tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post8081696236001271656..comments2023-10-17T02:47:38.574-06:00Comments on In Palinode's Palace: action-packed literature throughout historypalinodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-76648392139783482902008-01-23T13:42:00.000-06:002008-01-23T13:42:00.000-06:00Clash of the Titans - When that was playing in a t...Clash of the Titans - When that was playing in a theatre near me, some genius, and I mean that nearly sincerely, removed the "AN" from Titans on the billboard. So, in letters roughly three feet high, on a major commuting thoroughfare, it said, "CLASH OF THE TITS." Heee! Traffic stopper. Boy, that makes me feel old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-75201675679197407962008-01-22T16:27:00.000-06:002008-01-22T16:27:00.000-06:00I can't say I am the worlds more well read person,...I can't say I am the worlds more well read person, however, I actually have read Dante's Inferno (the Dore illustrated version). I only wish Industrial Light & Magic would try and create that in a cineplex.....don't think you would get a lot of viewers...unless you handed out tabs of acid to the movie goers on their way into the theater.Bruce Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898228670873232050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-49475430970610101742008-01-22T15:55:00.000-06:002008-01-22T15:55:00.000-06:00anonymous - Yeah, my crystal's been glowing for a ...anonymous - Yeah, my crystal's been glowing for a few years now. Don't tell Computer.<BR/><BR/>dmbaron - Actually, Finnegan's Wake has several combat scenes (at least I think that's what I read) that would lend themselves well to stop-motion donnybrooking. My vote for fighting skeletons goes to Portrait of the Artist, which was pretty grim stuff. "Welcome O world! I go out for the millionth time to encounter reality and forge in the OH CRAP SKELETONS WITH SWORDS AGAIN".<BR/><BR/>ozma - Cloverfield has very shallow roots, as far as I know. I understand that Cloverfield is the street name or something similar outside the offices of the Bad Robot production. It was a working title for the movie and it stuck.<BR/><BR/>There was no Cloverfield Man, but there are prehistoric cultures identified by the use of Clovis points, named after the location where the first artifacts of that type were originally found. <BR/><BR/>Cloverfield is a great title, though, precisely for the reason that it has you racking your brain; it has pastoral connotations that tug at your sense of history.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I saw Beowulf. I liked the script but found the animation distracting.<BR/><BR/>helvetica - Clash of the Titans. Full of Ray Harryhausen genius. I want to see that again.<BR/><BR/>Those are all great choices for action-packed literature. I wrote this piece for a magazine, so I was constrained to six. Gravity's Rainbow was in the original draft, along with The Tempest, Canterbury Tales and Ulysses. Try boiling Gravity's Rainbow down to fifty words, though. Actually, I can boil Pynchon's novel down to four words: Tyrone Slothrop Falls Apart. But you miss the subtleties and the dirty bits that way.palinodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01029915232895358768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-51651682549680251382008-01-22T15:15:00.000-06:002008-01-22T15:15:00.000-06:00Clash of the Titans style, that's how I imagine th...Clash of the Titans style, that's how I imagine the film of The Odyssey. If you ever sequel this post, I vote for adding: Gargantua and Pantagruel, Orlando Furioso, and Gravity's Rainbow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-51889066995160711322008-01-22T14:13:00.000-06:002008-01-22T14:13:00.000-06:00Can you explain the roots of Cloverfield? I kept t...Can you explain the roots of Cloverfield? I kept thinking that it was in some epic because it sounded so familiar and I was racking my brain trying to figure it out. There is some Cloverfield monster? Or is there a Cloverfield man?<BR/><BR/>There is already a movie of The Odyssey. I think it has Kirk Douglas as Odysseus although I could be mistaken. I think all these would make great animated movies--Remembrance of Lost Time esp. Did you see the new Beowulf?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-84747990476144920812008-01-22T13:43:00.000-06:002008-01-22T13:43:00.000-06:00All of these sound like great projects to bring Ra...All of these sound like great projects to bring Ray Harryhausen out of retirement. Finnegan's Wake especially. Any James Joyce works would perk up with a few stop-motion, sword-wielding skeletons thrown in.Disgraced Media Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785866186650916988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-88336685975571659192008-01-22T13:42:00.000-06:002008-01-22T13:42:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Disgraced Media Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785866186650916988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943519.post-80002192841471861142008-01-22T12:59:00.000-06:002008-01-22T12:59:00.000-06:00shockingly enough there is a screening of Logan's...shockingly enough there is a screening of Logan's Run -going on here in Kingston this week. --I'm guessing you only failed to include this film as your crystal is glowing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com