PST)
E.S. It may be snowing in the hills of Melb but it is your postings that are making the fire alarms go off at my work. lol.
Anne if you look up addresses at the yellow pages http://www.yellowpages.com.au they do allow a local map to the address
What about father and son actor's those Woodward fellows, as young and old Barty C?
Janine
Melb, Vic Australia - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 18:07:57 (PST)
Such a long time since I wrote here. Computer still had it...... oh well. Went to see HP2 last Tues. so much better than the first and the shot as Harry talks parceltongue were AR looks at him is something else. O/T. Also managed to get the Ruby Wax book/autobiography at QBD here. It seems to be in all the bookstores now and is $29.95. in the Comedy section! Nics Picks of AR!!!!!! Hope all are OK in the Harbour City... Any Rain would be welcome in this hot dry country. Will continue to write from this Library. Bye everyone. Barbara.
Barbara the Aussie
Gold Coast, Qld Australia. - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 17:47:32 (PST)
Thank you Christine....I'm getting the VCR warmed....errr.. cooled down (The Man last night was almost all it could take...LOL). Since I have no time to sit and watch it properly, a video tape will have to do. Ian McKellan is another one of those "Can't miss".
Rickfan37...since you put it that way...hey, I'm flattered too! Never thought of it that way even though I almost kiss the guy that asks for my ID at the liquor store...LOL
Claudia
GA US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 16:52:29 (PST)
Suze, thanks for describing me (among many others) as an adolescent! As a 38 year old highly educated, always exhausted, married, mortgaged and working mother of 3, who appreciates the recent breath of fresh air she gets coming here, you have absolutely made my day!!
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 16:23:37 (PST)
Ian McKellen will be on "Inside The Actors Studio" tonight at 8:00 on Bravo, if anyone's interested. And if you're worried about the fact that it clashes with A Charlie Brown Christmas, also on at 8 tonight, ACBC will be rerun on Friday at 9 PM. :-)
Christine <that's what VCRs are forfoo>
USA - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 16:16:08 (PST)
Techo-pillock more like. Damn! I meant this one. Good mood short-lived.
ES - AND CALL OFF CHRISTMAS!!
UK, - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 14:59:02 (PST)
The mood I was in I nearly used this one! But I've cheered up. Just in time for bed! :-)
ES
UK, - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 14:55:52 (PST)
hehe, ES. Wish I was as techno-savvy as you. I would have used the line from Closet Land that goes something like "you would do well to depersonalize what follows."
Spider, who tries to depersonalize everything lately
US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 14:38:48 (PST)
I've just had a thought I wonder if RISE will have any thing on the EFA tomorrow AM
Mary
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 14:15:35 (PST)
Love it. My loyalties are with you Alan all the time, but I can't talk to you so I have to make do!
Mary
Uk - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 14:13:00 (PST)
Hope you're sound card's working!
ES
UK, - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 13:51:50 (PST)
ES, change the my sense of humour to our and I'll take it back, and I'll bring my zimmer frame with me if we change homes, but that would be a pity. Maybe we should throw it open to the rest of the comunity? See how they feel.
Mary
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 13:02:42 (PST)
All I want for Christmas is to hear that TSFJG will be released somewhere in some form at some time in the near future. Please.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 13:02:39 (PST)
So anyway - Mary I've got a bone to pick with you...what's all this about "Stingy" lessons? And Superwitch - about these classes for the sexually distressed...where do I sign-up?!!
Sorry if my sense of humour doesn't appeal to the entire AR fandom, and I'll look into finding a new home for those who want to come. But until then, business as usual. So tuff luck!
ES - who's got the right grumps now I can tell you!
UK, - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 12:23:17 (PST)
I'd love to talk about Mesmer, if we could see the B----Y thing here. And all the others we can't get. I'd wish they would release John Gissing I wonder if Standing Room Only will go the same road no distributer. As it is we talk about what and who we know (and would like to know better), and enjoy what others more fortunate than us who get the chance to see these films tell us about them, and have a bit of fun. Thank you, for it all. LOL.
Mary
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 12:01:46 (PST)
The official site for The Search for John Gissing has a film clip of the movie with The MAN. [perhaps this is old news to you, I am not sure] Also, I love Mesmer by the way and can understand the film really well.
Juliana
- Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 11:39:12 (PST)
Claudia, anything we can do for her? As you know, I'm not to far from you. Traveling to Atlanta Tuesday and was possibly thinking about a trip to NC soon. *IF* I do go, if there is anything we can do for her, let me know. I have no clue as to when they might get power back, so, just an idear.
Jayne Claire
AL - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 10:50:02 (PST)
Oh and BTW, totally OT but I just got word that our dear friend Constance who lives in North Carolina has been without power for several days due to the winter storm that hit that area late last week. Bless her heart. We are thinking about you Connie and missing you. Let us know when your back, please.
Claudia
GA US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 10:27:40 (PST)
Barbara-WP--Thank you for your suggestion but although I do not have the videogram program, I do own a similar package.
Suze--When I voiced my opinion about Mesmer, I never ever meant for anyone to think I was speaking for anyone other than myself. It was just my lowly ole opinion. You know the old saying....opinions are like you know whats...everybody has one...LOL.
As for other free boards. There are other free boards out there. Harlii uses a little place called ezboard. But the site I like the best is a more or less "standalone" program called phpBB
Claudia
GA US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 10:22:56 (PST)
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
i'm coming with you ES!!!!!! as a new member i don't know what the site used to be with superior people on it, talking superior things, so personally i'm a bit out of it really. i just want to run and hide. any good dungeons available?
Superwitch
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 09:58:53 (PST)
Well, okay... I can't talk about my opinion of Mesmer as a film. I can't relate personal experiences/memories triggered by AR films (which follows Louise Rosenblatt's literacy theory of textual interaction being the hallmark of a literate person). And I can't tease other posters about their personal quirks and preferences.
what seems to be left for us to discuss? going back through the archives, and comparing the past month to previous year's entries, this seems to be one of those fallow periods in which there is little happening film-wise (we've discussed HP/CoS to death, and still waiting for John Gissing to be released). And this time of year seems to bring out the child in all of us - wasn't the spatula thread starting in the winter as well?
The buzz this week is about the European awards program, but so few of us have access to the source that we're waiting for those who actually saw it to provide input. Some who saw it are now refusing to comment. So sorry! I'd have liked to know what EVERYONE thought, being of those who can't afford cable access...
retreating to my web now, and taking my keyboard with me...
Spider, the tattooed lady
US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 09:57:51 (PST)
Sorry for the miss print finger slipped.
Mary
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 09:49:14 (PST)
When youm find a home for us "hormonal adolescents" let me know I don't want to be homeless as well. I've just found this one.
Mary
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 09:47:57 (PST)
Oh, and by Suzanne, I was referring to Suxanne who runs this GB.
ES
UK, - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 09:30:32 (PST)
I soooo knew that was coming! Suzanne you have my email address and you are more than welcome to send me your thoughts. Meanwhile if anyone here knows of a free site where I could perhaps set up a GB for us hormonal "adolescents" to retire to, then please post your suggestions.
Just one question Suze - if you aren't here to listen to people's views on films like Mesmer (which I've found rather useful, thanks everyone), what exactly is your point? You don't want general chit-chat and you don't want film advice - so what do you want?
ES
UK, - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 09:25:19 (PST)
"you do not have to buy Mesmer; it's really not worth the money and a great disappointment for AR fans." Errr.. excuse me, but while I definitely consider myself a fan, I do not remember voting for anybody to represent me or tell the world what I like or dislike without asking me first (when did that poll take place? I missed it) and would not dream of doing so myself. Anyway, I only came here to see if anybody had captured the European Film Awards 2002 and was delighted to see that Claudia had. Thanks a lot Claudia. I would love to comment on Alan's involvement in this but,alas, I know that whatever I have to say (or would like to read from other people) would get drowned in the endless adolescent chats that now dominate this board. I used to read and enjoy it so much,but since it has become (like most sites do eventually) the playground of a few kids who post 10 times a day, generally behave as if the place belonged to them and leave -literally- no space for other people -old and new fans- to enjoy a wider variety of conversations on the man, film, theatre, his other work etc, I have mostly given up. As have many other people who used to post, as far as I can tell. Any chance of creating a chatroom on this site? So fans no longer have to read pages and pages of semi-private conversations, fanfic posts, and 'I saw a man who looked like him in the street yesterday' and 'I dreamed of him last night,here are the details' type posts when all they want to do is use this place as it is meant to be, giving everybody a chance to express themselves/interact/joke (in good measure and always asking themselves first if their post will be of general interest) with other admirers? The News section is fine, but is just a (useful) collection of facts. The guestbook as it used to be (very special) would be best. I know many people agree with me and just haven't got the guts to say so. Shame. I know Suzan has asked people not to use this place as a chatroom in the past, but please accept my apologies if there has been a change of policy and it is now encouraged. If so, I must have missed her post. Maybe it got drowned too.
Suze
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 09:05:33 (PST)
Hi superwitch, I know what he does he gives ES stingy lessons we get whats left after he's finished with her!! or should that be the other way round?
Mary
Uk - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 09:02:53 (PST)
i wonder if Snape does evening classes? what do you reckon? creative writing for the seriously disturbed? sex education for the distressed? dream analysis? how to be drugged without giving yourself away? how to have a good seat on a horse? Curse-making Against the Inept Present-Giver? Fire-making in a cold dungeon/bed?
Superwitch
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 08:55:03 (PST)
Claudia
Talk to Suzanne and get the moviemaking program she uses -- it's self contained, so you don't need QT or WMP. Works really well.
Mesmer is a terrible, terrible movie. The sound quality is so bad on the VHS that either a) you can't hear Rickman at all over the backgound noises of people and chirping birds or b) the character's whispers are bellows coming out of the speakers. Yeah, AR is very pretty in the film, but -- if I hadn't seen Blow Dry or Truly, Madly, Deeply, I wouldn't believe that the man could actually act.....
Barbara the Wallpaperer <no, really -- Mesmer IS that badfoo>
- Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 08:51:23 (PST)
I've just been reading Wings by claudia, don't think it's finised yet unless I haven't down loaded it properly which is more than likely, nice story, I'll try some of the others later. Quiet day today are we all behaving ourselves.
Mary
Uk - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 08:48:29 (PST)
It's all on topic, honest. just barely... ES - I'll echo Magda, and suggest that you rent Mesmer before deciding to buy. It's okay, but not great. My favorite moment is when Mesmer throws his stepson down the staircase, and wife demands to know what he thinks he's doing. He roars, "Cleaning house!" or something along those lines. Love that line.
Claudia - thanks so much! What a lot of work... I don't know how y'all do this much and have real lives, as well.
I've been pretty unsuccessful at my Christmas hinting around here - why is it that men always say they don't know what you want, when you've been throwing out blatant hints for months? I mean, I've been as subtle as a sledgehammer - "Gee, I'd love to have _________." and "The guy at the video store said he could order ____ in time for Christmas, but I can't decide between .... and ...." How much more obvious does a woman have to be, fer cryinoutloud? Even left the computer on, with my wish list for Amazon RIGHT ON THE SCREEN. And made a list of all the Rickman videos I don't have left, labeled "To Buy" on the desk.
So what does he say today? "I'm going out with my mom to find your present. She's good at picking out stuff."
Now I love my MiL, she's terrific. But if he comes back with one more sweater...After all the verbal hints, and the catalogs left lying around with the starred items ... I better at least score Quigley this year (my son picked up on that one - had to TELL the little weasel).
Daughters, now, are different. They understand. Daughter #1 is making me a screensaver that runs like a powerpoint presentation - with photos (of you-know-who) fading in and out. Hope it will run on this puter, and Snake won't complain too much. Course, depending on the spousal offering, he may be spending more of his time down at the biker hangout and less 'quality time' with me. You'd think, after 25 years, he'd have a clue...
Spider, whose husband is not a biker, really. He's an accountant. Really.
De US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 08:44:54 (PST)
Oh and Maria, I am sorry about your slow connection...but I promise once he's loaded....he will warm your day!
Claudia
GA US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 08:38:47 (PST)
ES--Magda is absolutely right about Mesmer. Don't get me wrong, it is a good film...I mean anything with that much AR in it is simply wonderful! But its not worth what is being asked for a brand new copy. See if you can find it used--then scarf it up! Mesmer is a thumbs up on AR hands--that's for sure!
I am thrilled that the videos are appreciated. For those without Windows Media Player....I am working on making some Quicktime versions and hope to have them available in the near future
Claudia
GA US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 08:34:41 (PST)
ES, re; Mesmer...Magda is right, the film is pretty dire. However, she neglected to mention that he is a veritable feast for the eyes in the film! Long hair, period dress...eye candy of the nicest sort! Anyway, email me and we can 'talk about it'!! ;-)
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 08:34:18 (PST)
ES: you horrible woman!!...rushes to tear down fav Wizard of Oz poster to make room for more Snape stuff.....flinging cat out of way...already 'stupified' by room full of Snape pics. hey, has anyone mentioned that Snape looks like the Wicked Witch of the West.........i was carried screaming out of cinema when 7 by her in the tree....perhaps he's her brother...
as well as Rickfan, i also like Pawn to Queen by Riley - really powerful stuff.....as long as you read some explanations first....and also Soul of Hufflepuff too.Both on ES's site. Addiction. addiction. Punishment isn't going to help. the chains and the handcuffs don't work anymore. perhaps a little rack might help - NOT DEVASTATING PICTURES ES *crucio*
Superwitch
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 08:28:31 (PST)
Claudia what a great pity I have such a low speed connection but I’ll try to be patient:). Yes it’s very cold here, but the sun was shining today and the sky is still cloudless.
Maria
Germany - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 07:59:49 (PST)
ES, you do not have to buy Mesmer; it's really not worth the money and a great disappointment for AR fans. The great kissing scene is not very romantic at all as AR just stands there while Amanda Ooms achieves lip-lock with him. If you can rent it or (better yet) borrow it, do so; just don't waste the money.
Magda
Canada - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 07:58:25 (PST)
ES + Claudia: Thank you ever sooo much, you made my week- end!!!*big hugs*
Severina: Great! I had put the keyboard away before looking at ES's pic (learning from Spider's experiences), but as I read your post, I just couldn't help myself any longer. Now I guess the keyboard is ruined! :-( Well I'll put it on the dental surgery I had this week, if my hubby asks! (luckyly the surgery was without anaestitcs - did I spell that right? - dunno what I might have been saying otherwise...
Oh, and ES + CG thanks for the warm wellcome-back *big hugs to both of you*
Black Sheriff
Germany where it's really getting cold these days - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 07:06:21 (PST)
OMG Claudia!! Now I'm going to have to buy Mesmer!! Just when I thought I'd reached a break in my AR spending spree. Will it never end?! Looks like you;ve been busy! Wonderful work, thanks Claudia! :-)
Sev - what with your erm..graphic description of your unrobing of Professor Rickman, along with Claudia's Mesmer scene, I'm feeling a little wobbly. You'll excuse me if I don't hand out any punishments for a while. Don't think I'm quite up it. Need a lay down and a cold compress.... :-s
ES
UK, - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 06:09:40 (PST)
Oh boy doesn't he look loverly, what is the matter with our TV companies. I'm not going down that road! I agree with ES about his hair, I like the natual Alan. And as for Severus Rickman, back to Rickfan I think? On second thoughts Detention with that Professor is defininatly worth being naughty for, now let me think a lot of spelling mistakes no! er, lots of actors names no! Come on ES give us a clue?
Mary
UK - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 05:42:57 (PST)
JC-No, the awards were not aired earlier. Just call me dedicated......that sounds so much nicer than "Girl, get a life!" LOL
OK......The other day I promised some Christmas surprises. Constance, apologies about the music change but I promise right after Christmas our beloved Cello Sonata will be returned to its rightful place.
Barchester Chronicles will be in several parts. (Part 1 available today...more at a later date) Thanks to all that made suggestions. I plan to do them in chronological order (thanks for the the help on the order, Ali-Pat).
With the exception of BC, I hope I have gotten everyone's request. If I have missed someone, please email and remind me. I didn't do it on purpose, I promise.
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah, Everyone
Claudia
GA US - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 05:34:39 (PST)
BTW - thanks Claudia! Truly divine stills! That smile! You jus' gotta love 'im!
Severina
Melbourne, Austalia - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 04:29:55 (PST)
Damn ES! I must have got off 'puter just before you posted - (3.30 am - figured it was time for bed!) Snape Rickman was hilarious! Still love the nekkid version, but if you insist that I have to go through the motions of undoing the buttons slowly, reaching my hands under the coarse fabric to the smooth skin beneath, sliding the cape over those firm masculine shoulders, and letting the drape drop to the floor to reveal the body underneath...well, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!
Robin - Freezing in Florida??? I stayed a few days in Miami in '96 and it was as hot as hell and steamy to boot! Lovely hotel...next to a construction site, I recall...friggin' pneumatic-drills at 8.00 in the morn'! Beautiful beaches, but, sheesh - the drill they give to tourists when you leave the rental-car depot! We were waiting to be abducted and murdered at every traffic-light! LOVED the Everglades! Incredibly beautiful!
It's warming up here. Slowly...Bloody slowly! Still got my thermals on at night, but had a few 't-shirt & shorts' days. Nothing like Sydney, (next state up) that's had massive bushfires ringing the city for the last week.
Jayne-Claire - glad you appreciated my opinion - twas an honest one! And can I just say - "Ah have ahlways depended on the kandness of strangers!" Sorry, couldn't resist! (Oh ES - punish me! I'm being bad again!!!) (I can do worse if you'd like! Name your price!)
Gwenn - need rest of song for 'closure'! Having terrible visions of Julie Andrews dressing Snape in play-clothes made from old curtains!
No ES. Don't you dare!!!
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 04:22:49 (PST)
Claudia, what a wonderful sight to behold this morning. Thank you for that present. Christmas is here early.
Juliana
- Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 03:58:29 (PST)
Nice pics Claudia (more please!!). I'm glad to see he's washed that dark tint out of his hair. Much as I love the Snape & Sheriff wigs, I don't like it when they dye his real hair dark for him like they did for Love Actually. The man's a dusky blonde, long let him stay that way. Really wish they'd shown the rotten award show over here. :-(
So Gwenn, when do we get to hear the rest of the song?!! :-)
ES
UK, - Sunday, December 08, 2002 at 02:12:06 (PST)
Claudia-how'd you get those pictures so soon? Did it come on earlier as well? Great pics!
I just saw him present the award and I must say he does look incredible tonight. After seeing that smile in that suit, I can go to sleep peacefully tonight, wow. Hope more of yall got to see it and enjoy it as much as I did. Although I couldn't get my roomie's VCR to work, I did pull out my tape recorder (that I'm supposed to be using to record lectures in class) and got a nice lil sound recording of it though!
