• Love it!

    From August Abolins@2:460/256 to All on Friday, February 18, 2022 18:50:58
    Hi All...

    Love it!

    Ciao!
    /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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  • From John Dovey Firecat@2:460/256 to All on Friday, February 18, 2022 20:31:32
    Fantastic idea
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  • From August Abolins@2:460/256 to John Dovey Firecat on Friday, February 18, 2022 23:42:46
    Hi John...

    Fantastic idea

    That would be so cool to see in the credits:

    Key Grip - August Abolins
    Screenplay - John Dovey
    Book Slapper - Sharon Aitken

    Ciao!
    /|ug (https://t.me/aabolins)

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to Sharon Aitken on Saturday, March 05, 2022 21:11:00
    Hello Sharon Aitken!

    ** On Friday 18.02.22 - 18:07, Sharon Aitken wrote to All:

    https://brorabbit.g0x.ru/pic/620fb613.jpg


    Speaking of which, I just realized that perhaps a book slapper
    should have been present during the filming of Children of Men.

    Apparently, a new character was introduced and the director,
    Alphonse Cuaron made many changes. Below are some comments that
    I agree with from an article I read:

    [1] The reason why Males are infertile is because James wants
    to show that this new future is a female orientated one. In the
    film Cuaron makes women infertile - inexcusable in my opinion
    and missing the point of the title.

    [2] The book does not focus a road trip, it essentially is a
    political thriller - the road trip itself is minimal. Cuaron
    makes the road trip the focal point. Again this is missing the
    point.

    [3] Cuaron scraps the religious elements of the book. As the
    title is part of the baptismal creed and an ironic statement on
    future generations. Since is not included in the film then,
    again, the whole title loses it's meaning.

    On the plus side perhaps are these:

    [o] Cuaron's version is grittier.

    [o] Cuaron turned euthanasia into a branded form of self
    suicide.

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  • From John Dovey@4:920/69 to August Abolins on Saturday, March 05, 2022 21:40:25
    Re: book slappers..
    By: August Abolins to Sharon Aitken on Sat Mar 05 2022 21:11:00

    Speaking of which, I just realized that perhaps a book slapper
    should have been present during the filming of Children of Men.

    Definitely sounds like I won't be watching that then... :-)

    JD

    John Dovey
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  • From John Dovey@4:920/69.1 to August abolins on Saturday, March 05, 2022 21:47:38

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    Re: book slappers..

    August,
    FYI I replied to my own message and it worked.

    JD
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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to John Dovey on Saturday, March 05, 2022 22:18:00
    Hello John Dovey!

    ** On Saturday 05.03.22 - 21:40, John Dovey wrote to August Abolins:

    Speaking of which, I just realized that perhaps a book slapper
    should have been present during the filming of Children of Men.

    Definitely sounds like I won't be watching that then... :-)

    I thought the film was still pretty good. It had a dark
    dystopian atmosphere. It almost achieved the pace of an action
    film. It seemed to have a good mix of intrigue and suspence
    while providing moments to breath a bit.

    But I digress with my laments. I don't wish to raise the wrath
    of the moderator. ;)

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