Laiva / Something I stumbled over

emmel wrote:
> If you ever wondered what I would picture Laiva like... Well, I stumbled
> over this movie and my first thought was: Fit's like a glove. On seconds
> thought I still think this actress is pretty close, so I made a few
> screenshots and decided to share. Let me know what you think.
>
> http://www.gmx.de/mc/1VNH2wp2rVQPP7dPDSqjOx53ERJVgo
>
> This link will be valid until the 18th of January.

She is awfully young. I imagined her less vulnerable.

What was the movie? Was is a phantasy setting? Like Narnia?

Neo
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Thus Neo spoke:

> emmel wrote:
>> If you ever wondered what I would picture Laiva like... Well, I stumbled
>> over this movie and my first thought was: Fit's like a glove. On seconds
>> thought I still think this actress is pretty close, so I made a few
>> screenshots and decided to share. Let me know what you think.
>>
>> http://www.gmx.de/mc/1VNH2wp2rVQPP7dPDSqjOx53ERJVgo
>>
>> This link will be valid until the 18th of January.
>
> She is awfully young. I imagined her less vulnerable.

Actually she (the actress) is ten or eleven, even though she could pass
as a bit younger, I think. Considering that Laiva's age is explicitly
said to be eight going towards nine. (BTW, I'm not so sure I got that
last half-sentence right. I think I'm close, but I slightly messed up
the phrase.) So actually the age should fit. And about the being
vulnerable: She is. Except when she is fighting for her life or in her
head-first-through-the-wall, I think.

> What was the movie? Was is a phantasy setting? Like Narnia?

Um, it was the heart warming family movie kind. Nothing fantasy about
that. But I liked the lead actress
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Thus Red Dragon spoke:

> emmel wrote:
>> If you ever wondered what I would picture Laiva like... Well, I stumbled
>> over this movie and my first thought was: Fit's like a glove. On seconds
>> thought I still think this actress is pretty close, so I made a few
>> screenshots and decided to share. Let me know what you think.
>>
>> http://www.gmx.de/mc/1VNH2wp2rVQPP7dPDSqjOx53ERJVgo
>>
>> This link will be valid until the 18th of January.
>
> After bumbling my way through a German website, I'd have to say that

Oh, sorry about that. I hadn't though about that. It just seemed the
obvious choice to post it.

> she's just about what I'd imagine too.
>
> But why do you want our opinion on this? Thinking about making a movie?

Nah, and be now she'd be sixteen or so anyway. Besides, the really hard
part to cast would be Mynor.
I was just being curious how much my vision overlapped with yours. And
by the looks of it you were on the same page as me while Neo wasn't.
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P.S.: I'm about to finish up the next instalment of ATC. It just needs a
bit more dialogue (the easy part) and some polishing (the hard part).
Hopefully I'll get it done today, or at least tomorrow. Feel free to
poke me with a pointy stick or something when I fail the deadline...
Just not /too/ hard, all right?
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emmel wrote:
> P.S.: I'm about to finish up the next instalment of ATC. It just needs a
> bit more dialogue (the easy part) and some polishing (the hard part).
> Hopefully I'll get it done today, or at least tomorrow. Feel free to
> poke me with a pointy stick or something when I fail the deadline...
> Just not /too/ hard, all right?

Hm. I just have this pitchfork...

And there is no mercy in Thunderdome.

Thus Red Dragon spoke:

> emmel wrote:
>> P.S.: I'm about to finish up the next instalment of ATC. It just needs a
>> bit more dialogue (the easy part) and some polishing (the hard part).
>> Hopefully I'll get it done today, or at least tomorrow. Feel free to
>> poke me with a pointy stick or something when I fail the deadline...
>> Just not /too/ hard, all right?
>
> Hm. I just have this pitchfork...

Pitchfork? Is it cursed?

> And there is no mercy in Thunderdome.