Does this award show seem a little unorthodox (sorry if I butchered that spelling) to anyone else? It just seems a little different or disorganized to me. Maybe I'm just not used to other ways of doing things.
Kudos and have a good one!
Jayne Claire
AL - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 22:45:00 (PST)
OOOh, nice pic ES. Improvement over the orig, though I do like the nekkid one as well. It's the intense gaze that I like, not the drool-worthy bod. *smirk*
It just astounds me time and over again how well he's aging; just yummy. Thank you for the new pic, Claudia. Nice smile to boot (a natural-looking one), and looking quite rested.
Was he really offered the part of Lecter? Never heard that before. Would that be around 1986/7 when the Silence of the Lambs got released, then?
re: DVD of TMD--is the picture a bit more *sharp* than the VHS version? I bought a used copy in the first place (it was the only one I could find at the time) and now it's already running at places.
jody
CA USA - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 22:32:00 (PST)
Hi All. For anyone that might have missed the European Film Awards, here are a few pics.
More on it later. Nite-Nite all.
Claudia
GA US - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 21:32:04 (PST)
ES: Bravo on the Professor Severus Rickman picture! Absolutely bravo, girl! You've outdone yourself.
To the tune of "My Favorite Things"...
"Buttons on waistcoats and long slender fingers...
Soft pouty lips and those eyes that do linger...
Gwenn
NYC, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 19:11:15 (PST)
PS--Welcome back Black-Sheriff!! :-) *hugs*
CG
USA - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 18:38:16 (PST)
OOOOOhhhh...nice piccy, ES...very nice. Much better than the original. I don't mind the hair at all, and I like this very much...hee hee. Drool, fan, and water time.
C'mon, guys, quit the tattoo talking (just kidding, KEEP TALKING!!). I'm going to have to get a flashy tattoo now...actually me and my sister (I haven't won her over yet, but I'm working on it). He's got very nice feet, hasn't he, ES? I could go on and on about his feet all day...we also get a shot of his feet in Mesmer...brief, but good enough!
CG
USA - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 18:37:39 (PST)
ES, my humble apologies for misspelling Slytherin. However, it was verySlytherian of you to point out my error.
Jude
Slytherian, the new adjective..., - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 18:00:31 (PST)
Mesmer's Hands, the link for The Preacher was posted Sept. 20, 2002 at 10:02:45 PDT. Sorry, I'd make a link but I'm feelin' lazy right now. Too much concentration involved in link-making.
Christine
USA - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 17:51:12 (PST)
Can someone post the link for "The Preacher" please? Someone is very interested in it. Thanks.
Mesmer's Hands
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 17:06:24 (PST)
Just realised I spelt anaesthetic wrong can I Have detention please Professor?
Mary ever hopeful:-)
UK - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 14:28:07 (PST)
ES- Good grief you've got me drooling now!!! AH!
Jayne Claire
AL - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 14:10:21 (PST)
From the Globe and Mail: The ol' resurrection theme keeps springing to life in the movies, WARREN CLEMENTS discovers By WARREN CLEMENTS Saturday, November 30, 2002 – Print Edition, Page R7 In Solaris, which opened this week, George Clooney encounters his wife alive and well in outer space, which is odd, since she's dead. That's how life works in the movies. Half the people who die eventually come back to say hello, protect their loved ones or grouse about being turned into zombies by werewolves. Consider: Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991), in which cellist Alan Rickman has died and Juliet Stevenson is distraught. Before you know it, Rickman pops up again and Stevenson is so ecstatic she's willing to overlook that his body is the temperature of Frosty the Snowman, and that he keeps bringing his creepy dead friends over for all-night video-watching sessions. The temperature is hotter in: Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1978), a Brazilian film in which the lovely Sonia Braga is left a widow by the irresponsible Jose Wilker, who dies after a customary bout of drinking and adultery. She begins a calmer life with boring second husband Mauro Mendonca, only to find Wilker popping up naked in her bedroom and asking to slip into her bed while Mendonca's dozing. Honestly, what's a girl to do? The film was remade as Kiss Me Goodbye (1982), with James Caan as the dead wastrel, Jeff Bridges as the boring new fiancé (no adultery here, thanks) and, as unlikely a replacement as you could find for Sonia Braga, Sally Field. No prizes for guessing there's less nudity in the remake. And the zombie werewolf ghosts? That'll be: An American Werewolf in London (1981), in which David Naughton is bitten by a werewolf, turns into one himself and receives annoying visits at all hours from the disintegrating ghost of his friend Griffin Dunne, who urges him to commit suicide so everyone Naughton has killed can get some afterlife shuteye. Naughton has to weigh the options: regular showers with nurse Jenny Agutter or a silver bullet to the head. Cue the Jack Benny pause: I'm thinking, I'm thinking! You might prefer: Blithe Spirit (1945), in which Rex Harrison and second wife Constance Cummings are haunted by the ghost of first wife Kay Hammond, courtesy of dotty medium Margaret Rutherford. Harrison went on to play the ghost of a sea captain in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) with Gene Tierney, who appeared to be a ghost in Laura (1944), which also starred Vincent Price, who had the misfortune to appear in: Dead Heat (1987), in which policeman Treat Williams dies while investigating a sinister drug company, until assistant police coroner Clare Kirkconnell resurrects him using the drug company's equipment (would Roy Romanow cover that?) and warns him his tissue will decay into an "organic stew" within a day. Heck, plenty of time to trade desperate one-liners with partner Joe Piscopo, fight zombies and run into Price, Darren McGavin and Keye Luke, a long way from playing "number one son" to Warner Oland's Charlie Chan in the 1930s. But even that film is Oscar material next to: She's Back (1988), in which Carrie Fisher, light years from her Princess Leia days, is killed by home invaders and reappears to exact vigilante justice and make life miserable for husband Robert Joy, who considerately suggests she return to the grave. She retorts: "A grave sounds to you like a good place to be? It's a box. You're dead. You're in the ground. There's no phone." And don't miss the title tune by the Citizenz: "She was on the train bound for heaven/But somewhere, somehow it slipped the track." Nothing a wooden stake driven into the video box couldn't cure. Correction: Montgomery Clift was the doctor in Suddenly, Last Summer, not the son as I wrote last week.
Julia
Calgary, Canada - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 13:57:25 (PST)
Bored? Not during the tango!
That video is what wakes me up in the a.m. Well, that and Snake's 5 o'clock alarm buzzer, but you know what I mean. Gives me what it takes to get through the day with a schoolfull of adolescents... all those hormones dripping off the walls - I need to keep up!
Spider
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 13:52:32 (PST)
Oh and Jude - I'm deducting 5 points from you for not being able to spell Slytherin! *smug grin*
ES
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 13:48:52 (PST)
You lot don't want much do you? You still want more? You're all insatiable! Flippin' 'eck I'll be seeing Snape pics in my sleep at this rate. Oh, actually that's not such a bad thing...
Glad you got your PC fixed Mary. Not sure if he looks bored or frozen to death! Probably trying really hard not to look like he fancies Spiteri just in case Rima's watching! ;-)
ES - 5 points HAH! You'll have to try harder than that!
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 13:46:31 (PST)
I've just thought of something and a tad worried, on the 19th I have to have some minor surgery under anisthetic. After reading Rickfan I'm wondering what I might say in recovery.
Mary
UK - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 13:44:50 (PST)
ES, that picture you touched up was very well done! I wouldn't have been able to tell it wasn't already like that. 5pts for Slytherian due to ES's artistic prowness.
Jude
only 5pts! doesn't that make you angry, ES? More punishment is due to stinginess..., - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 13:39:36 (PST)
Hi, Ron's got a new wand, Mary's got a new puter. My what a day, I said to my son-in-law I don't care what else you lose save the Alan stuff, he told apart from the Alan stuff there is nothing to save. Now what does that tell you. Love the new piccy ES much better, just think of undoing all those buttons. Disappears in a hot flash! The piccy of Alan in the leathers is now my wallpaper. Yummy. I'm glad you enjoyed BD, ES, it's one of my favourites, a look can speak volums. Oh that reminds my I asked said S-I-L, that I would like to find In Demand to put on a floppy disc he told me I already had it on a disc he did for my birthday he showed me how to access it. Hum, Alan looks bored as though he was wishing he was any where but there.
Mary
UK - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 13:18:11 (PST)
At last! I'm not at work and the spouse was sent on an errand (Spider: ego issues as well here), and I have my laptop to myself and I can stare as long as I like! Bliss, bliss! Thank you, ES. Though the black hair doesn't bother me in the least, the buttons are an essential part of the overall . . .erm, visual stimulation package that is AR as Snape. Having two of the elements in one is nearly a sensory overload! Thanks for that : )
Gigi
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 12:27:32 (PST)
Well... I always had mine done in a tattoo parlor... :)
Spider, wondering how to get Snake to wear clothes with more buttons
US - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 12:18:02 (PST)
ps - I'm sooo wanting to get a tattoo done now. All this talk of "Snake the Spouse", then seeing Blow Dry is putting me in mind to have something serpentine done. Just got to figure out where I'm gonna have it!! :-)
ES
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 12:13:09 (PST)
You like huh?
ES - your smile is my reward (drooling is an added bonus)!
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 12:10:20 (PST)
ES ... my recent embarrassments fresh in my memory, I very carefully set my mug of tea on the dining room table(across the room), moved all breakable objects away from the computer, and discreetly waited for Snake the Spouse to leave the room (he does have that delicate male ego). Then I let myself open your link (see, I AM learning..)
Okay, so I'm smiling uncontrollably, and barely keeping myself from giggling like a lovestruck school girl, because if I do start, Snake's gonna want to know what I'm doing, and I've just about run out of explanations...
Whoa - still trying to breathe!
Spider (is it warm in here or is it me?)
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 11:45:43 (PST)
Hmm, I promised you something didn’t I? Well ok then, so think back 2 days or so to the photo Claudia posted of AR nekkid with the garden feature. So Severina and several of you think it’s pretty drool-worthy, but myself, Mary, CG and Spider thought it didn’t leave enough to the imagination. Well girls I came up with a compromise. I've added to it a bit and given him a little of something for everyone (except those who love him nekkid obviously!). Ever wondered what Snape would look dressed as AR? Love Snape’s outfit but hate his hair? Fixated with the thought of all those buttons but wanna put them on Alan? (hehe I’m building this up and you lot are gonna be sooooo disappointed!! LOL). So without further ado…I give you… Professor Severus Rickman *sigh* that’s MUCH better don’t you think?! :-)
ES - Welcome back Black-Sheriff!! :-)
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 11:05:35 (PST)
O/T-sorry yall.
Severina- I just wanted to note that your post hit a homely spot in me. Personally, I want to say thanks for the comment on the "kindness down South" issue. Some folks rarely (I said rarely, not "never") see the good in things down here unless they really open their hearts and I'm incredibally partial to the South, born and raised here. I've got quite the Southern accent (or so I was told by Lindsay Duncan outside the stage door, The Man said so too!) and I'd never let anything alter the South that's running through my veins. Thanks so much for making my day great with your post.
Ok, done now. Sorry that was so off topic yall. "Yall'll have a good 'un, ya hear!" :-) Had to.
Jayne Claire
AL-Yep, that's down South - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 10:51:28 (PST)
Well now. So THAT's what I've been missing!! Oh my... What can I say about Blow Dry? NICE!! :-) I love that sort of film. Great AR scenes, and a ruddy good story to boot. Shed a tear here'n' there, smiled a lot, drooled a bit (only a bit mind - its the baddies that make me drool the worst). Phil just made me want to hug him. :-) Funny how things fall into place when you see a film for the first time. Like something someone said earlier on the GB about "What's Las Vegas got that Dover hasn't?" (didn't understand that..do now!!) and pics I've seen on the net that I now realise are stills from Blow Dry. Cool!
ES - ...Sorry, are you waiting for something else? Hmm ok maybe not.
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 10:27:48 (PST)
Hi all!
Spider: Why did you have to stop ES? Now, we all will have to wait for our punishment :-(
Rickfan: I really do like your story. I was glad to see you've given us some more...My spouse really got the profit of it's effects last week...I do agree with you about AABA - P.L. (and Cap. Hook) are a pleasure to the eye!!*heading back to the living to read and re-watch AABA+ HP*
Black Sheriff
Germany - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 10:10:29 (PST)
Quite funny, because I just watched "Goldeneye" again last night and I kept thinking what it would be like to see AR play the villain, and I always find it interesting to dwell on how he'd play Hannibal Lecter (probably make him seem more human, but we never know, do we?).
ES, you're evil! (It's amazing, I figured this all out already.) But make sure to tell me what you think of BD. I love the comfortable, older gentlemen, normal every-day guy look for AR. *fans herself with People magazine* And no, there is absolutely NO shots of AR in the QDU "making-of." Now how unfair is that??
Gwenn, looking forward to your fanfic. I'm working on one myself but it hasn't been coming good...been tempted to throw myself and my laptop over a cliff sometimes. :S
Josephine--wish I could find out what that medication was...but I'd be way to worried about what I would be saying...
CG--I wanna go watch GDU again...ahhh, Marston...
USA - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 09:06:27 (PST)
hey severina, how's the weather down there in australia? it's freezing here in florida, cool. i love it finally it's not sweltering in this gd swamp. all i need are a.r.'s arms around me to warm me up. hee hee!
robin
northpole, usa - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 09:04:18 (PST)
Oops sorry Spider! Geesh I'm glad you weren't my teacher at school! I've been busy preparing a small (don't get excited) treat for a couple of you. (Don't think you'll all approve but I know a couple who might). But now that you've reminded me about Blow Dry, I'm going to go and watch that and come back later. So you'll have to wait now won't you! I can be so cruel...!!
ES - getting the hang of being evil !!!
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 07:55:52 (PST)
Ali-Pat - Yes, Mom! (LOL - I just got off the phone with my mother, and she's always insisting I call the doctor about one thing or another. so I get online, and... can't get away from it!) I will ask about it, thanks. :)
Obligatory AR content: He is to die for in BD. I really think, as dazzling as he is in the earlier films, that I prefer the more "mature" look. The 80's characters were just TOO sharp-looking for an insecure gal like me - give me someone a bit more 'comfy' and 'lived-in'. Like those jeans you've had long enough that they're just right, or a favorite, slightly worn leather jacket...(still checking out ES's leather-jacket picture every chance I get)
Spider
US - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 07:50:17 (PST)
Italics fixed.
Suz (D.o.C.)
So sorry--italics were supposed to end after "Carrington"!
Ali-Pat
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 07:38:27 (PST)
Lotsa posts to respond to! I'm afraid this will be another of my long-winded ones...
Spider--a belated comment on your post about BD. According to my hairdresser (who loved the movie, by the way) the competitions are very much like they were depicted in the film. He impressed me by knowing all about the real hairdresser they gave a prominent cameo to--you know, the guy they call the fastest hair cutter in the world? By the way another reason I love BD is that it depicts a male hairdresser who is not gay--they really do exist in spite of the stereotypes to the contrary. The salon I frequent is run by a very hip, very heterosexual married couple.
Oh, and Spider--about those hot flashes caused by alcohol and spicy food. Please ask your doctor if you have rosacea. Get it taken care of now before you end up with a nose like W. C. Fields.
Josephine, I know all about hearing AR's voice in my head. This past spring I was in a strange city all alone and not having a particularly good time at the conference I was attending. I remember glumly waiting for a light to turn so I could cross the street when suddenly I heard his voice in my head, clear as a bell, ordering me, "Oh stand up straight, will you?" Completely unbidden, and a little spooky, but it lifted my spirits for the rest of the day!
Jizel--the parts AR has turned down are the stuff of legend. In addition to rejecting a role in the Bond film, he also said no to the part of Hannibal Lecter, Scar (in The Lion King), Juan Peron (in Evita), and Lytton Strachey (in Carrington).
ES--can't remember what color the horse was that he rode in QDU, mainly because I think all the photos I saw were b&w. But I notice that Jerry Ohlinger's site is back up, so maybe you can email him and ask him. (sorry I forgot to get the link sorted out before I posted--but a Google search will bring it up).
And finally (sighs of relief from all)...
HippieBev--would you like to swap houses? Even for a day?
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 07:36:58 (PST)
`I'm still caught up in wondering what I'd babble about under anesthesia. And in a small town, where all the nurses are related to *someone* who knows anyone else... I'm getting a little paranoid here. (imagining the effect that "Oh, Mr. Marsten, you *shouldn't*!" or "Is this for extra credit, Professor?" would have. LOL)
And yes, ES, DO punish Severina... but weren't you going to be watching Blow Dry today? Get your priorities straight, girl!
Spider
US - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 07:35:49 (PST)
HippieBev: Sounds beautiful...can we all come over and gather round the telly with you?
FYI, all the recent "fanfic" (as you like to call it...you know what I call it) I've read has encouraged me to try writing a story of my own. I've got the story outline done and have started the first chapter, but it may take me a while to get it posted with the holidays coming and all. I'll let you know when it's up and I hope you will read it and give me feedback. Special thanks to Rickfan for the inspiration!
Gwenn
NYC, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 07:18:50 (PST)
You wouldn't be angling for a little AR punishment now would you Sev?!! Was actually just wondering idly to myself what a bad case of "Warm and Fuzzies" feels like?! Sounds kinda nice, but could be kinda perverse so I think I'll steer clear!
ES - Warm and Fuzzy indeed! Call yourself a Slytherin?!!
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 06:51:02 (PST)
Just realised how totally OT all of that was! Apologies to all!
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 06:32:04 (PST)
Hmmmmm...Alan Rickman - Las Vegas real estate...Connection escapes me but then, I'm not very bright! Rickfan37 - discovered your writing. OMG!!! When is the movie version due for release? I'm putting my order in for 50 videos - I'm told that a video cassette is only good for about 1,000 viewings so ...just in case! Your story is better then my own Snape fantasies and they take some beating! (No pun intended!) Windows were due for a wash anyway...
Anne - are you planning to visit us Downunder? Feel free to ask for any info! Web adress is : Severina66@msn.com
Getting a bad case of 'warm and fuzzies' reading through posts. Just for the record - you guys are a hoot and I lurve y'all! Love reading the entries from 'Down South USA - visited the country twice and loved the friendliness shown in the South and particularly loved the "Y'all come back now - ya hear?" We thought that they only spoke like that in the movies! Still have to visit the UK. My lil' sister has lived there for the past 5 years, and I've seen her once in all that time, and that under sad circumstances. 'Spose this time of year makes us think about loved ones alot more so...all you UKers out there - bloody better look after her or you'll feel the wrath of a thousand spatulas - OK!
