Belgarid the Movie
dancline
Ok I know that you all are thinking, Great another person who thinks
there should be a movie made out of Eddings works.
Well I am one of them, However I don't think it should be a motion
picture but a Animated picture! Well kinda like the hobbit, (which was
good, but could have been better).
Now a days there is enought Tech that we could do all the effects
without it looking lame, but I still think the bulk of the audience
would be childeren/teens, why not make it a serries of cartoons, say a
T.V mini sierries on Saturdays, and you could do both stories.
Just a thought
Arus
dancline wrote in message <34942B56...@sparc1.castles.com>...
That is definitely a great idea since cartoons are getting a bit better and
are actually attracting adults (ie check out Disney's Gargoyles, definitely
more for adults than children) with more complex plots and storylines (and,
i admit, humor ie South Park).
To mention one slightly well done series loosely based off of a book was
Mysterious Cities of Gold (done by the same man that does Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers). It was an episodic series that ran for only 39 eps, but it
was well done with a great story line, except it catered mostly to children,
but i still enjoy watching the series at my age.
The animation age is here, and most likely will stay as more and more people
become aware of its advantages (not having to hire name actors or going to
far out locations or spending billions of dollars on special effects).
kepola
dancline
Arus wrote:
> >
>
> That is definitely a great idea since cartoons are getting a bit better and
> are actually attracting adults (ie check out Disney's Gargoyles, definitely
> more for adults than children) with more complex plots and storylines (and,
> i admit, humor ie South Park).
> To mention one slightly well done series loosely based off of a book was
> Mysterious Cities of Gold (done by the same man that does Mighty Morphin
> Power Rangers). It was an episodic series that ran for only 39 eps, but it
> was well done with a great story line, except it catered mostly to children,
> but i still enjoy watching the series at my age.
> The animation age is here, and most likely will stay as more and more people
> become aware of its advantages (not having to hire name actors or going to
> far out locations or spending billions of dollars on special effects).
>
> kepola
Pulse you have Computers to help out with the animation, Look at that
Anastiasia or however its spelled. I was watching a doc on it and they said it
took a lot less time because they scanned the pictures on the computer and
manipulated them there. Although I haven't seen the move as yet, I heard it
looks great.
But you gotta figure one book is going to be about 4 hours, (to make it
good). Now the first book in the Belgarid, could be shorten down, but I wouldn't
want that too much. However you need everything in the other books, EVERYTHING,
because it all comes back into play, even Silks nicnames! Ambar, mmm what were
the others?Rauka? or something..
John Edward Selby
15/12/97 2:23pm MST
HI Dancline,
Please don't resurrect this thread. It has reared its ugly head almost as
many times as the dreaded casting thread and is just as old and stale.
Your ideas on this topic have already been covered and discussed many
times on this NG.
Anakha
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If you can't laugh at yourself, you could just be missing the joke of the
century!
Earl of Lenda
John Edward Selby <jes...@acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>15/12/97 2:23pm MST
>HI Dancline,
>Please don't resurrect this thread. It has reared its ugly head almost as
>many times as the dreaded casting thread and is just as old and stale.
>Your ideas on this topic have already been covered and discussed many
>times on this NG.
As much as I second the sentiment given here. So long as it remains
in this thread so the old-timers who have seen it, brought the
t-shirt, and are still here can avoid it, it's a reasonable
discussion. It's not the casting thread, but how wellcan it be done
by animation.
PLEASE however keep it in this thread - so we can avoid it if we
wish...
Lenda
ka...@idirect.com
On 1997-12-15 danc...@sparc1.castles.com said:
>Newsgroups: alt.fan.eddings
(large snipps here)
>>gsl Arus wrote: >
>But you gotta figure one book is going to be about 4 hours, (to
>make it good). Now the first book in the Belgarid, could be shorten
>down, but I wouldn't want that too much. However you need
>everything in the other books, EVERYTHING, because it all comes
>back into play, even Silks nicnames! Ambar, mmm what were the
>others?Rauka? or something..
