Subj : Re: Hello Weekend
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Avon
Date : Sun Mar 03 2024 09:38 pm

On 02 Mar 2024 at 08:06a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF>  Av> That film has just come out here also... was it like 3 years until pa
 pF>  Av> 2 was released? I think it was a combo of covid and writers strike?
 pF> 
 pF> Might be a combination of the two. It's a long movie, visually stunning.
 pF> Did a good job of keeping to the book.

My wife is keen to see it although her impression of it is that's a far grittier version of the story (tonal wise) than the 80's version.

 pF> It's hard to see the current cast and think back to Kyle Maclachlan,
 pF> Sean Young, and Sting in the 1984 version.
 
You mean 'it's hard not to' ?

I certainly think of the 80's film a lot when I see these trailers promoting the new one :)

 pF> I read in an interview that Austin Butler met Sting, and he offered to
 pF> loan him the flying wing codpiece that Sting wore in the 1984 version.
 pF> Cleaned, of course. He'd taken it from the set.
 
Hahah... yes I saw that too... I think if I was offered the chance, I'd pass on that one :)

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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