They look like big, good, strong hands, don't they? I always thought that's what they were...

[fan_elune]

First off, after having watched the whole of season 2 of Boomtown (all six episodes, yessir), it's official, it sucks. I don't know what happened, maybe the network was putting the pressure on them because they didn't have a good enough audience and so they had to make it less original, but hell. Suddenly it became... just like any other show. They still made the most of Neal McDonough's amazing acting skills, for instance, but his character was not the same. The writing itself absolutely sucked! I know, I'm being harsh, but hell I'm feeling harsh. After such a first season, how can you drop to something so common-place? The very thing that was the core of this show, the split-up narration with scenes that sometimes did not gain their meaning until the very end of the episode when we got the final piece of the puzzle... gone! The complexity of the characters, their never-that-simple relationships, or on the contrary their decidedly straight-forward and touching and endearing interactions... adieu! I wish they hadn't got a second season. Because the way the first one ended, with those three episodes focused on Fearless, David and Joel... brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. They should have ended it on that.

That said, Joey has never seen The NeverEnding Story. Is it just me, or should no child be allowed to grow up without having seen the NeverEnding Story?


"The video arcade is down the street. Here we just sell small rectangular objects. They're called books. They require a little effort on your part, and make no bee-bee-bee-bee-beeps. On your way please."

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[hardlyfatal.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it, either. Nor have I seen Labrinth.

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

Deprived! They're to of my childhood staples, weekend viewing on regular basis. Loved them both.

[hardlyfatal.livejournal.com]

Heh. When I was a kid, my brother was so sick we always just watched what he wanted, which was a movie he'd fixate on for a week (in the form of watching it, rewinding, watching, rewinding) before moving on to another.

Movies I've still got memorized, thanks to this:

Saturday the 14th
Young Frankenstein
Love at First Bite
Jason and the Argonauts
Clash of the Titans
All Rocky movies
All Eddie Murphy movies prior to 1987
All Star Trek movies prior to 1987

And likely piles of others I can't recall the titles of at the moment.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Really? See, that's such a shame. Well, I hadn't seen Labyrinth until last year, it really didn't make it in France, but I don't think it would have had as much of an impact on me anyway. Labyrinth is more like The Goonies. A really fun movie you love when you're a kid.

But the Neverending Story? When you're a child, it's just... it's about imagination, and hope, and wishes, and not giving up. It's probably the first fantasy I encountered and loved. It's so much. It brings you so much.

Of course, watching it now I realise all of its flaws and stuff, but the script itself? Brilliant.

[hardlyfatal.livejournal.com]

I think I likely would have either hated it, from your description, or been positively ravaged by it. Not a lot of hope for me, growing up. Wishes never came true, and I used to pray that I could give up, on a regular basis. And don't I sound pathetic? Heh. I was not a happy child.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Who knows, it might just have taken you away... Didn't you use to escape into worlds of your own?

In any case - the unhappy child gave way to a wonderful, talented grown-up. :)

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

That said, Joey has never seen The NeverEnding Story. Is it just me, or should no child be allowed to grow up without having seen the NeverEnding Story?

To me you rather have to *read* it. Seeing it is optional.
Actually, I don't have much memories left from the movie, whereas so many of the images generated by the book are still there.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Well, for those of us who haven't read it, trust me, the movie remains. I remembered it so well, compared to other films I loved when I was a kid, like the Goonies or Bugsy Malone, but those didn't stick half as well.

That said, earlier I was entertaining the idea of reading the book... it's German innit? I should actually try and read it in German... with a dictionary by my side. Joss help me.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can understand it remains. The Goonies remained more, for me. But then, I didn't read any Goonies book. ;-)
And some of the stuff I liked the best in the Neverending Story story didn't seem to have made it to the film.

Yeah, it's German. Good luck with reading it in VO. ;-)

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I remember being horrified by Atreyu's lack of greenness. ;-)

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Huh. I'm not sure I would have crushed on him if he'd been green.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

He is totally and definitely green. :-P
And *I* had a crush on the book-Atreju, not the movie-Atreju. ^_^

Did you know the actor played a character named "Harry Potter" in a movie called "Troll"? ;-)

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Actually, seeing the movie again, much as I still adore the character of Atreyu, that kid could not act. It's quite sad. But when you're a kid you don't notice such stuff.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought. Hmm. I should buy myself a German dictionary to start with.

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

I agree- a very worthy movie. I just rewatched some of it when I capped it for some custom icons and I got all sniffly.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Oh, love your icon! Sylvia's a wonderful character.

Tell me about it. I don't think I've ever watched that movie without shedding a tear over Artax's death (including this very morning). I'm looking forward to seeing those icons!

[stampinground.livejournal.com]

aaaahhh The Neverending story... j'adore ce film, le DVD trone encore sur l'étagère et je le regarde régulièrement... toute mon enfance -_-

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Exactement ! Et c'est une telle ode à l'imagination... *sigh*

[khylarenelf.livejournal.com]

I always loved that movie. It holds a lot of magic. Both my kiddos have seen it.

Favorite quote? "To the winch, wench!"

heheh...

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I discovered it this morning! It was my first time seeing it in English. That line was a good surprise! I don't remember how they'd translated it in French, but it hadn't struck me, so it probably wasn't as good.

[the-swordman.livejournal.com]

I loved the movie, I actually saw it in 1984 on big screen and again throughout childhood. I felt so close to Bastien and had the biggest crush on the Empress :)

The book is good, a lot darker and so much deeper (they cut so many stuff).
Well worth a read.

[heikki-cheren.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I should reread it one of these days...

I can't remember... Is there that part about the.... hmmm... ok, let's try not to spoil too much... In the movie, did they keep that scene about some "things" changing color when someone was touching them? Or things being so different during days and nights? *cough*
I was quite impressed by those scenes, in the book. But I totally can't remember if they are in the movie.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

1984... I was one year old. Needless to say, I haven't seen it on a big screen. ;) But it was a regular through my childhood, too. My own personal crush was, obviously, on Atreyu. (Because back then I couldn't care less (or actually notice) if an actor couldn't act. Heh.)

Well, Frédéric lent it to me, so I'll be reading it in French after all! Green!Atreyu, here I come!

[anna-tarawiel.livejournal.com]

Hi Sweetie, just wanted to let you know that Tia did it !!! Yay ! I know, it's hard to believe, but it's true, she has a LJ !
So now that __tia joined us, we created op_le_lj. We're waiting for you ;)

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!! *does a dance of joy* (good timing, listening to CoRo! not hard to bounce to that!)