I aggree, hope my large fascination with quote editing hasn't left any of
you confused but I totaly aggree that too much slicing of a moovie realy can
ruin it. Last weekend I watched the Lord of the Rings moovie and was majorly
dissapointed in it, because of the shortening up, important things were
missing, the characters were flat and undeveloped, and the whole thing was
trash. Hope they don't do that o the belgariad series, If they do, it would
probably better to leave it in book for only. Another alternative would be
a radio production like Npr's Starwars which was well done, not as much
restraint for time, and we'd be able to excersise our imaginations more.
--Kaare--
Net-Tamer V 1.10 - Test Drive
Martel
John Edward Selby wrote:
> 15/12/97 2:23pm MST
>
> HI Dancline,
>
> Please don't resurrect this thread. It has reared its ugly head almost as
> many times as the dreaded casting thread and is just as old and stale.
> Your ideas on this topic have already been covered and discussed many
> times on this NG.
>
> Anakha
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> If you can't laugh at yourself, you could just be missing the joke of the
> century!
So what..
Killane
I'm not going to bother quoting all the people who say that a Belgariad
movie should be animated.
Here's my 2 cents:
I agree that an animated version would be better. However, I feel that
it would work better through a non-Disney company. Disney would just
commercialize it to the extreme. And, although Disney's nack for humor
is often very good, It just doesn't seem to match with Eddings' humor.
What I'm saying is, Disney would try to make it more humorous than it
already is, and that would be really pushing it. And another thing - the
Soundtrack would have to include many of the songs listed in the "Music
For Eddings" post and *not* those idiodic "Hakuna Matata" type
blatherings ;p
Taiba
On Wed, 17 Dec 1997 10:53:55 -0500, Killane <akes...@lynx.neu.edu>
wrote:
What about Don Bluth? I still think his The Secret of NIMH was one of
the best animated films from the visual aspect that I ever saw. And,
although it's been years since I read that book, I thing the
adaptation wasn't bad. I haven't seen Anastasia yet, but I've heard
nice things about that movie's animation quality.
Taiba
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John Edward Selby
> > Please don't resurrect this thread. It has reared its ugly head almost as
> > many times as the dreaded casting thread and is just as old and stale.
> > Your ideas on this topic have already been covered and discussed many
> > times on this NG.
> >
> > Anakha
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > If you can't laugh at yourself, you could just be missing the joke of the
> > century!
>
> So what
Well, if something has been covered and examined from 5000 different
angles 200 different times on this NG, it is probably pointless to bring
it up again. Why take up bandwidth with last millenium's news?
If you really really want to know our thoughts on this tpoic, I would
suggest going to Dejanews and searching for it in the archives of AFE.
That way the rest of us won't be bored to tears.
Just my $0.02.
Anakha
Mara
Arus <ar...@lava.net> wrote in article <672rec$gnk$2...@gte1.gte.net>...
>
> dancline wrote in message <34942B56...@sparc1.castles.com>...
> was
> Mysterious Cities of Gold (done by the same man that does Mighty Morphin
you watch it too
it was so great that programme
and very sad too
i cried in the last episodes
but life is sad
and thats what makes it so memrable
that it didnt finish with a sickly sweet ending for the kids
but finished with hope
real
life
love mara
Dom Wynn
They showed Cities of Gold on BBC1 over here in the UK many years ago- I
was mildly interested for a while but once the aliens turned up it all
got a bit too exotic for me :)
Give me Ulysseus (spelling shot to pieces!) any day......
Dom
Ce'Nedra
In article <672rec$gnk$2...@gte1.gte.net>, Arus <ar...@lava.net> inscribed:
>To mention one slightly well done series loosely based off of a book was
>Mysterious Cities of Gold (done by the same man that does Mighty Morphin
>was well done with a great story line, except it catered mostly to children,
>but i still enjoy watching the series at my age.
Ooooh, I loved that, haven't seen it in years though!
What was the name of the book it was based on, and who was it by?
--
Ce'Nedra - desperately trying to remember the words to the fabulous theme tune
of it now!
Arus
Killane wrote in message <3497F5...@lynx.neu.edu>...
>I'm not going to bother quoting all the people who say that a Belgariad
>movie should be animated.
>Here's my 2 cents:
>I agree that an animated version would be better. However, I feel that
>it would work better through a non-Disney company. Disney would just
>commercialize it to the extreme. And, although Disney's nack for humor
>is often very good, It just doesn't seem to match with Eddings' humor.