Back to "Snape in Love"...windex at the ready!
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 06:25:45 (PST)
Josephine, that's a REALLY sore subject around here. Yes, you are completely right. However, there are plenty of you in the US who will point out that they can't get some things we do. Mainly Barchester Chronicals it seems, but others as well. If you have any views on this, please feel free to add them to my moan list.
ES - Film Survey
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 06:07:28 (PST)
Thanks ES. I will cerrtainly be adding that to my Christmas list. Is it me or do the UK DVD editions generally have less on them in the way of extra features than their US counterparts? Thoughts anyone?
Josephine
UK - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 05:48:01 (PST)
Josephine, this is where I got my DVD play.com BUT its region 1 (US version), which means unless you have a player that will play region 1 dvd's it won't work. Most players are hackable, but I don't know how or if you'll be able to. Mine worked tho :-))
In the "search" box, choose "R1 DVD Title" and type "Quigley Down Under" in the box and GO. Postage is included on all their dvds, what you see is what you pay. Hope that helps. Oh, and NO - there's no sign of him on a horse on my one. Thankfully though I have a good imagination. ;-)
ES - recovering from Christmas Shopping Hell
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 05:32:53 (PST)
Fallen Angels, which contains Murder Obliquely, is available on half.com for $99. I forget who needed it for their collection, but here's a chance to buy yourself a rare holiday present for Yule. BTW, I am new to this list but not new to AR fanaticism. I write this nestled in my log house in the woods of PA, woodstove crackling against the chill. Early morning sun peeks through the evergreens. Small birds flit through the snow outside my window, feasting on dried flowerheads poking through the drifted snow. Time for a cup of hot tea, snugged under a soft blanket, watching Sense and Sensibility.....
HippieBev <Hippiebev1@aol.comfoo>
Oxford, PA USA - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 05:28:47 (PST)
I was thinking about this the other day - just have a look, quite interesting really....http://www.007forever.com/actors_and_action_001/almost_acted_and_sung/goldeneye_alan_rickman.htm
Jizel
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 05:07:26 (PST)
Anyone know what happened to Standing Room Only? I haven't heard anything about it so far and it's on IMDB for 2002 but nothing else, not even preproduction. Weird. Anyone??
Jizel
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 04:34:30 (PST)
QDU on DVD? How? What? When? I only have video! ON A HORSE? *Thud*
Josephine
UK - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 02:59:45 (PST)
Many thanks to all who wished me “Get Well Soon” I find your kindness very touching *hugs*.
Spider - Unfortunately, I don’t know which medication I was under, so I can’t help you out there. You did ask for more details of my hallucination, all I can say is “well - you asked for it.” The nurse tells me that the usual effect of hallucinating under anaesthetic results in the patient offering a running commentary on what is going on in their dream. Apparently I was unusual in that I appeared to be having a conversation with myself. Half the conversation was in my own voice, the second voice was deeper and appeared to be murmuring in a very cultured english accent. Could this be a case of AR Possession? I WISH!
I am feeling much better now, but will have to prolong my convalescence long enough to sit with my feet up watching all the AR movies I own in alphabetical order, and my family won’t be able to complain. MWAHAHA!
Josephine (What's Las Vegas got that Dover hasn't eh? Nowt!
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 02:56:48 (PST)
Gawd, what an awful rhyme - totally unpremeditated. Sorry!
Spider
- Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 02:48:13 (PST)
Gosh, yes, NATASHA Richardson! What was I thinking?anyway, the film is a hoot, and touching to boot
Spider
US - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 02:25:17 (PST)
Thanks Jude! *blushes* Sorry, I should have given the link out when I put the last picture on there, but I didn't want to annoy people with it. For anyone who wants to take a short-cut and avoid the rest of the ES site - AR Captions FunPage
ES - Ensnaring Snape (and still dreaming of Marsten)
UK, - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 01:19:12 (PST)
GreenRain, this link ought to get you to Snape In Demand. Click HERE. It is under the "captions" section. ES did this website. (ES, you are a hoot!)
Spider, in reference to Blow Dry, did you mean Natasha Richardson? Rachel Griffiths was also great as Sandra, the dippy cow. I love bloody Phil Allen. "Phil, style me!". (Sorry, am in a naughty mood again. Probably would end up with tatoo in pubic triangle! Wouldn't want to end up with that wire thingy you know where!) Gads! Did I just say that? I wouldn't want to know what would come out of my gob if I were under anesthesia!
Jude
Oh, I'm dead. I'm bloody dead, in , CO USA - Saturday, December 07, 2002 at 00:28:39 (PST)
Severina & Kat - Thanks much for the Australian map site and driving info. Alas, I can't drive on the left (there are those who'd say I can't drive on the right, either, but I don't pay any attention to them) so renting a car is a no-go if I do go.
Anne/Manhattan
- Friday, December 06, 2002 at 21:21:48 (PST)
I was looking for background music for my site in progress, using Copernic Agent, and searched for "free wavs of chanting", and wound up here. I don't know how or why, but here I am. So, I'm making my mark in this guestbook. Have a good day.
Leviathan <xxxminripperxxx@hotmail.comfoo>
Victorville, CA US - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 20:07:46 (PST)
Josephine/UK - hope all is well. And you don't even remember your "hallucination"? Too bad if you didn't - if you *can* remember, can you let us know what the meds were, so we can all do some 'pharamceutical research' - all in the interest of science, of course. Would we have synchronized hallucinations (all tango-ing?)? or would some be humming the Ode to Joy and dreaming about detonators? Some mumbling about canceling Christmas, or quoting Spenser's Faerie Queen. Surely someone would wake up screaming 'No one throws me out of my own house!'
Just a thought. ;)
ES - QDU does have some serious visual effects...black, hat, legs, eyes, voice (oh, that's not visual). I don't know, if they'd left the horse in, there'd be some serious *thudding* going on. Elliott Marsten isn't anyone I'd want to know in real life, but on the screen... (walks across room to my glass of ice water, fans self with magazine). I really resisted renting the movie, because I was no fan of Tom Selleck, and thought it would be agony to watch, but I was very pleasantly surprised, and now I'm thinking of buying the DVD. only 10 bucks at Walmart, and I notice that it does have an 'extra' on The Making of... anyone know if this has shots of Himself on horseback?
Blow Dry is one of my very favorites. Miranda Richardson is great, looks great, and AR is delightful. It's a farce,in the best sense, and also has a sweet sadness about it. Very nice. And the final round, when Phil comes out onto the competition floor! Oh! Hope you like it!
Spider
DE US - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 18:05:48 (PST)
Jayne Claire--that is really sweet of you :-). But you really don't have to go to all that trouble for me. *hugs* I appreciate it immensely, but I don't want you to go to a lot of trouble. Just tell me how good it is ;-).
That's a great story, Eleanor. It's always a surprise when some person out there will do something like that, when most people in society would keep the money and forget about it. It's nice to hear about that. (Hans growls over fluffyness lol *winks*.)
WHAT??!! THEY CUT HIM OUT AND DIDN'T GIVE THEM TO US ON DVD?? That's another thing to put on ES's film survey...*scribbles down list*
CG--in black...riding horse...boots...*thud*
USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 17:21:04 (PST)
ES: yes, a black horse, heavy hunter crossed with King Charles-cavalier style. oohhhh, sexy horse, sexy man on top.......ooops. and what a seat.....
talking of Kundalini - there is one Hindu god Krishna for every Rama in the world...........like there is a Snape for every Rickmanite....dynamite....(getting ready for bed and delirious)
has anyone noticed that at least in several major films he plays the totally frustrated man (RHPOT, DH etc.). i never realized what FUN that is.......for a man to be frustratingly maddened, especially when it is expected to have a clear run at something....what sweet gorgeous revenge......delightful.
Cindy, i hope my previous posting didn't sound bad to you. i realized afterwards it may have sounded a little unwelcoming...from nasty experience, emails can sound more aggressive than they are meant to be if you are not careful. i am new here myself...and this lot are so great, and have treated me with great kindness. [Snape growl - enough of this fluffy nonsense - ] night folks. lots love to everyone.
Superwitch - off to London tomorrow - not to see AR alas <minifie@hotmail.comfoo>
UK - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 16:20:44 (PST)
Oh my goodness! Alan ROCKED in the CoS. And was Lucius Malfoy super hot or is it just me??? I've seen the movie twice and I agree with whoever said that it was rushed and didn't leave enough time for character development. But any movie with Mr. Rickman in it is worth seeing multiple times! (Jason Isaacs is just a nice little bonus.) I love reading this guestbook ~ it is so funny! I laugh and laugh and LAUGH at some of the comments. I'm sad that I never saw the Snape In Demand thing...it is no longer to be found on the internet and I looked forever. Keep up the good work on this site, it is great!!!
GreenRain <starry_eve@hotmail.comfoo>
USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 15:59:27 (PST)
I just recently saw QDU and kept waiting for him to mount a horse. I can't believe how many times they showed the back of Quigley's horse with Laura SanGiacomo's (sp?) dress and petticoats drapped over the horse's buttocks. Edited by men indeed!
Jude
CO USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 15:44:39 (PST)
ES, you must let us know what you think of Blow Dry! I think it's absolutely wonderful. He looks sooo downtrodden at the start, but at the end...WOW!! But I think he's at his most jaw-droppingly gorgeous (Snape not included!) As PL O'Hara in AABA. Now there's a fine film for a discerning Rickmaniac. Sigh.
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 15:20:19 (PST)
EEEK! Really? OH Ali-Pat now I'm going to have to go to bed with the thought of him on horseback...in black...with those boots... Ahem, was it a black horse? Its important you know - for research purposes obviously. :-s I can't believe he actually DID ride in the film and they cut it out. Its rapidly becoming obvious to me that all AR's films are edited by men. Grrrrr.
ES - who's gone all wobbly again.
UK, - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 14:13:08 (PST)
ES--glad you finally got to see QDU. And yes, it is a shame we do not get to see him riding a horse, especially since he learned to ride just for the film. I have seen photos of some of the cut horse-riding scenes, however. You can buy them from Jerry Ohlinger's in NYC. Last time I checked, their website was down, but I can provide address and phone if anybody wants...
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 13:59:25 (PST)
Nice story Eleanor. I quite thought I'd get to the end and you'd have said the wallet arrived in the post with more cash in it than before though. Now THAT would have been something! ;-)
By the way, does anyone here hate "Friends Reunited" as much as I do? If you believe what you read, every one of my friends from school is now a business-running, yatch-owning, globe-trotting, high-flying, celebrity lookylike! Well, I've got my cat and a pc full of AR pics, I'm quite happy! :-) Oh yeh, and a bunch of nice people who put up with my rubbish day in day out! (that's you that is!)
ES
UK, - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 13:57:46 (PST)
Keyser, thank you for the Warner Brothers information. It helped a lot.
Eleanor
- Friday, December 06, 2002 at 13:46:28 (PST)
Since you seemed to have enjoyed Gwenn's story, I have a similiar one for you, (excuse me one minute Alan.) I was living in a suburb 30 min. by train from New York City. A friend from high school who had moved to the U.S. from Argentina and then moved back there called. She was visiting someone in NYC and wanted to get together. She also wanted to know why I had 'dropped' her as a friend when we were in high school. Well friends, I had 'issues', as we say here in the good old U.S. of Land That We Stole From The Indians. I tried to explain as best I could and I apologized. She seemed to want to get together mainly because she was looking for someone who knew their way around New York City. I love New York and I eagerly volunteered. Life had been hard on me, I was subsisting on waitressing jobs and had no family and almost no friends. I has so little money that when the beggars on the streets of New York asked me for money I wanted to argue with them, "Are you kidding me?? I bet you have more money than I do? Open your wallet and I'll open mine!" I was stressed, to put it mildly, but it turned out life had been good for my friend. She told me she felt like the ugliest thing going in high school, but now she had a great boyfriend in Argentina, and was considering sleeping with a guy who was pursuing her in New York. She had become an architect, and was teaching architecture. Her students all loved her. She had plenty of money. Okay, I think the fates had gotten me back for dropping her. So we get in a cab to go to the South Street Seaport for lunch, and when I paid the fare, I must have missed my pocketbook when I quickly tossed my wallet back in, (NYC cabdrivers want to get going.) So, we get to the food court, and I have no money. Food being one of the few positives in my life. When I got back home on money lent to me by vastly more fortunate friend, I didn't rush to replace my license or ATM card, (no credit cards, they wouldn't give me one.) I just had a feeling, (a feeling known as procrastination.) Lo and behold, in the mail a few days later arrived my wallet, minus the cash but with my license and ATM card. It made me feel good that someone would do that for me. I didn't have a profession, I didn't have money, I didn't have family, I didn't have men fighting over me, but I got my wallet back.
Eleanor
- Friday, December 06, 2002 at 13:35:54 (PST)
I realy fancy u !!!!!! as professor Snape keep the hair because it suits u.
Angela <MiaBastock2002@hotmail.comfoo>
uk - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 12:14:10 (PST)
Gwenn, thank you so much for posting that. You have no idea how hard I dream of living in NYC and to hear something like that warms my heart, truely.
CG, I know what you mean about not having the channel. I have digital cable and actually have the channel so if you or anyone else would like for me to record it for yall, I'd be happy. Mind yall, I'm not too terribly familiar with this VCR yet though, so it's at an odd shot. Let me know! I'm happy to try.
Jayne Claire
AL - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 12:10:31 (PST)
Superwitch - it was Heineken - "refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach"!!
Give me the leather jacket piccy any day. Rasputin is definitely too hairy for my liking. Those eyes... (phew). Although, I've just remembered the RHPOT one too. Hmmm, think I'll just dig out my video again, and watch him whipping out his sword a few times.
kroduk
UK - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 12:09:47 (PST)
WHY IS IT THAT EVERYTHING THAT AR IS IN ON TV I DON'T HAVE THE STINKIN' CHANNEL????!!!!
Ahem *cough*. I apologize. I'm quite sick of having that happen, forgive me. :Sssssss
Hope you get better soon, Josephine. That's quite a funny story, thank you for sharing. Get better! :-) Also, no apologizes needed, Gwenn. I love hearing stories like that, and it doesn't often happen here where I live. That's so sweet. ;-)
Glad you enjoyed Quigley Down Under, ES! I like Tom Selleck and I loved Mr. Man in Black...that hat...*sigh* Plus I love the movie. Email me and tell me what you think of Blow Dry once you've seen it. I won't talk about it until after you've seen it, so I don't spoil anything for you. :-)
CG
USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 11:25:14 (PST)
Evening all, OK I've got steam coming out of my ears ES will know what my gripe is European Film Awards shown in USA so when do we see 'em and we live next door. Something is badly wrong some where. My puter is not well it's a bit like Ron's wand I'm having a new one built tomorrow by my son-in-law. I'll try not to miss any thing.
Mary
U.K. - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 11:00:38 (PST)
FAO HEATHER DOGGETT Hi Heather Re CLOSETLAND VIDEO. You win, the video is yours.Let me have your e-mail address so we can exchange information.As for my wife she is still in trauma so I am taking her to see Harry Potter again tomorrow to see if will help regain her sanity regards Roy
roy billingsley <insley@thewind.fsnet.co.ukfoo>
wellingborough, northamptonshire england - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 10:57:48 (PST)
Oh Gwenn you're so lucky getting snow. We rarely get it here these days - the winters seem to just get milder and greyer - all we ever get is rain. :-(
Hope you're ok Josephine, nothing serious I hope. You really going to get a tattoo? Let us know what you come up with.
Well, I've finally seen Quigley Down Under! WOW! What is it about that man in knee-high boots and black? *gulp* Great film actually - I really don't mind Tom Selleck at all so I enjoyed the whole thing. Some really nice AR moments, does he not have the best legs ever??! And I love him in that black hat! Only thing missing for me was that he never once rode a horse. Now if they'd put him on a black horse (a la S&S) now THAT would have sent me sliding off my chair. :-s
I'm especially pleased as well because I had to buy the DVD on region 1 (US version), as I couldn't get it on Region 2 over here. Found a copy in the UK on www.play.com but wasn't sure if it'd work on my DVD player (cheapest model I could find from Argos). Not only did it work, I didn't have to reprogram it, or fiddle about with hacking it, not even press one button, it just plays. Coool!!! :-) Tommorrow I'll be watching Blow Dry. I'm sooooo looking forward to that. He has a Tattoo huh? On his feet? Hmmm don't know if I'll wait till tommorrow.... ;-)
ES Sneaking off to watch the Blow Dry trailers...
UK, - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 10:54:21 (PST)
Absolutely no apologies needed, Gwenn. No, it doesn't happen everywhere and I love to hear (or read in this case) stories like that! Thanks.
Claudia
GA US - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 10:52:56 (PST)
Hey, everyone, nice posts, and a special thank-you to Rickfan...please keep those chapters coming!
Now, settle down you Aussies...I said "delightfully boisterous, didn't I??? :-)
On the ever-popular topic of world weather, NYC got a beautiful dusting of snow yesterday...about 6-8 inches, I think. The sidewalks turn awfully slushy in the snow, but the parks are like a living dream--this city can be so beautiful in the wintertime. And the snow really does have a magical effect on people. Yesterday, in the middle of the snowfall, I stopped into a pharmacy to buy some cotton balls, kleenex, etc. When I got to the register, turned out I didn't have enough cash on me, and I hadn't brought my wallet with my credit card along. I said, "Oh rats...sorry, I'm a little short on cash. Let me take something out..." This was nerve-wracking cause there was a huge line behind me. Then the woman next to me said, "How much do you need?" Now, it if was, like, ten cents, I might have taken her up on the offer, but I said to her, "Oh no, it's a little over two bucks. Thank you anyway...that's really nice." Well...she INSISTED on giving me the two dollars! Wouldn't take no for an answer!!!
I suppose some of you may be thinking, "Big woop...happens all the time where I live." But this is New York City, folks...the home of boisterosity, and not the delightful kind, either. I guess the snow and the holiday season can even lighten up New Yorkers...now that's powerful magic!
My apologies for the O/T story, but it was so amazing, I simply had to share it. Bon Natale, everyone!
Gwenn
NYC, - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 10:34:21 (PST)
Hello everyone. I’ve just spend an hour catching up on what I’ve missed, as I was in hospital yesterday. As I came around from the general anaesthetic the nurse told me that I had been speaking under the effects of the medication and had plainly been hallucinating about doing the tango in a petrol station. What could I say but “Really?”
Thanks for the lovely piccies ES. I had to scrape myself off the wall when I saw them - using a spatula, no less!
I am currently trying to design a dragon tattoo which cunningly incorporates the initials AR into the pattern. Had a couple of near successes, but haven’t got it quite right yet.
