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Post by SunBlind on Aug 7, 2005 12:04:17 GMT -5
I've only seen a few, but one I really love is one with Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust. I thought it was very well done and really flowed well with the music.
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Post by SunBlind on Aug 18, 2005 20:06:07 GMT -5
Oooh, I like your new sig pic.
The Lion King brings you right into the musical like nothing I've ever seen before, and will be hard pressed to find again in the future. And though you see the people inside the costumes, it was way more convincing than if they tried to cover the actors up.
The Claude Rains version....is that the one with the blue mask? I've got all the versions mixed up in my head. I even have one taped off the TV from a French channel (though the original was english).
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Post by SunBlind on Aug 13, 2005 11:33:56 GMT -5
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Post by SunBlind on Aug 12, 2005 19:12:32 GMT -5
Syra said: I'm looking into getting the Canadian version of the cast recording. The one with Colm Wilkinson, I think. I adore his MOTN though the rest I don't find as inspiring.
*digs out the cassette, finds one of Michael Crawford singing various Webber songs, eventually finds the Phantom at the bottom of the pile*
Yup, Colm Wilkinson. And Crawford can do some pretty amazing things with Memory (Cats), And The Money Kept Rolling In (Evita), and Gethsemane (Jesus Christ Super Star).
Talking about Cats, anyone else absolutely love that one? The musical itself is on video for anyone who hasn't seen it or wants to see it again and again and again. I've seem the musical itself two or three times, and again my mom had the record. When I was little i used to act it out, pretending to be a cat myself ^_^
And (on an unrelated note) The Lion King. I HAVE to see that again. Saw it on Broadway a couple years ago from the 12th row, it was amazing.
Syra asks: Where'd you see the musical, may I ask? Montreal at Place des Arts.
Syra quivers: I'm a chicken and it would probably scare me.
Whatever you do, watch it with the lights on and with someone else in the house...and be prepared for really gross "skin replacement therapies" Ugh.
Anyone else have the Goosebumps version, "The Phantom of the Auditorium"? And I also have a little kids book told from the point of view of Erik himself. That was pretty cool actually though the text simple.
Will try and get some pics scanned in this weekend.
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Post by SunBlind on Aug 7, 2005 11:03:17 GMT -5
Oh man, don't get me started. My mom got the lp records of the british producation more than a dozen years ago and I memorized the whole thing word for word. I then got a cassette of the canadian production and I now own the CD version of her LP's. I was totally obsessed. I've read the book several times, saw the musical twice (though not in NY), and saw all the movies, even a totally gross horror movie version (not the original, though that was meant as horror too...this one was all about deals with the devil and scared the pants off me because I was home alone at the time). I went to the 2004 movie being afraid they'd change the musical all around and was totally impressed that they hadn't even changed words (though I think the chandelier fell later than it was supposed to, the were supposed to sing about it in the masquerade). I even bought a pair of mask earrings when I went to the musical...though I've never worn them. Pretty neat though anyway. And I think that led to my interest in Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon. Another cloaked, mysterious masked man. ^_^ And so my interest in anime was born. Though no one sings it quite like Crawford and Brightman, what I wouldn't have given to have him sing in the movie. Course Banderas would have been very cool too. I thought he did well in Evita...of course a latin phantom might have been a bit odd, but no more so than a british one. Edit: BTW, anyone want me to scan some pics from the booklet that came with the record? And I used to have some pics I downloaded from the web...can't find them now though
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Post by SunBlind on Jun 24, 2005 18:40:03 GMT -5
Free host wise, I agree, don't go with Tripod or Angelfire. Their pop ups are extraodinarily annoying.
I use Powweb.com and haven't had any complaints. Recently I looked at a few others with a friend who was looking for a new host and found that Powweb.com was pretty good, if not the best one out there (space, bandwidth and feature-wise). Though it may offer more than you're interested in, in which case you can find cheaper ones out there that give you less. You can buy the domain name through them for $15, though you could probably buy it through that cheaper site and Powweb will still host it.