>What I'm saying is, Disney would try to make it more humorous than it
>already is, and that would be really pushing it. And another thing - the
>Soundtrack would have to include many of the songs listed in the "Music
>For Eddings" post and *not* those idiodic "Hakuna Matata" type
>blatherings ;p
I wasn't suggesting that Disney do the animation 'cause, if anything, i'm
not all that fond of Disney cooperate....they've already disappointed me by
canceling one of the greatest cartoons on tv two years ago. I know there are
a lot of other studios out there who would be up to the challenge and would
produce a quality animation. I don't know about Don Bluth, though, since he
did work for Disney before, and had a falling out, but the animation is
still eseentially the same as Disney...
Kepola
Greldik
Whilst polishing the ships brass monkeys, I heard rogue historian Dom
Wynn say:
<snip>
>They showed Cities of Gold on BBC1 over here in the UK many years ago- I
>was mildly interested for a while but once the aliens turned up it all
>got a bit too exotic for me :)
>
>Give me Ulysseus (spelling shot to pieces!) any day......
>
>Dom
Is that Ulysses-Odysseus, the Homer (not Simpson) version or indeed
Ulysses 31 (Right number?) complete with spaceships and associated
weirdos and exotics, as seen on BBC1 years ago???
Greldik
--
To get to sealand road, remove the DEVA first
Killane
I'm sorry, didn't meen to suggest that Arus meant Disney.
also, just to clarify my point: Since Alladin, Disney has used the same
combination of animation style, slapstick humor, and idotic songs.
I think the last decent film was the Little Mermaid, if I'm not
mistaken.
Polgara
Killane wrote:
(snipping assessment of Disney's recent animated film style)
> I think the last decent film was the Little Mermaid, if I'm not
> mistaken.
Well, "Beauty and the Beast", which followed "Little Mermaid" won an
Oscar (was it Best Picture?). I don't remember which Oscar BatB won,
but it was a major one, not just Music or Animation or something (no
offense intended to anyone who actually makes these productions and
knows just how much all these pieces contribute to the Whole). I
enjoyed "Little Mermaid" more, FWIW.
Regards,
Polgara
--
"Poor dears, they can't help it. They haven't got logical minds."
Mrs. Goodacre, "Busman's Honeymoon"
Mara
Greldik <Gre...@DEVAsealandroadrip.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<h47CTEAY...@sealandroadrip.demon.co.uk>...
> Is that Ulysses-Odysseus, the Homer (not Simpson) version or indeed
> Ulysses 31 (Right number?) complete with spaceships and associated
> weirdos and exotics, as seen on BBC1 years ago???
>
wasnt 31 surely?
dont remember that
but ulysses in space yes
i did nt really get in to this one
i thiught it was abit too
depressing and went on for ages
(did they ever get home?
they almost did many times-like dungeon and dragons)
was this and the cities of gold made by the same company?
(dogtanian maybe too?)
love mara
'the door of the bars still open
and he breaks another rule'
Mara
> Ce'Nedra - desperately trying to remember the words to the fabulous theme
tune
> of it now!
>
...follow the path of the seting sun to eldaradob and the mysterious
cities of gold...
oh ooweo
searching for the mysterious cities of gold...
dedededede cities of gold..
thats all i remember
love mara
'your money market goes round and round
the pound goes up the dollar goes down'
Lauren1483
Its not just that we're all bored to death by the thread.
But DE clearly would never allow ANY merchandising of his books -
and this would definately include a poxy cartoon !!
Why do Americans have to turn everything into a sodding cartoon
and a baseball cap ?
Layla
Petter Mårtensson
> Killane wrote:
> (snipping assessment of Disney's recent animated film style)
>
> > I think the last decent film was the Little Mermaid, if I'm not
> > mistaken.
But you can't deny that the gothic feel of "Hunchback of Notre Dame" is
lousy? "Pocahontas" is lousy, but "The Lion King" and "The Hunchback..."
are both incredible movies.....
Can't help that I love Disney....
--
The Turtle Moves!
/Petter
UIN: 3750586
Homepage: http://fisherqueen.ml.org
Polgara
Actually, I haven't seen "Hunchback". I imagine I will one of these
days, but haven't felt an overwhelming urge yet. "Lion King" *was*
excellent. I even enjoyed "Pocahontas" as long as I didn't try to
remember the actual facts :-) .
