Oh, yes; some actresses are better in the role then others, and I think Ms. Colbert was one of the very best.Originally Posted by AsenRG
Cleo always owns any movie she is pictured in.
Oh, yes; some actresses are better in the role then others, and I think Ms. Colbert was one of the very best.Cleo always owns any movie she is pictured in
I know the Good Professor liked Rome. What was his opinion of the less glammy version of her from it?The Claudette Colbert 'Cleo' was on of his all time favorites - look at her in the film, then look at his 1950's drawing of Nayari of the Silken Thighs. The '63 version can;t be beat for sheer visual spectacle - Phil wanted his very own giant Sphinx cart to ride around on- for the characterization the '34 version is the best. She just owns the movie; the guys playing Caesar and Anthony just get left in the shade.
Since we are talking movies, dId he ever see Apocalypto? If so, what did he think of it? The imagery and costumes of it were awesome and always remind me of Tekumel.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wRoOLac4Jw
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I don't need an Ignore List, I need a Tongue My Pee Hole list.
The rules can't cure stupid, and the rules can't cure asshole.
Monica Bellucci as Cleopatra, Mama Mia.
Plus I never knew Gerard Depardieu played Obelix in FOUR live action Asterix movies.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar
Yes, Sean Connery's thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat
Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum
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Interesting to hear about younger players schooled on video games taking the route of talking rather than attacking. I suspect that this behaviour learned via the quest found in those video games came about because the folks that wrote a lot of the story lines in early video games played TTRPGs in the same manner as the games played with the earliest of TTRPG GM's like Gary, Dave and the California guys. People like Sandy Petersen, Jennell Jacquays and Ken Rolston started out with TTPGs via Chaosium and ended up with careers in video game design taking their gaming techniques across to video..
The guy who wrote the first working* TTRPG in Bulgarian is a game designer now, too
Bottomline, I suspect Hermes Serpent might well be right
*I say "working", because there was another before it, and I know its authors as well. Following the rules of that one resulted in weird outcomes, though!
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Correction re the TCM Cleothon it isn't totally on Friday. Claudette Colbert (1934) then Elizabeth Taylor (1963) are Friday but then there's a break and on Saturday we have Vivian Leigh (1945) and finally a very ancient version with Helen Gardner (1912!!!!)
One of the few things I miss about cable is TCM. <sigh>
No data, sorry; I found out about his liking of "Rome" after he passed away, when we were helping clean out the house and asked his wife about it. I suspect his response would have been "too English looking, and not enough Greek." Other then that, I think he enjoyed her portrayal in all her decadent glory.
No data here, either; the movie came out after he had fallen and broken his hip, and was effectively bedridden. To the best of my information, he never saw the movie in theaters, and he did not own it on DVD. Which is too bad, as I'd have paid real money to see it with him!
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