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Post by SunBlind on Jun 19, 2005 16:35:29 GMT -5
Oooh, the book is in print! I got it through the Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC.com or SFBC.ca) in an omnibus called Wizard's Castle. Double checked and it is indeed still available, along with her Dalemark Quartet. The Chrestomanci books are no longer listed.
Amazon.com seems to have it too....
Haven't had a chance to read it yet, though maybe I'll push it to the top of my list now ^.^ Does one need to read the Chrestomanci books first? Are they even related?
I saw all the other movies listed except Castle in the Sky. I haven't seen tons of anime but I like these because they're more lighthearted.
So many books to read, so little time to read them...
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Post by SunBlind on May 7, 2005 12:58:42 GMT -5
*noodles* Even worse are the stats pages. No text, no nothing. I just can't bring myself to stick a critter on a page without some kind of textual interaction.
One reason why there are fewer agencies with growth stages is that those who used to have all that free time in high school to draw several stages, now work and can only do the adult stage. Same goes for people having time to write pages. I've just reopened my Windskrae without growth stages mainly because I don't have time to draw them, they take me ages. And no one would accept "duplicates" they all have to be unique now. I used to draw a set of stages and then hand out 10 copies of them, but people don't want that anymore. In the end, I'll probably be drawing even more than when I did have the stages.
And forget click-and-takes. Unless they're breedable, no one has any interest, though I used to write pages even for those.
It's all about the pretty pictures now. If your critter isn't a great piece of work people tend to turn away. I used to adopt just about everything I came across...even some pretty poorly drawn crits. Now I don't have the time I used to, so I tend to stick with a few specific agencies that bring up old memories, only rarely starting up with a new one. And yet on the other hand, for the very same reason, when redrawings are offered, I often don't accept. I've grown too attached to the original image.
Although the Windskrae have bonds...maybe for my next contest I could have a writing one. Where the resulting Windskrae will be somehow influenced by the story...interesting idea.
Kinda miss those old Pern agencies, though I doubt I'd start up again with those.
Ah the memories...yesterday was my birthday (27) so I'm feeling kind of reminiscent of when I got involved in all this...about 7 years ago? Wow.
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Post by SunBlind on May 28, 2005 13:26:58 GMT -5
Wow, pretty nice ^_^ Maybe the main body/neck needs a little movement to it when the leg and tail move, so it will be a little less stiff. But that's common among animations I see.
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Post by SunBlind on Apr 30, 2005 14:31:12 GMT -5
Wow, very amazing!!
*attempts to snatch one but gets bitten*
Knew I shouldn't have ignored that sign....
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Post by SunBlind on Apr 23, 2005 11:37:13 GMT -5
Went to McGill University, graduate 01 with a computer engineering degree. Now I work as a software developper. If I hadn't done something computer related I would have loved to have done astrophysics *g*
Pretty interesting to see all the different things people have chosen.
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Post by SunBlind on Apr 7, 2005 15:13:23 GMT -5
I voted Sebre Feline, because one doesn't see those as often and I'm interested in your computer colouring. But I'd also be interested in JW's, especially breedings now that I've a couple in packs ^_^ So maybe you want to throw in a vote for them too.
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Post by SunBlind on Apr 2, 2005 12:31:48 GMT -5
Gods...and I thought my cat slept funny.
::looks at the belly snorkler:: That looks painful....he's gonna have one major kink in his neck when he wakes up ^_^
ROFL
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Post by SunBlind on Mar 27, 2005 13:43:58 GMT -5
Sera - I have a female that would like to join your pack. I don't know if her lack of forelegs and presence of wings falls under a mutation or not... She's the second on the page, element fire, its her stats at the bottom of the page. myth-and-fantasy.com/shadows/adopt/darkness3.html
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Post by SunBlind on May 14, 2005 18:54:54 GMT -5
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