Regards,
Polgara (who gets the Disney Channel and is exposed to too many of
these movies, most of which really are good)
--
Killane
Yeah, I forgot about BatB. that one's also okay. Aladdin itself was good
too, but since then its been the same kind of thing.
Oh, another comment: If there ever is a Belgariad the Movie, no talking
animals (like bunny wabbits) *please*, agreed?
Martel
Lauren1483 wrote:
(head shaking)
Mara
Polgara <sa...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in article
<67kn03$8...@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>...
as long as I didn't try to
> remember the actual facts :-) .
the facts and disney
dont quite go together do they?
love mara
Mara
Killane <akes...@lynx.neu.edu> wrote in article
<349DE2...@lynx.neu.edu>...
yeah but wont we need that when they shape change?
in that case lets hire the people who did watership down
what a great carton/film this was
move aside disney
(but not to deprssing this time!!)
love mara
Brent Williams
(delete)
Aside from the fact that I support Eddings's move NOT to commercialize
his work by having it animated, the question of Disney and the time
factor of movies is worth mentioning.
First off, almost all of Disney's full-length animations are musicals.
The exception that I know of is "The Black Cauldron", based on the works
of Lloyd Alexander, but I haven't seen it (and I KNOW its a rarity on
video). Disney tend to find a formula and stick with it. While I,
personally, find the thought of Belgarath singing to Garion about what
is possible and what isn't PERSONALLY amusing, I prefer to keep my
guilty pleasures to myself, and I wouldn't subject an audience to a
"Disney" version of it, anyway.
Now, back to the time factor. What kind of wusses are we? Our
Victorian ancestors (you remember, the prudes that turned sex into a Bad
Thing, and gave us the conflicting concept of the working class and
lesiure time?) went to see Houdini perform, and in his 5 hour act,
entire walls would be constructed, and "escape-proof" cabinets would be
built. Why CAN'T we sit down and watch a 4-hour movie. I promise that
I'd put in bathroom breaks. (And I KNOW "The Right Stuff" and "JFK" were
pushing four hours, but they were historical films, not animation).
Or better yet, why not a series. Of course, that would have to be done
with a BBC-type work-ethic, so I don't see it happening. I could go on,
but I seem to detect that I'm boring my audeince, and this post is now
WAY off topic. Why don't I just leave off here?
Simon Nickerson
A frolicsome rabbit informed me that Brent Williams <be...@kiva.net> had
been posting to a.f.e again:
>While I,
>personally, find the thought of Belgarath singing to Garion about what
>is possible and what isn't PERSONALLY amusing,
ROTFL!
[large snip of some points that I more or less agree with]
>Or better yet, why not a series. Of course, that would have to be done
>with a BBC-type work-ethic, so I don't see it happening.
If the Belgariad were to be filmed (which in a sense would be a tragedy,
so I'm glad it isn't going to happen) then I think it would be far more
successful as a BBC-type 'costume drama' than as a Hollywood
blockbuster. For a start, the story can be shown in greater depth (Pride
and Prejudice was IIRC about six hours of television), and there's less
pressure to add sex and violence just to boost audience figures.
Perhaps more importantly, I can almost guarantee that half of the UK
will be watching it if Colin Firth is in it. ;-)
<sigh> Of course, even six hours isn't nearly enough to do it justice.
With six hours, you would either need to miss out huge chunks of
dialogue, or important scenes.
How about if it were adapted for radio? Brian Sibley serialised the
Lord of the Rings for radio, and there were a lot of episodes (can
anyone remember how many?) Would any DE work be better expressed on
the radio?
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Zeshan
Mara <spr...@lineone.net> wrote in article
<01bd0ee3$bf9f5fe0$bc3563c3@default>...
<snip>
> the facts and disney
> dont quite go together do they?
Shhh...
Wouldn't want those nice Disney lawyers coming after you, would you ?
;-)
Zeshan
Mara
Zeshan <zeshan...@btinternet.com> wrote in article
<01bd108f$87907140$LocalHost@default>...
thanks for the warning
but ill take my own chances
now what multi national capatilist conglomarante
can i slander now?
love mara
Walker
No Disney. For one big reason. Take a look at Hercules. A whole
generation of misinformed kids will grow up thinking Hercules slew the
Hyrdra, Gorgon, Minotaur and rode Pegasus. If they had the lack of
conscience to do that to myths thousands of years old, think of what they
would do to the Belgariad.