Josephine
UK - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 10:08:23 (PST)
Kimberly, many thanks for the "heads up" and the link to the 12/7 awards. My jaw dropped at how few names I recognized on the list--the result of Am. cultural imperialism in regards to European and other film industries. You know, might have to take a 50th look at my People magazine to tally up how many non-Americans are considered sexy. Surely there are a few Italians, Spaniards, Frenchmen, Australians, Indians, Dutchmen who are quite eye-catching, speaking of our round-the-clock group here. (My apologies for leaving out the rest of the world and for my grammatical errors with the irregular national references.)
Anne, you're doing a service to a geriatric population, enlarged type/enlarged photos! Way past flashes, as I've stated before, I'm our hero's age. Anyone on here willing to admit they are older? Nothing like an old fool.
Lily
Chicago, IL - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 07:16:26 (PST)
I have just ordered The return of the Native read by Alan Rickman on Amazon.com. Can't wait for it to arrive! The thing I like the most about AR is his voice so I won't get distracted by his other features... I am a little concerned I won't understand everything but who cares? My husband won't like it since he doesn't understand English at all.
Rickfan37: Your "Snape in Love" is definitely a great fanfic. By far the best I have read about Snape!
Thank you ladies for all the great pictures you link. My favorite so far is the one with the leather jacket that someone (sorry, I can't remember who) posted yesterday!
Have a great day!
Zora <zora_mincavi@hotmail.comfoo>
Montréal, Canada - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 06:54:16 (PST)
Anne, if you got to www.whereis.com.au you are able to type in the address and get a map. Hope that helps! Would just like to say what a great site this is! :)
Kat
- Friday, December 06, 2002 at 06:53:36 (PST)
Anne, if you got to www.whereis.com.au you are able to type in the address and get a map. Hope that helps! Would just like to say what a great site this is! :)
Kat
- Friday, December 06, 2002 at 06:53:15 (PST)
Sorry, that should be replying.
Linda
NJ USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 06:44:17 (PST)
Hi again Spider, Thanks for the response. I have a son in the 6th grade, and seems to be doing well in Language Arts (what they call it here)
Has anyone written to Alan lately? I have heard that he is done filming his new movie, and was wondering if he had been replyin to his fan mail. I wrote to him about two weeks ago. Some of you may remember my sons newspaper article that I posted here August. My son wrote an article about meeting him, and they published it in our local paper. After meeting Alan in NY, I told AR about it and said I would like to send it to him when he got back to England. AR said "Sure, please send it". I got the article lamenated and I sent it off to him. I asked that he reply to my son. What a nice Christmas present that would make. :o) Thanks
Linda
NJ USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 06:43:19 (PST)
[Cindy--WAPAKONETA! ("Wapak" to the cognoscenti). Home of the moon rocks and many of my cousins!] Ali-Pat! I hereby award you 150 points for your answer! Great job and great spelling too! Small world isn't it? No one but someone from the area of my birth would ever have a clue what Neil Armstrong's home town would be. I just saw it listed somewhere as being, gulp, Cleveland Ohio. LOL. I'm enjoying this board so much. You are a lively group. Cindy
Cindy <CinStlufoo>
St. Louis, MO USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 05:56:56 (PST)
Well Dr Pepper-snorting doesn't have the same ring to it does it?!! ;-)
So anyway, Rickfan - I've just read your next chapter. What is that woman on? I'm seriously gonna punch her if she's not careful! Sort her out will ya?!
ES
UK, - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 05:54:17 (PST)
"coke-snorting"???? ROTFLMAO!
Claudia
GA US - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 05:36:53 (PST)
Yes, Linda. I have some Christmas goodies on the way. Hopefully in the next couple of days. I have to get finished with it and out to yall so I can tend to Christmas goodies for my real world! LOL
Claudia
GA US - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 05:35:38 (PST)
Severina, Rickfan37's fanfic (of spatula-dropping, coke-snorting reputation) is linked from here. There's a few others that you might enjoy on there, but I think I can safely say Rickfan's is the steamiest I've linked to so far! (And I've had no complaints so far!) :-)
ES's Snapefic Links
ES
UK, - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 05:34:23 (PST)
Spider...Looks like I'm performong a useful service, then, in promoting marital harmony! ;-) Well, I'm sorry to have to inform you that the steaminess has taken a short holiday. Normal 'service' will be resumed (and HOW!!) as soon as my heroine comes to her senses. So get busy grading while you have the chance! LOL!!
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 05:14:26 (PST)
ALAN VCR ALERT!!!
Our own Alan Rickman will be a presenter at the 2002 European Film Awards, to be broadcast live tomorrow, December 7, 2002, from Italy.
The show will broadcast in the US on the "Sundance Channel."
A live webcast of the show can be seen on this website:
2002 European Film Awards
Kimberly
Michigan USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 04:51:34 (PST)
Fires in Sydney, and snow here in Victoria's high country... Strange!
Anne, here in the penal colonies, we adopted pretty much all of our laws from the 'mother country'-England. We do drive on the left side of the road. For God's sake, we're only just cottoning on to the idea that we don't have to eat a roast on Christmas day, considering it's a month into our very hot Summer! Yes, but we do however, still exchange Xmas cards with lovely snow-scapes and kids rugged up in Winter-woollies! Ah, but we paid 'em back - Dame Edna Everidge and Kylie Minogue! Take that!
Sorry I can't help with the road-maps. Maybe other Aussies out there have some ideas.
Thank-you Pascale - I had a wonderful night sleep! Can't remember much about what he was reading - too caught up in The Voice and memories of ES's pics... Something about "Egdon Heath" I believe...Don't care - tapes are mine, all mine and I'm sure I'll be listening to them many times over. (Haven't even finished side 1 yet!) I'll stay away from burning bushes - after all, look where it got Moses! (No offense to the pious amongst us.)
Um, to what 'fanfic' page are ppl referring to?
ES - No time for training for Highland games - perfecting my synchronised swimming routine for Greece, 2004!
Just out of interest, am I the only 'childless - retiree here? I just seem to be the one who has the most time on their hands and can therefore write the most piffle! (Be nice to me here - I bruise easily!)
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 04:46:40 (PST)
Cindy--WAPAKONETA! ("Wapak" to the cognoscenti). Home of the moon rocks and many of my cousins! Welcome, babe--love St. Louis, too,
Completely, completely OT, but I am overwhelmed by the appearance of a kindred Buckeye.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 04:00:35 (PST)
Good morning all! 6 AM on the Delmarva Peninsula, and we have an hour school delay because of icy roads.
Linda in NJ - we only got about 3 inches where I am, but it was worse further up the road. Iced up pretty badly last night, and some power lines are down. You asked what grades I teach - just one grade, all 175 6th graders at a middle school (Grade 6=Hogwarts first-years to those outside the US). I *try* to teach literature and composition, but judging from yesterday's crop o' crap, I'm not doing a very competent job this year. (Actually, there were some gems, but I feel grumbly about getting a 5 am call telling me I didn't have to wake up...sort of like being awakened in the hospital to take a sleeping pill!) Really, I do love my work, and the kids (most of 'em)
Welcome to Cindy in St. Louis - the time thing can get pretty confusing on the GB as regional contributors have time to log in and leave their musings. It sometimes takes a day or so to get a response, due to the time zone thing. So jump in and enjoy!
Rickfan37 - This fanfic thing is getting me in trouble. It's bad enough with ES posting those devastating photos, and then I watch the Rasputin video (and yes, HE is at his most charismatic in this film, even if I wouldn't go near Grigory R himself with a ten-foot pole), and THEN someone posts that you've added chapters. So off I go to read, and the last batch of essays is still ungraded, 'cause I then felt the need to confer with Snake the Spouse about, um, family matters instead of staying up late with the red pen. I'm holding *you* personally responsible for the damage to my professional dedication! :p
Spider
DE US - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 03:30:10 (PST)
Sue: loved your caption on Spiteri and Snape Again....
Superwitch
UK - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 03:06:07 (PST)
Italics fixed.
Suz (D.o.C.)
i'm sure this italizing thing is wrong. it even did it on the wrong quote.....
Superwitch
UK - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 02:58:03 (PST)
hey Rickfan 37, really love your stuff. glad that you are coming up soon with new chapter. i have to say i am amazed at all this fanfic, and is my first experience of it satisfying the bits that other parts can't reach. (how about that for education) what was that ad?
Superwitch
UK - Friday, December 06, 2002 at 02:57:05 (PST)
Double deleted.
Suz (D.o.C.)
Apologies for the duplicate post - hit "Refresh" too soon.
Anne/Manhattan
- Friday, December 06, 2002 at 00:48:08 (PST)
ES - Thanks for the map! I work a night shift and love the idea of so many people around the world being awake when I am. I especially like those lonely little dots of light in places like Baffin Island.
Lily - I thought it was just my computer having problems with Rexfeatures - used to be able to click for a larger image but no longer. Just emailed them about ordering downloads/prints and will post their info when it comes. They charge 5 pounds per download but I'm hoping it will be less with a service agreement.
Spider - Your post about grading bad essays reminded me of a favorite history prof who awarded "The Golden Spade" to the student who handed in the most egregious piece of B.S. on any given exam - a little drawing of a steaming pile of manure with a shovel in it. I never received a Golden Spade but once got an "Ugh!" for gratuitous alliteration.
Anyone from Australia - Do you drive on the left side of the road as in England, or the right side as in the U.S.? And do you know of a website equivalent to our mapquest.com, where one can type in an Australian address and get a road map of the area? Thanks.
Anyone British - Interested in swapping a couple of *toffee crisps* for a People/Sexiest Men? agilhuly "at" gibsondunn "dotcom"
Anne/Manhattan
- Friday, December 06, 2002 at 00:47:20 (PST)
Oh and Severina - maybe we should enter you into the next Highland Games with a new sport to rival Khyber Tossing - "Spatula Hurling!!" :-)
ES
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 23:35:51 (PST)
What will I do when my boisterosity (good word!) wears off? Give you educational stuff instead! This is completely unrelated to AR in any way shape or form, but with all this talk of time zones and where we all live, relative to one another, thought you might find it interesting. I found it fascinating. Take a close look at the grid patters in the US and the concentration in Egypt along the Nile. Amazing. The World's Population at Night
ES
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 23:25:41 (PST)
Sally
You're getting fires, too? Here in my part of the USA, we had wildfires all summer. The whole valley was color of tapioca pudding, from all the smoke....
I hope everything works out better for the land down under than for us!
Land of the Florence/Sour Biscuit Fires,
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 22:38:59 (PST)
Severina, by the way, can you get to sleep with Alan's voice???Hummm, where is the special broom mentioned a few days ago? ( sorry for that ). All of you, keep away from burning bushes. It sounds scary.
Pascale
France - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 22:38:02 (PST)
Merci, Severina... The fires are bad... I wouldn't have thought there was a much to burn after last Xmas, but well... been proven wrong. I work in the city with a spectacular view of the SW so can see many of the fires around - I think its much worse for people living on the outskirts because the fires have already claimed more houses than last year...
So if any AR fans are planning on coming to Sydney over the next week or so - beware, you will get crappy photos because the city is covered in bush fire smoke :-)
and having finally seen HP:COS, may I just say it has poor AR screentime!
Sally
Sydney, Australia - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 22:13:24 (PST)
Forgot to say, "Hi" to Cindy! My personal fave by a long shot is "An Awfully Big Adventure". Showcases AR brilliantly, with a huge array of those facial expressions we love so well. Man looks breathtakingly handsome IMHO and the film provides lots of intricate characters to dissect. Not exactly a 'feel-good' movie, but definitely one for repeated viewings and extensive contemplation. Cheers!
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 20:58:31 (PST)
So..."Boisterous" are we!!!
Rushes up to north coast and flings spatulas with all her might...inducing strange 'spatulas from heaven' phenomenon in Indonesia...
You jus' wait till my arms gets stronger - you guys are in REAL trouble!
Can't believe that no-one likes the 'AR with bust' pic. I agree that it's pretty contrived, but still! Imagine running hands over the beautiful wrists, up those lovely forearms,over the bare shoulders...
...spatulas now raining down in India...be afraid, be very...aaah, forget it!
Feeling a bit of a freak...the Rasputin scenes just don't do it for me! Aversion to facial hair or something, I dunno.
Time difference is freaky...most of you guys are probably off in Dreamland right now...dreaming of what I wonder! Hmmmmm.
Leather pic was great ES! Probably clearest pics of his eyes that I've ever seen! You deserve a rest...sadism really takes it out of you! ... If only she'd used her powers for good... Can't wait to see what you come up with when you're feeling benevolent! Enough 'boisterosity' - (Bet you teacher's have never come across that word before!) for one day!
Totally OT - Sincerely hope that our Sydney contributors are safe from the bushfires...we're thinking of you.
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 20:44:55 (PST)
Hmmmm...."Snape erotica"------interesting choice of word, Gwenn. Now, I got diet pepsi all over my 'puter. Oh, dear. LOL. I just thought them as fanfic, but now...
I was talking to a H.S. friend earlier, and was talking about our History class. It seems we saw a vid of Rasputin in class; guess which one. Hmm, must have slept through that class, 'cause I don't recall. Hmm, my loss.
BTW, as someone already mentioned that there's a reprint of the biog that'll be available from amazon.co.uk: the summary states that it'll be revised, w/ new info, covering up to HP.
jody
going off to read some 'fic when she should be studying for finals..., - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 20:33:59 (PST)
It's late here for me (by 10 pm CST I'm ready to doze) so forgive me for not being able to remember each of the names of those who have responded to my posts. I certainly will better remember when I see the board again. I will recognize the names. I'll have to see about renting some of these other movies. Also...I recall someone being from Dayton Ohio. I grew up in in a little town just 50 minutes north of you on I-75. Hometown of Neil Armstrong...Let's see if you can tell me the name...(for 50 points and an additional 100 points if you can correctly spell the name) I also graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. I will enjoy getting to read all your posts and being more aquainted with each of you. See you all later. Cindy
Cindy from St. Louis <CinStlu@aol.comfoo>
St. Louis, MO 63129 - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 20:10:11 (PST)
Thanks ES for all of the wonderful pics. Even with your warnings and disclaimers, I am still quite blown away.
Cindy, Unfortunately it is too hard for me to pick just one role. I do love him in Truly, Madly, Deeply and also Sense and Sensibility. But I do also love him in the movie, Close My Eyes. I hate the movie, but love his character. So chatty and worldly, and he is a shopper as well. LOL
Spider, I am in western NJ and we got about 8 inches of snow today. What grades do you teach? (sorry to go OT)
Claudia, any goodies coming our way soon?
Linda
NJ USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 19:41:58 (PST)
Never mind "power surges" and weight "issues", I can't even bloody SEE anymore!!! In particular, didn't Rex pics once allow those thumbnails to be enlarged? What IS their problem?! I'll say, "stooped peculiarly over her computer," with a magnifying glass up to the screen is why! Scrunching up 1/2 of face trying to SEE "The Blonde"---Impossible.
Lily
Chicago, IL - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 17:41:39 (PST)
Did anyone else dart over to the News page and see what AR says about Galaxy Quest?
Alan, Alan, Alan.... Galaxy Quest isn't a spoof. It's an extended homage.
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 16:40:19 (PST)
Concerned Citizen
What a great idea! I wonder if I can convince my health club to nix the Soap Network and just play Rickman films.....
Of course, this will confuse the heart monitoring equipment a bit, but really, it's for the good of those poor women out there who Don't Know What They're Missing.
Yet.
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 16:38:35 (PST)
Fastfilm, you need to try weight lifting. If you have some weights and a telly in the garage, you can watch Rickman videos as you work out-helps with the weight loss.....
a concerned citizen
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 16:23:53 (PST)
Cindy--sorry, I hope it didn't seem we were ignoring you. It's great to have "new blood" here. I'm from the USA and my favorite character would be Hans Gruber from Die Hard. Die Hard is also my favorite of the movies. I hope you have a great time here and make some good friends! :-)
Rickfan37--I just want to say (again) how much I enjoy "Snape In Love." You have great talent and I love reading it!
ES--you defiantly need a good night's rest after all we've put you through (heh). Night! Don't let the bed-Alans bite :-). (Okay, corny, I know, but I don't care.)
CG
USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 16:00:27 (PST)
Heh. Thanks for all your kind comments about "Snape In Love", ladies! And thanks to ES for publicising me! I'm glad you're enjoying it so much, and I hope to post a new chapter in the next few days. It's so weird, I used to obsess over Alan, and I mean REALLY obsess. Now it's AlanSnape who occupies my every waking thought. I'm a sad case! I liked somebody's comment about spouses reaping the benefit of my fic...mine does too!
Rickfan37
Cheshire, UK - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 15:50:42 (PST)
ES: Have a good night...you deserve some sweaty, er I mean sweet dreams for posting all those delicious distractions over the past two days!
Cindy from St. Louis: Welcome. I think this group is pretty much split down the middle between Brits and Yanks, with the rest of the world represented valiantly by one or two posters from every corner, inlcuding a delightfully boisterous contingency from Oz ;-)
Many of us are a little hot and bothered these days, due to ES's torturous posts, and also to the recent (for some of us) discovery of the surprising amount of Snape erotica you can find on the web. There were a few links posted here recently, and let's just say that several of our significant others have been noticing that we've been in a rather festive mood lately (we let them think it's the holidays!).
So, I guess that brings you pretty much up to date. As long as you stay away from speculating on the various mystery women Alan brings to this or that event, you should be fine. Oh, and FYI, anything referred to "spatula-dropping" means that it's really, really good. Cheers!
Gwenn
NYC, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 14:56:00 (PST)
Cripes. This time-difference thingie is really wreaking some serious havoc. Being in the western part of the US, I am disappointingly still at work. And while most of you wonderful ladies are at home relaxing after a long day, spending minutes, if not hours, gazing upon ES's wonderful visual mementos, I myself can only get microseconds of an eyeful periodically when nosey coworkers have gone for some coffee. Pure and lovely torture.
Maybe I'll try eyeing the new Rickfan chapter under document camouflage. I'm sorry -- did someone say a new chapter was up?
Gigi, "stooped peculiarly over her monitor," thinks coworkers
USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 14:55:59 (PST)
Cindy, sorry - we're not ignoring you (are we girls?). Excuse me if I don't answer your questions - I'm pooped for thisevening, and as they'll all tell you I'm better at supplying the hot-flush inducing variety of topic. I'll leave it to one of my learned and much more interesting co-posters to help you out. Just wanted to say hi.
Superwitch, looks like you got here just as I go off to bed!! Night!
