Marian Schedenig

(https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=864516942383993&set=pcb.863286065840414) And then Steven said…

Star Wars is about a group or rebels fighting against the empire that's killing the millions of people. Dune is about a protagonist who sets out on a path that will lead to the killing of millions of people by his hands. It's more focused, yes. It relies much more heavily on story and characters over spectacle than I was afraid it might. The battles are there, but they never get in the way of the story or pacing.

Adès has conducted the Philharmoniker before. I do wonder if he's going to conduct Williams pieces or if it might be a shared programme (but the title suggests the former). Also curious if this will be focused on Williams's concert music or exclusively on film pieces. And Adès isn't just a composer/conductor, but also a pianist… But the current announcement does specifically list him as conductor.

"Warum richten Sie Ihre Walther auf meine Hoden?"

"Wer oder was ist ein Gefreiter Butz!?"

(ARE YOU A GOD?)

"Do you see the light!"

Classic FM reports that Anthony Hopkins will play Georg Friedrich Händel in an upcoming biopic supposedly centred around the composition of Händel's Messiah: https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/anthony-hopkins-handel-biopic-messiah/ Händel was 56 when he wrote the Messiah, and 74 at the time of his death. Hopkins is 86 now.

Right, I was going to say the same. They changed the design of the sonic screwdriver. - Ok, fine. They changed the design of the sonic screwdriver again. - Ok, fine. They changed the sonic screwdriver into sonic sunglasses. - Ok, fine. They changed back to a sonic screwdriver. - Ok, fine. They changed the design of the sonic screwdriver again… - Ok, fine. …to make it look less like a weapon. - WHAT? HOW DARE THEY? EXTREMIST WOKE DISNEY SOCIAL WARRIORS! Seriously, what's the big deal? Maybe, but what's the strange bit about it? In my experience (disclaimer: Coming from someone who's watched the 2005+ version and only seen a few bits and bobs of the earlier series), the Doctor has always been a strict (often "militantly") non-violent person. Generally not using weapons is one aspect of that. Having a sonic screwdriver that doesn't look like a weapon (no matter if it did look like one before or not) is consistent with that. Maybe stabbing the Goblin King is the incongruent bit here?

Caution: This is important info for Euro (and other) buyers. A friend of mine who ordered the Japanese edition fell into the same trap.

The one that so worried the German dubbers that they turned the Nazis into cocaine smugglers… I keep confusing it with that Suspicion, also with Cary Grant (the one with the glass of milk that had a light bulb in it while shooting). I loved that, but haven't seen it in 20+ years. One of the best earlier-ish ones (based on only one viewing so far) is Shadow of a Doubt.

All right, Curly. Enough's enough. You can't eat the Venetian blinds. I just had them installed on Wednesday.

Perhaps they're trying to make it less like Hamlet for whatever reason. Which reminds me: I've read that one of the originals sequels was apparently based on Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (with Timon and Pumbaa standing in for the two), and if that's true, I have to see that.