WTF is Thunderdome?
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emmel wrote:
> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> If you ever wondered what I would picture Laiva like... Well, I stumbled
>>> over this movie and my first thought was: Fit's like a glove. On seconds
>>> thought I still think this actress is pretty close, so I made a few
>>> screenshots and decided to share. Let me know what you think.
>>>
>>> http://www.gmx.de/mc/1VNH2wp2rVQPP7dPDSqjOx53ERJVgo
>>>
>>> This link will be valid until the 18th of January.
>> After bumbling my way through a German website, I'd have to say that
>
> Oh, sorry about that. I hadn't though about that. It just seemed the
> obvious choice to post it.
>
>> she's just about what I'd imagine too.
>>
>> But why do you want our opinion on this? Thinking about making a movie?
>
> Nah, and be now she'd be sixteen or so anyway. Besides, the really hard
> part to cast would be Mynor.
> I was just being curious how much my vision overlapped with yours. And
> by the looks of it you were on the same page as me while Neo wasn't.

You're the writer, so it is really your fault

I guess I want Laiva to be more mature. Thank God there is Aya now! I am
really not comfortable around children. Even when I was younger I rather
hang out with older people than with youngsters my own age. Children are
highly unpredictable to me and I don't feel like paying attention to
them all the time (which is why not getting my gf pregnant seems like a
really good idea).

Neo
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Thus Neo spoke:

> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> If you ever wondered what I would picture Laiva like... Well, I stumbled
>>>> over this movie and my first thought was: Fit's like a glove. On seconds
>>>> thought I still think this actress is pretty close, so I made a few
>>>> screenshots and decided to share. Let me know what you think.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.gmx.de/mc/1VNH2wp2rVQPP7dPDSqjOx53ERJVgo
>>>>
>>>> This link will be valid until the 18th of January.
>>> After bumbling my way through a German website, I'd have to say that
>>
>> Oh, sorry about that. I hadn't though about that. It just seemed the
>> obvious choice to post it.
>>
>>> she's just about what I'd imagine too.
>>>
>>> But why do you want our opinion on this? Thinking about making a movie?
>>
>> Nah, and be now she'd be sixteen or so anyway. Besides, the really hard
>> part to cast would be Mynor.
>> I was just being curious how much my vision overlapped with yours. And
>> by the looks of it you were on the same page as me while Neo wasn't.
>
> You're the writer, so it is really your fault

Of course it is, but I think one out of two isn't really that bad.

> I guess I want Laiva to be more mature.

I don't think she'd be that damn thick headed then. And it wouldn't
quite work for other reasons as well, I think.

> Thank God there is Aya now!

Well, she definitely is a lot more mature.

> I am really not comfortable around children.

No problems with children here, although it might be disputable the
children would have a problem with me.

> Even when I was younger I rather hang out with older people than with
> youngsters my own age. Children are highly unpredictable to me and I

Oh, yeah. Unpredictably, your name is Laiva. I wouldn't want to be
responsible for that particular rascal. I don't think most children are
that bad, though.

> don't feel like paying attention to them all the time (which is why
> not getting my gf pregnant seems like a really good idea).

That's something between you are her, obviously. Still, I don't think
you would necessarily be bad as a father. IMHO own children are very
different from anything else.
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emmel wrote:
> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> P.S.: I'm about to finish up the next instalment of ATC. It just needs a
>>> bit more dialogue (the easy part) and some polishing (the hard part).
>>> Hopefully I'll get it done today, or at least tomorrow. Feel free to
>>> poke me with a pointy stick or something when I fail the deadline...
>>> Just not /too/ hard, all right?
>> Hm. I just have this pitchfork...
>
> Pitchfork? Is it cursed?

No, I live on a farm. I also have pickaxes, shovels, hoes, machetes,
sledgehammers, rakes, loppers, tillers, and hay hooks.

>
>> And there is no mercy in Thunderdome.
>
> WTF is Thunderdome?

Apparently a regional reference.

Thus Red Dragon spoke:

> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> P.S.: I'm about to finish up the next instalment of ATC. It just needs a
>>>> bit more dialogue (the easy part) and some polishing (the hard part).
>>>> Hopefully I'll get it done today, or at least tomorrow. Feel free to
>>>> poke me with a pointy stick or something when I fail the deadline...
>>>> Just not /too/ hard, all right?
>>> Hm. I just have this pitchfork...
>>
>> Pitchfork? Is it cursed?
>
> No, I live on a farm. I also have pickaxes, shovels, hoes, machetes,
> sledgehammers, rakes, loppers, tillers, and hay hooks.