ES - Its ok everyone its safe to come out now - I'm gone! :-)
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 14:02:32 (PST)
Cindy. yes there are lots of poor souls here living in the US. the rest of us live in Rickmansworth, or Snape in the UK....sorry now i'm being nasty. must be all this pacing up and down in a dungeon - with power surges.
Superwitch
UK - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:54:34 (PST)
"Look into my eyes"????? How about "Look up at the ceiling as you fall out of your chair in a dead faint"?
Thanks a heck of a lot, ES. I was planning to get some work done this afternoon!
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:50:59 (PST)
yes i know i spelt tattoo wrongly. am aware of teacher's beady eyes.........detention at the slightest excuse. please put me in the dungeon....
time for cocoa and Snape. (new kind of buscuit to dunk - all melted and gooey and dark)
you know you lot are sending me bonkers. if i was dreaming by myself, i wouldn't be encouraged....
Superwitch - mad and bad and dangerous to know
UK - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:50:31 (PST)
To all similarly stricken GBers, we don't call them hot flashes, we call them power surges nowadays. And wait until your dieting stops working...
FastFilm
LaLaLand, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:48:48 (PST)
Oh ES, scrape me off the walls....
that poor woman hiding behind her husband - Roy - really really sweet....that's what i'd do....i'd have leg-locker curse.....
Sherrif of Nottingham tatoo - knife and fork? Snape's tatoo - fluffy handcuffs?
yes i got there first with a caption - but that was the sober version.....
Superwitch
UK - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:44:14 (PST)
Well, ha-hummmmmmmm...hello everyone. In case you didn't notice my lowly little first or second post, let me introduce myself...I am Cindy, a relatively new Alan fan from the States. It must be a turning 40 thing...I turned the big 40 a few days ago and it was the same day I saw him in RH. He just was irresistable. I saw him in Rasputin long before I gave him as an actor much thought. I felt he did a great job with the role and with the script they gave him to deal with. I'm a fan of that part of history so I didn't care for some of the liberties they appeared to take with parts of it. However, as I just said, he did a good job dealing with what he was given. So are most of you from the States or other parts of the world?
Cindy in St. Louis <CinStlu@aol.comfoo>
St. Louis, MO USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:43:32 (PST)
So what is the story on Alan? Doesn't seem to be much a person can find on his personal life. He sure is quite an artist though. What are everyone's favorite single role he's played so far? What would you want to see him play that he hasn't? So far for me it's the Sheriff of Nottingham as my favorite and as for what role I've not seen him do yet...Maybe the rainman in Lizzy and the Rainman... I'll continue to ponder...the rest of you add your preferences. Cindy from St. Louis
Cindy Fefferman <CinStlu@aol.comfoo>
St. Louis, MO USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:31:42 (PST)
Well there's probably loads of you out there who hated him in Rasputin. But I happen to think he was as hot as a hot thing on the hottest day of the year in the middle of a hot place in it. So there!
Move over Lucius, I've found a new way to torture. Death by Alan! MWAHAHAA!
ES - Who's finally worn herself out. My work here is done!
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:23:48 (PST)
oh, ES.
*THUD*
I know I just had the video running this afternoon, but this is even better.
spouse is home, must make dinner.
Spider (trying to remember to breathe)
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:23:02 (PST)
I don't want to be picky but I like the leathers best! our home work for tonight, what is he wispering in her ear?
Mary
U.K. - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:21:00 (PST)
Spider, Alan and I share a similar age I know just what you mean! I know what you mean about Alan as well. I don't like the nekkid pic either I like my imagination to do the work for me and it's in good working order.
Mary
U.K. - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:16:20 (PST)
OK. I make no appologies for this. You all deserve it. I was saving this for something I'm planning for my site, but since you're all in the mood - call it an early Christmas present.
Just do me a favour and put away all sharpe implements, hot and cold beverages and anything that might cause blockage to airways, sit down cover your keyboard in something showerproof and...Open At Your Own Risk!
ES - Mary stop panting - its quite unbecoming! :-)
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:13:08 (PST)
Ohhhhhhh lovely picture, ES. How I love a man in leather... Good thing I wasn't drinking my Pepsi at the time I saw your picture.
SPIDER! First you call me a child then you call ES stingy! *tisks tongue* (you know I'm kidding--right?)
I would also be glad to assist Snape anytime...put in a word for me?
Must agree with ES...don't like the bust picture either. *dodges tomatoes* Just...don't like it. Not sure why.
Back off to the newt...
CG--currently working on dissecting a newt in the dungeon
USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:04:50 (PST)
Mary - flash or flush - I get 'em from wine, spicy food, stress, and Alan Rickman. (not that I mind the last) But most of all, from being That Age. Ready for my croning in less than two years. these young whippersnappers don't know what they're in for - middle age is Not for wimps. :)
Spider
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 13:02:19 (PST)
We are a sad lot you'd think we could find some thing better to do? Yes, alright we could but he's not with us, and there is nothing better than talking to friends of like mind. Spider did you mean flash or flush?
Mary
U.K. - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:48:02 (PST)
Gaaah ES, now it's my turn. Just sat down with a coffee & choccy bar, only to be faced with your latest picture. I now have fruit & nut all over my screen! (brief pause to stick head - and various other parts of anatomy - into freezer).
OT: thanx for the fast show link. The prozac clip is most excellent - the way he says it makes it 10 times funnier.
Just off to check if there's a Rickfan chapter I haven't read yet... back soon.
kroduk
UK - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:44:09 (PST)
Hmm, there seems to be some time delay on your satelite over there Spider. So you gained a small reprieve. This time.
And as for Newts Mary - the ones Snape is lending me were pickled whole back in the summer. A job I shall tell him you are happy to help him with next year.
ES Still plotting some minor punishment
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:42:13 (PST)
Oh gosh, ES, we crossposted, er, I didn't see your contribution - your Very Generous contribution til just now. It's gorgeous, and I like it even better than the nekkid picture with the bust. That one seems just too self-consciously artsy for me. But this one, with the well-worn leather, and Those Eyes. (runs for fan, because I can't have a drink at the 'puter) Is it warm in here, or am I having a hot flash?
I'm sorry - did I say stingy? I meant, um, well, as usual I don't know what I meant. Apology!
Spider (ducking under desk)
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:41:27 (PST)
STINGY?!!! Stingy am I? Oh boy, now you've done it.
ES - Storms off round classroom looking up spells
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:34:43 (PST)
Your as bad as Snape ES don't newts hibinate in the winter? now on a cold dark night like tonight please can I take Alan with me into the forbidden forest to look for them I promise we'll come out in the spring? I wish!!
Mary
U.K. - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:34:21 (PST)
ES, you darlin', that's gorgeous, and I do like it better than the nekkid one with the bust - that one just seems too stagey, too self-consciouly artsy for me. But the leather jacket, and those eyes...ohhh. Either it's too warm in here or I'm having a hot flash.
And I am NOT near any beverages, thank you.
Spider
US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:33:26 (PST)
You see. I go to all that effort, and Spider does a runner. No more pics for you my girl! And you can help CG and Mary with those newts for a detention!
As for that bust pic. Can't really say why I don't like it, maybe I just prefer to leave more to my rather vivid and probably over-active imagination!
ES - Glares in Spider's direction
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:27:04 (PST)
Claudia - Thank you! That must be the one - someone mentioned a pic with a "garden sculpture", and I was hoping it *wasn't* one of those gnomes. Lovely shots, both of them. You're a peach!
...Especially since ES is being so, um, stingy today (thunbs nose toward North Atlantic), though, saints preserve me, I was beginning to *enjoy* pleading. (I am now entertaining a most uncomfortable notion as to why I like Closet Land. Not sure I want to examine the idea too closely...)
CG: Silly child! Of course tattoos hurt - but it's a *good* hurt. That's why so many of us have them! Remember, one cannot fully appreciate pleasure without intimate knowledge of pain ... better stop there, I'm starting to sound like ES!
What kind of tattoo would Snape have? "Mum" on a big heart? How about The Sheriff, or Hans? Col. Brandon certainly wouldn't have one at all.
Spider
US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:26:56 (PST)
There are two books that I know or, Ella.
The Return of the Native--available at Amazon.com
Blind Corner--out of print but Marian is so sweet......here it if for download
Blind Corner
Claudia
GA US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:26:46 (PST)
OOOOOOOOOOO, love that ES I'd like detention with him any time. Those eyes and I always said he has a very kissable mouth.Where did you get the picture? And what must we do to have more???
Mary
U.K. - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:25:51 (PST)
hi was just wondering does anyone know the title to the book on tape that alan reads please because i want it ????? thanks love alan so much thank you for a lovely guestbook
ella <hildab55@hotmail.comfoo>
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:20:09 (PST)
Awww c'mon, ES, you don't like the bust pic? OMG, take a look at how he reaches around the bust's neck with his right hand and that naughty look in his eye.....OMG...I need some air!
Totally agree with you on the kilt pic. Look at those sexy legs and those cute little piggies!
Claudia
GA US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:16:33 (PST)
Ohhh I have that one on a mousepad, ES! Love him in leather! yummy!
Claudia
GA US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:10:55 (PST)
Well it looks like Claudia saved me the trouble. Actually I have to say I hate the one of him with that bust thing. Don't know why. However, men in kilts, now that's another issue...! :-) But then again, I'm in the mood to make you choke on your Dr Pepper again! ;-) Look into my eyes...
ES - Had enough yet? Or want more?
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 12:09:45 (PST)
PS. Forgot...here is a caption for new picture:
Snape: " C'mon , Spiteri, I just have to press this Invisibility Booster and..."
CG
USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 11:56:46 (PST)
Good luck on the grading, Spider. Know how aggrivating that can be...used to do it. I seem to find several hundred ways to spell certain words in those papers.
Don't get me even started on his tattoo! Ahhh...want one! But that would hurt...ouch. (And I won my sister over to wanting one too. :P.)
ES, you are sadistic! What do we all have to do to get you to post more pictures? Must I disect a thousand newts?
CG
USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 11:55:18 (PST)
would any of you rickman nutters out there like to purchase a vhs video of CLOSETLAND I have a spare copy as I stupidly ordered the same video twice for my wife,Who incidently is the greatest Rickman fan in the whole world, and when I took her to new york in april to see the opening of private lives on broardway I spoke mr rickman for about 5 mins whilst she cowered behind me totally speechless, anyway back to the video it is available for £25+ postage that is what I paid for it
roy billingsly <insley@thewind.fsnet.co.ukfoo>
wellingborough, northampton england - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 11:52:01 (PST)
You talk about pain, have you read the latest chapter from rickfan somebody somewhere knows a bit about pain? I can't help wondering if Severus Snape is another way of spelling another name dear to our hearts or am I wishful thinking?
Mary
U.K. - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 11:51:28 (PST)
Spider, I'm not really sure which sculpture pic you were asking for earlier so here is the only two I have. Get ready to spew again....LOL
Works of Art
Claudia
GA US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 11:48:48 (PST)
Some of each, please. :p
Lord have mercy... I'm gonna go watch Rasputin now and do some repenting.
Spider
US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 11:47:50 (PST)
You see I just don't think you sound...desperate...enough. Do you think Snape would give in that easily? I think not.
There is a fine line between pleasure and pain. You'd do well to remember that Spider & Mary. So which shall it be tonight?!!
ES - Sits back and drums fingers on desk...waiting...
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 11:40:37 (PST)
Oooh, ES has a new picture up on her "captions page". go check it out...Superwitch got there first, and left a nice entry. (she must have been in the back of the car the last time spouse and I drove to Aunt Gretchen's...)
Everybody go look. And no, I'm not going to link to it - you know you have it bookmarked already.
Spider
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 11:35:06 (PST)
ES, you tease! That sort of thing is quite below me, totally undignified.
um, please? I've been reading the most atrocious essays all morning. they'd make Neville Longbottom's potions final look like - I don't know - Milton? Shakespeare? These kids are gonna *wish* they had Professor Snape reaming them out when I get done with 'em tomorrow.
So, I'm just a little bit frustrated and discouraged and I could really really use something nice to look at for a few minutes. Did I say I was frustrated? Did I say 'please' yet?
Well, if you're not playing, I'm gonna go look at that foot tattoo in Blow Dry again - I can't imagine getting one there. They're uncomfortable at best, but on the sole of the foot - ouch! And the one on the scalp would have bled. Of course, they're both probably just body paint.
Did I remember to say 'please'?
Spider
US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 10:59:30 (PST)
Sorry about the picture ES I tried to return the favour it obviously didn't work. Some of the names mentioned for parts in PoA are American I thought JKR wanted British actors only. I went to my nearest city today to by some christmas presents had a look for HP stuff? Whats wrong with the Warner Promotion this time there is nothing. Say the word and I'll be at Heathrow ES. I need to come down to London to do some research some time. By the way how many names are needed to wind you up tonight ES?
Mary
U.K. - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 10:55:28 (PST)
I just now saw Alan in Robin Hood...the film would be so dull without him. What a dissapointment he isn't a bigger part of Chamber of Secrets. Glad I found this page. He is really a fabulous actor. Cindy in St. Louis
Cindy in St. Louis <CinStlu@aol.comfoo>
St. Louis, MO 63129 - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 10:40:09 (PST)
..oh Spider, you're going to have to do so much better than that...
Lets hear some serious begging..!
ES - Arms crossed, eyebrow raised, evil look in eye. Sadist? Me??
UK, - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 10:34:45 (PST)
Just finished my reward viewing of Blow Dry (three class sets of papers down, three to go!). An interesting bit of trivia from the DVD featurette: I hadn't known that serious hairdressing competitors actually do remove their shoes, to better move around the chair... Also, in the same feature, some *thud-enducing* close-ups of the eyes, hands, and feet - though one can't tell if the feet are authentic Rickman.
I *do* love that tattoo! Reminds me of the story How Spider Got Her First Tattoo at Forty-five, in which is explained how Spider got her nickname, including adventures in handspinning, knitting, and tattoo parlors, as well as my spouse acquiring his designation,Snake.
Which takes us right back to Slytherin House and Severus Snape, as portrayed by Alan Rickman - so there, ES, I'm back on topic. but go ahead and inflict your punishment. I can take it.
Spider (where's that red pen?)
US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 10:24:33 (PST)
December 5, 2002 From today's Daily Mail:
"The aloof Alan Rickman, currently to be seen as the sinister Professor Snape in Harry Potter And the Chamber of Secrets, tells me he has recently finished work on Richard Curtis's new feature, Love Actually, starring Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon.
'I didn't get to kiss Martine or Hugh,' whispers 56 year old Mr. Rickman dryly when I bumped into him at a BAFTA screening thrash at the Pharmacy in Notting Hill. 'But I did get to kiss Emma Thompson, which was a consolation.'
Sue
Ms Thompson was unavailable for comment..........., - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 09:43:47 (PST)
Very tired. I see headlines now; ' Former catholic girl's school's insane year ten pupils do the Time Warp in bustiers and fishnets much to the delight of petrified parents and hysterical teahers cacking themselves.' Help, i had too much mulled wine and the drama cupboard was just aching to be opened.....urgggg....
Jizel
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 09:25:44 (PST)
Hi guys! I've updated my Alan Rickman Page with the latest pics of Alan as Prof. Snape. Come and enjoy our magical man!
Stezi <alan-ric@alan-rickman.nlfoo>
The Netherlands - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 09:16:17 (PST)
Whew, that was close!
Lily <@mind-in-the-gutter Illinoisfoo>
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 07:15:53 (PST)
On second thought, only answer the question if it ISN'T what I think it is...have to have a touch of concern for the level of discussion here!
Lily
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 07:07:42 (PST)
For those of us with dirty minds...."BJ Diary" could be something totally different to what it is supposed to mean! LOL
BJ Diary = Bridget Jones' Diary
Claudia (who is slowly making it back to the AR world)
GA US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 07:05:22 (PST)
Dare I ask, what exactly is a "BJ Diary"?!!
Lily
Chicago, IL - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 07:01:31 (PST)
Speaking of Slytherin House, how about the scarves on offer at this site? They are not "official" HP merchandise, but they look nice and are very reasonably priced. I have been in contact with the site owner and he says his mom makes them all. In my mind, that will make them warmer than anything "official". :o) It might be too late to get one in time for Christmas, however, as they are all custom made, and that takes time.
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 06:41:32 (PST)
i quite fancy Paul Schofield for Dumbledore. i can't imagine him doing it though - too serious an actor to do something like HP? - well, he keeps to the theatre although he did Man For All Seasons donkeys years ago. Although Dumbledore is twinkly, there is also alot of retained power there and i'd like to see some of that. power crazy woman.
you really WERE joking about Costner weren't you?...........
Superwitch <minifie@hotmail.comfoo>
UK - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 06:27:42 (PST)
Hello everybody and bonjour GML. I don't forget you but I don't have time enough to write in the GB as I used to do some time ago. GML, I agree for Rupert Everett (I told it yesterday) and I propose Robert Carlysle for Pettigrew. ... Or Kevin Costner for Sirius and Malkovitch for Lupin... mais non je rigoOOOOOOOOOOOOle (Just kidding !)
Marialis
FRANCE - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 05:15:51 (PST)
Be careful, ladies. If we all start dribbling, drooling, spilling, and otherwise flinging liquids, it may cause a cumulative rise in worldwide sea levels. Global warming may not be the real threat - it's us!
The Man with a garden sculpture? Haven't seen that one. ES, or somebody, find it and post it! Please!
Severina - The plastic keyboard cover is a definite possibility. But I'm afraid that if I'd been wearing a nose clip, I'd have *drowned*. ("Teacher Found Drowned in Classroom. Authorities Puzzled. Computer Suspected.")
Sweet dreams, Severina. :-)
Spider
US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 04:42:39 (PST)
Yippity-doo-da! Received my copy of TROTN today!!!Yup,yup,yup...Goin' to bed with That Voice whispering into my ear!!! (Thinking back to Jude's "BJ diary" entry and what she'd do with an AR lookalike! So very naughty!)
Um, Amanda...I'm no expert but considering that all the other lil' ones appear to be of the female variety, I'd say that it's a sure bet that Our Boy is Joseph! Pic's a bit fuzzy but very cute nonetheless! (Putting boys in dresses in the '50s? Surely not!)
Spider - as an ex-teacher, I have a ball reading about your adventures! May I suggest a plastic keyboard cover! And a nose-clip! Don't know what the tricks are now but ten-minutes SQUIRT, (Sustained Quiet UnInterrupted Reading Time) after lunch break to settle the lil' treasures down is a wunnerful ogling opportunity - all those fab pic's in your pic' file! Personal fave is the 'spatula-dropping - window-washing - head-in-the-freezer'(Did I miss anything?)shot of The Man holding the garden sculpture!
