tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post2051472653552511344..comments2024-02-05T10:41:31.777-05:00Comments on I Saw Lightning Fall: Daisies' Dialogue DelightsLoren Eatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-75340886397108117952009-09-08T13:45:47.035-04:002009-09-08T13:45:47.035-04:00Great dialogue is really hard to write, but so won...Great dialogue is really hard to write, but so wonderful when everything works. <br /><br />I've never watched much of Whedon. However, B. and CR have tasked me with perusing <i>Dr. Horrible</i> during my little break.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-53190376631954753262009-09-08T11:36:42.235-04:002009-09-08T11:36:42.235-04:00I never got a taste for Whedon's particular br...I never got a taste for Whedon's particular brand of corn/snark in dialogue. It's witty, but it usually added enough tongue in cheek that I couldn't take the genre he was in seriously. <br /><br />I remember watching some Gilmore Girls over my sister's shoulder, and noting how incredibly fast and smart the dialogue was. It wasn't believable, but it was entertaining.<br /><br />I only knew a hand full of people in the Theater Dept. in college who were that quick, and that not consistently.ollwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235752166509157510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-26477841399823569362009-08-13T16:53:02.942-04:002009-08-13T16:53:02.942-04:00It's been up for at least six months on Hulu. ...It's been up for at least six months on Hulu. It's also on iTunes and available as a DVD which CR evidently owns (jealous). I expect it to stick around, especially since they'll be getting a bit more traffic due to the Hugos. Well, I hope the Hugos still have an influence.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-19537516985217320012009-08-13T16:52:42.209-04:002009-08-13T16:52:42.209-04:00CR,
Back when I worked at The Magazine, someone h...CR,<br /><br />Back when I worked at The Magazine, someone had just published a book on <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>. One of the guys got the idea to dub the famous <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLvIFRNbqOs" rel="nofollow">Gollum versus Smeagol scene</a> so that the scrawny little guy was offering up editorial comments on the book. Hilarious.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-34288241969161382012009-08-13T16:42:00.641-04:002009-08-13T16:42:00.641-04:00B.,
I was wondering what that widget on your blog...B.,<br /><br />I was wondering what that widget on your blog was for! I'll have to check it out. Is it a semi-permanent entry on Hulu or do we expect it to disappear soon?Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-74121423991706908192009-08-13T15:37:30.696-04:002009-08-13T15:37:30.696-04:00Oh, I have. It gets better the more you watch it....Oh, I have. It gets better the more you watch it.<br /><br />Also, the DVD contains a sung cast-and-director commentary.<br /><br />Yes, you heard that right. It announces itself as Commentary! The Musical.Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-45703159149849441452009-08-13T14:32:55.928-04:002009-08-13T14:32:55.928-04:00Speaking of screwball and Whedon and dialogue, you...Speaking of screwball and Whedon and dialogue, you really should find 45 minutes to watch <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/28343/dr-horribles-sing-along-blog#s-p1-st-i0" rel="nofollow">Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog</a> on Hulu. It just <a href="http://www.thehugoawards.org/2009/08/2009-hugo-award-winners/" rel="nofollow">won a Hugo</a>. It's superhero musical fun for the whole family.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-77544727703646136782009-08-13T13:53:34.634-04:002009-08-13T13:53:34.634-04:00I really need to familiarize myself with Whedon a ...I really need to familiarize myself with Whedon a little more. I've watched a little bit of <i>Buffy</i> and a single episode of <i>Firefly</i> and that's it.<br /><br />It's an odd continuum between "super-realistic" and "super-stylized" talk. They both seem to work if they're well-executed and the characters don't sound as if they're delivering the author's thoughts for him.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-44214889450768965832009-08-13T13:46:32.140-04:002009-08-13T13:46:32.140-04:00I've always felt that Joss Whedon is the maste...I've always felt that Joss Whedon is the master of stylized dialog which nonetheless builds convincing and well-rounded characters.<br /><br />Though a lot of the pleasure of both, I'm sure, comes from the fantasy that we actually thought quickly enough to talk like this. Joss has actually gone on record as saying that his characters talked like he would, if he actually said all the witty things he thought of five minutes after a conversation.<br /><br />Interestingly, a certain amount of convention is assumed in literary works. A general in LeGuinn's <i>The Word for World is Forest</i> consistently speaks in ways that, if overheard at a gas station, would sound like normal (if not incredibly erudite) speech. Compared to all the well-spoken characters in the story, he comes across as a blundering militaristic idiot--simply because his dialog doesn't have the standard conventional features that make literary dialog interesting (or at least easily readable.)<br /><br />Sometimes, then, unrealistic conventional language reads as much more realistic than the words people speak in the real world.Chestertonian Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550643992523840950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-32213542144152652982009-08-12T17:12:12.325-04:002009-08-12T17:12:12.325-04:00No, I haven't, although it looked screwball fr...No, I haven't, although it looked screwball from the commercials, which I like. Thinking about getting Netflicks. Maybe I'll watch it online.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4025264318423694875.post-87271883755081728992009-08-12T17:01:18.610-04:002009-08-12T17:01:18.610-04:00I skipped reading this to comment. Did you catch &...I skipped reading this to comment. Did you catch "The Unusuals" on ABC? You should. Definitely. <br /><br />Lots of fun stuff happens. The dispatcher gives commentary during interludes, the captain has a spacesuit in his office, the uber-religious detective has a secret past under a different name. And mustaches. You can't have a cop show without mustaches. Now I'll go back and read the post.B. Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620736939701035617noreply@blogger.com