Secondly, Disney cannot do vast, epic adventures. Which the Belgariad
most certainly is. And although Eddings does include humour the books are
far too serious for a Disney crew to tackle. A lot of the stuff that
makes Eddings' writing good also would be cut - deemed not suitable for a
young audience, similarly a lot of the character development would be cut
as unnecessary to the furthering of the story. Any good book will never
make a good commercial film.
Personally, and this is a bit unconventional, if a film were to be made
(and I would insist on it being a Star Wars style trilogy for enough
time) I would love it to be computer animated. This way you get all the
benefits of traditional animation, plus some very very good effects that
cannot be done with pen and ink. If you computer's aren't up to the task
take a look at some of the cut-scenes from games today, and especially
the introduction to Soul Blade (I'm a big child really :)).
--
[The candle flickers as Walker once again resumes
his poring over the Histories]
<==Walker==>
Zeshan
Mara <spr...@lineone.net> wrote in article
<01bd10c1$fdadcbc0$262d63c3@default>...
<snip>
> thanks for the warning
> but ill take my own chances
>
> now what multi national capatilist conglomarante
> can i slander now?
One word, begins with M ends in T, nine letters long...
;-)
Zeshan
Mara
Zeshan <zeshan...@btinternet.com> wrote in article
<01bd1248$fdbe62e0$LocalHost@default>...
what?
marlshart??
<hehe>
dont be scared
say it
as i tne words of another 'evil' company
'just do it
love mara
>
>
dancline
Brent Williams wrote:
> > How about if it were adapted for radio? Brian Sibley serialised the
> > Lord of the Rings for radio, and there were a lot of episodes (can
> > anyone remember how many?) Would any DE work be better expressed on
> > the radio?
> >
> > --
> > Celsimon (High Priest of Happy Bunnies)
> > Please say 'shoo' to any felicitous lagomorphs in my e-mail address
> > Welsh Christmas greeting:
> > Nadolig Llawen a Blwydden Newydd Dda
>
> (deletia--- points I more-or-less made, and thanks for the laugh. I
> think musicals are absurd, anyway)
>
> I think that a radio production would be about the only way that this
> series could be dramatised, and do the series justice. The Mind's Eye
> Radio theatre was my first exposure to a dramatisation of Tolkien's
> work, and NOTHING was left out. The series was fantastic, even if it
> WAS quite long. I have it on several CD's around here somewhere, but I
> can't find them right now to give you an idea about the length of the
> thing.
>
> I have those tapes of the "Lord of the Rings" very well done, (some of
> the hobbits sound dumb though). I think I will get a few people together
> and do my own Radio ver of the Belgarid. Oh say about 100 people would do
> it. And of course you need sound effects, and editing. WELL maybe I won't
> do it, (right away)....
dancline
Brent Williams wrote:
> (delete)
>
> Aside from the fact that I support Eddings's move NOT to commercialize
> his work by having it animated, the question of Disney and the time
> factor of movies is worth mentioning.
>
> First off, almost all of Disney's full-length animations are musicals.
> The exception that I know of is "The Black Cauldron", based on the works
> of Lloyd Alexander, but I haven't seen it (and I KNOW its a rarity on
> video). Disney tend to find a formula and stick with it. While I,
> personally, find the thought of Belgarath singing to Garion about what
> is possible and what isn't PERSONALLY amusing, I prefer to keep my
> guilty pleasures to myself, and I wouldn't subject an audience to a
> "Disney" version of it, anyway.
>
Oh come now! Wouldn't Kheldar singings "It's not so bad being a thief" be
nice???? I have said it once and I'll say it again Disney couldn't do the
movie, but an independed could.
Dave Spielman
dancline wrote in message <34A8B012...@sparc1.castles.com>...
>
> Oh come now! Wouldn't Kheldar singings "It's not so bad being a thief" be
>nice???? I have said it once and I'll say it again Disney couldn't do the
>movie, but an independed could.
>
Especially if Kheldar is played by my personal choice: Rowan Atkinson (Black
Adder, Mr. Bean).