Would make a link but I know I'll stuff it up! Can anyone help out here??? ES? (C'mon - you know I've been bad! Saw JK while I was on hols. AR - very funny and very sexy. Accent? Hmmmm...interesting! Never look at a side of beef in the same way again...
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 04:26:25 (PST)
Spider: Snape definitely. 'coiled snake, and the potential for danger AND sexuality it represents, just pent up and waiting to rise to the next level. . ' aaaaaahhhhhhhh.... ENERVATE...... also LOOOOSSSSSSSSIUSSSSSSS.
Dribbling Superwitch
UK - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 04:12:38 (PST)
Amanda-I think you are on a safe bet with Joseph!!All the rest are girls, aren't they!!!LOL (Believe me in the early 50's the boys got the boys parts and the girls got the girls!!And we all know girls are little angels!)
sue
- Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 04:10:29 (PST)
Superwitch - Oh, I agree with the snake thing. Do you think the snake/Snape similarity in sound was purposeful? At the very least, "Snape" has a hissing sort of assonance. (Actually I'm sure it was deliberately chosen - Rowling's names are all very revealing.) That image of the coiled snake, and the potential for danger AND sexuality it represents, just pent up and waiting to rise to the next level. . . yes, well, ahem...
Back to those essays. So far I've found 16 different ways to spell the word "appreciate."
Spider (contemplating the word "dribbleable")
US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 04:00:46 (PST)
Spider: think your'e totally right about the Judeo-Christian theme of sneaky serpents though......i am sure that that is why JKR chose that metaphor....the evil of ambition and power....(or rather its distortion) which is Slytherin's forte. i agree that a self-confident authority-figure is sexy - but only if it is male. the opposite has men running for the hills - unless she is dominatrix-sexy. (sigh). as for feminist text - certainly the Kundalini is phallocentric and could no way be seen as gynocentric...so that theory does seem a little dodgy to me.
hey how about Rupert Giles (Buffy Watcher) as something? Lupin? maybe not .. quite...he is more my ideal real-life man (as played in Buffy that is)whereas Snape is just dribbleable-on-the-floor.........
Superwitch - to work - to work
UK - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 03:44:28 (PST)
Yippee! It's 28' and snowing...no school! ( We're talking southern panic here at the forecast of three inches accumulation) A whole day off! Hope I have enough food in the house for my adolescent male...
Great plans for the day - I'll grade a stack of essays, then watch Rasputin; a batch of tests, then Sense and Sensibility; more essays and then Robin Hood. By the time husband gets home, I should be done with the paperwork and watching The Winter Guest. If I have it timed correctly, there will be no trace of AR on the screen, and aforementioned spouse will have no inkling of my daylong shameless self-indulgence. :-)
Of course, the Kid might notice. Bribe him? Or threaten him? Hmmm... these things must be considered.
But first to those essays. If my grades aren't posted by Friday afternoon, I *will* be in trouble. What time is that flight into Heathrow?
Spider (rubbing hands together gleefully)
Snowbound, DE US - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 03:21:35 (PST)
Hi, Rickmaniacs. I just got some scans from AR's biography from my friend, and we're not sure where he is in this one pic. It's from a Christmas play when he's 5 and I think he's Joseph 'cause Joseph kinda has The Nose, but I'm not sure. :) Go see it here and tell me whatcha think.
amanda <amanda_rickmaniac@hotmail.comfoo>
usa - Thursday, December 05, 2002 at 03:19:24 (PST)
Off-topic but inspired by Gigi's post ("Arnold Schwarzenegger kicks a@# as Professor Lupin!") - In Arnold's Last Action Hero is a brief sequence where the big guy's 12(?)-year-old co-star, in class half-watching a clip from Olivier's Hamlet (teacher is Joan Plowright), drifts into a fantasy of how the role might be played by his favorite screen hero. If memory serves, Arnold picks up Claudius by the collar of his robe, growls "You killed my fadder - big mistake!" and heaves him through a stained-glass window. Gunfire, exploding castles, everything else you might expect in the trailer for a Schwarzenegger Hamlet. That minute or so IMHO is worth the price of the rental and it's early in the film - though you might decide to stick around for Charles Dance as the villain.
Anne/Manhattan
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 22:07:18 (PST)
PS. Has any bright spark done a search against Rima Horton? She has as many sites as Mr Rickman does and they contain some very illuminating information.
Paula
London, UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 17:46:19 (PST)
Great site, keeps me going on long nights. Personally I don't think type casting as the suave villan has done Alan Rickman any harm. I'm not sure many roles have stretched him as an actor, but generally he appears to have found a living where he is content. My personal favourite is still die hard. I too could discuss fashion all day.
Paula
London, UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 17:43:38 (PST)
Okay, Superwitch - I admit, the only book of symbols I could lay my hands on this morning was written from a stridently feminist stance, but it did get you to elaborate, didn't it? so there... and the serpent is a sexual symbol in so many cultures. and maybe Rowling picked it for its implication of possible threat, and the Judeo-Christian distrust of serpents as smooth-talking tempters. Sounds about right to me!
Oblgatory AR content (to forestall more punishment from ES): Has anyone else noticed those horrible little postage-stamp-sized beardlets that AR and Selleck both have in Quigley Down Under? As my son would say, "What is UP with THAT?" I was so distracted by the facial hair that I had to watch the movie a second time to folow the plot. Um, wait, maybe that wasn't the *entire* reason I watched it twice, but really...eew.
on second thought, forget I said that, ES. no real AR content at all. none. do your worst.
Spider (holding evening cocoa far away from keyboard)
Coldashell, DE US - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 16:48:59 (PST)
i bet a.r. would look better than you in fishnets you sumbeach. :(
you know
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 16:10:44 (PST)
Love the casting choices, ladies!
My favorite it still Jonathan Pryce for Sirius, but...sigh...I s'pose Ralph Fiennes would do, in a pinch (so to speak).
I'm one of Clive Owens' fans, and with a little makeup to make him look a little older and more ragged, he might make a good Lupin.
Someone else asked about getting Jeremy Irons in to the mix--how about Jeremy as Karkarov?
Thank you for the photos, Miss ES. I know everyone here drools over his hands, but I'm a lip-girl myself, and that arms-crossed-as-Snape photo has the loveliest shot of his lips!
Finally, while catching up on my GB reading from the past few days, I was scanning through the posts and caught the words "Scooby Doo underpants." Immediately, for some reason, an image of Snape wearing Scooby Doo underpants popped into my mind (Neville Longbottom--if you're reading this, you can borrow that image for boggart practice!). For those of you who wanted something to wipe out the image of AR in fishnets...well, there you go, I'm happy to oblige. Actually, ES's photos did a fine job of wiping Scooby Snape out of my mind--thanks again!
Gwenn
NYC, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 15:59:10 (PST)
i see professor snape with his hair hanging down on his face, his lips full and lusty, i push the hair away from his sparkling eyes and i kiss him with a passion that could burn rome again.
robin <wouldn't you like to knowfoo>
budweiser, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 15:47:27 (PST)
oooops. don't know how that italizing happened...sorry.
NOW.CHECK. hotwater bottle, Slytherin badge, Snape doll, eeer...pills.....er.......night
Superwitch
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 15:26:38 (PST)
OHHHHHHH. ES! can you keep on punishing.......PLEASE i'm paying attention....i'm paying attention......
cheeky....in RHPOT can you kind of turn him round with his legs at a slightly different angle ......he could be MORE devastating MORE I WANT MORE...is this Troll behaviour????
the second Snape was to die for........
promise no more now. must take my life in hand (at LEAST get some sleep....)
Superwitch
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 15:24:08 (PST)
alot of them.
have been to my HMV store and nothing Snape at all - (poster)and i've never even SEEN or heard of a Warner Bros Shop. went online to find and no success. BUT found Hermione Granger Wig on Warner Bros shop in US link!!!!!
Superwitch
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 15:13:18 (PST)
well, i suppose Dicky Attenborough would be ok.......he'd have to be standing on orange boxes though.
Superwitch
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 15:03:35 (PST)
Spider n ES: i'd be there at Heathrow....waving an English translation book......
Spider: er...i'm not sure where you got your information from about the Kundalini - sounds to me a bit 'Freudian interpretation' to me, losing it's original meaning. as far as i am aware it is the life force of the being that is human and is neither male nor female (or contains both) and lives coiled up in the lowest chakra 1st(physical - sexual, survival) and at a certain moment in life rises up to open the rest of the chakras in the body - the 2nd - the womb (caring - relationship stuff), the 3rd - the solar plexus (power, the will and 'chi')the 4th - the heart (obvious), then the 5th -the voice (communication, vocation), the 6th - the forehead as the inner eye (knowledge) and 7th - above the head - total spiritual awakening. You might like to know (or not?) that this snake, this energy/power beauty is also the wand itself.... i was actually only thinking of Snape/AR when i was connecting the two together - Slytherin and Kundalini. i know many of my chakras have been very busy lately!!!!!
Superwitch
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 15:01:42 (PST)
There certainly are hormones flying about--mine included--but it sure isn't due to turkey, I can tell you that. I blame ES completely. I'm still at work, and trying desperately to take surreptitious glances at the GB without causing suspicion with the noises I'm making.
As for Attenborough being cast as Dumbledore, I read it about 3 weeks ago; I was pretty sure it was the BBC but I'll double-check my sources.
Gigi
USA, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 14:42:44 (PST)
Looking over the last few days of postings, I am almost totally convinced that there are hormones injected into those turkeys-would anyone like a nice cool washcloth?
a concerned citizen
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 14:29:23 (PST)
Oh, I would love to see John Hannah as Lupin.... :) Fits perfectly in my eyes.
Kirsi
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 14:19:39 (PST)
*Suz's best Snape voice*: "Ms Longbottom! I said '=', not ':' !"
Uh... OK... let me try this link again... *waves wand*
Guardian list of British actors
GML
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 13:41:41 (PST)
Can't resist joining the Harry Pottercasting discussion. Cyber-choosing whoever will play opposite AR is on-topic, so there! Did somebody say Richard Attenborough has been cast as Dumbledore? Is that a fact? I couldn't find anything about it on any BBC websites myself. I wouldn't mind, he has the right face, voice and of course talent for it, but my choice was McKellen... looks more the part, somehow. After all, Dumbledore does have a slightly more complex personality than do most of the other characters (after Snape), I thought McKellen would be right for him. Well, it certainly would chuff RA (presumably) to get the part since at the Shakespeare 'When Love Speak' charity concert, which he was co-hosting with AR and Michael Kamen, he read a few filmographies of the actors he was introducing and after he hit on a few with Harrry Potter (Fiona Shaw etc) on their resume, he put on a mock jealous face and went 'aaargh, I hate them!' ;)
Anyway... whoever was suggesting Timothy Spall as Pettigrew, I would so like to agree because he is so brilliant, alas, he is a tall big man, twice the weight of whoever will play Lupin and Black. It would be hard to make him look weak and pitiful, however well he could master the facial expressions. Was somebody suggesting Carlisle? He has thin features and is slim, maybe he would make a good Pettigrew? I think David McCallum could have done that too, but isn't he getting on a bit for that part now? *ducks*. Re Russell Crowe, not wishing to hurt anybody of course, purely personal opinion and all that, but if the producers/directors/whoever resorted to him to get crowds in, they would lose at least one member of the audience *raises hands*. What distinguishes the Harry Potter movies from any other Hollywood blockbuster adaptation of a successful book is the formidable talent and training of its adult cast. Wouldn't wish to see that compromised.
Did somebody suggest Rupert Everett for Black? He's not a favourite actor of mine, but he can act and there is something about Black that I think Everett would do well. Also I think he would be a perfect choice to play opposite AR/Snape. Anybody too macho/male would make look the rivalry / animosity between these two unlikely, as if they belonged to different planets. Lupin? Alas, the actor I would like best to play him (and would do it so well) is Kevin Spacey, and he is not Brit! What a shame. He can do 'gentle', he has 'hidden sorrow' written all over him and can do 'ruthlessly strong' too. A fine pet wolf! :)
Anyway, if anybody else fancies a little cyber-choosing, here's another site with a list of Brit actors/tresses with short filomographies and photos: Guardian list of British actors
Well, I hope this worked... and beware, this is not very up-to-date and some of the actors listed are no longer with us. Which reminds me to mentin that John Thaw would have made a perfect Mad Eye Moody (he played one of the baddies in the Sherlock Holmes (starring Jeremy Brett) episode the Sign of Four which somebody mentioned, rugged looks, false leg and all - but I'll happily settle for Patrick Stuart. Talking of sadly departed actors, Jeremy Brett would have made a brilliant Sirius Black, sigh.
OK, I'll shut up now. Salut, Marialis, tu es de retour? T'étais où, où-où-où-où? ;)
GML
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 13:29:16 (PST)
You're always welcome in the UK! Mary, Sue, Superwitch and the rest of us'll meet you at Heathrow, won't we girls?!! :-) Well, ok then I will. You can kip on the sofa (its only a 2-seater tho and you'd have to share with the cat).
ES (who seriously doubts Spider has learned her lesson!)
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 13:06:21 (PST)
It's worse than you know, ES... I was hacking and choking, which started tears flowing. Made a real spectacle of meself, I did. I just hope the little darling who came back to see if I was okay (bless 'er) didn't see the picture - I can hear the rumors now: "Mrs. G is looking at dirty pictures on the internet." (and any 'mushy stuff' is dirty to an 11-year old)
That's it. I'm sunk. Finished. My reputation is ruined. Tarred and feathered. Run out of town on a rail. I'll have to pack up and move overseas. Maybe the UK - they speak English there, don't they?
oh, and the rest of the pictures were great, too. Especially the sheriff.
Spider, who is NEVER drinking and 'puting at the same time again
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 13:00:12 (PST)
Spoil sport I'm going to bed. I'm reading PoA, and a lovely piccy of Alan opposite my bed. We have to make do with what we can get.Night all!
Mary
U.K. - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:57:42 (PST)
Spider! If its any consolation to you, you just nearly made me wet myself laughing!! That and I nearly choked on a cream cracker! :-)
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:46:05 (PST)
AH! *goes into a dead faint* I can't wait for tomorrow...ES, you are so evil! :-)
CG
USA - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:43:16 (PST)
Wow that is the hidden purpose to BBC4, I always wondered why they need that extra channel. I have never actually watched BBC 3 or 4 in my entire life, I'll have to have a look sometime... Nice pics of A.R by the way!!
Tess <Tjdvs763@aol.comfoo>
Wales, U.K - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:41:32 (PST)
ES, you sadist!
So I'm minding my own business, it's a slow day at school (the kids are taking a test), so I sneak back to my desk for a sip of soda, and think to check the GB (not really appropriate, but, hey...).
So why does it always happen to me? That Rasputin picture... now there's Dr Pepper in this keyboard, too. And I don't own this one... I have a hard enough time explaining these things to my spouse, now how do I tell the building tech geek that I snorted soda on the keyboard because some Terrible Person in the UK posted an incendiary photo on a website I wasn't supposed to be visiting during working hours?
Actually, thanks. I needed that...
Spider
US - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:41:13 (PST)
Uh, no Mary. Methinks some people have had too much for one evening. Now I shall torture you by leaving you in limbo. Who knows when the next will come...! MWAHAHA the power! ;-)
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:40:43 (PST)
Thanks Sue Lincoln for the info. Just have to find a way of recording Sky!! I only managed to get 4 mins of HIAF last Sat!!:((
sue
england - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:38:24 (PST)
Sorry about going down the who's he with road but I've just looked at Rexfeatures, 1/12/02 premiere pic., who's the small blond? Is our man really a lose cannon these day's? Does that deserve an other one ES. OK so I'm greedy
Mary
U.K. - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:34:39 (PST)
i answer the door it's the mail, alan rickman in a postal uniform. i say "come in and have a beer it's hot." he says, sounds good to me". i get his beer, when i turn around he grabs me, gives me a hard french kiss. i grab him like a python. and the rest is herstory.
robin
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:30:40 (PST)
Right, just for that, cos I'm in a sulk now, here's the last one of the evening. Serves you right Sue!
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:23:35 (PST)
BBC4? I didn't even know there was a BBC3! Bummer - one of these days I'll be able to afford sky... *sulk*
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:17:46 (PST)
YES PLEASE, don't bother to gift rap him I'll take him just as he is. Trouble is so everyone else.
Mary
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:13:27 (PST)
Just to pop away from the casting of HPIII for a mo, this is just a quick heads-up for anyone in UK with access to BBC4. On Fri this week, at midnight, is a repeat of Joan Bakewell's interview with Christopher Hampton, who wrote LLD amongst other things. It was on last night, and I taped it in the hope of some passing comment about the RSC's staging of it!! Can't think why?! Boy, was I rewarded - hence, the heads-up - there was a 2 minute, then a further 1 minute clip of the STAGE PRODUCTION, with AR going at it full throttle - boy, did he look good!
I would urge anyone with access to BBC4 to watch/video whatever - those 3 minutes are worth it! That's another video tape, highly labelled and hidden away so there's no accidental taping over! Delicious!
Sue
Lincoln, UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:12:54 (PST)
OK, you asked for it!! Take THAT!!
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:07:56 (PST)
I don't really care who gets the other parts as long as they don't cut any of Alan's scenes. I have that poster ES I just looked at it above my computer screen looked back at the screen and there he was again talk about seeing double. If we keep mentioning other actors will you keep threatening us with more of himself? If so----.
Mary
U.K. - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 12:02:28 (PST)
Uh-oh. I'm gonna get it now. *falls down flat on floor* Yes, Professor Snape, I yield!!
*sits up against wall and fans herself* Oohhhhhhh, such hands.....
CG
USA - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 11:52:42 (PST)
i could sopp a.r. up with a bisquit. yummy
robinski
slocala, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 11:31:30 (PST)
CG!! Now what did I tell you?! Do I have to force more pics on you? Because I will... Do You Yield?
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 11:25:40 (PST)
I meant Russell . Sorry. Does typing badly come with old age? Or is it just the word-eater again?
CG
USA - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 11:20:06 (PST)
Hmmm...lots of good suggestions for actors here. (Sorry, ES! :-(.) Ralph or Joseph Fiennes would be great for Lupin. John Hannah is also an interesting consideration. Robson Green...sorry, but I must agree with the others here...*Crucio!*
Patrick Stewart as Mad-Eye Moody would be excellent! I still like the idea of Christopher Lloyd, but Patrick S. would be teriffic. Michael Caine also gets a vote for me for Dumbledore...I can't really see Richard Attenbourough. I can just see Russel Crowe as Black...that would be histeracal! Christopher Lee as Crouch or Karkaroff...perfect. I'd love to see a place for Jeremy Irons or Colin Firth maybe in the HP universe...any ideas?