Sorry, got carried away. Wait, you've actually got machetes? I though
those were only used in Africa and South America.

>>> And there is no mercy in Thunderdome.
>>
>> WTF is Thunderdome?
>
> Apparently a regional reference.

Care to explain?
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emmel wrote:
> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>
>> emmel wrote:
>>> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>>>
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> P.S.: I'm about to finish up the next instalment of ATC. It just needs a
>>>>> bit more dialogue (the easy part) and some polishing (the hard part).
>>>>> Hopefully I'll get it done today, or at least tomorrow. Feel free to
>>>>> poke me with a pointy stick or something when I fail the deadline...
>>>>> Just not /too/ hard, all right?
>>>> Hm. I just have this pitchfork...
>>> Pitchfork? Is it cursed?
>> No, I live on a farm. I also have pickaxes, shovels, hoes, machetes,
>> sledgehammers, rakes, loppers, tillers, and hay hooks.
>
> Sorry, got carried away. Wait, you've actually got machetes? I though
> those were only used in Africa and South America.

Well, blackberry bushes that have run amok for 30 years tend to resemble
such environments.

>
>>>> And there is no mercy in Thunderdome.
>>> WTF is Thunderdome?
>> Apparently a regional reference.
>
> Care to explain?

It's from a movie, 'Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome' specifically. From the
Mad Max trilogy of movies. I'm not exactly sure how much detail I need
to go into, but Thunderdome is a metal gladiator cage in the movie.

Thus Red Dragon spoke:

> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>>>>
>>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>>> P.S.: I'm about to finish up the next instalment of ATC. It just needs a
>>>>>> bit more dialogue (the easy part) and some polishing (the hard part).
>>>>>> Hopefully I'll get it done today, or at least tomorrow. Feel free to
>>>>>> poke me with a pointy stick or something when I fail the deadline...
>>>>>> Just not /too/ hard, all right?
>>>>> Hm. I just have this pitchfork...
>>>> Pitchfork? Is it cursed?
>>> No, I live on a farm. I also have pickaxes, shovels, hoes, machetes,
>>> sledgehammers, rakes, loppers, tillers, and hay hooks.
>>
>> Sorry, got carried away. Wait, you've actually got machetes? I though
>> those were only used in Africa and South America.
>
> Well, blackberry bushes that have run amok for 30 years tend to resemble
> such environments.

Oh. Makes kind of sense.

>>>>> And there is no mercy in Thunderdome.
>>>> WTF is Thunderdome?
>>> Apparently a regional reference.
>>
>> Care to explain?
>
> It's from a movie, 'Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome' specifically. From the
> Mad Max trilogy of movies. I'm not exactly sure how much detail I need
> to go into, but Thunderdome is a metal gladiator cage in the movie.

I remember at least one of those... Anyway, wasn't weren't the Mad Max
movies kind of Australian?
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Red Dragon wrote:
> emmel wrote:
>> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>>
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> Thus Red Dragon spoke:
>>>>
>>>>> emmel wrote:
<snip>
>>>>> And there is no mercy in Thunderdome.
>>>> WTF is Thunderdome?
>>> Apparently a regional reference.
>>
>> Care to explain?
>
> It's from a movie, 'Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome' specifically. From the
> Mad Max trilogy of movies. I'm not exactly sure how much detail I need
> to go into, but Thunderdome is a metal gladiator cage in the movie.

That is actually the worst movie of the trilogy imnsho. I mean, Mel
Gibson loses his car right at the beginning of the movie right? Mad Max
without a car just ... isn't.

I happened to have a crush on 'warrior woman' Virginia Hey in episode 2
of Mad Max. I had tears in my eyes when she died at the end of the
movie. "You don't realize what you've got until it's gone" (slightly
unrelated).

I have the trilogy on DVD btw

Neo
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