Where oh where has my ogre gone?

On 2/6/2008 3:05 AM, Tristaan wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:47:28 -1000, victoreia stomped through my
> brain with:
>
>
>> Um, do you mean don't look at it if it starts to open? Or do you mean
>> we should walk around with a mirror and look for boxes-to-avoid-
>> looking-at that way?
>
> <dons fedora and cracks whip> Well, you COULD do it that way if
> you were going for clash of the Titans. I was actually thinking
> more on the lines of another of Hollywood's creations...

[shaking dust off leather jacket] nope, no Titans here! They went
-------------------------------------> that-a-way.
>
> <looks down at a slithering sound> Snakes... why did it have to
> be snakes?

Because the rats were on strike? [There were rats, Dad.]
>
> Tristaan (who, honestly, had to watch a part of that movie for
> class and write a paper using the "Opening the Ark" scene...)
>
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>>>> Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
>>>> Harrison Ford -- as if they should get anyone else???
>>>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/
>>> Well, three other actors have officially played Indiana Jones.
>> River Pheonix in Last Crusade, was one of them, yes? Who were
>> the other two?
>
> Actually, I left out one, but I'm sure he should count
>
> Really Young Indiana Jones - Corey Carrier
> Medium Young Indiana Jones - Sean Patrick Flannery
> Really Old Indiana Jones - George Hall (he originally appeared in framing
> sequences at the beginning and end of episodes, they later stopped that,
> and the ones used were dropped from the DVDs when they came out).

So who was originally cast to play Indy, they even had posters printed,
but they could not get him out of his TV show contract long enough to
film the movie?

BTW, Steven Spielberg wanted Harrison Ford, but George Lucas did not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones#Casting

I only remembered this because I recalled seeing a picture of the poster
in a People, or similar, magazine.

Also, if some unholy fool decides to open the 'box' in your presence,
shut your eyes until you hear the sound FX of the lid slamming onto the box.

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"Tristaan" <tristaanus.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> An oranguatan appears in the midst of the OEI&U tavern. This, in
> and of itself, is not unusual. The various corporealities of
> Tristaan and his alter-egos are constantly popping in and out as
> their alternative universes interact with the current one.
>
<snippage>
>
> With that, the ogre turns to leave. He stops at the doorway and
> turns to address the patrons. "Oh, and by the way, if you see a
> box with a gold lid decorated with a pair of cherubim, whatever
> you do, DO NOT LOOK AT IT. Cleaning up melted faces off the
> floor is such a nasty job."

But, Shoggoths don't HAVE faces, so I should be immune to THAT effect
anyway. Hmm, no bones to melt away either.

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On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:45:26 GMT, Aaron stomped through my brain
with:

>Also, if some unholy fool decides to open the 'box' in your presence,
>shut your eyes until you hear the sound FX of the lid slamming onto the box.

My OT Prof was giggling after we watched that scene in class. He
went on for a few minutes about the rediculousness of it all...as
if shutting your eyes will help... I mean, no-one but the family
of Aaron (no, not THAT Aaron, the other one) were even allowed to
LOOK at it closed, let alone open the thing.... and touching the
thing? Oy...

Anywho, we had a good laugh at Hollywood that day...

Tristaan
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:01:36 -1000, victoreia stomped through my
brain with:

>> <dons fedora and cracks whip> Well, you COULD do it that way if
>> you were going for clash of the Titans. I was actually thinking
>> more on the lines of another of Hollywood's creations...
>
>[shaking dust off leather jacket] nope, no Titans here! They went
>-------------------------------------> that-a-way.

Gotta love the special effects in that movie... oy....

>>
>> <looks down at a slithering sound> Snakes... why did it have to
>> be snakes?
>
>Because the rats were on strike? [There were rats, Dad.]

And Sir Sean Connery was PRICELESS as the elder Dr. Jones... I'm
disappointed that they couldn't bring him out of retirement...

>victoreia (who got to read "Dune" as homework one year, _and_
>watch the David Lynch film in class)

That had to have been a LOOOOOONG class.

Tristaan (who still hasn't managed to read the whole book much
less watch the whole film...)
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:59:23 -0500, Lurker RemoveThis @The.Threshold stomped
through my brain with:

>But, Shoggoths don't HAVE faces, so I should be immune to THAT effect
>anyway. Hmm, no bones to melt away either.

Hrm... a good point... although heat that could melt faces and
bones probably would have other nasty effects on a Shoggoth...
perhaps...