CG
USA *goes to view Rasputin photo again* - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 11:18:40 (PST)
we want more pics i need my fix!!!!!!!!!!!!!
robino
hellfrozeover, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 10:51:26 (PST)
sev, honey, i hate to break it to you but the man is mine. and anyone out there interested in the future alcoholics of america club, just write mr. I.M. Stokedagain.
robinowitz
alndfrfrawy, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 10:48:38 (PST)
We recently seem to have covered every British male actor between the ages of just post-puberty to near-extinction, and every subject from the sex-life of a tennis ball (still giggling at that one) to.... er..Scooby Doo underpants!!! Are we forgetting something? Or someone? OK, I'm sorry to have to do this but frankly you asked for it. Its called the short sharp shock treatment, and I think it might just do the trick. Remember Me?
Now take deep breaths, close your eyes and repeat after me "There is noone else but Alan Rickman for me...there is noone else..." OK...that's better.
ES (You all know I'm kidding right?!!)
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 10:43:16 (PST)
bebalooba. HA! severina we seem to be on the same schedule.lets make an alan rickman sandwich. ooh i'm so evil but sooo good!
robinrulz
utopia, fl swamp - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 10:31:28 (PST)
Josephine--thanks for that link. What an interesting site! It will take a bit of time to go through it... I have the impression that the movie has received more respect with time.
Thanks for warning me away from the unseen-in-the-USA Robson Green show. I only know him from Touching Evil and The Grafters and am content with those images, thank you!
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 10:17:36 (PST)
Just read the following in last week's Spectator magazine, it's a Chamber of Secrets review by a journalist called Rachel Johnson, who obviously has exquisite taste! Sorry I can't do quotes, too lazy to learn!! ****************I am a fan of the Potter cast of actors. But I actually forked out my £8 to see Alan Rickman, a sulphurously sexy actor to whom I am alarmingly susceptible. (I once walked past him in Westbourne Grove, and willed him to look at me, but he strode past, tossing his head, beak in the air like a Roman emperor, as I wilted with longing.) So it was with somewhat mixed feelings that I sat and watched the unfashionable Branagh whip the movie from underneath the cruel, hooked nose of Alan Rickman – an actor who has made scene-stealing something of a speciality – and everyone else, for that matter, including the rather hormonal young stars. For that pleasure alone, I give the movie two thumbs up.********************** 'Wilted with longing' ...Yes, I can relate to that!!
Helen
Cheshire, UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 10:16:16 (PST)
Just checked out the League of Obscure British Actors!! b****y cheek!! Nothing obscure about most of those!!Robson Green!!I thought he was just a hairy chest on legs!!Maybe you are right ES, maybe Unchained Melody never got to the States!!(My nother-in-law bought it!!'nuff said)I have to come out of the closet and say I also had a huge Illya Kuryakin crush in my early teens. Haven't seen or heard of him for years though, not since the Invisible Man. Someone mention Patrick Mcgoohan, another Big Crush from Danger Man and Prisoner days. Last I heard of him he was a recluse in Switzerland, but I honestly thought he may have died:( I think Peteer O'Toole would like to be Dumbledore as he made a series of ads dressed as a wizard last year. However he might just be a wee bit too hammy!!Duckie Attenborugh would be quite a good choice too, got just the right amount of twinkly-ness. I see poor Clive Owen gets a lot of stick here. Anyone who has seen Gosford Park will notice he has improved with age and his name has been bandied about as a new James Bond!
sue
England - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 09:10:55 (PST)
OT - Warner Brothers closed all the stores in the US but the Warner Brothers Shop Online is still available in the US, though I don't know if they offer Scooby underpants.
Keyser <keyserfankf@netscape.netfoo>
USA - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 08:35:36 (PST)
I haven't been there for a long time... But I have a moment today... just to propose my ideal cast : Rupert Everett for Sirius Black and John Hannah for Lupin (but I agree with... who, I dont' remember ?... who propose Ralph Fiennes). And what do you think we can do with Jeremy Northam ?
BTW, I've been so much in love with Ilya Kuriakin when I was 8 or 9... Do you know what he does now ? Does he always act ?
Marialis
FRANCE - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 08:32:51 (PST)
Sorry to be off-topic here but this of a critical importance to a 6 year old. Posters have been discussing the Warner Brothers store and buying Snape mugs there. I live in Northern California. We had a Warner Brothers store at our local mall which has since closed. I got some Scooby Doo underpants there which my son loved. It's the way they fit that he loves, not the Scooby Doo part. I went online and could not find Warner Brothers clothes. In the store they sold pajamas, socks, shirts, etc. I can't find this stuff online. Have they stopped selling clothes altogether?Does anybody know anything about this?
Eleanor
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 08:07:25 (PST)
You've probably covered this already but I haven't had a chance to read the GB in a while, and didn't want anyone to miss it. The December issue of PEOPLE magazine, page 178, Alan Rickman as one of 2002's sexiest men! Yeah! Its about time. Athough they stuck him in the surprizingly sexy catagory. Nothing surprizing about that to me. The only problem is they used a picture that must be ten years old! He was sexy then, but he still is and I think they should have used a more recent picture. Now we just need to get him on all the talk shows and morning shows, so we can see him more one on one in interviews. I think I've seen everyone else from HPCOS, but not AR! Did I miss his interview????
nanc
ks us - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 07:57:35 (PST)
Well, I reallytried,but there is NO WAY of catching up with ten days of missed GB in one evening...
Saw CoS! Truly wunnerful! Have to agree with Janine, thought The Man looked a bit 'puffy' but still gorgeous as ever. And Lucius Malfoy...Ooooh yeah - 'slytherin sandwich' would be good!
Sat through credits for end scene - thought it was hilarious - humour lost on friend's three and nine year olds who just wanted to get out and find food. On the way home, friend pointed out 'nutter' walking along street in 35 degree (C) heat! Yup! It was Snape! Long black trench-coat,(dumped cape in favour of 'street-cred'), and long straight black hair down to shoulders! Didn't see the face but Man he was good! The smile on my face lasted me well into the eight hour trip home! So want to find the cause of Jizel's wrath a few conversations back - did quick troll scan but will need to set a few days aside to 'read' all the posts! Loved Spider's school anecdotes - Keep 'em coming!
ES - I'm sure that windex is very environmetally-friendly, and when you spray it on the butterflies, it leaves their wings sparkling with no unsightly streaks!
And me, a dyed-in-the-wool 'greenie'! Bad Sevvy, bad, bad Sevvy!
Severina
Melbourne, Australia - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 07:14:53 (PST)
These casting choices are very interesting. I would hope the filmakers would shy away from casting "super stars" (and I mean that term as it is used by the general public and media only) in the prominent roles; as mentioned by someone earlier, such casting would only lend itself to reducing the film to a "mega-hit" vehicle for said actors (Arnold Schwarzenegger kicks a@# as Professor Lupin! A non-stop, roller coaster ride of action! says the Chicago Herald, It will knock your socks off! claims Entertainment Weekly, etc.)
Am I the only one that has heard they have already cast Sir Richard Attenborough as Dumbledore? For continuity's sake, I actually think him a good choice. But don't hold me to that tidbit; it was something I read on the BBC website.
Gigi
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 06:07:36 (PST)
Completely getting off topic but Kroduk - you should go look at this site if you like the Fast Show. Jesses's Fashion Diets and Experiments sound files near the bottom. The prozak one's on there. hehe!! ;-)http://freespace.virgin.net/mike.spezzano/index2.htm
ES
UK, - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 05:55:52 (PST)
Robson Green? Yeurk! We seem divided along UK/US borders on this subject. Perhaps 'Unchained Melody' never made it across the pond? That could explain the US' positive views...?!
The Patrick Stewart as Mad Eye Moody idea has cheered me up no end, though - couldn't figure out how to get him into a HP film, but that's perfect!
This week I have been mostly eating Prozac?! Love it! might not be a bad idea either, am rapidly being sucked into internet-powered fantasy world, in which children and housework do not exist...
kroduk
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 05:32:24 (PST)
I agree--Ralph or Joseph Fiennes will fill Lupin's shoes nicely. They can both exude a wonderful aura of common sense and fragility because of that werewolf curse. Russell Crowe, with a bit of voice coaching to make him more Britisher and a little bit of weight loss, can pull off an excellent Sirius Black. Ah, I can picture it now--AR drawing a wand on Crowe and asking Black to give him a reason to blast him with it before Crowe grabs a shield and blocks it (wait a minute, wrong movie!). If they're going to choose Patrick Stewart as Moody, there's going to be a helluva lot of make-up to put on him, poor man (think SHOVELFULL of special effects). How about putting ex-Bond man Connery to fill the blue eye, shoe and clawed foot of Mad-Eye? I remembered a scene in GoF where he yelled "OH NO YOU DON'T, LADDIE!!!" at Draco Malfoy while he blasted him with a Transfiguration spell and thought that laddie would be more typical and appropriate from a Scottish actor. What do you think? I mean, he's old enough.
I don't know if I've already posted this, but I think Christopher Lee would make a GREAT Bartemius Crouch, Sr., or even Karkaroff (fruity, unctuous voice). As for Barty Jr., I'm thinking about either dying Hugh Grant's hair blond or getting that skinny little guy from The Full Monty (sorry, forgot his name) to play this character or even the guy who played Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility with AR (dye the hair first). Hey, how about the guy who played the brother of Hugh Grant in S & S? He's already light-haired, if I remember right. And the old lady who played Mrs. Hoggit in Babe sort of resembles Mr. Dursley's sister Marge. Just add a good quantity of fake facial hair and she'd look like she jumped out of the pages of PoA!
Whew! (^-^)
Zel-Anne <zelanne@yahoo.comfoo>
Philippines - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 04:49:30 (PST)
Sorry, I can't remember the closet Land site - it could well be the Hypermedia Essay, but I didn't bookmark it. I'll check later - about to head into school.
Superwitch - my (limited) resources refer to the kundalini as a female serpent, the pelvic chakra. connections to male envy of female sexual energy. Can't find the book on the shelf; I lnow it's here somewhere. my brain is still asleep, but i'm making a somewhat fuzzy, and intriguing, connection to Slytherin House. hmmm, I never thought of Slytherin as having a female orientation - *very* interesting! How 'bout the other Houses - which chakras? I'll mull it over at work.
Spider
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 04:22:54 (PST)
Spider - is the web site you were referring to “Closet Land: A Hypermedia Essay”? If so, thanks for pointing me in that direction - interesting stuff. If anyone else is interested, the web site address is
http://www.tarleton.edu/~lilly/closet.htm
(Sorry - to scared to attempt making a link!)
I liked David McCallum in “Sapphire and Steel” Yum.
What about Timothy Spall for Peter Pettigrew?
please excuse any typos - I'm at work and the boss in on the prowl!
Josephine
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 04:09:38 (PST)
Spider, I would love to see the site you mentioned that examines the allegory in Closet Land. Can you think on it real hard and come up with more clues?
Now, as for Robson Green... (stares dreamily into space)
Ali-Pat
Dayton, OH USA - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 04:05:43 (PST)
Oh, okay, no Robson Green. *pout* or Clive Owen, either. *sulk* geez, you Brits are opinionated! :)
As for Closet Land being "interesting" - oh, yes, that's an understatement. I've wondered since I saw it the first time why AR didn't get an Oscar nomination for that one. Subject matter just too disturbing? Granted, the film was somewhat "preachy", particularly with the prisoner's last speech (and that's what it was, a speech), but the value of the movie (besides watching the Man in a tour-de-force performance) was its in-your-face portrayal of government abuse - I think it would be a perfect vehicle for a college politcal science class, to bring home the issue to complacent American students, who think these things just don't/can't happen any more. Especially in this era of new government intrusions into private lives.
There are also many things about the movie that intrigue me with respect to the director's choices in lighting, perpective, etc. A good website out there - can't remember the address- that examines symbolism and allegory in the film. So, yes, interesting, and disturbing, and worth it.
Spider
- Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 03:41:24 (PST)
maybe David McCallum for Lupin.........nice
Superwitch
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 03:36:34 (PST)
oh yeah ~Spider - me ancient woman too...adored David McCallum until I got to college and found out he had hundreds of other fans (had sheltered adolescence).....put me off.............AR? mmmmmmm. maybe just too cranky and desperate to care anymore. can share now......................will answer Kundalini/Slytherin thing when thought how to put it........
superwitch
UK - Wednesday, December 04, 2002 at 03:34:56 (PST)
Robson Green??!! Oh dear God. Does anyone outside the UK actually remember Robson & Jerome's 'Unchained Melody'?!! :-s Sorry, but I'm with Superwitch on this one. *Crucio!*
ES
UK, - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 22:45:15 (PST)
Many years ago my then-boyfriend and I rented "closet land" because it looked interesting. Truth to tell, that movie has haunted me for years. Very disturbing. That cynical remark he made about "try to keep your mind off what they're doing to you" never really left me. Something about that voice... I recently saw Harry Potter and there was that voice again. Chills ran down my spine! Never knew who it was. So I did a search on Alan Rickman and his movies and that led me to this site. Hats off to Mr. Rickman. Anyone who can penetrate my psyche like that is a damned good actor.
Cathy Chauvin
Albuquerque, NM - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 21:41:48 (PST)
du bist nicht ein plebian. ich haben recht. du bist zer gut. danka. screiben mich bitte. guten tag!
robin
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 20:36:46 (PST)
Potential classmate, roughly AR's age: Malcolm McDowell ("Clockwork Orange"). Venerable types: Ian Holm; Ian Richardson; Paul Scofield. IMHO (key word "H"), all worth watching.
Lily <Am now leaving ofc., will not post again, promise.foo>
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 18:41:47 (PST)
omigod, Barbara, that website! All the Brits...They even have David McCallum - my seventh grade crush! Remember Ilya Kuryakin? Whoa, now I do feel old! LOL Thanks!
Spider
USA - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 18:12:01 (PST)
so sorry - shudder - Robson Green......expelliarmus!!!!
superwitch
UK - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 18:01:03 (PST)
Oops. Have to take back the idea. Patrick "Longshanks" McGoohan was born in the U.S. to Irish parents.
Lily
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 17:13:49 (PST)
McGoohan for Ludo Bagman? or Karkarov?
Cindie
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 17:09:01 (PST)
You guys know all the parts, but surely there must be room for someone like Patrick McGoohan, or has he already been mentioned and I missed it. Remember, "The Prisoner"?
Lily
Chicago, IL - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 16:59:30 (PST)
The League of Obscure British Actors! MA, you're gonna love this
http://www.ar.com.au/~jriddler/ba/league.html
or click my name to link....
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 16:52:16 (PST)
Took a look at Robson Green .... too young for Black or Lupin, but he'd make a great Young Barty Crouch....
http://www.ar.com.au/~jriddler/ba/ba-rg.html
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 16:50:47 (PST)
Clive Owen?
Merciful God in Heaven, please, no....
Sorry, but the man irritates me....
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 16:47:50 (PST)
Robson Green is a terrific idea! or how about Clive Owen?
Spider (stop me before I post again!)
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 16:34:40 (PST)
Oh, Patrick Stewart would be good as Moody. Did anyone else see him in the Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) program, decades ago, I guess - he played a grizzled ex-con soldier returned to England for the treasure stolen from him years earlier. Can't remember the name of that story - it's the one in which Watson meets his future wife, I believe. Unless I'm completely bonkers, that is.
Spider
US - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 16:32:56 (PST)
Heres a vote for Sirious Black-how about Robson Green???He's the right age and has that deep, dark, brooding look to him. American audiences know him from the PBS Mystery series and other PBS shows. Plus, I think he's quite handsome and has a great accent! It's funy that someone mentioned Sean Connery for Dumbledore. The minute my brother (a non Potter fan)heard that Harris had passed he suggested Connery. I am glad to read that Alan and Ken Branagh got along famously. I would like to see them in another project together.
Troy08
Lewiston, Me - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 16:30:09 (PST)
Thanks Judy, Yes Derek Jacobi. He came to Melbourne for a play, which I have notice that a similar English line-up is happening this year. Yet the actors are slightly different, other commitments perhaps?
Janine (lurking at work)
Melb, Vic Australia - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 16:16:56 (PST)
Derek Jacobi? Janine
Judy
Sydney, - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 15:57:33 (PST)
Cindie I agree Patrick Stewart would make a good Mad Eye Moodie. I think he is too slight to be Dumbledore. I was amazed at an exhibition of Star Trek stuff at the Scienceworks Museum here a few years ago, just how petite his costume was. Where as Dumbledore and Snape on film seem to be the same size. I know the filmmakers can alter people's size as they have with Hagrid and if you notice Harry's much taller when he first meets with Hermione in Daigon Alley as against the rest of the movie (although I realise that it may have been filmed more recently).
Although on actor missing from all this speculation is the fellow that did Claudius, (sorry the brain refuses to recall at this moment) When he was in town last yaer I remember him being asked what was his ideal part and he said "Anything in Harry Potter please"
Janine
Melb, Vic Aust - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 15:53:49 (PST)
Whenever I think of Jonathon Pryce, I think of "Carrington" and him carrying a cushion into the courtroom and saying "Im a martyr to piles" Maybe he can carry that world weary discomfort to Harry Potter.
a concerned citizen
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 15:53:26 (PST)
Cindie I agree Patrick Stewart would make a good Mad Eye Moodie. I think he is too slight to be Dumbledore. I was amazed at an exhibition of Star Trek stuff at the Scienceworks Museum here a few years ago, just how petite his costume was. Where as Dumbledore and Snape on film seem to be the same size. I know the filmmakers can alter people's size as they have with Hagrid and if you notice Harry's much taller when he first meets with Hermione in Daigon Alley as against the rest of the movie (although I realise that it may have been filmed more recently).p Although on actor missing from all this speculation is the fellow that did Claudius, (sorry the brain refuses to recall at this moment) When he was in town last yaer I remember him being asked what was his ideal part and he said "Anything in Harry Potter please"
Janine
Melb, Vic Aust - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 15:52:55 (PST)
Superwitch- the Slytherin/kundalini thing.. I think I know where you're going with it, but please go on and elaborate...
on the "masterful man" comment - I prefer to think of it as the self-contained/assured man (who could possible want some coddling... or is that "cuddling"?) But I agree, a person with an air of authority can be ... appealing.
Spider
DE US - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 15:52:23 (PST)
ES: yes there are potion-scenes. there seems to be a reasonable amount in PoA. they can't cut him out too much like CoS, cos he has a slightly higher profile i think.
'Potter, you can skin Malfoy's Shrivelfig,' said Snape, giving Harry the look of loathing he always reserved just for him..........
