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From: Jim on 5 Jan 2010 05:26 On 2010-01-05, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >> > >> > > I much prefer 'Excalibur', if only for Nicol Williamson's brilliantly odd >> > > portrayal of Merlin. >> > >> > I am incapable of watching any other person playing Merlin, because >> > Nicol Williamson nailed it so perfectly. That's it! >> >> Exactly. No white bearded grandfather figure here, Nicol played someone >> who was extraordinarily otherworldly. > > I think Bill Bailey could do a similarly disconcerting Merlin. I'd pay real money to see that. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Pd on 5 Jan 2010 05:56 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-01-05, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: > > > >> > Don't - it's a travesty. The iffy 1970s BBC TV version was much much > >> > better. It was 70s, wasn't it? I recall 1970s hair, anyway. > >> > >> Cardigans. I remember cardigans. > >> > >> And pipes. > > > > No dear, that was you, last week. Old age is playing havoc with your > > memory again. And yes, you've told me about your exploits in the Crimea > > and Rorke's Drift. > > Fousands of 'em, there were! Fousands! Here's your tea, love, and look I've given you an extra biscuit! Now sit quietly and watch Countdown. It's an old one with that nice Miss Vorderman. -- Pd
From: Jim on 5 Jan 2010 06:09 On 2010-01-05, Pd <peterd.news(a)gmail.invalid> wrote: >> > >> >> > Don't - it's a travesty. The iffy 1970s BBC TV version was much much >> >> > better. It was 70s, wasn't it? I recall 1970s hair, anyway. >> >> >> >> Cardigans. I remember cardigans. >> >> >> >> And pipes. >> > >> > No dear, that was you, last week. Old age is playing havoc with your >> > memory again. And yes, you've told me about your exploits in the Crimea >> > and Rorke's Drift. >> >> Fousands of 'em, there were! Fousands! > > Here's your tea, love, and look I've given you an extra biscuit! > Now sit quietly and watch Countdown. It's an old one with that nice Miss > Vorderman. > Wahay! Vowels! Vowels, I tell you! Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Rowland McDonnell on 6 Jan 2010 09:44 Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > > > I much prefer 'Excalibur', if only for Nicol Williamson's brilliantly odd > > portrayal of Merlin. > > I am incapable of watching any other person playing Merlin, because > Nicol Williamson nailed it so perfectly. That's it! The only acted Merlin I've seen that I like was by Ben Kingsley. I dunno what all this is about - I was referring to the Disney animated version, which is nothing more than a near plotless sequence of funnies for the very young. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 6 Jan 2010 09:59
On 2010-01-06, Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Ian McCall <ian(a)eruvia.org> wrote: > >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: >> >> > I much prefer 'Excalibur', if only for Nicol Williamson's brilliantly odd >> > portrayal of Merlin. >> >> I am incapable of watching any other person playing Merlin, because >> Nicol Williamson nailed it so perfectly. That's it! > > The only acted Merlin I've seen that I like was by Ben Kingsley. I > dunno what all this is about - I was referring to the Disney animated > version, which is nothing more than a near plotless sequence of funnies > for the very young. This is the one I was talking about: <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082348/> Haven't seen the Disney one. Yet. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It" |