Dave Spielman
Simon Nickerson
A frolicsome rabbit informed me that dancline
<danc...@sparc1.castles.com> had been posting to a.f.e again:
>I have said it once and I'll say it again Disney couldn't do the
>movie, but an independed could.
I've just had a rather ludicrous thought: how about if Nick Park did
an animated version of the Belgariad? You know, the person responsible
for Wallace and Gromit [1] and the old 'Creature Comforts' electricity
company adverts.
[1] If you've never seen Wallace and Gromit, then they're a man-and-dog
team made of plasticine. Rush out and by the video now! :-)
--
Celsimon (High Priest of Happy Bunnies)
I have some happy bunnies protecting me from spam e-mails.
To send mail, please ask them nicely to go away.
Taiba
>I've just had a rather ludicrous thought: how about if Nick Park did
>an animated version of the Belgariad? You know, the person responsible
>for Wallace and Gromit [1] and the old 'Creature Comforts' electricity
>company adverts.
>
>[1] If you've never seen Wallace and Gromit, then they're a man-and-dog
> team made of plasticine. Rush out and by the video now! :-)
>
>--
>Celsimon (High Priest of Happy Bunnies)
>I have some happy bunnies protecting me from spam e-mails.
>To send mail, please ask them nicely to go away.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
ROFLMHO!
I think we need to put this topic to bed. The ideas are getting a
little too wierd even for me!
Happy New Year!
Taiba
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Shinobi2
Just to add my two cents to the often discussed movie subject: should a movie
ever be
made, how about Terry Gilliam as the director. Given the elements of the book
(i.e. the banter between Belgarath and Polgara; or the slyness of Silk), it
seems the ideal
Gilliam vehicle.
Cho-Hag
dancline wrote:
>
> Oh come now! Wouldn't Kheldar singings "It's not so bad being a thief" be
> movie, but an independed could.
*faint* Musical stuff is an idea, but I can't really see Torak doing an
"Inferno" sequence with Polgara (remember Hunchback?) ;)
Personally i think an anime-style feature would be good. Ce'Nedra, more
than anyone else, is one of those characters who translates perfectly to
the genre. So's Garion. So's Polgara...Belgarath...the Alorn kings... In
fact, all the characters have their opposite numbers in stock anime
stereotypes. Think of Saotome Ranma's girlfriend-whatever (I'm not sure
what her name translated into English is), for example, and you have the
basic idea for Ce'Nedra. (Oh yes... don't forget to change hair
colour/style and eye colour.) Think of Hikaru Whassisname (from Macross;
his "translated" name in Robotech was Rick Hunter) and you have
Garion... the possibilities are endless...
Come to think of it, didn't someone post about a Belgariad/Ranma 1/2
fanfic some time ago?
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Simon Nickerson wrote:
>
> I've just had a rather ludicrous thought: how about if Nick Park did
> an animated version of the Belgariad? You know, the person responsible
> for Wallace and Gromit [1] and the old 'Creature Comforts' electricity
> company adverts.
>
> [1] If you've never seen Wallace and Gromit, then they're a man-and-dog
> team made of plasticine. Rush out and by the video now! :-)
They are wonderful, aren't they? I've had the video set since last
Christmas (1996) and have practically worn it out!
Regards,
Polgara
Christal
Cho-Hag wrote:
<snip!>
> Personally i think an anime-style feature would be good. Ce'Nedra, more
> than anyone else, is one of those characters who translates perfectly to
> the genre. So's Garion. So's Polgara...Belgarath...the Alorn kings... In
> fact, all the characters have their opposite numbers in stock anime
> stereotypes. Think of Saotome Ranma's girlfriend-whatever (I'm not sure
> what her name translated into English is), for example, and you have the
> basic idea for Ce'Nedra. (Oh yes... don't forget to change hair
> colour/style and eye colour.)
<psst> Which fiance? Akane, Shampoo, or Ukyu?
> Think of Hikaru Whassisname (from Macross;
> his "translated" name in Robotech was Rick Hunter) and you have
> Garion... the possibilities are endless..
Ohhh. Anime style! I think that would be a great idea! Of course, it would be even better if
they had Japanese seiyuu. Yup, I can just see it now! Hayashibara Megumi as the voice of
Polgara! Mitsuishi Kotono as Ce'Nedra! Midorikawa Hikaru (Hikaru-san! <swoon> I love his
voice!) as Belga...err, I think maybe I'm going too far. Hehe. Bye now!
