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Answers: Part 8
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paraselenic asks:
1. What do you think of American remakes of foreign films?
For the most part, I think they suck. For whatever reason American filmmakers have an incredible talent for taking what makes a foreign film work, cutting all that out while watering down the rest of the film and missing any cultural nuances. I suspect it has something to do with the Hollywood notion of what they think the American movie viewer wants or will understand.
2. When did you last go to a Renaissance Festival (and did you go in costume)?
It's been a few years, I think 2003 or so. Yes, I did going in costume, in fact our costumes were so good that people thought we worked at the RF, and one woman got rather upset whencareswen couldn't answer her question about where something was. We had one family ask if they could photograph us with their kids. We did, of course.
3. Swimming pool or hot tub and why?
Hot tub, mostly because I'm a crap swimmer. It's hard to get me in either one because of the fact that I'm a fat cow and know it, so I'm loath do either.
4. What did you get as gifts at your most memorable birthday party?
I think my most memorable birthday party over-all was my 40th, and while there were neat gifts (mostly involving books and beer), it was the company of my friends that made it memorable.
5. What's your favorite board game?
I've only gotten to play it once, but Arkham Horror seriously rocks!
6. How would you skin a cat?
Are we taking furry cat? Because I wouldn't, since I love them so much (though having grown up on a farm, I do know how).
If we are talking about catfish (sometimes know in the South simply as cat) then the best way I've found is to cut off the head and use a pair of sharp nosed pliers.
But you might be talking about gymnastics, in which case it would involve passing the feet and legs between the arms while hanging by the hands from a horizontal bar. Though at my size, that would look pretty ludicrous.
7. Who would you most like to see freed from prison?
I am deeply interested in this case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_3
paraselenic asks:1. What do you think of American remakes of foreign films?
For the most part, I think they suck. For whatever reason American filmmakers have an incredible talent for taking what makes a foreign film work, cutting all that out while watering down the rest of the film and missing any cultural nuances. I suspect it has something to do with the Hollywood notion of what they think the American movie viewer wants or will understand.
2. When did you last go to a Renaissance Festival (and did you go in costume)?
It's been a few years, I think 2003 or so. Yes, I did going in costume, in fact our costumes were so good that people thought we worked at the RF, and one woman got rather upset when
careswen couldn't answer her question about where something was. We had one family ask if they could photograph us with their kids. We did, of course.3. Swimming pool or hot tub and why?
Hot tub, mostly because I'm a crap swimmer. It's hard to get me in either one because of the fact that I'm a fat cow and know it, so I'm loath do either.
4. What did you get as gifts at your most memorable birthday party?
I think my most memorable birthday party over-all was my 40th, and while there were neat gifts (mostly involving books and beer), it was the company of my friends that made it memorable.
5. What's your favorite board game?
I've only gotten to play it once, but Arkham Horror seriously rocks!
6. How would you skin a cat?
Are we taking furry cat? Because I wouldn't, since I love them so much (though having grown up on a farm, I do know how).
If we are talking about catfish (sometimes know in the South simply as cat) then the best way I've found is to cut off the head and use a pair of sharp nosed pliers.
But you might be talking about gymnastics, in which case it would involve passing the feet and legs between the arms while hanging by the hands from a horizontal bar. Though at my size, that would look pretty ludicrous.
7. Who would you most like to see freed from prison?
I am deeply interested in this case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_3