'Everyone gather round, said Snape, his black eyes glittering, and watch what happens to Longbottom's toad. If he has managed to produce a Shrinking Solution, it will shrink to a tadpole. If, as I don't doubt, he has done it wrong, his toad is likely to be poisoned.'and of course he takes the DADA class.....yippee....ahhhh, i'd sit in the front row...studying werwolves.....'And I am telling you all to turn to page three hundred and ninety-four.' He glanced around again. 'ALL of you! NOW!'......ahhhh *crucio*
supersnitch aka superwitch
UK - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 15:49:56 (PST)
sorrry....no....no...no...no pleaaase no Sean Connery or O'Toole - too MANNERED....at the moment only the two mentioned (thingy and whatsit) are bearable. i'd quite like Ralph Fiennes for Lupin - a bit sex god and perhaps a little young, but not toooooo far away. they could mess him up a little......mmmmmmmmm. OR i'd like an older Ewan McGregor but without that ghastly affected upper crust accent from StarWars(yes master, no master....ughhhh) - just his scottishness would do nicely. they need someone who can play compassionate to oppose our heady black wigged sex god with the knobbly knees.
i was telling a close friend about my passion - and he took one look at Snape (HP) on TV and said - 'you just want a masterful man' (not bloody likely i thought)
superwitch
UK - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 15:20:44 (PST)
has anyone noticed the link between Slytherin and the Kundilini......? :o]
superwitch <minifie@hotmail.comfoo>
UK - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 15:10:56 (PST)
Hello All !!!I haven't posted for a while I know but I lurked constantly:))I have however access to BC that has never been played.If anyone would give me a reasonable offer for it you can contact me at magdahorrocks@hotmail.comIt is in PAL VHS format.
Magda
Scotland, - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 14:36:11 (PST)
Patrick Stewart for Mad-Eye Moody. Love the idea of Pryce for Black. It would be great to see David Warner as MacNair. That's not how I pictured him but he'd pull it off beautifully. (Don't touch it, it's eeeevul!) Peter O'Toole would be perfect for Dumbledore but given his lifestyle (read: drinking himself into oblivion) and the fact that he's Harris' contemporary I have visions of creating a cursed role with disposable Dumbledore's.
Cindie
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 14:29:43 (PST)
In regards to the casting for "Prisoner". Does anyone else besides me think its awfully strange that they haven't announced the casting? I can understand the hesitation to cast/announce casting Dumbledore as hopefully they were trying to hold out for Harris and are trying not to race around and immediately announce someone else. But, it seems like these are pretty major roles for a top-of-the-line production slated to start early next year for all of those roles to be unfilled. Or, are they filled, but no one's talking?
Trisha
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 14:23:57 (PST)
Kroduk - it's the very funny Mark Williams. FINALLY someone else got it!! YES!!! :-) To quote my favourite one of his. "THIS WEEK..I HAVE BEEN MOSTLY EATING.....PROZAC!!" (I've got the sound bite on my pc at work, along with a few other ruder but very funny ones I won't go into!).
ES
UK, - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 14:17:23 (PST)
Hmmm. Patrick Stewart is another one I'd be more than happy to see in most films. Not sure about Dumbledore though. In my mind's eye Dumbledore hides his keen intellect beneath a rather vague and dreamy exterior. Can't really see Patrick Stewart as vague and dreamy, somehow, though perhaps I'm underestimating his (formidable) acting talent with that remark? Peter O'Toole on the other hand is easily whimsical enough...
kroduk
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 14:11:06 (PST)
Greetings all fellow lovers of Alan Rickman! I'm surprised no one has yet suggested that Patrick Stewart would be an excellent candidate for the Dumbledore part... Or am I in minority for thinking so?
Sarah
Sweden - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 14:05:22 (PST)
Oh yes, I remember someone else posting about this problem a while ago...
every time Arthur Weasley comes on screen, an overwhelming urge to yell "and this week I have been mostly..." !!! Apologies to all who haven't a clue what I'm talking about, but trust me (actor's name i have sadly forgotten)'s comedy sketches are side-splitting!
kroduk
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 14:01:21 (PST)
BtW I'm with you. I though a few days ago that Peter O'Toole would be perfect for Dumbledore. Also Jonathan Pryce - most excellent choice for Sirius. Not convinced about your Lupin idea tho', haven't thought of anyone good for that role myself yet. To my eternal shame I can't think who MacNair is - will scuttle back to my cave to reread POA ASAP.
Sean Connery ?!? lol. fraid not. Russel Crowe I'd be happy to see in pretty much anything, but can't picture him as Lupin. Maybe a backup Sirius if Mr Pryce is busy?
a word of warning to anyone who hasn't yet seen COS. I forced my SO to sit through endless credits with the promise of an extra bit at the end. (there were about 5 of us left by the end!). for my troubles i got a disgusted "was that IT?". amusing but brief - maybe not worth risking marital disharmony for!!
kroduk
UK - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 13:38:02 (PST)
Sean Connery is one of my favourite actors, but I wouldn't want him as Dumbledore. Aside from the obvious accent issue, I just don't think he's got the right physique, and he's just WAY too big a star. It'd turn into "Sean Connery and the Prizoner of Azkaban". Ian McKellen gets my vote.
I was thinking - maybe we should all lobby Alfonso Cuaron to get more AR screen-time, to monitor his wig consistancy and to let him get some sleep between filming. And I think we need to see more of Snape doing his thing in the dungeon(teaching obviously!!) Well he IS the Potions master, but we rarely get to see him doing anything constructive in his classroom. Refresh my memory someone - does he teach any classes in PoA? I want to see him stalking about, growling and sneering at his terrified students... *grin*
ES
UK, - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 13:32:02 (PST)
I can't remember who suggested it, but as soon as I read "Jonathan Pryce as Sirius" I thought--that's perfect! He has the haggard thing down, and he easily appears around the same age as Snape. I think that in casting Alan as Snape, they made a decision to depart from the ages mentioned in the book (although in my opinion, he appears somewhere in between Snape's book age of mid-to-late-thirties and his own age of mid-fifties.) However, now that he IS Snape, and a big part of the PoA storyline centers around Snape, Black and Lupin having been classmates, they need to stick with people who look around the same age as Alan looks, either naturally or by making them up that way.
Again, Pryce as Black...perfection!
Gwenn
NYC, - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 13:29:33 (PST)
Wow CG
That man looks exactly like I picture Sirius but the age difference (in appearance) with AR's Snape AR is too big for them to have been classmates.
Zora <zora_mincavi@hotmail.comfoo>
Montreal, Canada - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 13:00:16 (PST)
*taps microphone* Is this thing on? I guess not. Anyway, I also go with Peter O'Toole as Dumbledore (though Sean Connery is funny to toss around :-). I'm not sure for Lupin...I haven't decided yet, but even though he's not as old as Sirius might be, I think this guy might be good (please don't tomato me...).
WARNING: He doesn't look like I think Sirius does unless he has the hair-style going like he does in Reign of Fire . I also think Jason Carter would be good, or maybe even the guy who plays Aragorn from Lord of the Rings, Viggo Mortensen. But unless proven otherwise, I'm sticking with CB.
Here come the flyig tomatoes...
CG
USA - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 12:44:23 (PST)
I was wondering how old are Lupin, Black and Snape suppose to be?
I know that AR is a lot older than Snape (according to JKR Snape is around 35 years old in book one). I ask because I had pictured younger men to play Sirius and Lupin. But because the 3 of them were classmates I guess it means that they need to look the same age. Right?
Zora <zora_mincavi@hotmail.comfoo>
Montreal, Canada - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 12:39:38 (PST)
Looks like somebody submitted this site address to Yahoo's "How to Spam for Your Business" list. Has anyone else noticed that all those addresses are businesses?
Back on topic:
I'm staunchly behind the notions of:
Peter O'Toole for Dumbledore
http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=granitz&group=1665&photo=LarryClark_Arun_590262_400.jpg&path=group
Jonathan Pryce for Sirius
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Pryce,+Jonathan
David Warner for MacNair
http://us.imdb.com/PGallery?Warner,+David&source=ss
Tom Courtenay for Lupin
http://us.imdb.com/PGallery?Courtenay,+Tom&source=granitz
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 12:20:19 (PST)
Cave cleaned Helen!
Claire
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 12:15:45 (PST)
Ah, I see they've been forcibly removed. Quite right too.
Helen
Cheshire, UK - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 12:12:43 (PST)
What on earth is all that stuff a couple of posts down??? A whole cave full of the little blighters?? I was lucky enough to find the last two Snape mugs in my (not-so-local) Warner Bros store, £4 each. They look a little scratched in a couple of places, as if they've been hanging around there for a long time. I'm pretty sure they were last year's stock, which begs the question...where is all the similar CoS merchandise? And if there hasn't been any, why not?? Yes, I know about the stationery, the school bags, the pyjamas, the lunchboxes, the poster books, the calendars (yes, we bought some of each, too!) but no mugs? Glassware? Anything for the grownups? Such a missed marketing opportunity.
Helen
Cheshire, UK - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 12:11:37 (PST)
I was looking at the suggestions to replace Richard Harris in POA and I hope it's not Sean Connery, I think Christopher Lee would be great but he might feel that this role is a little too close to that of Sauron (same thing goes for Ian Mckellen with Gandalf), Russel Crowe? this has got to be a joke. My personnal choice of those who were suggested would be Michael Caine but he might be just a bit too young. He sure has the twinkle in the eye needed to play a credible Dumbledore
Have a great afternoon
Zora <zora_mincavi@hotmail.comfoo>
Montreal, Canada - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 11:28:53 (PST)
who was that that sent te leaky caldren site?????who ever it was thanks!!!it answered the question i had earlyer!!!!!!!!who ever sent that site thanks!!
lindsey <pets3@webtv.netfoo>
suan, va USA - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 11:09:57 (PST)
While waiting around on the set, Branagh particularly enjoyed talking with Rickman. He says, "I'm a huge fan of his. Just the sitting and chewing the cud stuff was really exciting. He's so smart and he has a million stories. We had great fun."
Well, that puts the kibosh on the rumors that, because of Emma Thompson, Rickman and Branagh can't stand each other....
*grin*
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 08:30:01 (PST)
UK TV INFO
Truly,Madly,Deeply - Wednesday 11 December, Film 4 6pm (Film Four+1 7pm)
Bob Roberts - Wednesday 11 December, Sky Movies Cinema 2 9pm
Sue
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 06:20:25 (PST)
There was an article about Kenneth Branagh in yesterday's San Francisco Examiner; here's the AR-related part:
"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" also marks the first time Branagh has acted with computer-generated images. Many of his scenes, particularly the covers for Lockhart's books (in Harry Potter's world, "still" photographs can move) involve creatures such as pixies that exist only in the finished, edited film.....
Branagh did get to share a few scenes with real-life actors, notably Alan Rickman, who plays Professor Snape, and Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint who portray Harry and Ron. (Branagh calls them "good company.")
While waiting around on the set, Branagh particularly enjoyed talking with Rickman. He says, "I'm a huge fan of his. Just the sitting and chewing the cud stuff was really exciting. He's so smart and he has a million stories. We had great fun."
Magda
Canada - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 03:35:41 (PST)
Barbara - fantastic idea to cast Jonathan Price as Sirius. He would be perfect!
Josephine
UK - Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 01:27:00 (PST)
Ian McKellen should be Dumbledore, but this is an ongoing debate with my mate Katster, Christopher Lee is also a candidate. Sean Connery? NOOOOO!
flamingkitties
- Tuesday, December 03, 2002 at 00:06:56 (PST)
FlamingKitties / Jizel - could one of you remind me next Monday that Dead Ringers is on. (plllleease!) I keep meaning to watch it and have so far missed every single one. LOL. Doubtful they'll do AR again, but I'd like to see it anyway. Cheers! :-)
ES
UK, - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 23:32:21 (PST)
TO: Anne/Alexandria
Boy, did I screw that up! Meant to leave a message for you but put your name instead of mine in the sender box.
Anne/Manhattan
Sorry, Asleep at the Switch! - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 22:41:40 (PST)
Just tried emailing you at address provided by Lyn and it came back undeliverable. You can reach me at agilhuly "at" gibsondunn "dotcom"
Anne/Alexandria
- Monday, December 02, 2002 at 22:36:58 (PST)
Spider, I know the scene you are referring to in Richard III, where Richard practically charms the pants off of Lady Anne over the corpse of her dead father-in-law (whom, in the play, Richard has murdered). Oooh, that scene would sizzle even more with AR in the role. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival did RIII this last summer, that scene caused a major meltdown for me.
Jude
CO USA - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 22:04:38 (PST)
Thanks to all who made suggestions on sources for Barchester Chronicles. Now, I just have to get the funds nailed down (drat this Christmas shopping ritual - always leaves me short)
I'm still holding out for AR to do Richard III, on film, so we non-theatergoers can revel. That marriage proposal/seduction scene - I get chills thinking about it! He'd also be terrific in a remake of Deathtrap, in the role that Michael Caine had (in the film done a few years ago. Christopher Reeves had the part of the young writer.) But maybe that plot is too similar to Dark Harbor - three people in a house, someone planning murder.
The recent incursion of Young Persons with Too Much Time on Their Hands (and Not Much Sense) this long holiday weekend forecasts an even larger wave of trolling over the Christmas holiday. So hold on to your hats, beginning Dec. 20, give or take a few. A major reason for extensive class assignments to be given over the school break - it helps keep 'em busy, and curtails their internet time. Or even better, we could "cancel Christmas" - the school holidays, that is.
Spider, up to HERE with test grading, and taking a break
US - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 18:06:45 (PST)
Spider . In Australia you can order BC from the ABC shop http://shop.abc.net.au/ yet I am not sure of if this is of any help to you. It is only available on video I have decided to be stubborn and wait for DVD even though I use both video and DVD.
I think Alan Rickman is & would be great in anything yet I hope Baz L. is able to involve him in Alexander the Great, as I love the worlds that Baz creates. I think A.R. would make a great character in Buffy the Vampire slayer, be it evil vampire/demon type or Watcher. Which I thought of with all this Rocky Horror image as Giles in Buffy did play Frankenfurter on stage.
I did see the long awaited COs and was a bit disappointed. Everything was pretty good yet unfortunately the call of nature happened and I missed the duelling scene! AAAAhhhhggggg. Oh well I will have to see it again and again, as you do. As I do not qualify as a beauty queen I do know of the hazards of high collars not being too flattering yet I was too busy dwelling on the hands to fret about the puffy Snape in the first Snape scene
Janine
Melbourne, Vic Australia - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 17:26:39 (PST)
I've been away for a few days, but I see this hasn't yet been posted:
Calgary Herald Arts & Style, Wednesday November 27, 2002 Entertainment notes from Herald News Services Fans Like Connery as Dumbledore (London) The Cinema Britain Web site has been polling fans on who should succeed the late Richard Harris as Prof. Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films. Sean Connery is the top choice, followed by Peter O'Toole, Joss Acland, Christopher Lee, Albert Finney, Michael Caine and Russell Crowe. Meanwhile, Ian McKellen has confirmed that he has been approached to do the role, but has so far not given his decision.This post will be a bit weird. Not until reading Rickfan's chapters did I learn that "Lily" was Harry's mother's name. (I then confirmed it for myself with a few internet searches.) Ahem, I've managed to avoid all things Potter. (Not based on anything serious, just a quirk of mine.) I've now seen the first movie on cable with numerous interruptions from grown-up peanut gallery. Anyway, if name choice seemed arrogant, sorry! Who knew?!! Not I! I didn't want to use my own name (which, by chance, is a veteran guestbooker's name--probably that person's pen name). Just thought "Lily" was and is a nice name. But, she's Harry's mother? And Snape had a thing for her? You've GOT to be kidding! LOL, truly rolling on the floor!
Off-Topic: Earlier in November (I should have picked up on it then but no time), the Rickmanista Rev. mentioned the "Arturo Ui" production w/Pacino at Pace. I saw it; if any of you did and want to chew it over, e-mail me. My address provided in July on 23 & 29, for instances.
Lily
Chicago, IL - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 16:56:41 (PST)
Does anyone have a sound file of AR saying "Maria"? Maybe there would be something from Mesmer. If you do, could you e-mail it to me? Thanks heaps.
Claudia <claudia@paradise.co.nzfoo>
New Zealand - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 15:56:27 (PST)
If the Prisoner of Axkaban actors need to be "of an age" with AR, then the brooding young men we've been recommending for Black and Lupin won't work. Here's one who might:
Jonathan Pryce for Sirius Black
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Pryce,+Jonathan
He's got the dark, intense eyes that I always "see" with Black....
Barbara the Wallpaperer
- Monday, December 02, 2002 at 15:25:12 (PST)
You know, Mr. Rickman, I have seen a few of the Movies you have been in, notably Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, and of Course the 2 Currently available Harry Potter Movies. You play such despicable characters in those that it would be easy to belive you are evil and despicable too,and to hate you very much, if I didnt know that acting sometimes (perhaps in your case, often) leads a person to "be" people far from their own personalities. In any case, I really enjoy what you do and "Hate" you very much.
Chris <ZBraveWhiteWolfZ@aol.comfoo>
Evanston, IL USA - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 15:10:05 (PST)
frist off thanks, i guess for that interesting dream jizel.......it has given me mental pictures so i am forced to turn my head side ways and yell get out get out get out while hitting the opposite side of my head!!!! lol.. and oh yah es, i was kidding i know who alan rickman is so stop freaking out...ok????and i hope that in the future you or anyone else wont force me to smart off... thanks for listening....and thanks cg for giving me the best of luck.. and i wish all the same and more to you and every one else.. oh yeah also HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you and every one on this list!!!!THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME!!!! lindsey
lindsey <???????none ya??????foo>
????????, jhkjy usa - Monday, December 02, 2002 at 13:58:56 (PST)
I have a sony phone that can record sound. Its not as good as it sounds, as the sounds don't record loud enough to stand for a good ringtone you can hear in a crowded room!
flamingkitties
- Monday, December 02, 2002 at 13:44:55 (PST)
I just saw that too Flamingkittens, lol. How d'you get your fone to do that?
Jizel
- Monday, December 02, 2002 at 13:34:07 (PST)
my telephone says "i am the metatron" when i turn it on and "pay attention" when i do something wrong, and for text i sometimes have "i'm pissed off is what i am"
flamingkitties
- Monday, December 02, 2002 at 13:24:24 (PST)
alan rickman just beat up ian mckellen in Dead Ringers. lol blew eachother up i should have said.
flamingkitties
- Monday, December 02, 2002 at 13:21:43 (PST)
Boring story, but hightlight of my day.. Was in the office, one of our sales guys dropped in to get his mobile and pc fixed. My email notification is a sound wave of the Sheriff saying "Join us or Die!" (its appropriate for my office...! and makes my knees go everytime I get mail!!) so anyway, I get mail. "
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