> Come to think of it, didn't someone post about a Belgariad/Ranma 1/2
> fanfic some time ago?
>
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Christal
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Andrew Shore (Jaycey)
On Thu, 1 Jan 1998, Cho-Hag wrote:
> Come to think of it, didn't someone post about a Belgariad/Ranma 1/2
> fanfic some time ago?
I think it was the page address; um... (checks):
http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/6413/fanfiction.html
if you didn't read it the first time around; it isn't bad for fanfic,
though you need both backgrounds to appreciate it... I know *far* more
about Eddings than Ranma, as it happens, since I only got interested in
anime a few months ago...
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> victory, wine, sex, money, respect, adventure and chocolate, not
> necessarily in that order.
> -Ye Gods!, Tom Holt
>
Jaycey... {:->
Cho-Hag
Christal wrote:
>
> Cho-Hag wrote:
> <snip!>
> > Think of Saotome Ranma's girlfriend-whatever (I'm not sure
> > what her name translated into English is), for example, and you have the
> > basic idea for Ce'Nedra. (Oh yes... don't forget to change hair
> > colour/style and eye colour.)
>
> <psst> Which fiance? Akane, Shampoo, or Ukyu?
Not Shampoo... umm... I only managed to get my paws on the Chinese
version, so don't know by name... well, let's cat the resemblances to
the Rivan Queen.
(1) short (or not that tall, at least)
(2) really really bad temper at times...
(3) absolutely awful cooking...
(4) often wants to solve problems by beating people with a big stick
;)...
Come to think of it, Shampoo (whose name is a direct translation in any
language!) reminds me of Velvet for some reason. Perhaps it was the
duck-feeding scene. :)
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> Christal
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Belmakor
In article <8FixeZAx...@sigma.demon.co.uk>,
Si...@sigma.demon.co.happy.bunnies.uk says...
>
>
>If the Belgariad were to be filmed (which in a sense would be a tragedy,
>so I'm glad it isn't going to happen) then I think it would be far more
>successful as a BBC-type 'costume drama' than as a Hollywood
>blockbuster. For a start, the story can be shown in greater depth (Pride
>and Prejudice was IIRC about six hours of television), and there's less
>pressure to add sex and violence just to boost audience figures.
>
>
>Celsimon (High Priest of Happy Bunnies)
> Welsh Christmas greeting:
> Nadolig Llawen a Blwydden Newydd Dda
>
Oh deah...adding violence to the Bel/Mal? What would they do, show a drunken
Alorn brawl every 10 minutes :p.
More seriously (at least for me): why does every good book have to be turned
into a movie. Frankly, the only reason that so many books are butchered into
film/tv is that movie writers are too lazy to come up with decent plots of
their own.
*stepping off of soapbox*
Belmakor
Christal
Cho-Hag wrote:
> Christal wrote:
> >
> > Cho-Hag wrote:
> > <snip!>
> > > Think of Saotome Ranma's girlfriend-whatever (I'm not sure
> > > what her name translated into English is), for example, and you have the
> > > basic idea for Ce'Nedra. (Oh yes... don't forget to change hair
> > > colour/style and eye colour.)
> >
> > <psst> Which fiance? Akane, Shampoo, or Ukyu?
>
> Not Shampoo... umm... I only managed to get my paws on the Chinese
> version, so don't know by name... well, let's cat the resemblances to
> the Rivan Queen.
> (1) short (or not that tall, at least)
> (2) really really bad temper at times...
> (3) absolutely awful cooking...
> (4) often wants to solve problems by beating people with a big stick
> ;)...
Ahhh! That can only be the violent tomboy Akane since Ukyu is a good cook and carries the
spatula, not the mallet, which Akane uses.
>
>
> Come to think of it, Shampoo (whose name is a direct translation in any
> language!) reminds me of Velvet for some reason. Perhaps it was the
> duck-feeding scene. :)
Well, I can get the duck-feeding part (Mouse-chan!), but I don't really see Shampoo as Velvet.
>
>
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> victory, wine, sex, money, respect, adventure and chocolate, not
> necessarily in that order.
> -Ye Gods!, Tom Holt
> Run! Run! Or you'll be well-done! - Kefka, FF III
Christal
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