Tristaan (what does a puddle of Shoggoth smell like)
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Tristaan wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 18:06:05 -0500, Purrt stomped through my brain
> with:
>
> >Erm, if we don't look at it, how could we see it?
> >
> >On the other paw, if we've already seen it, I guess blub blububb
> >glubbbbbbbbb
>
> An orang in a dress, carrying a bucket and mop and with a
> kerchief tied around his (her?) head enters, sighs, and begins to
> mop up as the credits roll...
>
> ...wait... wrong TV show...
>
> Never mind...

And is the orang tugging on an earlobe too?

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Tristaan wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:01:36 -1000, victoreia stomped through my
> brain with:
<snip>
>>victoreia (who got to read "Dune" as homework one year, _and_
>>watch the David Lynch film in class)
>
> That had to have been a LOOOOOONG class.
>
> Tristaan (who still hasn't managed to read the whole book much
> less watch the whole film...)

I believe the more recent Sci-Fi channel mini-series (2001?) was better.
More watchable, anyway.

As a teenager, I made it through the first 4 books in the main Dune
six-ology before pooping out. (Ah, the momentum and energy of youth.)
Tried again as an adult, and only made it through the first book and a few
chapters of the second. Actually, 'Dune' was fine -- dense, but readable.
The second book... it was like trying to read a tarpit. Thick, gooey, I
couldn't see very much and I had the ominous feeling I was siiiiiiiinking...

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On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:36:25 -0500, Purrt stomped through my brain
with:

>> ...wait... wrong TV show...
>>
>> Never mind...
>
>And is the orang tugging on an earlobe too?

But of course! Wouldn't be any other way...

Tristaan (could be worse... could be dressed in a dress and
hanging out in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea)

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>>>victoreia (who got to read "Dune" as homework one year, _and_
>>>watch the David Lynch film in class)

The extended version wasn't too awful, but the original theatrical
release was seriously stinky.

>As a teenager, I made it through the first 4 books in the main Dune
>six-ology before pooping out. (Ah, the momentum and energy of youth.)
>Tried again as an adult, and only made it through the first book and a few
>chapters of the second. Actually, 'Dune' was fine -- dense, but readable.
> The second book... it was like trying to read a tarpit. Thick, gooey, I
>couldn't see very much and I had the ominous feeling I was siiiiiiiinking...

Loved Dune ... thought Dune Messiah should have been part of the first
book. Children of Dune showed me where they were going next, and that
I didn't have any desire to join them on the journey. Got 200 or so
pages into someone else's copy of God Emperor before I gave up.

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>> Also, if some unholy fool decides to open the 'box' in your presence,
>> shut your eyes until you hear the sound FX of the lid slamming onto the box.
>
> My OT Prof was giggling after we watched that scene in class. He
> went on for a few minutes about the rediculousness of it all...as
> if shutting your eyes will help... I mean, no-one but the family
> of... were even allowed to

*Aaron (no, not THAT Aaron, the other one)*

I may "borrow" that for my sigfile in Ubuntu, where I am posting from now.

> LOOK at it closed, let alone open the thing.... and touching the
> thing? Oy...
>
> Anywho, we had a good laugh at Hollywood that day...

Aaron (no, not THAT Aaron, the other one).
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>> Also, if some unholy fool decides to open the 'box' in your presence,
>> shut your eyes until you hear the sound FX of the lid slamming onto the box.
>
> My OT Prof was giggling after we watched that scene in class. He
> went on for a few minutes about the rediculousness of it all...as
> if shutting your eyes will help... I mean, no-one but the family
> of Aaron (no, not THAT Aaron, the other one) were even allowed to
> LOOK at it closed, let alone open the thing.... and touching the
> thing? Oy...
>
> Anywho, we had a good laugh at Hollywood that day...
>
> Tristaan

I believe they were 'borrowing' from the destruction of Sodom and
Gomorrah (and Admah, and Zeboim (thank you wikipedia)) and Lot's wife
turning to salt because she looked back at the destruction, gazing upon
God when you know you should not.

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>> But, Shoggoths don't HAVE faces, so I should be immune to THAT effect
>> anyway. Hmm, no bones to melt away either.
>
> Hrm... a good point... although heat that could melt faces and
> bones probably would have other nasty effects on a Shoggoth...
> perhaps...
>
> Tristaan (what does a puddle of Shoggoth smell like)

"You kids better wipe your feet! I don't want anyone tracking Shoggoth
in the house, I just vacuumed!"

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